JohnnyFartPants Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 It has been spouted now for months that we would be losing our best players. No end of it from Lallana to Surman to Davis. Suddenly when that hasn't happened its because all our players are sh1t. We have recalled existing players and strengthened by adding. NOTHING has been taken away. No backward steps were taken. This is good news and should be embraced even if it was overseen by the pantomime hate figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 its a shame the 'no backward steps were taken' line wasnt used before, ie after fa cup etc etc. 2nd bottom of the championship and not losing any MORE of our best players is not a reason to shout about imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ron fan Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 He's already ruined the season by his incompetent management and dreadful football decisions, so why celebrate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 Yeah we are doing so well aren't we ...1 win at home all season 5 abysmal loans in and second from bottom ...boy you Lowe Luvvies must be so proud of loveable old rosey cheeks and his Dutch revolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 LOL, nice try Johnny. Nice try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Perrin Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 Yeah we are doing so well aren't we ...1 win at home all season 5 abysmal loans in and second from bottom ...boy you Lowe Luvvies must be so proud of loveable old rosey cheeks and his Dutch revolution. Ron, I am. Not proud exactly, because clearly things could have gone better. That said the fact that we are not cut loose whilst playing effectively a reserve/youth team is a testament to the guts of the players we have. I didn't expect playoffs this year, I expected to survive whilst the financial holes were plugged. We're not relegated yet, and with luck we'll survive by the skin of our teeth which is what happened last year (with a vastly more experienced, skilled and payed side). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 Like most Lowe apologists you fail to think a little further as to why there might not have been these sales. Could it be that the chairmen of other clubs are canny enough to realise that if they wait for us to go into receivership, they can get those players they want for far less than now? It isn't as if there have been many clubs fighting to buy any of our players, as none currently has set the world on fire recently, except perhaps KD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvictaSaint Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 Like most Lowe apologists you fail to think a little further as to why there might not have been these sales. Could it be that the chairmen of other clubs are canny enough to realise that if they wait for us to go into receivership, they can get those players they want for far less than now? It isn't as if there have been many clubs fighting to buy any of our players, as none currently has set the world on fire recently, except perhaps KD. At last a voice of reason amongst the tunnel-visioned.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 It has been spouted now for months that we would be losing our best players. No end of it from Lallana to Surman to Davis. Suddenly when that hasn't happened its because all our players are sh1t. We have recalled existing players and strengthened by adding. NOTHING has been taken away. No backward steps were taken. This is good news and should be embraced even if it was overseen by the pantomime hate figure. So how do you reconcile the apparent lack of money/administration talk from SMS with the sudden not having to Sell. Seems like someone has been overstating how poor we are ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvictaSaint Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 It has been spouted now for months that we would be losing our best players. No end of it from Lallana to Surman to Davis. Suddenly when that hasn't happened its because all our players are sh1t. We have recalled existing players and strengthened by adding. NOTHING has been taken away. No backward steps were taken. This is good news and should be embraced even if it was overseen by the pantomime hate figure. I find it incredible that the apologists have been waiting for the cease-fire to poke their heads above the parapet and start spouting the usual nonsense. Why were you not demonstrating your confidence that we would not sell anybody whilst the window was actually open? Hmmm.... Let's test your confidence shall we? If things are not as bad as we were all allegedly stating, why did we get rid of Pearson? He was, we were told, "too expensive". Why did we send out our best players on loan? Why did we get in a poor excuse of a head coach? If things were all so rosy, why did we make these drastic cutbacks? You cannot have your cake and eat it; if we are financially fine, there can be no excuse or reason for such poor, potentially disastrous decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 Like most Lowe apologists you fail to think a little further as to why there might not have been these sales. Could it be that the chairmen of other clubs are canny enough to realise that if they wait for us to go into receivership, they can get those players they want for far less than now? It isn't as if there have been many clubs fighting to buy any of our players, as none currently has set the world on fire recently, except perhaps KD. Hallelujah. Post of the week Wes. I know I'm world famous for jumping to (often wrong) conclusions but for people to be assuming that 'no sales' = 'club safe' are being too optimistic. It could just as logically mean the opposite. Not that there's anything wrong with optimism of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glkdcdes Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 It has been spouted now for months that we would be losing our best players. No end of it from Lallana to Surman to Davis. Suddenly when that hasn't happened its because all our players are sh1t. We have recalled existing players and strengthened by adding. NOTHING has been taken away. No backward steps were taken. This is good news and should be embraced