Daft Kerplunk

Some better coaching to develop his end product is needed. He’s still young and has time.

If it is only teams like Fulham interested in JWP, and there is a very good indication that we could return to the prem in one year, then perhaps JWP could stay. If one of the bigger clubs on the verge of doing better like Newcastle come in, then he'd probably not be likely to turn it down. But as others have said, these were also the players that got us relegated so are not that great or strong of character. Shit managers yes, but the team has had a weak mentality for years for whatever reason. That, plus some signings are needed to put quality, and importantly, some grit in this team. It would be great if our better players saw that going up in a year was possible, and wanted to be part of that. Big summer without question.

If any team can, then would you bet against us being the first? Of course it’s unlikely to lose 9 or 10 of the best players but I am anticipating us losing the best of what we have, and will be delighted if they stay.

Relegated team in best players leave shocker… Said no one ever. Face it lads, the best players will leave to go to teams actually in the premier league if they get a chance, and who can blame ‘em.

If Stuart Armstrong stays, then at least we’ve got some leading heads of hair. Just need a timotei girl to complete the set from dreads to silky blonde locks.

This graph sums up what we know from watching matches. I would imagine Alcaraz would be in the right two quadrants and that is why he will be desirable to teams too as players like this win football matches.

Women’s team has one, men’s has another

Interesting selection of words to choose from there. None of the above would be the only possible choice.

Over promoted in the first place perhaps? The dying days of Bathampton,

Glenn Miller Band I reckon 😊

Some is fine, but Razorlite is a step too far!

I take it you’re joking and think it’s loud. It’s actually really quiet and don’t get me started on the landfill indie music currently popular on the playlist 🤦‍♂️

It’s encouraging at this stage and their comment about the previous lot saying that things would get better shows how complacent they actually were. I know there are Martin Semmens et al fan boys on here but ask people who work for the club whether they’re sad to see the majority of the previous regime go and they’ll likely tell you they were happy the are gone because of their crap approach. They weren’t very good and the signs from what SR are saying to me is that they know now that they shouldn’t have put so much belief in them, but that was Semmens and Co always wanted, hands off ownership to let them stay on the gravy train. Anyway, there is reason to be optimistic from these reports. The Jones error will no doubt be one they learn from, and that it needs to be more than just stats. Proof as always will be in the pudding though but with any luck, we will be up in the next few years. Although the Championship will be fun and being also-rans/relegation fodder in the Prem is dogshit 🤣

The openness from the club was only ever going to be present during more positive times. Same as it ever was.

Gutted that JWP will leave. Had we actually constructed a decent side that played to his, and indeed other players strengths then things could’ve been different. The way Selles played most of his games meant that we couldn’t win free kicks in advance positions to allow him to break Beckham’s record whilst in a Saints shirt. Sad times but good luck to him, and hope he goes to a club that will give him an opportunity to play with better players, or players who are actually ready for the Premier League.

A spirited and enjoyable last game but where has that vigour been all season! New era ahead. Better to end on some sort of high (apart from the defending) and have something to look forward to next season. Also, FFS Saints, can you find a way to stop non Saints fans getting seats. Not an exaggeration to say there were hundreds of people sat down in the itchen chapel corner when we scored the goal that took us 4-2 up. Absolute disgrace and thankfully there was no edge to the game or anything to play for. If you’re going to let so many people buy tickets without some checking system, or getting people to buy multiple tickets for the lower end teams to get a ticket for a big club, be the noddy club you want us to be and have a neutral section so we saints fans don’t have to be surrounded by opposition fans like it’s a fucking rugby game!

Totally, and that is why Martin saying everything would be fine was a shit thing to say. He knew it wouldn’t be because it couldn’t possibly be okay. Whilst Rasmus has been undeniably bad so far, it’s the previous regime who took on too many people. Like has been said previously, nobody on here would believe the size of our marketing and legal/risk teams, both classic internal empire building from David Thomas and Tim Greenwell. From what I know they managed to do less work with more people but that’s layers of unnecessary management for you. And on the football side, that was rampant too. Throughout the club, jobs have been created so other people could report what jobs were being done to people looking at the reports then those people could present to the board 🤣

Surprised nobody has mentioned that the club has told employees they will be cutting back jobs with redundancies, but that the Martin Semmens said there wouldn’t be as everything was fine even if we went down. Hopefully everyone realised that Martin’s words needed to be taken with a pinch of salt and moved on if they were thinking the writing was on the wall.

Rolf has been Kat’s advisor and a very important figure behind the scenes since before the sale to Gao. Important in getting a fantastic financial deal for Kat. Guessing his role will be to maximise her return from any future sale, as well as protecting the minute legacy of her father that is left. No Tim Greenwell listed on the board so perhaps he will be next to get the kick…although from what I’ve heard, I’m sure he will be nicely positioned to do well in spite of Southampton FC given that he’s always been in it purely for himself.

Absolutely will be many of them. All the 'scousers' from Hampshire giving it large and mocking Saints for being relegated will go down well.

Just as I stayed through the 0-9 against Leicester, I will be there for this. The kids wanted to go to see us in the Premier League for what could easily be a long time too. Expectations are as they have been for some time. But at least the smug bastards in the directors box, and all their useless cronies will have a nice free lunch and drinks on the money that we daft pricks give them.

Needs to happen. Club needs a total re-fresh. It'll be interesting to see how far down it goes.

Don’t be surprised if the new signing is Vingergaard. He’s got a great engine 😎

Dear Sports Republic, here is your strategy: Win football matches playing entertaining football as much as possible. Some matches may require neutralising tactics but to win is always the first objective. To achieve this, we will sign or develop players who can help us achieve this outcome. Coaches, players and staff will understand that winning matches in an entertaining fashion is the priority for football departments. We will represent the city of Southampton positively with our step of play and how we interact with our fans, and commercial partners. The first answer to community and commercial activity should be yes and how do we make it work. We will be a can-do organisation that has an emphasis on action.

Whisper it but it’s because the academy isn’t as good as it used to be.