| When does the bad feeling end? 12:14 - Jan 18 with 1375 views | A1079 |
I used to occasionally write something on here after a game but I can't be bothered any more. I haven't seen the point of it for a long time. I am tired of coming on here and just writing something negative about the team, the club or whatever. But, I really cannot think of anything positive to say about my/our club. It just feels in total disarray in every respect - from the top to the bottom. You all must be tired of reading my negative posts as I am writing them. There were always a time when you had a blip or a bad performance but on the whole the good outweighed the bad. For the life of me I can't think of anything good about SFC at the moment and I haven't for a while - even when we got promoted, as great as that day was at Wembley, in your heart you knew we were not set up to stay up. Maybe something good is there and I am just not seeing it, but purely from a fan/supporter point of view I am not seeing it at all in any respect. Where is the joy of going to a game any more? I am a Saints fan, I have never expected us to win, but you always knew once that we would compete and give some teams a bl**dy nose. We would hold our own, we even made teams fear coming to our home ground.
On another thread there is something about where does the blame lay. From the top downwards. There is a lack of leadership all over the place, there is no sustainable strategy or vision, there is a lack of desire, a sense of doing it on the cheap and expecting miracles, appointing the wrong people time after time, players who just don't care because they know that those above them don't care enough, detachment from the club, the city, the sense that we are being run down slowly and painfully and fans that are split on whether to try and get behind the team or protest and in the end do neither effectively. What is SFC now, what does it mean to the owners, the people steering it? What does it mean to the players? Does it really matter to any of them? At what point do you decide as a fan there is no point?
SFC was more than about football. It was my city, it was my region where I grew up. It represented my town, my county. The players played as if it meant something to them. The club sometimes struggled to punch with the big guys but it gave it a bl**dy good go. We were a blueprint for other provincial clubs - now we are just a sore, a source of ridicule. The pride has gone and the passion has been drained out of us. It is not beyond saving by any means and with the right people in charge and the right appointments made at all levels it can be turned around but right now it is like turning a tanker on a sixpence. It feels like the impossible job. If we were a Liverpool or Newcastle etc it would be big news - no one outside Southampton cares. The trouble is, do those in Southampton care? |  | | |  |
| When does the bad feeling end? on 12:59 - Jan 18 with 1266 views | saintmark1976 |
Superb piece A1079 thanks.
I and a few others have been saying much the same but not so eloquently for some time now.
For what it’s worth I repeat my view again, which is that in my opinion the objectives of our owners and their employees at Sports Republic are simply no longer compatible with those of Southampton Football Club’s fan base.
In order of importance they want :-
1. A Player Trading Business.
2. A Hospitality and Entertainment Business based at St Mary’s.
3. A vehicle to display the players they wish to trade and that vehicle is our Southampton Football Club. Which division the club plays in is of no particular concern to them.
In order of importance we want just one thing:-
1. A competitive Southampton Football Club. One that whilst not necessarily capable winning Leagues and Cups will at least “ give it a go “.
Personally, I believe that until our club is rid of its current owners and Sports Republic nothing will change. Put simply, the current divide between our and their objectives is no longer capable of repair. [Post edited 18 Jan 13:03]
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| When does the bad feeling end? on 13:01 - Jan 18 with 1265 views | shotters |
This kind of sums up how I feel about Saints and not wanting to constantly post negative views all the time
At the risk of being patronizing to anyone my granddad told my dad something when he was a nipper and he said it to me when I was a similar age "If you want to support a team that wins most weeks then maybe Saints aren't the team for you"
Easier for me to say as I know I'm not a Sotonian but I've never forgotten that
We are a provincial club and were going through a poor spell that most clubs of our size do
Whilst being quiet work wise recently, I'm self employed, ive taken the opportunity to sort out a load of stuff around my house and found a box full of old UI and On The March fanzines, reading through some of them again reconnected me with the passion and obsession I had with the club when I was younger. It also made me realize how lucky I was to have been old enough to experience going to matches in the 80's and early 90's and experience proper terrace culture. Standing under the east stand at The Dell and the spurs away fa cup tie in 1990 in particular are some of my happiest memories of watching The Saints
I try to be pragmatic about where we are as a club right now, if we have to get relegated again to have a clear out and re-set then so be it.
Whilst I try to convince myself that I don't care anymore, its bollocks, my wife just rolls her eyes when I go off on one and tells me if I'm not going to bother wasting my time with Saints anymore then I should "probably get the badge you have tattooed on your left arm removed then"
We were pony when we got relegated in 2005, a complete shambles when we went into administration in 2009 and recovered and we will again
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| When does the bad feeling end? on 13:14 - Jan 18 with 1227 views | dirk_doone |
| When does the bad feeling end? on 13:01 - Jan 18 by shotters |
This kind of sums up how I feel about Saints and not wanting to constantly post negative views all the time
At the risk of being patronizing to anyone my granddad told my dad something when he was a nipper and he said it to me when I was a similar age "If you want to support a team that wins most weeks then maybe Saints aren't the team for you"
Easier for me to say as I know I'm not a Sotonian but I've never forgotten that
We are a provincial club and were going through a poor spell that most clubs of our size do
Whilst being quiet work wise recently, I'm self employed, ive taken the opportunity to sort out a load of stuff around my house and found a box full of old UI and On The March fanzines, reading through some of them again reconnected me with the passion and obsession I had with the club when I was younger. It also made me realize how lucky I was to have been old enough to experience going to matches in the 80's and early 90's and experience proper terrace culture. Standing under the east stand at The Dell and the spurs away fa cup tie in 1990 in particular are some of my happiest memories of watching The Saints
I try to be pragmatic about where we are as a club right now, if we have to get relegated again to have a clear out and re-set then so be it.
