Badger Posted October 26 Posted October 26 I know Senegal and Nigeria have had some successes but have Mali produced any players of note ?
SaintNewForest Posted October 26 Posted October 26 4 minutes ago, Badger said: I know Senegal and Nigeria have had some successes but have Mali produced any players of note ? Moussa Djenepo. 2 1
Osvaldorama Posted October 26 Posted October 26 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. 2
Badger Posted October 26 Posted October 26 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. 2
AlexLaw76 Posted October 26 Posted October 26 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. 4
S-Clarke Posted October 26 Posted October 26 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. 2
OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint Posted October 26 Posted October 26 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? 3
Master Bates Posted October 27 Posted October 27 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6740730/2025/10/27/wolves-john-textor-bid/?onboarded=true&source=athletic-plopro 5
benjii Posted October 27 Posted October 27 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. 1
benjii Posted October 27 Posted October 27 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 Posted October 27 Posted October 27 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 1
IronCitySaint Posted Wednesday at 11:58 Posted Wednesday at 11:58 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. 1
Dr. Kucho Posted Wednesday at 14:28 Posted Wednesday at 14:28 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. 1
SaintNewForest Posted Wednesday at 14:41 Posted Wednesday at 14:41 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 Posted Wednesday at 14:47 Posted Wednesday at 14:47 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. 4
AlexLaw76 Posted Wednesday at 15:27 Posted Wednesday at 15:27 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 1
franniesTache Posted Wednesday at 15:43 Posted Wednesday at 15:43 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 👀 3
Suhari Posted Wednesday at 16:17 Posted Wednesday at 16:17 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.... 2
trousers Posted Wednesday at 16:44 Posted Wednesday at 16:44 (edited) 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 Wednesday at 16:47 by trousers 1
TheAlehouseBrawlers Posted Wednesday at 17:30 Posted Wednesday at 17:30 (edited) On 29/10/2025 at 16:44, 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 Edited Saturday at 08:01 by TheAlehouseBrawlers Tried again linking image! 1
trousers Posted Wednesday at 17:33 Posted Wednesday at 17:33 (edited) 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 Wednesday at 17:40 by trousers
Turkish Posted Wednesday at 20:21 Posted Wednesday at 20:21 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! 1
TheAlehouseBrawlers Posted Wednesday at 20:44 Posted Wednesday at 20:44 (edited) On 29/10/2025 at 17:30, TheAlehouseBrawlers said: The Dream Team? https://eupoliticalreport.com/how-putin-uses-dragan-solak-to-influence-serbia/ Ras out, Vlad in.... Edited Saturday at 07:12 by TheAlehouseBrawlers
S-Clarke Posted Thursday at 12:04 Posted Thursday at 12:04 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. 2
TheAlehouseBrawlers Posted Saturday at 07:08 Posted Saturday at 07:08 (edited) I quite like Dragan Solak, if there is any protest today (not expecting much) hopefully it's specifically aimed at Sport Republic rather than the owner. Edit: I'm out of posts for today (thank fuck as I ain't getting in an endless discussion with MLG) so just in reply, as I say, I quite like the fella and I separate the two in as much as Solak said from the start he wasn't particularly a football man and he put his trust in a bunch of chancers using us as an experiment. Yep, it probably means he goes if SR go but my disdain is particularly aimed at the SR mugs. Anyway, that's it from me. Edited Saturday at 09:45 by TheAlehouseBrawlers 3 and out 1
Matthew Le God Posted Saturday at 09:19 Posted Saturday at 09:19 2 hours ago, TheAlehouseBrawlers said: I quite like Dragan Solak, if there is any protest today (not expecting much) hopefully it's specifically aimed at Sport Republic rather than the owner. Why have you separated the two?
