PROTEST

[Gloucester Saint]

27 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Tennis balls. They're probably really cheap at the moment as it's off season for tennis.

Charlton and Coventry did this effectively, and Reading, holding up games and causing their rogue owners much bad PR.

[Graffito]

2 hours ago, bangkoksaint said:

Stop putting money into the club. It’s the only thing they understand. If you feel obligated to go this season due to having purchased a ST then so be it. But don’t buy merchandise, food or drink etc. This lot care only about money

They want our oil.

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, Graffito said:

They want our oil.

Forgot about Jackson’s Farm

[Saint Gifford]

The only way is to pull at Katharina’s heart strings in the name of her father. 
 

Horrible thing to do, but enough time has passed, if she can be bothered to do anything with her 20% voting rights. 
 

She must still have an emotional attachment to the club by not selling completely. 
 

Football is all emotion, so perhaps she needs reminding, she can’t need the money. 
 

Sport Republic is only a Venture Capital Company, so will have no emotional connection apart from what the balance sheet says. 
 

The direction of feeling should be directed too Katharina for anything meaningful to happen. 
 

 

[Dark Munster]

42 minutes ago, Nieldy said:

Don't suppose anyone's a got a plane.

[Football Special]

Next game is home to Hull isn't it, it's the first game the "half season tickets" start on. Makes me particularly angry, a mate of mine opted out of getting season tickets for him and his lad back in the summer as money was tight,  kid is so football mad he decided back in mid-December to get a couple for remainder of the season, poor kid going to have to sit through that, Sports Republic will end up killing off a whole generation of support 

[Lighthouse]

1 hour ago, Nieldy said:

Don't suppose anyone's a got a plane.

Yes but I’m not sure how taking 1/8 inch off the wood furnishings is going to improve the situation.

[Badger]

1 hour ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Tennis balls. They're probably really cheap at the moment as it's off season for tennis.

Easily filtered out at entry to the stadium.

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, Badger said:

Easily filtered out at entry to the stadium.

Only if the stewards try to body search which we have to consent to. They can reasonably feel quickly for knives and obviously search any bags. Reading and Charlton fans got them and plastic pigs into the stadium without issues. Plenty of places to conceal a tennis ball.

[Badger]

2 hours ago, whelk said:

At our next home game I plan to smear shit on the annoying cunt who sits behind me. Regardless of results

Did you go to the same charm school as John Westwood by any chance ? 

[Gloucester Saint]

11 hours ago, Badger said:

Did you go to the same charm school as John Westwood by any chance ? 

Having worked with several skates who had to sit near him in the Fratton End, no-one with a sense of smell would get near enough to JPFCW from what they told me.

In revenge, he could piss on them with the amount he allegedly drinks.

Edited Monday at 08:52 by Gloucester Saint

[Osvaldorama]

 

just saw this posted on Twitter 

[Sheaf Saint]

12 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Plenty of places to conceal a tennis ball.

Cue @trousers with a Kenneth Williams gif

[Badger]

1 hour ago, Saint Gifford said:

The only way is to pull at Katharina’s heart strings in the name of her father. 
 

Horrible thing to do, but enough time has passed, if she can be bothered to do anything with her 20% voting rights. 
 

She must still have an emotional attachment to the club by not selling completely. 
 

Football is all emotion, so perhaps she needs reminding, she can’t need the money. 
 

Sport Republic is only a Venture Capital Company, so will have no emotional connection apart from what the balance sheet says. 
 

The direction of feeling should be directed too Katharina for anything meaningful to happen. 
 

 

I thought her influence had been diluted to about 10% although still has a representative on the board.

She won’t be looking to buy the club back or reinvest, and can’t blame her. Perhaps her son would like to head the club up, and can find another wealthy Swiss backer, but seems an unlikely one. 
 

 

[Noodles34]

2 hours ago, die Mannyschaft said:

The players may think its a sign to get sent off.

I think that might help 

 

[Dr Who?]

4 hours ago, sockeye said:

Stop going to games.

if you really need to watch live football, visit Sholing or Eastleigh.

Bit far, but will shout to get Carlisle back in the league

[Dr Who?]

After watching that 2nd half today full of cold, having a chesty cough, feeling like shite and freezing my nuts off, something has to happen. The club are getting everything wrong time and time again. We are a broken club, we are not the only broken club because of owners, but we the fans are the ones who are suffering when we should be challenging for promotion. I have no fight in me and could not even get upset. Was happy to leave on 76 minutes when the 4th went in, so I could get back to Carlisle for a Chinese takeaway and to salvage something with what apart from the football was a great day with the boy! 

