OldNick

To be fair did any of them?

I wont leave RL's name off the list, i want the figures released what he took on in the summer.It has been alluded to on here that the overdraft was over 6m in the summer and he cut it to 4m. Some fans have been baying for administration in the somewhat mad way so that he loses his money.How about us that may lose the club.The tyrekickers are circling but now they really can buy the club with no apparent obstacles lets see what they do. Im a Saints Luvvie and have spent my life supporting them and defending them from idiots who want to hurt it. I hold my hand up as i was very vocal in not wanting GH back, if he had returned without a doubt we would not be where we are now.I have played my little part in the demise but only because i care and see things from my standpoint and will put my position forward. I myself do not believe its pro Lowe but just a reasonable position on the finances. LC was very bold in admitting his part in all this, I hope RL does take his share of the blame as he was part of the whole.Are you prepared to also accept that Askham through to Mc also played a part. They were all in the decision making process over the last 2 decades and more?

I still cannot comprehend how so called Saints fans let us basically get relegated before they would do a deal.I will be happy for them to take over but I will be sceptical that they have real feeling for the club to let us get to this.

Barclays are trying to deflect the fact that they wouldnt lend a bit more and keep customer relations going. They need us or someone to take over as they are 4m out of pocket at present and the 100k they wouldnt stump up will be a fraction of what they wil lose.

I take it that he wants us to survive so he can take the p###. Begging for us to get the 10 point penalty. I dont blame him though, although when they were in our position i felt for their football fans not their thugs.

Well it was supposed to be coming down south on the M3 this morning.Bates is a tax exilke in Monaco and so it may not be anytrhing to do with him.

The whole acadamy set up must be in peril.The players will train at the ground and then the pitch will be cut to pieces.The whole lot will spiral down.Any body wishing for Administraion will soon see the hard depressing thing unfold.Yes we may have rid the club of 1 man but the cost is so much. The club i have supported for 40 years is unravelling in fromnt of my eyes and I feel helpless. Lets hope there is osmeone out there who hurts like us and has the money

when they were in the mire a group of saints fans approached them to offer some money collected and they told them to f-off

Yes on those terms he was indeed entitled to a testimonial.

Thats the spirit

Those prices were reduced weeks ago weren't they?

it will be sold to the highest bidder, it is hardly a secret.We have a few builders developers connected with the club and they are not all mates.It hasnt at present got massive value anyway has it?

John you are in fantasy land, if they wanted to shred anything they would have done it before now.I have yet to see evidence that they were 'asked to leave' They had no reason to hang around, they probably had to go off and get their bid organised. i tell you i wouldnt be surprised if they will be back.I hate to think of all the strife we will go through yet again if so. As for any wrong doing I think they are clean in a financial /legal sense.

its train crash scenario again. I hope the fans returning will stay with us next season as well.I have my doubts, unless we start winning more than we lose it will only ever be the hardcore who turn up.

perhaps thats where the differece from us owing 28m last night and about 30m today

I agree at least then it could be proved one way or other.

I myself don't wish illness on anyone but to call Danny Wallace a great player for Saints does stretch it a little IMO. I dont want to get into a slanging match about him either, but at the same time I will not let fans knock the club as a player who didnt think twice to drop us may not have had the costs waived. I always had the impression a player had to serve a club for 10 or more years to earn a testimonial, correct me if Im wrong but did Danny do so? I also cannot recall when DW testimonial was, were we in the PL s5till or had we been relegated? In the clubs parlous state i would have thought the club whoever was in charge were correct in making sure they were not out of pocket.It was not RL's money it was money I and fans had paid in through the club and expect it to be used on the running of the club.As for charity i myself like to give to naiomi house childrens hospice, these are poepole who sadly dont have the chance ever to do what others get the privilage to do.

by the picture from the Echo it hardly seems that Lowe was being escorted from SMS, perhaps a little bit of artistic licence is being used.

He keep Chewton Glen running along nicely, they loved the champagne dinner and accomodation bills rolling in when B'mouth were in admin.

your not very good at maths then Ginge,

Lol, you may be right but I wouldn't risk it.

I can tell you 1 thing there are plenty of employees at the club who think he is a good boss.Some cant stand him of course.

when you say escorted off the premises, do you mean marched out and hushed away or that he was joined by a staff member/members who waved him off? i would not like to be the person if it is a member of the club staff if they have rubbed his nose in the ground and then he returned.. i have a horrible feeling that there will be a sting in the tail, now if the lot of them are humiliated then that will be something to behold.

Im putting up defence of the football club I support that so many love to turn the knife into. Even explayers are there picking over the ahses.i wish the club had said no to the testimonial as all has ever come from it is negative vibes. I also have a horrible gut feeling we haven't seen the end of Rl and so i wouldnt feel too smug if i were you.

Oh no I expect the Claus testimonial will be brought up as well.DW left us and went for the big pay day, why didnt he get OT to play the game? Probaably as not many would have turned up and so would have made much less. The club should not have to lose out and so all costs should be deducted first. Dont Celtic charge a massive amount to even turn up to play a game like that.Nobody seems to worry then. As for Sw having to phone up for the money, then I assume it was down to the organisers and the club to balance the books so the corect money was paid out. i assume it was not years later,if so then that would be wrong but if we are talking months that i would expect would not be unexpected.