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Wait a minute... What was all that talk earlier about them being close to figuring out the flux capacitor? Keep believing Hypo!

Well, I guess their silence has worked in the sense that there are fewer pitchforks around. We as a fanbase are cooling down a little. I don't mean this as to say that they are doing it right, just that most people want instant answers and info, often a bit to soon 😉 And that the only statements they can make at this time are the kind of statements that doesn't really say anything (but again, they should be doing that). In the end I just do not have any confidence in them being on top of this with a good plan. So the silence is just another sign of their incompetence as leaders...

None? Is that an option? At least not any kind of response we would want. We might get a short statement saying that Tonda is on gardening leave/suspended pending the FA investigation. Or they might wait until the verdict from the FA is official. And there will be a kit launch and season tickets sale like nothing have happened... This is what I expect from them (not what I want)

Lovely!

If you wish the new Southampton manager to be Answer me these questions three Will you play a back five? Will you play Bazunu in goal? Will you play Archer as the number nine? If the answer to all three is no - the job is yours!

I live on “the continent”, and not a single person I have spoken to has called the club cheats, and said that the cheating part is bad for the reputation of the club. But everyone is making fun of how bad we are at spying. They have seen the photo and can’t stop laughing. I’m receiving a lot of banter about how amateurish we are, but nothing about us being a morally bad club or cheats.

Arrogance and incompetence is a bad combo... but sadly fits very well with all we have seen from SR. They will continue to to make poor decisions, and I have zero faith in them handling this difficult and crucial period in a good and competent way.

With our karma he will be the new Oleg Salenko of the World Cup, and be off before it's over 😄

Good post, but to me it just sounded like something he would have said to make the questions go away - not that he was sitting on some jucy revelation. And that if he really wanted to talk about it, it was just to say that he didn't know/it common practice on the continent etc...

Just invite them to come watch our training.

The media being all over this is no surprise. They want controversy, and they have little interest in talking about football. They gobble up shit like this. Players don’t care. This game is big enough as it is. Let’s do the job, and get back with a good result for the second leg!

I read that the wrong way at first, like you speaking to a wheelie bin, and now I can’t get the image of a man arguing with wheelie bin’s out of my head.

I agree, and that is partly why I think it will take until the end of the window, because he will be waiting for the best possible opportunity.

You should be his agent 😉

If this is the terms of the deal, that it will become permanent upon promotion (like THB), then this is great news indeed! My concern about the GK situation (Baz apart) is that I don't think we will be able to shift Ramsdale until the very end of the window/start of next season, and if we had to wait to sign Peretz until Ramsdale is off, then I think we would not be able to make that happen.

We were warned this would happen... 😉

Yep, can’t wait to get good ol’ shoehorn in there again. I guess they are still quite useful 😃

Hope we can find a little spring in our step for the playoffs. Momentum seems to slowly be winding down. We have gone from comfortable wins, on to going behind and winning at the end, to draws (and a loss if you count City). A lot of players might need a rest, but I also think it would be important for us to win the last game before the playoffs, to reverse the momentum a little.

Fuck, that had never crossed my mind... If Peretz get an injury or suspension, can Baz actually play for us in the playoffs? (where is MLG when you need him)

I think he is on a lot of shortlists around Europe. I don't think he stays too long if we don't go up. https://the72.co.uk/2026/04/23/southampton-stuttgart-eye-tonda-eckert-hoeness-exit/

Yeah, going up is so important now if we want to build on this team and momentum. Fail in the playoffs and we lose half our starting eleven, and probably Tonda as well... next season in the Championship will be another restart.

All the feel-good factor, hope and belief wiped out in one fell swoop. I still sleep with a nightlight, fearing this 🥺

It could be the other way around. Tonda strikes me as someone who has fokus on one thing at a time (preparing for the next game), and he is the one waiting to see what division we are in next season. He knows that even if we go up, or not, he will still be in demand (sorry about that)

His ability to read won’t have anything to do with it, it will be because of his ability to catch a ball…