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This is my big fear Duncan. Mr Fry is just a businessman carrying out his job in the business world. One of the reason that Lowe was not accepted by he fans was that he was a "City suit". Our future will be decided by one of the same breed. The have been a number of white knights mentioned over the last couple of years, people like Salz, who may or may not be what we are looking for. But by not moving earlier might they now find themselves out muscled by those with a less healthy interest in SFC's future? Whilst the problems of Lowe's tenure have been well discussed, I do believe he had the best interests of SFC's future at heart. As we can see from the names that cease trading every week, it is not easy running a business in the current climate. Lowe had a plan that maye well had worked long term. I just hope that whoever buys us also has a decent plan and that we don't end up with well meaning people who like the idea of playing with a football club for the sake of the own vanity. This is a very sad time for the club. We were probbaly very fortunate to have a man like Ted Bates at the helm so so long. If we find another of that stature then perhaps the last fews years will not have been for nothing, but you do wonder if any of that breed still exist. I hope I am wrong, but I sense another HOne waiting in the wings.

Don't worry, the "plants" will be back soon. I do wonder where the likes of Richard Chorely go to at times like this though.

Tongue firmly in cheek Richard???

We can all be geniuses in hindsight. One minute though the Board were working in one set of circumstances in which they were working through our problems and in another the circumstances changed. I am sure, given what they know now, they would have done things differently, but hey, that's life! I think that anyone in any set of circumstances would like to be in charge of their own destiny. Can you blame the Board for wanting to continue to work for what they thought best for the club? Now it is all in the lap of the Gods and we have to trust in a suit from outside to make the calls. Hopefully he will make the right ones for SFC not just based on money.

I hardly think this is a charm offensive! When things like this happen the media are hungry to get the main protaganists in print or behind a microphone. Lowe is taking the opportunity to put his side forward. It happens all the time. Once a buyer is found there will be another story and the media will move on.

Funny that, elsewhere he was slagged off for not bringing in other revenue streams??? How many CEOs do not have a say in signings? (ps we got Neimi and not Strachan's first choice keeper) How many other clubs have not "wasted" money on people who haven't worked out for whatever reason?

Of course it has always been about finance, but not to the exent it has become. There is no way now that a club like SFC could sign the European Footballer of the Year or finsih 2nd in the Prem. Once upon a time you could get relegated and keep most of your squad, not now. As for tyrants, that word should be kept for the likes of Hilter, Stalin and Amin not some bloke who ran a football club. Give that Lowe has been blamed for every ill to befall this club, can you really blame him for fighting his corner? Wouldn't you? Yes he is to blame for a % but not for all. So he hasn't help his hands up, have Wilde or Crouch? As for your last sentence, do you know that for a fact?

Sadly I agree. There would be a good book to be written about our demise by somone without an axe to grind though. There are too mnay clubs like us going down the tubes and to put all of it down to that pantomime villian Lowe is to completley miss the point. As far as I know Lowe has had nothing to do with the running of clubs like Notts Forest, Leeds, Norwich and Charlton has he? His big failing is supposed to be the fact that he is not "a football man." What about the people who have presided over the demise of these other clubs? Football is all about money. If you don't have enough you will struggle. Lowe or no Lowe. Still, it make some people feel better to have a blame figure. Yet there are some 15 people lining up to put their necks on the block too? Good luck to them - they must be crazy.

Can't blame the bloke for wanting to put his side of the story and there will be plenty of peple wanting to give him air time right now. But when and if a new buyer is found the story will move on.

The wrist slitters must think they have died and gone to heaven.

There are clubs that have been through more managers. The average in the CCC is one per season now isn't it? How many people running football clubs know their way around a pitch? Nowdays you need to know your way around the City and we hae found to our cost in the last week. Football has been about finance for some time now. No one is immune to that, especially in an economic climate such as this.

That is why I would like to hear someone without an agenda talk about the situation at SFC.

Technically he will not be Chairman though so still just the once!

Considering that most people have decided that it is his fault already, I can't blame him for wanting to put his case. Would you let something go if you thought you were wrongly accused? Personally I love to hear the real story told by someone without an agenda.

Lowe was also astute enough to have relegation clauses insereted into most contracts so perhaps he is no mug afterall if we get away with this? As for him making a career or being relegated, that would be once then. There are plenty of other Chairman who have seen their club get relegated more times and who have not made a Cup Final in their reign, but hey, why spoil a good rant eh? Lowe may be many things, but he is not stupid. He was not here when the cash that could have saved us from Administration was blown and did some great financial deals for this club when players moved on. Her certainly was not the best, but there are many far worse out there.

Benjii, we can't force people to invest or take players off our hands. Skacel made a decsion NOT to go to Ispwich...not our fault. The impression I got was that the Board were woking hard to get the wage bill down and were getting a lot of stick for it. I don't call that laziness. They did get the cost base down but obvioulsy Barclays lost patience. What were the Board supposed to do? Slagged for playing youth. Slagged for not playing the experience pros and then slagged for keeping them. I assume that there were regular meetings with the bank. Why then were the VBOard not told to sell no matter what the price was? It doesn't sound like that happened.

Weren't we told that Lowe being here was the reason people weren't investing? Surely now they will be queuing up to pour money into the club???

I am gutted. I thought we were over the worst and last week's news was a real sickener and a low point in the history of our club. We have been down this road before. Remember, be careful what you wish for? Well those who wished for Adminstration have their wish and goodness only knows what that means for SFC in the future.

I don't think people will be unhappy if we do a Leicester. With our luck though we are more likely to do a Leeds! Whatever happens it is likely to be a long way back, with no guarantee that we will ever get "back". It would be great to get a new dawn at SFC but right now this is the lowest point in the the 43 years I have been supporting this club and I am finding it very hard to find anything to be optimistic about.

Don't worry FC, the Lowe excuse will run for some time yet as it did last time he left. Some people will always need to blame someone or something and Lowe is the perfect fall guy. No matter that Wilde and Crouch made a mess of the finances themselves. The next people to come in will get the same treatment that teh Wilde Bunch did. Because they are not Lowe they will be welcomed as saviours. I just hope the next bunch truly are saviours and not another well meaning bunch without one iota of nous when it comes to running a football club.

Which is what worries me enormously. Someone comes in when we are going down the toilet. Where were they when we needed help to stay in the Prem? Where were they when we needed to bring in some cash earlier in the year? It will be much harder to bring this club back from the third tier of English football, but they have sat back and waited until that is virtually the case. Thanks guys.

Ottery, I am always up for a bit of gallows humour but I doubt if we could even sign the likes of Ali Dia nowdays!!!

Perhaps Steve Godwin's nephew will step in? Seriosuly though, given the drivel written on here do we really want a bunch of well meaning supoorters running the show? Most would fall out over who was the best right back. This whole thing worries me greatly. For months we have had names like Saltz floated to whet our appetites. Where were these people when we were stuggling to saty in the Prem. Where were these people when the Wilde Bunch rode into town and blew the cash? How can they sit back and watch the club vanish from sight before they decided to do anything for the club? Steve, I don't get this something better than nothing. Wilde and Crouch were supposed to be better than Lowe weren't they? We need the right people at this club otherwise this will all happen again. The next decision is crucial. Let it be the right thing for SFC lomg term please!!!!

I don't care how long as it takes so long as we get the right people in. Look what happened last time!

I was under the impression that we were trying to off load players. The trouble is, when clubs know you are in trouble they are going to offer low money, if anything at all. Thing is, wasn't Lowe slated for trying to shift players? Now he is being slated for not shifting them????