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Reply | Ankersen's propaganda
at 20:50 12 Nov 2024
Good friend of mine works at Brentford, his evaluation of Ankersen’s time at BFC is as follows:
- Had very little to do with any success Brentford achieved
- Was very good at taking the credit for ideas put forward by other people that proved to be good ideas
- Was even better at taking the credit for the achievements of others when those achievements were successful
- There were high fives all round when he moved on to Saints, quite a few celebration drinks were enjoyed in the Fullers pub that used to stand on one corner of Griffin Park
- Nobody misses him and things run much better now he has gone
- He was forever looking at himself in the mirror and adjusting his coiffured wire wool hair
My mate’s final summary of him is: Total narcissist, if he had his head any further up his backside he’d be in grave danger of impersonating the Oozlum Bird - you would have to know your Carry On films to fully understand that reference 😀 I had to ask - in Carry On Up The Jungle the Oozlum Bird sticks its head so far up its own backside it disappears!
So there you have it, from someone that had the misfortune of working at BFC whilst he was there - seems nobody has a good word to say about him, off the record at least…
His final observation was he feels genuinely sorry that we are having to put up with him. |
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Reply | Matt O Riley
at 14:28 10 Nov 2024
You all deserve a refund… |
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Reply | Var bias to big clubs
at 12:45 4 Nov 2024
I think we have got to a stage where we need VAR II in place to monitor VAR! Staffed by ex-players not the oafs currently in charge of VAR, VARDV (VAR Decision Verification) would overrule VAR’s frequent wrong decisions and criminal bias towards the top clubs. Hostesses could serve coffee and snacks whilst we wait 9 minutes for VARDV to VAR VAR - so to speak…
OK, I’ll get my coat 🙃⚽️ [Post edited 4 Nov 14:44]
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Reply | Saints Fans Supporting "Stop Exploiting The Fans Loyalty" Campaign At
at 18:04 1 Nov 2024
Spot on ST, agree 100% - back in the day when Souness was still playing for Liverpool I was the Chairman at Millwall Lionesses and we took 16 young players & 4 parents up to see a game at Anfield as Liverpool were the No.1 team and still winning Div 1 titles. I wrote to the Club Secretary, the legendary Peter Robinson to see if it was possible. Although I didn’t even ask for comps, the Club provided 21 complimentary tickets in the front row of the Anfield Road end and said if we could be up there by 12.30 we could have a one hour tour behind the scenes. We finished up in the trophy room, they got out the (now old) Div 1 champions trophy, the League Cup, the Charity Shield and one of their replica European Cups so the players could have their photos taken with the trophies. Souness and several other players came in and did autographs and pics. One of those young players so inspired by the day went on to manage the England women’s team - Hope Powell.
Oh yes, and the opponents were Spurs so those match tickets would have sold twice over.
Can you imagine that happening today? Absolutely zero chance - you wouldn’t even get a reply if you asked….
As for Founders Lounge tickets, I did have a look through, £1600 for City & Arsenal plus Real Madrid, I don’t know, do the people that used to go to polo, the royal ballet and operas at Covent Garden now go to football? As you rightly say, we have nothing in common with people who pay as much for one match ticket as we do for two season tickets… |
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Reply | Southampton V Everton The Preview
at 15:13 1 Nov 2024
The backroom staff have spent so much time analysing so many individual performance stats and metrics on their laptops that half the players have caught a computer virus 🤢 |
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Reply | Saints Fans Supporting "Stop Exploiting The Fans Loyalty" Campaign At
at 14:58 1 Nov 2024
I will always remember David Pleat when he was co-commentating on a West Ham game when the fans had turned on manager Alan Pardew wanting him sacked. Pleat said “When the fans chant sack the manager, the board don’t worry - but when the fans chant sack the board, they sack the manager!”
Very astute observation by Mr. Pleat, so, if you want the board to act, David Pleat would advise you to cut out the middle man and go straight to the top with a sack the board banner. 🙂 |
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Reply | PGMOL Apology
at 14:39 28 Oct 2024
Bunch of absolute morons - I have now merged what most VAR officials are with the acronym itself so I now call them Vunts. Wholly appropriate in this instance. PGMOL you can stick your apology up your collective backsides. |
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Reply | Our signings
at 18:34 24 Oct 2024
And they would have been in last season’s Cup Final as well. Should have been anyway had it not been for a ludicrous VAR decision near the end of the S/F against Man Ure |
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Reply | Assault, a ship and Shilts Interesting Stories of Saints V Leicester Games
at 17:26 16 Oct 2024
Thanks Nick, an interesting read - those bikers should have followed that frightened 10 y/o to Fratton Park, they’d have probably found the scrap they were looking for.
I wonder what the 10y/o would have done if he’d encountered Westwood on his first visit to Fratton Park? Probably ended up supporting Brighton 😀 [Post edited 16 Oct 17:28]
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Reply | Ross Stewart
at 15:24 11 Oct 2024
I’d be inclined to medically retire him and claim on the insurance - as far as I know all players are insured against such an eventuality. The fact we signed him injured should not matter because months ago the club went out of their way to assure all of us that he had fully recovered from the injury he arrived with and the subsequent injuries are unrelated. Whilst I have a degree of sympathy for his plight, in terms of making any meaningful contribution he’s about as much use as a chocolate fireguard. So, I’d say let’s get it done and dusted and move on. |
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