Miltonaggro

Remember he was a Saints fan Maik Taylor, army family (Bordon), big powerful, commanding, goalie even as a youngster and a good deal better than Dave Jones’s right hand man Paul Jones. Think he made his international debut at 27 but still won nearly 90 caps for Northern Ireland.

More like Krafty Onan.

Then it will be the Christmas line in the sand.

Or just Jordan, Harvey in the Spors role.

The fact that Solak seems happy to trust his substantial and much welcomed investment to a succession of clowns in the boardroom is perhaps the most bizarre thing of all. His funds in the hands of Cortese, Reed / Krueger, even dare I say Semmens / Gao (fuck me!...) from their takeover point would likely have seen Saints stabilise and grow in the Premier League. The ability of his successive advisors to think that 'out of the box / blue sky thinking' is what is needed has effectively meant we've been dealing with a series of avoidable self-inflicted wounds since mid 2022 and January 2023 in particular. The latest incarnation, which involved recruiting / allowing Johannes Spors to oversee a 'full restructure' must have been expensive and planned, but his sketchy past record just doesn't stand up to that kind of responsibility or strategic confidence. Most fans can predict / call / see this early, why not Sports Republic. As someone said elsewhere, Solak is in too deep to simply walk away at a loss, but the only real way of changing course would appear to be a full clearout at both Board and Bootroom level and the recruitment of people able to see that a short-term back to basics approach is the only thing that will stop the rot and deliver success mid-term.

Good post, and this is the worry. In the Martin playoff season in many games we seemed to have an extra gear to use as a get out of jail card due to having better players. Leicester seem to have rediscovered this in their play last few weeks. I think that the quality and intensity of this league has likely shocked Still and Spors & Co., but having the likes of Trollope, Azaz, Fellows, Armstrong etc. on board should negate that to a large extent. Watching games from the stands it does seem particularly flat and disjointed at the moment, but one thing Sport Republic is very good at doing is fiddling whilst Rome burns so expect groundhog day until the January window closes at least.

And an enema kit for the impacted bullshit!

Him and andrew surman, perhaps.

Would make a change, knowing Spors it would be Assan Ceesay(s scoring ever again!)

Here’s the current Spors’ pay as you play option list, but he wont want to admit he fucked up on Downs.

Danny Ings, most obvious for us after Liverpool, perhaps.

Poor coaching and worse senior management for me, you only have to see how likes of Bree and Brereton are performing in this league weeks after leaving SFC to substantiate that! All due to the SR wankers below the cashpoint that is Solak not wanting anyone who actually knows english football to have a say and expose the grift!

Assume the board have now given up on their pre-season target of automatic promotion with Will Still. Wonder how long we have to endure the outside chance of Will scraping into the play-offs to save Spors & co’s blushes. Knowing the Sport Republic brains trust, around fucking Easter!

A bit like his fucking tactics!

First goal yesterday an intuitive strikers goal, the second one a ‘back in business’ cracker! Pray he stays fit.

Mee would have been a smart move, but would seem preference of Spors was to entrust the leadership role to Jack Stephens. Personally, I think we should have approached Fonte to join coaching staff when he left Braga in 2024, over Lallana. Fonte has profile, presence and very vocal (currently captaining Casa Pia at 41). Also, Romeu would have been a no brainer approach option for player/coach this summer, regardless of his age. Have to assume Spors & Co. think otherwise.

Gene Wilder clearly the difference between the two sides!

Jack Stephens.

Best grass i’nt world, Yorkshire!

I think a lot of Saints fans are savvy when it comes to the manager's 'style' and how this is being expressed on the pitch. Strachan was all about fine margins, narrow results to gain points and getting the maximum from average players - a fair few low scoring wins and draws but he was likeable and the supporters loved him. Maybe Still can try to replicate that.

Exactly, might as well trust Richard Nixon!

One thing I got from the Still documentary videos and past record when he was confirmed as joining us was that he keeps a professional distance from the players, and not afraid to drop non-performers regardless of seniority. Tight ship and squad as a unit in terms of performance. Saw that as a big positive of his appointment after the previous quartet who seemed either frightened or unbothered to change things around. I get the impression that Still doesn't enjoy the media stuff, but is at least honest when responding to questions. Admirable if it turns out that whilst knowing that this is a big job / chance for him, he is sticking to core principles. We are desperate for a convincing league win, but I really hope he gets it whilst leaving out the Sport Republic 'boy band' that has undermined us in recent years.

Apart from down the M27!