St Marco Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 Anyone else finding it all a bit surreal? We have gone from being relegated from the prem league, protests aimed at the mismanagement by Lowe, new guy comes in saying he has saved us called Wilde, says he will pay back the money we spend, he pretty much gets kicked out by the board he brought in, they find a new investor it gets rejected, they resign, Crouch takes over and brings in Dudd and Gormless, they fail and get replaced by Pearson, we survive in CCC on last day, he gets booted out as Wilde and Lowe come back tag-team style, they parade on tv a guy who was already a manager at another club and the first they knew he had gone was when they saw him on tv, they sell Andrew Davies, brings in more people for a new revolutionairy style of football, it goes tits up we are in the bottom three for ages, manager gets fired, give the new job to a guy who has never got a team promoted and 3 of his 5 pro teams relegated, calls Ryan Smith "World class", club goes into admin, Lowe says we wont get minus 10 points because he is a genius, we get -10 points, we get relegated to League One for the first time in pretty much 50 odd years, we await a buyer for ages and are told our club will start having to be wound up soonish, staff don't get paid, consortium with MLT as chairman go into exclusivity, turns out a dude lives at home with his mum so pulls out of the deal, we look fooked, we sell two players of which 1 is a fan favourite, Wotte looks set to stay on for another year, Davis looks set to sign for West Ham THEN BANG In comes the new guy who is sole owner and has a vast fortune, within 24hrs gets Davis to sign a new deal and tells Wotte to fook off. Potentially a good manager such as Strachan, Coppell etc might become our manager. Releases season tickets of which save me best part of £100....And that is just in 24hrs I didn't think good things happened to us?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 excellent post mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 It's a welcome change from the past few years isn't it. Make the most of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 It still hasn't sunk in totally, but that post has helped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintjersey Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 Since we got to the final of the FA Cup and Strachan resigned we have been on a downward slope. This is the first time since all of that has happened that I can actually say we have reached the bottom of that slope and now we are starting the steep climb back up to the summit, and I believe now we can go that stage further than a mid table team in perhaps 5/6 years. The dark days are behind us now, bring on the good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWD Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 I keep pinching myself, I am SO excited about the future. Assuming the appointment is made tomorrow I will be even happier! woot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelpie Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 Anyone else finding it all a bit surreal? We have gone from being relegated from the prem league, protests aimed at the mismanagement by Lowe, new guy comes in saying he has saved us called Wilde, says he will pay back the money we spend, he pretty much gets kicked out by the board he brought in, they find a new investor it gets rejected, they resign, Crouch takes over and brings in Dudd and Gormless, they fail and get replaced by Pearson, we survive in CCC on last day, he gets booted out as Wilde and Lowe come back tag-team style, they parade on tv a guy who was already a manager at another club and the first they knew he had gone was when they saw him on tv, they sell Andrew Davies, brings in more people for a new revolutionairy style of football, it goes tits up we are in the bottom three for ages, manager gets fired, give the new job to a guy who has never got a team promoted and 3 of his 5 pro teams relegated, calls Ryan Smith "World class", club goes into admin, Lowe says we wont get minus 10 points because he is a genius, we get -10 points, we get relegated to League One for the first time in pretty much 50 odd years, we await a buyer for ages and are told our club will start having to be wound up soonish, staff don't get paid, consortium with MLT as chairman go into exclusivity, turns out a dude lives at home with his mum so pulls out of the deal, we look fooked, we sell two players of which 1 is a fan favourite, Wotte looks set to stay on for another year, Davis looks set to sign for West Ham THEN BANG In comes the new guy who is sole owner and has a vast fortune, within 24hrs gets Davis to sign a new deal and tells Wotte to fook off. Potentially a good manager such as Strachan, Coppell etc might become our manager. Releases season tickets of which save me best part of £100....And that is just in 24hrs I didn't think good things happened to us?! ..and that's just page one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 I'm going to miss the doom and gloom. Haha NOT.... Bring it on Saints as I predict we will be playing Real Madrid in 5 years at this rate of good news :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 Don't worry St Marco, it's football. You know what that always does to you. But GOD isn't it great right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Marco Posted 9 July, 2009 Author Share Posted 9 July, 2009 Don't worry St Marco, it's football. You know what that always does to you. But GOD isn't it great right now! It's fantastic! It is not sinking in that i might not actually have to see BWP run offside again! We can actually get better players then the ones we have! When was the last time we had the luxuary to do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 it's fantastic! It is not sinking in that i might not actually have to see bwp run offside again! We can actually get better players then the ones we have! When was the last time we had the luxuary to do that? 1978-84? