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Reply | Team news for Newcastle game
at 08:45 25 Jan 2025
Shea Charles started 15 games plus another 17 as sub, so played a fairly big part in the season, given the form he is showing at Sheffield Wednesday if Russell Martin had played him more he might well have had a bigger influence,
He was very good in the opening few games of the season, but Russell Martin just didn't seem to like him preferring Downes, Aribo & Smallbone or even Stephens |
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Reply | Team news for Newcastle game
at 08:40 25 Jan 2025
I dont provide cover for anyone, I just pointed the finger at where the problem seemed to lie, rather than blaming everyone.
I didn't stick up for Sport Republic, |
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Thread | Pubs Near Premier League Football Clubs
at 08:36 25 Jan 2025
We are ranked 16th with 4, but whoever is doing the counting has missed a few, the article says the nearest is the Chapel Arms 0-4 miles away, but google maps has it at 0.3 and that is from the Ted Bates statue.
The nearest is probably the reopened Engineers arms, there is also the Prince of Wales, then there is Browns on the corner of William Street near Shamrock Quay and also the bar at Shamrock Quay.
The Kingsland Tavern is also well below the mile mark.
At 0-9 miles is Yates on the High street and that is from the Ted Bates statue, so is nearer than that from the Northam End and if that is the case there will be another 6-8 pubs or so next to Yates who qualify.
The Grapes in Oxford street is 0-9 miles so that brings into play at least 4 other pubs as is Canute Road & Ocean Village so maybe 3 down there
The Alexandra is also 0.9 miles and the Cricketers is 1-1 from the Ted Bates statue, so would be under a mile from the Northam/Kingsland corner, so perhaps another 3 or 4 pubs in London road and Carlton crescent. as well as The Lion in Bedford Place.
Applying the nearest point of st Mary's stadium would also bring in to play the likes of the Red Lion & standing order on the high street and perhaps the Platform Tavern
So I would say that there are at least 30 pubs within range of 1 mile from St Mary's, this would take Southampton into the top 4 clubs, but probably the rest of the list is as badly researched as we were.
https://www.givemesport.com/premier-league-clubs-pubs/?link_source=ta_first_comm |
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Thread | Newcastle Game Matchday Thread
at 08:01 25 Jan 2025
It's hard to see anything other than a win for Newcastle, but we live in hope if not expectation |
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Reply | Team news for Newcastle game
at 11:33 24 Jan 2025
Not everything is a conspiracy theory
Ankersens signings for Brentford were good, the issue seems to be that Ankersen has not had as much input into Saints as Kraft and has concentrated on Goztepe, presumably the thought was that Saints were well run with Wilcox in charge and didn't need his input as much.
The issue is that since Wilcox left it was Kraft and Parsons running the show
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Reply | Gavin Bazunu To Go Out On Loan To Regain Match Fitness
at 11:32 24 Jan 2025
In fairness to him he was under instruction to pass the ball around at the back im sure he will not need coaching to stop doing that.
In the unbeaten 23 game run in the league, we let 15 goals in the 23 games, that is a decent ratio, 3 of those goals came in 1 game, the 5-3 win over Huddersfield.
That is an average of 0.65 per game, Leicester averaged 0.89 conceded for the season, Ipswich 1.23, Leeds 0.93.
Our total season average was 1.36
During that run we were a good defence, the problem came when we overplayed from February until the final game of the season when from Leeds away in that game and the 3 play off games we conceded just once, that a late consolation for West brom.
The issue last season wasn't the keeper, as McCarthy played in the play offs etc, but the way we were forced to play at the back by Martin and that was the issue this season too |
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Reply | Team news for Newcastle game
at 09:52 24 Jan 2025
How many times do we see managers say players are not going to play or for that matter are and then they run out the tunnel on the day of the game.
Most managers will play their cards close to their chest and try to keep the opposition guessing as to who they will play.
Thats why I don't pay much attention to press conferences, better to wait and see what happens. |
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Reply | Good game on SKY now
at 21:32 23 Jan 2025
Same here I went to all 3 games, Wrexham now though are everything that is wrong with football, they have spent most of their existence in the lower leagues in front of small crowds for good reason, ie that it is a small town with not that much of a catchment area around the town either.
