Did saints upset this guy?

Article in the mirror by a guy called Sam Matterface

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/sam-matterface-ronald-koeman-winner-9589104

Half the people on here will lap this up and say he is totally right ( I suspect) but I cant help feeling he doesn't like Southampton FC much....

He's a talkSport presenter, need one say any more than that?

Article in the mirror by a guy called Sam Matterface

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/sam-matterface-ronald-koeman-winner-9589104

 

Half the people on here will lap this up and say he is totally right ( I suspect) but I cant help feeling he doesn't like Southampton FC much....

He's a skate, wouldn't expect anything less.

Click bait.

Isn't he a skate? wouldn't take much notice, however some of it is true (disagree about the bit re the atmosphere at inter game however)!

Ahh, a quick google suggests he worked on a Portsmouth radio station for 6 years and he maintains a keen interest in Portsmouth, living in Southsea, and frequenting Fratton Park.... Pretty unprofessional mind.

"The manager’s never last long"

Back to school, Matterface.

Article in the mirror by a guy called Sam Matterface

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/sam-matterface-ronald-koeman-winner-9589104

 

Half the people on here will lap this up and say he is totally right ( I suspect) but I cant help feeling he doesn't like Southampton FC much....

what's he on about with the bowl of cream? he only mentioned it once like it was common knowledge. was there a creamgate incident at the Inter match?

Sorry, skate or not he is partly right, the club appear to lack ambition, we get a decent manager and he leaves, we get decent players and they leave.

The fans are too accepting of their place in the football hierarchy and this makes it easy for the board to neither invest or not sell players. You would never hear West Ham or Everton fans accepting the year on year loss of key personnel like our fans do.

He is however talking out of his arse with regards Inter Milan, I thought the atmosphere was pretty good.

just tweeted him a blunt response

'Southampton aren’t winners, and Ronald Koeman is a winner.'

Not with us he wasn't. If success is just anbout spending money then any fool could achieve it. There are plenty on here who could give it a go.

Certainly getting the desired bites.

Of course, we'll never quite know why Koeman left. It may comfort people to think that it was just about the paypacket but that seems far too simple an explanation, bordering on wishful thinking.

How did this big nosed skate ever end up married to Natalie Sawyer. At least she saw sense eventually and got rid.

Isn't he a skate? wouldn't take much notice, however some of it is true (disagree about the bit re the atmosphere at inter game however)!

 

Ahh, a quick google suggests he worked on a Portsmouth radio station for 6 years and he maintains a keen interest in Portsmouth, living in Southsea, and frequenting Fratton Park.... Pretty unprofessional mind.

Well they explains everything....

How did this big nosed skate ever end up married to Natalie Sawyer. At least she saw sense eventually and got rid.

Sounds like a good Tweet....!

How did this big nosed skate ever end up married to Natalie Sawyer. At least she saw sense eventually and got rid.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/opinion/football-opinion/sam-matterface-tweets-natalie-sawyers-3317491

Certainly getting the desired bites.

 

Of course, we'll never quite know why Koeman left. It may comfort people to think that it was just about the paypacket but that seems far too simple an explanation, bordering on wishful thinking.

I'm sure the pay packet helped. My take is he didn't think he could achieve much more at saints (I don't think even Koeman was quiet sure how we finished 6th last season given how poor we were at times) where as improving a **** poor Everton side wasn't to hard a prospect, especially with the promise of ready cash to spend, that would improve his CV on the way to something bigger. Rightly or wrongly saints are going to do things their way and the manager needs to be in to it that way. In hindsight there was always a feeling Koeman and saints was a bit of a marriage of convenience we need a Name and a quick fix after Meltdown mark 1 and he needed a route into the PL.

Have to say I'd expect something a bit more highbrow from a guy educated at Eton

Samuel 'Sam' Matterface is an English sports broadcaster currently working for TalkSPORT and ITV Sport. Matterface was born in London and educated at the independent school Eton College

First off, he's a Chelsea fan but attached himself to them when he was covering their games when they were doing well/cheating. He's of course been more of a Chelsea fan again over the past few years as the fourth division underachievers have floundered but with our downturn in fortunes recently coupled with them winning a few games/walking the league (guffaw) he's grasped the opportunity to score a few points with his skate mates. Can't believe he never bunged in the bit about that notorious "dock strike". Soft ****.

