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3:17pm Saturday 24th January 2009 in
MATT Le Tissier has spoken of his “surprise” that Saints opted to appoint former academy director and reserve team boss Mark Wotte as Jan Poortvliet’s sucessor.
Poortvliet’s decision to quit due to the club’s poor home form was announced late last night along with confirmation that Wotte was to take over as Saints new head coach on a permanent basis.
While club legend Le Tissier was not overly surprised that Saints’ dismal home form this season has led to a managerial change he described the decision to appoint Wotte rather than a completely new manager as “the cheap option.”
“You look at the home form this season and it has been absolutely abysmal,” Le Tissier said.
“The only surprise to me is the appointment of Mark Wotte.
“He has come in and is one of Jan’s men and they just seem to have passed on the baton.”
When asked on Sky Sports’ Soccer Saturday whether appointing a fresh face would have been a better course of action for Saints to take, Le Tissier said: “You would have thought so.
"That would be the normal thinking but sadly at board level at the moment normal thinking goes out of the window sometimes.
“It (appointing Wotte) is the cheap option and it’s probably the only option we could afford because things are not looking too bright on the financial front at the moment.”
Comments(46)
Millbrook Dave
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3:25pm Sat 24 Jan 09
lowe and behold
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3:57pm Sat 24 Jan 09
Millbrook Dave wrote:I dont think LOWE gives a to** what anyone says....
CAREFUL MAT, LOWE WILL PROBABLY BAN YOU FROM ST.MARYS.HOW DARE YOU QUESTION THE EMPEROR'S DECISIONS!
The Exiled Saint
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4:06pm Sat 24 Jan 09
northam monkey
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4:38pm Sat 24 Jan 09
Snopper
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5:02pm Sat 24 Jan 09
dundas20012002
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5:03pm Sat 24 Jan 09
forcaster
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5:09pm Sat 24 Jan 09
saint craig
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5:12pm Sat 24 Jan 09
St.Yorkie
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5:30pm Sat 24 Jan 09
couzzy
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6:03pm Sat 24 Jan 09
Shazza (the genuine article, not an imposter)
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6:08pm Sat 24 Jan 09
Invicta Saint
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6:15pm Sat 24 Jan 09
Snopper wrote:Hi Snopper.
LOWE OUT...and take the remainder of your Dutch boyfriends with you. Denzil of Chilworth for Manager.
Lone Ranger
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6:27pm Sat 24 Jan 09
the third hardest man in sholing
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6:44pm Sat 24 Jan 09
worried of e sussex
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7:38pm Sat 24 Jan 09
forcaster wrote:i know he was only on loan but jack cork scored as well! at least the rubber faced twitching tw@ is out the cup! COYR!
Rasiak scores,Dyer scores,Thompson scores?????? Am I correct are these not Saints strikers out on loan? Would suggest that Matt knows more about soccer in his little finger than exiled Saint will ever know.
Brock_and_Roll
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8:03pm Sat 24 Jan 09
andy newbury
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9:32pm Sat 24 Jan 09
S Pance
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9:44pm Sat 24 Jan 09
saint craig wrote:The board DO know what they are doing! They cannot afford a manager from outside. Players are loaned out to save money.
Matts only saying what any fan with football knowledge knows THE BOARD DONT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING The football decisions made by Lowe beggar belief First and formost we are a football team The guy is a complete tw@t.
TottonScrutineer
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10:13pm Sat 24 Jan 09
S Pance wrote:The board only think they know what they doing but the reality speaks for itself.Their decisions have acheived nothing...caused the demise of a manager (who I think with more experience available to him would have done better)...drove away the fans....caused divisions within the board and the club ....and have ruined the futures of some promising young players , by shattering their confidence.It looks to me that Lowe will wait for relegation and do what Bates did for Leeds who incidentily are still in league divsion one.Tjis latest sacking is so he can pass the buck AGAIN and AGAIN blame someone else.
saint craig wrote: Matts only saying what any fan with football knowledge knows THE BOARD DONT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING The football decisions made by Lowe beggar belief First and formost we are a football team The guy is a complete tw@t.The board DO know what they are doing! They cannot afford a manager from outside. Players are loaned out to save money. If if were not for Lowe the club would have gone bankrupt ages ago. Be thankful that you still have a club to get over excited about!
Fides
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10:18pm Sat 24 Jan 09
Lone Ranger wrote:Surely at some point the penny will drop. The most likely owners following any administration will be - ta da - Rupert Lowe and colleagues.
