Sport Republic

[Willo of Whiteley]

Saints draw or lose a game - the “Sport Republic” thread roars back into life for a few days with the usual waffle.

Saints win a game - the “Sport Republic” thread is mute, silent, nothing…
 

Guess which phase we’re in now? 😂

[SouSaint]

2 hours ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Saints draw or lose a game - the “Sport Republic” thread roars back into life for a few days with the usual waffle.

Saints win a game - the “Sport Republic” thread is mute, silent, nothing…
 

Guess which phase we’re in now? 😂

4 wins in our last 46 games. Fair enough if you're happy clappy enough to accept that. 

These lot are truly dreadful owners and they have been since day one. 

[benjii]

3 hours ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Saints draw or lose a game - the “Sport Republic” thread roars back into life for a few days with the usual waffle.

Saints win a game - the “Sport Republic” thread is mute, silent, nothing…
 

Guess which phase we’re in now? 😂

No one forgets how fucking clueless they are when we scrape a last minute win against Wrexham. 

[benjii]

3 hours ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Saints draw or lose a game - the “Sport Republic” thread roars back into life for a few days with the usual waffle.

Saints win a game - the “Sport Republic” thread is mute, silent, nothing…
 

Guess which phase we’re in now? 😂

You don't really have a big enough sample size to claim this.

[trousers]

4 hours ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Saints draw or lose a game - the “Sport Republic” thread roars back into life for a few days with the usual waffle.

Saints win a game - the “Sport Republic” thread is mute, silent, nothing…
 

Guess which phase we’re in now? 😂

3/10

[Lard]

I wish we were owned by a consortium fronted by Simon Jordan. 

[Ted Bates Statue]

15 minutes ago, Lard said:

I wish we were owned by a consortium fronted by Simon Jordan. 

Didn't expect to see "I wish we were Palace circa 2004-05" but there we go. Palace supporters don't exactly miss him, which should tell you enough. Much easier to snipe at Steve Parish from the sidelines than it is to run a club.

I wonder if in an alternative universe people are saying "I wish Rupert Lowe was our chairman," but seeing how his popularity has only grown over time nationally, I'm not sure I want to think too much about this notion.

[Willo of Whiteley]

7 hours ago, SouSaint said:

4 wins in our last 46 games. Fair enough if you're happy clappy enough to accept that. 

These lot are truly dreadful owners and they have been since day one. 

I think you’ve missed the point in the post entirely, but to answer your point - no, that isn’t acceptable.

We go through the same posts week in week out on this thread but they only appear after a draw or defeat.

Nothing is going to happen when the same posters write the same thing every other game.
The same posters don’t need to reemphasise the same opinion after every draw. Their opinion hasn’t changed, we get it.

Sport Republic have been crap, but they’ve invested. Ironically their best investments have been off the field with the fanzone and bits like that; it means absolute bugger all though when the footballing operation is crap.

I’ll post the same thing again when we inevitably draw in our first game back after the international break.. 👍🏻

[Weston Super Saint]

6 hours ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

I think you’ve missed the point in the post entirely, but to answer your point - no, that isn’t acceptable.

We go through the same posts week in week out on this thread but they only appear after a draw or defeat.

 

I think you've missed Benji's point entirely.

In the last 46 games we've only had 4 wins so the criticism of SR is expected and justified.  Week in and week out we only draw or lose.

If you want the criticism to stop, more wins on the pitch will fix it.

[Football Special]

8 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

I think you've missed Benji's point entirely.

In the last 46 games we've only had 4 wins so the criticism of SR is expected and justified.  Week in and week out we only draw or lose.

If you want the criticism to stop, more wins on the pitch will fix it.

Yep we're stuck in a never ending cycle of criticism of SR as we're stuck in a never ending cycle of bad results,  same old issues still unresolved 

[Miltonaggro]

10 hours ago, Lard said:

I wish we were owned by a consortium fronted by Simon Jordan. 

Or just Jordan, Harvey in the Spors role. 

[StrangelyBrown]

6 hours ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

I think you’ve missed the point in the post entirely, but to answer your point - no, that isn’t acceptable.

We go through the same posts week in week out on this thread but they only appear after a draw or defeat.

Nothing is going to happen when the same posters write the same thing every other game.
The same posters don’t need to reemphasise the same opinion after every draw. Their opinion hasn’t changed, we get it.

Sport Republic have been crap, but they’ve invested. Ironically their best investments have been off the field with the fanzone and bits like that; it means absolute bugger all though when the footballing operation is crap.

I’ll post the same thing again when we inevitably draw in our first game back after the international break.. 👍🏻

I'll remember to save my opinions on SR until we next win.

Another poster with bizarre "forum rules" that everyone has to follow. Are you related to Gio by any chance?

[Osvaldorama]

6 hours ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

I think you’ve missed the point in the post entirely, but to answer your point - no, that isn’t acceptable.

We go through the same posts week in week out on this thread but they only appear after a draw or defeat.

Nothing is going to happen when the same posters write the same thing every other game.
The same posters don’t need to reemphasise the same opinion after every draw. Their opinion hasn’t changed, we get it.

Sport Republic have been crap, but they’ve invested. Ironically their best investments have been off the field with the fanzone and bits like that; it means absolute bugger all though when the footballing operation is crap.

I’ll post the same thing again when we inevitably draw in our first game back after the international break.. 👍🏻

[AlexLaw76]

7 hours ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

I think you’ve missed the point in the post entirely, but to answer your point - no, that isn’t acceptable.

We go through the same posts week in week out on this thread but they only appear after a draw or defeat.

Nothing is going to happen when the same posters write the same thing every other game.
The same posters don’t need to reemphasise the same opinion after every draw. Their opinion hasn’t changed, we get it.

Sport Republic have been crap, but they’ve invested. Ironically their best investments have been off the field with the fanzone and bits like that; it means absolute bugger all though when the footballing operation is crap.

I’ll post the same thing again when we inevitably draw in our first game back after the international break.. 👍🏻

 

[Patches O Houlihan]

Oh look - two new ultra funny memes that we haven't already seen on Saintsweb this week.

[miserableoldgit]

On 07/10/2025 at 07:17, Osvaldorama said:

At least there is no Lammy involved....

[Willo of Whiteley]

I think we were all taken in by Dragan Solak's comments in the summer, we thought the line had been drawn in the sand about what a shambles the previous few years had been.

We are miles off of it. We thought we'd get ready-made players for this league and for the most part I think we do. Azaz, Fellows; even Scienza and Jelert are more than capable of performing at this level.

But they also weren't positions we desperately needed, bearing in mind you still have Edozie and Aribo on the fringes, Robinson breaking through and plenty of other players that are more than capable for this position.

The bit we have messed up on again is a competent and trustworthy goalkeeper and a striker. Ross Stewart is not it, yes he has been unfortunate with injuries but you can't be relying on promotion on a player that spends most of his time injured. Equally you don't bring in a striker to appease the fans who has done very little in general and still very young. I want a striker who has a bit of muscle, who pts his body about, who fights for the ball and tussles with defenders. Downs isn't it either.

It is still very early days and it could all come together but honestly who knows, I think we'll be in this iffy phase up until new year and I think we'll finish stronger. I think we'll finish anywhere between 4th and 8th. We have good players, it just needs to click.