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He was probably referring to a young generation who live in Hampshire or Dorset and as yet, have no affiliation to a club through parents. When I was at school in the 80's I could name a couple of lads who went yo Dean Court regularly. Most were Saints fans by virtue of being in Divvie One. Naturally excluding those that were Scouse dud to winning everything.
Exactly this. I was there ten minutes early (13:50hrs) expecting to see even a small gathering - fcuk all was happening apart from a few tourist types having pics with Ted Bates. Wished I had of stayed in the pub.
Our fanbase are more interested in 'influencing' on Social Media (of what they influence is far beyond me) or frequenting The Dell bar and gulags. Funnily enough they were pumping. Even after the result I was hoping for something big / the catalyst, but nothing worthy of note.
If only we had the American system whereby you own a franchise and can move it there you want. I would shift the club up North where the population are out on the streets when their club us outside the Top 4
1) They command 'decent' money 2) They don't fancy managing an outfit with crâp owners / bosses 3) There might not be any 'decent' managers available 4) Budget constraints or direction the owners stipulate 5) Joining a basket case outfit
Pretty much sums things up lets be honest, this is nothing new as it's been well documented on this mong board.
The biggest concern or worry for me (and have said this before) is - do we have any form of Strategic Plan? If not, why not, and if so, then where is it? As fans we have all concluded that we are going to buy young players cheap and then simply turn them over for profit 'IF' they improve. From a Southampton FC perspective this is unsustainable IMHO, yet from a Multi Club stance it may work out well for our 'Brothers' who sadly are not 'Brothers In Arms'.
I would like to see laws introduced on multiple club ownership.