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This is most Saints fans in a nutshell since Koeman left. There is a semblance of a fair point but patience is not going to change the inevitable. There are three main traits. One, comparing a shit manager to another shit manager and therefore concluding first shit manager isn’t as shit as the second shit manager so must be alright. Second, giving proven no mark managers/players endless chances if they are nice quiet types yet absolutely ripping on a talented footballer if he doesn’t perform at his usual high standards every game. Thirdly, ignoring the word pedigree. Every decision in life is a gamble but you can shorten the odds if you judge the pedigree of a player or manager. As far as football managers go, Eckart is the runt of the litter. Yet the attitude is let’s give him a go in arguably the most important season for the club since we were in Europe. Add the above ingredients up and the result is mediocrity. Hence the last few years at this club. We should all take a moment to actually let it sink in that the manager of our club has never managed or played the game. We simply cannot get comfortable with that being a thing. Ibrox would be on fire if that happened there.

Interesting stat around Matsuki. In the 14 games in all competitions he has featured, we have only lost once. Granted in most of these he was a late sub but I think he’s better than people give him credit. He reminds me of Stephen Davis. Tenacious and you don’t see a lot of what he does. He of course has also scored 2 goals unlike Fellows.

With arguably the best squad in the league. So those stats are appalling actually. You are ignoring the fact that our squad would win 50% of its games purely off the back of its own strength with no one telling them what to do. A good manager gets a squad of this strength to win every game. Look at Burnley, Leeds etc in the past. I honestly feel like I’m living in a twilight zone where I’m the only one that can see blatant and unprecedented failures at this club. No other club would hire someone that not only had never managed a professional man’s team before, but never played the game. You sometimes get ex players who get bumped up a bit too early and almost always have their inexperience exposed straight away but what club hires this guy???? I’ve said before the biggest issue at this club is the fans. I honestly think if Rasmus hired his mum as the next manager but she got a few results the fan base would get behind her.

Not been on for a while as couldn’t face the usual happy clapping because we have miraculously picked up some results recently. I’m not a glass half full type of person and of course some result were much welcome not to mention the Leicester cup game gave us a brief glimpse of what it’s like to support an exciting football team. But can any of you genuinely pin down a core discernible reason why we picked up those results? The truth is like the last brief purple patch we had when Todger took over it’s completely unexplainable. A wise man would admit we were promoted under Martin in spite of him, not because of him. If we scrape in this year the same will be true for Todger. I know some fans struggle to admit it, but we probably have one of top 3 squads in the league, if not the best squad of all. Our bench today was absolutely ridiculous for the championship. I reckon all other teams would have them in their starting 11s without question. After the experiment with Still the brief was clear, get an experienced old manager in to get the basics right. We gambled again but this time on a literal PE teacher. Let that sink in…… Nothing is going to change until we get an experienced manager. We lost today because of the no mark in charge.

For those thinking let’s give George Mong a chance, he’s played twice for the u21s and let in 6 goals. Thats against kids. The 9-0 could be on. Archer starting against the same team a week after that performance last week is scandalous and a spit in the face of the fans.

Hi Gavin. How’s the injury?

Trust Saints to give Leicester the shot in the arm they needed. I bet they love playing us. No target man up front is to blame for this. Playing Archer is unforgivable from the no mark twat we somehow have as manager.

Just seen he scored 2 last week and 1 this weekend. Now got 15 goals in 18 games. We would be top 2 with him, there is no doubt.

Because you have been cornered and are too dim to think of a way out. I couldn’t have planned it better, pointing the finger at happy clappers and then you reply with a cut and paste happy clapper post. Oh if you don’t empty out your pockets and sack of your family and friends every weekend you’re not a fan. Only on a fan forum could you receive instant validation like that. one of the biggest mistakes a football club fanbase makes is thinking that the owner down to the players and staff think the same as you. They don’t, it’s just a job that leads to a payslip. As long as the pay slips keep coming, they will go through the motions just like the vast majority of us do at our jobs. The only thing that affects that is when the chance of that payslip arriving is threatened. Fans actually have the power but unfortunately the vast majority are blind to it or too scared to do anything else than watch football at the weekend.

Flushed one of you out then. The issue with people like you, well apart from being a grown man with a cartoon character as your profile pic, is that you are not bright enough to connect the dots. If there are enough seals like you going down for pints in plastic cups out in the cold, fried frozen food, playing Tetris in level 1, paying £40 a ticket to watch players looking like they are doing a light passing training exercise for 90 plus minutes then why would Sports Republic buy new players, hire a manager that’s going to say no to them and have demands, buy proven experience players rather than children so they can use the club as a player trading vessel etc. if you lot keep turning up and worse still spend time before and after the game giving them money then they won’t give a shit if we are in the national league. As to your comment on support, you might think Tom Cruise is a good actor, would you go and see every film he makes even the bad ones? Same goes for any other form of entertainment. Here’s a brainwave for you, support doesn’t equate to how much money you spend on something. If so Dragon is the world’s biggest Saints fan and clearly he doesn’t give a shit. If this club hadn’t bought a player that I’m closely related to I wouldn’t exist. So suffice to say I have a much stronger connection to the club than you ever could you grease spot.