Whilst I try to convince myself that I don't care anymore, its bollocks, my wife just rolls her eyes when I go off on one and tells me if I'm not going to bother wasting my time with Saints anymore then I should "probably get the badge you have tattooed on your left arm removed then"
We were pony when we got relegated in 2005, a complete shambles when we went into administration in 2009 and recovered and we will again
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"We were pony when we got relegated in 2005, a complete shambles when we went into administration in 2009."
I was just thinking this is one of the 2 most depressing times in my life as a Saints fan. That was the other one. They're not very far apart, are they? But at least we had a few good years in between, with the high point being the 2015-16 season. [Post edited 18 Jan 16:08]
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| When does the bad feeling end? on 13:46 - Jan 18 with 1171 views | arfurdent |
you need to treat it as a good day out with friends spoilt by 94 minutes of football |  |
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| When does the bad feeling end? on 14:22 - Jan 18 with 1092 views | sledger |
when the cricket starts | | | |
| When does the bad feeling end? on 15:23 - Jan 18 with 990 views | Heisenberg |
I have now reached a point in my life where I can’t be arsed with time wasters. The club is a shambles and until such time that it becomes something to get enjoyment from it is not worth spending any time or money on. I didn’t even watch yesterday’s game and have no plans to watch any future ones. There are better things to do. |  |
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| When does the bad feeling end? on 15:35 - Jan 18 with 950 views | kingslandstand1 |
Excellent piece again A1079, and pretty much shared opinion as most proper Saints fans at the moment
One question I'd ask all is if we weren't season ticket holders (well to those that are) , would we still go to SMS and spend £40 or 50 for each game or whatever it costs to watch these dire performances and generally see our club slowly die under this ownership |  |
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| When does the bad feeling end? on 18:14 - Jan 18 with 783 views | InTimeAddedOn |
Superb post A1079. Sums up perfectly how I feel. As I have said on a couple of other posts the most worrying thing is not how far the SR reign has already dragged us down it is how much further SR will drag us down before we are rid of them.
We are now 23/24 in the current form table over the last 5 games with 2 points and a -6 goal difference. Even over the last 10 games we are still 23/24 with 9 points.
There are 19 games left to play. Last season Luton were relegated with 49 points.
If we replicate our form from the last 5 games over the remaining 19 games we are getting nowhere near 49 points. If we replicate our form over the last 10 games we would just scrape it - assuming the target to stay up this season isn’t higher than last year.
Worrying times when you take into consideration that those in charge of our destiny seem incapable of learning from their multitude of previous mistakes. |  | | |
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| When does the bad feeling end? on 18:32 - Jan 18 with 757 views | Ninja9 |
| When does the bad feeling end? on 18:14 - Jan 18 by InTimeAddedOn |
Superb post A1079. Sums up perfectly how I feel. As I have said on a couple of other posts the most worrying thing is not how far the SR reign has already dragged us down it is how much further SR will drag us down before we are rid of them.
We are now 23/24 in the current form table over the last 5 games with 2 points and a -6 goal difference. Even over the last 10 games we are still 23/24 with 9 points.
There are 19 games left to play. Last season Luton were relegated with 49 points.
If we replicate our form from the last 5 games over the remaining 19 games we are getting nowhere near 49 points. If we replicate our form over the last 10 games we would just scrape it - assuming the target to stay up this season isn’t higher than last year.
Worrying times when you take into consideration that those in charge of our destiny seem incapable of learning from their multitude of previous mistakes. |
I agree
They have not learnt yet so i doubt it will change at all .
They have not got a clue how to pick a Manager . As other have said its always the cheap option . I have never been so disillusioned with the way the club is being run.
My interest is fading and i doubt i will be going to any games in the near future.
Until they get a PROPER Manager with experience to sort the dressing room out
nothing will change. Until that happens im done .
Great post A1079 [Post edited 18 Jan 18:47]
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| When does the bad feeling end? on 18:59 - Jan 18 with 683 views | saint22 |
As always an astute post from your good self and I would say it accurately sums up the way an awful lot of us feel right now
We as fans are getting dealt a very bad hand by these owners and i sense there is now a groundswell of fans who won’t put up with it much longer as opposed to a few who are never happy (myself included)
The only way to stop this really is a mass boycott of a game
These owners will only listen when the stadium is half empty | | | |
| When does the bad feeling end? on 19:13 - Jan 18 with 663 views | hedgeend61 |
Don't give up posting A1979, its rare as hens teeth we get fans with a brain posting,
we get lumbered with braindead Tommy tanker dregs like Saint22 |  | | |
| When does the bad feeling end? on 20:30 - Jan 18 with 569 views | grumpy |
Great Post,A1079.
You should send it to the 'Echo'
It sums up how many Saints fans feel at the moment. |  | | |
| When does the bad feeling end? on 21:18 - Jan 18 with 498 views | kernow |
I’m not sure the bad feeling will end when Sport Republic sell up and leave but it will bring a sense of welcome, if only temporary, relief.
Saints are an attractive investment, even , or perhaps especially if we drop into a lower league.
As has been already pointed out, continuation of the current form means that is inevitable. I’m not hopeful this lot will turn it around. | | | |
| When does the bad feeling end? on 21:32 - Jan 18 with 472 views | HytheFerrytales |
A1079's post came from the heart and caught today's mood perfectly. I agree it should be published.
Being a Saints fan ,though, is like being in Hotel California....you might check out now and again but you can never leave. | | | |
| When does the bad feeling end? on 21:46 - Jan 18 with 434 views | kernow |
Hotel California?
More like Royston Vasey. | | | |
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