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Comment | Tonda Eckert Set To Get More Time But Are Saints Biding Their Time For Their Man To Be Available
at 10:21:26
If, and it’s a very big if Frank is sacked, will he want to give up what will undoubtedly be a massive contract termination package to come and manage a mid table Championship team such as we currently are ?
Sounds rather unlikely to me and in the meantime if we were to suffer another couple of defeats Eckert’s position will become increasingly untenable as the players will no doubt say “ he is only here on an interim basis so why put in any extra effort”.
In the circumstances as they stand, surely it’s best to give Eckert the job, settle the speculation and try and recover from our very poor start to this season caused by Sports Republic’s ineptitude in appointing Will Still in the first place ? |
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Comment | Southampton At Queens Park Rangers The Preview
at 13:04:42
Brilliant A1079 absolutely brilliant.
Thanks for articulating what I and I have no doubt countless others have been feeling, not for weeks or even months but for years now.
I want my football Club back.Not a Sports Republic controlled Player Trading Company and Fun Fair employing players with over inflated opinions of their own abilities, that admit they don’t give 100% every time they put on. |
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Comment | The Opening Favourites To Replace Will Still Have Been Revealed
at 11:25:36
Spot on GRIM reference Martin.
I know that you contribute to the Forum section of Nick’s site.
For those advocating his return who don’t view the Forum, there are many who post there saying if he returns, they will simply walk away from S F C once and for all.
He really is that toxic. |
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Comment | If Saints Fans Protest Then Make It Positive And Make It Peaceful
at 10:08:54
Off subject I appreciate, but the last photo made me really wonder if we wouldn’t now be better off had we stayed at The Dell.
Bournemouth going great guns with a ground capacity 4000 less than The Dell and Brentford also with a capacity just 2000 more.
The Dell was a proper football ground where none of the opposition liked to play mainly due to the close proximity of the fans who in those days were quite intimidating.
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Comment | Is Silence From St Mary's A Good Or Bad Sign For Will Still
at 16:04:49
I’m with Centurion and of the opinion that whatever the result on Saturday our owners and their employees will stick with Still.
Why, you may well ask ? Simply because we now have no realistic chance of promotion, either automatically or through the playoffs.
From here on in to season end they will just set a target for Still that given the quality of our squad and Sheffield Wednesday’s points deduction, even he will be able to achieve.
The target being avoiding relegation.
Fewer seats will now be filled for the remainder of the season but that revenue loss is a drop in a bucket compared to the cost of sacking and replacing Still.
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Comment | Southampton At Blackburn Rovers The Verdict
at 10:34:39
Firstly, a very fair report Nick and pleased to see that you’ve stayed true to your principles and have not been influenced by the response of the Happy Clappers to your Bristol City Verdict.
Secondly, commiserations to our fans who made the long journey and spent their hard earned. It was painful enough listening to Solent, what it must have been like watching the shambles in person I can’t imagine.
Finally, as I posted yesterday on the forum section of your site, I beginning to wonder if the aspirations of Sports Republic and us long suffering fans are now simply incompatible and beyond repair.
In my opinion Sports Republic appear to want to primarily run a Player Trading ( buy short/sell long) Business first, and a Lesiure ( events, club shop, hospitality, fans zones, the Dell Pub and level one ) Business second. Their interest in our football team appears to me to be purely now restricted to getting fans to attend to fund these two business objectives whereas we want to be able to watch a competitive football team.
Clearly Sports Republic show no signs of departure and It occurs to me that the only way of removing them is to perhaps stop funding their business objectives ? |
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Comment | Southampton At Bristol City The Verdict
at 12:03:51
Well done Nick for sticking to your guns and calling it for what it was with this report after the mauling your Swansea Verdict received from the happy clappers at the weekend.
I fully understand and share your frustration as to what our great club has become.
We were truly shambolic yesterday in every position.
Poorly Managed, Poor in goal, very poor in defence and abjectly poor in front of goal apart from Adam Armstrong. All this after spending £50 million in the last window.
Perhaps even more concerning was that as soon as City scored their second goal we basically gave up and from that moment on there was never any doubt as to the result.
Worth pointing out that last time around Luton were relegated with 49 points. We currently have 12 points from 11 games which in anybody’s language is near identical form, which if maintained for the rest of the season could well provide the same outcome.
Over to you happy clappers.
