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You could look at it as us 'standing by him'. Or you could frame it as us just fulfilling our end of the contract that was signed in good faith by both parties. It was never an option for us to just bin him off because he was injured.

Don't think you can really bash the club over this. Seems that we fully intended to trigger the extension if we lost in the playoffs and didn't get promoted, which is perfectly reasonable IMO. But nobody at the club actually expected the EFL to hit the nuclear button and expel us, so by the time it was confirmed we wouldn't be in the final that 5 day window had already expired. Can't blame his agent for trying to get better terms really.

I'm very happy he's joined us permanently. There was a lot of derision from some when he signed, because his track record wasn't great and on paper it did seem an odd signing. So it was very pleasing to see him prove his doubters wrong and become a key part of our unbeaten run. I just really hope that he doesn't succumb to the Saganowski effect now that he's signed permanently.

Gerrin!

Quite right. The overwhelming majority of the (wholly justified) criticism of SR has been around the multiple disastrous decisions they've made on the footballing side of things with player recruitment and managerial appointments. I don't think anyone doubts Dragan's willingness to back the club financially, and I'm sure he is as exasperated as the rest of us with some of the failures we've had to endure. But he also shoulders the ultimate responsibility as Chairman, so he's not above any criticism.

Every one of those other keepers you mention... whatever mistakes they may have made, howlers in possession or saves they probably could/should have made but didn't - at the very least they all looked like they understood the basics of goalkeeping and for the most part saved pretty much everything you would expect them to save. Bazunu does not fit this description. After all the years since he signed, he has shown zero sign of any improvement in his game, regularly lets terrible shots somehow get past him, and still looks more like an outfield player who drew the short straw and had to go in goal because the actual keeper got injured/sent off and there was no backup on the bench. It's absolutely mad how some people just can't see this.

No, but they've all got a 4 points headstart on us already.

I think there is still some middle ground here. The fact is that, in the modern workplace, if any employee were to raise a complaint of bullying after being pressured into taking actions that are against industry regulations, having voiced their concerns and discomfort in taking such actions, then that complaint would undoubtedly get upheld in any disciplinary proceedings and the guilty party would expect to be dismissed for misconduct. So in legal terms, what's happened could easily be interpreted as bullying, but only if that employee decides to lodge a complaint about it. In this case, if nobody has raised such a complaint, and everyone is happy to continue to work with Tonda in full knowledge of what went on, then I don't see an issue with him staying in post.

In fairness, the term does seem to have entered common usage to mean its exact opposite in recent years. He's not alone.

Indeed. There was a real togetherness in the team for the second half of the season and he was evidently a big part of that. If we can largely keep that team together (expect one or two departures still) then even starting on -4 I reckon we would still be among the favourites for autos, or even the title.

While I appreciate the sentiment, I rather think that 'fucking keep out' would be more appropriate in this instance.

But that is exactly what happened, according to the statements given to the EFL... https://images.gc.eflservices.co.uk/4863abd0-5dc8-11f1-9347-83110955f550.pdf The Ipswich Incident 22. The Club was scheduled to play Ipswich in a home fixture on the evening of 28 April 2026. In preparation, Ipswich trained at Eastleigh Football Club (“Eastleigh”) prior to the match. The evidence before the Commission was that Southampton and Eastleigh had a close working relationship. 23. Mr Eckert’s evidence before the Commission was that he had understood that someone from Eastleigh had sent CCTV footage of the Ipswich training session to someone at Southampton, the existence of which he (Mr Eckert) knew only a couple of hours before kick-off. After a short while, he asked for it to be switched off, so he could concentrate on the pre-match meeting. He said the footage showed nothing of influence, and he made no alterations to the match preparations which were in any event complete by that time. 24. However, it was Analyst 1’s evidence that the Assistant Coach (one of Southampton’s First Team Coaches) told him that Mr Eckert had said at an earlier match preparation meeting that “someone should go to Eastleigh to look at Ipswich”; and the Junior Analyst Intern said he was approached by the Assistant Coach to go to Eastleigh to watch Ipswich “as the boss is adamant that someone needs to go”. The Junior Analyst Intern felt uncomfortable doing this and said, “No”, and no further pressure was applied for him to go. Analyst 1 also felt uncomfortable: he said in his evidence that he grouped himself with the younger members of the analysis team who were being pressurised into carrying out observations, and he felt pressurised himself. Furthermore, at the time of the Ipswich match, he was attending a UEFA Coaching Course. So, he did not go to observe the Ipswich training session either. But Analyst 2 called him when he was at that course, saying the coaches were insistent that someone should go to Eastleigh, and Analyst 1 called an Academy Analyst Intern who had worked with Eastleigh before, and he said he would go. Analyst 1 asked that he be provided with Eastleigh kit and a legend, i.e. what his supposed “role” was at Eastleigh. 25. The Junior Analyst duly went to Eastleigh and observed the training sessions. Someone at Eastleigh video recorded the whole session on the morning of the match, this was sent to Southampton. From that footage, the Club was able to predict the exact Ipswich team for the fixture. So there was much more to it than us just obtaining CCTV footage and not watching it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgz2xq7ykvo Man admits violent disorder at Henry Nowak protest The 44-year-old, who has 25 previous convictions for 55 offences, was remanded in custody to be sentenced at Southampton Crown Court on 16 July. The court heard Frost's previous offending included four instances of public disorder and possession of a blade. Nola Bond, prosecuting, told the court Frost had thrown dustbins and a chair at police. She added: "He had around his neck a dog lead with a carabiner and wrapped it around his knuckles and taunted police officers to come and take it off him." Sounds like a nice chap 🙄

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZFxXIXsB4O/ Stay safe out there everyone 🤣

I have to say the only thing I'm actually looking forward to about this world cup is Trumpty Dumpty, the thin-skinned orange man-baby, losing his shit when fans of other countries start chanting nasty things about him. Especially the Scottish. He's convinced they all love him in Scotland - boy is he in for a surprise 🤣