Lowe on Sky News

[hugh]

Have just been told that Lowe will be interviewed by Jeff Randall on Sky News at 7.30pm tomorrow.

 

That should be interesting, if you have seen any other JR interviews.

 

In fact an interesting and challenging day all round tomorrow....

[alpine_saint]

What, you mean he wont be at Vicarage Road, cheering the lads on ???

[Johnny Bognor]

If he put as much effort into selling the club / finding investment as he is in his "It's not my fault" PR offensive, perhaps we would never had entered administration.

[Colinjb]

If he put as much effort into selling the club / finding investment as he is in his "It's not my fault" PR offensive, perhaps we would never had entered administration.

 

He never wanted to sell the club, it was his asset to cultivate as he saw fit.

[Fan The Flames]

He ****in every where must have a book coming out.

[Colinjb]

He ****in every where must have a book coming out.

 

I dearly hope so, it would be fascinating to get a true snapshot of his delusion.

[Fan The Flames]

I dearly hope so, it would be fascinating to get a true snapshot of his delusion.

 

Alternating chapters, Lowes account and what really happened.

[PaulSaint]

Not content with Talk Sport & Sky News he's also on satellite channel 587 at 10:

 

Season 1 Episode 6 - Adventures over the Itchen

 

Synopsis:

 

The perenial duck hunter & general pain in the ar'se finally gets to show us all his swinging techniques. Last in series, also available in HD.

 

[obelisk]

Pity there's no gagging clause applied to that ex-employee.

[corsacar saint]

The man is a deluded p****K.

[fish fingers]

What, you mean he wont be at Vicarage Road, cheering the lads on ???

 

What, so we should expect to see you there too?

[saintstr1]

I for one am sick of listening to Lowe , I think his constant protesting every day only proves his Guilt.

[St Landrew]

Pity there's no gagging clause applied to that ex-employee.

 

 

Absolutely.

[John B]

I for one am sick of listening to Lowe , I think his constant protesting every day only proves his Guilt.

 

Well I dont there are plenty others who are equally guilty as Lowe

 

What about this Jones guy the Financial Director his financial skills appear to be zero

[SaintRichmond]

Have just been told that Lowe will be interviewed by Jeff Randall on Sky News at 7.30pm tomorrow.

 

That should be interesting, if you have seen any other JR interviews.

 

In fact an interesting and challenging day all round tomorrow....

 

 

IMHO, Lowe knew full well what the outcome of Leisure Holdings calling in the Administrators AFTER the League deadline

 

A NAILED ON TEN POINT DEDUCTION that GUARENTEED Relegation

 

What an absolute To**er he remains ....

 

Good job he "loves" the Club ......... God knows what he would have done otherwise

 

But, unfortunately, he WILL be back. Once it is confirmed that we are in Div 1 next season, most of the Nineteen interested parties will melt away, and we will be left with a another version of the Reverse Takeover ......... Fronted by you know who .........

 

.... " He aint dead, he's resting "

[SaintRobbie]

Sorry but I just wish he'd go away. He has... but his ego will insist he milks every opportunity to say how none of this was his fault.

 

Grit your teeth everyone, we know the truth... and to be honest so does the media.

 

Someone will right the true story one day - and it will be a best seller... go on Duncan!

[Pancake]

Was he on?

[alpine_saint]

What, so we should expect to see you there too?

 

Erm no, I live abroad. Your point is what, exactly ?

[CB Fry]

IMHO, Lowe knew full well what the outcome of Leisure Holdings calling in the Administrators AFTER the League deadline

 

A NAILED ON TEN POINT DEDUCTION that GUARENTEED Relegation

 

What an absolute To**er he remains ....

 

Good job he "loves" the Club ......... God knows what he would have done otherwise

 

But, unfortunately, he WILL be back. Once it is confirmed that we are in Div 1 next season, most of the Nineteen interested parties will melt away, and we will be left with a another version of the Reverse Takeover ......... Fronted by you know who .........

 

.... " He aint dead, he's resting "

 

 

Err - a ten point penalty before the deadline would have GUARENTEED relegation as well.

 

You really are an utter retard.

[CLOTH EARS]

Why doesn't Lowe just walk off quietly into the sunset? He has done a few interviews since stepping down. Despite what he says about having no future involvement, i believe he likes the limelight too much and I wouldn't be surprised if he re-appears in the future. I really hope I am wrong though.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Just wish the idiot would melt away and get washed down the sewer he came from.

[dubai_phil]

OK so for those of us busy on our computers trying to get saints tv anyone know what he said?

