OldNick

yeah but we were in the ABC or one of the High street cinemas!!

I notice they said the same about you in their prgramme notes

lol

For the first part the first part.

I reply to people who make misrepresentations. RL as far as Im aware does go to games but he is away at present. I thought fans didnt worry but now the do,odd isnt it?

Im a little worried as he sits quite close to me at SMS. i thought it was someone spitting. I do rememer years ago I was at the cinema with some of my mates and we went to watch '#uck Rogers it was called something lame like that.Anyway I was the last in our group and there was a skinhead lad about 4 seats along, and I heard a noise and looked and he was having a TommyTank.

of course it has, we were sailing high and the bank were loving it that we had a wage bill that had hardly gone down.

what a surprise

no surprises in what he says.

well if you think that no wonder we have our moments StM

Ahh the beautiful language of Shakespeare

Shakespeares sister if you dont mind, Mr Picky

we shouldnt look a gift horse in the mouth.I have not read the proposals just Alps one liner.I doubt MW is going to buy out RL because to do so he has to buy out all his allies ASkham etc and that would put him above the 29% and so have to make an offer for the club(i think im right in that)

when he was deposed the silk purse still had some silk left on it, when he returned the silk had been removed the sows ear was rotting and the hire purchase had gone up not down

for heavens sake yes and then we took on Wright, Euell, Perry and Luketti all would have been on high wages not forgeting Davies and thomas a few months before.I defended GB for his management but he was left to be a loose cannon and able it seems to buy/loan others included of course when it was obvious seeing UMP figures that it was suicidal madness.

I did not exonerate him from blame.You see what you want to see. RL did not score the goals that got us to the cup final and so he doesnt get the credit for it. What I do point out is that fans who say 'I will not support saints while RL is there' were happy to when things were good and didnt have these high fuluting attitudes then.The same as he wasnt the one who ****ed up game after game in the relegation season. Yes he was part of the problem but not 100% like many try and portray.

Wow a post where you didnt crave for adminsitration. By the way I dont beleiev the players have lost their faith in him.

I dont know why I have bothered replying, but it does sometimes it doesnt other. We have a fan base that expects victory with style,if the style fails we want victory with ugliness.Sadly it is hard to provide it in any form.I myself still enjoy watching the ball being played on the ground and with intricacy.Sometimes it fails (a lot recently) but when it flows it looks damned good. I am happy to stay up and if we manage that and play good football then thats fine by me. Next season we will then be older tougher and better plsaced to move on.

hey 1965, I think that could be said for a lot of us on here.

Snowballs, to a degree what you say is true especially the bit about thier confidence.Do you not think the messages boards are read by these lads and seeing what a lot of fans are saying about them doesnt knock them further. I know it will be'well they are professionals and they get paid lots of money' bla bla bla but we as fans or should I say 'supporters' should support them not kick them when they are down.

nice one Phil. On the bright side I think we may have insurance for Thomas and Euell and so their wages may be out of the equation for a while.What worries me is when Rasiaks comes back onto the payroll.If Rudi's appearance money is stopping him being picked Im damn sure Rasiaks even higher one will stop him as well

another thing, they didnt seem to that they cared.

as much as I enjoy their defeat.They will be fine and finish top half.I did think thye would finish 5th or 6th but I have lost a bit of faith in that.

I dont think hes accepting defeat but pointing out that others have fallen.Losing in the cup for me is a blessing in disguise as we need the players fresh for league games.Donny will be fresher than us due to them not playing this week, that s not helpful IMO

All valid but your arguement about us losing the Pl money and so it is Rl's fault is not how I see it.You may as well say that he should have budgeted for CL monies and because that revenue stream did not appear that was a factor. You have to budget (as you have agreed) to the likely income. Windfalls that have been and gone cannot be taken into account.Yes we had a shortfall first season how would a club that had been geared up to PL after decades, have its costs slashed within months is impossible.People are under contract.When GB was appointed his remit was to trim the high wages.This is evident in the 2nd seasons wage bill, and that was the treansition time when the new people took over. i dont care if it was Hone, Wilde,LC who was making the decisions the whole board must have passed a lot of the spending.The panic buttons should have been pressed as soon as any of the board saw the figures.It should have been acted upon instantly.No it didnt happen but in fact we took on other players whether it be in loans or signed on high wages.Its madness and all due respect UMP Im sure you wouldnt run your life the same way as you seem too smart for that.(unless my judgement is wrong!!! but its not) I am not saying relegation has not cost us but that after a disaster happens you have to make provisions and whoever was left in charge did not do their job.