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Saints V Doncaster The Verdict
Saints V Doncaster The Verdict
Sunday, 18th Jan 2009 10:16

Lets be blunt this was a shameful day in the history of Southampton Football Club.

At half time it was anyones game, in truth Saints could have been winning 4-2, however when Doncaster scored straight after the break with a goal that many considered to be off side, the fans ensured that their chances of getting back into the game where severely hampered.

Now I am the first person to acknowledge that supporters have a right to make themselves heard, but there is a time and a place for doing so and for the supporters to turn with 44 minutes plus injury time to go was shocking and something I have rarely seen in a football ground in 37 years of watching football.

The mumblings were there in the first half, groups of fans in the Northam were trying to start anti Lowe chants, why ? they were watching a team who had won their last game and drew their previous one with a win now pushing them up the table.

But once the team went a goal behind that was it for many and they lost interest in the game, preferring to direct abuse against Rupert Lowe, this was of absolutely no benefit to a team trying to get back into the game.

It seems to me now that certain sections of the support would prefer Saints to be relegated than stay up, as staying up would be seen as a vindication of Rupert Lowe whilst going down would enable them to damn Lowe.

In short its probably the reason that the team much prefers playing away from home, they dont have the pressure of the crowd on Lowe's back and therefore on theirs as well.

Its hard to see where Saints go from here, certainly there are those that will never let Lowe have the chance to redeem himself, yet what are the options ?       

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