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Post by SaintTim on Mar 29, 2008 12:57:48 GMT
Saints sign Perry on loan
Saints have moved to ease their defensive injury crisis by signing Chris Perry on loan from Luton.
The 34-year-old centre half brings with him a wealth of experience and provides much needed cover in a position where Saints currently only have Darren Powell and Wayne Thomas available.
Perry made his name at Wimbledon where he started his career in 1991 before a £4m move to Tottenham.
He later went on to play for Charlton and West Brom where he worked with Pearson.
Perry was part of the West Brom side that lost in the playoff final to Derby at Wembley last May.
He was then released and joined Luton in the summer.
He has made 31 starts this season and boasts just short of 500 career appearances.
Saints boss Nigel Pearson said: "Chris is a tough campaigner and a good pro who has played at the top level.
"He will give us greater strength and further options and I am delighted he is joining us."
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Post by SaintTim on Mar 29, 2008 12:58:50 GMT
Saints sign Lucketti Saints have been given clearance by the Football League to sign Sheffield United defender Chris Lucketti on loan until the end of the season.
The agreements were signed right on yesterday's 5pm loan deadline but the Football League have sanctioned the deal.
Saints boss Nigel Pearson had been chasing 36-year-old centre half Lucketti for some time but the deal appeared to have stumbled when the defender's wife was taken into hospital.
However, after a successful operation he was happy to join Saints' relegation scrap after this weekend.
Pearson said: "It has been a difficult situation for Chris who wanted to come but obviously his main concern was his wife.
"It has been a difficult time for him but it is right that he stays with his wife this weekend and then he will join up with us next week.
"I am delighted that everything is OK and that he is able to join us as he will add further experience and cover to our defence for the run-in.
"It is a relief that it has gone through and I am pleased to get another experienced player with leadership qualities for what is going to be a very important run-in for us.
"He is a strong character who knows this division inside out and will add know-how and options for us."
Lucketti is a proven performer at this level having established himself as the cornerstone of the Preston defence from 2001 to 2006.
He began his career with Rochdale and Stockport but made only one league appearance there as a youngster before making the break-through with Halifax.
He made 78 appearances in two seasons before joining Bury where he was virtually an ever-present in the next six seasons.
He had two years at Huddersfield before moving to Deepdale and then to Sheffield United in March 2006.
He made his Premiership debut at the age of 35 in January of last year and signed a new one-year contract last summer.
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Post by SaintTim on Mar 29, 2008 13:00:12 GMT
Board brace themselves for EGM call
SAINTS' directors are bracing themselves to hear from former chairman Rupert Lowe on Monday.
Lowe is poised to call an EGM that day in a bid to evict the current board and re-install himself and Michael Wilde in power.
The Daily Echo recently revealed that Wilde was contemplating a sensational U-turn and potentially siding with the man his regime ousted in June 2006.
Between them, Lowe and Wilde are said to speak for 46 per cent of the total Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC shares.
Lowe first contacted acting PLC board chairman Keith Wiseman a fortnight ago via a short phone call.
That has been followed up by an exchange of letters but Saints are still waiting for Lowe to fully explain his plans should he make a dramatic return to St Mary's.
As a result, they were unable to debate Lowe's possible intentions too much when the PLC board held their monthly get-together two days ago.
With directors knowing that 20 per cent of the shareholders probably wouldn't bother to vote, Lowe and Wilde - providing they did pair up together - would easily win any EGM.
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Post by stealth1039 on Mar 30, 2008 13:48:58 GMT
This man just does not know when he's not wanted does he?
Good signing in Chris Perry though Tim.
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Post by SaintTim on Mar 31, 2008 10:54:18 GMT
No he doesnt Stealth,to put it bluntly... wee OFF LOWE.....
Yeah i hope Perry does well for us,but i have a feeling that its all to late & we may well be going down..
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Post by arover on Mar 31, 2008 11:15:37 GMT
Doesn't look too promising really does it Tim?
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Post by SaintTim on Apr 2, 2008 21:10:30 GMT
Doesn't look too promising really does it Tim? No not at all we are in a right mess from top to bottom
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Post by SaintTim on Apr 2, 2008 21:11:10 GMT
Saints were losing £38,900 a day - before player sales
SAINTS made a loss of £700,000 in the halfyear ending December 2007 - despite selling players for £9.1m.
