TheAlehouseBrawlers

I quite like Dragan Solak, if there is any protest today (not expecting much) hopefully it's specifically aimed at Sport Republic rather than the owner. Edit: I'm out of posts for today (thank fuck as I ain't getting in an endless discussion with MLG) so just in reply, as I say, I quite like the fella and I separate the two in as much as Solak said from the start he wasn't particularly a football man and he put his trust in a bunch of chancers using us as an experiment. Yep, it probably means he goes if SR go but my disdain is particularly aimed at the SR mugs. Anyway, that's it from me.

It probably would but that's just the perfect chant for Claudio (Radio) Braga (Ga Ga), anything else would just seem a cheap imitation really.

needs a song 🎶 "We love Scienza, if it's quite alright We love Scienza, in the red and white We love Scienza Trust in me when I say" 🎶

I'd bet Will Still is tempted to pop in the store and get a red and white striped shirt with Baz's name and number on just in case.....if we're losing with 10 mins to go and we're gonna just start bombarding their box he just as well sling someone on who can actually get on the end of the balls in. Failing that, someone could sneak round and set one of the warehouses alight behind the Chapel to get the game called off. Worked last time.

He was just reminding us all of Preston away and giving a nudge for the weekend. Got on that lovely, great head! Shame loads had already piled out by then and missed that ending.

The Dream Team? https://eupoliticalreport.com/how-putin-uses-dragan-solak-to-influence-serbia/ Ras out, Vlad in....

Tbf, he's really only guilty with putting too much trust in you know who

Joe Shields couldn't go directly from City to Chelsea, same with Wilcox to United so, it's not too much of a stretch of imagination that SFC were used as a convenient stepping stone to smooth the way. Shit for continuity at our football club but nice drop of compensation for the business model.

He's from SE London, thought I'd read before he was a Millwall fan so guess that's wrong. Can't say I've seen enough in his managerial career to see him as a desirable appointment and where he started his playing days is a big red flag for me. Maybe nothing in it but wouldn't be my first choice and I can't forget ol' Saggie's stint here, what a fucked up time that proved to be.

Some people were saying that in the PL last season about the Championship, it’s only good when you’re winning…

I’ve just been reminded that 9 years ago today over 7,000 of us were in Milan about to watch us play Inter at the San Siro, today around half of that number will watch us (probably) struggle away in a lower second division tussle………

“4/10 want him gone after 9 games into the season, now if we were in the bottom 3 then I can see why but when we are above mid table with 3 wins 3 draws and 3 losses that 40 % shows how many pretentious fans we have and I suspect most don’t even go” Nope, that’s not a quote from a Saints fan, that’s a Swan from one of their boards…and they’re higher in the table than us - but echoes similar thoughts down here. Both sets of fans need a lift and present form reflected in the expected attendance for this, they took the smallest allocation of under 1,200 and sounds like they’ve sold less than a thousand to date. Plenty of home seats available too. The shit 12:30 kick-off and on SKY+ ain’t helping. We’ve got to get going at some point (surely) so 2-1 us.

That was probably my first visit to Ashton Gate, unusually a Friday night match a few days before Christmas. Jumped on a coach outside the Warrens, remember it being cold and snowy - won 1-0, Channon I think.

Can see them getting a decent turn-out for this, good game for the U21s and chance to play in front of a big St Mary's crowd. And a nice distraction from the first team performances.

I like TSP, a relatively new listener but I think it's a good panel on there. And agree, I think Alfie House is a reasonable and very good reader of the game. But he may be a 'local journo' but he's not a local lad or even a Saints fan, I think (could be mistaken) he's from and a fan of Bristol City. That's not necessarily a bad thing, just gives him a more rational view of things but he's at least got a genuine interest and input on Southampton FC.