If Mr. Souness was so enamoured of the club and the town, I wonder why he walked out on the club in the disgraceful way he did.

George the answer to your question is Rupert Lowe. Ask wee Gordon Strachan.

george wrote:
If Mr. Souness was so enamoured of the club and the town, I wonder why he walked out on the club in the disgraceful way he did.

Because an Italian club (Torino?) offered him more money and he could then blame it on a bloke called Rupert, he didn't last long in Italy. Ali Dia anyone?

It's interesting how it says " the money is nearly in place for a bid" Which Is pretty much what they have been sayuing for a while now. I doubt it will ever actually come and will be largely just speculation like this story hopefully I will be proved wrong

Portswood Pete wrote:

george wrote: If Mr. Souness was so enamoured of the club and the town, I wonder why he walked out on the club in the disgraceful way he did.

Because an Italian club (Torino?) offered him more money and he could then blame it on a bloke called Rupert, he didn't last long in Italy. Ali Dia anyone?

The bottom line on Souness was he wanted more cash for established players and Rupert wanted to invest more money in the Youth set-up. At least that's my perception of events. And it's worth adding that Souness, in his autobiography, ended up believing that Rupert was an asset to the club.
As for Wee Gordon, it's worth reading his book, because while he is not uncritical of Rupert he did enjoy working for him. He didn't have time though, for certain other members of the board.
I would like to learn the identity of the director who hid in the bushes at Staplewood and then, in the only board meeting Gordon attended, practically accused him of lying about his training routines. I bet you it was a "Rebel".
For all you "Lowe haters", both books are in your local library.

Well that is one bit of good news then. No Souness.

That is balanced by the backtracking on the so called Fulthorpe consortium. Now we learn that "Reports have suggested the money is nearly in place for a bid". Great.

george wrote:
If Mr. Souness was so enamoured of the club and the town, I wonder why he walked out on the club in the disgraceful way he did.

Souness "walked out" on Saints because Rupert Lowe refused to give him funds for Team Building.
Sound familiar ?

george wrote:
If Mr. Souness was so enamoured of the club and the town, I wonder why he walked out on the club in the disgraceful way he did.

You couldnt really blame him mate.

This speculation was never going to be true because souness does not want re-join lowe

The truth is that both Souness and WGS enjoyed their time here because they though of saints as a good local club punching above its weight with little or no investment.

Ali Dia was an embarrassment, but that happened because Souness was pretty desperate.

I am not a "Lowe hater" but I believe that his involvement would be negative now.

The truth is he made a string of very bad decisions and when his "financially prudent" stance failed he had nothing in reserve.

We reached the FA cup final and all looked forward to a European tour. Rather than re-invest the money in players and attempt to consolidate European Football we sold players that got us in that position and gave shareholders large dividends.

RL will never be a good chairman as long as he believes that he can make Southampton FC an attractive investment opportunity to impartial small investors on the AIM.

Investment in a football club is for fans, lunatics, and now the ultra-rich (you can turn a profits by the pure economics of it all).

I can passably accept that Lowe has become a fan though that is not why he wants to Chair the club. He is neither a lunatic or ultra-rich

If someone was going to buy Saints, they would have done it by now.

The fundamental question which never seems to get addressed is why Saints are apparently so unattractive to potential investors. Taking the previous points there have clearly been enough "fans, lunatics or super rich" around to invest in scores of similar clubs eg Ipswich, QPR,Coventry and Preston to name a few. So why not us? This can't all be laid at the feet of RL who would likely be taken out of the picture by a successful bid...or the other self serving, self interested over remunerated on the board.

Brian wrote:

george wrote: If Mr. Souness was so enamoured of the club and the town, I wonder why he walked out on the club in the disgraceful way he did.

Souness "walked out" on Saints because Rupert Lowe refused to give him funds for Team Building. Sound familiar ?

Wrong. Souness used the "lack of funds" as a smoke screen. He was never going to get £15M to strengthen the team, we simply didn't have that sort of money. He got a better offer from Italy and ran. You could argue that we should have offered him a bigger salary but I think history shows that he wasn't worth it.

