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FarehamSaintJames

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Just announced for next week.

Henrik Kraft, Rasmus Ankersen, Martin Semmens and Toby Steele are the panel.
No Nathan Jones. Convenient.

Full details below. 100 tickets available for ST holders only.

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What questions do we want answered?
Formation? Tactics? Why did we take so long in the January window this missing out on potential victories against similarly-placed teams? Youth policy? Club direction? Manager choice?

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Appy

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Question 1: Why are away fans continually in home ends Mr Steele? After you lied previously and said it didn’t happen. 
 

Question 2: Why did we close block 1, but still give away fans the biggest away allocation in the league? 
 

Question 3: Why did I start that other thread on the same subject? 

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FarehamSaintJames

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1 minute ago, Appy said:

Question 1: Why are away fans continually in home ends Mr Steele? After you lied previously and said it didn’t happen. 
 

Question 2: Why did we close block 1, but still give away fans the biggest away allocation in the league? 
 

Question 3: Why did I start that other thread on the same subject? 

I think you'll see we both posted a new article at the same time. 10 minutes ago.
Unfortunately, my telepathic powers aren't working so wasn't aware you were doing the same. 😂

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2 minutes ago, Appy said:

Question 1: Why are away fans continually in home ends Mr Steele? After you lied previously and said it didn’t happen. 
 

Question 2: Why did we close block 1, but still give away fans the biggest away allocation in the league? 
 

Question 3: Why did I start that other thread on the same subject? 

Question 1 & 2 please. I posted on another thread about seeing some utterly shambolic "stewarding" at the Villa game. Villa fans in the corporate boxes openly instigating trouble. Stewards just laughed it off. Wasn't block 1 closed due to fan "behaviour" etc etc

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Really hope someone has the balls to ask the proper questions we want answering, rather than some pre approved “what are you doing about improving the pies in the concourse” type of query.

Im actually surprised the club have announced this given recent performances and decisions.

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1 hour ago, Appy said:

Question 1: Why are away fans continually in home ends Mr Steele? After you lied previously and said it didn’t happen. 
 

Question 2: Why did we close block 1, but still give away fans the biggest away allocation in the league? 
 

Question 3: Why did I start that other thread on the same subject? 

Can Mr Steele admit you made a mistake victimising our fans for your mistake of consistently putting away fans in our home end, and so can I have my seat back?

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Is Nathan Jones's position 100% safe until the end of the season regardless of results between now and then? 

Do you think it's important that the vast majority of fans back the manager? If yes, what action will you take if that's clearly not the case at any point between now and the end of the season?

At the last fans forum on 10th August, Semmens was more than happy with Ralph as manager, despite a woeful second half of last season. What changed in the mere 12 weeks that followed to warrant Ralph then being sacked on 8th November?

Is it true that several players fell out with Ralph (or visa versa) during his tenure? 

Why do our players tend to pass the ball to the opposition rather than to our own players? 

How many of our goalkeepers would be first choice at any other premier league club?

What's the truth behind why we didn't sign a clinical centre forward in the Summer 2022 transfer window? 

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1. We seem to have an affiliation with Man City, signing a lot of their younger players (not a dig), who have been coached in a particular way. 
 

What was the recruitment process for identifying Nathan Jones as manager, who seemingly has a completely opposite style. 
 

2. Throughout this season, we have seen a tendency to try and move towards a back 3/5. It started with Ralph and has been continuously tried by Jones. 
 

Is there directive from above, I.e you, that this is our preferred formation? If so, what is the short to medium term plan to develop a playing squad which is suited to this formation. As currently it’s clearly not. 

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1. Who's idea was it to appoint NJ,  And have they been relieved of such future responsibility? 

2. Why the fūck are there so many away fans in home seating every fùcking game.

3. Why are there away fans in hospitality boxes? 

4. Have they considered buying players to build a team, rather than buying players to just turn a profit? 

5. Has the plonker responsible for the kit that makes us look like Bolton or Spurs from the back been horse-whipped yet? 

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3 hours ago, FarehamSaintJames said:

A few off the top of my head:

What were the big announcements you talked about two weeks ago in your Radio Solent interview?

How would you rate your first year in charge and what obvious mistakes have you learnt from?

If we lose our next few "winnable" games will you bin off Jones for a real manager?

The answer to Q1 is Jason Wilcox and Charlie Boss so please don't waste anyones time with that! Would be interesting to know more about the benefits Wilcox may bring though.

Q2 is interesting

Q3 pointless as they will obviously not say that

Good question would be how they would approach this summer if we do get relegated.

