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Equally possible and/or a subordinate dropped a ricket and she’s soaring their blushes. Still an unusual situation at that level.

Agree with 99% of that FT apart from being sold to Gao.

Very much agree, and as poor as Martin has been this season there’s just no top level football experience to rein him in a bit and get the detail focus the squad needs. SR needs an experienced top level DoF and first team manager at SFC just as much as SFC needs them.

As Braverman once said, people’s ethnicity doesn’t always determine their personal views and political ones. It’s not a route I’d ever choose, especially if I were him.

Which is Rasmus, the compromise might be that he becomes a Goztepe employee but not part of SR board itself, and Dragan appoints someone of more obvious top level footballing stature and experience to oversee the group.

Cynical I know but that’s the sort of thing which gets you the elbow at the BBC and not what you expect from someone that experienced. Given Boris’s duo will be going shortly I’d think, I wonder if she’s had a bigger offer from one of Murdoch’s or Marshall’s streaming channels and this gets her out of her BBC deal?

Don’t know about Soton specifically but certainly overseas Neo-Nazi involvement inciting and escalating the rioting and the arson attacks, in addition to Patriotic Alternative’s role domestically. PA being led by Nick Griffin’s former deputy https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8l9gpp8yro

Unless the Covid debt was dealt with, I can’t even see them getting the £100m. That said, with the parachute payments, another buyer without the Rasmus/Kraft/Martin baggage could turn the club around within a couple of years. I’d personally be happy with Dragan as owner but minus the 🤡 crew. If that’s not possible, then at least Martin Semmens won’t be selecting the new buyer.

A 20 yard pure strike into the top corner according to BBC. Let’s hope it was in front of their little pocket of travelling fans and a few frothed at the mouth as it flew in.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cp8mjjn1m84t#Tables

Said it yourself, it’s Guido, and last weekend it was Tice’s missus. Early on the Blair years the Mail were convinced they had a gotcha with a story about the Blair’s nanny and in the end it amounted to a wet fart https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/mar/11/1 If one of the other papers like the Guardian or especially the Mirror thought they were going to get there first they’d publish it. Also, the Mail and DT would be wetting themselves silly with anticipation and couldn’t help dropping front page hints. Never say never, but it feels unlikely.

And on a human level I get it as well. They either get booted out by the electorate or their own party. Labour couldn’t beat Thatcher but beat herself with the poll tax and her own party pulled the 🔪, Cameron was effectively unseated by the referendum, the only one who wasn’t was Blair although his neighbour at No 11 made life rather uncomfortable over what/wasn't said over a dinner in the 1990s. Politics makes even football management look sane.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56578838 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/28/petrosaudi-tony-blair-emails-oil-company-chinese

Surprising as it’s about them and a healthy sprinkling of swear words. Right up the youths’ street.

Yep, several times under Branfoot as a teenager I wanted the heavy defeats to end his time as manager. The defeats came alright but Guy Mr Burns Askham gave him a 3 year contract instead of the sack. Pellegrino was the other one - dreadful and even worse than Branfoot. Didn't quite reach that stage with Nathan Jones or Martin yet and to be honest until SR get a UK-experienced and high quality Head of Football, CEO and First Team Manager who can keep the door closed and locked on Rasmus Ankerson, I can’t see the replacement being any better. Still no excuse for Martin to be in post though.

Get him starting songs in the Northam Wall He’d love ‘My Old Man said be a Pompey Fan’, especially the lyrics in the last two lines.

Corrupt Bob causing more blue on blue action https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp39q1ppk41o

As manager in the short-term, it’s not so inviting, granted. But if he was replacing Wilcox’s role for two years after that, either mentoring Lallana or his own selection as head coach, that could be more inviting than a mere managerial gig. And great from our perspective if it finally kicks Rasmus out of any involvement with SFC. Moyes or someone like him is what’s needed to inject that UK football industry know how SR have sorely lacked.

More of Iran’s focus switching to defending against Israel doesn’t help Putin in the slightest because 🇮🇷 has been arming Russia’s campaign in Ukraine of late. Added to the fact China won’t openly arm them and are fed up with the Ukraine war, Vladimir looks fucked. And a lessening chance of his puppet Donald returning to bail him out and weaken NATO. I hate what Israel did in Gaza but on this occasion it might benefit Ukraine and NATO alliance by bringing about a much-needed clear out at the top in Russia and Iran, although much harder to see the Iranian people being able to topple the IRG. Unless the Saudis arm the opposition to finish them off.

I do in some ways but SR are the root issue. They need to hand the keys over to a Moyes or someone like him who understands the football industry and won’t accept trying to do Lidl-level moneyball.

I agree in some ways but not in others. Did you think Everton were better than us at Goodison? Were Ipswich miles better last week if we’d have cut out some of the slow passing shit? We were actually better second half. We didn’t give ourselves a chance at Brentford to assess if we could compete with them given the General Custer tactics. It was unlikely we were going to stay up but we’ve thrown away a point v Newcastle, Forest, penalty debacle v Man U, Ipswich late goal by not protecting the D, and tonight’s disaster tactics. 5/6 points and tonight gets put down to an off night. You can’t disrespect any industry by playing at or hiding behind philosophies. 100% organisation, focus, planning for every game.

I’m not cross, just frustrated that it doesn’t need to be this awful. Competitive for me is Luton last season, Blackpool when they came up. Stay in most of the games, a few wins for hope, give 100%, fit, well organised, play at a decent tempo. That’s the minimum with our resources and history, and shouldn’t be beyond his replacement even if we aren’t good enough as we suspected over 38 games. Martin is miles below that and not acceptable in his position and on his salary.

The lack of organisation is unforgivable but it shouldn’t surprise us when we conceded 70 last year with KWP, Bednarek and THB in the back 4. OK, 🤡 behind them until he got injured but those three are as good as it gets at Champ level. And not knowing who your first choice penalty taker is…. The tactics tonight were up there with anything late Ralph/Nathan Jones/Pellegrino/Branfoot. It’s ruining a younger squad and SR need to deal with it and also bring some football experience in to running the club and overseeing transfers. The Aldi approach to shopping isn’t working.

Absolutely this. Martin can’t survive that and to ask him to face Arsenal would be cruel and neglectful even by SR standards. Lallana caretaker for that and let’s see who is up for a massive task. I’d like to see Moyes on a long contract - manager this season, get us competing ala Luton/Blackpool, enjoy the games again, and Adam Head Coach with Moyes running all football aspects at SFC next summer. Direct report to Dragan and give David the SMS keys basically. When he has had that at Everton and W Ham he was very successful with fit, organised, highly competitive teams. The academies got a chance too, not loads of spreadsheet second rate tat from Rasmus’s spreadsheets clogging up the payroll.

And this is it in a nutshell (where’s Trousers with a suitable gif?) Someone like David Moyes needs to be appointing the managers.