[Saint86]

5 hours ago, Colinjb said:

Well, someone's trying.

Its a tad harsh on the promotion side to label them as "constant failure". But i support the general sentiment 😄🤣

[Sunnyside Saint]

7 hours ago, benjii said:

I already don't go, so that's me in. 

How about a big sign or something too?

[Forester]

8 hours ago, Saint Gifford said:

The only way is to pull at Katharina’s heart strings in the name of her father. 
 

Horrible thing to do, but enough time has passed, if she can be bothered to do anything with her 20% voting rights. 
 

She must still have an emotional attachment to the club by not selling completely. 
 

Football is all emotion, so perhaps she needs reminding, she can’t need the money. 
 

Sport Republic is only a Venture Capital Company, so will have no emotional connection apart from what the balance sheet says. 
 

The direction of feeling should be directed too Katharina for anything meaningful to happen. 
 

 

Just checking, but has anyone told you that 80% is greater than 20%?

[Turkish]

We should block and delete them on social media that’s the only way bro. 

[Give it to Ron]

Four years ago today, Sport Republic completed their acquisition of #SaintsFC. 💷

Since then:

166 league matches
47 wins
35 draws
84 defeats
210 goals scored
294 goals conceded
2 relegations
7 permanent managers

From 13th in the Premier League to 15th in the Championship.

[Weston Super Saint]

2 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

Four years ago today, Sport Republic completed their acquisition of #SaintsFC. 💷

Since then:

166 league matches
47 wins
35 draws
84 defeats
210 goals scored
294 goals conceded
2 relegations
7 permanent managers

From 13th in the Premier League to 15th in the Championship.

If it ain't broke..... (it soon will be).

[Turkish]

4 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

If it ain't broke..... (it soon will be).

So when does the great fix start?

[Give it to Ron]

6 minutes ago, Turkish said:

So when does the great fix start?

They just appointed Alf Garnett….from the mighty Swindon and Bristol Rovers …..you couldn’t make up how Mickey Mouse ST are!

Edited Monday at 07:37 by Give it to Ron

[Weston Super Saint]

5 minutes ago, Turkish said:

So when does the great fix start?

Pretty sure there is no plan (yet) for that.  We ain't done with the breaking bit yet.

[Deanovski]

12 hours ago, Football Special said:

Next game is home to Hull isn't it, it's the first game the "half season tickets" start on. Makes me particularly angry, a mate of mine opted out of getting season tickets for him and his lad back in the summer as money was tight,  kid is so football mad he decided back in mid-December to get a couple for remainder of the season, poor kid going to have to sit through that, Sports Republic will end up killing off a whole generation of support 

It builds character, dont be a snowflake.

[Wurzel]

14 hours ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Tennis balls. They're probably really cheap at the moment as it's off season for tennis.

A couple of 100 tennis balls should delay the game for hours as  Bazunu and the 3 CBs insist on passing each ball between themselves at least a dozen times before they allow a steward to pick it up

[saintant]

3 hours ago, Give it to Ron said:

Four years ago today, Sport Republic completed their acquisition of #SaintsFC. 💷

Since then:

166 league matches
47 wins
35 draws
84 defeats
210 goals scored
294 goals conceded
2 relegations
7 permanent managers

From 13th in the Premier League to 15th in the Championship.

Thanks for nothing Semmens. Trust you were able to line your pockets and are enjoying the rich life.

[EssEffCee]

After we're embarrassed at Fratton might be a good time, angry people returning on the coaches along with those beered up who watched it at the fanzone.

[tdmickey3]

Why do we need to protest?

 

THIS IS THE GREATEST ERA IN OUR HISTORY

(tm Manji)

[East Kent Saint]

Man U fans protested long and hard against the Glazer family all to no avail 

[Dark Munster]

6 hours ago, East Kent Saint said:

Man U fans protested long and hard against the Glazer family all to no avail 

We don't have to get rid of Dragan. If the chants are long and persistent against Rasmus Ankersen maybe, just maybe, Dragan will wake up and realise his football "expert" advisor is a charlatan and conman who is responsible for the mess his club is in.

[UpweySaint]

On 04/01/2026 at 18:26, Colinjb said:

Well, someone's trying.

The death of Southampton fc? Jesus wept. We’ve got relegated and the board have made some shit decisions. We’re on a poor run. We’re hardly being run into the ground like Sheffield Wednesday or handing out contracts to the likes of Mason Greenwood. We also got promoted in amongst the ‘4 years of abject and constant failure’.

