severnside gull
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Looking forward to The FL Show tonight - a few chants of "no-one wants to manage you" and "you can't afford the compo" from the Swindon fans.
You talk about comedy decline - was your decline between 92 and 97 just as comical?
and where do you live? another example of my above point.
You talk about comedy decline - was your decline between 92 and 97 just as comical?
To suggest that suggests to me you are not a proper football fan. Fans United.
Well you can rule out Eddie Howe, according to Bournemouth he has turned the saints down today.
f***ing HELL!!!
Exactly what has where I live got to do with my football allegiance?
No. Read the post. I'm talking about the reason for your bitterness towards the Saints.
"Maybe the fact that you live in Soton and have to drive past a 32,500 seater stadium now and again makes you all the more bitter which is why you're always having a dig at Saints."
I'm not bitter about the Saints at all and i'm certainly not envious of the stadium, even allowing for Withdean.. St Marys is a soulless bowl, typical of the crop of new stadiums that have been thrown up over the past few years. It's in the wrong place and (half) filled every other week by delusional yokels who completely fail to grasp the situation the club is in.
As someone else has pointed out, Southampton fans need to accept the fact that they are now in the 3rd tier of English football and the days of entertaining the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United are a million miles away at the moment.
That's the problem - the breathtakingly ridiculous attitude of the fans. "We are a Prem club in all but name", "we've got the ground and will be back soon", "We will destroy this division", etc etc etc
Accept the fact that you are scrapping around with clubs like Rochdale and Dagenham in an identikit stadium that has absolutely no soul and DON'T have a divine right to promotion, then perhaps you get a bit more respect from other fans.
I'm not bitter about the Saints at all and i'm certainly not envious of the stadium, even allowing for Withdean.. St Marys is a soulless bowl, typical of the crop of new stadiums that have been thrown up over the past few years. It's in the wrong place and (half) filled every other week by delusional yokels who completely fail to grasp the situation the club is in.
As someone else has pointed out, Southampton fans need to accept the fact that they are now in the 3rd tier of English football and the days of entertaining the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United are a million miles away at the moment.
That's the problem - the breathtakingly ridiculous attitude of the fans. "We are a Prem club in all but name", "we've got the ground and will be back soon", "We will destroy this division", etc etc etc
Accept the fact that you are scrapping around with clubs like Rochdale and Dagenham in an identikit stadium that has absolutely no soul and DON'T have a divine right to promotion, then perhaps you get a bit more respect from other fans.
Wrong place ?? How is that. Its situated in the St Mary's area of Soton where the club originated. Cant say that about BHA, or should I say BLA (Brighton & Lewes Albion).
Oh and at least we didnt sell out on the name of our stadium unlike certain other new grounds.
..at least we didnt sell out on the name of our stadium unlike certain other new grounds.
I'm sure it was called The Friends Provident St Marys Stadium.