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Reply | Head Coach vs Manager
at 23:55 5 Jan 2026
You're right saintmark1976, I don't recognise my club anymore. We used to be a family club, that fought against adversity, a club where the fans were valued. The players and directors used to chat to fans in the Dell car park, they mostly always gave their all for the shirt on the pitch. Players like Benali, Dodd, Le Tissier, managers like Mcmenemy, and Starcahan etc who were honest, sincere and real.
Now it's players and directors you can never speak to, a distant club owned by people who don't give a toss about the fans, entertainment on the pitch or the players even. They only care about making money and that's it. The players lnow what it's all about too, they sense the culture and gone are the days where loyalty had a place in their hearts. Football is not was it was in general too, with foreign owners telling managers how to play, who to buy etc.
I am not sure how this will end, other than disaster, but the demise of SFC and the future relegations to league one that I can see coming is so depressing. Either the owners will sell up, or they will wait until administration and the bitter end. [Post edited 5 Jan 23:57]
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Reply | Venezuela
at 17:22 5 Jan 2026
The response and plan going forward is the key thing isn't it. Maduro was a nasty dictator, and the vast majority of Venezuelans, many who are starving etc will be happy he has gone. I have seen reputable newspapers reporting celebrations.. If things improve (they couldn't get much worse than starving and no money in general life), then it's a good thing. Trump doesn't follow the rules, but it doesn't always mean it's a bad thing necessarily. We shall see if things improve or get worse for the Venezuelan people. I bet we wish someone would break international law, and kidnap Putin? [Post edited 5 Jan 17:25]
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Reply | Head Coach vs Manager
at 14:29 5 Jan 2026
Totally agree. It's all about owners making money nowadays, and this influences which players are brought in. |
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Thread | Head Coach vs Manager
at 14:03 5 Jan 2026
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/ne
So Man U have sacked their "Head Coach / Manager" after a break down in relationship with Jason Wilcox. So the manager dared to stand up to those above him and the result was getting the sack. Is this how it works in football now?
I have no interest in Man U, other than looking on as a neutral at how they keep failing for the size they are.
The ex manager said "I came here to be the manager of Manchester United, not to be the coach of Manchester United. That is clear,” he said on Sunday.
The link to Saints is clearly Wilcox and these people in the board room keep f@cking interfering and telling the manager what to do. I wonder how much this is going on at Saints, hence Eckert is just Head Coach. It's only people like Still and Eckert who accept this, hence never appointing anyone (with experience who knows better) who will argue.
What a shame that the days of having a manager, who ran the whole club seem to be disappearing. [Post edited 5 Jan 14:08]
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Thread | A free pie and a programme
at 20:40 4 Jan 2026
But only if you travelled up with the official coaches!!! I wondered why the Saints official travel charged £3 more than Hull away.
If you went with Nicks away travel, by train or by car, sorry nothing for you. Just for those who paid money to the club. The utter b@staads.
https://www.facebook.com/south [Post edited 4 Jan 20:44]
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Reply | F@cking Ashamed / Embarrassed
at 17:25 4 Jan 2026
It seems that these players are utter sh!ts. They wanted the yes man, easy going young manager to get the job. They got the previous one the sack, now taking it very easy under this manager. |
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Thread | F@cking Ashamed / Embarrassed
at 16:40 4 Jan 2026
4 nil against a side who haven't scored in 5 games. Hiw much more are we or3pared to take?
Our club is being destroyed. Time to wake up everyone. This club is taking the p!ss out of all of us. What we going to do? Let our club die? |
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Reply | Middlesbrough Game Matchday Thread
at 16:32 4 Jan 2026
Utterly disgraceful. These players, this inexperienced, embarrassing manager, this pathetic club, these terrible owners. A laughing stock.