Funding for a bid nearly in place??

More tyre-kickers then...

What about the stories on the BBC Site that 'funding was already in place'?

EuroMillions Ticket by any chance??

Wasters.

No suprises here then, I could have guessed it was just rumours. By the way is this the first time he has even mentioned his time as Saints' manager? I have never heard him mention it.

Brian wrote:

george wrote: If Mr. Souness was so enamoured of the club and the town, I wonder why he walked out on the club in the disgraceful way he did.

Souness "walked out" on Saints because Rupert Lowe refused to give him funds for Team Building. Sound familiar ?

McMenemy also walked out on the club to 'return to his roots', but some still refer to him as the Legend!

george wrote:
If Mr. Souness was so enamoured of the club and the town, I wonder why he walked out on the club in the disgraceful way he did.

Because like others, it took him about five seconds to work out what a big tit Lowe was, and still is.
A proper football man.

True Blue wrote:

Brian wrote:

george wrote: If Mr. Souness was so enamoured of the club and the town, I wonder why he walked out on the club in the disgraceful way he did.

Souness "walked out" on Saints because Rupert Lowe refused to give him funds for Team Building. Sound familiar ?

McMenemy also walked out on the club to 'return to his roots', but some still refer to him as the Legend!

HE IS A LEGEND,FACT!

Exile wrote:
The fundamental question which never seems to get addressed is why Saints are apparently so unattractive to potential investors. Taking the previous points there have clearly been enough "fans, lunatics or super rich" around to invest in scores of similar clubs eg Ipswich, QPR,Coventry and Preston to name a few. So why not us? This can't all be laid at the feet of RL who would likely be taken out of the picture by a successful bid...or the other self serving, self interested over remunerated on the board.

Exile, if you read the post made by Jesus-02 at 8.31, I think you could well find the answer as to why other clubs attract investment, but we don't.
He said that Souness and Strachan enjoyed their time at Southampton because they thought Saints were a good local club, punching above their weight, with little or no investment.
Fans may not like to admit it, but history tells us that, as far as investment goes, it is true, with the only investment coming from the sale of young talent!
Punching above our weight! Of course! Until the investment comes in, in the form of millions, not thousands, it will always be a 'middleweight' club in the ring with the 'heavyweights'!

Kevin wrote:

Exile wrote: The fundamental question which never seems to get addressed is why Saints are apparently so unattractive to potential investors. Taking the previous points there have clearly been enough "fans, lunatics or super rich" around to invest in scores of similar clubs eg Ipswich, QPR,Coventry and Preston to name a few. So why not us? This can't all be laid at the feet of RL who would likely be taken out of the picture by a successful bid...or the other self serving, self interested over remunerated on the board.

Exile, if you read the post made by Jesus-02 at 8.31, I think you could well find the answer as to why other clubs attract investment, but we don't. He said that Souness and Strachan enjoyed their time at Southampton because they thought Saints were a good local club, punching above their weight, with little or no investment. Fans may not like to admit it, but history tells us that, as far as investment goes, it is true, with the only investment coming from the sale of young talent! Punching above our weight! Of course! Until the investment comes in, in the form of millions, not thousands, it will always be a 'middleweight' club in the ring with the 'heavyweights'!

Or perhaps you could re-assess the list of other clubs mentioned above....

How many of those are PLC's?????

That is, and always will be our problem.

Before any investment can be made into the playing side of things...guess who needs to be bought out first....the three amigos....

The PLC status of this club is hindering investment and was designed to protect those at the top, whoever they may be.

Marcus Evans was supposedly interested in Saints before buying Ipswich as well...

Why didn't he take us on???

Coventry did the deal with the devil that is SISU...see next season if any investment in the playing staff happens but don't hold your breath.

Take this with a massive pinch of salt but allardyce was at the training ground early this week. Now he may just be there because he is Nigels mate, or he could be in line to be the next saints manager, with nige as his No 2.

ab wrote:
Take this with a massive pinch of salt but allardyce was at the training ground early this week. Now he may just be there because he is Nigels mate, or he could be in line to be the next saints manager, with nige as his No 2.

