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Reply | 5 Things About Ipswich
at 15:12 3 Feb 2025
1. The bus replacement was surprisingly efficient and barely added any time to the journey
2. Has to be one of the best aways for pubs/locations, we drank in a couple of absolutely lovely old fashioned pubs not far from the marina and a small brewery that would be great in the summer months
3. Why do our fans sing about going to the championship as if it's something to proud of? Absolutely no pride in our city and celebrating failure, i find it really strange and embarrassing
4. Portman Road is cracking ground, a proper football ground and it's shame there's not more like it left in the country
5. We got very lucky to win, really didn't think we deserved it but for some reason had a feeling even after they equalised we were going to sh*thouse a win. Definitely as a game had the feel of two championship sides. |
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Reply | Are Saints Fans
at 11:23 31 Jan 2025
yes the person making the joke is definitely the one that needs to cheer up  |
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Reply | Are Saints Fans
at 15:40 30 Jan 2025
One of my favourite things is seeing the dads and lads going to the game together, no bullsh*t, no hype, just generations following in the footsteps of those before.
Same thing with the pubs pre-games where you have 2/3+ generations of families in the same place, that's the community side of the game i love and the bit i lament the most because it's dying out. |
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Reply | Are Saints Fans
at 15:39 30 Jan 2025
Yeah that's fair to an extent, though i'd say the football side has changed so dramatically in the last 10years as to make it almost unrecognisable.
When i started going in the early 80's up to even the mid 00's it wasn't THAT different.
Yeah money had come into the game and there was some new grounds (and the taylor report had killed the terraces), but mostly it was pretty similar to what it had been and the leagues were relatively competitive even without huge amounts of cash.
Now however it's more like WWE or a soap opera than football, the coverage is through the roof and everyone and their dog wants to be a social media star.
Plus to compete at the top level you need the money of a small nation, and if you don't and somehow build something it'll be ripped out under you at the first sniff of a big team. |
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Reply | Are Saints Fans
at 13:43 30 Jan 2025
the gulags are everything i hate about modern football, mindless drones in replica shirts drinking sh*t beer out of plastic glasses, engaging in cringeworthy "BANTZ" and not questioning anything about the fact the club and game are rinsing them dry and only see them as wallets to be drained. |
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Reply | The Rupert Lowe thread
at 13:03 30 Jan 2025
Swing Lowe
Swing Rupert Lowe
Swing him from the Itchen Bridge |
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Reply | Are Saints Fans
at 12:30 30 Jan 2025
yup i'm the same, it's like an abusive relationship really.
There's close to nothing left of what i loved when i started, and the bits i hate are held up as being great, or are thrown back at me by the exact people i don't want to engage with as how they're right, but yet i can't walk away from it.
Part of that is stubbornness, if i give up the geeks and plastics win, part of that is because Southampton FC mean far more to me than a game of football,
Plus of course the old maxim is true that you should never let the football get in the way of a day out at the football, and the fact it's my chance to see family and friends and have a laugh plays a huge part in why i still go |
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Reply | Are Saints Fans
at 12:18 30 Jan 2025
I'm not losing in interest in Saints, i'm jaded and depressed by them but it's still my home city and i'll never lose that pride for it.
I am losing interest in football in general though, the whole f*cking thing is rigged, terrace culture and atmosphere's are dead or dying everywhere and the new generation of social media influencers make me wish Putin nuked us now. |
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Reply | Dibbling on his way to Spurs ?
at 14:59 29 Jan 2025
I knew people doing that right up to the mid/late 90's, usually older fellas who couldn't do aways but could make Saints and Bournemouth.
Think these days Saints and Eastleigh or Saints and Sholing is more common for people that do that though.
Plus don't forget when the scores were done half time at the Dell if the skate were losing you'd get a cheer, and if the cherries were winning you'd get a cheer. |
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Reply | Dibbling on his way to Spurs ?
at 14:32 29 Jan 2025
I quite like them and think it's good to see them doing well, genuinely hope they get Europe too as it'll be a different side to the normal lot doing it.
As for their fans being arseholes when i lived that way most weren't arseholes at all and didn't really care about us, it's only the weird new soccer am generation that do. |
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Reply | Football Clubs Supported By Bands/ Singers
at 12:47 29 Jan 2025
def leapord are famous Wednesday fans aren't they? And surely the Wurzels for Bristol City, plus the random one of Slash from guns n roses for Stoke
Also the Specials for cov' too (well neville staples at least) [Post edited 29 Jan 12:53]
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Reply | Dibbling on his way to Spurs ?
at 12:28 29 Jan 2025
Your dislike for bournemouth is bizarre mush, they're no different to Brentford or Brighton and considerably better placed than us at the moment |
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Reply | Dibbling on his way to Spurs ?
at 18:34 28 Jan 2025
I actually think 130 is right, Bournemouth or Brighton would be perfect moves for him. Keeps him in the league and potentially with europe, but not the same egos as the money clubs |
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Reply | Dibbling on his way to Spurs ?
at 16:53 28 Jan 2025
Personally i think Dibiling is the best young player i've seen us produce for a generation.
If he can stay fit and play under the right manager he'll go right to the top.
The question for me is are his agents sensible enough to see that he's better going for a big move in 2-3 seasons instead of now, because what he needs now is game time in a side built around him rather than being a sub at a club full of multi millionaires |
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Reply | Dibbling on his way to Spurs ?
at 14:59 28 Jan 2025
Would probably much better for his career if he did but I think this will be a money talks one and his agent will want the biggest pay day he can get. |
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Reply | Dibbling on his way to Spurs ?
at 13:20 28 Jan 2025
I think you're absolutely right they should, but it's Everton who are a basket case so they absolutely won't. |
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