Mike wrote:
On the basis of Jan being Head Coach does that mean he has nothing to do with the buying & selling of players?

Blessed are the peacemakers wrote:
Let us have a little bit of balanced reasoning for once instead of either knocking the club down or hyping Lowe up. As it stands Lowe is putting things right after the mess he made last time and so far things are not looking too bad. I dislike Lowe for what he has done to our club in the past but so far he has settled things down financially, approved some astute signings and got me feeling a little more optomistic about the coming season than I was a few weeks ago when he returned. The silly bickering between the anti and pro Lowe brigades must stop. Not only is it very childish but it is sapping support for the club. Football fans are meant to be eternal optomists not doom and gloom merchants. Yesterdays signing as well as the others shows we are moving forward in strengthening the team. All we need to know now is who is staying and who is going. So how about you Lowe lovers and haters have a truce for a few days ans stop being insultingly rude and offensive to each other and please grow up!

Blessed are the peacemakers wrote:
Let us have a little bit of balanced reasoning for once instead of either knocking the club down or hyping Lowe up. As it stands Lowe is putting things right after the mess he made last time and so far things are not looking too bad. I dislike Lowe for what he has done to our club in the past but so far he has settled things down financially, approved some astute signings and got me feeling a little more optomistic about the coming season than I was a few weeks ago when he returned. The silly bickering between the anti and pro Lowe brigades must stop. Not only is it very childish but it is sapping support for the club. Football fans are meant to be eternal optomists not doom and gloom merchants. Yesterdays signing as well as the others shows we are moving forward in strengthening the team. All we need to know now is who is staying and who is going. So how about you Lowe lovers and haters have a truce for a few days ans stop being insultingly rude and offensive to each other and please grow up!

Blessed are the peacemakers wrote:
Let us have a little bit of balanced reasoning for once instead of either knocking the club down or hyping Lowe up. As it stands Lowe is putting things right after the mess he made last time and so far things are not looking too bad. I dislike Lowe for what he has done to our club in the past but so far he has settled things down financially, approved some astute signings and got me feeling a little more optomistic about the coming season than I was a few weeks ago when he returned. The silly bickering between the anti and pro Lowe brigades must stop. Not only is it very childish but it is sapping support for the club. Football fans are meant to be eternal optomists not doom and gloom merchants. Yesterdays signing as well as the others shows we are moving forward in strengthening the team. All we need to know now is who is staying and who is going. So how about you Lowe lovers and haters have a truce for a few days ans stop being insultingly rude and offensive to each other and please grow up!

LOWE OUT wrote:
LOWE OUT

Captain Swing wrote:

LOWE OUT wrote: LOWE OUT

Do you, LOWE OUT\" understand what is ment by the word \"tautology\"? Whe you\'re looking that up (in your dictionary or on the internet) you might also look for a definitions for boring and twit.

Blessed are the peacemakers wrote:
Let us have a little bit of balanced reasoning for once instead of either knocking the club down or hyping Lowe up. As it stands Lowe is putting things right after the mess he made last time and so far things are not looking too bad. I dislike Lowe for what he has done to our club in the past but so far he has settled things down financially, approved some astute signings and got me feeling a little more optomistic about the coming season than I was a few weeks ago when he returned. The silly bickering between the anti and pro Lowe brigades must stop. Not only is it very childish but it is sapping support for the club. Football fans are meant to be eternal optomists not doom and gloom merchants. Yesterdays signing as well as the others shows we are moving forward in strengthening the team. All we need to know now is who is staying and who is going. So how about you Lowe lovers and haters have a truce for a few days ans stop being insultingly rude and offensive to each other and please grow up!

Realist wrote:

Mike wrote: On the basis of Jan being Head Coach does that mean he has nothing to do with the buying & selling of players?

It\\\'s rather clear that Rupert Lowe is buying these players, even though he is PLC chairman and not even the football chairman. He\\\'s pushed Wilde into the corner and basically, it\\\'s Ruperts show once again. Thing is, if by some miracle Saints are a success next season, Rupert will be crowing from the rooftops about how HE has made it happen. If Saints are a failure, he\\\'ll blame everyone else and sack Poortvliet for his \\\"bad signings\\\".

Realist wrote:
The consultation process between Lowe and Poortvliet will be a one way street. Lowe will tell him who to buy and Poortvliet will either have to say yes, or have no new players to replace the ones that have left or are leaving (because Saints will be selling players before the end of August, of that I'm certain).

Lowe used Wilde to get back into the club and Wilde was stupid enough to believe he actually has some say at St Mary's, when in fact, Wilde has no say.

He maybe the largest single shareholder, but he has no supporters now he did the dirty on Crouch. There is no way on earth that Lowe and his old directors would back any of Wilde's suggestions.

