Willo of Whiteley

Just seen the score! YAY 1-0! FIVE AT THE BACK ITS TONDA TIME BITCHES!!!

Fabrice - where are you?

Part of the “inner core”. The “untouchables”. The “ones who run the club”. (I’m being sarcastic but I’m sure some will take it as fact). 😂

By the sound of it - fuck all I’d expect nothing else from our fans. All that said, when we inevitably concede today, I’m sure the songs will start. I’m hoping for some chanting around the five at the back

Can you imagine a scenario where players were played in their proper positions… Nice, right… 🥲

FUVE AT THE BACK, TONDA TIME CONTINUES!!!

It’ll get toxic very quickly when, not if, we concede.

There was never going to be one

BACK FIVE LADS! FUCK YEAH!

Almost as on point as the Saints players “we love Tonda” propaganda.

Greatest PR stunt Sport Rephblic have ever made - and they’ve been found out

Nothing to do with the attention span. He’s boring and doesn’t inspire any form of confidence. Says it all when you look at our second half performances.

Listened for one minute and it was the usual generic bullshit. He looked very uncomfortable, almost like he was unsure what to say.

I must admit I completely forgot about Fernandes and Archer. That’s just how irrelevant they were/are.

It’s very simple. I wouldn’t trust them to spend the money wisely. Also you cannot say they spent the money eighteen months ago. Taking Downes and THB out of the occasion we spent money on Aaron Ramsdale and peanuts on everyone else (Sugawara, Brereton-Diaz, Fraser, Edwards). The picked peanuts players at a time where it was time to invest.

I think the problem is that even if SR did the unthinkable and made some shrewd signings, and we did get promoted; we’ll come straight back down. We aren’t ever doing a Forest or a Sunderland and buying our way to stay up in the Premier League.

I’d be wanting a lot of guarantees to be signing for Southampton right now. Or money. Almost like we’re going to need to start bribing people to come here if things don’t change. That’s why a strong manager can make all the difference. It encourages and entices players, it also shields the players of all the bollocks that happens above the manager.

Stats mean absolutely fuck all. If you don’t score one goal more than the opposition then it’s all irrelevant. Nothing should matter more. Not really sure why most managers want to play pretty nowadays, play effective.

Good. He can leave. Another Sport Republic masterclass in buying. This squad is abysmal compared to two years ago.

Most teams only offer contracts nowadays to protect their previous investment. But it’s becoming more common for players to run down their contract. I don’t blame him for wanting to leave, he’s been subjected to barrels of abuse for ages. I wouldn’t want to stick around. But he’s still an international goalkeeper so will have the outlook of “I’m still a good keeper” - fine. Good luck to him. Shea Charles will be next to be sold in the summer. His contract offer has been on the table for about four months now.

I don’t think Adam Armstrong will be going anywhere. Some people need to check the sources before jumping on the panic bandwagon. He’s head and shoulders our best forward and does a lot more than people think. Is he Ronaldo? No. But if he wasn’t playing for us there’s a lot of people that would quickly hope he was.

I’d take him even if he was missing a foot and in a wheelchair.

Sport Republic love a yes man though

I’d argue that for the most part Les Reed signings were good. Even under Martin Semmens when money was harder to come by there were some very screwed signings that kept us ticking over for years. Livramento, Salisu etc

Absolute bollocks that. Lovren, van Dijk, Yosida - all right footers that played on the left