Gloucester Saint

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Our fans were just left to field the assault from BBC Tees (whose comments were a disgrace towards us, who hadn’t done anything), Sky, Daily Mail, various ex-jailbird pundits, and called a cunt, a cheat and plenty of other things by Middlesbrough supporters both in the street and online. The club’s silence and weakness meant we, and the players, took the brunt when neither had anything to do it. I’ll never forgive the club for that, at least until it’s under new, ambitious and clean ownership with the right intentions towards the wellbeing of the club, city and the sport. It’s not Southampton Football Club whilst it’s under the vile SR umbrella. I’m astonished that Tonda is still getting 30-40% support on the in/out poll but as you say, it’s typical of how easy a ride SR have had. But I don’t blame our supporters one iota. They’ve been appallingly let down and even worse left on their own during the worst moment in the club’s history to face a barrage. The club have let us down so many times over the last few years being unprofessional but this quite a rupture. The only way SR survive is to make it clear how sorry they are and to make it up by spending every penny PSR allows for however many years it takes to get the club back and established in the PL. No whining about parachute payments. But they won’t so no point holding that expectation. Just sell up SR.

SR are waiting for the FA to do their job for them. Weak, weak, weak.

I’d certainly come down and support one, become the AFC Wimbledon to SR’s MK Dons.

It is more like that up there, people don’t have much else outside of professional-level circles. Southampton certainly has deprivation but it doesn’t compare. But our fans got led up the garden path by Tonda and SR as much as the players did and both were let down very badly. That’s a gross understatement. Solak should at least have put his hand in his pocket this week and refunded everybody who went to both legs with a customer record. It’s his organisation and yet again we have horrific failures in governance. Three of their four seasons have been a total write-offs. That’s an appalling record. The EFL should do their job that they failed to in Sheffield and tell him to sell before they take Southampton off him.

It’s exactly what they’re going to do. But when they’ve shown zero leadership, strategy and drive for 4 years it would never be any other way. All they’ve cared about, and care about now, is player trading and the impact on prices. I’m staggered that people want a statement from Solak. Why? Would any of it be vaguely credible or have any integrity? He won’t have directed this but has appointed the people who did. I’ve been a chair in another high profile local partnership albeit non-executive and ultimately everything including the behaviour of the Exec Director came to me and that’s where the buck stopped. I was a heck of a lot more across my portfolio than he’ll ever be.

10000% agree. Southampton Football Club, apart from its supporters who are blameless in this, mean nothing to me until SR have sold up lock, stock and barrel. Can’t abide Solak, Rasmussen and the other 🤡. Go, go now.

So sorry to hear that. Often these things are purely financial and nothing to do with how you or your team has performed. And they quite often remove the wrong bit… It’s chance for a re-set. Happened to me during the pandemic and actually taking a package was better then furlough because I’d worked solid for 20 years+ without a break so I took 5-6 months out after the final lockdown, walked big parts of the SWCP, got fit, turned down a few offers and took a short-term contract with an organisation I liked but was never going to relocate for. Took the open-ended option after that with a world leader in their field, doing the favourite job of my career. With the national and global turbulence, I’m taking it 12 months at a time. Former colleagues at the previous place still ask me for advice especially where I’m working at the top now. But key headline is that it can be onwards and upwards.

He’s right though. SR have no legitimacy owning SFC and need to sell asap.

If they do win, and I’ve a feeling they won’t, they’ll be looking over their shoulder like a VAR goal is it/isn’t it. Join the club folks…

I agree. And yes, I’ve had that issue at Paddington, not with the toilets closed but so rank that the train has been the better option.

Sounds like @Draino76 nearly did though, when he didn’t want to.

I’m out in our back garden, lovely temperature, some GWatkin Perry on the go and reading CAMRA’s guide to Perry. Bank holiday, sunshine, enjoy it. Just turn the Sky Sports/TNT apps off for a couple of hours tomorrow and then watch McBurnie’s winner at teatime.

Got a feeling they will, the heat will neuter how Boro like to play.

Beavis and Butthead couldn’t have defended 150 on a Taunton shirtfront to be fair. Need some more first class batters from somewhere. Find a couple with a dual passport in a southern winter where they need work and let the lads in the top order take up those posts managing Curry’s/PC World near the Utilita Bowl and demolish New Milton’s bowling attack on a Sunday.