BBC Radio Solent Saints fans forum 7th August 6pm

[Monk]

Wonder if Parsons nose is put out that JS has come in and taken some of the football responsibilities away from him.

 

Spot on summary of Parsons of Wayman, exactly how he came across. 

[Viking Saint]

54 minutes ago, Monk said:

Wonder if Parsons nose is put out that JS has come in and taken some of the football responsibilities away from him.

 

Spot on summary of Parsons of Wayman, exactly how he came across. 

I'd be quite happy for Jack Stephens to take some footballing responsibilities onboard - would make a nice change 

[Doctoroncall]

1 hour ago, Monk said:

Wonder if Parsons nose is put out that JS has come in and taken some of the football responsibilities away from him.

 

Spot on summary of Parsons of Wayman, exactly how he came across. 

Probably relieved someone else is responsible and accountable for the football side. 

[hypochondriac]

1 hour ago, Monk said:

Slight side track…

 

there’s some controversy on Twitter/X about a big lad in the black third shirt and being allowed into the stadium/forum. Club being called out by a handful of keyboard warriors. Any ideas what that’s all about? 

Some bloke apparently faking cancer a few years ago. 

[Monk]

14 minutes ago, Doctoroncall said:

Probably relieved someone else is responsible and accountable for the football side. 

You would’ve thought but didn’t come across like that. 

[Doctoroncall]

11 minutes ago, Monk said:

You would’ve thought but didn’t come across like that. 

I thought he was ok as they all were. he’s hardly going into any in depth propriety information and I expect he’d prefer not to go to these types of events. Perhaps when there are more exciting plans to reveal, the approach would be different. 
 

Trollope struggle with one question when using multiple ‘you knows’ and Spors is a functional German rather than a suave persuasive individual. Just hope his technical ability of knowing a player is top notch. We'll find out this season. 

[bpsaint]

1 hour ago, hypochondriac said:

Some bloke apparently faking cancer a few years ago. 

Yeah he was tweeting players a few years ago, trying get free stuff, retweets etc and all that malarkey claiming he had cancer, turned out to be bollocks. Gotta be a pretty sick individual to do that and still be happy to show your face so publicly.

[Hamilton Saint]

On 07/08/2025 at 13:19, SW11_Saint said:

Really, what interesting revealing answers do you think you get to those three? I suspect you’d get three bland, corporate responses…

It seems to me that you would get "bland, corporate responses", if you ask open-ended, vague questions like "what is the Club's plan for the season". On the other hand, If the manager had been at the forum, and you asked him the specific question "do you intend to use two centre-backs as your default defensive formation this season", I suggest you might get an interesting and revealing answer. Something specific, and with unexpected elaborations, perhaps.

[SW11_Saint]

52 minutes ago, Hamilton Saint said:

It seems to me that you would get "bland, corporate responses", if you ask open-ended, vague questions like "what is the Club's plan for the season". On the other hand, If the manager had been at the forum, and you asked him the specific question "do you intend to use two centre-backs as your default defensive formation this season", I suggest you might get an interesting and revealing answer. Something specific, and with unexpected elaborations, perhaps.

I suspect he’d just say “sometimes 2, sometimes 3 - depending on the circumstance and opposition”. Wouldn’t really reveal much…