even if it was overseen by the pantomime hate figure. Find this post quite shocking in its complacency. We are going down this season unfortunately. We will be waving at Pearson as he passes us the other way. We, and even more the players and staff have had to watch the arrogant idiot Lowe continue to spread his charm and effective leadership around the club. All he has to do is hide away keep a low profile and surely some one will start to defend him. Mark my words, this team will only ever go one way while Lowe is involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daren W Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 it has been spouted now for months that we would be losing our best players. No end of it from lallana to surman to davis. Suddenly when that hasn't happened its because all our players are sh1t. We have recalled existing players and strengthened by adding. Nothing has been taken away. No backward steps were taken. This is good news and should be embraced even if it was overseen by the pantomime hate figure. Club second from bottom in the championship in "no one wants to buy our players shock".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungle Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 JFP 1 Main Bored (sic) 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northam soul Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 I cannot believe that barclays will be too happy if the reports coming from Dave Jones et all are true as he clearly stated we would need to sell and as far as i can tell nothing has changed to make that any different. As for your friend then i am afraid our revolutionary coaching set up certainly lived up to its name because revolutions never last that long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
um pahars Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 It has been spouted now for months that we would be losing our best players. No end of it from Lallana to Surman to Davis. Suddenly when that hasn't happened its because all our players are sh1t. We have recalled existing players and strengthened by adding. NOTHING has been taken away. No backward steps were taken. This is good news and should be embraced even if it was overseen by the pantomime hate figure. Am I allowed to post on this thread Johnny, as I don't hate Lowe???? Could you clear that up for me, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 I find it incredible that the apologists have been waiting for the cease-fire to poke their heads above the parapet and start spouting the usual nonsense. Why were you not demonstrating your confidence that we would not sell anybody whilst the window was actually open? Hmmm.... Let's test your confidence shall we? If things are not as bad as we were all allegedly stating, why did we get rid of Pearson? He was, we were told, "too expensive". Why did we send out our best players on loan? Why did we get in a poor excuse of a head coach? If things were all so rosy, why did we make these drastic cutbacks? You cannot have your cake and eat it; if we are financially fine, there can be no excuse or reason for such poor, potentially disastrous decisions. You seem to think you're asking tricky questions, but all the answers are obvious and available - Pearson was jack sh it to do with money, we could have easily afforded him, it was about Lowe's dopey revolution. The loaning out of players was money related, because we are skint. Things aren't "so rosy" and I don't think anyone is saying they are. The only back tracking going is from the hystericals on the forum that decide that "Lowe sells everything that moves" "Lowe will cash in Lallana/Suman/Davies/everyone as soon as you can blink" and so on. Very few of those that are labeled Luvvies said we wouldn't sell players, but plenty of the loons said we would sell every member of the first team. And its them that are wrong. The truth is slightly more complicated than some on here can handle. But still, roll up for the new evil-Lowe-conspiracy theories - I'm loving the one that us not selling players is even stronger evidence we're going into administration!!! (Would the same people be saying "this is evidence of our financial security" if we'd sold five players this month? Unlikely....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 JFP 1 Main Bored (sic) 0 You mean that JFP is one up in the posting of boring comments and everybody is bored with him? I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 You could turn this post around and say that Lowe has FAILED to off load many of the high wage earners and with the additions we have made to the squad the wage bill has actually gone up, contrary to what he told the city and the clubs creditors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 Like most Lowe apologists you fail to think a little further as to why there might not have been these sales. Could it be that the chairmen of other clubs are canny enough to realise that if they wait for us to go into receivership, they can get those players they want for far less than now? It isn't as if there have been many clubs fighting to buy any of our players, as none currently has set the world on fire recently, except perhaps KD. Yep, added to the fact that Skacel is clearly playing hard-ball.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 Isn't it still possible that all the players that people said were as good as gone could still go in the secondary loan window? (when does that close? end of Feb?