Spudders Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 Anyone listening to this on solent? Their chairman is getting slated, he's just said to the fans (after answering a question) if you don't like it go and support Southampton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 I am listening to it. Interesting!! He really is coming across as a knob! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 He's an odd character. When I worked at AFCB, he forced Eddie Howe to sign some Zimbabwean kid on a short term contract. He was absolutely useless and just some kid he knew of from his charity work. Not sure if it worked out for him but Howe really didn't like the idea. Also met his son who has some position at the Club. Not a friendly bloke by any means. Small club mentality around that place, and one that ensures they will never get back into the second tier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 1 September, 2011 Author Share Posted 1 September, 2011 Yeah, I appreciate he’s being put in a difficult position in front of the fans, but he’s not keeping very cool & calm is he! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 He's not done all that bad a job, since he came in they've avoided relegation to the Conference, paid off creditors, exited administration, got promotion to League One and then for a long time saw the Club challenging for automatic promotion to the Championship. It'll be very different this season though - just look at the league table already...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 Having a problem controlling his language as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 Steve Fletcher baulks at £4000 a week wage demands. Hmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 LOLZ@Bompey fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 It's apparently a bad thing to be a Saints fan. Fine to be a cross-eyed, in-bred, sister-****ging wurzel and a fan of a terrible club then, apparently. The fact they see Steve Fletcher as an icon says it all really. Very simple people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 Some Bournemouth fans have short memories, the journey they have come on in the last 3 years is breathtaking. A club like Bournemouth will always have to sell players, bids of 400-£1m will be too good to turn down for them, and tbf their players have earnt those moves over the last few years. They should be bloody grateful they're playing league football, not complaining they can't compete in the top 6 of L1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 Some Bournemouth fans have short memories, the journey they have come on in the last 3 years is breathtaking. A club like Bournemouth will always have to sell players, bids of 400-£1m will be too good to turn down for them, and tbf their players have earnt those moves over the last few years. They should be bloody grateful they're playing league football, not complaining they can't compete in the top 6 of L1. Definitely. And the fans need to remember their place - there was a kit launch event at the Club with players at the shop and only two or three people turned up. Fickle? Not half. Oh and that's his name, Neil Blake. He's a ****. Rob Mitchell who does commercial stuff down there is a former Saints employee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 Mitchell has been slaughtered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 Mitchell has been slaughtered. By a woman on who likes the sound of her own voice way too much... listening to the mongoloids clap her just about sums everything up we already know about Bournemouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 Mitchell has been slaughtered. It's a difficult one to judge really, but I think it's obvious if he left they'd be in the ****. Both sides have done things wrong but wouldn't ever admit it. By a woman on who likes the sound of her own voice way too much... listening to the mongoloids clap her just about sums everything up we already know about Bournemouth. Yeah, she was ****ing annoying. Talk about milking it. Is it not disrespectful to us, the Club that loaned them players (and continues to do so) and played friendlies with them, to say its a bad thing to be a Southampton fan? Can't have it both names, whatever your name was...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintscottofthenortham Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 Is it finished already? Not on Solent...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 1 September, 2011 Author Share Posted 1 September, 2011 It's a difficult one to judge really, but I think it's obvious if he left they'd be in the ****. Both sides have done things wrong but wouldn't ever admit it. Yeah, she was ****ing annoying. Talk about milking it. Is it not disrespectful to us, the Club that loaned them players (and continues to do so) and played friendlies with them, to say its a bad thing to be a Southampton fan? Can't have it both names, whatever your name was...! Agree she was annoying and she did milk it, but don't forget they see us as their nasty rivals (ahhh bless 'em). If our chairman spoke to our fans and told us if we didn't like it we should 'go and support p*rtsmuff' some of our fans would go mental! