Odd comments re: Saints from Ankersen

[once_bitterne]

 

[It's There]

Hopefully a 'lost in translation' moment.

[once_bitterne]

Or he's just jumping ahead a bit and already viewing us as a Championship club.

[OttawaSaint]

Err what?!?!

I know we are a small club but who the fuck are Goztepe? Never heard of them.

[Maggie May]

I’ve just heard Joe Shields is interested in becoming Goztepe’s new director of recruitment. 

[Toussaint]

Starting to miss Les, Rupert and Gao

[John Boy Saint]

I was working in Istanbul a couple of weeks ago, talking to the barmen in the hotel asked about Goztepe, they said that they were an insignificant club that no one notices

[CB Fry]

I wish we were Göztepe.

[LiberalCommunist]

Were I Ralph, I'd stick this up on the dressing room wall when we plays these twats in the summer friendies, to make our tin pot owners some money.

The bloody cheek! lol

 

[Toussaint]

6 minutes ago, John Boy Saint said:

I was working in Istanbul a couple of weeks ago, talking to the barmen in the hotel asked about Goztepe, they said that they were an insignificant club that no one notices

Oh, so they are bigger than us after all

Edited 14 October, 2022 by Toussaint

[SotonianWill]

9 minutes ago, Toussaint said:

Oh, so they are bigger than us after all

😂… AleHouse! AleHouse! AleHouse! 

[SaintsLoyal]

So hes the president of this tinpot turkish outfit and is our director of football ?

[Bad Wolf]

This is being taken out of context. I think what he meant was the act of acquiring a second club (Göztepe) and thus starting the portfolio was a bigger deal than purchasing a club initially (Saints)

[Saintscummer]

their transfer record is 1.4 million euros and their ground holds maximum of 19.000. 
 

I think he is pissed on too many ouzo’s

[AlexLaw76]

Our new owners are a bit shit to be fair.

Another masterstroke by Semmens and Steele!

[Toussaint]

5 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Our new owners are a bit shit to be fair.

Another masterstroke by Semmens and Steele!

I've got some magic beans they could be interested in. 

 

[SaintsLoyal]

Average attendance in top tier is around 10K and a bit more when the hig boys turn up.

They play in seond tier and atendances of around 7K

[Master Bates]

He's holding a spliff behind that banner.

[Nordic Saint]

22 minutes ago, SaintsLoyal said:

Average attendance in top tier is around 10K and a bit more when the hig boys turn up.

They play in seond tier and atendances of around 7K

Their average home gate is 4,684. When they were in the third division it was 659. They never managed an average of more than 9,000 in their history.

[Dman]

1 hour ago, Bad Wolf said:

This is being taken out of context. I think what he meant was the act of acquiring a second club (Göztepe) and thus starting the portfolio was a bigger deal than purchasing a club initially (Saints)

That’s not what has been said at all

[bpsaint]

1 hour ago, Saintscummer said:

I think he is pissed on too many ouzo’s

Have Sport Republic bought a Greek club too then 😉

[Toussaint]

4 minutes ago, bpsaint said:

Have Sport Republic bought a Greek club too then 😉

Yes, Corfu Town, apparently also bigger than us

[fanimal]

I have been there whilst I was working in Turkey as most Turks will tell you apart from the big 3 in Istanbul only Trabzon gets close to being a big club despite Ankara Izmir and Antalya being large cities in terms of population 

[Miltonaggro]

#wankersen

[Bewildered]

Typical, the first time we see someone from SR talk, they are quoted as insulting the club.

[Turkish]

Maybe Adam Blackmore was right, is arrogant for a club smaller than one in turkey no one has heard of with an average gate of less than 5,000 to think they should be doing alright in the premier league.

[Miltonaggro]

Saints currently ranked 82 globally, Harrogate Town 634, Goztepe unlisted as don’t meet the criteria.  Ankersen needs to clarify to us small time second stream tosspots what he was on about, or indeed what he was on. 

[LuckyNumber7]

I'm hoping he's been misquoted or it's been taken out of context, as that's really not a good look from the club's owners. Just compounds the current negativity with everything else that's going on. 

[cloggy saint]

It's just words, not really important is it?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Classic Ankersen. Only too happy to share the forward planning on where the club will be in 5 years, with the current set up. 🙂

[Badger]

3 hours ago, John Boy Saint said:

I was working in Istanbul a couple of weeks ago, talking to the barmen in the hotel asked about Goztepe, they said that they were an insignificant club that no one notices

Did he say they had a ‘kebab shop mentality’ ? 

[Turkish]

29 minutes ago, Miltonaggro said:

Saints currently ranked 82 globally, Harrogate Town 634, Goztepe unlisted as don’t meet the criteria.  Ankersen needs to clarify to us small time second stream tosspots what he was on about, or indeed what he was on. 

So both my teams are in the top 634 in the world! 😀

[Badger]

Perhaps Ankersen has spent too long in the company of Semmens and Steele. 

Their apparent ambition for the club has rubbed off on him.

[Miltonaggro]

7 minutes ago, Turkish said:

So both my teams are in the top 634 in the world! 😀

But you’ve shit out if you’re a Goztepe fanboy! 