I don’t see how our club has ‘gone away’. 

 

[Willo of Whiteley]

Can we go one better?

”Jack Stephens”

”He’s not my captain” etc etc 😂

[Football Special]

22 hours ago, Deanovski said:

It builds character, dont be a snowflake.

Didn't we do enough character building last season? Certainly felt like it taking my nippers to defeat after defeat 

[Football Special]

9 hours ago, UpweySaint said:

The death of Southampton fc? Jesus wept. We’ve got relegated and the board have made some shit decisions. We’re on a poor run. We’re hardly being run into the ground like Sheffield Wednesday or handing out contracts to the likes of Mason Greenwood. We also got promoted in amongst the ‘4 years of abject and constant failure’.

I don’t see how our club has ‘gone away’. 

 

Sounds like we have a counter protest on our hands , could get a bit tasty between the pro and anti SR fans 

[tdmickey3]

10 hours ago, UpweySaint said:

The death of Southampton fc? Jesus wept. We’ve got relegated and the board have made some shit decisions. We’re on a poor run. We’re hardly being run into the ground like Sheffield Wednesday or handing out contracts to the likes of Mason Greenwood. We also got promoted in amongst the ‘4 years of abject and constant failure’.

I don’t see how our club has ‘gone away’. 

 

Maybe not death, but he decline is very concerning as its gathering pace, even you can see that surely?

SR make stupid decisions on repeat and if it continues its not going to end well.

[EssEffCee]

58 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Sounds like we have a counter protest on our hands , could get a bit tasty between the pro and anti SR fans 

One thing which is bound to happen with protests is a very divided fan base.

Things going to get a lot worse before they get better.

[UpweySaint]

1 hour ago, Football Special said:

Sounds like we have a counter protest on our hands , could get a bit tasty between the pro and anti SR fans 

What do we want? More specific protest aims and outcomes. When do we want them? Between now and Ross Stewart’s next comeback!

I genuinely get the frustration but just don’t think we’re at a stage where a protest feels necessary or helpful. Other than ‘be less shit’ or ‘sell the club’ I don’t really get what protesters are seeking here. 
 

 

[UpweySaint]

19 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

Maybe not death, but he decline is very concerning as its gathering pace, even you can see that surely?

SR make stupid decisions on repeat and if it continues its not going to end well.

Sure to an extent but it’s not a decline in a vacuum. We’ve made some poor choices recently, other clubs have made better ones. We should be doing better this year based on the budget and, I would argue, the squad but I think as fans we can - at times - be too reactionary. 
 

Solak/SR are investing in the club. There is evidence they learn from mistakes - or at least try to - and can concede when they get things wrong. There is a reasonable level of fan engagement. In terms of football club ownership they’re probably middling. It’s small margins but we do need to start getting more decisions right than wrong. 
 

Genuine ask. Do you support the protest/plan to participate? 

[Gloucester Saint]

26 minutes ago, EssEffCee said:

One thing which is bound to happen with protests is a very divided fan base.

Things going to get a lot worse before they get better.

Saw this during 08/09 first hand eg fans physically fighting each other at the Doncaster home game. The club stirs it in places like this as well, Lowe did and I’m sure Rasmus et al won’t be beyond doing it either, 

[Gloucester Saint]

16 minutes ago, UpweySaint said:

What do we want? More specific protest aims and outcomes. When do we want them? Between now and Ross Stewart’s next comeback!

I genuinely get the frustration but just don’t think we’re at a stage where a protest feels necessary or helpful. Other than ‘be less shit’ or ‘sell the club’ I don’t really get what protesters are seeking here. 
 

 

I can only comment from my perspective but Rasmus Ankerson having zero involvement in Southampton Football Club operations, player recruitment and decision-making is a non-negotiable. Read the excellent research on the Ben Garner thread and you will see his fingerprints all over it. That bloke has done more harm to the club than Lowe and Les Reed post-2017 combined. 

[tdmickey3]

12 minutes ago, UpweySaint said:

Sure to an extent but it’s not a decline in a vacuum. We’ve made some poor choices recently, other clubs have made better ones. We should be doing better this year based on the budget and, I would argue, the squad but I think as fans we can - at times - be too reactionary. 
 

Solak/SR are investing in the club. There is evidence they learn from mistakes - or at least try to - and can concede when they get things wrong. There is a reasonable level of fan engagement. In terms of football club ownership they’re probably middling. It’s small margins but we do need to start getting more decisions right than wrong. 
 

