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Reply | Crowd For Bournemouth
at 10:11 11 Feb 2025
Whatever the capacity really is nowadays, which appears to be just over 31,000. |
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Reply | Farce
at 20:06 10 Feb 2025
Burnley at Preston in the next round. They'll need their first team for that one. |
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Reply | As it stands, Is there any more point in Southampton F C being a football club ?
at 19:03 10 Feb 2025
"Any decent manager will want no part of this car crash club."
There are so few well-paid managerial posts available, that we should have no problem finding a good one who wants to come here in the summer. The bigger problem will be recruiting decent players. The worse our reputation becomes, the harder that's going to get. You can predict already, that our better players would all rather move elsewhere in the summer and you can't see them encouraging other players to come here.
"Maybe this Spor fella will be our saviour."
He's a Sport Republic appointment and has he ever saved anybody else?
Our underlying problem is that Ankersen likes to do things his own way. He writes books and gives talks about it. "Embrace Failure" is a key part of his philosophy. Cortese had the right idea. He studied what other successful clubs did and then copied it. His philosphy was essentially, Copy Success, and that's what we should be doing now. [Post edited 10 Feb 19:14]
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Reply | Well done Plymouth
at 17:49 9 Feb 2025
I've got a feeling it's going to be a Bournemouth v Newcastle final. But, of course, it all depends on the draw. |
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Reply | Well done Plymouth
at 17:35 9 Feb 2025
How we could do with a pair of centre-backs like Talovierov and Katić. Of course, it's their new manager, Muslic, who's brought them in. There are so many hidden gems out there in Europe. If only we had a decent recruitment and scouting team. |
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Reply | As it stands, Is there any more point in Southampton F C being a football club ?
at 15:45 9 Feb 2025
You should read The Bromley Boys: The True Story of Supporting the Worst Football Club in Britain.
Bromley are now having the best season in their entire history. Unfortunately, Dave Roberts, the author of that book, never lived to see it, which just goes to show, there is always hope that things will get better, even if it happens after you die. |
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Reply | Juric calls Downes unprofessional live on air
at 09:53 9 Feb 2025
I don't think any of the better players want to be here. Would you waste the best years of your career here if you were any good? The only ones who are content to stay are the ones who are so cr@p they know no other club would have them. That's why McCarthy will always be here. [Post edited 9 Feb 9:55]
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Reply | Adam Armstrong scores on first start fir WBA
at 09:28 9 Feb 2025
He had the assist for the 1st goal. "The Blades took a 24th-minute lead when Ben Brereton Diaz released Gustavo Hamer, who drove into the box and curled a superb low finish inside the right-hand post." [Post edited 9 Feb 9:28]
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Reply | Juric calls Downes unprofessional live on air
at 09:21 9 Feb 2025
It's at every level. We could have a clear out at the top and still be stuck with the likes of McCarthy, Stephens, Bednarek and Smallbone. The soft core of mediocre players has been here for years. When we finally get rid of McCarthy, I'll start to believe the club is ready to change. I'm not holding my breath. |
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Reply | I think I will watch Rugby instead
at 21:53 8 Feb 2025
Ironically, South Coast football has rarely been more entertaining than it is right now with both Bournemouth and Brighton playing so well. What an FA Cup Final that would be.
The Newcastle v Bournemouth league game was one of the best games of football I've seen for years. [Post edited 8 Feb 21:58]
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Reply | Juric calls Downes unprofessional live on air
at 21:30 8 Feb 2025
Unfortunately, the nature of our club allows mediocre players, like McCarthy, Stephens, Bednarek and Smallbone, to stay here for as long as they like. We need a ruthless streak or we'll never get that fresh start. Realistically, I can't see that happening anytime soon. |
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Reply | Farce
at 17:21 8 Feb 2025
When you bring Smallbone on as a sub it's like saying we give up and hoisting a white flag. |
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Reply | Saints v Burnley FA Cup Thread.
at 17:09 8 Feb 2025
We were playing their reserves. Their first team drew with Pompey last week. We have to hope that Pompey get relegated because unless we strengthen the team considerably in the summer, they are going to be too good for us next season.
Burnley really weren't that bothered about winning today because they are in a promotion race, but in the end even their reserves could see we were so poor, that they thought might as well beat us anyway and have another run out in the next round. [Post edited 8 Feb 17:15]
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Reply | Officials
at 12:42 8 Feb 2025
I was at Old Trafford for that game where the Neil Shipperley goal was disallowed. It was an FA Cup quarter-final in 1996. Of course Man United went on to win the FA Cup that year, so everybody was happy. To be fair, Eric Cantona was at his brilliant best then so they'd have beaten us anyway. There has rarely been a more entertaining player than Cantona was in the mid-90s.
I like that spelling:
"It's a long way round Shiperery. It's a long way to go." |
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Reply | Officials
at 10:33 8 Feb 2025
Of course the linesman could see it was offside and if it hadn't meant cancelling a last minute winner for United or if it had been a Leicester attack, he'd have raised his flag.
There was a time before VAR, when almost 100% of all penalty decisions at Old Trafford were given in favour of Man United. Of course, even with VAR, the officials still err heavily in their favour.
I wouldn't call it corruption though. It's more a case of subconscious bias or taking the safe option. It's ironic that Mike Dean, who was the worst culprit, is now the leading TV pundit giving his verdict on controversial decisions. [Post edited 8 Feb 10:37]
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