So Tracey, Wilde probably isn't in a corner, it's more accurate to say he's locked in a cupboard and is only brought out to be Lowe's mouthpiece.

LOWE OUT wrote:

Captain Swing wrote:

LOWE OUT wrote: LOWE OUT

Do you, LOWE OUT\" understand what is ment by the word \"tautology\"? Whe you\'re looking that up (in your dictionary or on the internet) you might also look for a definitions for boring and twit.

You cant even spell ha ha ha LOWE OUT

Realist wrote:
The consultation process between Lowe and Poortvliet will be a one way street. Lowe will tell him who to buy and Poortvliet will either have to say yes, or have no new players to replace the ones that have left or are leaving (because Saints will be selling players before the end of August, of that I'm certain). Lowe used Wilde to get back into the club and Wilde was stupid enough to believe he actually has some say at St Mary's, when in fact, Wilde has no say. He maybe the largest single shareholder, but he has no supporters now he did the dirty on Crouch. There is no way on earth that Lowe and his old directors would back any of Wilde's suggestions. So Tracey, Wilde probably isn't in a corner, it's more accurate to say he's locked in a cupboard and is only brought out to be Lowe's mouthpiece.

Ed wrote:
Interested to know where the money has come from. It was only last week that they closed some of the ground and made people redundant. Maybe a gamble to secure some more season ticket sales? Hope he works out though so good luck to the lad.

Redarmy wrote:

Realist wrote: The consultation process between Lowe and Poortvliet will be a one way street. Lowe will tell him who to buy and Poortvliet will either have to say yes, or have no new players to replace the ones that have left or are leaving (because Saints will be selling players before the end of August, of that I'm certain). Lowe used Wilde to get back into the club and Wilde was stupid enough to believe he actually has some say at St Mary's, when in fact, Wilde has no say. He maybe the largest single shareholder, but he has no supporters now he did the dirty on Crouch. There is no way on earth that Lowe and his old directors would back any of Wilde's suggestions. So Tracey, Wilde probably isn't in a corner, it's more accurate to say he's locked in a cupboard and is only brought out to be Lowe's mouthpiece.

Who cares ? The Lowe/Dutch combo seems to be working really well at the moment. No doubt much to the disapointment of the whingers.

Supporter since 1953 wrote:

Ed wrote: Interested to know where the money has come from. It was only last week that they closed some of the ground and made people redundant. Maybe a gamble to secure some more season ticket sales? Hope he works out though so good luck to the lad.

I think the reported £0.25M annual saving was probably only part of Rupert's cost saving measures and probably something that the previous board hadn't thought of. It's tough looking at sums of money that would have been petty cash in the Premier league but unless we do the bank will send in the heavy boys. Personally I think we've "bottomed out" and next season will see better football and at least a mid-table position (hope so anyway).

andy wrote:
Take a look on saints web site and look at pre-season gallery. then post what players you see on there wright-phillips is one.

optimist wrote:

andy wrote: Take a look on saints web site and look at pre-season gallery. then post what players you see on there wright-phillips is one.

dont recognise 1/2 of them. And they dont look like the academy ... trialists perhaps??

optimist wrote:

andy wrote: Take a look on saints web site and look at pre-season gallery. then post what players you see on there wright-phillips is one.

dont recognise 1/2 of them. And they dont look like the academy ... trialists perhaps??

LOWE OUT wrote:

Captain Swing wrote:

LOWE OUT wrote: LOWE OUT

Do you, LOWE OUT\" understand what is ment by the word \"tautology\"? Whe you\'re looking that up (in your dictionary or on the internet) you might also look for a definitions for boring and twit.

You cant even spell ha ha ha LOWE OUT

Interesting! wrote:
Our 2nd defensive midfielder signing of the transfer window - dare I say we'll be seeing the likes of Wright, Safri, Idiakez and Viafara shown the door? Only time will tell!

tom wrote:
rasiak was also on the pre season pictures

Richie wrote:
Is the fella with the handbag in pic 8 anything to do with BWP and Nathan Dyer ????

paul wrote:

Richie wrote: Is the fella with the handbag in pic 8 anything to do with BWP and Nathan Dyer ????

He Is your mums new boyfriend. Just call him Daddy.

Tibago Monieniz wrote:
Hi all saints fans, first of all I just wanted to say that me and my wife are disgusted with the city Portsmouth, we went to visit them one day and we thought it was a disgrace, any person that you walked next too, they stunk of sh!t or sweat, when I smelt it I was sick all over my wifes hair and back, since then we have been washing 5 times a day but we still cant get rid of the smell.

