Guided Missile

David Conn's argument in 1998 was about football in the 90's and "how clubs such as Manchester United, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and others (were turned) into stockmarket money-making machines." Feel free to look for different arguments than I was making and claim they are the same. Read his book again, this time without dribbling on the pages...

Nostradamus lives.....

I think that one of the most dramatic moments in the history of our club, must have been when Lowe was forced to call in the receiver. What was that fateful board meeting like to witness? What events pushed our great club to the brink of extinction. Was it too many bad decisions made by the management or just bad decisions by the banks? I have a feeling that it could have been just a minor payment that the bank failed to honour and that pushed Lowe into a position that he was powerless to control. What is interesting is that since the purchase of our club, Swiss TV are, for obvious reasons, very interested in the dramatic events behind the fall of Lowe. I have been able to obtain an exclusive video dramatisation of that last board meeting, that is to be shown on Swiss TV next week. Obviously, it is in German, but luckily it has been subtitled in English. You can find it here.

Fair point and I'm OK with that. Great job with this Steve, BTW. Reflects well on the site and it's members, IMO...

The poll results don't seem to have the weighting for the amount of money donated. How is that to work, ie someone that donated £50 gets 10 votes, someone that donated £5 gets one...?

Reminds me of the old Benny Hill classic, when an actor says to his stage lover, in a darkened room: "What is this thing called, love?" Director shouts cut and says, "NO IT'S...."What is this thing, called love?""

It is apparent that the fantastic support that the posters have provided, is likely to mean that 2 players are sponsored and thus double the number of prizes are on offer. I'm now just hoping for the extra donations to now allow us to give to Saints in the Community. I am sure that everyone is aware that the possible presentation of a cheque to the club for this worthy charity, (hopefully by Steve Grant on our behalf) will give this forum and it's members so much respect and kudos that it could become the focal point for the fans/club interface. The power of the internet and the future of fan representation....IMHO

"Went training in the morning, shopping in the afternoon, clubbing in the evening, nicked a couple of handbags and then called it a day..."

Baj, the idea is that there's one main player vote and a second vote on whether any surplus funds goes to another "up and coming nipper" or the "Saints in the Community" charity. That way, the contributors get to vote on how their donations are used.

I think it may be worth, if there is enough money to vote for two players, that when a poll is run to chose the sponsored player, one of the players is "Saints in the Community". It seems the fairest way....

Come on guys, let's raise enough to sponsor a player and donate some money to Saints in the Community. We need more than £700 to start the charity donation...

Apparently not. The main reason he is my back up, is I expect to do very well on EBay, with his signed shirt, thank you very much...

The question was "Did she sound genuine?" The answer was given by the fact that I posted what she said. I must admit, I do have the reputation for being taken in by bullsh !t, so I can understand your concerns...

Just a sales person?!?!? Danielle Lewis is the club's Sponsorship Executive, FFS...

That's enough. 10% of over 8,000 registered users donate a quid via paypal, list the available players and then run a poll...

Good Idea....then have a prize draw for the dinner tickets and the signed shirt...

You get first choice on another player not yet sponsored, or a new player. My back up choice is young Pulis...

Can I recommend that any small firms out there, consider sponsoring a player? £700 gets you his signed shirt, two tickets to the end of season Players Award Dinner, logo on the big screen, etc. etc.... It was a grand last season and I think, even in a recession, it's worth considering. Email Danielle at dlewis@saintsfc.co.uk and she'll sort something out, I'm sure. Interestingly, this morning I received a letter informing us that we can sponsor Marek Saganowski again this season and the club have heard nothing about him going anywhere. If we can keep him and Rasiak up front for the season, I think we'll do alright...

Might be worth asking them to pick up some Tamiflu, while they're at it... Still, I am sure, like me, you will look forward to the debates being centred on the team's performance on the pitch. I'm particularly looking forward to Alpine's perceptive analysis on games he hasn't seen...

Well done, mate. I've already got my two, so unfortunately I'll have to give Friday a miss. I reckon we'll get to 12,000 if WGS signs... Here's hoping...

Steve, did you go to St. Mary's to renew your ST or did you phone up?

Exactly....

Last post from me, but I have to say, this bought a tear to my eyes: Chelsea Year League Attendance 1984 2 21.120 1983 2 12.672 1982 2 13.132 1981 2 18.897 1980 2 23.266 Southampton Year League Attendance 1984 1 18.089 1983 1 18.799 1982 1 21.835 1981 1 21.482 1980 1 21.335

A quick look at the crowds for 1976, the first season after the last time we were relegated are interesting: Portsmouth Year League Attendance 1976 2 10.472 Southampton Year League Attendance 1976 2 17.648

Portsmouth have always had worse support (apart from the early post war years when Portsmouth was full of sailors) than Southampton. The following comparative figures when Fratton had a larger capacity than St. Marys and we were both in similar leagues prove that: Portsmouth Year League Attendance 1993 2 13.695 1992 2 11.745 1991 2 9.690 1990 2 8.861 Southampton Year League Attendance 2009 2 17.849 2008 2 21.254 2007 2 23.556 2006 2 23.614