Dragan Solak

[Badger]

I know Senegal and Nigeria have had some successes but have Mali produced any players of note ? 
 

[SaintNewForest]

4 minutes ago, Badger said:

I know Senegal and Nigeria have had some successes but have Mali produced any players of note ? 
 

Moussa Djenepo.

[Osvaldorama]

Just thinking more on this after tonight’s TSP. I do feel a bit sorry for him. 
 

He has spent a fortune on the club, you can’t knock that. It’s just been spent so, so badly. 

[Badger]

1 minute ago, Osvaldorama said:

Just thinking more on this after tonight’s TSP. I do feel a bit sorry for him. 
 

He has spent a fortune on the club, you can’t knock that. It’s just been spent so, so badly. 

But has he left those responsible in position ? Ankersen for one. 

[AlexLaw76]

2 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

Just thinking more on this after tonight’s TSP. I do feel a bit sorry for him. 
 

He has spent a fortune on the club, you can’t knock that. It’s just been spent so, so badly. 

His judgement is appointing said charlatans. He took a more 'hands on' role more recently, look how that is going.

The buck stops with him.

[S-Clarke]

6 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

Just thinking more on this after tonight’s TSP. I do feel a bit sorry for him. 
 

He has spent a fortune on the club, you can’t knock that. It’s just been spent so, so badly. 

This has been my stance as well, but this guy is also in a position of authority now - he's appointed himself as Chairman of this club.

Yet still it's chaos. This is now happening fully under his watch sad to say.

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

10 hours ago, S-Clarke said:

we're in the same bat shit crazy world of ownership as the likes of Blackburn and Wednesday are in, so wishing we're not them isn't exactly a mile away from what we have today.

Wouldn't go that far, S-Clarke. Chansiri put zero in to the club. Venkys haven't put in much more (£4.85m). Then there's the Oystons at Blackpool. We could do a lot worse.

Don't know how Ankersen and Solak hooked up. Was Ankersen touting his wares to wealthy businessmen and Solak got sucked in or are they somehow mutual friends? Makes a difference. I'd like Solak to reach out to the likes of us fans and seek advice. But would he get a cohesive answer?

[Master Bates]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6740730/2025/10/27/wolves-john-textor-bid/?onboarded=true&source=athletic-plopro

 

[benjii]

21 hours ago, FredVaFC59100 said:

But wait, there is more ! Apparently they also acquired Mali Coura FC earlier this year, a Malian 2nd division club (source: Wikipedia). How did that fly under the radar ? 

Feels like SR is specializing in mediocrity. All SR teams are now playing in 2nd division or lower except for Göztepe S.K , these wankers are lagging behind, they need to go down too to meet SR's standard of living! 

Rasmus Wankerson is director of a company in the Sports Republic group that is co-owned by a Malian guy who runs academies there.

I noticed this the other day and posted it another thread.

[benjii]

1 hour ago, Master Bates said:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6740730/2025/10/27/wolves-john-textor-bid/?onboarded=true&source=athletic-plopro

 

He's not Serbian, he's Maltese. 

[Convict Colony]

22 hours ago, Badger said:

I know Senegal and Nigeria have had some successes but have Mali produced any players of note ? 
 

Diarra the DM who played for Real Madrid and the goat Freddy Kanoute

[IronCitySaint]

According to a recent "Keeping Possession" report, the ownership of Sport Republic Ltd is:

Dragan Solak 74.9%

Henrik Kraft 10.2%

Rasmus Ankersen 5.5%

Dirk Gerkens 5.6%

Viktorija Boklag 3.8%

I have no idea what that means in terms of whether Dragan to get rid of any of the hangers on or even whether that would make any difference to the way the team is run. It also doesn't make any difference to the fact that they are a useless bunch of wankers.

[Dr. Kucho]

2 hours ago, IronCitySaint said:

According to a recent "Keeping Possession" report, the ownership of Sport Republic Ltd is:

Dragan Solak 74.9%

Henrik Kraft 10.2%

Rasmus Ankersen 5.5%

Dirk Gerkens 5.6%

Viktorija Boklag 3.8%

I have no idea what that means in terms of whether Dragan to get rid of any of the hangers on or even whether that would make any difference to the way the team is run. It also doesn't make any difference to the fact that they are a useless bunch of wankers.