Sam Matterface

‏@sammatterface

it wasn't the noise and the passion and commitment that cost them (Pompey) it was idiot owners

Yes, that's right. The fans were complaining from the rooftops when their "idiot owners" were overspending and buying short-term success. Not once did the fans endorse the over-spending of their "idiot owners". No-sir-ee...

I actually think it's a good piece and totally spot on

I actually think it's a good piece and totally spot on

There's some truth in it but the content is really just meant as a wind-up and to have a pop at Saints fans - he won't have to pay for a pint in the Shepherd's Crook this afternoon.

I couldn't disagree with much in that article, to be honest.

It's a skate on a wind up.

He'll look a bit of a plank if we end up winning the EFL Cup or FA Cup whilst Koeman wins nothing in English football AGAIN.

The most passionless, dull commentator in the game, and a complete prat to boot. Miarculously scored an absolute worldie in Natalie Sawyer, then allows their son to be named 'Sawyer'. Not even going to click the article for that reason alone. Skate.

It's a skate on a wind up.

 

He'll look a bit of a plank if we end up winning the EFL Cup or FA Cup whilst Koeman wins nothing in English football AGAIN.

Sam Shutyerface

Bizarre almost ranting article that comes out like a piece by one of us writing about Pompey would do - pathetic rally.

As this so-called losing approach has been going on for years I wonder why Sam didn't produce this say, at the end of last season when we had just finished sixth?

There are plenty in the press that have been salivating at the thought of us having a bad season, given they predict it each year and then look like morons by the end of it.

Sorry, skate or not he is partly right, the club appear to lack ambition, we get a decent manager and he leaves, we get decent players and they leave.

 

The fans are too accepting of their place in the football hierarchy and this makes it easy for the board to neither invest or not sell players. You would never hear West Ham or Everton fans accepting the year on year loss of key personnel like our fans do.

 

He is however talking out of his arse with regards Inter Milan, I thought the atmosphere was pretty good.

Hammers and Everton fans are absolutely over the moon with how their seasons are going having held on to their players and brought in some big money signings, aren't they ?

Both teams are out of both cups whereas we are still in both. West Ham are three places below us and Everton three places above at the moment so in the League we're all much of a muchness, scrapping away in the mid-table mini-League.

Difference is that we've got much more future upside given the number of players aged 22 or under we've been playing this season and the distraction of our European campaign. Lots of room for improvement for us whereas Everton and West Ham have tried to buy in success and are doing no better than us in a bad season (by recent standards).

Sam Matterface is nothing more than a Skate WUP who is indulging in the same rubbish wind-up arguments that some of the trolls on here use and mugs like you fall for it.

No truth in it whatsoever, just a Skate trying to stir the pot.

A lot of it is true but a lot is just a wind up. He is right that the fans are accepting how the club banks the money on the pretence of trying to be reall y successful.

As for the atmosphere at games, the Israeli game was a nervous affair, but the Inter game there was a lot fo noise. Yes it was Inter Milan but they are not the force with world names as they were which makes it a lot less of a scalp than at others periods in time

Was like a piece id write

Was like a piece id write

You agree you would write an article about Saints in the same way an attention seeking Talksport presenter & Mirror "journalist" who supports Portsmouth would right one? :mcinnes:

At least you've reached the first stage and finally admitted it at long last!!!

Was like a piece id write

My first thought was that you'd got a job at the mirror..

My first thought was that you'd got a job at the mirror..

Alot of what he writes is absolutely true and its not nice to read as a Southampton fan.

We have sold too many players, Koeman probably did leave as our club is happy to finish 6-9th and he wants more, Puels selections have been ridiculous at times, we did go out of Europe on a whimper and without much fight, we have wasted a good opportunity this season no doubt and the Liverpool cup games will define our season. He's spot on

Hes also right about nobody wanting to be here, our owner doesnt go to games anymore targets have been reset (lowered significantly) Our captain wants out, players join and intend to use us as a springboard - its all true

Our club and a large percentage of fans have settled for mediocrity and even demanding more for the club i love sees me branded a "troll"

We have become WBA and I wont ever be able to celebrate that - glad some can.