The accounts which cover the six months to the end of last year - released at almost the same time as the notice of an impending EGM - revealed Saints continue to remain in deep financial trouble.
They were losing money at the rate of over £38,000 A DAY.
Only the sales of players such as Kenwyne Jones, and Chris Baird offset the problem temporarily.
Now the club is losing £3,800 every day.
The headline figures show that while revenue dropped from £12.8m to £7.1m, the company's loss after tax fell to £0.7m.
But that was largely due to the transfers of Baird to Fulham, Leon Best to Coventry, Jones to Sunderland and Pele to West Brom.
The club has received a further £2.5m in payments since the accounting period ended.
Saints still has some £6.4m to come in fees for players who have been sold by way of instalments, and all these will be paid by August.
In the same period where Saints brought in £9.1m, they also splashed out £2.7m in bringing in Marek Saganowksi on a permanent transfer, Youssef Safri from Norwich, Wayne Thomas from Burnley, Stern John from Sunderland and Jason Euell from Middlesbrough.
The difference between selling players and buying new ones was a £6.4m.
Not only has all that been swallowed up, but the club have lost a further £700,000 as well - a total financial loss of £7.1m over six months.
That works out at an astonishing £1,183,333.33p loss per MONTH. It's a loss of £272,328.77p per WEEK. And a loss of £38,904.11p per DAY. Spending on the squad increased the players and coaches' wages from £4.9m to £6.1m - despite the club no longer being in receipt of the Premiership parachute payment.
The club's income from all quarters was falling.
Matchday income was down from £5.8m to £3.9m and broadcasting income down from £4.0m to £1.4m.
Commercial income was down £2.9m to £1.9m, of which the retail division saw a hit of £500,000.
Administrative expenses were cut from £3.3m to 2.7m - this cost included the pay-offs given to former PLC chairman Ken Dulieu, chief executive Jim Hone and commercial director Andy Oldknow.
All three of them resigned in December after SISU, the London-based hedge fund they were keen to see takeover Saints, turned their attentions to Coventry instead.
As expected, one of the biggest impacts on the accounts was the end of the parachute payment which Saints no longer qualify for having been out of the Premiership for more than two seasons.
That was £6.7m but the club now receive a solidarity payment of £1.3m - of which £0.65m was in the six-monthly accounts.
Even though the figures reveal the club is heavily overdrawn - £5.8m compared to £0.3m the previous year - it retains the full support of the bank.
The report reads: "The Board confirms that it is working closely with, and has the support of, its bankers."
Also in the report it states that Lee Hoos, who had been acting chief executive since the departure of Hone, is now a permanent appointment.
It also makes mention of the current investment talks but again states these are at an early stage.
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Post by normanbitesyerlegs on Apr 2, 2008 21:12:38 GMT
Welcome to the "Everything turns to poo" club!
I welcome you aboard!
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Post by SaintTim on Apr 2, 2008 21:20:05 GMT
Lowe and Wilde: Why we've joined forces
RUPERT Lowe and Michael Wilde have issued a joint statement outlining why they have sensationally joined forces to reclaim power at St Mary's.
In it, Lowe talks about his "love" of Southampton FC while Wilde claims he feels "let down and disappointed" by some of the people he brought in to replace Lowe's regime in the summer of 2006.
Lowe said: "I spent ten years securing the finance for the stadium and building it with the assistance of Andrew Cowen.
"It was delivered on time and on budget whilst the academy project was planned and executed to give the Club long term financial security.
"I have grown to love Southampton Football Club and stepped down in June 2006 because I believed it was in the best interests of the Club.
"A very unpleasant, unfair and dishonest smear campaign had divided the Club following relegation under Harry Redknapp's management.
Those who were at the centre of this campaign did so for their own selfish reasons and not in the Club's best interests.
"However, I bear no grudges, and although Michael and I have had disagreements in the past, we are now united in our wish to plan a long-term, honest and secure future for Southampton Football Club and the community it serves."
Wilde said: "There is no doubt that the last two years have seen major upheaval within the Club brought about, in the main, by the realities of relegation.
"However, it is no longer appropriate for us to dwell on the past and we must unite to rescue the Club from further decline and to provide a strong basis for its resurrection.