I also saw bugs bunny at the training ground

that was allardyces missus in fancy dress...he likes roleplay

More Saintly than any Consortium wrote:

Kevin wrote:

Exile wrote: The fundamental question which never seems to get addressed is why Saints are apparently so unattractive to potential investors. Taking the previous points there have clearly been enough \"fans, lunatics or super rich\" around to invest in scores of similar clubs eg Ipswich, QPR,Coventry and Preston to name a few. So why not us? This can\'t all be laid at the feet of RL who would likely be taken out of the picture by a successful bid...or the other self serving, self interested over remunerated on the board.

Exile, if you read the post made by Jesus-02 at 8.31, I think you could well find the answer as to why other clubs attract investment, but we don\'t. He said that Souness and Strachan enjoyed their time at Southampton because they thought Saints were a good local club, punching above their weight, with little or no investment. Fans may not like to admit it, but history tells us that, as far as investment goes, it is true, with the only investment coming from the sale of young talent! Punching above our weight! Of course! Until the investment comes in, in the form of millions, not thousands, it will always be a \'middleweight\' club in the ring with the \'heavyweights\'!

Or perhaps you could re-assess the list of other clubs mentioned above.... How many of those are PLC\'s????? That is, and always will be our problem. Before any investment can be made into the playing side of things...guess who needs to be bought out first....the three amigos.... The PLC status of this club is hindering investment and was designed to protect those at the top, whoever they may be. Marcus Evans was supposedly interested in Saints before buying Ipswich as well... Why didn\'t he take us on??? Coventry did the deal with the devil that is SISU...see next season if any investment in the playing staff happens but don\'t hold your breath.

Sorry, I am not really convinced by these helpful comments, for instance being a plc does require a great deal more public transparency in terms of bids but a lot less in the way of backroom deals.
Yes I accept that we have a lack of ability to generate our own investment at present...THAT's WHY WE NEED NEW INVESTMENT, so it is hardly likely to put off new potential investment (though selling an old town centre location and moving to a new better ie cheaper site has already been exploited) but we have a ground with potential for larger crowds and a support base very willing to pay up to follow a successful side.
The Fulthorpe/Merrington interest hardly sounds well endowed with investment money for players.
Nor do I think that the lack of investment line is really fair...OK we have sold too many young and good older players over the years, but the Board backed Burley with reasonable funds (tho' he didn't choose particularly well)at the time we were losing parachute payments and crowds were declining.
Currently our cash flow must be bad (hence doing a deal on the remaining Walcott debt) and clearly our operating expenses are too high for our income - that's typical territory for takeovers, restructuring and selling on but it has to be simultaneous to on-field success to regain the heights of the Premiership to make the whole thing viable. In all cases there has to be investment risk in the interests of gaining big payback.
I still don't see that we are so very different from the other clubs quoted!

Osama Bin Laden wrote:

ab wrote: Take this with a massive pinch of salt but allardyce was at the training ground early this week. Now he may just be there because he is Nigels mate, or he could be in line to be the next saints manager, with nige as his No 2.

I also saw bugs bunny at the training ground

I heard Roman Abramovich's richer, older brother has got the hump with Roman hogging the limelight and will empty his 1p / 2p jar to buy Saints outright. Once he owns it he will bring Jose in (who has already agreed and see's this as a great oportunity to get back at the meddling Abramovich) with Shearer as his number 2 and Redknapp as a car parking attendent. Rumours connecting Lampard with the continent are all just a smokescreen as he is coming to St Mary's, Ronaldinho is leaving Barca to come here - honest.

You heard it here first...

Aircraft Frank wrote:

True Blue wrote:

Brian wrote:

george wrote: If Mr. Souness was so enamoured of the club and the town, I wonder why he walked out on the club in the disgraceful way he did.

Souness "walked out" on Saints because Rupert Lowe refused to give him funds for Team Building. Sound familiar ?

McMenemy also walked out on the club to 'return to his roots', but some still refer to him as the Legend!

HE IS A LEGEND,FACT!

LEGEND! a popular story handed down from earlier times which may or may not be true!
The Pied Piper is a Legend!
Biggles is a Legend!
Why do you consider that McMenemy is a Legend?

