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Comment | Southampton Issue Club Statement On Their Position
at 09:27:10
I Also agree with Oldmatelot. lets let the hurt and the anger subside and then look at the situation and make a sensible call on Tonda's future. we have had some great success and all loved the football of late. do we really want SR to appoint another up and coming manager thats going to drag our club down even further, or do we want someone proven to lead us to the championship title.
i can admit for one that i have done wrong in the past and made mistakes. lets allow this guy a chance to make amends and prove to us that he is worth the chance and lead us to promotion.
he's already taken over a club in turmoil, healed a dressing room that was hurt and broken and united the team together.
as the good book says. "he without sin can cast the first stone." well that me out (stone put down). |
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Comment | Southampton Announce Appeal Fails
at 09:29:39
before we go and make any rash decisions, lets let the bitter taste disappear for our mouths for just 1 second before we start asking for managerial sackings etc.
i know a lot of you will want Tonda to be sacked and probably for a good reason. but lets look at what we have had before this and what may come after this. we have all complained about the past 4 managers and their lack of skills and inability to lead us in any sort of way. but for once we had a manager that has brought us up, made the players a cohesive unit, played some good football and taken us on a 19 game unbeaten run. at the back end of last year, we didnt even think that the playoffs were even possible. but here we are. and had this not happened, we would be applauding him for a good job done.
so with all that said. lets face it, we have all made mistakes and done things wrong, sometimes even cheated to win. LETS BE HONEST...
so all i say is, do we want to get rid of a manager that has done so well, for what another roll of the dice and another "up and coming" manager. or do we want to stick with Tonda, get behind the team and have a real chance of getting promoted next year again? or would you rather take your chances with the next journey man and have a new manager by christmas and hope that we go on a good run and make the paly offs again. |
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Comment | Southampton Get Death Sentence For Shoplifting
at 13:44:21
why are we not fighting back with the next rule down in the book?
3.5 No Club, either by itself, its servants or agents, shall by any means whatsoever unfairly
criticise, disparage, belittle or discredit any other Club or The League or in either case
any of its directors, officers, employees or agents.
surly Helburgs actions and that of their staff, director and media outlet have failed in this by demanding our expulsion? |
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Comment | Southampton Get Death Sentence For Shoplifting
at 13:23:01
not sure how many of you have seen the videos of people auditing the police and other establishments. but maybe we should start off our own auditing of our opponents football clubs starting with Middlesbrough, we could all arrange to go up there on mass with our little camera drones and start filming sessions whilst wearing our beloved saints shirts 🤣🤣🤣🤣 |
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Comment | Southampton Get Death Sentence For Shoplifting
at 13:20:10
@sledger i think that you are spot on there. they added the points deduction so that they could take that away on appeal and say "look we reduced the punishment". dont worry that Sheffield Wednesday will start next year with 0 points deductions when they should have started with -15. this just makes a mockery of the whole situation. |
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Comment | Southampton Get Death Sentence For Shoplifting
at 13:17:34
i think that Middlesbrough should also be thrown out of the competition for un-sportsman like behavior.
1, if they did get William Salts details from a receipt then this could constitute a breach of GDPR rules and therefore they should be in trouble for that. this is not a criminal matter and therefore no one should have provided the receipt or details.
2, the way that Middlesbrough boss and club have lied continuously to make it sound worse than it was - sophisticated recording equipment (an old mobile phone🤣) - hiding in the bushes (stood by a gate under a tree on public property) - accused of running into the club house and changing (not sure that this happened from what i have been told) - managers and staff demanding the punishment (this is for the independent panel to decide) - the distance away from the pitch and what he actually saw. i have heard reports of them being anything from 200m away up to nearly half a mile away.
i think that it was already a forgone conclusion that we were to be thrown out of the competition, from all the noise from the Middlesbrough team. had they not been shouting for us to be disqualified, would the commission have even thought about that, or would they just have imposed a big fine and a recommendation for the points deductions next year in the Premier league had we been successful?
than to add to this crazy situation the big white elephant in the room (Man City's 115 breaches) how dose this look fair..... can we now go back and ask that we contest the FA cup final as they should be kicked out for more cheating and rule breaches than we have done???? what about all the other teams that have cheated on Financials - Leicester, Man City, Chelsea etc etc. this list goes on. yet for a mobile phone recording we are loosing everything.... |
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Comment | The Opening Favourites To Replace Will Still Have Been Revealed
at 13:38:48
Here we go again on the look out for a new manager, when what we need is a new strike force. if we had a striker that could knock in 20 goals a season for us, we wouldnt be in this mess again. when are we going to learn that we need to invest in a good center forward or 2. it doesnt matter how many managers we go through, they all need the same thing, someone to knock in a few goals and win some games. |
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Comment | Southampton At Hull City The Verdict
at 09:35:11
If Ronny Edwards was such a hit at QPR in this league last season and THB cant seem to pick up a header (which the first 2 goals came from and him in front of the opposition player) why do we continue to play him?
