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Comment | Have Southampton Fans Finally Lost Faith With The Club
at 10:50:37
Nick, I glanced at the ticket exchange last Saturday morning. There were 752 season ticket holders seats for resale not 250 as you suggest. Whatever the true figure it certainly didn’t include season holders who couldn’t be bothered to attend or put their tickets on the exchange.
Any organisation that relies upon repeat business ( next season’s ticket sales ) finding that its customers can’t even be bothered to use what they have already paid for ( this season’s tickets ) is in considerable problem.
A contributor to the Forum section of your site pointed out that there is now a chasm between the Club’s ownership and management who want to turn St Mary’s into a theme park ( fans zones, Dell Pub and overpriced hospitality ) and the majority of supporters who just want a competitive football team.
Our club is at a crossroads and sadly I don’t think that its owners or management have the slightest idea as how to get its core supporters back onside. It certainly won’t achieve it by only opening the club shop on the third Wednesday in Lent or alternate Jewish high holidays.
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Comment | Southampton V Bournemouth The Verdict
at 10:33:43
“ Southampton supporters turned up in their usual big numbers”, they didn’t though did they Nick ?
As of Saturday morning there were 752 unsold tickets on the ticket exchange and that figure didn’t include season ticket holders who couldn’t be bothered to put their ticket on the exchange and also stayed at home.
In reality there were unoccupied seats all over St Mary’s for a game against our geographical closest rivals.
As for the game itself you could have rehashed any one of your reports from pretty much any one of this season’s home games bar our only win against Everton.
A clueless rabble of mainly lower division players led by an equally clueless manager. Is it their fault? Of course not.
Blame for our total ineptitude rests with the owners and their employees total mismanagement of what was once a respected Premiership football club.
If Sports Republic remain in control next season’s Championship experience won’t be the novelty it was last season and there will be many other opportunities to see St Mary’s partly full.
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Comment | Southampton V Bournemouth The Preview
at 10:51:48
Spot on Nick, Juric still hasn’t the faintest idea as to his best team, which if nothing else is at least consistent with all other members of Sports Republic’s senior management.
Collectively totally and utterly clueless the lot of them.
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Comment | Adam Armstrong Leaves For West Bromwich Albion On Loan
at 15:58:04
Quite easy to see Nick, Juric is getting shot of or margining the influence of Russell Martin’s favourites.
Armstrong, gone.
Downes, open to offers.
Manning,dropped.
Will his approach work ? Well it doesn’t really matter this season does it, given that we were effectively relegated during the week the clocks went back.Next season is all that’s relevant now. |
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Comment | Saints Said To Have Agreed Deal For Striker From Belgium
at 14:39:27
If what is suggested comes about then I totally agree with you Nick, once again utterly ridiculous decision making by Sports Republic’s doughnuts.
When it comes to the Saints, over the years you have been consistently optimistic .However, by the tone of this article it appears to me that Sports Republic are finally even getting to you. |
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Comment | Southampton V Ipswich The Preview
at 11:31:14
Didn’t we throw away our lead against Ipswich at St Mary’s Nick ?
Top photo appears to show Ross Stewart, any update on his fitness or is it now conceded that his career with us is unfortunately over ? |
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Comment | Southampton V Newcastle United The Verdict
at 10:37:58
Nick, we didn’t lose yet another game because of the referee ( who I agree was completely out of his depth) nor did we lose it because of the corrupt V A R system, poor team selection, bad tactics or player injury.
We lost it because of Sports Republic’s employees proven inability to control and properly manage a Premiership football club.
According to Saturday’s Southampton Echo we have won just a single Premiership game out of the last thirty six attempts over two seasons.
You do a fantastic job churning out match reports week after week ( and thanks for doing so ) but honestly, hasn’t the time come for you to start to point the finger at where our problem really is ?
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Comment | Southampton Said To Have made Decision On Tyler Dibling's Transfer
at 16:24:46
“ he wants to play football at the top level,but he knows he has to work hard before he gets there”
If he were to stay with us ( he won’t) next season it’s irrelevant how hard he works simply because The Championship is not top level.
Along with the few saleable assets we have he will be gone as soon as their loyalty bonuses are paid in the summer.
Having wasted millions in the last transfer window Sports Republic won’t have any choice. |
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Comment | Southampton FC Fail To Learn The Lesson On FA Cup Ticket Pricing
at 11:55:08
Send a message to Sports Republic.