"In the absence of major third party investment it has become incumbent on us as major shareholders and custodians of the Club, to take responsibility for current problems and to do everything in our power to stabilise and take forward this great Club.
"There is no doubt that I feel let down and disappointed by the performance of a number of people that I was instrumental in bringing into the Club some 18 months ago.
"I am prepared to take responsibility for this by working with both Rupert and Andrew to arrest the Club's current deterioration and to achieve what I have always sought - the long-term stability and security of the Club.
"This will involve many tough and, potentially, unpopular decisions over the coming months, but Rupert, Andrew and I have the resolve and commitment to do whatever is necessary to protect the long-term future of Southampton Football Club
Bullpoo you got us relegated and kept changing managers every 5 mins,you pompous arrogant pig
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Post by SaintTim on Apr 2, 2008 21:22:08 GMT
Read Lowe and Wilde's statement in full
Over the past twentytwo months Southampton FC has suffered a decline of major proportions brought about, in part, by a failure to achieve promotion to the Premiership and the loss of vital parachute payments.
This has resulted in a catastrophic decline in income, the effects of which have been compounded by poor leadership and weak management over the entirety of this period with the result that the Club is now facing a relegation battle at the bottom of The Championship, the outcome of which is far from certain.
Shortsighted policies have replaced long term planning and it is now time to reintroduce commonsense, leadership and clarity to the decision making process if a crisis has any chance of being averted.
advertisementThe need to do so is most dramatically demonstrated by the recent settlement with Arsenal FC, accepting £2.1million instead of a potential £5million outstanding from the sale of Theo Walcott in January 2006.
The Club has also, over this period:-
Failed to properly manage and support George Burley; Allowed an unsustainable player wage bill to develop as evidenced by half year results which were released today; Lost key staff from the Academy; Sold key Academy players to cover structural financial deficits; Dropped to the lowest League position for many years; Seen supporter gates drop dramatically; Cashed in future income streams from player sales i.e. Theo Walcott deal with Arsenal; Failed to communicate with supporters; Mismanaged the Dyer/Wright-Phillips situation; After extensive consultation between Michael Wilde, Rupert Lowe and Andrew Cowen, who represent between them around 42% of the shareholders, it has been agreed that they should return to the Club to build on the foundations laid when the new stadium was financed and constructed and the Academy founded some ten years ago.
Under the present leadership, the Academy is no longer given the emphasis it deserves and has, during the recent past, lost key staff such as Georges Prost, Malcolm Elias and Rod Ruddick.
It is time for long term planning to replace short-termism, which, if left unchecked, will lead to financial disaster.
It is for note that a total of over £40 million worth of players have been sold from the Academy without which the Club would not currently be financially viable.
The new SLH Board will be Rupert Lowe (Chairman), Michael Wilde, Andrew Cowen and David Jones, with Michael Wilde returning as Chairman of the Football Club.
Rupert Lowe said: "I spent ten years securing the finance for the stadium and building it with the assistance of Andrew Cowen.
"It was delivered on time and on budget whilst the academy project was planned and executed to give the Club long term financial security.
"I have grown to love Southampton Football Club and stepped down in June 2006 because I believed it was in the best interests of the Club.
"A very unpleasant, unfair and dishonest smear campaign had divided the Club following relegation under Harry Redknapp's management.
Those who were at the centre of this campaign did so for their own selfish reasons and not in the Club's best interests.
"However, I bear no grudges, and although Michael and I have had disagreements in the past, we are now united in our wish to plan a long-term, honest and secure future for Southampton Football Club and the community it serves."
Michael Wilde said: "There is no doubt that the last two years have seen major upheaval within the Club brought about, in the main, by the realities of relegation.
"However, it is no longer appropriate for us to dwell on the past and we must unite to rescue the Club from further decline and to provide a strong basis for its resurrection.
"In the absence of major third party investment it has become incumbent on us as major shareholders and custodians of the Club, to take responsibility for current problems and to do everything in our power to stabilise and take forward this great Club.
"There is no doubt that I feel let down and disappointed by the performance of a number of people that I was instrumental in bringing into the Club some 18 months ago.