after watching the highlights and reading the report, the main difference was their accuracy in front of goal. why is Arma only starting as sub? and every time i see Ross Stewart on the ball, he looks decent and trying to get in and around the goal. yet we continue with the young brigade and lack of goals... |
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Comment | Southampton V Aston Villa The Verdict
at 15:56:26
"I have nothing against Southampton F.C. It just seems very wasteful loosing two hours of my life watching 22 millionaires at St Mary's, chasing a bag full of wind in their underwear, and getting the same loosing result."
~ Guy Martin ~ Modified slightly by me :o) |
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Comment | Southampton V Wolverhampton Wanderers The Verdict
at 14:11:13
Just like to thank you nick for all your reports and the time you put into this site and delivering these incredibly hard to read reviews of a team that has no clue or desire to change or do the right thing..... I'M OFF
makes no sense to watch Saints any more. the manager is mad, the board are inept and the playing squad.... well had you asked me at the start of the season what our chances were, i would have said we have a reasonable squad... but now... they are just as bad as the rest of the club (in general), they are not working as a team or playing with any pride or conviction. most are looking for a way out and quickly. the rest are just taking over inflated wage bills and buying their time for retirement or end of their contract and walking anyway.
i am that disappointed in all that i have seen this year, from the managers and their tactics, to the board and their choice to save money and get Ivan in and not Rhol, the players and their inability to fight and stand together as a team.
lets face it. if at work we all saw something that was wrong and going to be bad for the company, we would all tell the management and get together as a union or a group of people and do something about it. no not our guys, they just go out to get embarrassed each week and think nothing of it.
we are going down as the out right worst side in Premier League history, lowest points, goals both for and against, longest loosing run etc. etc. etc.
I'm off to watch Sholing, at least they try |
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Comment | Southampton Have Ivan Juric Replacement Lined Up
at 14:19:40
I think that the club should wake up and Sack Ivan now... get Rohl in now and pay the £4M that they are demanding.
i understand the statement of its worth saving the money. but by bringing him in now, he gets a good few games under his belt to look at the squad, try and build some relationships and convince any fringe players to stay should he want them next year. but most importantly, the squad will be that much more used to playing his style of football and training and will be ready to start next year from the first game, unlike the martin appointment, where it took a few games to get used to his tactics.
we have to remember that the championship is a tight league and there will always be a surprise team that will do well, plus the other 2 teams getting relegated. now assuming that Leicester and Ipswich keep their managers, then they will be ready for a promotion push from the start and i do not think that we can afford to let them build up any head of steam in the race to promotion, as we know from last time, its a long race and any lead will be hard to catch and keep should we catch them. |
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Comment | Ivan Juric Got One Thing Right At The Weekend With Will Smallbone
at 14:37:57
I rarely comment on topics but feel that this article is so way off the mark and some of the comments too are so far from the mark that i want to comment my own frustrations and thoughts.
as much as Ivan Juric has done wrong as stated at the top of the article. what he has done is what we all asked for. we have stopped the tippy tappy football, we have more shots on target and the score lines are slightly lower, not so many 5 against.
"This is a crisis time in the history of Southampton Football Club, it does not need division in the fanbase, it needs unity, yes it has all gone to S***, but it will not help with the fans on the back of the players." - why? why do we need unity, we are just fans that pay good money to watch a game and this is what we get. we are a laughing stock, Derby are hoping and praying that we are going to take their most unwanted accolade off them. so hearing lets get behind the team and support them. lets not be silly, they will get the support when they start playing good football and encouraging us to come and watch and support.
"We need to stand up and try and get the team over the 11 point mark, not push them nearer the abyss by destroying their spirit and confidence." - what like they have done to us? wheres our sprit gone, 2 wins and 7 points is a joke and not fun to watch or support at present. maybe if we stopped making excuses for them and started holding them to account on their thousands of pounds a week wages (which we pay for) then they may just stand up and be counted for. if we were to get on their backs they may have got on the coaches back and said please lets stop this suicide football and come up with a way of making it work rather than following blindly like lemmings.