Is it possible that Wotte has been appointed due to the fact that the club will go into administation by the 23rd of March the league cut off date for points to be deducted in the current season. Therefore with potential new owners coming in they would start with their choice of manager.This means that Wottes contract would be terminated on the date of administration and so no compensation would be payable to him. But if a new outside manager came in now, he would choose new backroom staff so compensation would need to be paid to all of the staff that leave.
I would also guess that by this date Saints will have a good idea whether they are going down so to loose 10 points or so at that stage would not be a great issue. Then they drop to Div 1 and start next season with a completely clean and new balance sheet. In addition zero points the same as all other teams in that division.
Sad as it seems but this may be the only way out
saint craig
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10:32pm Sat 24 Jan 09
S Pance wrote:Are you Ruperts family its because of him we are where we are he has no idea about football
saint craig wrote: Matts only saying what any fan with football knowledge knows THE BOARD DONT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING The football decisions made by Lowe beggar belief First and formost we are a football team The guy is a complete tw@t.The board DO know what they are doing! They cannot afford a manager from outside. Players are loaned out to save money. If if were not for Lowe the club would have gone bankrupt ages ago. Be thankful that you still have a club to get over excited about!
Paul TS
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10:33pm Sat 24 Jan 09
TottonScrutineer wrote:S Pance is speaking Pants again!
S Pance wrote:The board only think they know what they doing but the reality speaks for itself.Their decisions have acheived nothing...caused the demise of a manager (who I think with more experience available to him would have done better)...drove away the fans....caused divisions within the board and the club ....and have ruined the futures of some promising young players , by shattering their confidence.It looks to me that Lowe will wait for relegation and do what Bates did for Leeds who incidentily are still in league divsion one.Tjis latest sacking is so he can pass the buck AGAIN and AGAIN blame someone else.saint craig wrote: Matts only saying what any fan with football knowledge knows THE BOARD DONT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING The football decisions made by Lowe beggar belief First and formost we are a football team The guy is a complete tw@t.The board DO know what they are doing! They cannot afford a manager from outside. Players are loaned out to save money. If if were not for Lowe the club would have gone bankrupt ages ago. Be thankful that you still have a club to get over excited about!
I am Saint Paul
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1:57am Sun 25 Jan 09
I am Saint Paul
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2:01am Sun 25 Jan 09
ray the turk
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5:58am Sun 25 Jan 09
RNsaint
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7:25am Sun 25 Jan 09
cfordred
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8:38am Sun 25 Jan 09
Captain Kirk
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8:42am Sun 25 Jan 09
Captain Kirk
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8:53am Sun 25 Jan 09
rcoups
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9:04am Sun 25 Jan 09
oldtimesaint
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10:00am Sun 25 Jan 09
blackeye
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10:33am Sun 25 Jan 09
surrey1saint
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10:55am Sun 25 Jan 09
Millbrook Dave wrote:We need someone like MLT to get together with other Saints legends and bring in the money to oust Lowe.
CAREFUL MAT, LOWE WILL PROBABLY BAN YOU FROM ST.MARYS.HOW DARE YOU QUESTION THE EMPEROR'S DECISIONS!
Spakey
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11:40am Sun 25 Jan 09
I am Saint Paul wrote:To be honest the club is better off dead cause this is killing me inside. WE were once a great club who gave any club a run for their money, Now we are reduced to nothing. Unless someone pumps a cash injection into the club it will struggle and die.
S Pance, Morten Harkett says...
9:44pm Sat 24 Jan 09
saint craig wrote:
Matts only saying what any fan with football knowledge knows THE BOARD DONT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING The football decisions made by Lowe beggar belief First and formost we are a football team The guy is a complete tw@t.
The board DO know what they are doing! They cannot afford a manager from outside. Players are loaned out to save money.
If if were not for Lowe the club would have gone bankrupt ages ago.
Be thankful that you still have a club to get over excited about!
erm..........oh dear..........we have people on here like Andy......and then we have the others!
Redhat
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12:29pm Sun 25 Jan 09
mark.wareham
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12:44pm Sun 25 Jan 09
Saint
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12:48pm Sun 25 Jan 09
Millbrook Dave wrote:This is not so funny as you may think, as Lowe would actually do just that! No one should dare question him. Pictures of Matt might be down on Monday, and the Matt lounge will be re-named the big train lounge!