"I am prepared to take responsibility for this by working with both Rupert and Andrew to arrest the Club's current deterioration and to achieve what I have always sought - the long-term stability and security of the Club.
"This will involve many tough and, potentially, unpopular decisions over the coming months, but Rupert, Andrew and I have the resolve and commitment to do whatever is necessary to protect the longterm future of Southampton Football Club."
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Post by SaintTim on Apr 3, 2008 10:54:47 GMT
Crouch: bank is backing Saints
SAINTS chairman Leon Crouch has revealed the club has got the support of their bank - until the end of NEXT season.
The Saints football board chairman has stressed that he and his current PLC board directors are doing all they can to steady the ship financially and bring in new investment.
Yesterday The Daily Echo reported that the club was facing losses of £38,900 a day prior to selling a number of players which brought in £9.1m.
Following the sale of players who included Kenwyne Jones, Chris Baird and Pele, the daily loss was reduced to £3,800.
Today Crouch said: "The club is being run professionally, the board are united, and we have the support of our bank both for this season and next.
"We are in serious negotiations with possible investors, and now is the time for everyone to unite behind Nigel Pearson."
advertisementCrouch fears Rupert Lowe's potential return will cause "chaos and uncertainty" at the most critical time in the club's recent history.
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Post by SaintTim on Apr 3, 2008 10:55:53 GMT
Welcome to the "Everything turns to poo" club! I welcome you aboard! Im fully signed up dont worry
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Post by arover on Apr 3, 2008 11:41:04 GMT
Bottom 3 after Wednesday's draw.
Will they go down or what?
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Post by SaintTim on Apr 3, 2008 12:23:00 GMT
I have all my fingers & toes crossed really couldn't handle being in a lower league than we already are its just unthinkable.But there is a very high chance of it happening im afraid.Very troubled times for us Saints fans.
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Post by SaintTim on Apr 5, 2008 8:57:19 GMT
Misfiring Marek wants to fire Saints to safety
SAINTS striker Marek Saganowski hopes he can be the fans' "hero" and save the club from relegation to League One.
The Polish international had a sensational end to last season, scoring ten goals in 13 league games - 11 of which were starts - to help fire Saints into the play-offs.
But, since signing a three-year permanent deal in the summer, the goals have dried up equally as spectacular as they were coming this time last year.
Saganowski has only scored twice this season, with his last goal coming in the 3-2 home loss to Barnsley in September.
Since then, he has gone an incredible 1,095 minutes without finding the back of the net.
However, that has not dampened his belief that he can be Saints' much-needed saviour - if manager Nigel Pearson selects him for the final five games.
"All the fans, they want their club to be in the Premiership and they don't want them to be relegated again," he said. "Before the season, we started talking about promotion to the Premiership and now we have this big trouble.
"If somebody can save us, they will be the hero for them (the fans).
"I was for the supporters in my hometown and I know something about it.
"Of course I would like to be the hero, why not?"
Well then Saganowski get those bloody shooting boots on like you did last year a be our hero,dont talk about it just do it PLEASE.
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Post by SaintTim on Apr 7, 2008 11:49:49 GMT
Pearson: We've set a new benchmark now
Nigel Pearson has told Saints they have set themselves a new benchmark with their terrific performance against Bristol City.
Saints absolutely crushed the Championship leaders and, though the final score was just 2-0, it could have been many more.
The display from the Saints team contained so many things they had been lacking in recent weeks.
A few more performances like that and Pearson's team will climb to safety.
He said: "We want the same again.
"That is a standard which we can't afford to drop from.
advertisement"We have been criticised for some of our performances of late and rightly so.
"There have been occasions where we've had missed opportunities and at this stage of the season you can't afford to miss them.
"We have four more opportunities to pick up maximum points and if we don't we have to live with that.
"But ultimately we have to do enough to save ourselves."
With results elsewhere going Saints' way, the three points against City looked even more impressive with the result lifting the team out of the relegation zone and up to 19th.
It is still a tricky run-in for Saints - but not only has the result relieved much-needed pressure, the performance has restored some much-needed belief.
"It's a short-lived relief because ultimately we have four more games which have the same importance as this one," said Pearson.
"We have to make sure we replicate that performance from now on.
"It's very difficult against a side with the quality of Bristol City because they have been at the top of the league for most of the season on merit.