Richie wrote:
I have written to the club about this because here in Germany people arrive early to enjoy a few drinks with friends and perhaps something to eat. The catering is done so much more sensibly and you never wait long to be served. I fail to understand why the Saints refuse to listen to fans comments about how we can sort the finances out. Personally i would think treating the fans better and lowering ticket prices a little would get more fans in and help solve a few of our problems. Closing parts of the ground is about the most negative approach we could have taken. Sadly though Lowe doesn't care about getting fans in - just money - he doesn't seem to realise the two go hand in hand.

optimist wrote:
I used to often arrive early to games, it really is not that busy. Mostly staff just waiting around. This is a shame though as I am sure that with correct marketing and pricing (such as the 2 b4 2 deals) many who meet elsewhere might have come earlier. The wings issue is all about staff and policing costs. Blocks 1,2,3 do get lively. Fewer staff will also mean that when the wings do open expect queues everywhere. Back to the original story, I have used every means at my disposal (google and fm2008!) to research Morgan Schneiderlin and he seems like a really good signing. Another Yousef style midfielder. I am still wondering if any of our out of contract players will be retained though. I would like to see Dyer and Wright as "retainers", Dyer would fit in real well with a 433 system, and Jermaine has many detractors but has been (and will continue to be) a loyal utility player. A 433 may let him shine in his best defensive mid role.

Al wrote:

optimist wrote: I used to often arrive early to games, it really is not that busy. Mostly staff just waiting around. This is a shame though as I am sure that with correct marketing and pricing (such as the 2 b4 2 deals) many who meet elsewhere might have come earlier. The wings issue is all about staff and policing costs. Blocks 1,2,3 do get lively. Fewer staff will also mean that when the wings do open expect queues everywhere. Back to the original story, I have used every means at my disposal (google and fm2008!) to research Morgan Schneiderlin and he seems like a really good signing. Another Yousef style midfielder. I am still wondering if any of our out of contract players will be retained though. I would like to see Dyer and Wright as "retainers", Dyer would fit in real well with a 433 system, and Jermaine has many detractors but has been (and will continue to be) a loyal utility player. A 433 may let him shine in his best defensive mid role.

I'm certain Dyer is staying as he is on the pre-season pictures, unlike all the other people out of contract. We don't need Jermaine Wright as we have just signed 2 defensive midfielders and wayne thomas and andrew davies are capable of playing in right back.

LOWE OUT wrote:
LOWE OUT

Kendog wrote:

LOWE OUT wrote: LOWE OUT

I totally agree with LOWE OUT.... Lowe Out, Lowe Out

crew657 wrote:

Kendog wrote:

LOWE OUT wrote: LOWE OUT

I totally agree with LOWE OUT.... Lowe Out, Lowe Out

we had joy we had fun we had scummers on the run especially the yellow bellies from millbrook

Kendog wrote:

LOWE OUT wrote: LOWE OUT

I totally agree with LOWE OUT.... Lowe Out, Lowe Out

Graham wrote:

Kendog wrote:

LOWE OUT wrote: LOWE OUT

I totally agree with LOWE OUT.... Lowe Out, Lowe Out

Just a thought. If you have 2 people posting "Lowe Out" comments without backing the argument up does it double the quality level of debate, or halve it?

tom wrote:
Lowe has made the best signings weve made in years e.g. niemi now hes bringin in good players again

Andy P wrote:

tom wrote: Lowe has made the best signings weve made in years e.g. niemi now hes bringin in good players again

Who said they are good. More to the point do you honesstly believe if they were good, they would sign for Southampton Leisure Holdings. A big fat NO,is the simple answer.

Storm wrote:
All I care about is S'ton getting back into the Premiership (so we can see them play on tv over here). I don't give a **** who is in charge, or what they need to do to make the club get back up there. I`m not a Lowe hater or lover, but I must admit it takes some guts to go back to a club where alot of ppl hate you. Good luck to him I say, and here's hoping I can see S'ton on Sky (Foxtel) next year :)

Eddy wrote:

Andy P wrote:

tom wrote: Lowe has made the best signings weve made in years e.g. niemi now hes bringin in good players again

Who said they are good. More to the point do you honesstly believe if they were good, they would sign for Southampton Leisure Holdings. A big fat NO,is the simple answer.

So an young international player can't be any good then? How the heck did he make it to hi snational team then?

Eddy wrote:

Graham wrote:

Kendog wrote:

LOWE OUT wrote: LOWE OUT

I totally agree with LOWE OUT.... Lowe Out, Lowe Out

Just a thought. If you have 2 people posting \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Lowe Out\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" comments without backing the argument up does it double the quality level of debate, or halve it?

Are you asking if two half wits = one whole wit?