Sports Republic OUT |
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Reply | Venezuela
at 16:06 4 Jan 2026
I don't "support" Trump but I do support the ceasefire in Gaza, Venezuelan people celebrating because they hope they may no.longer starve and the attempt to stop.the war in Ukraine.
Who are the good politicians then? [Post edited 4 Jan 16:06]
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Reply | Venezuela
at 23:47 3 Jan 2026
But wasn't the Venezuelan president also doing drugs deals in to the USA, so was causing issues there? That ofcourse might be a nice excuse. I don't doubt that Trump is doing it for his own needs, for oil and for America, but without any civilian casualties, I am not sure I would care if the leader that was making me starve and giving me a terrible life through bad economic mismanagement, was removed, anymore than we would all probably be delighted if Putin was removed.
Put it this way, it's nothing like the starvation and deaths purposely inflicted on the people.of Gaza, that Starmer and all western leaders did nothing about. It was Trump in the end, who brought about the ceasefire helping to ease the starvation there, that no European leader did anything about and even provided arms to Israel to.do it. So I am not one of those who thinks any of the world / European leaders are so much more moral than Trump. [Post edited 4 Jan 0:10]
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Reply | Rangers Beat Celtic Away
at 23:44 3 Jan 2026
I think if I remember rightly, because Rohl was at Sheffield Wednesday and was still under contract, Chansiri was demanding a high compensation. Rohl resigned, but he couldn't then just take another job without the compensation still being paid, otherwise that's what every manager would do, just resign then take another job. Still was here at the final game of the season, against Arsenal, so I assume we couldn't have got Rohl until later, as he was at Sheff Wed for their final game. Then you.pay more if we are PL.club so then have to wait until later until we were officially a Championship club.
All of that was going on in their thoughts and probably Rohl wanted more say as well than SR would ever allow so.they went for the cheap yes man again. |
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Reply | Venezuela
at 23:31 3 Jan 2026
If your neighbour was also starving his wife and kids, wouldn't you be thanked for helping them, if the cause of this abuse and starvation was removed? They would be pleased to be helped I would have thought.
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Reply | Venezuela
at 22:55 3 Jan 2026
Well yeah, there is something in it for Trump, namely the oil he wants to make him and America money, but I doubt the venezuelan people care too much if they are starving and suffering anyway. If things improve for them (and who.knows if it will), the country starts being run better, why would they be unhappy if they are starving with inflation at 270 per cent. [Post edited 3 Jan 23:19]
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Reply | Rangers Beat Celtic Away
at 22:50 3 Jan 2026
Yes they did, which made it all the more likely that he would come here. But then they probably heard that Sheff Wed wanted compensation and Rohl wanted more etc, so they went for the cheaper option. |
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Reply | Venezuela
at 22:46 3 Jan 2026
Without knowing too much detail about this, is it a bad thing to remove the leader of a country where there is hyperinflation, people are starving and suffering? More than 80 per cent (just an number I have seen) of people there live in severe poverty and our government advises that no-one should travel there, as it is highly dangerous. As far as I am aware, there hasn't been any civilian deaths and all that has happened is that Trump has removed a terrible leader who just ensured all his people starve and suffer. |
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Reply | Rangers Beat Celtic Away
at 20:36 3 Jan 2026
He is an excellent manager, who had proved himself in the championship, who had links to Saints and who is a character full of energy and enthusiasm. But no, not for Sports Republic. An experienced championship manager who we all liked, and would have got fully behind him - Oh no SR had other ideas, probably because Rohl cost a few million more, and probably because Rohl is a confident, strong manager who would have told Sport Republic where to shove their pathetic ideas.
So Sport Republic and Spors thought I know let's do an experiment and appoint someone who has never managed in England before and someone who is as dull as dishwater. And then again, when that didn't work (because yes men with no experience doesn't work), we appoint another inexperienced, unknown manager (or head coach as they say, whomis also as dull as dishwater) so that they can rule him around as their next yes man. [Post edited 3 Jan 20:43]
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