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Thread | Don’t let your backside hit the door on your way out Russell Martin.
at 22:19 23 Apr 2024
I posted on April 2 after the Ipswich defeat that Sports Republic should roll the dice and sack him with Steve Cooper as his replacement.
Had they done so we would still be in the automatic promotion race. They didn’t, and it’s now plain to see that the players have given up on him and his ridiculous, ineffective, tippy tappy possession based nonsense.
Even if by some absolute fluke we win the playoffs I don’t want him to remain in charge.With his style of play, no plan B and ludicrous use of substitutes we would end up with less points than Derby when they last played in The Premiership. |
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Reply | Saints At Leicester Matchday Thread
at 21:50 23 Apr 2024
Don’t make a worry of it kentsouthampton. You see, in Russell Martin’s world goals are just an inconvenience, wasting time when players should be concentrating on improving their tippy tappy, backward and sideways passing. |
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Reply | Desperate Tories - or tactical masterstroke?
at 18:45 23 Apr 2024
Ever heard of smoke and mirrors kingslandstand01 ?
Whilst you are wittering on about a relative small number of people know as “boat people” hundreds of thousands of people are coming into the country legally. Presumably you have no problem with them having housing or do you think that they bring their houses with them ?
I’m reminded of the old adage “ Never let the facts get in the way of a good story”. |
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Reply | Manchester United given a helping hand to the final, now there’s a surprise.
at 13:31 22 Apr 2024
Thanks for the explanation LondonSaint76.
Throughout life I’ve always born in mind the expression “ follow the money” and this weekend’s football has done nothing to suggest the expression is without substance.
Nottingham Forest have three appeals for a penalty and as far as I’m aware none were looked at by V A R. Any coincidence that they are playing against one of the established supposedly big clubs who are in the process of building a new ground ? Relegation for Everton would almost certainly put them into administration and possibly even out of business.
Later in the day Coventry have the deciding “ goal” disallowed with seconds remaining. Much more profitable for the F A and T V companies to sell an all Manchester Cup Final to places like Asia is it not ? After all, I doubt most people there have ever heard of Coventry or that they even have a football team.
The types of incidents mentioned above happen ever more readily nowadays hence it’s my opinion that the possibility of corruption has become evermore likely. |
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Reply | Play offs
at 15:23 21 Apr 2024
With Russell Martin in charge it really doesn’t matter who we play in the playoffs.
Having lost in the F A Cup against Liverpool Schoolboys and Cardiff Juveniles in the Championship he will manage to find a way to engineer a defeat over two legs should either Norwich or West Brom decide to play without a goal keeper. |
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Reply | Millwall Boro Cardiff
at 22:39 20 Apr 2024
Don’t forget the midweek home defeat to Hull when the idiot put out a forward line of Edosie, Armstrong and Marra against one of the most physical teams in the league resulting in a 2-1 loss. |
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Reply | So Effing P!ssed Off!!
at 22:24 20 Apr 2024
Every sympathy with you Southamptonfan together with all the others who travelled to Cardiff and have also supported the team around the country this season.
Small consolation though it may be but I very much suspect that buying Wembley tickets is not going to trouble your bank balance this season.
Russell Martin’s tippy tappy sideways and backwards football isn’t the recipe for playoff success and as has been proved all season long, he has no plan B. Hopefully he will be off to Brighton in the close season. |
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Reply | Club Attitude to Fans
at 20:03 20 Apr 2024
No, they would probably send a marketing questionnaire reminding you that if you were fortunate enough not to die then don’t forget that you qualify for a burger and chips and a couple of drinks at the bargain price of £120. |
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Thread | Utterly pathetic management as automatic promotion thrown away.
at 17:29 20 Apr 2024
Despite 62% possession whilst playing tippy tappy, sideways and backwards football we managed to lose today to a Cardiff team decimated by injuries, without their two best strikers and fielding a bunch of school kids.
Once again our idiot manager couldn’t get his players to defend a lead and made reactive rather than proactive substitutions. He’s done the same all season long and has learned nothing.
When are the owners going to realise that Russell Martin is part of the problem rather than the solution? Having said that I don’t hold out much hope given that for their part this week they have managed to upset a large proportion of season ticket holders with a ridiculous plan to install safe standing next season. |
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Reply | Penny for the thoughts of Joe Lumley
at 13:49 17 Apr 2024
“ The fact that he played for Japan in the World Cup means nothing”. That would be in the Japanese team that won their Group in 2022 by beating not only Germany but also Spain would it Nick ? |
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Reply | Penny for the thoughts of Joe Lumley
at 10:05 17 Apr 2024
This would this be the same Nick who thought that Yoshida wasn’t good enough for us even though he played for Japan in the World Cup? Asking for a friend. |
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Reply | Bazunu out for the rest of the season
at 09:58 17 Apr 2024
On a personal level I feel disappointed for Bazunu. However, I actually consider that his omission will improve our chances of getting out of The Championship during the rest of the season.
Either of our replacement players are better keepers in the true sense of the word. Granted, their tippy tappy skills are not in the same league as Bazunu but that’s no bad thing given that we will now need to play more directly, hopefully taking some pressure off of the defence.
In summary it could well be a blessing in disguise. |
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Reply | Everton Loan repayment Deadline 5am Tuesday Morning
at 22:59 15 Apr 2024
Come on Nick, Everton have been living on past glories for as long as I can remember, having not won, or even been close to winning anything for years.
Sympathy for their fans yes, but do you honestly think they would have given us a second thought when we had financial troubles? |
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Reply | Own Up Who Stormed Out & Missed The Goal
at 10:44 14 Apr 2024
Hardly surprising Nick given the current state of the road works getting out of Southampton toward the West.Ten minutes missed football saves you forty minutes stuck in interminable stop start traffic. |
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