[The Kraken]

22 minutes ago, Turkish said:

So both my teams are in the top 634 in the world! 😀

Saints foam hand and Harrogate scarf are in place I assume.

[Streaky]

52 minutes ago, cloggy saint said:

It's just words, not really important is it?

Well yeah it is.

[niceandfriendly]

Sorry, but is everyone losing their minds over a tweet from the mighty “Turk Scout”, an account with a thousand followers? Has anyone heard Ankersen actually say this? 
 

I doubt he’s said anything remotely like what has been quoted. If he has indeed been misquoted he was probably saying that Gozetzpe are a bigger “job” than Southampton, ie. more effort to make them a success. But chances are he has said nothing of the sort. 😂
 

This could go down as a classic thread. 

Edited 14 October, 2022 by niceandfriendly

[Miltonaggro]

16 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

Saints foam hand and Harrogate scarf are in place I assume.

Turkish has had a bespoke half and half scarf made Southarrogate 

[The Kraken]

Just now, Miltonaggro said:

Turkish has had a bespoke half and half scarf made Southarrogate 

Yuck. Sounds too much like Southgate. Harrohampton is much better.

[Toussaint]

15 minutes ago, niceandfriendly said:

Sorry, but is everyone losing their minds over a tweet from the mighty “Turk Scout”, an account with a thousand followers? Has anyone heard Ankersen actually say this? 
 

I doubt he’s said anything remotely like what has been quoted. If he has indeed been misquoted he was probably saying that Gozetzpe are a bigger “job” than Southampton, ie. more effort to make them a success. But chances are he has said nothing of the sort. 😂
 

This could go down as a classic thread. 

Who cares if it’s true, it’s the most fun we’ve had on here for a while. Viva righteous indignation I say!

[Miltonaggro]

23 minutes ago, niceandfriendly said:

Sorry, but is everyone losing their minds over a tweet from the mighty “Turk Scout”, an account with a thousand followers? Has anyone heard Ankersen actually say this? 
 

I doubt he’s said anything remotely like what has been quoted. If he has indeed been misquoted he was probably saying that Gozetzpe are a bigger “job” than Southampton, ie. more effort to make them a success. But chances are he has said nothing of the sort. 😂
 

This could go down as a classic thread. 

The word from Turk Guide is that he actually said  ‘Southampton are a bunch of handjobs’ - if so fair play, at least he knows what he’s up against. 

[OttawaSaint]

Ankerson? Wankerson more like!

[Turkish]

2 hours ago, The Kraken said:

Yuck. Sounds too much like Southgate. Harrohampton is much better.

Call them what you want they’re both shite, boring and can’t score at the moment with the fans hating the manager, the common denominator is me 🤔

[Weston Super Saint]

13 hours ago, cloggy saint said:

It's just words, not really important is it?

If the words were 'we will be sticking by our manager until at least the end of his contract and potentially even longer', would they still be unimportant?

[alehouseboys]

There's plenty of Turkish news outlets quoting this as their headline and saying Rasmus 'stated' this comment.

Tbf, they have been Turkish League champions in the past and won a number of cups and Izmir does have a population of well over 4 million, so bigger in that sense. But they regularly play in front of small crowds in a smaller stadium  - I assume he was speaking through a translator who could have twisted his words to appeal to the eager audience but he should now come out and clarify what's been reported.

When they do turn up they do get typical Turkish support which is on a totally different level to anything in this country...

https://www.facebook.com/TheCasualUltra/videos/göztepe-fans-initiated-their-new-stadium-last-weekend-in-the-match-against-beşik/807091053036100/

I'm sure the powers that be at SFC would be looking at closing down large swaths of that stadium with behaviour like that (only slightly tongue-in-cheek!)

[Miltonaggro]

35 minutes ago, alehouseboys said:

There's plenty of Turkish news outlets quoting this as their headline and saying Rasmus 'stated' this comment.

Tbf, they have been Turkish League champions in the past and won a number of cups and Izmir does have a population of well over 4 million, so bigger in that sense. But they regularly play in front of small crowds in a smaller stadium  - I assume he was speaking through a translator who could have twisted his words to appeal to the eager audience but he should now come out and clarify what's been reported.

When they do turn up they do get typical Turkish support which is on a totally different level to anything in this country...

https://www.facebook.com/TheCasualUltra/videos/göztepe-fans-initiated-their-new-stadium-last-weekend-in-the-match-against-beşik/807091053036100/

I'm sure the powers that be at SFC would be looking at closing down large swaths of that stadium with behaviour like that (only slightly tongue-in-cheek!)

But they’ll never be as big as Harrogate Town! 

[cloggy saint]

3 hours ago, Weston Super Saint said:

If the words were 'we will be sticking by our manager until at least the end of his contract and potentially even longer', would they still be unimportant?

Well, that's a completely different set of words isn't it?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

That awkward moment when you realise that the other club isn't the feeder club, it's yours. 🙂

[Weston Super Saint]

1 hour ago, cloggy saint said:

Well, that's a completely different set of words isn't it?

It's just words, they're not important....

[Alan Sugarfree]

21 hours ago, Nordic Saint said:

Their average home gate is 4,684. When they were in the third division it was 659. They never managed an average of more than 9,000 in their history.

Are you talking about P*rtsmouth?