Don’t purchase their overpriced F A Cup tickets and insidious booking fees.
Save the money on tickets, travel, food and treat yourself, partner or kids to something to enjoy.
Alternatively, simply give the money saved to charity.
Have a positive happy Saturday afternoon for a change. |
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Comment | Southampton At Nottingham Forest The Verdict
at 11:45:25
Honestly, what is the point of Juric remaining as manager if as it appears (given a mutually agreed contract break ) Sports Republic can’t even tell us if he will be in charge at the start of next season’s campaign in The Championship ?
This season was effectively over months ago and we should now be building for August. How do we do that if it’s not even certain who the manager will be ?
Sports Republic appointing Juric on the basis they did was yet another example of their total incompetence and ineptitude. |
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Comment | Saints Get Pricing Badly Wrong As Set For Lowest FA Cup Attendance in 15 Years
at 16:38:31
Nick, to add insult to injury should it be a nice day on Sunday and someone just decides to attend on the spur of the moment, the prices are increased from £22.50 and £7.50 to £25 and £10.00, respectively plus of course the hideous £1.50 booking fee per ticket.
£76 to take the wife and two kids to watch Southampton and Swansea Reserves KO at 16.30 on a Sunday. Utterly ridiculous.
Those running our club become ever more clueless as each day passes.Honestly,what planet are they on ?
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Comment | Saints Get Pricing Badly Wrong As Set For Lowest FA Cup Attendance in 15 Years
at 09:56:21
Nick, I’ve been banging on about our pricing structure for cup games for years. Your get out of jail card free has always been it’s a joint decision with the visiting team. Why the change now ?
Oddly enough I think that the attendance will still be 10000ish but what do I know ?
On a constructive note. Why is it down to the marketing people to decide the price for Sunday ?
Our form this season has been absolute pants. Any decent Chief Executive and their Board would have recognised this simple fact and told the marketing people to keep the Kingsland open and price the game to attract those who can’t normally afford to attend.Something that should have been easily negotiable with Swansea.
Yet another example ( not as though one was needed ) that in my opinion, currently our club is run by a bunch of completely out of touch imbeciles.
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Comment | Southampton V Brentford The Verdict
at 17:13:37
People leave in droves with 20 minutes to go Nick because they are sick and tired of paying good money to watch and support a Club owned and managed at board level by a collection of imbeciles.
What other legal action can fans take to express their frustrations, particularly given that the vast majority of those doing so are like myself season ticket holders who have paid up front for their seats ? It’s not as though we can withhold our money for the next Premiership home game is it ?
As for our performance yesterday it’s quite easy to summarise. The majority of our ridiculously overpaid players simply threw in the towel, some earlier in the game than others.
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Comment | Southampton At Crystal Palace The Verdict
at 12:03:48
I admire your stamina in giving any type of report Nick.
Sports Republic are a total liability and should never have been let anywhere near Southampton Football Club. Their only success is making our previous Chinese owners look mildly competent, some achievement by any metric.
I’ve now no confidence that they will even be able to get us promoted from next season’s Championship. |
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Comment | Southampton V West Ham United The Verdict
at 12:01:55
Nick, have you been at the cooking sherry over Christmas, “ the guile and experience of Frazer Richardson would nave been better” ?
With the best will in the world he’s now 42 years old and even a cameo appearance as a substitute would probably have been beyond him. |
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Comment | Southampton Planning To Keep Faith With Russell Martin But Why !
at 10:32:43
Nick, it’s my opinion that the reason Martin remains has nothing to do with football in general or our league position in particular.
A more likely scenario is that perhaps Sports Republic, having wasted £millions in the last window simply don’t have ( or can’t borrow ) the money to sack Martin and hire a replacement ?
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Comment | Southampton V Brighton The Preview
at 21:20:10
Russell Martin isn’t going to change his philosophy because there is no pressure on him to do so.
He’s in an enviable position with Sports Republic having given him a new three year contract in the summer. If he is sacked he receives an obscene amount of money, takes a break from football and then picks up another job in The Championship where he was successful last season.
Put simply, he’s nothing to lose hence it’s not in his interest to change. |
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Comment | Southampton V Liverpool The Verdict
at 16:13:50
dellboysaint,
“ There is something seriously wrong with SR” :- Yes.
“ Is it really their intention for us to be a yo yo club” :- Yes.
“ Have they any thought for the fans” :- No.
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