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mase Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 It is surreal mate. I’m so happy! Things are already happening efficiently and quickly… It’s something we’re not used to. Long may it continue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWD Posted 9 July, 2009 Share Posted 9 July, 2009 This is a great thread! I love this weird positive feeling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offix Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 It's indeed an almost scary succession of good news. Surreal indeed. I am still afraid that tomorrow I'm going to wake up to find out I've been dreaming these last few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghq Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 Before reading this post is was thinking how up and down my thoughts have been. We're doomed one minute, next we have a billionaire owner, back down as we are keeping a mediocre (at best) Head Coach,next, he's gone and the wait to see who gets appointed keeps all on a knife edge and the divisions for and against raging. I might just not bother for the next few weeks until the season proper starts, I'm sure it would be better for my health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 the last 72 hours have altered the face of this club for ever all we need now is all these armchair fans to get of their backsides and support the first team in person Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanimal Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 Of a very long dark tunnel!!!!!!! The last 48 hours have been amazing, just wish I was back at home to let it really sink in! and more to come........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sainttomski Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 great post sums things up nicely. The only way is up now! 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 Wait until some of the transfer money starts flowing!!! I was too young for most of the 80s and all I've known is struggle, first in the 90s and then the last few years. During this time, any success has been tinged with the feeling that it could be snatched away at any moment. A high profile transfer -mark hughes, ronnie ekelund or manager - glenn hoddle has been the closest I've got to feeling that anything is possible, that we can invest without having to sell, that we can kick on and on. Still, don't want to believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegaffer Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 1978-84? Phil you are so right. Great times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpie the sinner Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 Just very happy at moment!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Saint Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 This must what a lottery winner feels like the minute they realise they have won. They sit there staring at the ticket wondering if they have read the numbers right, got the right week and is it an elaborate hoax. I think I will embrace the warm feeling of smugness for quite some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truesaint Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 For the first time in years the future is bright. . . its red and white! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sussexsaint Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 It has been a privalage to stand shoulder to shoulder with fellow fans on here who understand what we have been through. Living away from Southampton means that noone understands or cares for that matter why I have been so tense and P*ssed off and frankly almost tearful at times at the prospect of us losing the club forever - the low being when the staff could not be paid - I really thought that was it. This club means more to me than I suppose really even I realised up until that point it is part of my family and it always will be. It is unbelievable the changes a few hours make - this chap has swept in like a force of nature and within hours made some monuumental decisions that frankly I saw taking weeks - this all bodes very well for the future Genuinely for the first time in ages - perhaps since the sea of Yellow in Cardiff I am proud and excited to be a Saints fan, and this is us sat at the bottom of L1!! People are linking us with managers and players well above the station of a club in that position. I know this is 'going to sound ghey' but thank you all for being with me during all this - I am sure we will look back on this time in the future and smile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 It has been a privalage to stand shoulder to shoulder with fellow fans on here who understand what we have been