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Reply | 5 things from liverpool
at 13:28 9 Mar 2025
1. Trains up were hideous. The Cross Country to Brum was bad enough with it’s usual 5 carriages, but the the West Midlands service to Liverpool only had 4 (with one working toilet) and was as packed as I’ve ever been on once it hit Stafford and half the kop got on. Much better and more relaxing going home.
2. Headed down to the waterfront pre-match for a change and had a lovely couple of hours sat outside in the sunshine at a pub in the Albert Dock.
3. Plenty of public transport to and from ground which was easy and well run.
4. The away end was by far the worst I’ve ever been in. Hardly any faces I recognised, no attempt to sing anything and multiple people filming “Trent” taking corners and the Salah penalties. There were clearly lots of people in our end not there to support Southampton.
5. Best atmosphere from Liverpool fans I’ve witnessed at Anfield as usually very flat. |
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Reply | Who Is Up To Liverpool
at 07:26 7 Mar 2025
Anfield is a real oddity for me and my first visit must have been less than 10 years ago….we drew 0-0. For some reason it always fell on a day I had other commitments. I even managed to miss the Shane Long semi as was flying to New York the same day for my 40th ffs.
I know I’m in the minority here, but I always struggle with an away day in Liverpool. It’s not the easiest/cheapest of places to get to by train, so many of my visits have involved driving, which has meant I rarely venture into the centre. Going all in tomorrow though as I will for Everton in May. |
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Reply | Who Is Up To Liverpool
at 23:15 6 Mar 2025
I’ve swerved going to Anfield for a good 4 or 5 seasons, but am bizarrely going this time. Think this’ll only be my 3rd visit there, although I reckon I’ve done Everton close to 10.
Still never seen us win at either though and probably only witnessed 3 draws in total from that lot. |
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Reply | Next season's team
at 10:50 4 Mar 2025
It's going to be one hell of a ride when #HMSpisstheleague sets sail again. |
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Reply | Starmer
at 09:46 4 Mar 2025
You're wasting your time. Unless you foam at the mouth when Trump, Putin, Farage, the Tories etc are mentioned, you're scum to these lefty loons.
The irony is that they preach about being kind, that they're good decent people fighting for the greater good, yet they spill more bile and hatred than anyone if you just so happen to have a different opinion. |
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Reply | Hate to say this
at 07:46 25 Feb 2025
I agree re Dibling. He's just a nipper, with bags of talent but has that typical teenager "can't be arsed" look about him. He's obviously a shy kid with underdeveloped social skills, but so what ffs? People need to see beyond that and appreciate him for the talent he clearly is.
Btw, I guarantee the people slating him now will be the ones moaning the most and citing our lack of ambition when he signs for someone else and his career and value rockets. |
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Reply | Juric Gives Reason For Albert Gronbaek Absence ! Why Sign Him Then
at 11:34 24 Feb 2025
Not sure how you cannot lay some of the blame on the players. They're professionals ffs and should have more fight and pride in their jobs. A league 1 side wouldn't get turned over like we've been this season.
Of course Brighton have better players than we do, but the manner of that defeat was not so much to do with ability or being played out of position....it was down to attitude. We fvcking stink and those players are the only ones that can directly put that right. |
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Reply | Have Southampton Fans Finally Lost Faith With The Club
at 09:34 20 Feb 2025
I guess it depends where you are in the ground. If you're in the Itchen or Kingsland North, surely it's inevitable it'll sound louder than last season. I'm also sure over time the noise levels will improve when the various sections learn to sing in unison.
However, from a personal point of view, I'll hold my hands up and say I made a massive mistake moving there from the Kingsland North. The Northam is full of gimps...not everyone of course, but a significant percentage. I don't want to sit in silence through games; I like to get involved and help create an atmosphere, but I honestly find it torture being surrounded by that type of fan. I could let the Allez Allez Allez song slide if it was sung once or twice, but it must get a run out 10-15 times a game. The "massive cock" ditty is horrific, then you've got bellends still signing about battering Pompey 4-0 at home. I can accept I'm a miserable old bastard now and that times change, but there's very few songs someone "normal" can or would want to join in with.
