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    Face, I know you like to think it''s only me who feels that way but I am NOT purplecanary. Never have been, never will be. I''ll never post as anything other than myself and I can''t understand the mentality of those who do.I''m actually flattered that you could think I was that erudite! Purple is a guy, 20 years my elder and probably wiser, who lives in France. He emails me and I reply. That''s it.

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    Hi Yankee, you say that violence committed on the pitch makes all the difference but there have been cases recently (one over the wekend) where players could be being charged with common assault. Yes, it is a contact sport but so''s boxing - there are still rules.All I''m saying is that anything related to football, be that on or off the pitch, will be viewed differently. It''s all to do with the history we have here. A history, as I said before, that will take at least another generation to pass over.

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    Gosh you''re polite Yankee! Thank you.Firstly what could easily be construed (if not prosecuted) as GBH does occur all too frequently on the pitch. How often have you winced at a ''leg breaker'' or witnessed a stray elbow? Tell me all that is innocent and I''ll try very hard to believe you, but will end up not! The fact that it''s on the pitch rather than off it shouldn''t make a difference but it does, every week. Always has, always will.Next, all I''m saying is that I can understand (although definitely not condone) the psyche that leads to this kind of violence. It is NOT right. It''s not big and it''s certainly not clever but it will be at least one more generation before it leaves our game completely. Some of that is due, unfortunately, to the fact that the people referred to in this thread have children who no doubt would love to see their daddys as ''heroes''.They''re not, they''re impetuous humans who really should know better and hopefully now do.

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    For various reasons I''ve been following this thread for the last few days. I think Arthur''s point has been lost in translation a little here and I find myself leaning towards his conclusion, if not his reasoning.''Other'' crimes have nothing to do with ''football'' crimes. GBH is committed on the pitch during almost every match - it''s all a context thing!Although I couldn''t ever condone what these guys did I can begin to understand why they did it. Some can walk away, others simply can''t. Some look for erm... edgey excitement, others don''t. Anyone who either witnessed or was a party to the kind of manic hooliganism of the 80s will testify that what happened in Leicester was nothing of the sort but that''s dead now and so are those days. The sentences may seem harsh to Arthur but are they really? Realistically 6 to 14 weeks? I don''t think so. Personally I feel the hurt felt by their families and the 6 year banning orders will hurt more.It''s not right, violence towards another is never right, but we are all human and (forgive the irony here) I''ll not be the first to cast a stone without a full understanding of what really happened that day.

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    [quote user="jas the barclay king"]

    Neil doncaster has said that "no one wants to buy  a championship club" so if 1 person buys Southampton then Neil Doncaster is wrong, isn;t he? 1 person is not "no one"

    and 17 enquiries about buying the Saints... they are only going to be enquiries from people serious enough to want to buy the club...

    what makes Southampton, a team with a stadium of similar size, with similar fan base and History to Norwich City more appealing? or is it just someone isnt ready to sell the toy yet?

    jas :)

    [/quote]There are not 17 enquiries from people ''serious'' about buying the club. Only two are ''serious'' enough to warrant further consideration and they are both from consortiums fronted by ex-managers who want the debts zeroed so they pick the club up for next to nothing. Once some due dilligence is gone into and they find out what they''re getting for their money they could disappear too!

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    The only thing people are "crying" about is the ridiculous scenario which means that once again poor management allows a club to get away with shafting local businesses, the tax man, other major creditors etc.Why should anyone comply if there is no recourse nor penalty? Why should anyone operate ''properly'' and with propriety?And just for info, we weren''t ''saved'' recently and if the same thing did happen to us I''d be as disgusted as I am with the way SFC are exploiting the rules.

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    [quote user="Jim Smith"]

    Sorry:

    http://www.football-league.co.uk/staticFiles/78/3/0,,10794~888,00.pdf

    [/quote]Thanks Jim.This clause seems to be the crucial one:12.3.1 With effect from the 10th May 2004, if any Club shall: - a) have a manager, receiver or administrative receiver appointed in respect of that Club or any part of its undertaking or assets; There has to be some sense made of this otherwise, as has been said before, every league club will set up a holding company immediately.Southampton trying to get out of this makes not only the basic administration distasteful but the consequences that could let them get away with it very unpalatable indeed. It''s a loophole. The whole ''holding company'' set up is a loophole and very much against the spirit of the League.

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