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordswoodsaints Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 (edited) It has been spouted now for months that we would be losing our best players. No end of it from Lallana to Surman to Davis. Suddenly when that hasn't happened its because all our players are sh1t. We have recalled existing players and strengthened by adding. NOTHING has been taken away. No backward steps were taken. This is good news and should be embraced even if it was overseen by the pantomime hate figure. do we have any 'best' players then? we are in a relegation scrap due to incompetant management on and off the pitch,to sell any players would be suicide.you are right in saying no backward steps were taken but the backward steps were taken back in the summer. you can gaurantee that if we were in a safe position in the league lowe would have shipped as many out as possible. dont think anything good has come out of this window,it is a false economy,the only thing that may be a bonus is the fact that skacel didnt get moved on but that really isnt anything to shout about. Edited 3 February, 2009 by lordswoodsaints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 Isn't it still possible that all the players that people said were as good as gone could still go in the secondary loan window? (when does that close? end of Feb?) That is hardly going to help the clubs financial state, is it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wopper Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 The numpties are on the run and dont have a clue what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 The numpties are on the run and dont have a clue what to do. Which side are the numpties by your reckoning ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowballs2 Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 Johnny fart pants Here we are faced with almost certain relegation and the probability of administration and all you can do is try and score a cheap shot at those who know Lowe is responsib;le. Shame on you ! I guess you also claim to be a supporter too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Jason Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 It has been spouted now for months that we would be losing our best players. No end of it from Lallana to Surman to Davis. Suddenly when that hasn't happened its because all our players are sh1t. We have recalled existing players and strengthened by adding. NOTHING has been taken away. No backward steps were taken. This is good news and should be embraced even if it was overseen by the pantomime hate figure. John it wasn't us Lowe haters who said they'd be going, it was the dark lord & Jan themselves that said players would be leaving in January to balance the books. In reality, as Wotte himself said yesterday that all the offers were ridiculously low with teams trying to take advantage of our financial position, guessing by that if a decent offer had come in we'd of lost someone! Please don't misread my post, obviously I'm more than happy no one has left, just saying I think it was down to low offers as opposed to Lowe resistance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintBobby Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 My guess is that the non-sale of players and addition to the playing staff of one (albeit relatively cheap) player, indicates that our financial position is "serious but stable". (isn't that what they usually say about badly injured people who look like they are going to pull through?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 That is hardly going to help the clubs financial state, is it ? No idea to be honest. Depends how many straws there are and how strong the camel is I guess...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 My guess is that the non-sale of players and addition to the playing staff of one (albeit relatively cheap) player, indicates that our financial position is "serious but stable". (isn't that what they usually say about badly injured people who look like they are going to pull through?). I agree. If we hadnt managed to flog anybody, the club could have argued that we needed to but received no satisfactory offers, but we actually signed somebody... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRichmond Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 It has been spouted now for months that we would be losing our best players. No end of it from Lallana to Surman to Davis. Suddenly when that hasn't happened its because all our players are sh1t. We have recalled existing players and strengthened by adding. NOTHING has been taken away. No backward steps were taken. This is good news and should be embraced even if it was overseen by the pantomime hate figure. The only thing that should be embraced is Lowe's neck .........Even an "average" Lowe Luvvie ( circa 2 brain cells) will realise that the ONLY reason that Lowe did not " shift a few " players out, was because of the so called credit squeeze/economic downturn Wotte (the Mouthpiece ) said a few offers were received, but were derisory, which means that it would have cost more to replace than what would have been received by selling. "Recalled existing players" .......... you mean ALL the players that are scoring regularly for CCC TEAMS, ie OUR OPOSITION ...... Cannot you Lowe Luvvies understand just how great it's going to be, (from Lowe's Business sense), IF, at the end of the seasom, the players out on loan, score the goals that RELEGATE US As opposed to ...... Saganowski comes back, and lo and behold, we start to score TWO goals per match Lowe NEVER understands .... Goalscorers COST money .... because they SCORE goals.......... Teams that cost PEANUTS, do NOT score goals That is something alien to Lowe, the difference between Business sense and FOOTBALL SENSE ......... Us CUSTOMERS support a FOOTBALL TEAM .... they are called SAINTS LOWE AND WILDE OUT ......... FOREVER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickmick Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 Does this mean we are going under ? £6m in debt and growing. No top earners have been released and our most valuable assets are no longer worth much. Get ready for -10 points soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 Question: Was it cheaper to buy a showroom wardrobe from MFI before or after they went bust? