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[Football Special]

9 minutes ago, LGTL said:

I couldn’t give a fuck if Goztepe were European champions. They’ve been an utter disaster for us which is all I care about. 

If any other club had sat through our last two Premier league seasons they'd be ripping the seats out and lobbing them at the directors box. 

I feel really sorry for the young Saints fans I see heading up to the ground knowing what's in store for them each week 

[Turkish]

Just now, Football Special said:

If any other club had sat through our last two Premier league seasons they'd be ripping the seats out and lobbing them at the directors box. 

I feel really sorry for the young Saints fans I see heading up to the ground knowing what's in store for them each week 

Meanwhile our lot give Bella Kotchap a standing ovation 😂😂

[Matthew Le God]

3 minutes ago, Mboto Gorge said:

So no one can dare show any discontent at a board who have totally fucked up the vast majority of every single decision they’ve made since they arrived, to the point of turning a once proud club into a laughing stock and running joke, because they’ve now appointed someone new and we need to give him a chance? Yeah that makes sense. I’m sure it’ll work out just great. Sorry but I’ll probably take more notice of someone who hasn’t got their tongue up the clubs arse due to being their FM data analyser or whatever it is you do. 

Puzzling how you've leaped to the conclusion I'm 'up their arse'. I've said repeatedly the club have fucked up recruitment this season.

All the post of mine did was ask what does a protest achieve? Especially given they have already made changes to try and address the recruitment issue that caused this season to be a disaster. 

[Matthew Le God]

4 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Isn't Darren Mowbray head of recruitment? He isn't new and needs to be moved on.

He won't be having final say with Spors at the club. 

Edited yesterday at 18:13 by Matthew Le God

[Turkish]

On 17/02/2025 at 11:02, manji said:

It is shit at the moment but Spors knew very well what he was letting himself in for . We’ve got ages to prepare for next season. Spors knew he was coming here before he actually . It’s tough for us going to the games but he will be about forward planning . We are not going to have the same players at the start of next season.

we should be far better prepared than at the start of last season . Dragan will feel humiliated about this season. That’s why he has made himself fully responsible and no he won’t be picking the team .

hes put a back room team he feels he can rely on . I would imagine Rasmus has been told to fuck off and worry about Goztepe.

RM was in charge of the last batch of recruitment with some help from Rasmus .

Juvic looks to me like someone who though heknew was letting himself in for then thought Fuck

Spors has his two succesful sidekicks with him. No idea what’s going to happen with Juvic but there’s no way Ralph’s coming back. With Spors joining us I get a Germanic vide with Danny Rohl coming in . It would make sense. Maybe Juvic was the hitman . 
The concept of wanting SR out now is insane we are in a good position to reboot for next season. If that doesn’t work out then things do have to change 

I know one thing scapegoating Smallbone ( again ) or ridiculous comments like “ this team would be a shambles in the Championship “ or so idiotic and narrow minded it’s beyond belief. 

 

Please stop. You’ve been spouting this shit about SR since they’ve been here and everything they touch turns to shit. They are King Midus in reverse. 

[Matthew Le God]

18 minutes ago, LGTL said:

I couldn’t give a fuck if Goztepe were European champions. They’ve been an utter disaster for us which is all I care about. 

You've taken my post out of context of what it was replying to. I was replying to a claim they can't run a football club. Rheyve messed up so far at Saints. But the fact that Göztepe are doing well disproves that claim regardless of you or any other Saonts fans not caring about them.

Edited yesterday at 18:16 by Matthew Le God

[Mboto Gorge]

2 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Puzzling how you've leaped to the conclusion I'm 'up their arse'. I've said repeatedly the club have fucked up recruitment this season.

All the post of mine did was ask what does a protest achieve? Especially given they have already made changes to try and address the recruitment issue that caused this season to be a disaster. 

You’re encouraging people not to dare show any discontent because there is now a new DOF in place, as if by magic that gives the owners a free pass from Any criticism for several years of the worst mis management of a club i can ever remember, which in my opinion is laughable. Why should they get leeway just because they’ve made a change way after the horse has bolted. It won’t stop the current rot that’s set in. Guessing you’d still trust a girl who’s shagged lots of men behind your back, as she now has a new life coach? 