[Fitzhugh Fella]

OK so for those of us busy on our computers trying to get saints tv anyone know what he said?

 

A guess Phil

"it wasn't my fault"

 

I could be wrong but I doubt it.

[dubai_phil]

A guess Phil

"it wasn't my fault"

 

I could be wrong but I doubt it.

 

Noooooooo surely not and after they were biggin him up dishing the dirt and all that

 

:smt082

[saint_mears]

All i got was a snippet on SSN saying a goalkeeping coach got a bouncing cheque.

[rocknrollman no2]

What is it with Lowe life?

"Its everyones fault,except mine".

"Wheres allthe money gone?"

Perhaps Rupert a large chunk of it went on a radio station,insurance services,SCW,an eye dome,Simon Clifford?

Remind me who wasted that money ?

[rallyboy]

I just caught the last couple of minutes in which the toughest question in the interrogation was something like, where are you going on holiday this year?

Not so much investigative journalism, no dragging facts out of the arch villain, more like a PR love-in between old chums.

 

Was it any more interesting or relevant before that?

[Saint Charlie]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Randall-Southampton-FC-Former-Chairman-Blames-Management-And-Bank-For-Clubs-Financial-Woes/Article/200904115257792?lid=ARTICLE_15257792_RandallSouthamptonFCFormerChairmanBlamesManagementAndBankForClubsFinancialWoes&lpos=searchresults

 

The interviewer describes him at the end as "Rupert Lowe- football romantic"

Edited 7 April, 2009 by Saint Charlie

[Saint Keith]

i watched it, as i do each night, altho never as attentivly as this evening

 

basiclly, he blamed barclays and the board in the 2nd season we went down under wilde & crouch.

 

he said that when he left the club in may 2006, we had no bank debt at all, and had cash on deposit. he says when he returned in may 2008, we had bank debt of £6.2m on a facilty of £5m

 

he said it was part of the agreement for him to come back that they got under the £5m ceiling, which they did

 

he then said that they were summoned to canary wharf in september 2008, and told outright, unilaterally, that barclays were reducing this immediately to £4m

 

he didnt say how much they had been able to repay or go into any circumstances around how we went back over that amount, but his point was, it was the main plank of the business plan to get it down under £5m, but not under £4m

 

he also blamed the fact they had this overdraft at all on an over enthusiastic bank manager at barclays, richard fry, who was/is also a supporter, and suggested both he and the board at that time got carried away

 

which is probably factually correct, but we were a penalty kick at pride park away from getting away with it

[corsacar saint]

In his own deluded mind the arrogant , pompous, tosser has never failed at anything in

his life.

[SW5 SAINT]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Randall-Southampton-FC-Former-Chairman-Blames-Management-And-Bank-For-Clubs-Financial-Woes/Article/200904115257792?lid=ARTICLE_15257792_RandallSouthamptonFCFormerChairmanBlamesManagementAndBankForClubsFinancialWoes&lpos=searchresults

 

The interviewer describes him at the end as "Rupert Lowe- football romantic"

 

Thanks for that

[alpine_saint]

If he was so f**king worried about the 1million difference and the 110K in bouncing cheques, why didnt he dip into his severance pay from last time, or go without pay for a few weeks ?

 

Tosser.

 

All he gives a crap about is that he is now a laughing stock and a bad bet in the City..

[SFC Forever]

Why doesn't Lowe just walk off quietly into the sunset? He has done a few interviews since stepping down. Despite what he says about having no future involvement, i believe he likes the limelight too much and I wouldn't be surprised if he re-appears in the future. I really hope I am wrong though.

 

Actually I would love it if he was to return in the near future.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How about Pompey they need someone to bail them out?

[um pahars]

i watched it, as i do each night, altho never as attentivly as this evening

 

basiclly, he blamed barclays and the board in the 2nd season we went down under wilde & crouch.

 

he said that when he left the club in may 2006, we had no bank debt at all, and had cash on deposit. he says when he returned in may 2008, we had bank debt of £6.2m on a facilty of £5m

 

he said it was part of the agreement for him to come back that they got under the £5m ceiling, which they did

 

he then said that they were summoned to canary wharf in september 2008, and told outright, unilaterally, that barclays were reducing this immediately to £4m

 

he didnt say how much they had been able to repay or go into any circumstances around how we went back over that amount, but his point was, it was the main plank of the business plan to get it down under £5m, but not under £4m

 

he also blamed the fact they had this overdraft at all on an over enthusiastic bank manager at barclays, richard fry, who was/is also a supporter, and suggested both he and the board at that time got carried away

 

which is probably factually correct, but we were a penalty kick at pride park away from getting away with it

 

But of course no mention of this season, as I presume like one or two others, he thinks this awful season has no bearing on us going into administration.