through. Living away from Southampton means that noone understands or cares for that matter why I have been so tense and P*ssed off and frankly almost tearful at times at the prospect of us losing the club forever - the low being when the staff could not be paid - I really thought that was it. This club means more to me than I suppose really even I realised up until that point it is part of my family and it always will be. It is unbelievable the changes a few hours make - this chap has swept in like a force of nature and within hours made some monuumental decisions that frankly I saw taking weeks - this all bodes very well for the future Genuinely for the first time in ages - perhaps since the sea of Yellow in Cardiff I am proud and excited to be a Saints fan, and this is us sat at the bottom of L1!! People are linking us with managers and players well above the station of a club in that position. I know this is 'going to sound ghey' but thank you all for being with me during all this - I am sure we will look back on this time in the future and smile Oh you poor dear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 Salvador Dali couldn't have done better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happiness stan Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 I'm having a hard time getting my head around it too. Exciting times ahead, L1 will be tough, especially as we'll be one of the "teams to beat". The managerial appointment will be the first footballing decision, I think they'll set their stall out from day one. I'm almost expecting something to go wrong, is that a football fans default setting....or maybe just Saints fans? Strange (but really exciting) times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Jazzbo Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 Since we got to the final of the FA Cup and Strachan resigned we have been on a downward slope. This is the first time since all of that has happened that I can actually say we have reached the bottom of that slope and now we are starting the steep climb back up to the summit, and I believe now we can go that stage further than a mid table team in perhaps 5/6 years. The dark days are behind us now, bring on the good times. What I find surreal is that this whole thing started alomost to the day Ted Bates died in 2003. Although we were 4th in the Prem at Xmas, Strachan resigned soon after, and then it all went pear shaped from then onwards. Also if you look at our years of success, I believe that they began in 1955 when Ted Bates became manager, the whole time he was at the club right up until he died we were pretty successful. Since his death it has been a nightmare for us all. Perhaps he had a word with God and said 'look I think Saints deserve a bit of good fortune now, can't you sort something out and bring back the good times down there.' God somehow to Markus Liebherr and now Ted will be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daren W Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 The best thing seems to be the realistic approach from the new men. We're a League One club and they're preparing for us to be a League One with a good, solid, promotion aiming League One Budget... The one thing I desperately didn't want was for us to be another Chelsea/Man City and be a rich man's toy that other clubs despise... I see great things on the horizon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 Totally - I watched jealously as my Man City supporting OH got so excited last summer when they got their billionaire but now its my turn!! I can't really believe it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRobbie Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 I knew it could and would happen. Known it for ages, but still in shock as to how good it feels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint sfc Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 It's still sinking in that we're in league one, let alone that we've been taken of by a gazillionaire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 And to think some people were saying that there was nothing good that could come out of being in Administration.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickfinks Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 Its so nice to see and hear Saints fans again, holding their heads high, the future is bright, the future in the red and white (flag)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbury Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 Hmmmm. Happy with all the news, but.... If whe win our first thress games (last time that happened?) we'll be on -1. I think we'll struggle, and I hope the optimism on this thread gets us through bad patches like not winning for 7 games for example. Here's to staying up!