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. But a forum meet up sounds even sadder than playing for a forum X1! I agree!!!

Perhaps this place wouldn't become so hostile if people didn't hide behind user names? Some people on here I have met, some I know their names but have never met, most I have not met and don't know their real names. I am sure if we all meet up somewhere we would get along a lot better than we do on here!

I think it was a joke mate.

The Dell was awesome. No one liked playing there and I am sure that helped us pick up plenty of points. St Marys however is a lovely stadium but I wouldn't say it was anthing like as intimidating for visting teams as The Dell was. We had to move but we have paid the price.

Or rather they had used up all The Beatles' ideas....

It is littered with people who coach and are good at it. Where is it written that if you coach in one sport you are automatically disqualified from coaching in another? Ever hear of the words "transferrable skills?" Still, we have been a huge success since he left so who needs him eh? LOL.

Because they are involved in football.

Just remind me if he was allowed to do a job here. From what I recall Harry demanded that he stay well away from the 1st team, and we all know how well Harry did for us don't we? Since when was thinking outside the box a crime? It is attitudes like yours that sees us in the third tier of football. Perhaps things would not have worked out with him taking a bigger role, that we shall never know because of small minded attititudes. We finished bottom of the Premiership, it is hard to see how Woodward's imput could have made things any worse.

I believe it is littered with winners.

Oh dear, here we go again. All Lowe's fault. It was not all Lowe's fault and until some fans get that into their heads this forum will be a waste of space. What happened to us happen and is happening to plnety of other teams...without hard cash you will struggle to compete. We consistently lost our better players, not because of Lowe but because of money. Even the Wilde Bunch had the same problems and had to let talent go, remember? For all his faluts we had more "good" years than bad under Loew, if your premis was true we would hve been relegated sooner rather than had a Cup Final and european football surely? Get over it, we were rubbish when Lowe went before and we are rubbish now without him. At this rate we wil probably be rubbish for the next few years. It takes more than one man to build a club just as it takes more than one man to destroy a club. We have been a victim of circumstances, simples...move on...

Because we have done so well without him haven't we? A winning mentality would not go amiss, but hey ho, let's just take the p*ss shall we?

Perhaps the attacker had seen him play? Still shouldn't joke, nasty situation and hope they both recover quickly.

Redknapp never had any interest in us from day one. He always talked about us in the third person and in his own words did not know what he was doing here. He was given money to spent and bought the gifted Davenport and Bernard. Gee thanks 'Arry. And who will ever forget the infamous "thumbs up" to Mandric after the Pompey disaster? FF it seems. Oh yes and when we needed a goalscorer and he could buy Morrison (who at the time was total pants) what did he do? Threw his toys out of the pram and refused to look for another striker. I remember Lowe clearly saying at the time he was waiting for Redknapp to come to him with a list of players, but it didn't happen. As far as I could see Lowe did "let him get on with it" and a right bloody mess he made of it too, but you are not one to let your hatred of LOwe cloud your judgement are you Duncan? As for Matt, great player but lets face it, has the nous of a turnip after allowing himself to be used by Pinnacle. The only foolhardiness of appointing SCW was not letting him do his job. When we were struggling and in need of some help, what were we told? That because of 'Arry Woodward was not let near the 1st team.....well that worked well didn't it? Still, we are so much better off now aren't we?

What would the reaction be if he pitched up for training in a tracksuit top with the initials ML on the front?

Oh dear......

Aren't some of our fans wonderful. Wanting the manager out after a couple of games when he hs the millstone of -9 round his neck and a crap squad. The same people no doubt who wrote Kelvin Davis off. Thank God they don't have a say in the running of the club. Who said the fans know best? As for clueless, he has forgotten more about football than everyone on here thinks they know. Give the bloke a chance, he is sussing out what he has. Takes time.

Probably not far off the mark sadly. Too many weaks links, been the trouble for some time. Pardew will have his work cut out this season. Where is the strength? We are bullied way too easily. Oh for Stevie Williams or a Case.

Would Cortese gone against STachan's choice of keeper and gonefor Neimi instead? Still, what does it matter? If he is successful he will get support, if not he will get the Lowe treatment...nothing changes...

Pardew out!

Or a recipe for success? Why should it be such a problem? If the right person comes along it could well benefit the club. No manager should have the final say on who comes and goes. The club has to be run properly and Pardew should have someone above him saying yay or nay.

He said our aim was the play offs and he acheived that. But for a couple of moments of madness by players - not Burley - we would have made the final in his only fulkl season with us. We won lots of matches at home and away under Burley. Chelsea have spent a great deal more and are still not Eurpoean champions, spending does not guarantee results. We were in no danger of going down under Burley. 1.54 points per game, more than any other manager we had, but hey, lets slag him off anyway.

Alan Brazil, who knows Burley better than anyone on here, says he is "not a boozer". Anyone can spout third hand rubbish and soon it becomes fact. Nick is right. Like him or not, he still has a better record than Lawrie Mac and Ted Bates and Gordon Strachan. The way he was treated by a section of fans is shameful. Still, if Pardew does not get us promoted in his first two seasons, expect more of the same.

Don't get me going on this one....I remember only too well a number of well respected fans saying that they would rather us be relegated than have Rupert at the helm any longer. Frankly I would rather have anybody at the helm but still be in the Premiership, but each to his own.

At the end of the day it is the Third Division, and that sucks marginally less than the Fourth Division!

I think that some people thought that we would suddenly turn into a Chelsea or Man City overnight! This guy strikes me as a sensible, pragamatic businessman and if that means that we have steady, unspectacular progress over the next few years that is fine with me. As we have seen in the past, quick fixes do not work. It is going to take some time to get this club back where we would all like it to be and if people are going to get jumpy before the season has even started God help us by Christmas.