 

So basically appointing a poor manager, who achieved poor results, ensuring poor attendances, ensuring poor revenues has absolutely no bearing on our financial perfromance.

 

With 2,000 bums being something like £1million on the top line, then I think the failings on the football pitch have a direct knock on effect on the bank overdraft.

 

Of course the same can be said going the other way, i.e. no money ensures we have poorer players, but the decision to boot out Pearson and install Poortvliet was just the final straw of our financial suicide as I fail to believe that things would have been as bad on the pitch had Pearson stayed.

 

Then of course you have to ask why if we just had the overdraft tightened by £1million, then why they didn't make a better attempt at hitting this target, no matter how unjust the decision to cut it might appear.

 

If they thought they could hit £5million, then surely there were ways to enusre they hit £4million (sell players in January - even if it's at a knockdown as it would be better than admnistration, look outside for a small cash injection - force Crouch's hand, sale of other assets, engender the kind of support we saw on Saturday etc etc etc).

 

PS As many predicted, he was still interested in looking backwards and not particularly keen on passing on the blame game and trying to help the Club in these dark times. It was all about how Lowe appears to others.

Edited 7 April, 2009 by um pahars

[Ponty]

i watched it, as i do each night, altho never as attentivly as this evening

 

basiclly, he blamed barclays and the board in the 2nd season we went down under wilde & crouch.

 

he said that when he left the club in may 2006, we had no bank debt at all, and had cash on deposit. he says when he returned in may 2008, we had bank debt of £6.2m on a facilty of £5m

 

he said it was part of the agreement for him to come back that they got under the £5m ceiling, which they did

 

he then said that they were summoned to canary wharf in september 2008, and told outright, unilaterally, that barclays were reducing this immediately to £4m

 

he didnt say how much they had been able to repay or go into any circumstances around how we went back over that amount, but his point was, it was the main plank of the business plan to get it down under £5m, but not under £4m

 

he also blamed the fact they had this overdraft at all on an over enthusiastic bank manager at barclays, richard fry, who was/is also a supporter, and suggested both he and the board at that time got carried away

 

which is probably factually correct, but we were a penalty kick at pride park away from getting away with it

This is probably the truest sentence on the subject ever posted on here (if you ignore the fact there was still a final to play).

[alpine_saint]

This is probably the truest sentence on the subject ever posted on here (if you ignore the fact there was still a final to play).

 

Another reason to blame Burley then...

 

I still to this day cannot believe that f**kwit gave the first peno to the worst player on the pitch...

[Saint Keith]

But of course no mention of this season, as I presume like one or two others, he thinks this awful season has no bearing on us going into administration.

 

So basically appointing a poor manager, who achieved poor results, ensuring poor attendances, ensuring poor revenues has absolutely no bearing on our financial perfromance.

 

With 2,000 bums being something like £1million on the top line, then I think the failings on the football pitch have a direct knock on effect on the bank overdraft.

 

Of course the same can be said going the other way, i.e. no money ensures we have poorer players, but the decision to boot out Pearson and install Poortvliet was just the final straw of our financial suicide as I fail to believe that things would have been as bad on the pitch had Pearson stayed.

 

Then of course you have to ask why if we just had the overdraft tightened by £1million, then why they didn't make a better attempt at hitting this target, no matter how unjust the decision to cut it might appear.

 

If they thought they could hit £5million, then surely there were ways to enusre they hit £4million (sell players in January - even if it's at a knockdown as it would be better than admnistration, look outside for a small cash injection - force Crouch's hand, sale of other assets, engender the kind of support we saw on Saturday etc etc etc).

 

PS As many predicted, he was still interested in looking backwards and not particularly keen on passing on the blame game and trying to help the Club in these dark times. It was all about how Lowe appears to others.

 

east tiger. just reporting what he said, didnt say i agreed with it

[um pahars]

east tiger. just reporting what he said, didnt say i agreed with it

 

My little rant wasn't aimed at you fella. Sorry if you interpreted it that way, as honestly wasn't meant like that.

[Fan The Flames]

This round of media interviews just makes me hate the **** even more.