" it isn't Smallbone's fault that we are bottom of the league" REALLY... whos fault is it then? of course its his fault and the rest of the team and clubs fault that we are in this position. every one at the club needs to stand up and take account of what they have and havent done. they all need to own the issues and problems otherwise, what???? we keep blaming the manager, when the players fail to deliver. come on. they all deserve a bashing and to have some of the blame appointed to them. also Will and a lot of the team were there when we got relegated and will be again. its not as if i can walk onto the pitch and do the job...
so to sum this up. its the clubs fault, the directors, the managers, the players, the back room staff, coaches the lot. they all need to stand up and accept what's happened and be men and be counted for and admit their mistakes. |
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Comment | Saints Not Afraid Of Sacking Russell Martin Even If They Have To Pay
at 11:59:42
i believe that the £12M compensation for changing managers also includes the wages of the incoming manager. they have inflated the price to make it sound more of a story.
i also wonder, is there a clause in the contract that states if we are relegated we can dismiss him for free or less money? either that, or the board are preparing for another year in the championship and believe that with recruitment he will bring us back up and they can sell some of our better players to raise money for the loss in money from the prem. |
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Comment | Southampton V Wolverhampton Wanderers The Verdict
at 13:38:23
let bring on David Moyes....
I know that he wont be everyone's choice, but has proven experience and able to get teams out of the drop zone.
I really dont want graham Potter, we have seen how that will go with Chelsea, he was lucky at Brighton, that they had good recruitment and pulled out some amazing players that he couldnt help but win games with.
as for who else we could get is a raffle and a pot luck and knowing our luck we would get the boobie prize, so lets just get David Moyes in, he has experience and can get us points on the board.
as for the striker position, i do believe that we could score if we played to peoples strengths, get the ball into the box and give them a chance. play Armstrong out wide and allow to run in, Same with archer. Tall Paul, well name says it all, get crosses in the box and give him a chance to header the ball (look at his goals in the part and a lot ore off the head).
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Comment | Southampton Board Split On Russell Martin Situation
at 13:20:23
I dont want graham potter, he done well at Brighton as they had a very talented team. i would accept Moyes for a season just to get us to safety and another year in the prem.
but what happened to the saint way of finding gems like Pochettino, coman and co, who were underrated managers and done us proud. how can Brighton seem to find these gems, but we cant anymore. same with the players. we used to bring through several great youth players and find the odd gem from a different league. now all we do is buy Chelsea and Man City cast off youth and hope that they work and then say they came from our youth setup, which they hardly or never played for.
we need to wake up as a club and go back to what we did best. get youth team players, give them the route to first team football and then they wont want to leave to go to Chelsea or man City etc. |
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Comment | Southampton At Bristol City The Verdict
at 13:23:35
I agree with a lot of the comments above, this is only one game, we need to pick up and move forward and stay behind OUR team.
however the comments about Sulemana being poor last night, this was his first game back after injury and we were chasing the game. and like said above, they had 2 lines of defense with defenders sitting deep and midfielders moving in. but i would like to point out, that when i first saw a certain Mane, he was fast with no end product, look at what happened to him, i remember watching him run down the line and cross the ball to row Z, we have the coaches and setup to help him improve and become the player that his potential shows.
however my main concern (which no one has mentioned yet) is our goalkeeper. yes he may be one for the future, he has shown that he was not one for the premier league (yet), he has shown some signs of promise on this run of games and made some good saves. but when you look at some of the teams we have played, the GK has kept them in the game and pulled off some great saves when the defense has gone missing. but when our defense goes walk abouts, i worry that he is not good enough to stand up and be counted for. we all said it two years ago when Frazer left, we needed a quality replacement. we done what we had done in the past and brought a man city youth product. that didn't work then and doesn't seem to be working now. had we had that great shot stopper, i believe that things could have been so different.
first goal, to start with, he is just stood there, then when it comes close, he moves towards the near post, and as the ball passes, he is left in no mans land and doesn't even make an attempt to put a foot to it or a glove or anything, he just watches it. how many times have we seen goalies diving and sticking anything out that they can when that happens. yes they may not get it, but at least they tried. yes i know that our defenders have to take some responsibility, but he is our last line of defense and done nothing.
second goal, again poor defending. but he has moved from the correct position to be, middle of the goal to where the ball is going and we have lots of defenders there, yes the defenders were bad and missed it. but then it loops up and all he can do is half raise his arm and watches. If he is moving into that area, i would expect that to be to fist the ball away or get involved. the chances of the ball going down to the line would be minimal so had he retained his original position, it would have been an easy save. i want to see some effort and at least an attempt to get the ball.
goal 3, nothing he could do beyond watch, so no criticism there.
but when you look at Bristol's keeper, he made a good save when one on one with our player. that saves games and changes things. how many times have we seen goalies make good saves and inspire their defense and get them riled up. i just don't see it from him and i think that's an age thing. he needs to be commanding, shouting at them and having a go at them, not just whimpering in the back ground.