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 1 September, 2011 Author Share Posted 1 September, 2011 Is it finished already? Not on Solent...? yeah it was on 7 until 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 Agree she was annoying and she did milk it, but don't forget they see us as their nasty rivals (ahhh bless 'em). If our chairman spoke to our fans and told us if we didn't like it we should 'go and support p*rtsmuff' some of our fans would go mental! We would, but we're not rivals. Bless their cottons. *rattle rattle* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 And some wonder why Saints don't have a Solent fans forum any longer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 To be fair to their fans, of the 11 who started the playoff semi-final against Huddersfield in May, 7 have been sold and one today announced his retirement due to injury. If that had happened to us after our most successful season in 30-odd years, with no sign of the money being reinvested in suitable (or indeed any) replacements, I think we'd be a bit ****ed off as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyinthesky Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 It seemed to me that a Chairman who is unable to understand his company's account ('Dont ask me I'ma builder') would worry the hell out of me if I was a Bournemouth fan The Chief Exec (Blake?) was not too impressive either Worrying times down there Fortunately Steve Fletcher and the Manager saved the forum from ending up as a one way slanging match between disgruntled fans and Eddie Mitchell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 (edited) I think also Howe overachieved with them. Bradbury has no managerial experience so was likely to be a downer I grant you, but with a stronger squad than last season's and a better manager in O'Driscoll they never made it out of League One (or Division Two as it was then), so can't see them doing it anytime soon. I remember talking to their chief scout (who also left this season) who is a cocky Birmingham fan, on the day Norwich beat the Skates to go up and we'd not long secured promotion after the Plymouth game. Said it'd be years before Birmingham played Saints and they'd beat us easily. Hmm, hope his judgement of players is a bit better! It seemed to me that a Chairman who is unable to understand his company's account ('Dont ask me I'ma builder') would worry the hell out of me if I was a Bournemouth fan The Chief Exec (Blake?) was not too impressive either Worrying times down there Fortunately Steve Fletcher and the Manager saved the forum from ending up as a one way slanging match between disgruntled fans and Eddie Mitchell Well I admire his honesty I suppose but then again he did have something to do with Dorchester Town, and look at what shape they're in. If he was totally honest he'd recognise he wasn't really cut out for football and wouldn't go buying into a Football League club! Blake is there because he's related to Mitchell, so says it all really. Steve Fletcher has a huge ego, I bet he loved being the peacemaker. Edited 1 September, 2011 by Crazy Diamond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 That was an absolutely brilliant listen. Mitchell just can't articulate his views well at all. He dropped an 'f' bomb too which must be a 1st for Solent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 Small club, small minded owner. I used to enjoy having some banter with Danny Ings when he used to visit the pub I was running last year. Great lad, doesn't [didn't!] take himself too seriously, and great family behind him too! I asked him once why he came to the pub so often - especially after training - and he told me it was because the food was a hell of a lot better than the crap they served up at the training ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 Time to bump one of those threads from last year where they were gloating about being above us. Should be worth a chuckle.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 Time to bump one of those threads from last year where they were gloating about being above us. Should be worth a chuckle.... Funnily enough, I was just recalling how they deluged Radio Solent with their childish crap for months until we beat them at Dean Court and for the third time in a season. Then, bizarrely, they started accusing Radio Solent of bias as soon as Saints went above them in the league. Small time club, small time fans. *rattle rattle* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 1 September, 2011 Share Posted 1 September, 2011 They are a small League One club at best. That's not trying be a wind-up merchant, that's telling the truth. They may have had their time in the Championship, but even Carlisle were in the top flight once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 2 September, 2011 Share Posted 2 September, 2011 Mitchell is a right clown http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bournemouth/9578747.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 2 September, 2011 Share Posted 2 September, 2011 That was an absolutely brilliant listen. Mitchell just can't articulate his views well at all. He dropped an 'f' bomb too which must be a 1st for Solent Yes, I was very surprised that the presenter didn`t pick him up on this, bearing in mind that he did when he said "in the sh1t" and when one questioner used "b*llocks" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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