Sport Republic

[trousers]

56 minutes ago, saintant said:

You'd be very hard pressed to select future owners who proved worse than Sport Republic - unless you let Martin Semmens make the decision of course.

But Semmens found the "perfect solution" don't forget....

 

Edited Wednesday at 11:44 by trousers

[Gloucester Saint]

1 hour ago, S-Clarke said:

Yeah these sorts of comments don't really hold truth anymore.

It's like saying ''at least we're dying better than those guys''. It's the same process. The ownership is killing us in the same way the ownership at Blackburn or Wednesday is killing them.

SR just need to keep SFC as their core club but recognise they can’t run it for toffee. It needs an independent experienced UK CEO, Parsons is more an Ops Director and a decent one despite one poster’s views, DoF and first team manager. That group decides solely on the recruitment, SR can put options forward but ultimately final decisions always rest with the SFC Board.

This is the only way to get the club back on an even keel and stop the financial bleeding from SR’s perspective. Given the reluctance at SR Board to admit and write off mistakes, I won’t hold my breath and expecting a consecutive relegation tbh.

Edited Wednesday at 11:47 by Gloucester Saint

[Daft Kerplunk]

4 minutes ago, trousers said:

But Semmens found the "perfect solution" don't forget....

 

Semmens was an incredible bullshitter for sure.  He convinced many he was great because he spoke well but he landed us with this lot, and he was behind the Gao takeover too.  He was the architect of where we find ourselves and no mistake.

[trousers]

3 minutes ago, Daft Kerplunk said:

Semmens was an incredible bullshitter for sure.  He convinced many he was great because he spoke well but he landed us with this lot, and he was behind the Gao takeover too.  He was the architect of where we find ourselves and no mistake.

I'm sure, as we speak, our crack local journos are working on securing an interview with Semmens to hold him to account on this...

[FredVaFC59100]

3 hours ago, beatlesaint said:

 

I feel sorry for Solak and I do still feel a bit sorry for Will Still. The rest of them, nah, Spors and co. can take a running jump. 

 

Why do you feel sorry for him ? At the end of the day, the buck stops with him ! He was a fool to associate himself with Rasmus Ankersen and Henrik Kraft, and a fool again to hire Spors. If a business man makes poor decisions then it's all on him. As the great philosopher G. W Bush once said "Fool me once shame on me, fool me twice shame on me again"

Edited Wednesday at 12:33 by FredVaFC59100

[Osvaldorama]

Wondering if solak is dodgy tbh. 
 

I don’t see how a supposedly successful business man can possibly be this thick and useless 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 hour ago, Osvaldorama said:

Wondering if solak is dodgy tbh. 
 

I don’t see how a supposedly successful business man can possibly be this thick and useless 

Exactly how I see it. Not sure about being dodgy, just seems incredibly naive and too trusting of the current arseholes running the club day to day. 

[saintant]

Does anyone seriously have a clue how this lot operate? What on earth are they trying to achieve other than totally ruining our football club? What was their track record before the brilliant Martin Semmens decided that they were the perfect fit for us? Solak seems to stump up all the cash but what say does he have in terms of the accountability of SR members running Southampton FC? Can he sack them or force them to change their philosophy which seems to be buy low sell high - that's working well! We seem to be stuck with a bunch of no-hopers but I can't figure out how we get them out because it seems to be a closed shop where they can carry on making poor decisions and nobody bats an eyelid. It's gone on for over 3 years now. When is it going to end? Until it does we are on a downward spiral.  

[Morse]

31 minutes ago, saintant said:

Does anyone seriously have a clue how this lot operate? What on earth are they trying to achieve other than totally ruining our football club? What was their track record before the brilliant Martin Semmens decided that they were the perfect fit for us? Solak seems to stump up all the cash but what say does he have in terms of the accountability of SR members running Southampton FC? Can he sack them or force them to change their philosophy which seems to be buy low sell high - that's working well! We seem to be stuck with a bunch of no-hopers but I can't figure out how we get them out because it seems to be a closed shop where they can carry on making poor decisions and nobody bats an eyelid. It's gone on for over 3 years now. When is it going to end? Until it does we are on a downward spiral.  

Solak has the final say on everything, whether he chooses to have that say is a different matter. If he wants Still or Rasmussen or anyone else out they are out. 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 minute ago, Morse said:

Solak has the final say on everything, whether he chooses to have that say is a different matter. If he wants Still or Rasmussen or anyone else out they are out. 

If he runs is business like he runs Saints, it's a wonder he has made any money at all.

[ant]

6 hours ago, trousers said:

But Semmens found the "perfect solution" don't forget....

 

We don't buy success, we breed it (out of everybody that walks through the door).

[aintforever]

1 hour ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

If he runs is business like he runs Saints, it's a wonder he has made any money at all.

