BBC Radio Solent Saints fans forum 7th August 6pm

[Saint Pete]

27 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

He gave a much longer answer than the one line I've pulled out, but yes he did say the assurance he could give is that there were no more allegations beyond those three

Yeah, it's just that line that "I can say there are no more allegations" in response to a direct question about whether we broke the spying rules more than 3 times kind of implies to me he knows that we did but it just hasn't been alleged to this point! Would have been better to avoid the question altogether on the basis investigation is still in progress in my opinion.

[AlexLaw76]

5 hours ago, Saint Pete said:

Yeah, it's just that line that "I can say there are no more allegations" in response to a direct question about whether we broke the spying rules more than 3 times kind of implies to me he knows that we did but it just hasn't been alleged to this point! Would have been better to avoid the question altogether on the basis investigation is still in progress in my opinion.

I would be amazed if we were not doing more often. To suggest we spied in December then nothing until Ipswich came to SMS is for the birds

[EssEffCee]

Blackmore did his usual thing of talking too much but thought last night was a tad more interesting than previous editions. Weird thing is he was asking questions which he'd normally ask in a pre match presser like "Tonda how ready are we for Colchester" which is a complete waste of time.

Can't believe some melt actually asked if we'd spied on more than 3 occasions as if we're going to admit that and open ourselves up to more points deductions. Absolute whopper.

The stripes question was funny too. Especially the length of time it took to actually ask it.

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, EssEffCee said:

Blackmore did his usual thing of talking too much but thought last night was a tad more interesting than previous editions. Weird thing is he was asking questions which he'd normally ask in a pre match presser like "Tonda how ready are we for Colchester" which is a complete waste of time.

Can't believe some melt actually asked if we'd spied on more than 3 occasions as if we're going to admit that and open ourselves up to more points deductions. Absolute whopper.

The stripes question was funny too. Especially the length of time it took to actually ask it.

it was quite telling (and predictable) that there was never the word 'No' said 

[EssEffCee]

2 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

it was quite telling (and predictable) that there was never the word 'No' said 

Of course there wasn't, he wouldn't want to tell an outright lie incase it comes up in future. No fan of half term Phil but the politician style answer was all he could really do there.

You'd have to be seriously thick to think those were the only 3 games we did it.

Edited 7 hours ago by EssEffCee

[Willo of Whiteley]

5 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

it was quite telling (and predictable) that there was never the word 'No' said 

Conspiracy lover.

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Willo of Whiteley said:

Conspiracy lover.

not really..just say no

not that it matters

[AlexLaw76]

4 minutes ago, EssEffCee said:

Of course there wasn't, he wouldn't want to tell an outright lie incase it comes up in future. No fan of half term Phil but the politician style answer was all he could really do there.

You'd have to be seriously thick to think those were the only 3 games we did it.

They live among us, I am sure

[Willo of Whiteley]

3 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

not really..just say no

not that it matters

You need to move on 😂

Why would he say yes - and admit to more?

Or say no - and then get caught out at a later date?

Stupid question, stupid comment.

[Willo of Whiteley]

They should use Slido for future fan forums.

Basically you type your question in and others can thumbs it up if they like it.

The more thumbs up it gets, it gets bumped to the top of the queue as the next question.

Weedles out all the idiot questions.

[AlexLaw76]

9 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

You need to move on 😂

Why would he say yes - and admit to more?

Or say no - and then get caught out at a later date?

Stupid question, stupid comment.

I need to move on?

I have barely mentioned for ages until that question, then I have commented about 5 times since....

 

Edited 7 hours ago by AlexLaw76

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

21 minutes ago, EssEffCee said:

The stripes question was funny too. Especially the length of time it took to actually ask it

How many times have you had one too much to drink and you think you have something really important to say but comes out as nonsense? That's what that question sounded like...and of course the panel love those sort of questions because they can take an age answering them rather than answer the more pointed questions.

[Fabrice29]

Really important that these are taken away a one hour slot on the radio. Or at the very least it has an extended ‘after hours’ session afterwards. Blackmore very annoying but just a symptom of being confined to the live hour broadcast and trying to get through it without having awkwardness on air. 

Funny the kit question got criticised…it was the only one that seemed to bring about any pushback from the fan 😂

[EssEffCee]

21 minutes ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

How many times have you had one too much to drink and you think you have something really important to say but comes out as nonsense? That's what that question sounded like...and of course the panel love those sort of questions because they can take an age answering them rather than answer the more pointed questions.

That's exactly what it seemed like to me also. You could hear him realising he was going on too long and that's why he kind of blurted it out at the end.

[beatlesaint]

I’m not a fan of Parsons, he comes across as a bit of an arrogant but not very smart cock

[Saint86]

2 hours ago, EssEffCee said:

Blackmore did his usual thing of talking too much but thought last night was a tad more interesting than previous editions. Weird thing is he was asking questions which he'd normally ask in a pre match presser like "Tonda how ready are we for Colchester" which is a complete waste of time.

Can't believe some melt actually asked if we'd spied on more than 3 occasions as if we're going to admit that and open ourselves up to more points deductions. Absolute whopper.

The stripes question was funny too. Especially the length of time it took to actually ask it.

I thought it was a much more interesting forum than usual. Most of the questions and responses were detailed. The 2 absolute waster ones for me was the absolute dinlow who asked about how the players are going to earn the fan's forgiveness (seriously? ), and then the one where they asked Parsons if he'd like to fess up to any more rule breaks.

I also agree. the length of time we had to wait for him to ask about square backs on shirts... how? 😄 selfishly i was hoping he was going to ask about future inclusions of navy trim, or at least whether the club look at the popular fan mock ups etc..

