Sport Republic

[Turkish]

7 hours ago, pimpin4rizeal said:

One thing Alfie kinda alluded to which we haven’t really spoken about on here is that isn’t it only jack stephens that has signed a new deal of late ?

this could  be a big problem going forward as we don’t want to get stuck in a situation where everyone is running down the contracts. Charles in particular I’m not sure will resign and tbh we haven’t really gave him a ton of first team football for different reasons in his time here but you can tell he’s developing  into a lovely player we need young prospects like this to resign else our focus on potential loses a lot of the upside 

You couldn’t really blame them though could you. There seems to be a feel good factor, albeit a very fragile one, returning but up until a few weeks ago the only way this club seemed to be heading was down. Why wouldn’t half decent not see what their options were. Things do seem to have turned but it’s the first steps on a long way back, the club still has a lot to do to prove they’re a good place to be 

[Charlie Wayman]

7 hours ago, disconnect said:

Do you know this, or just hoping? He's definitely one of our best players so fingers crossed. 

😉

[Patches O Houlihan]

8 hours ago, Charlie Wayman said:

He'll sign a new contract, stop worrying.

8 hours ago, disconnect said:

Do you know this, or just hoping? He's definitely one of our best players so fingers crossed. 

1 hour ago, Charlie Wayman said:

😉

Has one of Charlie Wayman's personalities been ITK all this time?!! 🤔

[pimpin4rizeal]

4 hours ago, Turkish said:

You couldn’t really blame them though could you. There seems to be a feel good factor, albeit a very fragile one, returning but up until a few weeks ago the only way this club seemed to be heading was down. Why wouldn’t half decent not see what their options were. Things do seem to have turned but it’s the first steps on a long way back, the club still has a lot to do to prove they’re a good place to be 

Yeah wouldn’t disagree with you but seems a bit weird we are not gonna hardly anyone to sign .regarding Charles you could understand it if he doesn’t wanna sign as well really he’s been here 3 seasons nearly now and still hasn’t really cemented a first team place even though its unlucky this season . But coming from city and then being Wednesdays star man you could understand if he was a bit frustrated 

Its kinda mental really when you think the chances bazunu has been given compared to Charles and Edozie the latter hasn’t been treated great at all imo but even judging by his little cameos recently you can see he is still awesome dribbler and probably carries more goal threat then fellows 

Edited February 16 by pimpin4rizeal

[Saint86]

12 hours ago, pimpin4rizeal said:

One thing Alfie kinda alluded to which we haven’t really spoken about on here is that isn’t it only jack stephens that has signed a new deal of late ?

this could  be a big problem going forward as we don’t want to get stuck in a situation where everyone is running down the contracts. Charles in particular I’m not sure will resign and tbh we haven’t really gave him a ton of first team football for different reasons in his time here but you can tell he’s developing  into a lovely player we need young prospects like this to resign else our focus on potential loses a lot of the upside 

We've replaced most of the team in fairness - the only important assets not on long term contracts are THB, Downes, and Charles. And if we dont get promoted they'll likely be sold for as much as possible.

[Turkish]

On 16/02/2026 at 23:19, pimpin4rizeal said:

Yeah wouldn’t disagree with you but seems a bit weird we are not gonna hardly anyone to sign .regarding Charles you could understand it if he doesn’t wanna sign as well really he’s been here 3 seasons nearly now and still hasn’t really cemented a first team place even though its unlucky this season . But coming from city and then being Wednesdays star man you could understand if he was a bit frustrated 

Its kinda mental really when you think the chances bazunu has been given compared to Charles and Edozie the latter hasn’t been treated great at all imo but even judging by his little cameos recently you can see he is still awesome dribbler and probably carries more goal threat then fellows 

I get Charles, last time in the championship he wasn't ready, a season on loan whilst we were in the Premier league has done him to world of good and he's come back better for it, which is how it should be. Im not fan of Edozie but he's been cast aside for some reason. Also weird how up until a month ago Brees been shipped out on loan meanwhile we've brought in two full backs who he is head a shoulders above. Yet like you say, we've persisted with Baz despite it being blatant from his first few games he was miles off where he needs to be.

