Miltonaggro

One thing for certain, he would have had the immediate measure of that cunt Gibson.

A silver lining

This is the reason why Solak's response is so baffling. The fighting talk and we are all in this together puff after the sanction and appeal was welcome, but our net spend recording a plus £10m profit in the summer window makes you think that Sport Republic don't realise the depth of shite the club will be in if the wheels come off this season.

If Eckert gets the book thrown at him and has to be removed Solak needs to do what he should have done in the summer and bin Parsons and entourage. I must admit I hadn't seen him interviewed before this clip and the man exudes rabbit in the headlights incompetence paired with a complete incapacity to hold a position of authority in a multi-million pound business. He seems to function on self-pity / preservation - not good attributes for a CEO. Any CEO. I am beginning to think that the club has been tipped off of the outcome after negotiations with the FA and what we are seeing with Ankersen stepping down and Parsons whining is the reactive, performative finale. In terms of Solak being an idiot, he certainly lacks judgement in personnel, is remarkably hands off, and appears incapable of learning from a series of costly decisions and mistakes. His post-appeal statement in the summer included the following nuggets: "I am sorry for how this season has ended. I am at the head of the football club and I must take responsibility for everything that happens here. It's important to apologise for how we handled the matters in the early stages of the process. We have to be better. Mistakes have been made and we will learn from them. Let me take this opportunity to reaffirm how committed I am to bringing success to St Mary's. I also like to thank Johannes [Spors] and Phil [Parsons] for their efforts during the difficult time. We all together will continue to work hard this summer to give you a team you can be proud of and a club that is growing every year. We will work with the FA in the coming weeks to make everything right and to put this whole situation behind us so we can focus on building the club and the team and the unity and the community of Saints that everybody can only be proud of. I promise you that we'll bring to you at the end of the summer the team that will take you out of your seats and excitement will run high against St Mary's." This was obvously pre-season ticket PR, but it is fucking daft if you don't deliver on it in the circumstances and bugger on as you have before. I don't think the EFL and FA treat us like this with Cortese (a litigious and committed hot head) or Reed (a known figure with FA circles) running the football side of the club. Solak needs to bear this in mind should he decide to replace the clowns.

I would actually contribute £100 to that plan.

Very deep pockets and both the EFL and FA could be tested in the civil courts, but I don’t think Solak has the stomach for it, allied to clueless advisors who think capitulation is decisive action.

With the soppy cunts running SFC I can actually see a worst scenario happening, whereby the FA (emboldened by Sport Republic terminal weakness v the EFL) gives TE a season ban causing the club to sack him, without any inkling of a suitable replacement sounded out and ready to come in. The entire experience of SR at SFC has been an expensive and costly work experience project.

Fuck me, I wouldn’t employ that gurning simpleton to run a bath.

100% this.

Tonda may need to ask Spors to have a look at the free agent list for a forward to bring in and get up to a reasonable level of fitness over this break. Otherwise, relying solely on Larin for the next 14 weeks could prove exceptionally costly. If he gets injured we will be fucked.

We are going to regret not buying an experienced centre forward to replace Stewart. Larin has given all but looks knackered.

FFS!

Get the fuck in JWP!

Marty Cane and Mr Messy 😊

Their bravery is improving. Fans probably cost them the win, unsettling the momentum.