Willo of Whiteley

I think it’s wishful thinking. Imagine having her as the majority/sole shareholder/owner again and actually hiring real football people.

I did say Coventry will falter. Norwich on the other hand are coming on well. They’ll be tipped for promotion next season if they finish strongly.

Appreciate you guys listening, thank you. Someone above mentioned the Jones signing of Bree and the Martin signing of Downes, Fraser etc. They’re 100% manager picked signings, but that’s the difference. Russell Martin was the manager, and he had a working relationship with Jason Wilcox. Managers we’ve had in the last year have become interim or “head coach”. I doubt there is much of a dynamic there. Put it this way, if you’ve got a manager picking certain players to buy and then it doesn’t work then the next manager wants to have their own ideas, identity and change the squad. A head coach is effectively told “if you’re in this position this is what you work with”. This is what mismanagement of the highest level does. Costs have to be cut. What better way than to just hiring a new head coach on the cheap that has little responsibility other than picking a team on a matchday.

I didn’t say it doesn’t happen. But I have said how it’s more spreadsheet analysis based than scouting in person compared to previously. Players are being scouted for the group, not the club and their respected league. Also my news comes from someone close to the club. The same one that made me aware of several transfers previously. I’m not trying to point score but I’d rather take their word over anyone else’s. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Flynn Downes, London cabbie Adam Armstrong, could see him as some farmhand boy Jack Stephens, bouncer, security guard Joe Aribo, circus performer Ryan Manning, a barista, and not a very good one Taylor Harwood-Bellis, a brickie Tonda Eckhart, IT geek, reminds me of Richmond from the IT Crowd Damion Downs, Bambi on ice Elias Jelert, a hobbit

He isn’t smart enough to do that.

They’ve got a kid in goal at the moment so we should be absolute peppering their net with shots. Unfortunately, basics seem to escape this manager and group of players. 1-1

Danny Rohl in the summer after he’s won the league with Rangers. 🤣

For those interested, Sport Republic effectively “revamped” the scouting network when they took over. Scouts that had been at the club for years, some for over a decade were effectively told “get on board, or leave”, so a lot left. They then compartmentalised the SR network, so if you are a Southampton scout, you are a Goztepe scout or a Valenciennes scout. You work for the group, not the club. This alongside now being “data driven” and following an algorithm rather than physical spectating players then produced wrong signings, mad fees and wasted time and money - and subsequently for us two relegations in four years under them. Yes, they found a couple of gems in Romeo Lavia and Mateus Fernandes, but they were already being tracked by a host of other teams; and it doesn’t mitigate the dross that has been signed in that time. Think of players that have signed on long contracts and then been let go or loaned out since they signed: Orsic, Sugawara, Onuachu, Sulemana, Bree (although he’s back for now), Lavia, Fernandes, Downes, Juan, Fraser, Larios, Bella-Kotchap, Taylor, Bazunu, Brereton-Diaz, Edwards, Caleta-Car…. Unbelievably, I could go on. Thought the above might be of some interest.

Dan Neil (CM) signing on loan for Ipswich, contract up in the summer. Good signing for them. Not a position we need but a good signing nonetheless. I don’t see us bringing more players in. I imagine we’ll still be trying to shift on the deadwood in Aribo and Edozie before anything happens. This season is done, as much as yes it is mathematically possible, but sometimes you have to be realistic and just say we aren’t good enough. Sport Republic spending money now would be stupid, and I wouldn’t trust them to spend it wisely.

Flynn Downes getting a lot of love on social media, did he turn up today? Still catching up post-work

He can go now. In fact he can fuck off.

Literally anyone. Fuck off Tonda.

1-1 draw against relegation threatened team with hardly any first teamers. Once again, WE ARE MASSIVE!

ITS TONDA TIME BITCHES

The post match bullshit will be “hard fought match”. Cant wait for the day someone turns around and goes “we’re fucking shit, these players are not as good as they think they are”.

It’s not very clear for me, I’m working 😅

Are we managing Leo’s minutes again….

Can someone summarise the first half for me? Currently working.

The fact we’re favourites is quite funny 😂

I’m not nervous. I couldn’t give a shit. The blue lot down the road are so insignificant this is just another game. I also don’t trust a single one of our players to be physical or take this game by the scruff of the neck. So I’ve offered to work, at least it means I won’t have to watch it. 😂

Crap 1-1, if we’re lucky. We aren’t winning. Expecting a Tonda masterclass reverting to a back five with Manning brought back into the side.

I’d argue our first full season under SR was the worst in my lifetime. This seasons isn’t much better.

I wouldn’t expect significant change. There need to be more outs before we bring people in. There’s a lot of coasters in this squad.

Virgil van Dijk has become more Virgil van Dick in recent years hasn’t he. Rattled.