benjii Posted Saturday at 09:30 Posted Saturday at 09:30 10 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said: Why have you separated the two? Because he quite likes Dragan Solak. 1 8
IFHP Posted Saturday at 09:32 Posted Saturday at 09:32 2 hours ago, TheAlehouseBrawlers said: I quite like Dragan Solak, if there is any protest today (not expecting much) hopefully it's specifically aimed at Sport Republic rather than the owner. As the owner he deserves all the stick he gets, it him that has appointed all the clowns. 7
trousers Posted Saturday at 09:39 Posted Saturday at 09:39 7 minutes ago, IFHP said: As the owner he deserves all the stick he gets, it him that has appointed all the clowns. This 1
AlexLaw76 Posted Saturday at 10:04 Posted Saturday at 10:04 2 hours ago, TheAlehouseBrawlers said: I quite like Dragan Solak, if there is any protest today (not expecting much) hopefully it's specifically aimed at Sport Republic rather than the owner. Edit: I'm out of posts for today (thank fuck as I ain't getting in an endless discussion with MLG) so just in reply, as I say, I quite like the fella and I separate the two in as much as Solak said from the start he wasn't particularly a football man and he put his trust in a bunch of chancers using us as an experiment. Yep, it probably means he goes if SR go but my disdain is particularly aimed at the SR mugs. Anyway, that's it from me. This is Solak’s mess. He may be likeable but he is a terrible owner 8
sockeye Posted Saturday at 15:51 Author Posted Saturday at 15:51 Has no idea how to run a football club Has no idea what makes a good appointment to any position 4
saintant Posted Saturday at 17:51 Posted Saturday at 17:51 Needs to grow a pair and wake up to the fact that SR are a bunch of frauds and bin off the lot of them and bring in new people who know about football. Get them out and set up a new company with a different name to run this club and get it moving in the right direction. I don't know the legalities of Solak doing this but if he can't he was mad to get involved without being able to sack underperformers while they piss his money away, ruin this club and hack off all the fans. Something major needs to be done not just sacking Still. 7
JohnnyShearer2.0 Posted Saturday at 17:55 Posted Saturday at 17:55 2 minutes ago, saintant said: Needs to grow a pair and wake up to the fact that SR are a bunch of frauds and bin off the lot of them and bring in new people who know about football. Get them out and set up a new company with a different name to run this club and get it moving in the right direction. I don't know the legalities of Solak doing this but if he can't he was mad to get involved without being able to sack underperformers while they piss his money away, ruin this club and hack off all the fans. Something major needs to be done not just sacking Still. He has to be seething at what has transpired over the last few years. Can't be happy at all with this shitshow. 1
saintant Posted Saturday at 17:57 Posted Saturday at 17:57 1 minute ago, JohnnyShearer2.0 said: He has to be seething at what has transpired over the last few years. Can't be happy at all with this shitshow. Hope he is but he can't keep fiddling while Southampton FC burns to the ground.
SambaMaverick Posted Saturday at 19:17 Posted Saturday at 19:17 What happens when this guy pulls the plug? We're making fuck all money in the Championship, none of these losers will be worth a wank to resell. If Dragan were to stop the tap we'd be looking down the barrel pretty quickly. It's worrying. 2
saint michael Posted Saturday at 21:55 Posted Saturday at 21:55 His biggest failure is not learning and not changing approach. For this he is part of driving the failure 2
Sergei Gotsmanov Posted Saturday at 22:00 Posted Saturday at 22:00 He has spent the money but appears to be incredibly badly advised.
Lee On Solent Saint Posted Saturday at 22:04 Posted Saturday at 22:04 For me, he's just as much to blame as all the other wankers running my club into the ground. Regardless if it's his money or not. 5
Dr Who? Posted Saturday at 22:32 Posted Saturday at 22:32 Let’s get our money together and launch a fan led majority share in the club. Any of you lot minted? On second thoughts imagine the mess we would be in! 😧
CB Fry Posted Saturday at 22:35 Posted Saturday at 22:35 Someone needs to write him an open letter, like NOW 1 1
The Wyvern Posted Sunday at 07:47 Posted Sunday at 07:47 Anyone know how much money Sports Republic and/or Solak has actually put into the club?
S-Clarke Posted Sunday at 10:01 Posted Sunday at 10:01 He's not absorbed of blame anymore. I don't care if he's pumped money into the club, he's oversaw the absolute imbeciles who continue to piss it up the wall. He took control the last year, and we're now worse. We haven't been this low in the Championship since those 07-09 seasons. 5
AlexLaw76 Posted Sunday at 10:02 Posted Sunday at 10:02 Just now, S-Clarke said: He's not absorbed of blame anymore. I don't care if he's pumped money into the club, he's oversaw the absolute imbeciles who continue to piss it up the wall. He took control the last year, and we're now worse. We haven't been this low in the Championship since those 07-09 seasons. Pretty much spot on. not hard to find plenty of fans suggesting Solak deserves some slack etc - fuck off 3
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