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvictaSaint Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 You seem to think you're asking tricky questions, but all the answers are obvious and available - Pearson was jack sh it to do with money, we could have easily afforded him, it was about Lowe's dopey revolution. The loaning out of players was money related, because we are skint. Things aren't "so rosy" and I don't think anyone is saying they are. The only back tracking going is from the hystericals on the forum that decide that "Lowe sells everything that moves" "Lowe will cash in Lallana/Suman/Davies/everyone as soon as you can blink" and so on. Very few of those that are labeled Luvvies said we wouldn't sell players, but plenty of the loons said we would sell every member of the first team. And its them that are wrong. The truth is slightly more complicated than some on here can handle. But still, roll up for the new evil-Lowe-conspiracy theories - I'm loving the one that us not selling players is even stronger evidence we're going into administration!!! (Would the same people be saying "this is evidence of our financial security" if we'd sold five players this month? Unlikely....) Hi CB. This is the problem with the internet; subtleties and nuances are hard to convey! The questions I posed are more rhetorical in nature, as I too know the answers which you kindly provided. I agree - the truth is somewhere in between; my point is more that this [the lack of departures] is too convenient a rationale for Lowe apologists or indeed anybody else to lean on. There is no more validity in saying that a lack of departures = Lowe is the saviour of Saints than there is in blaming Lowe for everything that has gone on at SFC since 2004. As ever, the truth is somewhere in the middle.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungle Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 The only thing that should be embraced is Lowe's neck .........Even an "average" Lowe Luvvie ( circa 2 brain cells) will realise that the ONLY reason that Lowe did not " shift a few " players out, was because of the so called credit squeeze/economic downturn Wotte (the Mouthpiece ) said a few offers were received, but were derisory, which means that it would have cost more to replace than what would have been received by selling. "Recalled existing players" .......... you mean ALL the players that are scoring regularly for CCC TEAMS, ie OUR OPOSITION ...... Cannot you Lowe Luvvies understand just how great it's going to be, (from Lowe's Business sense), IF, at the end of the seasom, the players out on loan, score the goals that RELEGATE US As opposed to ...... Saganowski comes back, and lo and behold, we start to score TWO goals per match Lowe NEVER understands .... Goalscorers COST money .... because they SCORE goals.......... Teams that cost PEANUTS, do NOT score goals That is something alien to Lowe, the difference between Business sense and FOOTBALL SENSE ......... Us CUSTOMERS support a FOOTBALL TEAM .... they are called SAINTS LOWE AND WILDE OUT ......... FOREVER Silly post of the millenium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solentstars Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 It has been spouted now for months that we would be losing our best players. No end of it from Lallana to Surman to Davis. Suddenly when that hasn't happened its because all our players are sh1t. We have recalled existing players and strengthened by adding. NOTHING has been taken away. No backward steps were taken. This is good news and should be embraced even if it was overseen by the pantomime hate figure. you should have changed this thread to( lowe luvvies-no departures) because they love the guy,they can not stop talking about the guy:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintjay77 Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 I find it incredible that the apologists have been waiting for the cease-fire to poke their heads above the parapet and start spouting the usual nonsense. Why were you not demonstrating your confidence that we would not sell anybody whilst the window was actually open? Hmmm.... Let's test your confidence shall we? If things are not as bad as we were all allegedly stating, why did we get rid of Pearson? He was, we were told, "too expensive". Why did we send out our best players on loan? Why did we get in a poor excuse of a head coach? If things were all so rosy, why did we make these drastic cutbacks? You cannot have your cake and eat it; if we are financially fine, there can be no excuse or reason for such poor, potentially disastrous decisions. Not that I am condoning the baiting from JFP as IMO its just as bad as the constant love in Stanley has with Rupes but to answer some of your points, Could it be that by not keeping pearson, Loaning out our best players, Cheap coach brought in and playing the kids instead of the high earners has actually saved enough money to put us in a situation where we dont have to sell off the jewls at knock down prices? Personally I wouldnt say it gives Roupes the thumbs up but I am a little happier that we are not weeker going into the rest of the season. Its going to be hard enough battling relegation as it is so to actually add to the playing staff rather then lose some of it has got to be a plus for the club right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 do we have any 'best' players then? we are in a relegation scrap due to incompetant management on and off the pitch,to sell any players would be suicide.you are right in saying no backward steps were taken but the backward steps were taken back in the summer. you can gaurantee that if we were in a safe position in the league lowe would have shiped as many out as possible. dont think anything good has come out of this window,it is a false economy,the only thing that may be a bonus is the fact that skacel didnt get moved on but that really isnt anything to shout about. If we had sold Surman, Davies and or Lallana then the likes of you would be screaming blue murder about how Lowe had sold our best players, ripped the heart out of the team etc etc etc. Or are you saying that we could survive just as well without Kelvin and Drew and co? They're just players, we're rubbish and they are all replaceable? You're beginning to sound like some evil money obsessed chairman..... In the hysterics wing of this forum there is so much having your cake and eating it going on its untrue. "We have no best players" I'd love to see the reaction if it was Lowe coming out and saying that as a justification for selling them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 Silly post of the millenium. Why ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solentstars Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 Which side are the numpties by your reckoning ? it stands out a mile they are on both sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solentstars Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 Not that I am condoning the