SAINTS fans attending tomorrow's annual meeting at St Mary's will be asked if they want chairman Rupert Lowe to stand down.

Members of the newly reformed Southampton Independent Supporters Association (SISA) will lobby shareholders as they enter the stadium to find out whether they would back the idea of Lowe being asked to quit his high profile role.

SISA vice chairman Perry McMillan believes he is speaking for thousands of fans when he says: "Enough is enough - it is time for Rupert Lowe to stand down.

"We are calling on all shareholders to attend the meeting and, if they are concerned about the chairman's performance, to make life uncomfortable for him.

"I genuine believe we speak for the majority of Southampton supporters in calling for the chairman to stand down. A few years ago I called on him to quit his role as chairman of the football side of the PLC - now I think it would be better if he went altogether.

"There is no feelgood factor at the moment - fans are disillusioned. Attendances are going down and we are being seen as a laughing stock.

"Football is an entertainment industry but we are not being entertained and as a result there are a lot of unhappy people in Southampton.

"Many fans I speak to feel the same way. They don't see Rupert Lowe as being able to establish a working relationship with any manager.

"There's just no stability at Southampton FC and many fans I talk to say Rupert Lowe is the catalyst for that instability."

McMillan added: "It will be a peaceful lobby.

"We just want to talk to shareholders to gauge their feeling and ask them if they would support us."

McMillan also stated he would challenge Lowe's statement made in last month's annual report that there remains "a small but vociferous contingent within our support base who are always ready to criticise."

Lowe said such a group was "damaging" the club and that such events did not happen at the more successful clubs."

But McMillan said: "That is a false statement. I can only think of Arsenal whose fans have never really had an issue with their chairman or their board. Manchester United's fans have had issues with their board. Are they not a successful club?"

Asked who could take over as chairman if Lowe did stand down, McMillan said: "The feeling I get from fans I talk to is that we want a genuine Saints fan with a bit of money to come in."

Meanwhile, Saints have told the Echo that they deny speculation that former boss Glenn Hoddle was put back on the St Mary's payroll earlier this year.

There had been rumours surrounding such a move ever since Hoddle was linked with a controversial return to Saints back in February.