[pimpin4rizeal]

On 16/02/2026 at 23:28, Saint86 said:

We've replaced most of the team in fairness - the only important assets not on long term contracts are THB, Downes, and Charles. And if we dont get promoted they'll likely be sold for as much as possible.

I think I’d be happy breaking even on downes it was a transfer everyone wanted at the time but I don’t see a ceiling higher then a very good championship Dm,of which you could probably get another goiod championship dm for a lot less then 18m 

[Turkish]

Another addition to the data roster! Misty Choudhury has joined us as Data Engineer. MIsty joins us from Woodgreen Pet Charity where she held the role Of data engineer. Welcome to St Mary’s Misty!

[Elmore Saint]

18 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Another addition to the data roster! Misty Choudhury has joined us as Data Engineer. MIsty joins us from Woodgreen Pet Charity where she held the role Of data engineer. Welcome to St Mary’s Misty!

A good acquisition - so long we sent a few of the SFC donkeys the other way... oh wait....

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Can't build the best things without engineers. Well, without builders too... Anyway, welcome aboard! 

I expect performances to pick up, when no one tells the squad her role at the pet charity, wasn't to put those on their last legs to sleep.

[SNSUN]

4 hours ago, Turkish said:

Another addition to the data roster! Misty Choudhury has joined us as Data Engineer. MIsty joins us from Woodgreen Pet Charity where she held the role Of data engineer. Welcome to St Mary’s Misty!

Welcome to SouthamptoM Football Club (hint, at least get the name of your employers correct).

Yours sincerely,

SNSUN of Londin Undyground Limiturd. 😁

[Football Special]

6 hours ago, Turkish said:

Another addition to the data roster! Misty Choudhury has joined us as Data Engineer. MIsty joins us from Woodgreen Pet Charity where she held the role Of data engineer. Welcome to St Mary’s Misty!

Final piece in the jigsaw 

[Weston Super Saint]

1 hour ago, Football Special said:

Final piece in the jigsaw 

The Ted talks are gonna cook!  

[Holmes_and_Watson]

5 hours ago, SNSUN said:

Welcome to SouthamptoM Football Club (hint, at least get the name of your employers correct).

Yours sincerely,

SNSUN of Londin Undyground Limiturd. 😁

Bold new era. Bold new name.

[coalman]

9 hours ago, Turkish said:

Another addition to the data roster! Misty Choudhury has joined us as Data Engineer. MIsty joins us from Woodgreen Pet Charity where she held the role Of data engineer. Welcome to St Mary’s Misty!

If you think about it, working for a charity that re-homes unwanted pets bought in error has a lot of crossover. Our football club has a lot of players bought in error that we need to find new homes for.

Edited February 19 by coalman

[Doctoroncall]

Saints must have shit ton of data if they need a data engineer!

[Gloucester Saint]

10 hours ago, Elmore Saint said:

A good acquisition - so long we sent a few of the SFC donkeys the other way... oh wait....

TBF I wouldn’t inflict Damion Downs on any animal sanctuary, not even the Donkey 🫏 Sanctuary in Sidmouth. 

[Gloucester Saint]

51 minutes ago, coalman said:

If you think about it, working for a charity that re-homes unwanted pets bought in error has a lot of crossover. Our football club has a lot of players bought in error that we need to find new homes for.

Cameron Archer will be one of those pets who lurks in the corner of their cage with Beats headphones on rather than approaching you with tail wagging and trying to get your attention. 

[coalman]

18 minutes ago, Doctoroncall said:

Saints must have shit ton of data if they need a data engineer!

Or their data is incredibly noisy.

Or, the more terrifyingly likely option, they're doing the kind of data analyses where they don't have a clear hypothesis but want to check the correlations of as many variables as possible so they can pretend causal relationships and make terrible decisions.

[Ted Bates Statue]

While appreciating our good form as we attempt to salvage something out of our season, it's been posted on Twitter that THB is Sports Republic's top scoring signing, as the first player to reach ten goals.

Slightly more encouragingly, Finn Azaz is currently on nine, and hopefully Larin/Stewart can get their shooting boots on as it would be nice of them to help out our goal-scoring defenders with a few to secure a spot in the playoffs.

