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It’ll cause the club to implode in the new year because the commentators and press will talk about Russell Martin the past tense and openly speculate on the club’s future. That’s without any fan dissent or even protests. In Lawrie’s book, part of the reason it seems he returned as a Director in 1994 was to sack Branfoot. Apparently, Askham wanted rid of him for a while but for some reason wouldn’t pull the trigger. Wonder if Parsons is refusing to, Rasmus is playing politics within SR and won’t sack Martin either? SR have tried the ‘really highly regarded’ leaks to limit the gardening leave payments but nobody in the industry is that gullible.

100% agree. It’s taken too long but the vast bulk of the fanbase bar a few outliers are turning against him big time and I don’t think it will stop at Russell Martin either. Which is Rasmus and Parsons’s own fault for putting their fingers in their ears.

25 miles east on the M27 and you wouldn’t be saying that. I posted this on the jokes thread a while ago and this thread reminded me of it: A Southampton lad in his mid-20s is set up on a blind date from work with a female colleague from Portsmouth They text and agree to meet up in Whiteley They are getting on well, but his Dad had asked him to call him quickly to see how it was going ’I like her Dad but she says she’s a virgin’ ’Son, come home now’ ’Dad, why?!’ ’Son, if she’s not good enough for her own family she’s not good enough for ours’

And the fitness, which is terrible for PL levels. Would need to be Poch style double training sessions with the muscle injury risk it would bring as Nigel had the 12/13 squad much fitter than now. As for that UI article - Nick is normally pro-club, lose him and that’s a very bad benchmark for both Martin and Parsons’ career prospects. Phil should get rid to save his own skin even if he doesn’t give a shit about the club.

If there is a club insider on here - not the toadying, forelock tugging PR types who post on here - someone needs to get this cut out and posted all over Staplewood. Undermine the fucker further. It might save your job in the longer run so something in it for you as well as the survival of the club.

I don’t think they have one. Parsons is horribly out of his depth, we need a reincarnated John Williams type CEO. Also need a DoF and new first team manager. At SR, urgently needs a reshuffle with the Danish duo dissolved out of it replaced by more top level football expertise. Just football expertise needed at all levels of SFC and Valenciennes. If Dragan can’t bear to part from Rasmus then make him Goztepe CEO but keep him totally separate from the other two clubs and no voting rights etc over manager hires and player recruitment.

I was going to click like on this post as 95% I agree with but I’m sorry, I can’t agree and the vast majority of Saints fans won’t agree that he would get us promoted again. It was touch and go last time and he hasn’t shown anything this season suggesting he’s improved. That football creates far too many errors even at second tier level to get the 90-100 points needed for autos. 60+ conceded smashes the argument that he’s good at that level and Swansea leaked like crazy too. Plus the supporters are lost to his cause bar a few oddballs and the players will have a lot more than scar tissue this time around.

It’d be like the school playground football match from hell.

Same mistake as summer 2022 as well. They simply don’t learn or reflect on their mistakes.

Difference is their fans would be having a stadium full of banners, tennis balls on the pitch, invading the pitch, constantly chanting for the manager and owners to go.

Because finishing 6th and 7th, back to back to wins at Old Trafford, 8-0 against Sunderland, 6-1 v Villa, 4-2 Liverpool and Man City, under Ronald, that was so boring wasn’t it, leading to playing in the boring San Siro? And it’s so interesting this slow, error-ridden, constantly losing and not competing style under Russell Martin.

It was on the UI first by a poster of the same name.

A memory of rapid counter attacking football from players with pace and a moment to make the hairs on your neck stand up. This is who Southampton Football Club were

Southampton FC press office and media partners are certainly busy on here with ‘Steve O’ the latest to pop up.

Brilliant, top quality, shame on the club for kicking them out for that.

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PGMOL is rotten, has been since its formation. Every major tournament, other countries supporters have to put up the type of blunders in open play and added VAR ineptitude English officials bring to it.

In his own way, as unsuited to the Premier League as Nathan Jones. Well done Sports Republic and Rasmus, both were your hires. Great work lads 👍

JDW but double the prices.

Those two will be non-league in 10 years time. So will we if the Bearded Fraud stayed a decade.

He will be gone by then, only benefit would have been the whole ground (all 10k of them) giving him grief.

I’m not surprised, there’s a lot of smoke without there being some kind of fire around his departure. Not just rumours in here but the board meeting during the Chelsea game and his own behaviour post-match. He won’t change his approach for anyone though at SFC and therefore if the objective is win/draw the Spurs game, that won’t happen, even with rotten form they are in. He’d rather die on the hill of a million 5 yard passes between his defenders and keeper.

Surprised he didn’t mention his acca - Glasgow used to struggle with his gambling. Very likely him though, or as you say Deppo.

Interesting article here, quite a tightrope they’re walking between modernisers, extremists/hardliners and the international community https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q0w1g8zqvo

That’s true but they are quite often telegraphed and the keeper has time to get set. Fraser has specific issues with shots that are low, some aspect of angle and the key is getting them away early. He struggled to get down to them after his severe knee injury v Burnley. Can’t imagine that part of his game has transformed in his mid-30s.