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Reply | Have Southampton Fans Finally Lost Faith With The Club
at 16:09 19 Feb 2025
There were a lot of issues between the Itchen North and the away fans next to them in the Northam. They closed the Itchen North because of it. This meant lost revenue from closed sections and empty seats. They also had a lot of issues in Brittannia road where the away coaches used to park and the home fans from the Northam used to spill out onto the same road. Now, the away fans and coaches are well away from any home fans, and the home fans nearest them are the quiet ones. Things are much much calmer. Some might say that's a good thing, others not, as the atmosphere is much calmer. The club purposely encouraged the loud fans to buy the cheap standing tickets, the opposite end to the away support. [Post edited 19 Feb 16:15]
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Reply | Have Southampton Fans Finally Lost Faith With The Club
at 15:18 19 Feb 2025
Inevitably, fans are starting to get fed up and will gradually stop going. We are all fed up of losing every game. If this continues next season, attendances will drop dramatically I suspect.
As for the Northam, both sides of the argument make valid points. It is definitely true that not being near the away fans dilutes the atmosphere. I can only give my own personal view, that being away from the away support makes things less interesting, boring even. I intend to move to the Chapel next season by the away fans.
Both sets of fans definitely used to bounce of each other, and the surging of fans etc did make the place more hostile. We now have the other extreme where the fans either side of the away support do absolutely nothing. They sit there in silence. However, of course it's true that if Saints were winning games, you would have a whole end of Saints fans singing and a much better atmosphere.
Ideally, having the standing section in the Chapel, with our noisiest fans still next to the away support would have been the best thing. But Frannies Tache is right. The club wanted the loud fans well away from the away fans to save on police costs and prevent any trouble. [Post edited 19 Feb 15:29]
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Reply | Next Season
at 12:56 17 Feb 2025
Actually loved those nights standing on the terraces and cramped seats at Hartlepool, Dagenham, Colchester, Southend. Great times they were. Not a tourist in sight. Just proper honest football. [Post edited 17 Feb 12:57]
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Thread | Next Season
at 12:27 17 Feb 2025
I hope I'm wrong, that we appoint Danny Rohl, regroup and do well next season. But, gut feeling is we will be a Luton next year. The aftermath of this embarrassing season (relegation number 2) won't be easy to deal with. It was easier to dismiss one relegation as a one off last time, regroup and give it a good go. This time the following players will almost certainly leave:
Ramsdale, Walker-Peters, Fernanadez, Dibling, Downes, Harwood-Bellis, Bednerak, Ketchup, Suelemana. Then there are a few question marks, like Aribo, Armstrong but if I was made to present a shirt after a 5 nil defeat, I would want out. Anymore? That's a lot of players. To put together a completely new team, with 10 new players isn't easy, especially with our recruitment record. Plus getting rid of yet another manager. All I can see is chaos.. |
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Reply | Protest
at 15:34 16 Feb 2025
Exactly. They haven't been relegated. They beat us 5 nil. Their fans just have much higher expectations and demand success. Our fans clap the team after 10 defeats. [Post edited 16 Feb 15:35]
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Reply | Protest
at 15:23 16 Feb 2025
Huge protests at Tottenham. Thousands of fans demanding change. There are plans to get games abandoned, to force the owners out. At Saints - Absolutely nothing. Do our fans just not care as much? Not as passionate? [Post edited 16 Feb 15:27]
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Reply | Stats from hell
at 15:09 16 Feb 2025
That's correct. We thrashed Brentford 4 1 at St Mary's, then unexpectedly got beat by Villa. It all went downhill from there. That's when SR took over and Ralph who took us to the top.of the league got blamed, when SR sold Ings and others that summer, replacing them with rubbish. |
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Reply | Fantastic turn out again.
