franniesTache

They're still breathing?

Before last night i'd made peace with the fact that this would be one of the worst away days ever. The combination of the draconian and idiotic "bubble", the early start and piss take from the club about how we had to get to st mary's so early, the shit looking weather forecast and their hovel's inability to protect you from the elements, and the weak as fuck, no backbone, arrogant, lazy cunts in our team meaning i was expecting a loss, and our piss poor form stinking out the league. But then we somehow find a way to win last night and now i have a glimmer of hope, and that's going to make it so much worse when we lose to these mouth breathing, sister fucking, scabbing, lying, six fingered cunts

Yup and if what i've been told is true Saints actually actively sell his brothers platform to other clubs, which feels - i don't know - a bit unethical to me, almost like SR is a ponzi scheme

Also explains why Martin hung around so long to be honest, his "my way is the only way and it will work because these stats say it will" despite the fact everyone could see it wasn't is more or less identical

It's from this article and some of the stuff in there is fucking mind blowing and shows why we are such an unbelievable shit show All of these are direct quotes from him: People see huge difference between the Premier League and the lower divisions in England,’ Ankersen explains. ‘We think this is not true. ‘And I’m not going there to watch him play,’ Ankersen says – this could only muddle his opinion of the player, who he knows is good. Ankersen says. ‘We tell them: your job is not to tell us whether a player is good or not. We already know that. The scouts need to see whether they are a fit from a personal, psychological point of view. ‘We redesigned the club based on a question: what would a football club look like if it had no human eye and ear?

The thing with the FAB is that half of them don't go to away games, and the other half use the bingo buses, of course they're going to be fine with a bubble as it's what they would've done anyway. Given FAB are affiliated to the club it would've been a peace of piss for them to send out a survey to say the top 3000 away supporters in our fanbase asking about travel preferences for the game, and then advocated for the actual fans who go, and not just for themselves. Mind you given for the league cup game the same FAB were more interested in grassing up our own fans on social media than anything else it's hardly a surprise they bend the knee to the police and club about the bubble. Still at least they'll cover the important stuff like the women's game and chips in the ground.

I responded with quotes direct from the minutes of our FAB that showed that not only were they complicit and supportive in the decision, but also that the FAB is a closed shop and the current members "vet" new members, meaning that the wider fanbase isn't represented. I also pointed out that the FAB do not consult with, engage with, or listen to the wider fanbase, which when combined with the fact that they don't represent the majority of those who travel away means no change is ever likely to take place.

Got a response back from the FSA, which seems to suggest that the people who should be challenging this are the FAB, but as we know our FAB are a closed shop who don't represent the wider fanbase and don't consult with them either. If you add in the fact that those on there are responsible for also vetting who joins it seems we are largely stuck with this situation going forward. This is the response in full from the FSA

I haven't missed a game against them since the 90s but if the bubble stays next season (and they stay up) i'm not going. It's an absolute fucking piss take and completely over the top, getting to St Mary's for a bus that leaves at 08:30 to do a 17mile trip that takes less than 40mins for a game that kicks off at midday, to have to provide ID like a passport to get tickets and not be able to take food or drink on the bus is beyond fucking stupid. Plus we have to pay extra for the coaches which they're forcing us to use, and more than you'd pay for the train too. I swear the set up is a scam to rip fans off and completely unnecessary too, there were barely any arrests or trouble last time round in the cup for a night game with no bubble. I'm actually half tempted to contact the football supporters association i'm so annoyed.

Is the next round midweek again? If it's not then any of these away Vale Macclesfield Grimsby Burton Mansfield Salford As they're the only ones i've not done (technically haven't done Wrexham but we'll do that later in the season)

Or the fact that he "might not have the talent of his brother" actually means he does have talent

Man't wait for the 50th anniversary shirt for stop the count when we've still not won anything. Maybe we could do an anniversary shirt for passing the ball sideways under Martin too. No running away from the fact we're getting old mush, I now work with people who are younger than my email address ffs

It's starting to feel a bit fucking tinpot that we're celebrating the fact that the last time the club did their job properly was 50 years ago. I wonder if they did a commemorative kit for winning the southern league in 1954?

What's a win?

Not sure how you can say that as we've not experienced them playing well since it's been done...