100% this. I rarely go to games now as despite always supporting my home town club when it comes to spending money on entertainment you have to get something in return. I’d like to say I’m being facetious by saying we are usually lucky to see a goal or perhaps even a shot (never mind a win at home against a weak opponent!) but I’m not. Let that sink in, we are lucky to see one measly goal and it’s been like this for 2 seasons. However, I went to the Sheffield Inited game because a mate was offered free tickets. Yes that’s right, the club rang up where he works and said he could have as many free tickets as he wanted. I can only assume it was to make the stadium look more full. So there is some news for all of you, they are begging people to take free tickets. I was absolutely flabbergasted by the amount of people in the fan zone, buying overpriced food all game up and down the stairs, drinking pints in plastic cups out in the cold when they could be in a warm pub. The fanzine and bar was even open after the game which was boring as hell and there were still people hanging around and giving money to the club. What hope have we got with getting Sport Republic out with these absolute morons we have in our fanbase. We haven’t had an ounce of fun or entertainment in years and these happy clapping seals still turn up and empty out their pockets for nothing in return. Until this stops the misery is going to continue and Sport Republic are going no where.

29 January and not a single rumour. Not one. How are Sport Republic able to keep finding new depths of ineptitude? I bet we could google any club right now and there would be at least one player linked to them. I don’t for a second think we are going to make the play offs but we are only 7 points of it as we speak and an experienced manager and a new striker would get us there and within a shout of being back on the premier league gravy train. The biggest prize in world football and we are not even giving it a half assed try.

Exactly this. I’ve said before but we have awful local journalists. Blackmore seems to not work all week and only appears on match day. Alfie House is a total no mark and a perfect example of the dross now working in journalism. The fact he can happily post these soundbites that say absolutely F all week in week out shows how useless he is. I know managers won’t reveal confidential information but House could at least ask whether it’s incomings or outgoings, what positions, what sort of profile we are looking for etc. You know some actual news that any self respecting reporter realises is their job. He clearly doesn’t even have an inquisitive mind which again you would think is a fundamental of journalism. The biggest red flag these guys are useless is the ludicrous situation with Edozie. We still don’t know why he hasn’t appeared all season. Maybe ask the club? His agent? Through other contacts in the game? Some actual journalism?

Birmingham have just outbid Ajax for a player. £7m outlay for a club that hasn’t been in the premier league for 15 years. Meanwhile at this club who were in the prem last year and who are £74m up on player trading this year there is not a single rumour or penny spent all window. Make it make sense.

Sorry but how the actual fuck are the owners of Atletico Madrid investing £48m into Wrexham for only 10%?! They worth £480m??? Just when you think football has produced the ultimate bad boss of vile corrupt unjust putridness along comes a new one to take crown. Fucking hate this club with a passion.

Don’t get the hate for Matsuki starting. Whenever I have seen him he’s been a little terrier going around and getting stuck in. Exactly the type of player you need on derby day. It’s not like Jander or Downes actually tackle someone. The real surprise is Bree. Throwing someone in who has been playing for another club all season for a derby is batshit crazy. I don’t think another manager on the planet would do that. Not saying he will have a strong allegiance to Charlton but it’s still a mindset change going back to another club that we don’t need in a game that demands the most loyalty.

Still think we need to replace him asap with an experienced manager but he has a point about us creating enough chances. Ok Sheffield United were poor but we could have had 6 goals last night if our players actually decided to shoot or could strike a ball semi well. Fellows might be the worst shooter I’ve seen at the club and that’s saying something. If we could get someone in who can at least strike a ball or have some instinct in the box we might make the play offs. The issue is average joes like Sesko and Gyokeres are going for £50m nowadays when usually they would go to a team like us first. If we can’t find anyone I still think Gabbiadini would be a great pick up on a free. We shouldn’t let the horror show which has been Romeu’s return cloud our judgement. You need legs in central midfield in this country, being in the right place at the right time is an art which he has.

Of course I wouldn’t. Are you seriously comparing a tiny shithole like Wrexham with Southampton? I know our club has shit owners and so are the council, but it’s one of the fastest going cities in the country with lots to tap into. The waterfront development alone is a reason to own the club which sports republic have been exploring. There is absolutely no return in owning a small potatoes club like Wrexham. It’s the type of club that should be owned by the local businessmen that hovers around league 2/non league. What’s happening with them is the most egregious example of financial abuse in football. At least with city etc you can get it to a stage where it can sustain itself. Thats never going to happen with Wrexham. Hate them with a passion and it doesn’t get enough bad publicity.

For me this when you know football has gone fully rotten. Ok we have had Chelsea, Man City etc over the years, but those are big clubs in big cities. You can see why a business would invest lots knowing there is a large fanbase and city to invest in. Wrexham?! Where is the investment return there apart from some crap show on Disney? Shouldn’t be allowed.

Possibly a player moving to or from Salzburg.

Believe someone might be off to Rennes. Not sure who. Possibly a CB.

Interesting to see that Norwich are starting to pick up points and be competitive since hiring a real manager in Clement. Same can obviously be said for Sheffield United since sacking off Tonda prototype 1. Apparently it’s rocket science for Sport Republic to associate experienced managers with betters results. The disrespect towards older managers/players in football nowadays is appalling.

Now being linked to a child at Wigan. We are going to need a bigger crèche at this rate. https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/southampton-plotting-move-for-wigan-athletic-harrison-bettoni/

We all saw this coming when it was said that they had 8 payers or whatever missing. We knew they would not only compete but dominate us. Blackmore and Tessem saying the players look devoid of ideas. I guess we could all say it’s almost like we have a guy with absolutely no experience managing the team? Let it sink in, that’s actually the reality!!!!

Are you saying Fellows a winger and Manning one of the worst excuses for a defender I’ve seen in my life are a safer bet than Wellington and Jelert? Genuinely one of the worst takes I’ve even seen on this forum and that’s saying something.