They sacked/removed Kraft so it shouldn’t be too hard to remove the others I guess.

[SaintNewForest]

12 minutes ago, Dr. Kucho said:

They sacked/removed Kraft so it shouldn’t be too hard to remove the others I guess.

I thought that was just from Saints? I thought he was still involved in the wider SR empire? 

[SWLondon Saint]

Dunno why people are blaming Solak, honestly, he's put his money where it was needed, the problem is he trusted a bunch of idiots to spend it.

Dragon should bin off SR, hire a proper sporting director and manager, things might finally improve.

[AlexLaw76]

39 minutes ago, SWLondon Saint said:

Dunno why people are blaming Solak, honestly, he's put his money where it was needed, the problem is he trusted a bunch of idiots to spend it.

Dragon should bin off SR, hire a proper sporting director and manager, things might finally improve.

People are blaming him because the buck stops with him. 
 

kind of how it works

[franniesTache]

On 27/10/2025 at 15:49, Master Bates said:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6740730/2025/10/27/wolves-john-textor-bid/?onboarded=true&source=athletic-plopro

 

Funny isn't it @Turkish how when the COT alluded to this in the summer it was roundly mocked 👀

On 01/07/2025 at 17:42, franniesTache said:

Heard something very interesting about Dragon's ability to put money into the club, something which explains a lot about certain rumours and decisions.

Wonder if we'll start seeing subsidised areas around the ground and matchday soon 👀

 

[Suhari]

1 hour ago, SWLondon Saint said:

Dunno why people are blaming Solak, honestly, he's put his money where it was needed, the problem is he trusted a bunch of idiots to spend it.

Dragon should bin off SR, hire a proper sporting director and manager, things might finally improve.

That seems to have been his approach with relegation: Kraft gone, (w)Ankerson pushed aside (supposedly) and Spors in since we didn't have a Sporting Director.

Doesn't seem to have that much of a positive impact so far....

[trousers]

1 hour ago, SWLondon Saint said:

Dunno why people are blaming Solak, honestly, he's put his money where it was needed, the problem is he trusted a bunch of idiots to spend it.

Yep, people would be daft to blame the guy at the top who's crap at choosing the people that work for him... It's almost as if people think we should rate him on how good he is at doing his job...  

(Apologies in advance for the raised sarcasm levels there )

Edited 20 hours ago by trousers

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

41 minutes ago, trousers said:

Yep, people would be daft to blame the guy at the top who's crap at choosing the people that work for him... It's almost as if people think we should rate him on how good he is at doing his job...  

(Apologies in advance for the raised sarcasm levels there )

Tbf, he's really only guilty with putting too much trust in you know who

[trousers]

10 minutes ago, TheAlehouseBrawlers said:

Tbf, he's really only guilty with putting too much trust in you know who

Indeed, which is precisely why its reasonable to question his judgement...

P.s. it's a pretty significant "only" given everything else ripples out from that trust...

Edited 19 hours ago by trousers

[Turkish]

4 hours ago, franniesTache said:

Funny isn't it @Turkish how when the COT alluded to this in the summer it was roundly mocked 👀

 

Course it was, when do they ever give any credit to the CoT? most CoT members post on other forums now and you can see why!

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

3 hours ago, TheAlehouseBrawlers said:

Tbf, he's really only guilty with putting too much trust in you know who

Sorry Mr T, I was going for a cheap chuckle, looks like my feeble attempt could only be seen overseas... 

[S-Clarke]

21 hours ago, SWLondon Saint said:

Dunno why people are blaming Solak, honestly, he's put his money where it was needed, the problem is he trusted a bunch of idiots to spend it.

Dragon should bin off SR, hire a proper sporting director and manager, things might finally improve.

I was of this view maybe 6 months - year ago, but he has to absorb some of the blame now.

This has been 4 years of colossal mismanagement and no one is immune from criticism at this point, especially since Dragan has now put himself front and centre since last year. They've all played their part in the decline of this football club.