Ted Bates Statue

Maybe this is the way things should go once the super league finally happens. Or at minimum, 50+1 style ownership as in Germany. Heaven forbid all the yanks take our clubs over and play havoc with the league system in the same way they're messing with the world right now.

Too bad Russell Martin couldn't afford to offer him more minutes at Saints. Understandable though, with such a log-jam of talent at left back.

It's all smiles until you call him a wheeler-dealer. Hope he's having fun digging up Rosie.

Interesting to know, I had assumed they would be subsidised. Wonder how on earth they expect to be viable filling a fraction of St Mary's capacity.

Just making light of your impatience as we wait for our return the Championship to begin. Honestly, there is no cause for alarm, apart from everything we've witnessed across our last two attempts in the Premier League.

My source tells me we're waiting on Allardyce to say yes before getting rid.

Not only that but like our derby, their match also had nothing at stake as all our sides are marooned in mid-table. Saints need to pay attention as they are doing something right up North that we clearly aren't. Can't fault us on ticket prices, but think we're severely lacking in terms of promoting the women's side and this season definitely feels like they've become an afterthought in the club's thinking.

Nadine Dorries has: https://web.archive.org/web/20250318154256/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-14508391/NADINE-DORRIES-narcissist-Reform-Rupert-Lowe.html I do find it a bit hard to believe given Nadine's line in fiction-writing but there's no smoke without fire. The idea of him manhandling Mike Kane is a bit hard to get my head around though. Love how Reform sat on all this ammunition until it was convenient to go crying to the cops about him. Part of me wondered if his Saints Forever PR company shenanigans would ever come to light in the mainstream press, but looks like he's managed to top all that by having turned into a right nutter.

Would be beyond ridiculous if true. He has zero managerial experience

Currently 1-1 in the Hampshire Cup semi vs Sholing and 2-1 down against Birmingham City.

Sounds like the sort of excuse Nathan Jones would come up with

For decades this has been used as a stick to beat the BBC by various governments and competitors in the media. I think there used to be similar issues with how the IRA were reported on. Normally I shrug my shoulders and get on with life, but now I've read it, the reasoning is pretty sound to me - just calling someone a baddie doesn't really mean very much, and a news outlet should be expected to be more specific in their language.

I think he gets unfairly remembered for the actions of utter charlatan Michael Wilde. On the other hand, I never got the sense that he tried too hard to bring in new investment and getting rid of Nigel Pearson was a dreadful decision Also, how does Guy Askham manage to stay under the radar for Saints' decline under his watch?

I used to think Trump was used as the inspiration for BTTF2: Biff uses the profits from his 27-story casino... to help shake up the Republican Party, before eventually assuming political power himself, helping transform Hill Valley, California, into a lawless, dystopian wasteland, where hooliganism reigns, dissent is quashed, and wherein Biff encourages every citizen to call him "America's greatest living folk hero" On the other hand, if you watch footage of him in the 80s/90s Trump seems to have a different public persona altogether. Feels strange writing this, but he was actually quite soft-spoken and measured back then. So I can only conclude that Trump watched the film and decided to get into character as Biff for the rest of his life. Back to today, Musk accuses Ukraine of downing his stupid website. The Trump-friendly press do anything to keep the real news off the front pages.

So... he might have finally unearthed the mythical elusive investment that we so desperately needed 20 years ago. I would credit him with the infrastructure (stadium and academy setup) that would have persuaded Liebherr to take us out of administration, but unlike our current owners, he brought precisely zero investment of his own or otherwise.

I'm sure this has nothing to do with his interview yesterday in which he dared to mildly criticise Farage and suggest Reform needed to be reformed. Pure cancel culture.

Feel glad for him, some really positive words about his perspective on Saints there. Seems like a classy guy! In this season of utter dross it is one of those glimmers of hope, knowing our academy is still capable of churning out stars of the future and allowing the proper teams to poach them before I've been made aware of their existence.

I think subbuteo is alright personally

that's what i said in the post

Funny you should mention that. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/feb/27/womens-super-league-to-consider-scrapping-relegation-in-major-revamp There needs to be some kind of shake-up to improve competitiveness across both divisions. The best idea being touted here seems to be gradual expansion by adding teams from the WSL2. Would still mean we need promotion ASAP as it would take a long time to settle in the WSL given the level we're currently at.

Thanks for the link, although as such a stickler for accuracy, I wonder what was going through your mind when you decided Watford v Saints youth should be posted in the 'non-saints games' thread

At 99 we're only just in the top 100 worst teams across all countries' first to third divisions. Got to count our blessings and appreciate what Sport Republic are doing for us. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/verein-statistik/formtabelle/statistik/stat/plus/0?sortierung=worst&letzte=saison&selectedOptionKey=4 I would laugh at the teams still on zero points but at this rate that'll be us in two years time.

Since 7th November 2022 we have a win rate of 10% in the Premier League, having played 50 matches with a record of W5, D7 and L38. I know it's a bit of a taboo to bet against your own team, but they haven't turned up this season so it doesn't count. In lieu of any sort of refund from Southampton, wonder if any of you are prepared to own up to doing this to take the edge off this season. I meant to bet on a Brighton win but was too lazy and didn't get around to it. I'll probably make an effort to so when we face Wolves. Disclaimer: I have jumped the gun on 38 defeats but am prepared to take credit if we somehow manage a comeback today.

Teams like Bournemouth showing it only takes 2-3 years building up the side and now they have a shot at European qualification. Plus this season the FA Cup is wide open, would have been a great opportunity to go for it and make history, but here we are praying we aren't quite as bad as Billy Davies' Derby County with our season all but written off in November.

before my time but didn't he play for QPR? hopefully it was an enjoyable meal without too much talk of global politics