[Matthew Le God]

2 minutes ago, Turkish said:

They are King Midus in reverse. 

King Midus in reverse would be touching things that are gold and turning them into ordinary things. What have Sport Republic touched at Saints that could be described as gold?

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 hour ago, Matthew Le God said:

They have essentially admitted they have fucked the season up and have attempted to make changes to sort recruitment out for next season. They are also not 'totally inept' at owning a club, as if they were... Goztepe wouldn't be 6th in the Super League.

You cannot compare the PL to the Turkish Super League. Bar two or three teams the other clubs are absolute dross.

[Matthew Le God]

1 minute ago, Mboto Gorge said:

You’re encouraging people not to dare show any discontent because there is now a new DOF in place, as if by magic that gives the owners a free pass from Any criticism for several years of the worst mis management of a club i can ever remember, which in my opinion is laughable. Why should they get leeway just because they’ve made a change way after the horse has bolted. It won’t stop the current rot that’s set in. Guessing you’d still trust a girl who’s shagged lots of men behind your back, as she now has a new life coach? 

Nonsense. My question was simply what does the protest achieve? That still has not been answered. They've already admitted the fuck up and taken action to address the issue. So what more do you want?

[St. Ciervo]

I appreciate your call for prudence, MLG. I agree with your statement overall. But my question for you is how many more chances do they get? 

[Turkish]

4 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

King Midus in reverse would be touching things that are gold and turning them into ordinary things. What have Sport Republic touched at Saints that could be described as gold?

No it wouldn’t. 

[Matthew Le God]

Just now, Lee On Solent Saint said:

You cannot compare the PL to the Turkish Super League. Bar two or three teams the other clubs are absolute dross.

I did not make a comparison between them. You've taken my point completely out of context. The claim was they can't run a club, I pointed to evidence the can. Plus in any case, even though the aTurkish league is a lot weaker, they have transformed Göztepe beyond anything they have had for many years. I've stated numerous times they've fucked up at Saints, but at least they've now tried to resolve the issues.

[Mboto Gorge]

2 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

You cannot compare the PL to the Turkish Super League. Bar two or three teams the other clubs are absolute dross.

Exactly, and this is part of the issue I believe. SR have grossly under estimated the level of investment, professionalism  and attention to detail needed in making decisions in the elite level that is the premier league, due to owning these other Mickey Mouse noddy clubs. They’re completely out of their depth at owning a top level club in the same way a league one manager would be out of their depth managing in the premier league. 

[Matthew Le God]

Just now, Turkish said:

No it wouldn’t. 

Nonsense. The reverse of touching A and turning it into B, is touching B and turning it into A. Why can't you grasp that?

[Turkish]

Just now, Matthew Le God said:

Nonsense. The reverse of touching A and turning it into B, is touching B and turning it into A. Why can't you grasp that?

Shut up your boring prat 

[trousers]

My gut feel is that we need to start again from scratch, and that's from the ownership down. Of course there might be arguments that can be made for sticking with them for a while longer, but my hunch is to sell and start again as the best way out of this malaise. 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Just now, Matthew Le God said:

I did not make a comparison between them. You've taken my point completely out of context. The claim was they can't run a club, I pointed to evidence the can. Plus in any case, even though the aTurkish league is a lot weaker, they have transformed Göztepe beyond anything they have had for many years. I've stated numerous times they've fucked up at Saints, but at least they've now tried to resolve the issues.

So, if you think they can run a club successfully, why didn't they apply the same logic to running Goztepe as they do to us? Surely a PL club should be the centre of their focus, not some third rate outfit in Turkey? If you run a multi club model, surely your approach should be all about the biggest and best club in the group, the club with the more scope to make money? The club with the most resources and exposure? 

[Matthew Le God]

3 minutes ago, St. Ciervo said:

I appreciate your call for prudence, MLG. I agree with your statement overall. But my question for you is how many more chances do they get? 

