Fabrice29

Like I said, take the win. Well done.

Asking me a question about a point you never said I made isn’t challenging me. But well done anyway.

You said it 15 minutes ago. If you’re going to quote me, actually quote me. Anyway, as I said, I think if you’re a venue that is actively trying to add new things to it and around it then every opportunity to encourage people to come to that venue should be explored. Nowhere did I say it was a good business decision to lose money every time, as you asked. And I really can’t be arsed to explain in 3 bullet points why the concept of people coming to your venue might be a better idea than going elsewhere for your business. If you want to take that as a win, then good for you.

I didn’t say that. You did. Make it easier.

Are you suggesting I said it’s a good business decision to lose money every week? The concept that you build a venue and add stuff around that venue and hope that people might visit that venue when possible is not one I can be bothered to argue with you, sorry 😂 Chalk it up as a game set match if it makes you happy.

I know you’ve got a life so you won’t have time but all your words are there to read. Answer to what? Your question as to why losing money every time is a good business idea? It’s obviously not but the plan, I suspect, is not to lose money every time. It will be a long term idea that people continue to come whilst drumming up new custom. I didn’t think that needed explaining so blatantly as I’d already highlighted that once.

Can I suggest that when you speak to her you don’t condescend her and then she might not feel condescended. Don’t mention ‘novelty of the big stadium’, ‘sub standard football’ and ‘I don’t watch it and I don’t have a problem with wherever you play but..’

The first page of this thread has you posting more than once that anyone liking women’s football has been socially conditioned to do so and we’re 48 pages and a few years later and you’re arguing that women shouldn’t be allowed on a specific football pitch unless they make money. So yeah, I’m going to label you as playing a misogynist on here.

Your busy life really does get in the way of understanding a basic concept huh? How much are they losing each time then? Is it any different to a men’s team getting 3k a week attendance but still carrying on? Why does any club that’s losing money continue to do it each week? What level? They are in the 2nd division just like the men’s team are. The club have entered a team into the women’s league. That’s merit enough. I appreciate you need to be seen as a misogynist on here to keep up your character but this idea that St Mary’s is a proper stadium and women can only grace it when you say they’ve reached a certain level is off the scale

Yeah ask her if she feels more condescended by playing for Southampton at their home ground or a bloke called egg on an internet forum, who has said himself that he doesn’t watch the women’s game, telling her she hasn’t earned the right to play at the holy venue but can do so every once in a while on merit.

Do you really need someone to explain the business principles behind wanting people to visit the venue you own?

It wasn’t thought was it? I’d explain it again but you probably won’t have time to read it because of your life.

It’s not as ridiculous as a comment as women can enjoy St Mary’s as a ‘good day out’ once in a while or should earn it on ‘merit’. As if the team being set up by the club itself isn’t merit enough.

I explained earlier why potentially from a business point of view the club might prefer St Mary’s than ground sharing with someone and you didn’t respond. There was a fans forum for both the men and women’s team earlier this season that you could have posed these questions at if you really fancied figuring out the reasoning, did you not go?

The club being seen to ‘level up’ as you put it is perfectly reasonable isn’t it? That’s a perfectly normal take that doesn’t need to be caveated with a standard of football dig. Shall we do that for the mens matches too? Pick and choose when it might be a good day out.

I don’t think there’s any point in trying to implement money making ideas around the ground in the form of bars/shops and a climbing wall or whatever it is in the future if you turn away opportunities for people to spend time at the venue. No idea what the over heads of it all are but I suspect even if they are losing money today they are hoping that young people enjoying their time at the ground will encourage them to do so more in the future.

Has anyone told the fella to stop typing whilst he's on a live stream yet?

Okay and we've just signed a guy to presumably be that something else. We do not have a lack of options in there.

Everyone is a risk, except for the players you've specifically thought of but the club have ignored. Those are dead certs.

Name 3 pairs better than them on paper. Again, if they cant operate as a pair (Which I personally dont believe), thats on coaching.

Called him out then promptly stuck him back in the team about 2 weeks later until he was sacked for making anything but "hard nosed"

Think you'd struggle to find a better two than Charles and Downes in the league. We've also just signed Jander to play in there. We absolutely do not need another central midfielder unless Smallbone, Aribo and Matsuki are leaving. If you cant control games the way you want to with those options in this league then thats on coaching, not formation or personnel. Anyway, a change of formation doesn't rely on a new CM. We'll end up playing 4231 but only once the wide player we've signed is available.

We're playing Charles, Downes and an attacking midfielder now (Fernandes and now Azaz). So you are adding someone in the middle (this mystery player who can harry and tackle). Are you playing a diamond and therefore no wide players? I'm genuinely intrigued by what people mean when they say "change formation" and "add someone in the middle" because all I see is suggestions we should be playing 4231 which coincidently would leave us with a midfield of Charles, Downes and an attacking midfielder again.

I’m not entirely sure what your point is here? But yeah, we’ve signed some of the best Championship players just this week, along with having a few already, and yeah going up via the play offs would be good 👍

Love the idea of us spending £20 million on Sargent to get promoted only then for the same people begging for him this year to be demanding another striker who can do it at PL level next year and not grasping the concept of a budget. Also Kieffer fucking Moore 🤣