Thinking back on it today, one of the more interesting takes was that Parsons in effect openly accused Middlesbrough or being disingenuous and playing a game over the whole spygate incident to try and trick their way to Wembley, as well as accusing the EFL of being disingenuous. Not sure that was particularly well advised given we're still not out of trouble yet with the FA and it shows the opposite of contrition by the club.

Edited 5 hours ago by Saint86

[wild-saint]

To be honest what do people expect? There really aren’t many questions worth asking that the club can give a full and honest answer on. Kind of rules out spygate, transfers, confidential negotiations /plans. Maybe spors giving a 1 hour presentation on his role, objectives and behind the scenes set up would be more informative and interesting than a bunch of low IQ fans gibbering on about kits, discounts and what ever other nonsense seems to upset them at the time of asking. 

The only response to discount bloke telling us he has been unemployed for 7 months should be “no shit”.

[Saint86]

14 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

I'd like to have heard more about specific players (THB, Scienza and Jander) and the likelihood of them leaving but I expect they wouldn't answer it properly anyway.

They were specifically asked if we would be keeping the core players (a couple of names were mentioned)... Spors was at great pains to give a politicians answer without promising they won't be sold - so the only take away you can make from that is that at least one more core player will likely be sold if the right offer comes in. Similarly, other than the striker position, he said that we were happy with the squad, accept for any replacements we need to make for players that leave... so i think there is a reasonable chance of losing another matchday squad player 🤷‍♂️ 

Also made it very clear that we'll see significant numbers of (squad bloat) exits in the coming weeks...

Edited 5 hours ago by Saint86

[HarvSFC]

So, can we report Stoke, Sunderland, Bournemouth and a host of others for having stripes on their back and get them expelled from the league?

[Secret Site Agent]

3 hours ago, wild-saint said:

To be honest what do people expect? There really aren’t many questions worth asking that the club can give a full and honest answer on. Kind of rules out spygate, transfers, confidential negotiations /plans. Maybe spors giving a 1 hour presentation on his role, objectives and behind the scenes set up would be more informative and interesting than a bunch of low IQ fans gibbering on about kits, discounts and what ever other nonsense seems to upset them at the time of asking. 

The only response to discount bloke telling us he has been unemployed for 7 months should be “no shit”.

No didn't he say he is going to be deployed for 7 months, so is in the military I guess.

[RedArmy]

5 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

I would be amazed if we were not doing more often. To suggest we spied in December then nothing until Ipswich came to SMS is for the birds

Definitely spied on Pompey, as did probably half the league as it so easy, and they seem to be aware of that after Mousinho’s comments in the week. 
Millwall again is another one that’s easy to spy on without raising any suspicion. Just need to park up and sit on the road alongside their training ground and you can see everything. 
 

So that’s another 2 to add to the list of clubs we probably spied on and couldn’t beat. 

[Saint86]

33 minutes ago, Secret Site Agent said:

No didn't he say he is going to be deployed for 7 months, so is in the military I guess.

Yes. 

[Saint86]

16 minutes ago, RedArmy said:

Definitely spied on Pompey, as did probably half the league as it so easy, and they seem to be aware of that after Mousinho’s comments in the week. 
Millwall again is another one that’s easy to spy on without raising any suspicion. Just need to park up and sit on the road alongside their training ground and you can see everything. 
 

So that’s another 2 to add to the list of clubs we probably spied on and couldn’t beat. 

As far as i can work out, if a member of the public decides to rock up at Middlesbrough's training ground every week, and live-streams their "restricted" training sessions online for anyone to watch, there is absolutely nothing the league can do about it. Would get their fans absolutely frothing at the mouth as well.

Edited 2 hours ago by Saint86

[Whitey Grandad]

5 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

As far as i can work out, if a member of the public decides to rock up at Middlesbrough's training ground every week, and live-streams their "restricted" training sessions online for anyone to watch, there is absolutely nothing the league can do about it. Would get their fans absolutely frothing at the mouth as well.

Saints would be forbidden from looking at it under the current regulations. 

[Pat from Poole]

4 hours ago, beatlesaint said:

I’m not a fan of Parsons, he comes across as a bit of an arrogant but not very smart cock

Yes, it's fine being an arrogant cock if you are at least smart.

I am amazed that he is still at the club.

[Saint Pete]

6 minutes ago, Pat from Poole said:

Yes, it's fine being an arrogant cock if you are at least smart.

I am amazed that he is still at the club.

I reckon he will go once the FA charges are resolved. Maybe Dragan doesn't want to be seen firing the CEO while that situation is still ongoing.

[Saint86]

1 hour ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Saints would be forbidden from looking at it under the current regulations. 

Yeah, but only on 2 occasions... and it would be un-enforceable regardless as no way to know who was watching. It would make a total mockery of the nonsense EFL rule as well.

Edited 1 hour ago by Saint86

[Challenger]

5 hours ago, beatlesaint said:

I’m not a fan of Parsons, he comes across as a bit of an arrogant but not very smart cock

OK Gibbo, stop rubbing it in.

[Appy]

2 hours ago, RedArmy said:

Definitely spied on Pompey, as did probably half the league as it so easy, and they seem to be aware of that after Mousinho’s comments in the week. 
Millwall again is another one that’s easy to spy on without raising any suspicion. Just need to park up and sit on the road alongside their training ground and you can see everything. 
 

So that’s another 2 to add to the list of clubs we probably spied on and couldn’t beat. 

Would be good if those are definitely another two. 
 

Another two we didn’t beat last season. 

[trousers]

7 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

I would be amazed if we were not doing (spying) more often.

As much as I'd be amazed if we'd been the only ones doing it...

 

 

Edited 13 minutes ago by trousers