Osama Bin Laden wrote:

ab wrote: Take this with a massive pinch of salt but allardyce was at the training ground early this week. Now he may just be there because he is Nigels mate, or he could be in line to be the next saints manager, with nige as his No 2.

I also saw bugs bunny at the training ground

Maybe he's going to be the Nutritional expert, they say carrots are good for you, especially the eyesight, and our frontline seemed to have trouble seeing the opponents net last season!!

the Truth Master wrote:

Osama Bin Laden wrote:

ab wrote: Take this with a massive pinch of salt but allardyce was at the training ground early this week. Now he may just be there because he is Nigels mate, or he could be in line to be the next saints manager, with nige as his No 2.

I also saw bugs bunny at the training ground

Maybe he's going to be the Nutritional expert, they say carrots are good for you, especially the eyesight, and our frontline seemed to have trouble seeing the opponents net last season!!

We dont have a decent number 2, and we should bring one in,
what about the great khali?

Exile wrote:

More Saintly than any Consortium wrote:

Kevin wrote:

Exile wrote: The fundamental question which never seems to get addressed is why Saints are apparently so unattractive to potential investors. Taking the previous points there have clearly been enough \"fans, lunatics or super rich\" around to invest in scores of similar clubs eg Ipswich, QPR,Coventry and Preston to name a few. So why not us? This can\'t all be laid at the feet of RL who would likely be taken out of the picture by a successful bid...or the other self serving, self interested over remunerated on the board.

Exile, if you read the post made by Jesus-02 at 8.31, I think you could well find the answer as to why other clubs attract investment, but we don\'t. He said that Souness and Strachan enjoyed their time at Southampton because they thought Saints were a good local club, punching above their weight, with little or no investment. Fans may not like to admit it, but history tells us that, as far as investment goes, it is true, with the only investment coming from the sale of young talent! Punching above our weight! Of course! Until the investment comes in, in the form of millions, not thousands, it will always be a \'middleweight\' club in the ring with the \'heavyweights\'!

Or perhaps you could re-assess the list of other clubs mentioned above.... How many of those are PLC\'s????? That is, and always will be our problem. Before any investment can be made into the playing side of things...guess who needs to be bought out first....the three amigos.... The PLC status of this club is hindering investment and was designed to protect those at the top, whoever they may be. Marcus Evans was supposedly interested in Saints before buying Ipswich as well... Why didn\'t he take us on??? Coventry did the deal with the devil that is SISU...see next season if any investment in the playing staff happens but don\'t hold your breath.

Sorry, I am not really convinced by these helpful comments, for instance being a plc does require a great deal more public transparency in terms of bids but a lot less in the way of backroom deals. Yes I accept that we have a lack of ability to generate our own investment at present...THAT's WHY WE NEED NEW INVESTMENT, so it is hardly likely to put off new potential investment (though selling an old town centre location and moving to a new better ie cheaper site has already been exploited) but we have a ground with potential for larger crowds and a support base very willing to pay up to follow a successful side. The Fulthorpe/Merrington interest hardly sounds well endowed with investment money for players. Nor do I think that the lack of investment line is really fair...OK we have sold too many young and good older players over the years, but the Board backed Burley with reasonable funds (tho' he didn't choose particularly well)at the time we were losing parachute payments and crowds were declining. Currently our cash flow must be bad (hence doing a deal on the remaining Walcott debt) and clearly our operating expenses are too high for our income - that's typical territory for takeovers, restructuring and selling on but it has to be simultaneous to on-field success to regain the heights of the Premiership to make the whole thing viable. In all cases there has to be investment risk in the interests of gaining big payback. I still don't see that we are so very different from the other clubs quoted!

Ah ok then.

So you don't think that having to gain approval from two of the three main shareholders has never been a stumbling block??

And, that it's a lot easier to move forward when you are negotiating with one owner?

Or that during Lowe's tenure that he didn't protect himself by being both the CEO of the PLC Board and the Chairman of the Football Board?

