Miltonaggro

Because Pep protégé Russ will 'love' him like he's never been loved before, that's why! Plus Ocean Village, West Quay and the New Forest, obviously.

The comments about not being able to replace Martin is plain daft, managers with PL and top European league experience are clearly available, as well as arguably better prospects than Martin in the national set ups or Championship if we have to dip down there yet again. When we decisively replaced Hughes (P15 9pts) with Hassenhutl start of December 2018, I remember being pleasantly surprised - not in need of resuscitation

Exactly this by the way, spot on Weston. Surely anyone who has managed or owned a business is well aware of this. Even with a comparative or equal shareholding director removals can and do happen if the party is determined enough and willing to litigate. On the face of it getting rid of Ankerson would appear relatively easy technically and at a human (performance) level.

Not sure what the main gist of this is, Manji, other than pleading to cut the beleaguered Rasmus Ankersen some slack. Most people are able to function on here without name calling fellow fans, and when it occurs its either taking the piss or one of the few hard of thinking, you'd be right to shrug it off. That said, people have strong opinions in terms of their football club so heat is part and parcel when swimming against the tide. So is gallows humour of course. People don't 'take the piss' or 'scapegoat' Ankersen to garner popularity, they do so because they've identified him as part of the problem rather than the solution - if Kraft has recently described him as 'Mr Football' he needs to seek professional help (both meanings). Personally, working in an industry that's partly reliant on assessing whether people are being economical with the truth I feel that I managed to assess Solak, Kraft and Ankersen relatively quickly - self-made entrepreneur, speculative financier and narcissistic fraud. Nothing I've seen or heard since the takeover makes me feel that I should change that view. I don't really care how Goztepe are doing whilst wishing them no ill will, but I would imagine that cutting it in the EPL is a tad more difficult than the top two tiers of Turkish football. Should we be happy to have SFC used as a work experience project? Sport Republic are failing miserably by all metrics, spending hundreds of millions to make SFC worse in all Departments (remember us being 12th when they took over from an exhausted manager and a Chairman who was skint). I genuinely feel for Solak, and want him to succeed but there is no goodwill for Rasmus, that would have to be earned. If things don't improve almost vertically in the next two or three games I would imagine there will be around 30,000 reading Sport Republic and their man Russell their horoscope for the remainder of 24/25. Being 'loved' by the players and 'loving' them right back wont save Martin at that point, and if Solak is a serious man he should seize the moment to remove Ankersen - better late than never.

You’re right, but won’t happen with Russell’s doppelgänger, the Home Bargains Beckenbauer, available.

Spot on, second reading it’s just that.

Absolutely, whilst their ex-players urge the internet to 'give Russell more time' for the three points in the reverse fixture. It's bollocks, if we become competitive it would stop over night..

Those quotes look patronising to me, giving the young manager whose side his youth team just beaten at a stroll a pat on the head and little boost. Southampton FC cannot afford the players needed to play this idiotic system in the Premier League. Give Martin another five years and it wont be any different.

Your Mum clearly has an instinct and fine eye for detail with professional footballers and should be heading up our scouting team.

Whitey, that's a stretch, even for you

Fucking hell, looks like the last Turkey in the shop!

McDonald's drive through in Shirley fucked him more than Terry Venables. Later Marilyn from neighbours, lest we forget.

Undercover pic of Rasmus Ankersen's 'de rock steady crew' hard at work in Staplewood. The black box has been replaced by a wheat grass smoothie bar and hypoallergenic bean bags. Here the team are working out how to stop Chris Wood prior to the Forest game, with Torkild's suggestion of Jan Bednarek being sprayed with Lavender oil and Ben Brereton Diaz being given space to breathe making it on to the Board.

To be fair Whitney was never the same after shacking up with Bobby Brown, but 'I wanna dance with somebody' remains a feel good classic, can't remember 'putting me straight' or 'getting what we deserve' but credit in terms of her opinion where it's due.

Wade's 'vape like a cunt' criteria which underwrites the internal recruitment policy is really starting to hurt us. This is why we need a proper Director of Football.

That's a genuinely interesting proposition. Ankersen and Phil Giles at Brentford promoted Carsley from development squad coach to first team manager in 2015, with Paul Williams (ex SFC) as his assistant. Acting as caretaker whilst Dean Smith finalised his move. My work colleague who is a Bees nut reckons this was a massive error as Carsley was a clear revelation and Brentford should have stuck with him - 10 games - 5W 2D 3L (50% win rate). Other club roles only as caretaker but 80% win rate for England U21s. Not sure if the Ankersen / Brentford connection means much or whether a positive or negative seeing as what a terminal bell-end Ankersen is, but Carsley seems to have something about him as a football manager. Wish to fuck SFC would try it.

That and being a fucking hoot at staff awaydays and teambuilding.

It would be like a hipster version of Waiting for Godot, but with less people watching.

Trouble with Keane is that his teams are full of fucking son in laws!

Fucking gold. Almost every line...

Knock yourself out H&W!

Rather insulting with Ryan 'mind the gap' Manning in residence.

They didn't think a good recruitment strategy was to trawl the bargain basement of the English Championship looking for over polished turds.

That's got Ankernomics written all over it!

He’s absolutely right. Premier league coaches and supporters bestowing their ‘praise’ on the drowning Russell Martin is actually increasing whilst we flounder at the bottom of the table. People actively taking the piss out of our club on a weekly basis. If the Board and Solak in particular can’t see this then we fully deserve to go down with a whimper and record low points. That said, I sense the Saints fans will start letting the imbeciles know very soon with us season ticket holders getting to relive 2022/23, they’ll then spring into action and panic recruit in January accompanied by the usual lessons learned bullshit. All this avoidable or at least open to mitigation. Absolute shit show from the resident Clown Workshop.