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The goal, which they clearly set out, was to get promoted. It's been a great turnaround with some good moves from SR/Sports, but it was mostly undoing their own missteps. The job isn't done, but I'm sure they'll get their plaudits if it gets done.

Agree. They are still on a PIP with me. They need to keep every single good player, get Eckert tied down on a long contract and seriously back this current team. If we don't go up, they need to pull out everything to secure the same players and coaching team, who should be good enough to get promoted automatically next season.

Yep. They deserve big credit for getting Spors and then letting him do things his way. They can say all sorts of guff and they have done. What matters is results and performances and on that score they have finally got it right after Will Still and the signings this year have largely been decent.

A broken clock and all that. Too early to tell whether they’ve just got lucky with Spors and Eckert, we’ll have to wait and see what happens when they both get poached.

I'm happy to give them praise when they get stuff right and flack when they get stuff wrong... There's been plenty of both during their tenure...

No doubt they've deserved a lot of the hostility expressed by the fanbase these past couple years. They took some big risks - for example gambling on untested young managers who offered analytically smart strategies, and pushing a multi-club strategy that would have been cool if it had worked, but... it didn't. Not to mention a kind of panicked recklessness in some of the player purchases, resulting in a bloated, unmanageable squad. And yet, I wonder if history will judge them a little differently. It's not like they've learned nothing from their mistakes. The appointment of Johannes Spors looks inspired at this point. The squad has trimmed and supplemented with genuinely spectacular talent (Scienza, Azaz, Peretz), and that strategy of backing untested, but super-smart young managers? Well, that too is looking pretty different now. They never pulled the purse strings tight shut. They've always retained their belief in Southampton's potential... and if things transpire the way they might in the rest of this season, that faith could finally get rewarded with a longer return to the big leagues. So far all the plaudits for the current amazingness are going to Eckert and the players... But SR undoubtedly contributed. Anyone willing to join me in giving them a tentative thumbs up?

Another North Devonian here... I'll be staying with relatives in North-East Hampshire... Wouldn't even contemplate getting back to Devon the same day 🙂👍🏻

I also want to give some admiration to Larin. Since he's arrived I think he's made a big difference and given us more options.. He makes a real nuisance of himself. Not many people were too thrilled when he signed, but he's done well I think.

Mine goes back much further than that to when they signed Peter Shilton and Mark Wright. I was devastated as a kid that a club I had barely even known existed could sign two of our best players particularly as the Shilton deal left us with pennies. The only Derby fan I’ve ever met was a complete cock who insisted they are a much bigger club than us and deserved to be a top ten premier league club. For those reasons plus the play offs and their silly nickname I want to destroy them

Scrappy 1-0 win

Based on the crowd at recent games, it seems so: We've got Eckert Tonda Eckert I just don't think you understand He's gonna take us up And win the FA Cup We've got Tonda Eckert repeat.

I agree with esseffvee, surely the obvious song is the chorus from Help me Rhonda,by the beach boys, and if you want an ending Help us win this foo fooiball match. I have deliberately avoided expletives so families can join in.

Bit harsh . Ramsdale was our best player last year., he’s a good keeper.that said he deserted the sunk ship and now we have peretz who is arguably better, but if we hadn’t found a diamond like him I think most of us would be welcoming ramsdale back with open arms

£64 for Saturday night at Reading Caversham Bridge- 15 minutes walk from the station If you have a flexible return train ticket you can break your journey.

Last train back to Devon leaves Paddington at 20.25. Too expensive to stay in London with the marathon the next day. Let’s just just hope the price of fuel drops in the next two weeks!!

Many thanks, and particularly for the reminder..

Trainline charge fees for all sorts of things and are best avoided 😉

An off peak return to Waterloo with your railcard would be £32.35 and you can travel on pretty much any train. Advance singles would work out cheaper but you are tied to the booked train. An off peak 1st class return would be £53.30 and would probably avoid the local mutants headed to Stoke Prices are from/to Havant

Go onto Trainline website.

Scienza will be the popular vote. He’s got the swagger and lights up the games. He’s been an unbelievable signing. if you look at where the points have come from I reckon Finn, THB, Downes and Daniel would be on my team sheet before him.

Blush.. a Senior Railcard.. To Havant or Emsworth, with a 2.5 mile walk if necessary!

Where are you travelling from Sue? Do you have a railcard?

Would prefer him being fit to play....would be one less striker to be concerned about.

I want to get a Portsmouth train from Waterloo: the Victoria line would do but is incredibly slow. Do you know off hand the best and quickest way to get back to Waterloo? Now to negotiate the complexities of British rail fares: has anyone got any tips? Splitting journeys, using a travel card etc? I rarely go to London but some of you do and might be able to help. Cheers.

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