It is crazy how seemingly successful business people turn into complete clowns when running football clubs. I’d love to see a recording if the meeting where they all  discussed who should be our next manager and came to the conclusion that it’s best to give the job to someone who’s more experienced in PlayStation football than Championship. Or the meeting why they decided how to blow all the parachute millions on new players but decided our goalkeepers were just fine as they were.

[Sheaf Saint]

9 hours ago, Nordic Saint said:

We are about to equal (if we're lucky) or break Derby's all-time record for the fewest wins in 50 games, which was 5, set in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. 

Have you got a source for that? 

Not disputing the 5 wins in 50 going back to the start of that PL season, but I can't find anything to confirm that's a record.

[SouSaint]

These bunch of data driven goons are way past the point of no return for me. They've got every single big decision as horribly wrong as they could since taking over and I'm very concerned about the prospects of them overseeing another relegation within the next two years, but this time from the Championship.

The warning signs were there from their very first transfer window, they spent the money but the focus was on signing crap squad players for over their market value, the relegation that year was eaaily avoidable if they had focused on signing quality over quantity.

Fast forward 2025 and nothing has changed. These clueless cunts couldn't even find an upgrade on Che fucking Adams.

[Katalinic]

2 hours ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

If he runs is business like he runs Saints, it's a wonder he has made any money at all.

Didn't he get voted off the board of his own company?

[Weston Super Saint]

11 hours ago, aintforever said:

It is crazy how seemingly successful business people turn into complete clowns when running football clubs. I’d love to see a recording if the meeting where they all  discussed who should be our next manager and came to the conclusion that it’s best to give the job to someone who’s more experienced in PlayStation football than Championship. Or the meeting why they decided how to blow all the parachute millions on new players but decided our goalkeepers were just fine as they were.

Scienzia will turn a very healthy profit at the end of this season.

Jander will likely make us some very good money at the end of next season.

Azaz, Fellows, Welington and Robinson will likewise make us a healthy return in the next two seasons.

Your issue is that the measurements you use for success - points, league position, which league we play in - are not aligned with Sport Republic during the greatest era of our lives.

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Weston Super Saint said:

Scienzia will turn a very healthy profit at the end of this season.

Jander will likely make us some very good money at the end of next season.

Azaz, Fellows, Welington and Robinson will likewise make us a healthy return in the next two seasons.

Your issue is that the measurements you use for success - points, league position, which league we play in - are not aligned with Sport Republic during the greatest era of our lives.

Azaz won’t with Still as manager. How does he play when we start 5 defenders

[Weston Super Saint]

2 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Azaz won’t with Still as manager. How does he play when we start 5 defenders

Even Still will figure it out in the next two seasons...

[Badger]

When I picture SR discussing our results, planning the next steps, and Still’s position this image crops up in my mind.

I’m not talented enough on the IT to add Spors head but you get the idea.

 

Not sure who the second head would be, Rasmus , Dyson bloke, or over the last few months even Dragan has become a candidate. Buffoonery is one thing SFC isn’t short of. 

[AlexLaw76]

They probably want 5 at the back 

 

Edited Thursday at 08:16 by AlexLaw76

[Weston Super Saint]

Have we proved Ankerson's brother's app is wank yet or is there still some way to go?

[trousers]

These clowns need to get the hell out of our club now...

[Wiggles31]

Enough is enough. Time to show our descent. 
 

A banner and a chant to start. A 

[sfc4prem]

Chocolate fucking teapots the lot of them.

Couldnae fucking organise a piss up in a brewery.

[benjii]

These cunts need to fuck off.

4 league wins in 50. Worst ever. Absolute cunts.

[sockeye]

They are clueless. They were able to get us back to the PL mostly by leveraging the assets that were already there when they took over.

Practically nothing from the Gao era remains now. We have a bloated, unbalanced squad; coaches that preside over failure; a barren womb of an academy. They know nothing about how to develop a football club.

[Dark Munster]

Mission accomplished.

 

[Elmore Saint]

7 minutes ago, Dark Munster said:

Mission accomplished.

 

Breaking it is one thing. Turning it into a massive steaming turd takes the skills of Wankersen and SR....

[ant]

I feel for Blackburn, who have had issues with their owners for bloody ages now.

They were in good voice against Venkys today - we're a bit soft as a fanbase, but I hope it's inspired us to follow suit. 

We need SR gone, ASAP. We can stay away from St. Mary's or make it vile for them.

But no more of this meek acceptance.

[Football Special]

[Football Special]

26 minutes ago, benjii said:

These cunts need to fuck off.

4 league wins in 50. Worst ever. Absolute cunts.

Fans have well and truly had enough, booed them off 3 times in a week, I didn't go today but from lads up there sounds like plenty of abuse aimed at Still and the players 

[saintant]

Seriously what do we have to do to get this bunch of tossers out of our club? It's a weird set up as Solak seems to provide the money but the jokers at SR make all the decisions despite the fact that not one of them has a clue about running a football club. Is it possible for Dragan to sack them? I don't think it is. Are we just stuck with them? In over 60 years supporting this club I've never seen it in such a mess.