[St Landrew]

Terrible interview. And I'm a little surprised at Jeff Randall, as he used to be a hard hitter for the BBC, although it's clear he's known Rupert for donkey's years in his financial journalistic capacity, as Rupert was one of the 1980/90's darlings of the city.

 

But he doesn't open the pandora's box of under-ambition, the woefully poor appointments, and the complete lack of an eye for fan approval. Sadly, in the entertainment world, you have to make the eye-catching decisions, and Rupert hardly ever did. And it doesn't explain where all the missing millions went.

[ooohTerryHurlock]

Pretty worried by the constant use of "we" and the "its like a drug once its in your system it wont go away" - as to the "Football Romantic" remark - well that was a classic.

 

Don't ever write him off - he is like a dose of the clap - very nasty and very hard to get shot of!

[SaintRobbie]

Pretty worried by the constant use of "we" and the "its like a drug once its in your system it wont go away" - as to the "Football Romantic" remark - well that was a classic.

 

Don't ever write him off - he is like a dose of the clap - very nasty and very hard to get shot of!

 

He's history.

[Under Weststand]

Have just seen some if not all of the interview on sky sports news & while a lot of what he says my be true, he yet again fails miserably to accept even a trace of the blame. That for me is his biggest failing. Everybody makes mistakes in there lives but most people tend to except them hold there hands up to those mistakes apologise then try to not make the same mistakes again.

[PixieHead]

Extraxt from the begining of the interview;

 

JR: "The former chairman of Southampton's parent company, Rupert Lowe, is with me in the studio. His involvement in the club stretches back more than a decade. Rupert you're blaming Barclays the bank for pulling the rug but isn't the problem here homegrown? Poor performances on the pitch, worse performances off the pitch?"

 

RL: "Well I think to get at the truth, Jeff, is actually quite easy. You've only got to go back to the period between 2006 & 2008. I left the club in 2006."

 

As far as I'm concerned the interview should have ended right there. The man has no shame.

[solentstars]

i watched it, as i do each night, altho never as attentivly as this evening

 

basiclly, he blamed barclays and the board in the 2nd season we went down under wilde & crouch.

 

he said that when he left the club in may 2006, we had no bank debt at all, and had cash on deposit. he says when he returned in may 2008, we had bank debt of £6.2m on a facilty of £5m

 

he said it was part of the agreement for him to come back that they got under the £5m ceiling, which they did

 

he then said that they were summoned to canary wharf in september 2008, and told outright, unilaterally, that barclays were reducing this immediately to £4m

 

he didnt say how much they had been able to repay or go into any circumstances around how we went back over that amount, but his point was, it was the main plank of the business plan to get it down under £5m, but not under £4m

 

he also blamed the fact they had this overdraft at all on an over enthusiastic bank manager at barclays, richard fry, who was/is also a supporter, and suggested both he and the board at that time got carried away

 

which is probably factually correct, but we were a penalty kick at pride park away from getting away with it

i think he was right the 2 years he was away , their was mismangement big time with finances .

i think he could not say how much the club repayed or reduced overheads.

i expect for legal reasons while the club is up for sale he cannot go into detail

.i am glad to see the back of him but alot of people involve the last 2 seasons need to hang their heads in shame for the sorry state this club is in.

[saintdownunder]

Is he for real

 

When he said i left the club in 2006 (O Please Rupert enough )

[forever a red and white]

he is about to feature on SSN in a min as well

[SaintRobbie]

This is probably the truest sentence on the subject ever posted on here (if you ignore the fact there was still a final to play).

 

I agree with that. You have to gamble to achieve success. We did and nearly pulled it off. We should however have sold there and then to the next consortium to do the same.

 

The new owners must never run the club like Lowe has - a continually 'safe' system for plc survival that gradually eroded moral and results and position in the league. Simply, either we buy success or we gamble.

 

If the gamble fails - sell and let the next owner gamble again. Sooner or later it will work.

[TheSaint75]

Lowe is trying to limit his personal damage by telling SSN that he had little to do with our demise,

I have just emailed SSN to give a fans view on Mr Lowe and pointed out that his name and being a Toff has little to do with why many dislike him and informed them of his faults.

 

Last time I emailed them they actually read it out

[Baird of the land]

Sorry but i may not like lowe for being an egoistical tyrant but i'd much prefer whoever takes over to act like him than be like the financial dimwits who put this club on the brink of destruction. After Lowe left Burley was given free reign to sign over priced and high wage earners with sole concept that we might sneak into the playoffs and this huge gamble would paid off. IMO you need stability to succeed not reckless ill judged gambling. Give me financial prudence anyday.