CAREFUL MAT, LOWE WILL PROBABLY BAN YOU FROM ST.MARYS.HOW DARE YOU QUESTION THE EMPEROR'S DECISIONS!
lowemustgo
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1:04pm Sun 25 Jan 09
oldtimesaint
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1:31pm Sun 25 Jan 09
Costa Baz
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3:02pm Sun 25 Jan 09
oldtimesaint wrote:Stop it. You're beginning to scare me now.
the danger of a 'pre-pack' is that often only the current management and the about to be administrators know its being prepared.If the administrator believes its in creditors interest (his only concern) to do a quick deal he can make it happen before anyone else even knows about it!!It can even happen overnight. Look at Whittards, Officers Club and Envy. All in and out of admistration and run by the same managenent.
Lone Ranger
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3:43pm Sun 25 Jan 09
Lone Ranger wrote:This was my previous thread. Peoples comments re administration are realitively accurate but it also
Is it possible that Wotte has been appointed due to the fact that the club will go into administation by the 23rd of March the league cut off date for points to be deducted in the current season. Therefore with potential new owners coming in they would start with their choice of manager.This means that Wottes contract would be terminated on the date of administration and so no compensation would be payable to him. But if a new outside manager came in now, he would choose new backroom staff so compensation would need to be paid to all of the staff that leave. I would also guess that by this date Saints will have a good idea whether they are going down so to loose 10 points or so at that stage would not be a great issue. Then they drop to Div 1 and start next season with a completely clean and new balance sheet. In addition zero points the same as all other teams in that division. Sad as it seems but this may be the only way out
Jesus_02
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4:21pm Sun 25 Jan 09
S Pance wrote:The lunatic minority speaks! who much of your pocket money did you invest?
saint craig wrote: Matts only saying what any fan with football knowledge knows THE BOARD DONT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING The football decisions made by Lowe beggar belief First and formost we are a football team The guy is a complete tw@t.The board DO know what they are doing! They cannot afford a manager from outside. Players are loaned out to save money. If if were not for Lowe the club would have gone bankrupt ages ago. Be thankful that you still have a club to get over excited about!
Captain Kirk
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6:04pm Sun 25 Jan 09
oldtimesaint wrote:if there is an administration then the administrator will be acting in the interests of the secured creditors (i.e. the banks) and not the creditors in general. The banks will not just wipe away their debt. However, the small business that supply saints will be left up the creek without a paddle.
the danger of a 'pre-pack' is that often only the current management and the about to be administrators know its being prepared.If the administrator believes its in creditors interest (his only concern) to do a quick deal he can make it happen before anyone else even knows about it!!It can even happen overnight. Look at Whittards, Officers Club and Envy. All in and out of admistration and run by the same managenent.
Shoong
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9:58am Mon 26 Jan 09
Rich, London
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11:30am Mon 26 Jan 09
Captain Kirk wrote:Sorry but this is wrong. An Administrator is an officer of the Court and has a duty to all Creditors. Secured creditors naturally get "priority" in relation to the assets that they hold security over (e.g. the stadium) but the Administrator is not able to just ignore others in his dealings - he is accountable to the Court if he does (and to his licensing body such as the Accountancy bodies)
oldtimesaint wrote: the danger of a 'pre-pack' is that often only the current management and the about to be administrators know its being prepared.If the administrator believes its in creditors interest (his only concern) to do a quick deal he can make it happen before anyone else even knows about it!!It can even happen overnight. Look at Whittards, Officers Club and Envy. All in and out of admistration and run by the same managenent.if there is an administration then the administrator will be acting in the interests of the secured creditors (i.e. the banks) and not the creditors in general. The banks will not just wipe away their debt. However, the small business that supply saints will be left up the creek without a paddle.
Invidia
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12:56pm Mon 26 Jan 09
Rich, London wrote:Invariably the Bank as the major investor, gets paid first, if there is any money left over it gets gets divied up between the lesser creditors
Captain Kirk wrote:Sorry but this is wrong. An Administrator is an officer of the Court and has a duty to all Creditors. Secured creditors naturally get "priority" in relation to the assets that they hold security over (e.g. the stadium) but the Administrator is not able to just ignore others in his dealings - he is accountable to the Court if he does (and to his licensing body such as the Accountancy bodies)oldtimesaint wrote: the danger of a 'pre-pack' is that often only the current management and the about to be administrators know its being prepared.If the administrator believes its in creditors interest (his only concern) to do a quick deal he can make it happen before anyone else even knows about it!!It can even happen overnight. Look at Whittards, Officers Club and Envy. All in and out of admistration and run by the same managenent.if there is an administration then the administrator will be acting in the interests of the secured creditors (i.e. the banks) and not the creditors in general. The banks will not just wipe away their debt. However, the small business that supply saints will be left up the creek without a paddle.
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