| Forum Reply | 'Martin Out' fans are clueless! at 12:02 1 Oct 2024
It's worth bearing in mind the following: 1 November 2022 Unai Emery starts as Villa manager 10 November 2022 Nathan Jones starts as Saints manager! I said last season that I thought that we would be in trouble with RM as manager in the Premier League and frankly nothing has changed! Saints got lucky last year and, although people quote the 25 game unbeaten run, there were some awful games/results to balance this out. I'm afraid he's as much of a charlatan as Jones. The issue is that Kraft and Ankerson think they're "smarter than the average bear" and are playing at being clever with someone else's money (Solak), which is always easy. I worry that they will not want to hire a manager who can challenge them and much as I want rid of RM, I do worry who the replacement would be. BTW - those fans who want Martin out seem to be backed up by facts, those that don't are back up by God knows what. |
| Forum Reply | Lots of transfer activity but no sign of a Goalkeeper at 10:55 4 Jul 2024
We are FOUR days into the transfer window yet you're already whining like a pre-pubescent little girl. I've never met a so-called international businessman at any level who whines non-stop. Let's wait a bit to see what happens especially as in a separate thread on Woods' arrival, Areasix mentioned that we are waiting on an answer from a good keeper who is away on holiday. |
| Forum Reply | Who are you voting for? at 11:55 20 Jun 2024
I came across this on the Integrity Project website: "These are good times for the hypocrite, the spineless, the shallow, the venal; for the zealot, the fanatic, the freak, and the fool. "Wherever we look – in literature, in history, in the newspaper, to say nothing of closer to home – we find excellent examples of hypocrisy, corruption, plagiarism, fabrication, selling out and compromise. But then there are also the rarer cases of integrity maintained under extraordinary circumstances, but at the cost of all the niceties of social life." When you judge which party to vote for you may want to consider the above! |
| Forum Reply | (No subject) (n/t) at 11:47 20 Jun 2024
Have you had any luck with your kind offer? I'm not holding my breath as some people are really only happy stirring things up on the other side of a key board. I've always held the view that if you wouldn't say something to someone's face then you shouldn't post it but unfortunately some people's lives are so empty they can't manage that. |
| Forum Reply | General Election at 21:03 13 Jun 2024
The way I look at it is: 1) You can judge the Tories on their actual performance. Do you think they have done a good job? Are you confident that they can do a good job going forward? By good job, you can assess this for you and your family and/or the country as a whole. Has the last 14 years worked for you? Has it worked for the UK as a whole? 2) If no, do you believe that Labour would do a BETTER job? It's difficult to judge so this is about gut feel and reflecting on 1997 - 2010 performance; 3) If you're still not happy then does one of the other parties chime with your values, personal aims and aims for the country as a whole? For me, the answers to the first 2 questions are, for the country as a whole, NO. The UK is broken in so many different areas and I have no faith that either main party to put it right. So I'm left with the Lib Dems , Greens, Reform or spoiling my ballot. At present I have no idea which way to go but I hope that I can vote for a party that at least I can feel comfortable with. It may boil down to which party can deliver a positive campaign, which party could deliver electoral reform, which is long overdue, and whether I feel that I can trust any of the lying b*stards! If not, then I'll spoil my ballot - I certainly won't vote for any particular party just as a protest. |
| Forum Reply | General Election at 14:55 13 Jun 2024
If you vote for a party whose policies you don't believe in then you are effectively endorsing their position. Rather than not voting, an alternative is to spoil your ballot paper. That way, your "vote", or lack of it, gets counted but you haven't endorsed any particular party. |
| Forum Reply | Man City Launch Legal Battle at 11:13 6 Jun 2024
I agree with all the sentiments so far. I just wanted to add a couple of things: 1) In the USA, college football is much more accessible and popular than NFL. I don't think an ESL would have a huge negative impact on English leagues; 2) Nick is right to suggest separation between ESL teams and other members of their franchises in English leagues. Nick's second model is one that I would advocate so as not to punish the true fans of those teams; 3) Back in the 70's & '80's English teams played in European competitions. Today, those teams may be based in Manchester, Liverpool, London but in my view they are not English teams (even clubs like Saints to a certain extent). The ownership is foreign, the managers & players are predominantly foreign and in the case of the big 6 so too are the majority of the fans; 4) The effect of the polarisation has also been devastating for the smaller European leagues - their best players are poached and they often then poach players from Africa. Given the emotional connection between football clubs and their cities/fans I would like to see an ESL (or even GSL) for the telly watching fan and national leagues for those of us who like to attend live matches. |
| Forum Reply | Stu Armstrong at 11:22 5 Jun 2024
I suspect it's the right time for both parties & he leaves with dignity. |
| Forum Reply | Man City Launch Legal Battle at 11:21 5 Jun 2024
I'd love to know the views of the City support who used to post on here .....& then left in a huff! I suspect many older fans share the views of all of us that this has all gone too far and the game needs to be "returned to the fans". |
| Forum Reply | Man City Launch Legal Battle at 10:33 5 Jun 2024
100% agree - there are far more supporters of other clubs so I think the needs of the majority need to be put first. |
| Forum Reply | Brighton Alleged To Be Talking To Russell Martin To Replace Roberto De Zerbi at 15:17 9 Apr 2024
True - however, I never equated the Swedish Cup with the FA Cup or even League Cup. The important thing is that Potter was on an upward trajectory. He had had more success at his previous appointment to Swansea than Russell Martin had. I would compare winning the Swedish Cup and playing in the top flight in Sweden as better than mid table League 1 and not winning any trophies (even the JPL or whatever it is now). If you want to compare to Jimmy Ball then fine but it does explain some of the post-match reports we read! |
| Forum Reply | Brighton Alleged To Be Talking To Russell Martin To Replace Roberto De Zerbi at 12:51 9 Apr 2024
I apologise - I missed your comment about the cup in Sweden. According to Wikipedia - "Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favour, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values. People display this bias when they select information that supports their views, ignoring contrary information, or when they interpret ambiguous evidence as supporting their existing attitudes. The effect is strongest for desired outcomes, for emotionally charged issues, and for deeply entrenched beliefs." My previous post showed no confirmation bias - I was comparing a manager with a track record of some success as a manager with a manager with a track record of zero success as a manager. [Post edited 9 Apr 12:56]
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| Forum Reply | Brighton Alleged To Be Talking To Russell Martin To Replace Roberto De Zerbi at 12:37 9 Apr 2024
Potter also won the Swedish Cup with Ostersund and got them past the group stages of the Europa League where they eventually beaten by Arsenal. So the direct comparison here would be with RM guiding MK Dons to mid-table League One! Potter was on an upwards trajectory, whereas RM is on a tippy-tappy sideways trajectory. |
| Forum Reply | Adam and Joe on the way home at 12:04 9 Apr 2024
So many managers think they are far more intelligent than they really are. Mind you, compared to the majority of players, supporters..... |
| Forum Reply | Why things have gone wrong at 12:36 3 Apr 2024
Many good points so far. I don't want to repeat what has been said so far but my additional views, for what they are worth, are as follows: RM is at best a competent Championship manager. As well as being tactically one-dimensional he seems incapable of being able to motivate players to perform at a consistently high standard. Our players are mediocre - unfortunately a better manager might have been able to get more out of them, but their mental fragility has been an issue for a number of seasons now. If they are not motivated in a reasonably successful team, imagine what they would be like if Saints were struggling! Based on the above, it is ironically even more important to get rid of RM if Saints do go up. I shudder to think of next season in the PL when Saints are likely to be scrapping for survival. |
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