"So to limit them to half chances and create so many ourselves was particularly pleasing.
"We have to ask why we've not done that too often.
"But I'm really delighted for the players who were magnificent to a man, went about it the right way and played without fear - which is very difficult at this stage of the season with so much at stake."
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Post by yorkshiretyke on Apr 8, 2008 21:23:09 GMT
hi Tim whats your feelings on whos going down.We have just a bad a run in as you have but a couple of games in hand.Not looking good for either of us.your thoughts
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Post by SaintTim on Apr 8, 2008 23:07:34 GMT
I'm not too hopeful as it will be a hard slog to get out of the hole we have got ourselves into,but after last Saturdays performance i have a slight bit of hope.We have the players to do it but they just have been really under performing all season & what with all the boardroom bullpoo things haven't been good for the Saints.
Shame about your game at the weekend but you must have enjoyed the journey
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Post by yorkshiretyke on Apr 9, 2008 8:52:07 GMT
Good while it lasted,anoying thing it was there for the takeing.But this is what matters if we had a half decent goal scorer we wouldent be in this hole.Hope you stay up
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Post by SaintTim on Apr 9, 2008 10:00:31 GMT
Yep it was there for the taking but it just wasn't to be, maybe next year you never know.Yep good luck too it will be interesting to see how it pans out.
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Post by sunnersaint on Apr 9, 2008 21:49:33 GMT
thought this would cheer up the saints fans made me laugh anyway
Pompey announce huge losses Comment | Read Comments (11)
Portsmouth have recorded a loss of over £23m for the financial year ending 31st May 2007.
The club's wage bill increased to more than £30m as the playing staff at Fratton Park almost doubled.
The financial period covers the 2006-7 season, which saw Pompey secure their highest finish in the Premier League as they came ninth.
A Portsmouth spokesman told BBC Radio Solent that the results were in line with the club's expectations.
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Post by SaintTim on Apr 9, 2008 23:12:15 GMT
If there sugar daddy was to leave they would be in a right old mess.We are in a right old mess ourselves so we cant really laugh to much.
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Post by stealth1039 on Apr 9, 2008 23:18:34 GMT
There was talk not too long ago that he was looking to sell it but I wouldn't think that will happen now with the prospect of European football next year! Plus they'll find a site for a new ground sooner or later.
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Post by SaintTim on Apr 9, 2008 23:21:21 GMT
Yeah i would imagine that he would stay as you are doing so well under Harry.
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Post by stealth1039 on Apr 9, 2008 23:32:26 GMT
Just looked at the table Tim - Tyke will obviously be pleased (& amazed I should think!) by tonights result but it hasn't helped your situation much. What's your next match?
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Post by Mark Cunningham on Apr 9, 2008 23:35:27 GMT
Away to Charlton i think Stealth, battle of the RHFers, Charlton are a on and off team at the moment though, so anything could happen.
I thought you was off to bed Stealth?
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Post by stealth1039 on Apr 10, 2008 13:16:59 GMT
I thought I was as well but early nights aren't really my thing. Should have been a Wednesday supporter as I've been an Owl all my life!
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Post by SaintTim on Apr 21, 2008 10:30:45 GMT
D-DAY FOR SAINT BOARD TOMORROW is D-Day for Saints' directors with regards to the EGM called for by ex-chairmen Rupert Lowe and Michael Wilde. The club's PLC board must either name the date of the EGM tomorrow ... or say whether they will accept Lowe and Wilde's offer to resign their positions on Tuesday, May 6 - an offer revealed in last Tuesday's Daily Echo. The club had 21 days to name the EGM date from the moment Lowe and Wilde requested it - and the three weeks is up tomorrow. The PLC board are NOT expected to name a date for the EGM, given that it would cost the club money to organise and that Lowe and Wilde are almost certain to win it as they hold 46 per cent of the shares between them. The EGM request stated that the four PLC board directors - chief executive Lee Hoos and non-exec trio Leon Crouch, Patrick Trant and Keith Wiseman - all resign. Lowe, Wilde and Andrew Cowen would take their places alongside current finance director David Jones.
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Post by arover on Apr 21, 2008 11:18:15 GMT
Fancy losing at home to those Dingles.
Things look bleak at the moment.
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