[S-Clarke]

8 minutes ago, saintant said:

Seriously what do we have to do to get this bunch of tossers out of our club? It's a weird set up as Solak seems to provide the money but the jokers at SR make all the decisions despite the fact that not one of them has a clue about running a football club. Is it possible for Dragan to sack them? I don't think it is. Are we just stuck with them? In over 60 years supporting this club I've never seen it in such a mess.

It's so much easier said than done, I share and feel the pain of everyone though. They have and are continuing to totally rip the heart and soul out of this club, if we're not careful we're staring at L1/L2.

They oversaw last season and that should have been bad enough, but they've gone even worse - again. This season for me was the last shot they had in my eyes, but they've totally fucked up. There's zero way back, their ownership is now untenable.

I don't know how we do it though, I get the anger towards Will but I think more noise needs to be put towards the ownership. They are actively ripping our club apart in front of our eyes.

[Mboto Gorge]

41 minutes ago, ant said:

I feel for Blackburn, who have had issues with their owners for bloody ages now.

They were in good voice against Venkys today - we're a bit soft as a fanbase, but I hope it's inspired us to follow suit. 

We need SR gone, ASAP. We can stay away from St. Mary's or make it vile for them.

But no more of this meek acceptance.

100%. They’ve taken advantage of us being fairly passive for far too long by having the audacity to keep gambling like they have , assuming that whatever they do they’ll get a free pass from the fan base . Time for that to change 

[The Wyvern]

44 minutes ago, saintant said:

Seriously what do we have to do to get this bunch of tossers out of our club? It's a weird set up as Solak seems to provide the money but the jokers at SR make all the decisions despite the fact that not one of them has a clue about running a football club. Is it possible for Dragan to sack them? I don't think it is. Are we just stuck with them? In over 60 years supporting this club I've never seen it in such a mess.

What are the chances of any kind of protest from the red wall?  Just can’t see our support doing anything like that these days. 

[Osvaldorama]

 

 

 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

11 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

 

 

 

Return to SR's glory days with Martin? 🙂

[Toussaint]

On 23/10/2025 at 07:28, Weston Super Saint said:

Scienzia will turn a very healthy profit at the end of this season.

Jander will likely make us some very good money at the end of next season.

Azaz, Fellows, Welington and Robinson will likewise make us a healthy return in the next two seasons.

Your issue is that the measurements you use for success - points, league position, which league we play in - are not aligned with Sport Republic during the greatest era of our lives.

They can’t actually lose can they, as you point out there is a lot of value there plus there’s the parachute payments and the players they already sold this season. They can destroy us and still walk away with huge sums of money. 

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

59 minutes ago, Toussaint said:

They can’t actually lose can they, as you point out there is a lot of value there plus there’s the parachute payments and the players they already sold this season. They can destroy us and still walk away with huge sums of money. 

But the value of the club must go down when languishing in the lower leagues. Surely projected media revenues outweigh profits on players so their goal has to be premier league football.

Dragan Solak has tried to change things but he isn't a football man and he hasn't got the footballing contacts. Somehow we need convince him that there are Southampton people with SFC's interests at heart who can provide better value and direction for the club than the clowns he keeps picking.

[Mboto Gorge]

Another depressing stat

Sunderland have just won their fifth league game since winning the playoff final 

We’ve won four since winning the playoffs a year earlier

[Holmes_and_Watson]

31 minutes ago, Mboto Gorge said:

Another depressing stat

Sunderland have just won their fifth league game since winning the playoff final 

We’ve won four since winning the playoffs a year earlier

That is truly horrible.

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

That is truly horrible.

And Leeds are 1 point behind our total of last season

And it was said the gap is too big for teams to stay up.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

2 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

And Leeds are 1 point behind our total of last season

And it was said the gap is too big for teams to stay up.

This season in the PL showing up just how much of a shambles SR had got us into. Leicester had also imploded. Ipswich with a combination of a double promotion and finding our transfer target list in a hedge.

[Mboto Gorge]

4 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

And Leeds are 1 point behind our total of last season

And it was said the gap is too big for teams to stay up.

Yep, people took too much notice of our results and used them as an example of the struggle of a promoted club, rather than seeing it for what it was, the worst run club in premier league history. We were the exception rather than the rule. Guarantee you no club gets less than 15 points for decades again 

[tdmickey3]

The epitome of a cluster fuck

[sockeye]

I've wondered if the 'hipster' appointments are increasingly who we can get rather than who they want.

Didn't Jesse Marsch say something about them not having a clue back in 2023?

If that's true, no wonder nobody decent wants to get near the club.

[saintant]

16 hours ago, Dark Munster said:

Mission accomplished.

 

The word on the lectern says it all.