Being a PLC does not always guarantee transparency...look how many times we've heard the line ' We would like to elaborate but under Bid Conditions we cannot do so'

It just gives some people more things to hide behind!!!

the Truth Master wrote:

Osama Bin Laden wrote:

ab wrote: Take this with a massive pinch of salt but allardyce was at the training ground early this week. Now he may just be there because he is Nigels mate, or he could be in line to be the next saints manager, with nige as his No 2.

I also saw bugs bunny at the training ground

Maybe he's going to be the Nutritional expert, they say carrots are good for you, especially the eyesight, and our frontline seemed to have trouble seeing the opponents net last season!!

We dont have a decent number 2, and we should bring one in,
what about the great khali?

the Truth Master wrote:

Osama Bin Laden wrote:

ab wrote: Take this with a massive pinch of salt but allardyce was at the training ground early this week. Now he may just be there because he is Nigels mate, or he could be in line to be the next saints manager, with nige as his No 2.

I also saw bugs bunny at the training ground

Maybe he's going to be the Nutritional expert, they say carrots are good for you, especially the eyesight, and our frontline seemed to have trouble seeing the opponents net last season!!

bugs bunny? I think you'll find that stains and its fans are all muppets..every single one of them except the millbrook and sholing inbreds who can only be referred to as yellow bellies

True Blue wrote:

Aircraft Frank wrote:

True Blue wrote:

Brian wrote:

george wrote: If Mr. Souness was so enamoured of the club and the town, I wonder why he walked out on the club in the disgraceful way he did.

Souness "walked out" on Saints because Rupert Lowe refused to give him funds for Team Building. Sound familiar ?

McMenemy also walked out on the club to 'return to his roots', but some still refer to him as the Legend!

HE IS A LEGEND,FACT!

LEGEND! a popular story handed down from earlier times which may or may not be true! The Pied Piper is a Legend! Biggles is a Legend! Why do you consider that McMenemy is a Legend?

True Blue, I suggest you get yourself a new dictionary, LEGEND also means a famous person!
It can also mean an event or an inscription.
Do PFC have any Legends? or are they all "a popular story handed down from earlier times which may or may not be true!"

Sourness was an appalling manager. He alienated the players - tranfer listing Benali, Magilton & Monkou yet they helped us stay up that season- and bought in crap like Van Gobbel. We only survived because Middlesbrough were dropped 3 points for not fulfilling a fixture.

Nicky Banger once described him, on Radio Hampshire, as the 'Most successful unsuccessful manager in football.

We don't want Souness anyway! He'd only hop off again if somewhere else came calling! That is exactly what he did last time he was here. He hot-footed it to Torino at the drop of a hat. We want a stayer and a real fan. The right person is out there somewhere. . . . . . .

More Saintly than any Consortium wrote:

Kevin wrote:

Exile wrote: The fundamental question which never seems to get addressed is why Saints are apparently so unattractive to potential investors. Taking the previous points there have clearly been enough \"fans, lunatics or super rich\" around to invest in scores of similar clubs eg Ipswich, QPR,Coventry and Preston to name a few. So why not us? This can\'t all be laid at the feet of RL who would likely be taken out of the picture by a successful bid...or the other self serving, self interested over remunerated on the board.

Exile, if you read the post made by Jesus-02 at 8.31, I think you could well find the answer as to why other clubs attract investment, but we don\'t. He said that Souness and Strachan enjoyed their time at Southampton because they thought Saints were a good local club, punching above their weight, with little or no investment. Fans may not like to admit it, but history tells us that, as far as investment goes, it is true, with the only investment coming from the sale of young talent! Punching above our weight! Of course! Until the investment comes in, in the form of millions, not thousands, it will always be a \'middleweight\' club in the ring with the \'heavyweights\'!

Or perhaps you could re-assess the list of other clubs mentioned above.... How many of those are PLC\'s????? That is, and always will be our problem. Before any investment can be made into the playing side of things...guess who needs to be bought out first....the three amigos.... The PLC status of this club is hindering investment and was designed to protect those at the top, whoever they may be. Marcus Evans was supposedly interested in Saints before buying Ipswich as well... Why didn\'t he take us on??? Coventry did the deal with the devil that is SISU...see next season if any investment in the playing staff happens but don\'t hold your breath.