The club conned many of us into moving there this season by announcing significant price increases in all other parts of the ground, but not releasing what they'd be until the Northam had nearly completely sold out. There was also the threat that any form of standing in other parts of the ground would not be tolerated. Their plan worked, but there's no way I'm doing another season in there. |
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Reply | Have Southampton Fans Finally Lost Faith With The Club
at 11:37 19 Feb 2025
I'm confused. You used to say having the away fans in the Northam hindered the home support and enhanced the away side's chances of winning.
Now it's become clear to pretty much everyone it's had a detrimental effect and we get beaten every week, you seem to be saying the team need to perform in the first place for the fans to create an atmosphere. What happened to the extra 10-15 points a season a dedicated home end would bring us? We could do with a few of those... |
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Reply | Does Juric want to be here next season?
at 11:43 18 Feb 2025
This season was done long before Juric was brought in. The team that won at Wembley were never going to be good enough to survive in the Prem and the players we signed in the summer (Fernandes aside) were even worse than what we already had. Added to Rusty's ridiculous philosophy that these sub-standard players could outplay the competition, we were always destined to have an awful season.
Had we appointed a Moyes or Dyche when Rusty got the bullet, then I've no doubt they'd have had more of an impact in organising us and making us harder to beat, but I very much doubt we'd have had enough in the tank to stay up. If we'd have opted for a Rohl or another Championship proven manager at that time, I think working with the inadequacies of this squad for the remainder of the season would have done more damage than good, so appointing someone to see it out worked for me.
Hopefully SR are thinking the same and will have their target for next season lined up and ready to go shortly after this one finishes. There's no way Juric should be in charge....that would be completely ridiculous. |
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Reply | Happy Shiny People
at 17:55 15 Feb 2025
I left when they scored their 3rd too and I might have been one of those laughing and smiling on the bridge as it’s comical how bad we are. We're a million miles away in terms of quality, fitness, hunger, professionalism, pride to each and every side we face. I just can’t understand how we’ve ended up with a squad like ours.
I really don’t let it affect me anymore. What’s the point in ruining your weekend over that shit? |
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Reply | Is the Red Wall……
at 07:43 14 Feb 2025
Having all our "singers" behind the goal in our "home end" was going to be worth an additional 10-15 points a season apparently.
Now it seems, results are actually more about having a decent team  |
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Reply | Trains Cancelled On Saturday
at 11:14 11 Feb 2025
I thought trains are running ok from Brock to Central, but anything before Brock is on a bus replacement? |
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Reply | Who Killed The Magic Of The FA Cup for Southampton
at 20:55 7 Feb 2025
That’s exactly why, but it’s a pathetic excuse really. The FA are an odious organisation and in 5 or 10 years time, their pinnacle cup competition will be completely irrelevant when the big boys bugger off and focus on their super league. |
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Reply | Who Killed The Magic Of The FA Cup for Southampton
at 11:55 6 Feb 2025
I don't necessarily agree with this. There is still a chance for a "lesser" club to win a domestic cup, but the biggest hindrance to most of them is themselves.....for choosing to prioritise the league and field weakened teams. The likes of Brighton, Bournemouth, Fulham, Forest etc should go all in, but they rarely do.
You can also get lucky like we did In 2003. We got home draws in every round, all against equal or lesser clubs, Spurs in the 3rd round being the toughest on paper. We were far from disgraced in the final against a side in their prime who were winning Premier League titles and on another day, we could've been the ones lifting the cup.
Also, in the 2017 league cup, we beat Arsenal away and of course Liverpool home and away on route to a final where we were undoubtedly the better side and probably should have won. The bigger clubs didn't blow us away then; it was more a case of the experience of serial trophy winners Man Utd seeing them through.
There is still hope, but it requires the clubs to take the competitions more seriously. The fact they don't, sadly fuels the disinterest from fans. |
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