OldNick

So you are saying that if the 5000 had turned up we would have gone bankrupt or into administration.I dont understand the arguement.

yeah and they were sick on me. Lol

I doubt at 9 weeks old she would be able to answer,I bet her stories of the night must have been interesting.

oh my god Im flying to NY on wednesday,having already had an emergency landing due to an engine fire these things do unsettle me.

I take the position I feel strong about on issues of players who are seen as rubbish and fans cant wait to sl## them off.Not pointing at you by the way. DMG is only 21 and scored 14+ goals in his first full season.Yes he missed sitters dont all forwards.He will learn from those and get better, and I want him to get better at our club and in time gain the benifits of him doing so not Notts Forest.

good post IMO

Nope

Now now Stanley that is not something that you can state categorically.

i wasn't trying to give reasons why not. I myself was going to buy tickets anyway, if RL had bought the club I may have had second thoughts but I know deep down i wouldnt turn my back on the club on that issue. There is a freshness at present but the longer it goes on where we dont know who is taking us on some of the excitement may be lost. i doubt we will get early bird prices this season and and pricing may become important.Something that shouldnt be an issue due to be saved but Im sure many will not renew unless prices are cut dramatically.I do hope this does not deter a buyer.

you're not

I personally didnt think it was to save the club but to show solidarity with it.To show prospective buyers what they were getting.I found it sad that there were more people who found it in them to march against the chairman than actually go to try and save the club.The Saintsaid funday was only £5 and you got a lot of entertainment for that.

SOME of the fans Jason

the 5000 stayaways cost the club some time by starving it of revenue. MW decided things had got so bad under the board at the time HE decided to bring back RL. His mistake of ridding us of NP was the ultimate error added to the fact he kept with Jan too long. I think in the main the fanbase understood we had to get the club back in line financially but to come back and get rid of the man who the fans were behind was massive in the long run. RL will have a long time to rue that decision.Once it was done a lot of fans shrugged their shoulders and got on and supporte the young team, it was only when we couldnt win at home did the patience wear and the writing was on the wall. I hope the 5000 will return but I doubt they will until we get Pl football at L1 pricing.

so do you think 800k is going to buy Beckford as a replacement? The trouble is with us the grass is always greener on the other side.

but it shouldnt have mattered, even if it was charity dung collecting the fans I would have thought gone and done something. It was pitiful and embarrassing to see such low numbers turn out. I think we all were complacent that there would be a buyer and so didn't bother.

I suppose you spend hours chatting to Peter in Cobwebs in Northam road

My concern is that he is close to death and literally wants to go out with a bang.

i could score whoever i was playing for, just a shame i was missed.It did nt help that my father encouraged me into playing other sports in my formative years, a schoolmaster when i was 10 or 11 who was something to do with Southampton schools in those days told me I would play for saints.Lol

I think people have fairly pointed out that Coc of Swindon and Lambert of BR are having higher fees asked of them.DMG is proven to have the ability to score in the CCC at the age of 21. As for missing pens, when we got the penalty against Cardiff where were Saga and and the older players?? They couldnt wait to hand the responsiblity to someone else. Missing a penalty dos not make you a bad player, some are natural penalty takers like MLT but there have been many great players who would never step up.

do the emotions not show on your computer, did you not see the big smiley thing I put up then? I have never tried to compare player against player, you could never compare MLT with anyone as he is a 1 off. DMG is DMG. Wil he go on and become a great, no i doubt it will he go on and become a good well respected player Yes i believe he will.

There you go, just shows how hypocritical fans are.!!!!!

it is not a case of being cool. We have as a club been criticised for selling our talent, if the new owners do allow this does it mean we can expect more of the same? This is not a criticism before everybody gets all up about it. As for DMG I wouldnt expect not to wish to go back to the CCC, so do i and so i would rather us keep a goalscorer who will become worth a lot more as time goes on

how will it be good for saints.Goalscorers to replace somebody who will get at least 15 goals this season will cost more.Add to that the 20%sell on clause and it is a c### deal.

Whilst having no direct control over the clubs finances being a saints fan, it gives me no pleasure seeing people out of pocket.That is just why administration and the wishing for us to go into it was immoral IMHO