TheAlehouseBrawlers

Is there anyone that is disappointed with the way we played for most of the first half against Rotherham? I wouldn't think so, disappointed we couldn't score again and kill off the game, but the performance was better. What has pissed many off is that in the second half we reverted back to the slow impotent side that lost the 4 before our 3 match winning run (we did similar second half v Leeds and rode our luck at times at Stoke). Frustration boiled over for some after a real opportunity was missed at home against a side there for the taking.

These went on sale this morning and apparently the 2,000 were mostly sold by lunchtime, according to Nick Illingsworth on the UI. It was also suggested the club are trying to get more in the lower tier.

Plenty would disagree - I've been going for well over half a century and I can honestly say I've never booed one of our own players, my language may have been a bit industrial a few times, but I can certainly understand why some would. These faint-of-heart players and managers need to understand that we carry a lot of...ahem, scar tissue...from a number of seasons, it's gonna spill over now and again.

Flynn Downes joining the manager in taking a swipe at the fans, says it’s “mental” - getting pelters in the comments https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/23841575.downes-claims-southampton-didnt-deserve-boos-rotherham-draw/

...and some of these thin-skinned players that have only been here 5 minutes. The reaction ain't only about yesterday's second half about-turn back into the slow, impotent bunch against one of the leagues most beatable teams, our frustration and anger is borne out of a number of seasons of mostly a shit (expensive) spectacle we put up with. We were ready for a reset, it ain't feeling that way.

You shouldn't be so harsh on the fans, Russell Martin agrees with them. Martin was “angry and annoyed” and "frustrated" with the Rotherham draw https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/martin-angry-and-annoyed-with-rotherham-draw he feels like that after his first half a dozen or so home games so fans are entitled to vent their 'anger, annoyance and frustration' after fuck knows how many shit results at St Mary's season after season.

I agree with MIltonaggro, it smacked of arrogance. I can't help thinking after dominating them first half, Martin may have thought the 3 points were in the bag and this was the perfect opportunity to showcase his (ponderous) gazzillion-pass football second half. It's astounding we never went for the jugular, a chance to claw back some 'goals against' and see off probably the worst side (particularly away) in the division. Rotherham clearly couldn't believe their luck. I'm not liking this football malarkey.

I'd suggest the Marlands car park, usually plenty of spaces even on matchdays but could be slow city centre traffic getting to it. Once parked a brisk 15min walk from there. Edit: as you approach the city centre I'm sure there are signs saying how many spaces available at various car parks or you can check online.

I would think no chance tbh. Millwall only sell the top tier to away fans, around 2,000, they'll get snapped up pretty quickly.Having said that, the last time we went there back in the Championship, we sold out quick and they did relent and give us the centre section of the lower tier but Leeds only had the upper recently. If you do blag one, and although being local, you'll still be corralled outside for some time after before being allowed out!

…or ‘Rupert Lowe’, there’s even a song about it! Anyway, back to changing colours “A landmark is to be painted blue and gold following an outcry over the use of red in the previous plan. The city council announced a £3.5m deal with airline Emirates to rebrand the Spinnaker Tower earlier this month. The decision upset 10,000 people who signed a petition against a branding plan as red and white are the colours of football rivals Southampton. Liberal Democrat opposition said the saga had made the city the "laughing stock of the country"

Anything I've found ain't lasted too long - not a lot of luck on any of these on here tonight https://m.soccerstreams100.io/event/eng-2/southampton-vs-stoke-live-soccer-stats/673571

I'd feel more irked if the lights were pink, the skates traditional colours. We had blue first (should be the colour of our shorts imo...claim it back!) but while I have heard plenty of comments over the colour I can't say I'm aware of too many getting irate. Didn't they turn blue when the Tories got hold of Southampton city council one year, probably to mock the traditional Labour stronghold...anyway, there's 27-storey highrise blocks with big red lights on top either side of the Itchen Bridge, so any wayward aircraft would probably take them out before the bridge!

Believe we had sold near 1,500 tickets for this by Friday, top effort after recent shitshows and probably shift a few more now on the back of today's result. Excellent numbers again for a midweek trek up country and another live on SKY fixture. That'll keep the nation off the streets.......

That's probably why SR picked us for the project/process (experiment/gamble) believing if it all went to shit they'd get little trouble from most of our crowd other than a bit of half-hearted booing from a couple of corners of the ground (they've even tried to close one of them down). If they're trying the same 'process' at Goztepe then it may get a bit feistier for them.

I think that’s a bit dramatic tbh. Outside of the 7-8 PL ‘big boys’ there’s a lot of other middling-sized clubs (like us) that will need to make up the rest of the PL. In terms of size we’re certainly well within the top 20 biggest clubs in this country. The way it’s going maybe we could go pop again unless SR have a drastic rethink on this process/experiment, it’s certainly turning a lot of fans off. Season after season of shit home games, few wins and mind-numbing slow football will grind down the best of them. But we’ve been here before.

It was on the cover of the ‘On The March’ fanzine, think it folded soon after, crap headline tbh. I went to most of the SISA meetings, the early ones at The Captains Corner (?) pub, Hulse Road and Bally’s night at the Polygon we’re excellent evenings but got more and more lefty-political in the end (bit like the UI fanzine) and faded away - but our fans generally take a bit to get them riled enough to start significant action.

You can say that again.........our only hope is if we abandon the "process" and drastically rethink the way we approach games...and actually play effective Championship level football.

I've held a bit of respect for that fella in the past, didn't always agree with what he said but at least he was willing to put himself in the firing line when supporters were being mugged off. But for someone who used to rally fans against the club hierarchy when needed, he's been little more than a club puppet post-Cortese, who he clearly despised. I have a glance on the UI occasionally and NI is often banging on about his beloved Liverpool as much as having a pop at Saints fans, I guess defeat after defeat doesn't hurt so much when you've also got the scousers as a distraction. I think he likes to chuck a few controversial topics out there (in a TalkSport-stylee) to entice more traffic onto his website but he's a bit too quick to blame the fans these days.

Think we lost 6 on the bounce the year Man U stuck 9 past us at OT. Doesn't seem to be putting fans off just yet, heading for another sell-out on Saturday.

One of ‘em is an Arsenal fan!

This is going to be a walk-in-the-park for Leeds both on the pitch and in the stands. Everyone loves coming to St Mary’s, great day out for the visitors dominate the atmosphere and great opportunity for points on the road. SFC 0 v Piroe 3 Ain’t football fun these days….

Going a bit off topic but...we stayed near Pizzo pre-covid, Calabria is a cracking part of Italy. Also took the ferry across to Stromboli, left once it started to get dark and sailed past the part of the coast where you can see the ever-spewing of lava - had a major eruption not long after! Milan was a fookin' great few days away though!

Of course Burnley only lost 3 all season whereas we've matched that in the last three...our non-stop unbeaten run for the rest of the season needs to start this weekend if we're not going to trump that!

We found a few bars near the ground, before with plenty of Saints fans in them and then after drinking with locals. Good night. Can't remember any names but all a short walk from our 'end'.