at 13:54 16 Feb 2025
There were quite a few empty seats around the place. Season tickets holders not turning up? At half time at 2 nil down, many who went off for their half time drink, didn't come back for the second half. Add to that, there were a few Bournemouth fans in the home end. I saw a few. There are also a lot of tourists in the PL. A few rows down from me, a load of Korean looking people were there taking pictures. They weren't wearing g anything Saints and just smiled, laughed and took photos when Saints conceded. |
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Reply | Protest
at 12:36 16 Feb 2025
That group represents the LGBTQ+, women's football, strawberry handwash in the toilets, better burgers brigade. Nothing wrong with that, but they won't be arranging any protests any time soon. |
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Reply | Protest
at 12:17 16 Feb 2025
I'm not so sure it wouldn't have an impact. When West Ham fans protested and stormed the directors box, West Ham's owners started to spend a lot more money on the team. They understood the fierce strong message from the fans and they acted. Suddenly, they invested more than they ever did before. Newcastle fans also made their feelings known, and they ended up in a much better place. Likewise Blackpool fans eventually got those terrible owners out that they had.
I think the Saints owners have to know, that they can't just keep f@cking things up, without consequences. It's far too easy for them to keep appointing cheap managers, buying cheap players etc. If we don't make our feelings known, nothing will change. It will just be more of the same. However, although I think we should definitely protest, our soppy lot won't so no I don't think there will be protests. Our fans either walk out ten minutes from the end or they wait to the end to clap the team off, after their 10th home defeat in a row. And nothing ever changes.
Eventually, like when Lowe took us to the depths of the championship, we had a crowd of 13,000 for a league game. This is what will happen in the end, when most of us give up, without any fight. [Post edited 16 Feb 12:24]
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Reply | Interesting crowd reaction to 2 substitutions
at 22:32 15 Feb 2025
I really hope we start again in the championship with Danny Rohl as manager and completely new start. A new team and new era. But Solak said Juric will lead us next year. I wonder how much he will stick to his comments? Otherwise, with these terrible owners, things could be terrible again next year. [Post edited 15 Feb 22:32]
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Reply | Happy Shiny People
at 20:00 15 Feb 2025
He should never have been playing, but the real culprits of the mess we are in, seem to be getting away with the atrocious way they are running our club. Smallbone is a Southampton lad, a young player, he has a good attitude and got treated badly by the fans. The older men destroying our club are sat there getting no abuse whatsoever.
And good question where was our new player? Don't tell me, he is injured. [Post edited 15 Feb 20:02]
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Reply | Happy Shiny People
at 19:48 15 Feb 2025
And the plums who sarcastically cheered Smallbone when he came off, a player who is Southampton born and bred, what a bunch of idiots. Yet Sport Republic get off scot free. |
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Thread | Charly Alcaraz
at 19:15 15 Feb 2025
He scores for Everton today and an assist. We had a really good player in him amd we get rid. All the Everton fans singing his name. Southampton fc = f@cking idiots. [Post edited 15 Feb 19:26]
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Reply | Happy Shiny People
at 18:29 15 Feb 2025
Yes, but if a restaurant kept serving slops for £30 each and the customers keep coming, keep paying, without any complaints, they would carrying on serving slops, making an absolute fortune. Our fans just don't see it. There are still fans clapping at the end and there are no protests whatsoever. So we are getting what is to be expected. If we accept this, keep paying and don't complain, the owners will clap their hands and keep taking the p!ss. Absolute basics. |
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Reply | Happy Shiny People
at 17:56 15 Feb 2025
I also left after their 3rd. I agree, our soppy fans do nothing. No protests, just a load of people tutting in amongst a load of us smiling and sighing. We managed to get a few of us singing Martin out a few months ago, but that's as far as it went. Now we have an even worse manager with the same terrible owners. We are treated like utter sh!t and that's because our daft fans accept it.
Sport Republic OUT. [Post edited 15 Feb 17:58]
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Reply | Southampton V Bournemouth The Preview
at 12:59 15 Feb 2025
Not a word on football focus about Saints Bournemouth. Man City this, Villa that, Spurs this, Newcastle that. Oh and a bit about the women's football. When all this is over and we are out of the PL, I will be much happier. [Post edited 15 Feb 13:00]
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Reply | Are Saints So Hard Up
at 18:43 11 Feb 2025
It's embarrassing. A PL club and we have to close our club shop for most of the week. Most clubs also have a shop in their city centre. Watford for example do, and they have been in the Championship for years. I absolutely despise these owners. Totally destroying our club and making us a laughing stock. |
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