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Reply | Was it wrong to dispense with RM this season?
at 16:37 18 Feb 2025
I posted after the weekend the clocks went back that we would be relegated because the players were not Premiership quality and so it’s transpired.
Two relegations in three years are not down to Russell Martin or his successor.
Blame lies with the Club’s owners in appointing a group of doughnuts to run our Club and then failing to replace them when it is obvious to every man and his dog that they simply didn’t have a clue what they were doing.
Most clubs when promoted to the Premier League either stick with the players who got them there and spend little or bin the players and spend big.
Sports Republic management have achieved the virtually impossible having stuck with the players and spent £ millions to accumulate 9 points by the middle of February.
In so doing they have turned an established and respected Premiership football club into a laughing stock.
The concern going forward is what happens next because there will not be another swift return to the top flight with our club owned by the current owners and controlled by Sports Republic’s current employees. [Post edited 18 Feb 16:51]
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Reply | Stats from hell
at 20:38 15 Feb 2025
Today 752 season ticket holders who have already paid to attend, put their tickets on the ticket exchange and nobody bought them.
The club has a big problem.
It’s called supporters voting with their feet and will now become the norm until the seasons end I suspect. |
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Reply | Charlie Alcaraz
at 20:04 15 Feb 2025
How ungrateful of you in wanting a competitive football team as well as being able to get a greasy spoon breakfast from 08.00 in The Dell Pub and extra spending money on a P and O cruise.
Not forgetting of course the opportunity to buy an yellow away shirt you don’t want,at a knockdown price,from a club shop which only opens on the third Sunday in Lent and alternate Jewish High Holidays.
Some people are just never satisfied.
For your own ongoing wellbeing pull yourself together immediately and chant the mantra :- The future is bright, the future is Sports Republic. |
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Reply | Ticket Exchange/ Sell Out
at 22:45 13 Feb 2025
674 seats for sale as at 22.30hrs Thursday Nick.
Not to worry though because today Sports Republic sent me yet two more emails. This time telling me I was entitled to extra spending money if I booked a P and O cruise and I could also take part in the Dell Pub quiz night.
Welcome to the new Southampton F C :- An entertainment and marketing business with a mens and ladies football team attached. |
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Reply | Ticket Exchange/ Sell Out
at 13:39 13 Feb 2025
Honestly Nick are you surprised ?
It’s called voting with your feet and after last Saturday’s ridiculous team selection ( four full backs and no recognised centre forward) and another abject defeat, this time to Burnley reserves I’m surprised it’s not more.
No doubt the attendance figure will be announced as 31000 given that season ticket holders are counted even if they don’t turn up.
The problem for Sports Republic is 600 odd won’t be buying overpriced food and beer or merchandise in the club shop, should they be bothered to open it that is. |
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Reply | Sulemana . Let's get behind him.
at 10:26 13 Feb 2025
Spot on grumps.
No Danny Rohl because Sports Republic didn’t want to pay commission allegedly.
No problem though,given that the Dell Pub is now able to serve greasy spoon breakfasts and I’ve been given the opportunity of buying a yellow away shirt I don’t want,at a knock down price,from a club shop that is hardly ever open.
All part of their long term plan to turn a once respected football club into a theme park. [Post edited 13 Feb 10:28]
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Reply | Are Saints So Hard Up
at 05:52 12 Feb 2025
“ Once the team starts winning again and the feel good factor returns”.
Code for restricted opening hours to remain in pertuity. |
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Reply | Are Saints So Hard Up
at 18:36 11 Feb 2025
Just checked opening hours for A F C Bournemouth, 09.00- 17.00 Monday to Friday and also open on non match day Saturday and Sundays with reduced hours. Obviously open on match days also.
They have an average home attendance of 11000 and ours is supposed to be 30000.
Another triumph for the doughnuts at Sports Republic.
