TheAlehouseBrawlers

I was quite content with the first half tbh, half time pint in the sunshine outside the KIngsland was pleasant and had us looking forwards with a bit of hope for the second half but never happened. No ambition, they were just happy to continue defending a 0-0, Villa were never letting us get away with that. Subs didn't help.

Tbf, whether you like them or not, that certainly happened for this season with all the different fanzones, Dell Pub and Knightwood Lounge. That was a fair amount of change for a start.

Nice kits tbf, so probably nothing like we’ll get. And, as often requested, the home shirt would go nice with our traditional dark blue shorts.

I can't see it being an Aston 'Thriller' but strangely I'm looking forward to it again now. Each time I've walked out of the ground recently I've been thinking that I'm giving it a miss for a bit but I keep coming back. Feels a bit different this time now relegation is confirmed and with the change at the helm, it's all now about chipping away at worst points tag and building any kind of momentum for next season. Hopefully I still feel the same when I walk out of the stadium at 5pm on Saturday.

Like, takes me back to the 70s.......

Who’s gone tell him the correct phrase is “write him off” ?

Happy Relegation Day. No kidding, been painful getting here but the sun is shining and already looking forward to next season. If we get back up we can only hope lessons have been learned but probably wishful thinking.

I'd imagine there'll be plenty of Palace fans heading down the A3 and coming from that direction on the M27. Hopefully the start of a miserable evening for them. As if.

Ah, the famous ’Three Rs’ Rasmus…Russel…Relegation

After the Lord Mayor’s Show, their heads now focused on the semis…heart says 0-0. Head says 0-3.

Only £60m? Pah. Make that over £100m........ "Tottenham and Man City must pay over £100m to sign Tyler Dibling" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/03/26/southampton-100m-tottenham-man-city-tyler-dibling/ https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/2032676/tottenham-man-city-southampton-tyler-dibling

That was a bad time for RSB though, they still talk about the year they only had 5 players and no goalkeeper. Still ended the season with more points than us though…

I'd say that's a real possibility. If they do let's hope they can cobble together a side this summer that could do it justice.

Planning permission for flats on the gasholders site was granted last year but that doesn't count for much in this city these days as we see approved scheme after approved scheme never actually making it off the drawing board. So I guess the club could always step in yet if it stalls.

That always seemed the obvious outcome but looks like it's still possible for new industrial units could replace it, according to this https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24982144.southampton-warehouse-devastated-fire-demolished/ And there's also the possibility that a new asphalt processing plant could be built on the riverside in front of the stadium that would scupper plans the club and city council recently talked of about opening up the waterfront. https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/25023559.plans-new-asphalt-processing-plant-next-st-marys/#comments-anchor

You can scorn him for his idealistic beliefs though if he was unable to accept they were hopelessly failing and then couldn’t/wouldn’t change it.

Yeah, agreed, spent a lot of my childhood growing up around Shirley/Shirley Warren in the 60s and there was certainly plenty of wrong’uns around back then. Just now understand the dangers the olds could see back then, when we couldn’t, seems worse with the graphic coverage everything gets these days.

When you’re young you don’t really get the fear your parents seem to hold of the pitfalls of everyday life but you certainly get once you become parents yourself. I’ve got grandkids now and it concerns me greatly how this world is going and the future looks a bit ominous at times with so many nutcases running around. I guess you just notice it more as you age.

That Oisin post was excellent and articulated well what many have to say, he's getting a lot of likes for it. And it's telling that the only poster to pull him up on it is the usual club stooge. We're the mugs who fork out to watch this shower of shit week after week. After week, after week…but I noticed the Directors box looked a bit sparse yesterday, even those getting freebies can’t stomach this shit any more. Was it lonely in there Fabrice or were you one of the no-shows?

The groans were pretty much universal with the squad announcement and he was clearly reverting back to his shambolic defensive formation even after improvement with a 4 at Anfield. We started brightly with a bit more attacking intent but getting in decent situations out wide with no striker ain't creating too many actual chances. Having said that, we had 2 very score-able opportunities early on. Their first effort that somehow Ramsdale let past him killed the game instantly. Best part of the day, having a pint at halftime outside the KIngsland in the warm sunshine. It was that good many didn't go back in and plenty more just fucked off with news of their second. There was a constant flow of fans disappearing over the train bridge. Bad times.

In no particular order 🎶There's only one🎶 Stevie Williams Steve Mills (I was another there for his testimonial - fantastic talent who's life was cruelly cut short) And of course 🎶Stevie...🎶 Steve Moran How can you not? (and lucky to be there and at Anfield) ...and a shout out to (if only for this) Steve De Ridder and for the scenes that followed

Blimey, I wouldn't go that far. Will be good to shake the 'Derby' monkey off our back, and I'm a tad (very slightly) more confident if he sticks with 4 at the back, but this ain't no cup final Every time I walk out of St Mary's after yet another defeat I'm thinking that I'll be giving the next one a swerve, but here I go again today...it's just what we do.

Good that we will be active in the summer but I’m gonna suggest that almost all business (for most clubs) won’t be concluded until the last few days of the transfer window.

FFS, even if he wasn’t aware of PL standards (which would be really unbelievable) he also had a number of players in his squad that had already played at that level that should have enlightened him. And he still hadn’t come to terms with it by December.

I wonder when was the last time he ever had to pay for a ticket to watch this football club.