Why dont you shut it scummer

Reality wrote:
If someone was going to buy Saints, they would have done it by now.

Unfortunately I think that we will not be taken over until we go into administration. Why pay £20M for something that you can get for a £1 later on.

crew 657 wrote:

the Truth Master wrote:

Osama Bin Laden wrote:

ab wrote: Take this with a massive pinch of salt but allardyce was at the training ground early this week. Now he may just be there because he is Nigels mate, or he could be in line to be the next saints manager, with nige as his No 2.

I also saw bugs bunny at the training ground

Maybe he's going to be the Nutritional expert, they say carrots are good for you, especially the eyesight, and our frontline seemed to have trouble seeing the opponents net last season!!

bugs bunny? I think you'll find that stains and its fans are all muppets..every single one of them except the millbrook and sholing inbreds who can only be referred to as yellow bellies

I see you've emerged from your cellar after a night-in with the family then!
Its getting a bit much now Crew, are you not capable of posting something original or even something bordering on mildly humourous?

Rumour Mill wrote:

Osama Bin Laden wrote:

ab wrote: Take this with a massive pinch of salt but allardyce was at the training ground early this week. Now he may just be there because he is Nigels mate, or he could be in line to be the next saints manager, with nige as his No 2.

I also saw bugs bunny at the training ground

I heard Roman Abramovich's richer, older brother has got the hump with Roman hogging the limelight and will empty his 1p / 2p jar to buy Saints outright. Once he owns it he will bring Jose in (who has already agreed and see's this as a great oportunity to get back at the meddling Abramovich) with Shearer as his number 2 and Redknapp as a car parking attendent. Rumours connecting Lampard with the continent are all just a smokescreen as he is coming to St Mary's, Ronaldinho is leaving Barca to come here - honest. You heard it here first...

I heard something similar, they all turned up at Staplewood the other day in their flash motors and also Ronaldo nearly came - in a Tranny!

I am heartily sick of the speculation mostly coming from the Echo I know they need to sell papers but they are losing good will hand over fist by printing completely unfounded stories suggesting Saints are about to be taken over.

It is rubbish, has always been rubbish and will continue to be rubbish. If the Echo had decency it would substantiate such claims by getting them confirmed by the particpants themselves be they Fulthorpe Cousins Merrington or anybody else.
Its time they stopped their childlike nonsense.

I have just heard that Redknapp and Rupert Lowe
are planning their attack at St mary's stadium, So that Lowe can get his money back and Redknapp wants to get revenge on the ones who called him "judas", as he said he was'nt happy about it. So southampton fans watch your backs and southampton fc be very careful with who you trust because you may be attacted when you least expect it.

Why do pompey fans talk on a saints fc discussion
when saints are nothing to do with them

Its supposed to be dailyecho.co.uk/spor
t/saints / not pompey

Are they blind or stupid

the Truth Master wrote:

True Blue wrote:

the Truth Master wrote:

True Blue wrote:

Kabba wrote:

True Blue wrote:

Aircraft Frank wrote:

True Blue wrote:

Brian wrote:

george wrote: If Mr. Souness was so enamoured of the club and the town, I wonder why he walked out on the club in the disgraceful way he did.

Souness \"walked out\" on Saints because Rupert Lowe refused to give him funds for Team Building. Sound familiar ?

McMenemy also walked out on the club to \'return to his roots\', but some still refer to him as the Legend!

HE IS A LEGEND,FACT!

LEGEND! a popular story handed down from earlier times which may or may not be true! The Pied Piper is a Legend! Biggles is a Legend! Why do you consider that McMenemy is a Legend?

ha ha jealous pr1ck, just because p*mpey dont have any legends and they never will

I notice that in your most intelligent (for you) response, you could not come up with a reason why McDuff should be considered a Legend either! You and Fokker Frank make a damned good pair!

with reference to my earlier posting regarding these comments - \"True Blue, I suggest you get yourself a new dictionary, LEGEND also means a famous person! It can also mean an event or an inscription. Do PFC have any Legends? or are they all \"a popular story handed down from earlier times which may or may not be true!\"

Thanks for the very interesting information. So, with all the publicity that Nick Illingsworth has received over the last few years, which has made him quite famous in your area, by your definition he is also a Southampton Legend! He has certainly never \'jumped ship\', which must also be in his favour! Have Pompey any Legends? Of course! There is \'a popular story handed down from earlier times, which we now believe to be untrue\' that Southampton had a football team whose fans were united behind the board, the manager and the team! When you read the posts on THE ECHO site, you can see that it is obviously a figment of someone\'s imagination!