What next, match day supporters bucket collection to pay Ankerson’s salary ? |
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Reply | As it stands, Is there any more point in Southampton F C being a football club ?
at 11:24 11 Feb 2025
Number 58, did you take the trouble to read my second contribution to the topic under discussion where I pointed out that in my opinion the desires of genuine Saints supporters and Sports Republic have become incompatible ? A fellow contributor summed it up well when he/she suggested that we want a football club and Sports Republic desire a Theme Park.
Within my second contribution you may also note that I attended my first Saints game in 1959 ( perhaps before you were born ? ) hence I’m not sure where you are coming from with your “ thick and thin comment”.
I’m happy to acknowledge your alternative view and take no personal offence whatsoever,after all that’s what freedom of speech is all about. However, given the high prevalence of mental illnesses nowadays perhaps upon reflection you may consider your “ wrist slasher “ reference to have been somewhat ill advised ? [Post edited 11 Feb 11:38]
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Reply | Burnley and yesterday
at 08:29 10 Feb 2025
You Sir deserve a medal, travelling a round trip of nearly 500 miles to watch Saturday’s dross.
If you do decide not to attend another home game this season please don’t feel bad about it.
Sometimes in life you have to step back from something you’ve become too close to and reconsider your options.
Spend the money saved on a ticket, travel and food on something you or your family actually enjoy.
A1079, like many of us who post on Nick’s site :-
“We haven’t lost Southampton Football Club, Sports Republic have lost us”. [Post edited 10 Feb 8:55]
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Reply | As it stands, Is there any more point in Southampton F C being a football club ?
at 17:32 9 Feb 2025
If it were not possible to obtain a manager with Premier League experience what then stopped them obtaining Danny Rohl from Sheffield Wednesday ? A manager with Championship experience to attempt to guide us back to The Premiership next season.
Answers on a post card please to Sports Republic.My suggestion being that they would have had to pay compensation, so the man with no Premiership or Championship experience got the gig because he was free.
In my opinion Sports Republic couldn’t successfully run a bath or manage to get home on a dark night as is proven by their record of relegating a Premier League team twice in three seasons. [Post edited 9 Feb 19:58]
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Reply | As it stands, Is there any more point in Southampton F C being a football club ?
at 11:09 9 Feb 2025
The point I was attempting to make was that Southampton Football Club and Sports Republic are basically incompatible.
Supporters of The Saints want a football club. Sports Republic want an entertainment business with a couple of football teams ( mens and ladies ) attached.
Every week nearly without fail I receive another email attempting to extract money from me. Play on the pitch, buy your Christmas Party in January, visit our Pub to watch the Super Bowl etc etc etc.
Whilst all their requests for money are going on we have one of the worst mens football teams I’ve seen since 1959 who were utterly pathetic against Burnley yesterday.
Ideally I wish Sport Republic would sell the club to a buyer who was interested in football or as I mentioned previously just bugger off. [Post edited 9 Feb 11:13]
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Reply | Juric calls Downes unprofessional live on air
at 17:47 8 Feb 2025
No grumps, our club has one problem and one problem only, the doughnuts at Sports Republic.
Until they depart we will remain in free fall, probably into administration. |
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Thread | As it stands, Is there any more point in Southampton F C being a football club ?
at 17:26 8 Feb 2025
Two Premiership wins all season and another pathetic display today against a makeshift Burnley.
Sports Republic, as your only skill set appears to be building Fanszones and Pubs here’s an idea for you :-
Sell St Mary’s for property development, take the proceeds and bugger off.
At least then the fans could reconstitute a proper football club with the same objectives it had when originally formed in 1885, to play football and win matches.
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Reply | Officials
at 13:25 8 Feb 2025
I was in the crowd behind the goal into which he “ scored”.
Not one single Man Utd player complained. They were as surprised as were us all when it was disallowed.
Had the effort stood we would have led 1-0. It wasn’t and we went on to lose 2-0 if memory serves. |
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Reply | Officials
at 08:52 8 Feb 2025
Take a look at the B B C Sports website which clearly shows four players in offside positions with the ball in flight.
We however are constantly told It’s human error, not total corruption. Yea,right. |
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