Sport Republic

[CanadaSaint]

To “Yankee Doodle”:

Sports Republic came to town with a lot of money
Trouble is they brought a clown who’s not remotely funny

The Rasmus plan was “pass the ball” - even when it’s crazy
Right to left and left to right until our vision’s hazy

Coaches came and coaches went - each one a disaster
Doesn’t matter what we spend if we won’t move it faster

Dragan’s money’s going fast, crowds are headed down
His only choice is grow some balls and ditch that fucking clown

[Willo of Whiteley]

The sale of Ronnie Edward’s signals another classic Sport Republic signing.

How many have joined and left the club (or have been loaned out) since SR took over?

Onuachu, Edwards, Orsic, Ramsdale, Bree, Sulemana, Edozie, Downs, Bazunu, Lavia, Larios….

There is some wasted money there.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Lots of chants against them today 👀

[Mboto Gorge]

1 hour ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Lots of chants against them today 👀

These need to continue and be ramped up now during matches. They’re stinking the club out in a big way and things are only going to get worse the longer they’re here. Irreparable damage is looming if they’re in charge for a few more years 

Edited Saturday at 19:21 by Mboto Gorge

[Willo of Whiteley]

Stumbled across this.

How times have changed.

[Sheaf Saint]

Just saw this in the Doncaster match thread. 

That's it. I'm done. Whatever tiny amount of goodwill I still had left towards Dragan and co is gone now after this. I'm not spending another penny on Saints until they have sold up and fucked off.

Absolute cunts.

Edited yesterday at 12:10 by Sheaf Saint

[Willo of Whiteley]

Sport Republic took over in January 2022 and as soon as they took over results started going backwards. Cracking start. It started going wrong very early on.

It was the summer after where they decided to chuck together a management team and hope it works.

I wonder how much meddling was going on behind the scenes.

From what I hear from a couple of people nowadays - they're are horrendous to work for.

Edited yesterday at 13:10 by Willo of Whiteley

[Turkish]

29 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Sport Republic took over in January 2022 and as soon as they took over results started going backwards. Cracking start. It started going wrong very early on.

It was the summer after where they decided to chuck together a management team and hope it works.

I wonder how much meddling was going on behind the scenes.

From what I hear from a couple of people nowadays - they're are horrendous to work for.

In what way are they horrendous to work for?

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

1 hour ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Just saw this in the Doncaster match thread. 

That's it. I'm done. Whatever tiny amount of goodwill I still had left towards Dragan and co is gone now after this. I'm not spending another penny on Saints until they have sold up and fucked off.

Absolute cunts.

Yes, saw Leo come over to some kid and talk to him. Wondered what that was all about. What's he going to do, get it washed and use it for the next game?

Meanwhile the keepers' pre-match shirts looked like they'd rolled around in the mud. If it was to encourage them to dive, it didn't work for their second goal!

[saintant]

39 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Sport Republic took over in January 2022 and as soon as they took over results started going backwards. Cracking start. It started going wrong very early on.

It was the summer after where they decided to chuck together a management team and hope it works.

I wonder how much meddling was going on behind the scenes.

From what I hear from a couple of people nowadays - they're are horrendous to work for.

Somehow and for whatever reason that unexpected 4-0 defeat to Villa seemed to be the catalyst for our swift demise. Never got my head round why that result proved so pivotal.

[Sheaf Saint]

20 minutes ago, saintant said:

Somehow and for whatever reason that unexpected 4-0 defeat to Villa seemed to be the catalyst for our swift demise. Never got my head round why that result proved so pivotal.

I remember that. Something within the club 'unclicked' prior to that game. We went there fairly confident of being able to get a result, having recently drawn at OT and won at Spurs. But suddenly we looked like a completely different team and Villa carved us open with ease. We then capitulated for the rest of the season.

Whatever it was that happened, we've never recovered from it. Up until that point we were looking on course for a steady mid-table finish. The two wins prior to it against Everton and Norwich were probably the last time we ever looked like a competitive PL team - less than two months into the SR era.

[Willo of Whiteley]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

In what way are they horrendous to work for?

Dynamics and ways of working have changed.

Rasmus can put it best “if it ain’t broke, consider breaking it”.
The way the business operated changed drastically.

[Gloucester Saint]

Wilcox not Mr Popular at Man U https://www.redcafe.net/threads/jason-wilcox-director-of-football.482067/page-62

[Badger]

6 hours ago, saintant said:

Somehow and for whatever reason that unexpected 4-0 defeat to Villa seemed to be the catalyst for our swift demise. Never got my head round why that result proved so pivotal.

Definitely seemed a turning point.

Didnt it coincide with an interview with Ralph talking about his retirement in 18months also ? Perhaps pure coincidence, but certainly by the end of the season Ralph appeared to have had enough. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Wilcox not Mr Popular at Man U https://www.redcafe.net/threads/jason-wilcox-director-of-football.482067/page-62

If he considers himself to really be a manager, he should be given the interim job. Anything less than CL qualifying form, and he can resign. Those are the standards he'd expected from the managers, while he faffs about blame free.

