alpine_saint Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Seeing as SLH holds all the assets, and buying SFC entails simply buying the manager and players registrations and contracts, SFC will cost f**k all because our manager and players are shiiit. However, a fortune is required to rebuild, and most likely any new owner wont have it. Ergo, SFC is now a pub team, thanks to Rupert Lowe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Peanuts should seal the deal as we have plenty of monkeys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 If I was Fry I would hand back the Golden Share and bring the curtain down. Let's start again somewhere else - Salisbury maybe - and just remember all the great times. There isn't a player on the field who deserves to be mentioned in the same lifetime as Ted Bates. SFC - dead. Time to be buried I fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Is it inappropriate to say something like... Cheer up..! Where's there's life, there's hope.. or some other clichéd cheery British pathetic gesture..? Or are you all way too down in the dumps for that sort of thing..? Look at it this way - something will come out of this mess, and it's almost certainly better than the crap we have to put up with now. Even if it is nothing at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyer Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 The cost could be £1 but it will cost £7-8m, maybe more in L1 to run the club, so whoever takes over will need money to burn. ie no fan groups or local guys with no real backing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_ed Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 If I was Fry I would hand back the Golden Share and bring the curtain down. Let's start again somewhere else - Salisbury maybe - and just remember all the great times. There isn't a player on the field who deserves to be mentioned in the same lifetime as Ted Bates. SFC - dead. Time to be buried I fear. Yeah, good idea....*rollyeyes*. Get a grip people. Yes we are now sh!t, but I would far rather support this team that a bunch of proper amateurs like Eastleigh or Salisbury etc who I have absolutely no feelings for whatsoever. Southampton is our club and always should be. I can honestly say that if Southampton folded I would never be able to support another club for as long as I live. We will NOT fold. There is every chance we will be out of the top 2 divisions for the foreseeable future, but at least its still Southampton, the red and white stripes who we have supported all these years. Face up to the fact we are a very poor side now, that's life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Seeing as SLH holds all the assets, and buying SFC entails simply buying the manager and players registrations and contracts, SFC will cost f**k all because our manager and players are shiiit. However, a fortune is required to rebuild, and most likely any new owner wont have it. Ergo, SFC is now a pub team, thanks to Rupert Lowe. I think you should resurrect phrases like beetroot face Alps. No one will mind now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Peanuts should seal the deal as we have plenty of monkeys... Charlie Brown at centre back....Snoopy in the holding midfield position and Peppermint Patty up front? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 AFC Southampton has the potential to be quite fun, following them up through the little leagues all the way up. We'd probably settle as a conference team eventually but hey, would be exciting stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_ed Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 AFC Southampton has the potential to be quite fun, following them up through the little leagues all the way up. We'd probably settle as a conference team eventually but hey, would be exciting stuff. I'd FAR rather be in the position we are in now, then be going to local parks to watch a pretend version of Saints. It would cost far more, and potentially take a lifetime to get an AFC Southampton even to League 1. We currently have a large stadium, fan base, good academy and SOME talented players. I know who I'd rather support. Supporting an AFC Southampton would be like supporting a team at the other end of the country, I would feel no affinity towards them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffo Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 I'd FAR rather be in the position we are in now, then be going to local parks to watch a pretend version of Saints. It would cost far more, and potentially take a lifetime to get an AFC Southampton even to League 1. We currently have a large stadium, fan base, good academy and SOME talented players. I know who I'd rather support. Supporting an AFC Southampton would be like supporting a team at the other end of the country, I would feel no affinity towards them. Agreed. This club no matter how ****, still is my club! Will follow them to pretty much everywhere in League One next season, as I would whatever league we were in. Supporting an AFC Southampton spin-off team would not be the same club to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Seeing as SLH holds all the assets, and buying SFC entails simply buying the manager and players registrations and contracts, SFC will cost f**k all because our manager and players are shiiit. However, a fortune is required to rebuild, and most likely any new owner wont have it. Ergo, SFC is now a pub team, thanks to Rupert Lowe. We will cost a very cheap, probably out of date packet of peanuts TBH That was garbage (obviously my comments are only due to me being incredibly ****ed off at the moment) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Stay up? Go down? Survive? Be bought by a billionaire - who knows? Me ? I'm trying to keep positive but its very difficult when your defence goes to sleep before even waking up AAARRRgghhh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLOTH EARS Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 In my opinion, there would be plenty of support for the new Southampton. There may be a few around who would not follow the 'new saints' but many would, and in time as the new club moves up the non league structue many new fans would attach themselves to the new club. Lets hope the old saints find a new owner and survive though eh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Shearer Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 But was this not what you what you wanted with the oncoming of administration? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 10 April, 2009 Author Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Bringing this one to the top because i have had another thought... SLH own SMS, Staplewood and Jackons' Farm. What is to stop someone buying at least SMS from SLH, and starting up a new team to play there ? Of course, that new team would have to work their way up through the leagues, but with the sort of support that can buy SMS, they'd go through the league structure like a dose of salts and would go above SFC in very short time. SFC really only holds the registrations and contracts on a group of extremely poor employees; we are all talking about SFC having to start next season from scratch, why not just let it die and start again without all those wage commitments ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Has it really come that far Alps? Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Seeing as SLH holds all the assets, and buying SFC entails simply buying the manager and players registrations and contracts, SFC will cost f**k all because our manager and players are shiiit. However, a fortune is required to rebuild, and most likely any new owner wont have it. Ergo, SFC is now a pub team, thanks to Rupert Lowe. I thought administration was brilliant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derry Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Seriously, it could possibly be that someone will buy SMS, somebody else Staplewood, another Jackson's Farm, and a completely different group would buy the club and leaseback the facilities. It is to be hoped that the rediculous settlement figure plus the debts and buying the club is perceived to be a once in a lifetime chance to buy a club with a Premier infrastructure and a potential long term windfall 40 acre development site at a knockdown price. We are in a down cycle now but there will be an up cycle and then if the new owner gets a decent manager and a team to perform and moves the club upwards it will be valuable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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