baiting from JFP as IMO its just as bad as the constant love in Stanley has with Rupes but to answer some of your points, Could it be that by not keeping pearson, Loaning out our best players, Cheap coach brought in and playing the kids instead of the high earners has actually saved enough money to put us in a situation where we dont have to sell off the jewls at knock down prices? Personally I wouldnt say it gives Roupes the thumbs up but I am a little happier that we are not weeker going into the rest of the season. Its going to be hard enough battling relegation as it is so to actually add to the playing staff rather then lose some of it has got to be a plus for the club right? a very logical post but i think we would have better of keeping pearson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 "We have no best players" I'd love to see the reaction if it was Lowe coming out and saying that as a justification for selling them. would have got a pat on the back no doubt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRichmond Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 Silly post of the millenium. Great in depth factual response ... Kindly explain WHY my post is "silly" ....... ie give a counter argument Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 It has been spouted now for months that we would be losing our best players. No end of it from Lallana to Surman to Davis. Suddenly when that hasn't happened its because all our players are sh1t. We have recalled existing players and strengthened by adding. NOTHING has been taken away. No backward steps were taken. This is good news and should be embraced even if it was overseen by the pantomime hate figure. what a crap post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRobbie Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 (edited) It has been spouted now for months that we would be losing our best players. No end of it from Lallana to Surman to Davis. Suddenly when that hasn't happened its because all our players are sh1t. We have recalled existing players and strengthened by adding. NOTHING has been taken away. No backward steps were taken. This is good news and should be embraced even if it was overseen by the pantomime hate figure. Nothing has happened because: a. Lowe's youth experiment has been proven to be a failure. b. People have been protesting and threatening him and Wilde. Also, we have not recalled enough men to survive IMHO. and while you're at it you may as well rename this thread 'Vast majority of fans who realise Lowe is no good for our Club - ' Edited 3 February, 2009 by SaintRobbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvictaSaint Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 Not that I am condoning the baiting from JFP as IMO its just as bad as the constant love in Stanley has with Rupes but to answer some of your points, Could it be that by not keeping pearson, Loaning out our best players, Cheap coach brought in and playing the kids instead of the high earners has actually saved enough money to put us in a situation where we dont have to sell off the jewls at knock down prices? Personally I wouldnt say it gives Roupes the thumbs up but I am a little happier that we are not weeker going into the rest of the season. Its going to be hard enough battling relegation as it is so to actually add to the playing staff rather then lose some of it has got to be a plus for the club right? Quite so - I agree with you (see my reply to CB above). The point I was trying to make was that it is as ludicrous to use the lack of departures to hail Lowe as our saviour as it is nonsensical to blame the entirity of our sad decline on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelpie Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 It has been spouted now for months that we would be losing our best players. No end of it from Lallana to Surman to Davis. Suddenly when that hasn't happened its because all our players are sh1t. We have recalled existing players and strengthened by adding. NOTHING has been taken away. No backward steps were taken. This is good news and should be embraced even if it was overseen by the pantomime hate figure. Molyneaux hasn't strengthened the squad. He is an inexperienced liability. Zoltan might be ok, but he too is very inexperienced at this level, and is an almighty risk if played during our seriously tough relegation dogfight. Gasmi, Forecast and Pulis are not first team standard. So how has that stengthened our squad? And what does their signings say for the standard of our heralded Academy which Lowe gambled on to be the mainstay of our squad this season? The one player signed since the season started that we have now who is a real plus is Saeijs. Meanwhile Dyer - who we really need right now - is on loan until the end of the season. '20 goal' John was disregarded completely. No wonder we are in the mess we are in. No, our squad is considerably weaker than it could have been and should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 More fool the person who sold 10,000 shares at a poultry 17.25 pence yesterday. If only they'd waited for the price to leap this morning on news that we're now out of the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 do we have any 'best' players then? . Southampton head coach Mark Wotte has said he has rejected several offers for some of his players. Midfielder Andrew Surman, striker Adam Lallana and goalkeeper Kelvin Davis have all been linked with moves away from the St Mary's Stadium. Wotte told BBC Radio Solent: "We had a couple of bids but for ridiculously low money. We're not that desperate, to sell for peanuts." Wotte has declined to reveal details of the bids or players involved. "Maybe for ridiculous money you have to sell someone but not because other clubs think you have financial problems," Wotte added. "It's not important which clubs were involved, or which players, but we won't be selling any of our best players for that kind of money." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintjay77 Posted 3 February, 2009 Share Posted 3 February, 2009 Silly post of the millenium. Did you really expect to see anything substantial after reading who posted it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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