Miltonaggro

Of the two remaining 'co-founders' at takeover, Solak is the Chair (as majority shareholder) and Ankersen CEO of Sport Republic. An organisation which prides itself on existing as a 'group enterprise / project'. All other executive roles at the three clubs are ancillary to these two senior positions, which essentially have control and oversight. Ankersen appointed Spors, and described himself on the SFC website in the following terms: “brings to Saints extensive experience as a football executive, previously leading Brentford FC to promotion to the Premier League in 2020 as Co-Director of Football and overseeing the most successful period in Danish club FC Midtjylland’s history as Executive Chairman” Of course he's still involved with day to day football matters at Southampton!

A considered post. I saw us beating Stoke on their patch as a positive sign in terms of capability - they are above us and a good few Saints fans would have been happy with Robins as manager to replace Still. The hit and hope is that Tonda can keep the learning curve going, as the board are clearly gambling on Stewart's fitness and a loan forward who last scored double figures in 2020-21 in the Turkish league to close the gap towards the play offs.

It does in that we are apparently solvent and likely to be in this league come May, but nobody is paying what Solak & Co. would want, methinks.

At least we've got rid of the song for now.

He looks over the fucking moon!

Rasmus saw him on the beach in Magaluf!

Lest we forget...

We've been anal-ysing him for a number of days...

Not putting my faith on anyone on the Board, merely musing. It would be impossible for Cirque de Cunts to disappoint me any more than they have done already.

Yes, and it’s not Bundesliga 2!

Peretz shaking off some of the hamburg bench rust. Hell of a save.

People = Tonda?

He may, he may not. Fuck knows. That’s the point at this point.

My view is that Ankerson has been overseeing all appointments on the football side at director / coach level since the sacking of Hassenhutl. Of course there have been lots of percieved lines in the sand given how badly we have been run. The point now is whether Solak has had enough.

I thought when Still was sacked it was the last chance saloon in terms of Ankerson's influence. At that point he would be forced to climb down, show some ambition and deference and appoint a person in the mould of previously successful Saints managers, the likes of Carrick, Solskaer, Viera, having bypassed the likes of Cooper in the summer. But the ego failed him again, it always does with genuine narcissists. But there is perhaps one remaining last chance for our club - that Solak is giving this charlatan the final coils on the rope that will hang him, prior to a clearout and full reset / rebuild in the summer. I think Solak is friendly with some serious ex-football people via the golf course, certainly Souness and Stankovic, so maybe undertake some objective consultancy on the current debacle and way forward in the meantime. It seems incredible that a self-made man worth around £1.5 billion has not yet intervened, but people at that level in complex organisations and unfamiliar fields always like to defer expertise and responsibility. Things seem to have gone very quiet, and we will know in a few days if the taps have been turned off for this skip-fire of a season. Early summer is likely to be a Solak putsch, or a serious attempt to sell. On balance I would probably go for the former, just to see what the current owner is actually made of.

it's all coming together:

Nail on the head.

Unlikely to be a Carillo or Ankersen Brewster’s millions window this time. Not that this is much relief.

For me, right now, shaping up for a 7.5 out of 10 window.

I know, potentially a January classic!

Eddie is just what we need: Physical - 5ft 8in and 10 stone; Scores goals for fun in this league - 3 in 17 last time for Leeds; Intelligent player with a keen eye for goal - reinforced by him wearing coke bottle glasses after matches. This one is a goer!

[Next call] Who? Tonda Eckhert. Tonto Neckhurt? No, Tonda Eckhert, Ze Southampton chief coach. Sorry, how did you get this number? Please don't hang up, mein freund Rasmas Christian Anksersen, sagt your XG is wunderbar... 'click'

When they appoint Adam Lallana in May.

Think Solak is moving through the realisation phase. Fucking mug!

Fair play. They’ve made Prowse look like a complete bell-end. He’s in the Championship next season now whether he likes it or not 😂⏳