Laughable and also sad that nobody has any patience anymore.

I came home buzzing after watching Norwich v Saints.

Technically we're leaps and bounds better than Norwich and the potential makes me excited for the future

It's a skate on a wind up.

 

He'll look a bit of a plank if we end up winning the EFL Cup or FA Cup whilst Koeman wins nothing in English football AGAIN.

Again? He's been here two and a half years!

Anyway, a journalist wanting to write a serious piece about Koeman's decision and the ambition of the two clubs wouldn't spend half of it laying into fans. A pretty obvious hatchet job.

Koeman left for more money and there's nothing wrong with that. Any talk about more ambition or better prospects is just trying to cover up his greed, personal ambition, cupidity or call it what you will is and attempting to put a less unseemly gloss on it.

Was like a piece id write

Like a piece that any Skate would write !

Shall we take that as an admission then ?

Hammers and Everton fans are absolutely over the moon with how their seasons are going having held on to their players and brought in some big money signings, aren't they ?

 

Both teams are out of both cups whereas we are still in both. West Ham are three places below us and Everton three places above at the moment so in the League we're all much of a muchness, scrapping away in the mid-table mini-League.

 

Difference is that we've got much more future upside given the number of players aged 22 or under we've been playing this season and the distraction of our European campaign. Lots of room for improvement for us whereas Everton and West Ham have tried to buy in success and are doing no better than us in a bad season (by recent standards).

 

Sam Matterface is nothing more than a Skate WUP who is indulging in the same rubbish wind-up arguments that some of the trolls on here use and mugs like you fall for it.

 

No truth in it whatsoever, just a Skate trying to stir the pot.

Of course he's on a wind up, it doesn't change the fact that the fans of the teams I mentioned wouldn't stand for seeing a constant stream of players and managers leaving the club and the money not being reinvested like we do, they may or may not be successful but the point is they are not as willing as our fans to just accept 'their place'. Whilst the fans are willing to accept this, the perception of the club from the outside will always be that we're an unambitious club just trying to stay up each year.

As for the atmosphere, it's been pretty bad most of this season, we have one real song, the others are just regurgitated from other clubs, must be difficult making up new songs for players when all the good ones leave. Would be great if some clever fookers could make some songs to sing about Southampton instead of players

he a journalist, enough said.

complete and utter scum of the earth.

He tweeted about Saints being in relegation trouble last season. He clearly doesn't like us.

He tweeted about Saints being in relegation trouble last season. He clearly doesn't like us.

He's a skate.

he a journalist, enough said.

 

complete and utter scum of the earth.

Who hurt you?

he's a Chelsea fan by the way. He just commentated on the Skates on the Quay radio...so still a skate I suppose ;-)

Can't believe that muppet got to plant his dirty seed in Natalie Sawyer. I guess there's hope for me after all.

Who hurt you?

nobody, but they all have an arrogant attitude, thinking they can do no wrong and that they are better than everyone else.

Of course he's on a wind up, it doesn't change the fact that the fans of the teams I mentioned wouldn't stand for seeing a constant stream of players and managers leaving the club and the money not being reinvested like we do, they may or may not be successful but the point is they are not as willing as our fans to just accept 'their place'. Whilst the fans are willing to accept this, the perception of the club from the outside will always be that we're an unambitious club just trying to stay up each year.

 

As for the atmosphere, it's been pretty bad most of this season, we have one real song, the others are just regurgitated from other clubs, must be difficult making up new songs for players when all the good ones leave. Would be great if some clever fookers could make some songs to sing about Southampton instead of players

Really? What would fans of other clubs do then to stop their club doing what it likes. There are loads of clubs in a far worse state than us who's fans keep turning up week in week out and putting up with it. Even fans of teams horribly mismanaged like Leeds and Pompey still have fans turn up and support their club. Why do you think saints fans are any different? Our place is currently being better than 95% of the professional football clubs in England how awful.