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31 minutes ago, once_bitterne said:

Why is the pathway from Academy to 1st team only open to players brought in from other Academies? - (resulting in our own Academy players - who won the PL Academy Southern League last season - refusing to sign pro deals and leaving for other clubs.

Answer: because the ones we have signed are 18-20 rather than 16 or 17 and are players clearly ready to come straight into a PL team and have an impact.

I mean, there are good academy players and then there are different level academy players like Lavia.

Larios is clearly better than Jake Vokins.

Edozie clearly better than any 19 or 20 yo wingers we have/had.

More interesting would be directly asking how we could have kept JJM or Dibling first time around?

The answer would probably be: not much unfortunately.

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21 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Would the panel agree that the lightshows will provide even better value for money in the Championship, given the cost of a season ticket will inevitably be reduced?

Four more games, so they definitely won’t reduce it. 

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4 minutes ago, Dusic said:

Answer: because the ones we have signed are 18-20 rather than 16 or 17 and are players clearly ready to come straight into a PL team and have an impact.

I mean, there are good academy players and then there are different level academy players like Lavia.

Larios is clearly better than Jake Vokins.

Edozie clearly better than any 19 or 20 yo wingers we have/had.

More interesting would be directly asking how we could have kept JJM or Dibling first time around?

The answer would probably be: not much unfortunately.

££ stupid amounts of £ for an unproven player. 

We can’t blame the club for this one, especially when clubs like Chelsea come in offering wages to a 17 year old with no experience, that lower end championship players would be on. 

It takes a certain type of lad to turn down the sort of money branded about for him, which’s set him up for life. 
 

As you say, not much we could do. 

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This will head down the road of making sure the fans are behind the players et all which is something i agree with during the game.

What happened at Palace was ridiculous and counter productive.

Q....... Why was Ralph Hasenhuttl retained after the failure of 2020-2021 season when we again lost 9-0 , saw a club record of six defeats in a row, conceded goals like confetti.  Likewise why wasnt Hasenhuttl sacked at the end of 2021-2022 season, when it was nine defeats in the last twelve and yet again over 60 goals conceded.  It was clear to every level headed fan that Hasenhuttl was 'done'.  He had lost interest and was chasing the money for retirement (his words). The failure to sack Hasenhuttl, i believe is directly why we're in the bottom three and facing relegation.

 

Bonus q........... Why didnt we sign two strikers in the summer of 2022

 

 

 

 

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24 minutes ago, saintscottofthenortham said:

Semmens will be fucking unbearable, again. He has a face you just want to hit.

He’ll probably ask for sympathy again for having to go to every game, all expenses paid. 

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Q for Martin.

How are you coping with the stress of attending away games like a fellow fan?

 

Surely they need to justify why they waiting until November to replace Ralph.  Why away fans are so blatant in the home stands.  Why they thought it was remotely a good idea to hire (and persist) with nathan jones. Why do we continue to play the shit-show 3/5 at the back system

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Just now, Crab Lungs said:

Mr Grant, I hope you didn’t remove my legitimate post regarding chestfeeding and genderless toilets. Me and Turkish are genuinely pinning our hopes on a more inclusive match day experience.

If you want to see how far you can push your "just asking questions" garbage, you won't last long.

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15 minutes ago, trousers said:

P.s. do you want to let the club know about their grammar faux pas or shall I take the honours...? :)

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Oof, that's dreadful. What are they teaching in school's these days?

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1 minute ago, saints-til-i-die said:

Fans’ doesn’t mean ‘fanses’. It shows possession. Eg The boy’s party (party belongs to one boy) The boys’ party (party belongs to more than one boy)

Possession means ownership. The fans don't own the forum, it doesn't belong to them, it's for them.

Fans forum.

(Boys' party would be pretty dreadful English as well, to be honest. I can't really think of a scenario where you wouldn't be better off just saying Boys Party)

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21 minutes ago, Crab Lungs said:

Mr Grant, I hope you didn’t remove my legitimate post regarding chestfeeding and genderless toilets. Me and Turkish are genuinely pinning our hopes on a more inclusive match day experience.

was your post about why they dont have tampons in the mens bogs? It's an outrage, men can have periods too.

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8 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Possession means ownership. The fans don't own the forum, it doesn't belong to them, it's for them.

Fans forum.

(Boys' party would be pretty dreadful English as well, to be honest. I can't really think of a scenario where you wouldn't be better off just saying Boys Party)

I didn’t say they did own it; I was just saying that fans’ doesn’t mean ‘fanses’.
 

Are you coming to the boys’ party on Saturday?

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