now i know that i may come in for some stick for this, but just my humble opinion and ready to listen to for you to try and change my mind. |
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Comment | Danny Ings Could Be Making A Shock Return To St Mary's
at 14:04:17
this is just pure paper talk and never going to happen. his agent is clearly trying to get a few of the lower prem teams to jump before he "potentially" signs for saints again.
its a shame as with him in our team we were doing well and had he stayed he would have been a local hero and who knows we may have still been in the prem and looking up instead of down. its a move that worked for neither the player or the team.
as for Broja, good luck to him and WHU, i cant see that he is an improvement on Ings and believe that its not the magic answer that they are looking for. he has hardly set the prem alight with goals and lets face it, if he was any good Chelsea would be keeping hold of him. |
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Comment | Rumour Mill Starts Turning On Next Southampton Manager
at 14:18:46
i would love WIll Still to be our manager and had seen a clip on him on the BBC website a month or so back. my major concern with him, is that he will come in and do a great job, promote us back to prem and have a great first season and then Tottenham or someone will come in and poach him, as he is looking better than our standards.
Brendan would be my first choice, he's been at the big clubs and failed and the bigger clubs seem to be overlooking him at the mo, so we know that he would be here for the long haul and create stability within the club, building his team.
Graham potter, would be a bit of a risk in my opinion. as can be seen now, brighton are in a great place and doing well. i wonder how much of that success was down to the running of the club and transfers, was GP involved and sanctioned them or was he, just their to coach and pick the team? either way, could do the job but with the issues in our club we need someone with proven experience and that would be Brendan.
for a bit of a curve ball i would look at someone like Christophe Galtier. i know still employed at PSG, but not for much longer if the rumer mill is to be believed and has a good history of doing well with small clubs and making them punch above their weights. |
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Comment | Southampton V Crystal Palace The Verdict
at 16:16:55
the only good part about this game was the pre match offer to upgrade your tickets so that you could have lounge access, 3 free drinks and food.
my brother in law was over from Aus and he always likes to come and watch a match. i was so embarrassed about the whole fiasco that i just got drunk to forget what i had just experienced.
first half we were okay at best, more like palace were terrible. all our passes were to the left wing for KWP, who was met with resistance from palace players. they knew what we would do and had the game plan to stop it.
the amount of times Theo was in space on the left and no one passed him the ball was criminal. having JWP on our team (one of the best dead ball specialist and able to make a pass that hits our own player) why didnt he paly a nice cross field ball to Theo and let him run on to it and cause the opposition defense troubles. the one time we did, we nearly scored. then RS took him off..... why because he wasnt doing anything. WRONG, no one passed him the ball. AMN was good in defense, but going forward was hopeless and failed to make the early pass and get the wingers running at the opposition defense, to often taking the ball to far and loosing it.
we were like a one trick pony all day and easy to read and beat. keeper passes to KWP, KWP_ runs down the line and into 3 palace players. loose the ball and back to defend.
i have never wanted to slate JWP, but i cant remember him making a single pass that was forward in the whole game. they were all side ways and back. we need to get the ball and play it forward quickly, use the pace of theo and sulamana and the others to run at them and cause them problems. what happened to switching play and going from left to right and not just down the same side all the time. its like they get the ball and just head down run. they need to look up and know that if they paly the ball wide that wingers are running onto the ball and going to be in certain spots ready. thats what Theo done all game, ball goes left he runs into space, calls for it and we dont pass to him.
unlike most, i was quite happy with the team selection. most of the players up front had scored this season and it was more of an attacking line up, just a shame that we didnt use them.
then the substitutions came. tall paul on, but no tall long balls for him to connect with. he ended up back in his own half trying to pick the ball up and not doing what he should be doing, dragging their defense back as he would break their off side trap.
watching the game it was hard to see who you would sub in the game. no one played particularly bad, we just had no idea what to do or what they are supposed to be doing. but then RS took off the only people that were actually doing something and brought on what can only be described as lesser quality. Theo off Djenepo on.... sorry but Theo has been there, done it and got the t shirt, Djenepo IMHO is not prem standards and not a fighter, bad decision by RS. Aribo off tall Paul on, Aribo was okay no service so cant expect much from him, but if you bring on tall paul you need to get down the wings and get crosses in. not sure i saw one in to him. Alcaraz off and Edozie on, again another strange sub. Alcaraz looked okay, had shot on goal and made a menice of himself, Edozie is a young lad and does not have the experience that we needed on that pitch that day.
bring on the first division and maybe we can get back to wining ways. as next year anyone with quality will be off and we will be left with a lot of over paid rubbish and in the same position as this year. |
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