[SaintTex]

10 hours ago, Ted Bates Statue said:

While appreciating our good form as we attempt to salvage something out of our season, it's been posted on Twitter that THB is Sports Republic's top scoring signing, as the first player to reach ten goals.

Slightly more encouragingly, Finn Azaz is currently on nine, and hopefully Larin/Stewart can get their shooting boots on as it would be nice of them to help out our goal-scoring defenders with a few to secure a spot in the playoffs.

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/southamptons-signing-gamble-laid-bare-by-taylor-harwood-bellis-unlikely-milestone/

After the match, though, it was revealed that Harwood-Bellis became the first man signed under Sport Republic's ownership to hit double-digit goals whilst at the club, which just highlights the poor recruitment, as late.

[trousers]

Potential trouble on the horizon re: financial situation? (Annual results published overnight)

 

[RedArmy]

Good day to bury bad news I guess. 

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

Dont think anyone is under the impression that we'd retain half these players if Saints dont go up. 

 

[Willo of Whiteley]

Just get Dragan to cough up £500M, take a three point deduction (or no deduction in some cases) and move on 😂

[sfc4prem]

Still think SR are a bunch of cockwombles that are throwing data at a wall and hoping it sticks.

Appointing Still was a clusterfuck that has capped our potential this season.

They've taken a fairly decent PL club and put it through the fucking mangle. Only just managing to iron out some of their errors.

 

Edited yesterday at 09:36 by sfc4prem

[Weston Super Saint]

22 hours ago, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

Dont think anyone is under the impression that we'd retain half these players if Saints dont go up. 

 

We're gonna smash the player trading league this summer!

[Holmes_and_Watson]

12 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

We're gonna smash the player trading league this summer!

I'm already looking forward to that roster. 🙂

 

[Turkish]

On 05/04/2026 at 12:30, trousers said:

Potential trouble on the horizon re: financial situation? (Annual results published overnight)

 

Another way would be to increase the capacity of st Mary’s, reduce ticket prices to fill it and make loads of money from extra hot dogs sales 

[CB Fry]

14 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Another way would be to increase the capacity of st Mary’s, reduce ticket prices to fill it and make loads of money from extra hot dogs sales 

I dread to think how many Chinese millions we have let go due to our suicidal short sighted decision not to have a fully red kit.

[Badger]

45 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Another way would be to increase the capacity of st Mary’s, reduce ticket prices to fill it and make loads of money from extra hot dogs sales 

And if an extra time 10,000 all buy a pair of foam hands for every home game … 

[Willo of Whiteley]

I think season tickets and players should be on a “pay for performance” deal.

I doubt any fans would mind paying extra for say a 1st place finish at the end of the season. 😉

[Miltonaggro]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

Another way would be to increase the capacity of st Mary’s, reduce ticket prices to fill it and make loads of money from extra hot dogs sales 

Exactly, 45,000 deluxe £11 hot dogs per game = £495,000, no brainer.  Hopefully Misti Choudhury is all over this like a data driven rash!

[Luke SkyWalker-Peters]

We definitely won't be near PSR. We have done very well selling academy players the last few years, who go down on the books as pure profit as the cost of running the academy isn't included (JWP, Tella, Dibling... SAA and Meghoma probably too even though they technically included small fees).

We spent loads last season, but this was partly because we only signed two players for fees (Charles and Stewart) when we went down, so the likes of THB and Downes required large fees just to keep some of the squad. I'm fairly certain the club made a decent profit that year, with large sales and barely spending, although with outstanding debt I bet they would have done some accounting magic to avoid paying tax.

We made excellent sales again this summer, which obviously aren't included in these dates.

I think we look strong for the future. We still have plenty of players on the books that will get good fees that we are yet to sell. Ramsdale, Sugawara, BBD, Smallbone, Downs and Bazunu should all get decent money if we need/want to sell.

Importantly, if we do go up the squad doesn't need massive investment like last time when half the squad was loan players.

SR had a shocking time when they arrived and signed some poor players for far too much in their first season. We have felt the ramifications of that, but, with a couple of exceptions, I think that they have bought and sold players well since then.

Promotion in the next couple of seasons is obviously essential, but I don't think there is anything for us to otherwise be worried about.

[OldNick]

I think its time to give Johanna Spors some credit with the manager appointment and his purchases this season, some real gems