sockeye

"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.

Interim manager for QPR. 32 years of age. If he becomes permanent I'm going to go fucking apoplectic.

Wanted him to work, but the last month has been indefensible. I'll repeat my thoughts: there is a rot in the club that runs far deeper than Still, and replacing him alone is not sufficient. I have zero belief we will arrest our decline under this ownership.

I've been thinking Sport Republic and Southampton have been building a reputation in the footballing world (negative connotation) for some time. I don't see us escaping this slide until SR go, everyone knows they are incompetent from deep inside the club to across the continent.

I think there's a major lack of footballing nous in upper management, so they take half-hearted approaches when turning a new leaf. They believe changing the manager is sufficient, not noticing all the other problems in the room. They can put out a fire in the kitchen, but don't notice the black mold on the ceiling.

I like Jones, but he would never be a fit for Saints (nor Stoke). His emotional theatrical personality buys in most with underdog teams who haven't seen success for some time. Lots of respect for what he did at Luton and now Charlton.

I expect he has until the international break to save his job

That's ridiculous. If you just want to watch football, there are plenty of non-league sides with more fight than Saints and ticket prices a fraction of the cost of ours... Best thing is you don't need to 'switch allegiance' to do it.

Imagine how fans of Cov, Boro, Stoke, Millwall etc feel this year, all four of the 'big boys' have fallen flat on their faces and they're flying, they must be rubbing their hands with glee.

To be fair we are like a car crash in slow motion, no doubt people are going to be gawping and gossiping about it.

Think you may be right, there is no post for Martin post Spurs 5-0. https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/tag/russell-martin

Unfortunately, I don't think we're held in the same regard nationally as a footballing establishment. They'll probably get a decent owner, we'd get a charlatan knowing our luck.

They know the dog's abuse they'll get