Add to that, that most of them follow Liverpool, Everton or United.
Now they are pawns in a rich mans plaything, at some stage it will all go wrong |
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Reply | Newcastle Ticket Exchange
at 14:19 22 Jan 2025
As a general reply across most of the posts on this thread, I can see all points, but it doesn't mean I agree with them, doesn't mean I am right and doesn't mean they are right.
Ultimately going to football is about enjoyment and if you are not enjoying it, then don't bother going, I can see the point and Im not slagging people who choose that route.
But it isn't my route, I will continue to go through thick and thin, it's what I do, it's what defines me, it's what I have done for the last 53 years and 1 week of my life, it's my choice I respect other peoples choices.
For probably around 2/3's of our home support, that is pretty much the case as well if we use the historical evidence of our crowds over the last 24 years since we first opened St Mary's.
Most of the people who I go to football with are similar to me, they might storm out early sometimes, but they are there next week, they will renew their season tickets no matter what division we are in, it's what they do.
Am I not happy with how the owners have run the club, but not all of what they have done has been bad and some of it hasn't been of their own making, so if I disagree with the owners, I have two choices, I either keep going or I protest, or I do both as I did back in 1993.
But I do not see protest now, I saw it 20 odd years ago under Rupert Lowe, I even saw it 16 years ago as we went into administration.
But I see absolutely no protest at all against the club owners now, moaning about Sport Republic on social media is not protest, if you want to see Protest, see what the hated Scousers both Liverpool & Everton have done in recent years, likewise Arsenal, Chelsea & Spurs, even West Ham, they have organised supporters associations and get out and show their protest at the games.
As I have said before all that it takes for evil to prosper is for good men to do nothing, all of those stopping going are good men (yes and women), but are they helping Southampton FC in it's current predicament ?
I would say no, but that doesn't make them bad people, it just makes good people doing nothing.
I have picked and chose my words here as I don't want to offend any people who read this who I regard as friends, I don't slag them off for not goin,g I just see Southampton FC differently to them sometimes |
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Reply | Newcastle Ticket Exchange
at 10:10 22 Jan 2025
So let me get this right, people are moaning all over the place about being charged £20 to watch the cup tie, but on the other hand are perfectly happy to not turn up and throw away £30 + if their ticket is not sold on the ticket exchange |
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Thread | Newcastle Ticket Exchange
at 09:11 22 Jan 2025
The game is all sold out and the ticket exchange open,as of this morning there are approximately 250 tickets listed for sale, thats a lot of people who cant be bothered going, no real excuses on this one, Saturday 3pm kick off and against a team that looking to get into the top 4 |
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Thread | Denis Law
at 09:03 22 Jan 2025
I was very sad to hear of his death, played in the first Saints match I saw live, January 15th at the Dell in the FA Cup 3rd round against Man Utd, exactly 53 years and 1 week ago today.
Back then 30,190 packed the Dell for a 1-1 draw, United had Denis Law, George Best & Bobby Charlton in the side, so understandably they were still a big draw.
Mind you Saints had Mick Channon, Ron Davies & Terry Paine, so we had our own Holy Trinity on show
Law & Best didn't score but Bobby Charlton did in a 1-1 draw
Law's career started before i was born and was at it's peak before I watched my first match, but he was a genuine legend who crossed the divide of all football fans, even those that didn't support the teams he played for. |
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Reply | 901 reasons to question free speech
at 08:52 22 Jan 2025
I removed this thread because I was requested to do so by the original poster, I didn't apply any criteria to the removal of the thread, whether the person asking was in the right or wrong, I was asked to remove it so did so.
This site remains a bastion of free speech, very few threads or posts are removed, even if I totally disagree with them, but if someone requests something they posted to be removed, then I usually do so and in this case as it was the original post in the thread, that meant the whole thread went as well.
You are of course free to start threads of your own and if someone who was not you asked for it to be removed then I would look at it from the perspective of have the boundaries been crossed in terms of racism, homophobia etc been crossed, if not have any of the posts been aggressive & abusive to others, if not then a thread would usually remain, it would not be removed just because someone disagreed with the opinions of others. |
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