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Other than one or two puff piece interviews with Solent / The Echo over the last 4 years, what do we have to go on to be so certain of that..? (I don't count wasting loads of money on mediocre players as 'good intent')

I wouldn't be surprised if Wednesday are back above us within 2 or 3 years...

Dave Challinor might fit that profile....? Got Stockport promoted from League 2 (awarded manager of the season in the process) and now riding high in Div 1. 7 promotions in 14 seasons and over 50% win rate. High pressing, aggressive playing style. Apparently favourite to take over at Norwich if/when Liam Manning is relieved of his duties there. Edit: just seen that he's been suggested by @Saint86 several times before... Great minds thinking alike...

I'd probably go with the two Danes at fullback but I reckon that's a good shout on the midfielders and forwards.

Would explain why the club pulled the plug on the interview that Solent and/or The Echo had tee'd up with Spors during the recent international break. It seems to clear to me that things behind the scenes are broken beyond repair and the ONLY solution is for Ankersen, Solak and Sport Republic to f*** right off. I know there's a fraternity amongst the fan base who proclaim that protesting against the ownership won't achieve anything, but I disagree with that. What owner of any organisation would want to stick around when their customer base turns on them in sustained protests and/or boycotts? Surely that's not a sustainable business model and would ultimately force a change? One thing is certain... Sitting back meekly doing nothing won't achieve anything...

Ignore that... Just found the source on another thread 👍🏻

I completely missed that... Got a full transcript? Cheers.

Never thought I'd hear myself saying this but we're missing Bednarek...

I know I'm sounding like a scratched record but it's inevitable that they'll make the same mistake they made last season in that they persevered with Martin until December when it was obvious in October that he was out of his depth....

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Clocks go back tonight. Anyone know if we can turn them back as far as 2016? #halcyondays

Just to clear one thing up, have Lighthouse and MLG ever been seen together in the same room...? (Maybe at a Contrarian Festival but that doesn't count... )

They were probably saying the same about Martin this time last year...

I'm yet to be convinced that Sport Republic / Ankersen / Solak aren't part of some Portsmouth fan plot to bring Saints crumbling down from within. Someone tell me how things would be playing out differently if that was actually true... (Other conspiracy theories are available)

Can you imagine such a shambolic amateurish scenario like that ever arising under, say, a Cortese regime? Love him or hate him, he ran a tight ship and wouldn't have let it happen. Taking two ill players to an away game in the hope that they'll be ok, whilst not bringing any first team back up for them, and then having to rely on an U21 player who happened to be half way up the country who then has to come on with an unnamed / unnumbered shirt. Tin pot in the extreme.

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Doesn't that quote fall into the category of: "well he would say that, wouldn't he?" Surely, losing control of the organisation that made him wealthy and powerful is going to have knock on effect on ALL of his business interests, Saints included...? I'm sure our crack local journos are on the case though...

Yep, that's my intention... Just pissed off I've put money in Sport Republic's coffers when buying a ticket I'm not going to use 😡

Has he actually lost much, if any money though (yet)? I thought we've been around the top of the 'net spend table' since Semmen's "perfect solution" took over the club...? (Of course, that could well change in the future if our current trajectory continues...)

P.s. bugger... Just remembered I bought a ticket for this game in order to guarantee getting a ticket for the PCFC derby. FFS.

We don't have another game for a whole week? Does that mean we get to play these highly paid and hyper-fit athletes for an entire 90 minutes and therefore don't have to take our best players off? That'll be a welcome novelty...

Not a bad shout actually :)

So manager 'X' is beyond criticism because manager 'Y' turns out to be worse? I bow to the logic of the Saintsweb intelligentsia....

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