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Do Not Give A Single Penny to Sports Republic
at 21:06 5 Jan 2025

There is still plenty of time to run in this story.

January 2022 SR arrive and we think that football success is just about spending money.

October 2022 the fans demand the sacking of Ralph Hasenhuttl

December 2022 the fans demand the sacking of Nathan Jones

May 2023 after relegation the fans demand the sacking of Sport Republic

August 2023 the fans gripe about Russell Martin

September 2023 the fans demand the sacking of Russell Martin

December 2023 the fans demand that Russell Martin be upgraded to ok

April 2024 The fans demand the sacking of Russell martin and that SR leave

May 2024 The fans say they have had their best day ever watching Saints at Wembley & demand the canonisation of Russell martin

August 2024 The fans demand the sacking of 2023, the burning of all SR owners at the stake.

Sept/October/November/December 2024 Please see above

December 2024 The fans acclaim Ivan Juric

January 2024 The fans demand the sacking of Ivan Juric and the burning at the stake of SR owners

There is a pattern here , perhaps we should book the street parties now for May 2026 and order some pitchforks and torches for May 2027
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Brentford Game Matchday Thread
at 09:50 4 Jan 2025

Will Welington be in the squad after becoming Saints first signing of the transfer window,
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Southampton V Brentford The Preview
at 09:17 3 Jan 2025

Shows how much interest I take these days, thanks for letting me know
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For those who think Sport Republic want a Championship club
at 09:13 3 Jan 2025

Saints averaged about 8,000 more than Bristol City did last season, in ticket sales terms thats about £4-5 Million in income, plus the associated add ons such as merchandising & sponsorship up lifts.

It is possible to survive in the Championship, but to do well you need the parachute payments and therefore need to get back up within 2 years.

You are right Sport Republic need Saints to be in the Premier league, for most in the Premier League to survive is about buying players relatively cheaply and selling them on at a profit, when that process goes wrong then it all goes pear shaped as Leicester and ourselves to name just a couple of teams and a host of others in the Championship, it is impossible to compete.
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Crystal Palace Game Matchday Thread
at 19:36 28 Dec 2024

I think he will play him, but he needs to start scoring, he really should have done better in front of goal against West Ham,
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Who Is Going To Palace
at 19:34 28 Dec 2024

Who is making the journey for some DMF
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Crystal Palace Game Matchday Thread
at 19:32 28 Dec 2024

A few hours early, but I wont have time in the morning before leaving for Palace
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Russell Martin
at 10:17 27 Dec 2024

Yesterday showed that this team can play, that it can defend and it can attack, I stuck up for Martin both last season and the first games of this, he should be revered for getting us up last season, but I find myself now despising him for the way he stuck to his own agenda rather than adapting and utilising the players that he had to hand.

I think I despise him more than virtually any manager that has been at this club, off hand I can only think of Branfoot and Redknapp that I hate more, the rest might have failed, but they did so because either they didn't have a squad to work with or they just weren't up to it.

Russell Martin was up to it, he was just too selfish & arrogant and cared more about his tactics than keeping us up.

he would have preferred to go down with 64% possession that stay up with 34 points
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5 Things About The West Ham Game
at 10:12 27 Dec 2024

1. I though our support was decent at times, but we haven't got that red wall effect where the Northam keeps going throughout the game, dare i say it we need a group of ultras who just keep singing.

2. I though West Ham's support was poor, both in terms of noise and the fact that they sang some silly songs taunting Saints, no need for that we are not their rivals.

3. The Bedford pub didn't open till 3pm and afterwards only had two beers on tap, a lager and Guiness, it's due to close on 4th January, I doubt that it will last that long, it was empty after the game, after going in there since the 1970's it was a sad sight to see.

4. Spirited performance, sadly i think it is going to be too little too late, Russell Martin left us nothing to build on in terms of results & points

5. Why the hell did we not play Big Les under Russell Martin, most teams have big tall powerful players, we had none if Big Les had been used by Martin we might have picked up a point or two extra, that might have given us a chance now
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12 substitutes today
at 10:05 27 Dec 2024

It was a lot of substitutes, I am sure it must have happened before, but I can't remember it happening,
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Fraser Forster - Saints' original shite keeper!
at 09:31 24 Dec 2024

He couldn't have been that bad, in his first 3 seasons he played a decent part in us finishing 7th, 6th & 8th as well as a League cup final appearance.
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Ivan's first Press Confetence.
at 09:29 24 Dec 2024

To quote the old TV advert with Iggy Pop "Golf Sucks"

Lets hope for a bit of Raw Power
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Ivan Duric & The Blockheads
at 09:25 24 Dec 2024

As someone mentioned in another thread, it sounds like the Croatian pronunciation of Ian Dury who many will remember from the 1970,s

So if we have a song for our new manager perhaps it should be an Ian Dury song, my first suggestion is Sex & Drugs & Rock N Roll

"Saints & Beer & Death Metal Football
It's all my brain & body needs
Saints & Beer & Death metal Football"
It's very good indeed
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5 things about Fulham
at 09:20 24 Dec 2024

MK Dons didn't have a mixed concourse, they didn't need to their 6,000 or so fans had plenty of room in the 20,000 seats that weren't in the away end
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Slack Jack
at 10:09 23 Dec 2024

Well said, as most know I am no great fan of Jack, but he deserves respect for his time here, Russell Martin is the one who deserves the stick for making him his pet favourite, I am sure that Jack himself probably didn't want that and now finds himself a pariah with the fans when previously he did have some respect
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Previous Premier League Experience As A Manager
at 09:24 21 Dec 2024

In the past 70 years Saints have had 31 permanent managers, some people are bemoaning the lack of previous experience managing in the Premier League for the candidates,

It should be noted that in that period only 7 had previous top flight managerial experience in England

Ball, Souness, Hoddle, Strachan, Redknapp, Burley & Pardew
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Today In 2011
at 22:13 19 Dec 2024

True but the the key words are “can have a wash”whether you all actually all do is a different story

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Swansea Cup Tie Tickets
at 12:55 19 Dec 2024

Swnasea have received what is said to be the "full" allocation of 3,008, they could have half the crowd
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Liverpool Carabao Cup Game Matchday Thread
at 12:52 19 Dec 2024

Tall Paul ran about again and won a few challenges in the midfield and laid the ball out wide, but he missed a couple of glorious chances which if they have been missed by Armstrong or Brereton would have people saying thats why we are in trouble.

Tall Paul is there to get goals, granted we haven't played to his strengths yet, but when we did he fluffed them
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Quiet Today
at 12:36 19 Dec 2024

I would have thought a few more people would have had something to say about the match
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