Ha Ha, very funny True Blue. Just a few points though. 1 - Re Nick, dont you mean infamous? 2 - Its not my definition, its the dictionaries! 3 - Do PFC have many Legends (famous people that is), I managed to come up with a certain Mr J Dickinson and that Bell-ringing bellend on the terraces but then got stuck trying to think of anyone else, oh yeah I nearly forgot Secret Agent Redknapp of course, well thats 3, got anymore? 4 - Your legend about SFC, are you really trying to tell me that each and every PFC fan (all 15,000 of them or even the measly 150 or so that went to Everton - poor, poor turn-out)are totally united behind the board, manager and team, if so, you obviously do not read the postings on THE NEWS website do you. I have visited it a few times over the season and there have been plenty of disagreements etc on there between the fans, and all this in your best season ever!!!!!!! Gawd knows what they will be like when PFC are in the same situation as us in the near future.

Nick, as with McMercenary, has his supporters and those that have no time for him. Jealous of his recognition maybe.
Agree with your definitions, but all definitions cannot be applied to one.
I didn't realise that you were serios on the 'Legend' thing.
You could add Jimmy Guthrie, an ex-Pompey player who held high office in the PFA.
Peter Harris, Pompey born and bred, and England International.
Duggie Reid, some claim had the hardest shot in football.
Alan Knight - long-serving goal keeper.
Len Phillips, another England International, who with Harris, Reid, Dickinson and Scoular won back to back championship medals.
Jack Tinn and Bob Jackson, former managers held in high esteme.
Milan Mandaric, for saving the club from extinction.

On Southampton's side, I would have made mention of Paine, Ellerington and Bates in the Legend status. All showed a loyalty to the club, that has not been shown by another who has been given the title!
If you wanted more, then perhaps you could include Mary Bates, who served the club for far longer than Lawrie Mac.
Alf Ramsey and Ted Drake could also feature in the Legend category and, of course, Le Tiss!

Personally, I think the term 'Legend' is bandied about so much, that it rather devalues the term.

No! I am not saying that every Pompey fan is 100% behind the owner, manager, team or instep with the vast majority of fans! There is always someone who thinks that a 1 - 0 win should be a 3 - 0 win, and that if A had been picked instead of B, then that result would have been achieved!
However, I have not seen on The News pages that there will be a lot of dissatisfied customers who will not be renewing their season tickets!
I have not seen a concerted effort by any group to unseat Harry Redknapp and/or his coaching staff, and everyone that I have spoken with is happy with the way that Mr Gaydamak is running the club.
Disagreements between fans! Of course! Everyone reckons that they can pick a better team than the manager, but the team that they would pick would be from players on the books, and apart from a couple of notable exceptions, the players are supported and not described in the terms that Saints players have been on these pages.

You say, 'Gawd knows what they will be like when PFC are in the same situation as us in the near future.'

You seem to forget that, only a few years back, WE WERE IN THE SAME SITUATION THAT YOU ARE NOW IN - IN FACT, A WORSE SITUATION, WE WERE IN ADMINISTRATION!

It was Not fun, I can assure you! We, the fans, raised money to buy the club, but fortunately Milan Mandaric was on hand to buy it instead, but if he had not arrived on the scene, we would have done our utmost to save the club by using OUR money!

Before the arrival of Milan Mandaric, we had an owner who had no idea of how to run a football club and, as with your supporters, we saw any player with ability being sold, and the club lurching from crisis to crisis.

We have been there! We survived! We had some very tough times, which makes us appreciate the current good times so much more!