[HarvSFC]

West Brom seem to have similar owners who are allergic to an experienced manager. Eric Ramsay appointed. Himself, Tom Cleverley and Rohl were the three most heavily linked before Still got the job. See if Ramsay is another dud like Cleverley and Still.

[Badger]

1 minute ago, HarvSFC said:

West Brom seem to have similar owners who are allergic to an experienced manager. Eric Ramsay appointed. Himself, Tom Cleverley and Rohl were the three most heavily linked before Still got the job. See if Ramsay is another dud like Cleverley and Still.

Good. At least it takes him out of reach of Rasmus. 

[AlexLaw76]

Class of 2022. What a time to be alive 

 

[Osvaldorama]

5 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Class of 2022. What a time to be alive 

 

1/8 ain’t bad. And even he’s always injured. 
 

Top scouting. 

[Turkish]

11 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Class of 2022. What a time to be alive 

 

But we made a profit over all so as a player trading company it was a huge success 

[Toussaint]

19 hours ago, saintant said:

Somehow and for whatever reason that unexpected 4-0 defeat to Villa seemed to be the catalyst for our swift demise. Never got my head round why that result proved so pivotal.

Why so pivotal? My belief is that is that was the point Ralph ball had really been worked out by the premier league, The narrow 4 2 2 2, with little or no protection for the full backs, which resulted in them being over run and centre backs being pulled out of position. Ralph had no answers and was eventually sacked, we all no what happened then, and so far it hasn't got any better in the managerial appointments. 

[Turkish]

13 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Class of 2022. What a time to be alive 

 

Joe Shields just like Wilcox has fallen up, also he looks scarily like the Oppenheim Bothers from Selling Sunsets, who are also both a pair of bellends 

[Willo of Whiteley]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

But we made a profit over all so as a player trading company it was a huge success 

Cheers, MLG.

Also, Juan went on to sign for Goztepe so the multi-club model is also a HUGE SUCCESS!

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Toussaint said:

Why so pivotal? My belief is that is that was the point Ralph ball had really been worked out by the premier league, The narrow 4 2 2 2, with little or no protection for the full backs, which resulted in them being over run and centre backs being pulled out of position. Ralph had no answers and was eventually sacked, we all no what happened then, and so far it hasn't got any better in the managerial appointments. 

Although we won, Norwich had sussed out how to beat our system. They simply weren't good enough on the day to execute it. They were trying the things Villa ended up doing. There was an opponent just before that too, that were also starting to counter us.

As all our no plan B managers have found, it's really hard to adapt when other teams counter your only tactic. Ralph had come back from a previous slump. But SR were in for the second one, enforcing tactical tweaks through Selles. SR love a single revolutionary tactic, never wondering to ask what happens when it's countered.

[Turkish]

29 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Cheers, MLG.

Also, Juan went on to sign for Goztepe so the multi-club model is also a HUGE SUCCESS!

And we signed a 5m 18 year old defender from our French 3rd tier cousins! The multi-club benefits just keep coming.

[trousers]

20 hours ago, Sheaf Saint said:

I remember that. Something within the club 'unclicked' prior to that game. We went there fairly confident of being able to get a result, having recently drawn at OT and won at Spurs. But suddenly we looked like a completely different team and Villa carved us open with ease. We then capitulated for the rest of the season.

Whatever it was that happened, we've never recovered from it. Up until that point we were looking on course for a steady mid-table finish. The two wins prior to it against Everton and Norwich were probably the last time we ever looked like a competitive PL team - less than two months into the SR era.

Anyone know the expiry date on Ralph's NDA? There must be a behind-the-scenes horror story to tell from that time, given the stark and rapid transformation from 'stable PL side' to 'relegation fodder' a mere 2 months after SR took over... 

[Toussaint]

1 hour ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Although we won, Norwich had sussed out how to beat our system. They simply weren't good enough on the day to execute it. They were trying the things Villa ended up doing. There was an opponent just before that too, that were also starting to counter us.

As all our no plan B managers have found, it's really hard to adapt when other teams counter your only tactic. Ralph had come back from a previous slump. But SR were in for the second one, enforcing tactical tweaks through Selles. SR love a single revolutionary tactic, never wondering to ask what happens when it's countered.

I nearly mentioned Norwich, as I agree that’s where it really seemed to start although the result masked our shortcomings. 

[saintant]

17 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Wilcox not Mr Popular at Man U https://www.redcafe.net/threads/jason-wilcox-director-of-football.482067/page-62

Said before, another charlatan who talks a good game and thereby makes a very good living by doing not very much.

[FredVaFC59100]

  3 hours ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Cheers, MLG.

Also, Juan went on to sign for Goztepe so the multi-club model is also a HUGE SUCCESS!

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

And we signed a 5m 18 year old defender from our French 3rd tier cousins! The multi-club benefits just keep coming.

Hail to SR!

SR is the gift that keeps on giving!...to clubs other than Saints 🙃