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncoboy Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 It is all a bit spooky. A takeover by someone who has money. A player deciding to stay. Looking for a better manager. Season tickets being issued rather than the club folding. No longer taking grief for being a Saints fan. Cripes I feel a bit dizzy with it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 Anyone else finding it all a bit surreal? We have gone from being relegated from the prem league, protests aimed at the mismanagement by Lowe, new guy comes in saying he has saved us called Wilde, says he will pay back the money we spend, he pretty much gets kicked out by the board he brought in, they find a new investor it gets rejected, they resign, Crouch takes over and brings in Dudd and Gormless, they fail and get replaced by Pearson, we survive in CCC on last day, he gets booted out as Wilde and Lowe come back tag-team style, they parade on tv a guy who was already a manager at another club and the first they knew he had gone was when they saw him on tv, they sell Andrew Davies, brings in more people for a new revolutionairy style of football, it goes tits up we are in the bottom three for ages, manager gets fired, give the new job to a guy who has never got a team promoted and 3 of his 5 pro teams relegated, calls Ryan Smith "World class", club goes into admin, Lowe says we wont get minus 10 points because he is a genius, we get -10 points, we get relegated to League One for the first time in pretty much 50 odd years, we await a buyer for ages and are told our club will start having to be wound up soonish, staff don't get paid, consortium with MLT as chairman go into exclusivity, turns out a dude lives at home with his mum so pulls out of the deal, we look fooked, we sell two players of which 1 is a fan favourite, Wotte looks set to stay on for another year, Davis looks set to sign for West Ham THEN BANG In comes the new guy who is sole owner and has a vast fortune, within 24hrs gets Davis to sign a new deal and tells Wotte to fook off. Potentially a good manager such as Strachan, Coppell etc might become our manager. Releases season tickets of which save me best part of £100....And that is just in 24hrs I didn't think good things happened to us?! That was a great summary, if you'd have written that before it would have saved a lot of overkill on this sit in the last 24 hrs. ...sounds exciting though - doesn't it ? The next heart attack will be the ..new manager followed by ....the new players he will sign.. Starting the season in League 1 will seem like an anti-climax - won't it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 I'm definitely suffering from a good news overdose here. Saints saved from the brink of oblivion New billionaire owner All debts wiped out Lowe completely gone Wotte gone Kelvin Davis staying I think if Strachan was appointed there'd be a lot of creamy knickers on the South Coast, and certainly one pair in Ayr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sussexsaint Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 +1 ooh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 That was a great summary, if you'd have written that before it would have saved a lot of overkill on this sit in the last 24 hrs. ...sounds exciting though - doesn't it ? The next heart attack will be the ..new manager followed by ....the new players he will sign.. Starting the season in League 1 will seem like an anti-climax - won't it ? No!!! Considering at one point it was being debated whether we'd even have a club by the start of the season I cannot see how playing football with no financial worries will be an anti-climax! It will be a relief, I for one cannot describe how much I am looking forward to August the 8th! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 That was a great summary, if you'd have written that before it would have saved a lot of overkill on this sit in the last 24 hrs. ...sounds exciting though - doesn't it ? The next heart attack will be the ..new manager followed by ....the new players he will sign.. Starting the season in League 1 will seem like an anti-climax - won't it ? F**k no! For a start I am just pleased we still have a club to support even if it is in the third tier of English football. Secondly, I am looking forward to next season MUCH more than last, even if we haven't signed any players yet. The club is on a much more stable financial basis and I expect a much more competant manager to be appointed than Portaloo or WTF. Thirdly, Lowe is gone Forthly I am genuinely excited about visiting some of the tin-pot grounds next season, even if the football wont be anything to write home about. I went to Scunny two years ago and it reminded me of what the Dell must have been like (never got to go to the Dell ) So close to the pitch with the corregated iron roof and all the fans packed in. Fifthly, Lowe is gone Sixthly, I am pretty sure we will win more games next season than last. And lastly, Lowe is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macthesaint Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 Great post Marco,it is surreal. Enjoying the skates quiet reactions at work as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 You can tell we ain't played a league match yet can't you ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 Anyone else finding it all a bit surreal? ... I didn't think good things happened to us?! No, we're just long overdue being run like most other football clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 I went to Scunny two years ago and it reminded me of what the Dell must have been like (never got to go to the Dell ) So close to the pitch with the corregated iron roof and all the fans packed in. . Scvnthorpe's ground was built in 1987 and that makes it at least 50 years newer than 28 of the grounds in the top 2 divisions, so it's hardly a bastion of old-school atmosphere or architecture... I shouldn't think there were many live wires hanging from the stand or