sockeye

Are these veterans of the DEF I hear Turkish speak so fondly about?

Jesus wept

If SR have fucked this up somehow it’ll be a shitstorm

Doesn’t really matter if they spend if they waste it all though does it? And they’ve fucked up enough times that this argument shouldn’t hold water, they aren’t suddenly going to start making sensible appointments now. They are rapidly running out of rope

he has fallen out with the club after rasmus said he would be playing left back

Appointing managers like it’s FIFA

IIRC the lauded unbeaten run started with Stephens getting injured too.

Solak gets credit because “well he’s spent money it’s just been misused by charlatans” yet every major appointment is a disaster. meanwhile some staff have caught a mad amount of hatred from fans and then gone on to achieve well elsewhere Don’t get the logic of it either

They don’t play for the badge. They only join for the opportunity to leave. Because we are a player trading organisation and not a football club.

Romeu as a concession in an attempt to soften the blow of Martin. Nightmare fuel.

If Romeu is basicially confirmed and JWP is reasonably likely, you have to think SR are confident they can ship a couple of MFs out. Aribo and Matsuki perhaps?

Well, the rest of them haven't exactly set the world alight...

"Romeu done"

Solak to Rasmus... "Go and get the Eric Ramsay"

Looking forward to the Super Mario style announcement video.

https://xcancel.com/SaintsExtra/status/1985305611974660199 Will Still a donc déjà été licencié à Southampton à peine cinq mois après son arrivée... D'ailleurs, les propriétaires des Saints (Sport Republic) ont quand même un fonctionnement globalement assez catastrophique (voir aussi à Valenciennes) avec plusieurs personnes sans réel rôle autour des clubs Will Still has already been sacked by Southampton barely five months after his arrival... Moreover, the Saints' owners (Sport Republic) have a generally disastrous management structure (see also Valenciennes) with several people around the clubs who have no real role - Romain Molina (Guardian, NY Times)

Said 'data' being Stoke's points total.

That’s the trouble, we don’t really know the full picture of what’s going on behind closed doors. We can only infer from rumours, results and remarks made by journalists. I know some here are primarily concerned about reasons for underperformance that are clearly visible (Still’s formation and substitutions). I think to most though it is apparent that the players seem lethargic and unmotivated. This is the “dressing room rot” and I think it’s a cultural issue of bad feeling rather than bad actors intentionally causing destability. Here are some of my ideas of individual factors that could be contributing to this. - Not liking/respecting the manager or coaches - Not wanting to be at the club and missing out on a move - Not mixing with other players or being part of a clique (2022/23 was rumoured to have a Francophone clique destabilising morale) - Feeling like failure is rewarded or not adequately punished - Lack of trust in the ownership / feeling of futility - Feeling frustrated at losing a place in the squad / starting 11 - Feeling that their criticisms and thoughts are not heard I’m not so confident as to single out individual players that could be contributing. Some situations that intrigue me in particular are Edozie & Aribo’s disappearance and Downes (and wider squad) recurrent illnesses. When there is strife within a team they can perform well below the sum of their parts. It has been said that this group is exceptionally quiet, perhaps there are some deep grudges being held beneath the surface.

No no no no no no.

No doubt a few clowns begging for him on the comments of that post.

I'm looking forward to the return of Bazunu, Stephens, Manning and Downs to the lineup as the new manager finds his best 11.

Russell Martin... 2!

Don't be silly, that's ownership material not mere management.

Yup, not sure why I said 'if' really.

So Carl Martin's finally gone. Lallana and Trollope clearly still have a few more years to fuck up the squad though. I just can't with this ownership.