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Reply | The Human League
at 21:20 6 Jan 2026
My next-door neighbour’s son asked if he could do odd jobs to earn some pocket money. I said he could paint the porch.
When he came back to get paid, he said: "By the way, that was a BMW, not a Porsche." |
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Thread | The Human League
at 21:05 6 Jan 2026
Not a lot of people know this, but Phil Oakey, lead singer in the Human League had a sister who was also a very accomplished but underrated singer.
Her name was 'Carrie'. She never really fulfilled her potential as she couldn't remember all the lyrics. |
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Reply | Peretz in - Damion Downs out...
at 16:54 6 Jan 2026
Downs goes to Germany and scores a few and then everyone will be moaning that he wasn't played enough.
Look how Tall Paul went from absolute zero and worse signing ever to the one we should have kept |
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Reply | Peretz in - Damion Downs out...
at 16:16 6 Jan 2026
Its an option, if he doesnt play or turns out worse than Bazunu then we can send him back, in many respects this man has a worse cv than Mateusz Lis, Peretz has barely played in 2 1/2 years,who has been lambasted on here as being evidence of why Sport Republic are using us a way to buy and sell players, yet no one is saying that with Perez, so desperate are they to see Bazunu dropped. |
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Reply | Daily Echo Hint At Player Power Issues In Southampton Squad
at 16:12 6 Jan 2026
Spors was at the club for the last few months of the season he joined in February, he would have seen Stephens play 8 times after that in a team that was getting walloped.
I would suggest that Stephens was entitled to a new contract as he had played a certain number of games which is fairly common.
The 3 year deal looked a bit long I agree, but I think the contract itself had to be given to him contractually , it could have been that the extra years were also part of some loyalty deal perhaps in lieu of a testimonial match.
We dont actually know that Stephens is a bad egg (Inm not going argue about his playing ability lol), as i have mentioned we are only speculating about the players that Alfie House would keep, not why he hasnt included certain individuals on his list to keep. |
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Reply | Head Coach vs Manager
at 13:08 6 Jan 2026
His job title was "Head Coach" & not manager, so how Amorim wasnt clear about what his role was i dont know.
Im not sure why Jason Wilcox is being linked to Saints as he presided over our promotion season as well as some good signings.
Head Coach and manager are just titles these days, the reality is that all clubs have a recruitment process that identifies potential targets and the manager gets involved at a later stage.
One post on this thread says that Lawrie McMenemy wouldn't have accepted this but that was 40-50 years ago, what McMenmy had to accept was that he would spent many an evening travelling the country to watch a player in action, because there were not great scouting systems in operation back then.
In fact as it went on McMenemy would set up a network of scouts to cover various regions so he would not have to do it all.
It's not just Eckert & Still who accept this, it is anyone who manages/head coaches a club, they all have systems in place and the manager has to adapt to that
There isn't one club in the World that could have a manager running the club in the way it happened 40 years ago.
Times have moved on, you wouldnt insist that Tonda Eckert drives a sponsored Vauxhall Viva because that what McMenemy drove in 1975 |
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Reply | Daily Echo Hint At Player Power Issues In Southampton Squad
at 12:53 6 Jan 2026
Why would Spors position be untenable, he inherited the situation none of the players who could allegedly be being disruptive were signed under his watch.
If he is briefing the media, it shows he is in charge of the situation.
Not every player who House would not want to keep would be part of the clique, some would be just because in House's own opinion they are not up to the job, ie Romeu, who was not here during Russell Martin and Will Still so would only know Eckert.
As the regard the fans forum, what would you expect, no one is actually going to say anything other than the party line, Spors was hardly going to hold his hands up and say I dont know what the club were playing at |
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Thread | Doncaster On Saturday
at 10:56 6 Jan 2026
Expected to be about 3 degrees, however its staying above that temperature in the days up to the weekend so the game should be on |
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Reply | FRASER FORSTER SIGNS!!!!!!!!!
at 10:39 3 Jan 2026
Not sure that this would have been a good signing for us, Forster will be 38 in March, since he left us in May 2023, he has played just 21 League games for Spurs and indeed just 7 in the last two seasons for him
His last actual game for Spurs was December 2024 so over a year ago,
Presumably for the last 7 months he has not been doing a lot, I can see why Bournemouth have done it as their back up is injured, but if their regular keeper picks up an injury they might struggle.
If Bournemouth lose at home to Arsenal today and West Ham win at Wolves, then Bournemouth could be looking over their shoulders a little |
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Thread | Happy New Year To You All
at 11:15 1 Jan 2026
Thanks for all the opinions whether i agree with them or not, football would be a very boring game if we all agreed on everything.
In the main this year we have had some lively debates, but few of them have got abusive on a personal level.
We all have our favourite players and those that we love to hate, the whole fun is arguing the toss about them all.
I might not agree with them all as i say, but I defend your right to say them and indeed i give a platform for them even if I vehemently disagree, I have never taken down a post purely on disagreeing with a footballing opinion post.
So Happy 2026 dont forget to like and share this site on our Facebook page and also to all your friends, the more the merrier !!!
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Reply | Southampton Set to Take Keeper On Loan
at 11:08 1 Jan 2026
I have no opinion of the potential new guy other than his track record, which is basically 71 games in the Israelli league and 2 1/2 years sitting on his arse in Germany .
There is nothing there to suggest that he is any better than what we have already.
It is strange that when we make a signing like this, this message board is usually full of people complaining about Sport Republic only signing players to loan out to Goztepe, Matteusz Lis had a better track record and look at the stick he got.
But hey its Gavin Bazunu so lets applaud Johannes Spors for this one
I love the fact that save percentage is brought up time and time again, this is not the greatest of stats, Viktor Johansson has let in only 1 less goal than Bazunu, but has had around 30 more shots to save.
If Bazunu has 10 shots on target today, they could all be weak efforts that he stops easily, if he stopes them all then he will have made 49 saves from 72 on target and his save ratio will rise from 63.9% to around 70% in one game.
In this table that takes a lot more than saves into account he is 3rd best keeper in the championship.
https://fbref.com/en/comps/10/ |
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Thread | Millwall Game Matchday Thread
at 09:30 1 Jan 2026
Hopefully we have all made our New Years resolutions and hopefully Tonda Eckert's own one is to make his team more resolute ! |
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Thread | Wolves Pick Up A Point
at 22:09 30 Dec 2025
1-1 at Old Trafford , United had a 90th minute goal correctly ruled out by the linesman and VAR unfortunately |
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Thread | Top 3 Games Of 2025
at 21:48 30 Dec 2025
There haven't been that many to choose from so it shouldn't be too hard.
1, Ipswich Town away last season the 2-1 win was a great result and a great day out although ultimately didn't mean much
2. Manchester City at home last season we got a point and made sure we didn't share the record lowest points total
3. Charlton away this season, probably doesn't need much explaining |
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Reply | Birmingham Saints
at 16:29 30 Dec 2025
I didnt get his name, but he has a beard, he wasn't with his Dad in the ground though |
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Reply | 3 things I noticed at Birmingham
at 16:26 30 Dec 2025
Your not stealing anyones thunder, you carry on.
1. I came in from the M5 for the 1st time I think, it didn't seem too bad from that direction
2. The price I paid in the City Centre wasn't too bad I think I paid about £6 for a premium beer., The pub in Digbeth was £5.30 for a staropramen, much more to me liking
3. I know him quite well, he is Ok just likes to take selfies and get himself on telly I suppose |
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Reply | 5 Things About Birmingham
at 16:19 30 Dec 2025
Yes it was a bit packed in the city centre pub I went in also one a bit nearer the ground |
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