What exactly do you mean by a 'chance'? How do the 'chances' manifest in reality? If Johannes Spors doesn't turn recruitment around it'll be very disappointing, but as a fanbase we can't force them to sell up. 

[Matthew Le God]

3 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Shut up your boring prat 

Reality door hit you... Mr Wrong?

[Matthew Le God]

1 minute ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

So, if you think they can run a club successfully, why didn't they apply the same logic to running Goztepe as they do to us? Surely a PL club should be the centre of their focus, not some third rate outfit in Turkey? If you run a multi club model, surely your approach should be all about the biggest and best club in the group, the club with the more scope to make money? The club with the most resources and exposure? 

They have different people running each club. Looks like they picked good ones for Göztepe and messed up at Saints. They have attempted to correct this and Solak has now taken a more hands on role.

[Mboto Gorge]

3 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

What exactly do you mean by a 'chance'? How do the 'chances' manifest in reality? If Johannes Spors doesn't turn recruitment around it'll be very disappointing, but as a fanbase we can't force them to sell up. 

Do you not understand the premise of what he’s saying or are you deliberately being pedantic? These owners are shite, absolute shite, they’ve fucked this club right up. A club with one top flight relegation between 1974 and 2023, and these clowns have managed a 100% record of 2 relegations in consecutive premier league seasons. So I think he means, how long do you give them before you decide they’re a total fucking shit show of an ownership group? Pretty simple really 

Edited 23 hours ago by Mboto Gorge

[S-Clarke]

Using Gotzepe as a reason to hold SR to any sort of regard is pretty pathetic. I couldn't give a toss about Gotzepe, I only comment on what I see in front of me happening to the team I support.

The hard facts are that that they've relegated us twice, and have spent a small fortune on achieving those relegations. They have been utterly, utterly, utterly useless and every big decision they have made has been a fail. They are in the process of ruining this club for an entire generation of fans. If Gozepe finish 6th in the Turkish League it doesn't redeem them in anyway, I only care about what they're doing for my club and they're fucking turning it to rubble in front of our eyes.

[LGTL]

1 minute ago, S-Clarke said:

Using Gotzepe as a reason to hold SR to any sort of regard is pretty pathetic. I couldn't give a toss about Gotzepe, I only comment on what I see in front of me happening to the team I support.

The hard facts are that that they've relegated us twice, and have spent a small fortune on achieving those relegations. They have been utterly, utterly, utterly useless and every big decision they have made has been a fail. They are in the process of ruining this club for an entire generation of fans. If Gozepe finish 6th in the Turkish League it doesn't redeem them in anyway, I only care about what they're doing for my club and they're fucking turning it to rubble in front of our eyes.

It’s all just down to us having ‘the wrong guys’ or some fucking nonsense 😂

[St. Ciervo]

8 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

What exactly do you mean by a 'chance'? How do the 'chances' manifest in reality? If Johannes Spors doesn't turn recruitment around it'll be very disappointing, but as a fanbase we can't force them to sell up. 

I suppose I mean how long until YOU feel like SR are not the best option for the club. Sure we cannot actively force them...but we can surely make it painful and expensive by giving our voices and withholding our hard-earned money. 

Edited 23 hours ago by St. Ciervo

[Turkish]

2 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Using Gotzepe as a reason to hold SR to any sort of regard is pretty pathetic. I couldn't give a toss about Gotzepe, I only comment on what I see in front of me happening to the team I support.

The hard facts are that that they've relegated us twice, and have spent a small fortune on achieving those relegations. They have been utterly, utterly, utterly useless and every big decision they have made has been a fail. They are in the process of ruining this club for an entire generation of fans. If Gozepe finish 6th in the Turkish League it doesn't redeem them in anyway, I only care about what they're doing for my club and they're fucking turning it to rubble in front of our eyes.

