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Reply | Russell Martin goes but results wise nothing changes
at 18:54 26 Dec 2024
Nail on head A1079.
I’m heartened that there are others who hold a similar sensible view of what is happening to our club rather than taking out their frustrations solely on the recently departed Russell Martin.
Then again it is Christmas. So I suppose its only to be expected that they need a pantomime villain to assuage their anger. |
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Thread | Russell Martin goes but results wise nothing changes
at 17:29 26 Dec 2024
He didn’t help himself with bizarre team selections, tactics and substitutions but really, was it all his fault ?
Another game passes without us adding to the previous eleven goals scored. Honestly, how is it humanly possible to score only eleven goals during eighteen matches ?
Sports Republic’s decision to extend Armstrong’s contract by three years must rank as one of the most ridiculous decisions made in the history of the club. He couldn’t hit a barn door with a banjo last time we were in the Premiership for pity sake.
Their recruitment policy for strikers ( if indeed they ever had one ) during the summer has proved to be an absolute disaster.Championship and Premiership cast off players asked to play at the highest level with utterly predictable outcomes.
Blame Russel Martin by all means but please don’t let that cloud your judgement of the total bunch of incompetent chancers who currently own and run our club. [Post edited 26 Dec 17:34]
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Reply | Looks like it's Carlos Corberan
at 17:19 19 Dec 2024
If my memory serves me correctly we played W B A four times last season, winning three and drawing the other game.
Was this Corberan fella their manager on all four occasions ?
If so, on that basis alone, why in the name of everything that is holy is it being suggested we have approached him ?
Honestly, the idiots at Sports Republic couldn’t run a bath or manage to get home on a dark night. |
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Reply | Whats The Chances Of A New Manager Before The Weekend
at 16:54 17 Dec 2024
Spot on PaleRider.
What’s been proven over the last two and a bit seasons is that the senior management at St Mary’s are totally inept at making decisions concerning football.
They get the benefit of the doubt concerning improvements to the stadium but that’s the limit of their combined abilities.
Football management wise, frankly they couldn’t successfully work out how to run a bath or find their way home on a dark night. Collectively, they are about as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike or a cat flap in a submarine. |
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Reply | Thames Water management rewarded for failure yet again.
at 20:54 10 Dec 2024
I ( and I suspect the vast majority of sensible people ) don’t want to flog the company bosses If only. We simply don’t want them to be awarded bonuses for the reasons previously stated.
Apart from the last sentence your contribution was very informative. As they say “ every day is a school day”. Thanks. |
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Thread | Thames Water management rewarded for failure yet again.
at 17:11 10 Dec 2024
According to the B B C the company has :-
1, £16 Billion pounds of debt.
2, Has asked the water regulator to be allowed to increase consumers bills by 59% over 5 years.
3, Their record recently on allowing effluent to be pumped into waterways is worse than ever.
Yet their executives have just received £770,000 in bonus payments on top of their salaries.
Why did the Conservative Government allow this to happen over 14 years and equally importantly why are the current Labour Government allowing any sort of bonuses whatsoever to be paid ? [Post edited 10 Dec 17:12]
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Reply | VAR again
at 08:10 10 Dec 2024
I didn’t say there was an ongoing bias toward Everton toffee because let’s face it they are not a big club are they ?
In truth they are much like ourselves.Currently, a not particularly large ground capacity and they haven’t won anything since the ice age.
Reference the Forest game being “ a one off “. Very convenient though wasn’t it, a new large capacity ground costing millions being constructed and a financially catastrophic relegation quite possible at the time.
As for Wolves yesterday. Exactly what now is the purpose of V A R other than to ensure that the big ground capacity clubs continue to remain so ? At 1-0 down their player was through on goal and pushed violently in the back by a desperate West Ham defender, yet V A R suggests all is well.Yeh,right.
Throughout history it’s been proven that where there is money involved there is corruption involved, why logically should football now be immune ? |
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Reply | VAR again
at 22:12 9 Dec 2024
Yep, I’ll refrain from calling it corruption. Others less kind hearted may possibly suggest otherwise. |
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Reply | VAR again
at 21:57 9 Dec 2024
Surprised you don’t understand Kingsland.
It’s all to do with ground size. West Ham’s ground size is much bigger than Wolves hence is of more importance to The Premiership financially for them to stay up.
Don’t forget that Notts Forest had three nailed on penalties denied at Goodison not that long ago. Everton ( who at the time were in deep relegation trouble ) couldn’t be allowed to go down because they were having a massive new ground built could they ?
There are multi millions swirling around in The Premiership so perhaps that’s why the smaller clubs consistently get the rough end of the stick V A R wise ? |
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Reply | FA cup tickets
at 19:31 9 Dec 2024
I won’t attend, but in all honesty the price appears reasonable compared to the upcoming Liverpool cup match.
In any event why is the Swansea game a 16.30 K O ? |
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Reply | Is fan sentiment changing?
at 13:22 9 Dec 2024
As I posted elsewhere on the site:-
I truly wonder if Sports Republic have failed to replace Martin because their financial position is so dire that they simply haven’t got ( or can’t borrow ) the money to do so.
If I’m correct it would certainly account for their inaction to date. |
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Reply | Monday morning
at 12:02 9 Dec 2024
The problem is Heisenberg that a very large majority of our fans don’t read The Ugly or that apology for a journalist that contributes to The Echo. In addition many don’t bother with Blackmore’s after match ramblings on Radio Solent either.
Nick attempted to make a drama about Martin’s one comment about playing the long ball. Hardly a vitriol attack on the fans was it ? Frustration on his part, yes. Something Sports Republic will take notice of ? Absolutely no chance.
I do wonder if the reason Martin still remains is purely financial. Perhaps Sports Republic’s position is so dire that they simply don’t have the money to pay him off and secure a replacement ? |
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Reply | Only one man for the job
at 21:56 8 Dec 2024
That’s a little unfair on Moyes cockle, I just think he’s a boring Scot. |
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Reply | Only one man for the job
at 23:22 7 Dec 2024
I prefer realistic given that in the history of the Premiership no team with just five points at this stage of the season has avoided relegation.
Should we be the first team to do so then I’ll also be the first to put my hand up and say I should have been more optimistic. |
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Reply | Only one man for the job
at 21:14 7 Dec 2024
And that’s exactly what Sports Republic think.
We are already relegated, so as big a bunch of numpties as they undoubtedly are, they aren’t that stupid as to want p ss even more money up the proverbial wall sacking Martin and employing a replacement.
They royally cocked up giving him a new three year contract and us fans are paying the price for their stupidity. Do they care ? Of course not, because the likes of Ankerson and his crew are still being healthy rewarded for failure.Thus it ever was in business. |
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Reply | Only one man for the job
at 20:46 7 Dec 2024
What would be the point of bringing him in ?
We are already relegated and Moyes would then have to try and get us promoted from The Championship. Add in the fact that all of our promising players will be sold in the summer and there’s absolutely nothing in it for him.
In any event he’s a boring Scot who’s football has always reflected his personality. |
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