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Other than ITK snippet on Monday/Tuesday, has there been any more news on this? I.e. who the likely party is, and when we can expect it to happen (with a slight bit more definition than, "soon" if possible 😅)

I agree. Its obviously spin - Blackmore doing his best dog on a leash impression and trying cover our blushes. The mere fact that he is out there trying to make up excuses shows we've got something to be embarrassed about.

He's been a net good owner. You know that right? He kicked Reed and co to the kerb, got us Hassenhuttle, and under his stewardship we've somehow avoided relegation and total financial implosion. Reed was the worst person to ever run our club. He came so very close to utterly ruining us with a legacy of taking a european chasing team in to one that would be very lucky to be in business. It really isn't reasonable to lynch Gao for somehow saving us from Reed's nightmare. Yeah okay, i'm sure things would be different if he poured money into the club... But those owners are few and far between.

In all seriousness, that sounds like Club PR from Blackmore. There is no way saints would have wasted time on Sangare if we thought he couldn't get a work permit. Saints were either too slow/cheap, or we were never really interested as a first choice. It is interesting that Blackmore feels the need to defend the club publicly - that actually suggested there is something to defend - not that we weren't really that interested.

Thats the difference having a quality manage makes. Its a shame that Koeman's style rubbed up Reed like it did. But then again, a few yes men later and we were really in the mire - so at least we had Koeman for as long as we did. Car crash Reed has come within a whisper of ruining the club. Thank god Gao's chairmanship has included a shake up at board room level and the hiring of a serious manager again.

Protesting the manager already - only a few games in 😄 https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/portsmouth-fans-attend-friendly-passionate-protest-kenny-jackett-be-sacked-manager-2984822 Didn't they make the play offs last year?

Our hands are tied by the Legacy of Reed. The man came far to close to ruining us. I used to moan that he hamstrung our potential. Now I am just greatful that we seem to have survived Reed without getting relegated and entering adminstration.

If it means that portsmouth are in debt to Saints I am in two minds. On the one hand, hilarious! On the other hand... they won't pay it back. 😑

He's a solid keeper who has done alright for us. Sometimes poor, sometimes superb. Ralph is determined to play with a high line and we don't have the team for it, which has left him horribly exposed. Against Tottenham he was left to 2 world class wolves in Son and Kane. Stephens could be shot for 3 or 4 of those goals, but even then its Ralph's style of play (and refusal to change tactics) that cost us in all seriousness If you want to lay the blame anywhere, start and stop with Reed and Co, utterly crippled the club .

I mean, tbf I think we've all been told it's Robert Kraft...

I have to agree with you. Lord forbid we have a player come out as gay (tom Davies maybe?)... Some of our fans can't even tolerate someone that doesn't play for us dressing up for New York fashion week.

He is always shit after a break. Him and Bednarek have been utter dog shit in the first 2 games. Needlessly giving the ball away, positionally utter garbage, and no fucking marking to speak off. 4 straight defeats coming up.

Only a few more of Les' legacy to shift. We are so lucky to have got Ralph - without him we'd have been relegated and face an almost certain financial implosion - dragged down through the leagues by the weight of a bloated and average squad on wages far above our stature. That future would have been far bleaker than what followed the last relegation imo. Thankfully we seem to have escaped it, touch wood.

His ambition is to grow a global network of clubs with Southampton as its hub. He's talking about getting major clubs in Brazil, as well as top division teams in Europe's main leagues. There is great potential there for saints. But it could also be too good to be true. Certainly though, it is something to be excited about. Don't forget, sources inside the club have been making happy houses for a while whilst this has been going on. Including Ralph and Semmens.

Not going to lie, feeling a slight tinge of regret that we aren't being linked with some decent craft beers.

A hell of a lot better recently! Good job Stevo!

Struggling to find one of your posts where you aren't derogatory towards other posters or their views. Did we hire a new mod during the site's down time?

In all seriousness, the not606 one is a decent stand in as well. I think people have to just be patient with Steve re this forum. Its not run as a business ultimately.

I may have made a discovery. If I clear cookies and sign out, I am able to browse the site and all threads with absolutely zero issues. The pages load instantly. Might be mere coincidence, good luck testing it

IMO, we only really need a CM player at this point. We've got 4 strikers, 4 attacking mids for the two positions, 2 players each for the full back spots, 3 solid CBs (maybe need 1 more there), but only 3 CM for the two spots - and these are our most worked players and most likely to pick up suspensions.

Hopefully this is not the end of Saintsweb, but is there a solid interim option for an alternative site? Been using this place for years, but struggling to get on at all now and really missing the Saints gossip and ITK snippets 😪.

It is a shame, sounds like they want to freshen up. i suspect we'll see a more diverse cast take the reigns with regards to both gender and ethnicity. I doubt him recently speaking his mind has helped his cause, but then i might be doing Sky a disservice with that statement.

The last few days i'd have had a better chance of seeing Saints score a goal at home under Puel's final games, than connect to the site. Thankfully on this morning! So whatever you did, it worked! good job 👍

New sponsorship deal with Dell it is then 🙃 (Not ITK or anything)