I’m also amused how there are a few sticking up for them because they’ve just brought Spors in. They’ve screwes up pretty much everything for the last 3 years but suddenly everything’s going to be alright now. The last two people we had in a similar position cleared off pretty sharpish. I guess taking comfort from how well Goztepe are doing is the new being proud of our catering and radio station 😂😂😂

[Mboto Gorge]

7 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

They have different people running each club. Looks like they picked good ones for Göztepe and messed up at Saints. They have attempted to correct this and Solak has now taken a more hands on role.

Do you really believe this drivel you’re posting, or are you toeing the line like you’ve always done because you have connections to the club that you don’t want to harm? doing well at fucking goztepe in a Mickey Mouse league is the same as trusting someone who’s done a great job at league one level to come here and do a great job. Though that’s the kind of basis these idiots work upon anyway. 

[AlexLaw76]

I hope dragon gets a polite round of applause. After all, he is trying his best for us

[S-Clarke]

2 minutes ago, Turkish said:

I’m also amused how there are a few sticking up for them because they’ve just brought Spors in. They’ve screwes up pretty much everything for the last 3 years but suddenly everything’s going to be alright now. The last two people we had in a similar position cleared off pretty sharpish. I guess taking comfort from how well Goztepe are doing is the new being proud of our catering and radio station 😂😂😂

I must admit I know very little about Spors and I do find it quite odd how everyone is now pinning Spors as our saviour. Like you say, every big call they've made has gone south - even to the point of Wilcox and Shields as they jumped ship just months into it. They always make the wrong calls. My expectations for Spors are very, very low, either his longevity or his impact on improving us.

It's all a bit desperate really.

Edited 23 hours ago by S-Clarke

[Matthew Le God]

2 minutes ago, Mboto Gorge said:

Do you really believe this drivel you’re posting, or are you toeing the line like you’ve always done because you have connections to the club that you don’t want to harm? doing well at fucking goztepe in a Mickey Mouse league is the same as trusting someone who’s done a great job at league one level to come here and do a great job. Though that’s the kind of basis these idiots work upon anyway. 

What on earth are you talking about?

[Mboto Gorge]

Just now, Matthew Le God said:

What on earth are you talking about?

It’s the only thing I can think of as to why you’re so ridiculously naive. Surely you don’t still believe that they deserve any faith from the fanbase whatsoever ?

[Lee On Solent Saint]

14 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

They have different people running each club. Looks like they picked good ones for Göztepe and messed up at Saints. They have attempted to correct this and Solak has now taken a more hands on role.

You are missing the point, Southampton Football Club are the flagship club in their multi club universe. The focus should be 100 percent on us, with the other clubs they own treated accordingly. An English PL club should come first in every possible situation. It's not messing up, its sheer incompetance. 

[Toussaint]

38 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Puzzling how you've leaped to the conclusion I'm 'up their arse'. I've said repeatedly the club have fucked up recruitment this season.

All the post of mine did was ask what does a protest achieve? Especially given they have already made changes to try and address the recruitment issue that caused this season to be a disaster. 

Leapt Matthew, leapt! We are not Americans. For shame, well below the required minimum posting standard. Very shabby, very shabby indeed. I’m not angry, I’m just disappointed Matthew, very disappointed. 

[S-Clarke]

19 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

They have different people running each club. Looks like they picked good ones for Göztepe and messed up at Saints. They have attempted to correct this and Solak has now taken a more hands on role.

Seriously, it's not like they've just made a few messes up here and there. They have continuously, 99% of the time, picked the wrong ones for Saints.

That alone removes any element of confidence that anything they try next will work. What they do at Goztepe means shit.

[Matthew Le God]

1 minute ago, Mboto Gorge said:

It’s the only thing I can think of as to why you’re so ridiculously naive. Surely you don’t still believe that they deserve any faith from the fanbase whatsoever ?

Faith is the excuse people give when they don't have evidence. If you had evidence you would not need faith. I've said numerous times on here they fucked up recruitment. They've made an attempt to resolve it. I will wait and see if it works, I have not said or claimed it definitely will. That is the rational position to take.

