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I think that Harry Redknapp needs to take some of that blame doesnt he CB?

Did he mention Klingons?

Someone has to balance the one way traffic Alpine. We did get to a Cup Final (something that Cortese seemed to have a problem with) European football and we did have some decent years. It wasnt all bad. Yes it went pea shaped at the end but many people had a hand in the downfall (Wilde, Crouch et al) not just Lowe. Lowe and his colleagues should take credit for what they did with the acadamy because they did a very good job. I am no lover of Cortese but am prepared to accept that he delivered. There is very little black and white in life. And Alps, I am not hankering after him ok? By the way, I left you a present on the 80s/90s Totty thread

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Hi Throbber, you will remember the many debates on Lowe on Saints List - nothing changes does it?

I am not saying that mistakes were not made but to just say that he did nothing right is to ignore the facts. Each to his/her own though.

Ditto. I am getting sick and tired of the bloody bedwetters on here who clearly get off on their perceived doom and gloom. We had a meltdown the other day and were told that all players were leaving and the club being sold. Now, surprise surprise, the club isnt being sold and RK is in the process of rebuilding and we are looking to get good players in around a "core" which includes Jay and Morgan. Clearly there have been discussions of who they want to keep and who they can afford to let go. Doesnt fit in with the doom and gloom though does it?

You seem to be ITK. Perhaps you can tell us how you know what the oders from the top are?

You just have to love modern day footballers. What a buch of *ankers. Remeber talking to Jim Steel about his transfer to Southampton. He was called in one day and told he had been signed to us. I said how did you feel about it and he said it was what happened and you just packed your things and went! Happy days!

Touchy!!! He plays for Plastic United now, why are you so bothered?

Like him or not he ran a Premiership football club for many years and does know what goes on. These points seem very reasonable.

The word at the time was that he was bought (for £1m I believe) to sell quickly for a profit. There was a lot of talk on here about how stupid that would be and indeed, it didnt happen and look what a great buy he turned out to be. Lowe should also take credit for brining in people like Niemi (Strachan wanted another keeper) and Killer previously so for a "hockey guy! he did bring in some quality (okey, I know we got some dross too). It wasnt so much the purchase of Schneiderlin. We were struggling to adjust to being out of the top flight and were not generating enough income. A number of players had been shipped out upon relegation to save wages and Lowe had a relegation clause in the contracts to help reduce the wage bill but the parachute money was not as huge as it is now and we just didnt cope with the drop financially.

He and the Board desreve a lot of credit for what they achieved with the academy. They also managed to keep us in the Premiership with crowds of 15k which was no mean feat in those days. There wasnt so much money sloshing around then and I remember Duncan saying that he didnt know where the next £ was coming from. Although he presided over the rapid downfall the nails were well and trully in the coffin from the actions of Wilde et al (which people conveniently forget now). When Lowe returned we were struggling financially and although he brought in the Dutch guys and steady the ship we just didnt have the qulaity we needed of the money to bring them in and the rest is history. I know it will sound funny now but he was seen as a visionary by some at the FA and should get credit for the bedding in of the academy and for trying to bring in sport science at a time when many footballing dinosaurs still didnt think it was necessary. For all of his faults he also had a number of pluses. Still, that is all history now and we have new people to slag off

It seems that he was prepared to sell Lambert so why not? The simple fact is we have no idea what would be happening if Cortese was still here.

Probably but then we are supposed to bringing others is and I'm sure we can do better.

Unless we brought in very high qulaity players (which would mean smashing our wage structure) I doubt very much if we could prevent people wanting to go to Man Utd, Liverpool or Arsenal. Whether we should LET them go is another issue. I am no happier about the situation than anyone else, but I would be far unhappier if players were leaving for the likes of Newcastle or Stoke.

I have a dream of living the life of luxury - sadly it also involves using someone elses money so my dream has also been destroyed.

I agree. A Delboy with better suits and a sexier accent but nothing to back it all up.