Genuine ask. Do you support the protest/plan to participate?  Will depend on what form it takes

Where is the evidence they are learning, its not fine margins, its an absolute mess

Repeated stupid manager appointments, Jones, Selles, keeping Martin for PL, Still and Ekert, and a sacked coach from Colchester coach to assist, what crap will they appoint next?

Signing Tall Paul, Sulemana, BBD, Lallana

Not signing a competant GK every season

Not signing a decent CF every season

Tactical interference from above 

Fan engagement? only when its going well, nothing when its not, and don't quote the fan rep rubbish.

Giving a very poor CB a new contract and making him captain when he offers nothing

 

I m` sure others will be able to add to the list of failures

[S-Clarke]

26 minutes ago, UpweySaint said:

Sure to an extent but it’s not a decline in a vacuum. We’ve made some poor choices recently, other clubs have made better ones. We should be doing better this year based on the budget and, I would argue, the squad but I think as fans we can - at times - be too reactionary. 
 

Solak/SR are investing in the club. There is evidence they learn from mistakes - or at least try to - and can concede when they get things wrong. There is a reasonable level of fan engagement. In terms of football club ownership they’re probably middling. It’s small margins but we do need to start getting more decisions right than wrong. 
 

Genuine ask. Do you support the protest/plan to participate? 

It's a huge decline, you can't dress it up either way. We were mid-table PL, beating Brentford 4-1 almost 4 years to the day when SR took over.

Fast forward 4 years and we've gone through 6 managers, 4 DoF's, spent £354m, 2 relegations and are sat in 15th in The Championship. If that's not decline, then I'd love to see what is? There is zero evidence they learn from their mistakes, the evidence strongly points to them doubling down on every mistake they make rather than owning them.

It's not just about this year, this is the important thing to remember. This is 4 years of total mismanagement of our football club which is culminating in the current situation we see ourselves in - and it won't improve, as mentioned before it's hope-casting if anyone believes it will at this stage. There is no evidence to suggest anything other than a continued downward trajectory under their leadership.

[EssEffCee]

24 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Saw this during 08/09 first hand eg fans physically fighting each other at the Doncaster home game. The club stirs it in places like this as well, Lowe did and I’m sure Rasmus et al won’t be beyond doing it either, 

There were a couple of nippers at the QPR away game after Still was sacked who were having a go at anyone trying to sing anti SR/board songs.

There was also an SR out flag at that game but I haven't seen it since.

[Morse]

41 minutes ago, UpweySaint said:

Sure to an extent but it’s not a decline in a vacuum. We’ve made some poor choices recently, other clubs have made better ones. We should be doing better this year based on the budget and, I would argue, the squad but I think as fans we can - at times - be too reactionary. 
 

Solak/SR are investing in the club. There is evidence they learn from mistakes - or at least try to - and can concede when they get things wrong. There is a reasonable level of fan engagement. In terms of football club ownership they’re probably middling. It’s small margins but we do need to start getting more decisions right than wrong. 
 

Genuine ask. Do you support the protest/plan to participate? 

These are not unreasonable arguments you make, except, "There is evidence they learn from mistakes".

There really isn't, and that is what's making the fan base angry. Sixth straight manager with no experience of promotion or managing in the Premiership. Second in a row with no experience of being a professional footballer, and a continued aversion to buying proven quality experienced players over youngsters to bring on and sell. Not to mention a zealot like belief in three cbs and playing out from the back !!!!

[sockeye]

1 hour ago, UpweySaint said:

and can concede when they get things wrong. There is a reasonable level of fan engagement

They only engage when they're doing well and have never seen a statement from the club admitting that things were done wrong and they will change their approach

[Gloucester Saint]

39 minutes ago, EssEffCee said:

There were a couple of nippers at the QPR away game after Still was sacked who were having a go at anyone trying to sing anti SR/board songs.

There was also an SR out flag at that game but I haven't seen it since.

Not surprising and even in the Branfoot years there were still people on the Milton sneering and saying ‘who are you going to replace him with then?’. Very much a minority but they were there. The SR Out stickers are a good idea, proliferate them like the Benali Panini ones. The flags are probably more an away games item as the SMS stewards will be under orders to dispose of those and eject fans, as we saw with the brilliant Itchen P45 for Nathan Jones.  

[OldNick]

On 04/01/2026 at 17:36, bangkoksaint said:

Stop putting money into the club. It’s the only thing they understand. If you feel obligated to go this season due to having purchased a ST then so be it. But don’t buy merchandise, food or drink etc. This lot care only about money

and then they will moan that we arent buying anyone.