[Matthew Le God]

1 minute ago, Toussaint said:

Leapt Matthew, leapt! We are not Americans. For shame, well below the required minimum posting standard. Very shabby, very shabby indeed. I’m not angry, I’m just disappointed Matthew, very disappointed. 

You do not know my nationality. 

In any case it was the plug in Grammarly that auto corrected it.

Edited 23 hours ago by Matthew Le God

[Toussaint]

Just now, Matthew Le God said:

You do not know my nationality.

Irrelevant, this is an English forum and you have chosen to insult the whole of England with your disrespect. 

[Matthew Le God]

2 minutes ago, Toussaint said:

Irrelevant, this is an English forum and you have chosen to insult the whole of England with your disrespect. 

I blame the plug in Grammarly auto correct before I hit submit reply. 

[The Kraken]

Just now, Matthew Le God said:

I blame the plug in Grammarly auto correct before I hit submit reply. 

I blame you for being lapse in checking. Tsk.

[Matthew Le God]

8 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

You are missing the point, Southampton Football Club are the flagship club in their multi club universe. The focus should be 100 percent on us, with the other clubs they own treated accordingly. An English PL club should come first in every possible situation. It's not messing up, its sheer incompetance. 

They have different people running each club. In what way has a distraction occurred in a demonstrable way?

[Turkish]

2 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

I blame the plug in Grammarly auto correct before I hit submit reply. 

Another fail Matthew, yet again you have failed 

[Matthew Le God]

17 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Another fail Matthew, yet again you have failed 

Avoiding your 'Reverse Midas touch' fail Turkish  

Edited 22 hours ago by Matthew Le God

[Mboto Gorge]

29 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Faith is the excuse people give when they don't have evidence. If you had evidence you would not need faith. I've said numerous times on here they fucked up recruitment. They've made an attempt to resolve it. I will wait and see if it works, I have not said or claimed it definitely will. That is the rational position to take.

Jesus wept

[Matthew Le God]

1 minute ago, Mboto Gorge said:

Jesus wept

Rather than calling on fictional characters, what are you disagreeing with?

[Mr Saints]

33 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

You do not know my nationality. 

In any case it was the plug in Grammarly that auto corrected it.

Yep that’s enough saints web for me today!

[Lee On Solent Saint]

24 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

They have different people running each club. In what way has a distraction occurred in a demonstrable way?

Demonstrable in the fact that their flagship club is bottom of the PL with nine fuckin points, highly likely to be relegated with the lowest points tally ever. I'd say that was pretty daming evidence.

[lambtiss]

35 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Faith is the excuse people give when they don't have evidence. If you had evidence you would not need faith. I've said numerous times on here they fucked up recruitment. They've made an attempt to resolve it. I will wait and see if it works, I have not said or claimed it definitely will. That is the rational position to take.

The evidence that we have is that these clowns have screwed up almost every appointment or decision  they have made. The rational position to take, therefore, is to assume that they will continue with this ineptitude.

[Matthew Le God]

3 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Demonstrable in the fact that their flagship club is bottom of the PL with nine fuckin points, highly likely to be relegated with the lowest points tally ever. I'd say that was pretty daming evidence.

That is a claim, it is not evidence for the claim. You've so far failed to demonstrate the connection that what is happening at Göztepe or Valenciennes is the cause for the Saints Omnishambles. 

[Saint Fen]

They’ve put in so much money. Rasmus Ankersen is terrible and hasn’t done a good job at all. 
 

Thankfully they got him to one side when Wilcox came in but since Wilcox went to Utd, I think Ankersen has been involved.

Now we have a new technical director, I effectively believe he is going to be a straight Wilcox replacement without the director of football title hopefully things will turn around.

1st things 1st though the end of this season will be tough but hopefully Juric will be gone at the end of the season if not sooner and put Rusk in charge. I think it’s fairly evident Rohl could be here at the end of the season.

[Turkish]

4 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

That is a claim, it is not evidence for the claim. You've so far failed to demonstrate the connection that what is happening at Göztepe or Valenciennes is the cause for the Saints Omnishambles. 

And people wonder why you got bullied