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Comment | Southampton V Swansea City The Verdict
at 13:02:55
I’m not going to add to Nicks conclusion other than to say that his eternally optimistic outlook appears to be fraying at the edges. If so, who can blame him for being frustrated, after all we have won only four league games in the last forty eight attempts.Two more non winning outings and the win ratio will be just 8%. I believe a figure unheard of in my time of watching the Saints over 60 odd years.
At the end of the day as many before me have said “ Football is a result driven business” and what cannot be argued with is that currently, for whatever reasons we are not getting the results befitting a club that spent £50 million in the last window playing in the second tier of English football with the quality of players that the manager has to choose from.
That’s why this coming week is so important. If we beat Bristol City and Blackburn then we are back in the hunt with an outside chance of automatic promotion and a good opportunity of getting in to the playoff positions.Anything less and we can look forward to seven months of mid table mediocrity with the season effectively over before the clocks have gone back.
Over to you Mr Still and your players….
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Comment | Will Still Appears To Have Decided Loanee Has No Future At St Mary's
at 09:59:49
“ Will Still is a good coach”.
17th in The Championship with nearly 25% of the season completed after a spend of £50 million in the last window would perhaps suggest exactly the opposite .
“ he is learning his trade at management”
Then why did we employ him in the first place when more experienced opposition were available.
Common denominator ?
Sports Republic at their finest. |
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Comment | Southampton At Derby County The Verdict
at 14:37:26
Currently 17th not 16th Nick.
17th in The Championship after 9 games, following not one but two relegations in three seasons and only managing to win 4 games out of the last 47 attempts.
Think about that you Stockholm Syndrome suffering happy clappers as you post merrily that there is nothing to be concerned about and with Sports Republic at the wheel we will soon turn the corner.
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Comment | Southampton At Sheffield United The Preview
at 19:09:54
Lose tonight and Saturday ahead of an International break and Mr Still’s position will become very interesting given that we will then almost certainly be in the relegation zone.
If nothing else we are shortly going to find out if the players are actually playing for their manager or not. |
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Comment | Southampton V Middlesbrough The Preview
at 09:36:50
A season defining game already Nick.
Lose today and we will be four wins and a draw behind Middlesbrough before October.
You are not alone in being unable to see what we are trying to do.
Worryingly, based on all the evidence so far neither is Will Still or for that matter Sports Republic. |
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Comment | Southampton At Hull City The Verdict
at 20:39:57
I’m not going to comment on your report Nick.
As would be said in court by the prosecution “ I need only refer the honourable gentleman to the evidence of the individual opinions expressed since 17.00 yesterday in the Forum section of your excellent website “. |
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Comment | Southampton At Hull City The Preview
at 14:40:17
Interesting to see your thoughts in this preview Nick.
I sense that like a lot of us your loyalty to S F C and by association Sports Republic is starting to wear a little thin.
The facts are that Hull are a poor team that escaped relegation by the skin of their teeth last time around. Relatively they have spent shirt buttons compared to our window spend of £50 million.
If we are going to get anywhere near promotion this season they are a team that needs to be despatch easily with all three points coming South by 17.00 tomorrow.
Frankly, I’m totally disinterested in what formation is played or for that matter which players are used. We have a better squad than Hull ( even without a proper Centre Forward ) and nothing short of a win will be acceptable.
Put simply the time for after match excuses is over. Mr Still and the players must now collectively step up to the plate and get the job done in line with the massive salaries they are paid to do so.
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Comment | Southampton V Portsmouth The Verdict
at 11:23:11
Firstly all credit to Portsmouth, they came to St Mary’s with a plan with each of their players knowing what their respective responsibilities were and played as a team. Overall I thought them a little unlucky not to go away with all three points.
Still’s team selection for what to many is the biggest home game of the season was utterly bizarre. At best he put out a team not to lose, at worst he simply didn’t have a clue. Aimless balls pumped up to a lone forward like Archer just empathised the biggest weakness in the team, £50 million spent in the last window and we still haven’t got a centre forward who can score goals or even hold a ball up.
Robinson given just 15 minutes against a tiring Portsmouth defence was another ridiculous decision.
I’m beginning to think that Mr Still is starting to show what he actually is. A young manager who has never played professional football or previously managed in any English league let alone The Championship. He had better get some wins and quickly, or the minor booing heard at the end of the game yesterday will become ever louder. |
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