wooden bench seats either. It was quite weird when Scunny became footballing pioneers by building a completely new ground on a new site back then, before there was big money in the game, at a time when stadia were EXPECTED to be piddle-stained, dilapidated death-traps, prior to the Hillsborough Disaster and before Arsenal, Bolton, Hull, Man City, Stoke, Sunderland, Wigan, Cardiff, Coventry, Derby, Doncaster, Leicester, Middlesbrough, Reading, Swansea, Colchester, MK Dons, Millwall, Walsall, Wycombe, Yeovil, AFC Bournemouth (arguably), Darlington, Northampton and Shrewsbury all had a go - and Portsmouth had 15 attempts and failed to manage it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martel Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 Anyone else finding it all a bit surreal? We have gone from being relegated from the prem league, protests aimed at the mismanagement by Lowe, new guy comes in saying he has saved us called Wilde, says he will pay back the money we spend, he pretty much gets kicked out by the board he brought in, they find a new investor it gets rejected, they resign, Crouch takes over and brings in Dudd and Gormless, they fail and get replaced by Pearson, we survive in CCC on last day, he gets booted out as Wilde and Lowe come back tag-team style, they parade on tv a guy who was already a manager at another club and the first they knew he had gone was when they saw him on tv, they sell Andrew Davies, brings in more people for a new revolutionairy style of football, it goes tits up we are in the bottom three for ages, manager gets fired, give the new job to a guy who has never got a team promoted and 3 of his 5 pro teams relegated, calls Ryan Smith "World class", club goes into admin, Lowe says we wont get minus 10 points because he is a genius, we get -10 points, we get relegated to League One for the first time in pretty much 50 odd years, we await a buyer for ages and are told our club will start having to be wound up soonish, staff don't get paid, consortium with MLT as chairman go into exclusivity, turns out a dude lives at home with his mum so pulls out of the deal, we look fooked, we sell two players of which 1 is a fan favourite, Wotte looks set to stay on for another year, Davis looks set to sign for West Ham THEN BANG In comes the new guy who is sole owner and has a vast fortune, within 24hrs gets Davis to sign a new deal and tells Wotte to fook off. Potentially a good manager such as Strachan, Coppell etc might become our manager. Releases season tickets of which save me best part of £100....And that is just in 24hrs I didn't think good things happened to us?! Great post, and right now all this excitement works better than viagra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1976_Child Posted 10 July, 2009 Share Posted 10 July, 2009 Agreed. It is totally surreal. So, just for old times sake: LOWE OUT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 29 July, 2014 Share Posted 29 July, 2014 Anyone else finding it all a bit surreal? We have gone from being relegated from the prem league, protests aimed at the mismanagement by Lowe, new guy comes in saying he has saved us called Wilde, says he will pay back the money we spend, he pretty much gets kicked out by the board he brought in, they find a new investor it gets rejected, they resign, Crouch takes over and brings in Dudd and Gormless, they fail and get replaced by Pearson, we survive in CCC on last day, he gets booted out as Wilde and Lowe come back tag-team style, they parade on tv a guy who was already a manager at another club and the first they knew he had gone was when they saw him on tv, they sell Andrew Davies, brings in more people for a new revolutionairy style of football, it goes tits up we are in the bottom three for ages, manager gets fired, give the new job to a guy who has never got a team promoted and 3 of his 5 pro teams relegated, calls Ryan Smith "World class", club goes into admin, Lowe says we wont get minus 10 points because he is a genius, we get -10 points, we get relegated to League One for the first time in pretty much 50 odd years, we await a buyer for ages and are told our club will start having to be wound up soonish, staff don't get paid, consortium with MLT as chairman go into exclusivity, turns out a dude lives at home with his mum so pulls out of the deal, we look fooked, we sell two players of which 1 is a fan favourite, Wotte looks set to stay on for another year, Davis looks set to sign for West Ham THEN BANG In comes the new guy who is sole owner and has a vast fortune, within 24hrs gets Davis to sign a new deal and tells Wotte to fook off. Potentially a good manager such as Strachan, Coppell etc might become our manager. Releases season tickets of which save me best part of £100....And that is just in 24hrs I didn't think good things happened to us?! They do St Marco but rarely last longer than 5 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 29 July, 2014 Share Posted 29 July, 2014 They do St Marco but rarely last longer than 5 years Bit sad to be bumping 5 year old threads don't you think?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToreSF Posted 29 July, 2014 Share Posted 29 July, 2014 Bit sad to be bumping 5 year old threads don't you think?? No! OPs post was great fun to read again. What a bizarre club this is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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