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Reply | Brighton V Bournemouth
at 21:30 19 Jan 2026
Coming home Bournemouth by car is about 30 mins more than to Southampton |
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Thread | Brighton V Bournemouth
at 21:08 19 Jan 2026
Poor turn out from Bournemouth, I know its a Monday night, but still poor, Brighton have a lot of empty seats as well |
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Reply | Pompey Away Details
at 21:04 19 Jan 2026
So im told outside the ground there will be bars and food vans etc |
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Thread | Stumpy PFC
at 15:02 19 Jan 2026
Some of you may remember the Pompey fan who used to come on here from about 2000-2010 StumpyPFC.
Sadly it seems he passed away this week, a little sad to hear this, even though its the Derby week |
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Reply | Southampton V Hull City The Verdict
at 14:44 19 Jan 2026
Once gone is gone, if you want to change the future you have to learn from the past but not keep using it as a yardtick to beat up when things are going well.
Ironically virtually all those players you mention got stick during their time at the club, I would say that Livramento was the only one not to get lambasted on social media and the only one to actually go on to greater things after leaving.
Stuart Armstrong had a good season, but his legs had gone, hence he wasn't retained for the Premier League, Romeu was replaced by Lavia and Broja with 6 & Adams with 7 got 13 goals between them in the season Sport Republic arrived. |
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Reply | Peretz is the new John Burridge
at 11:38 19 Jan 2026
He did that for the headed goal at Doncaster as well, his timing is completely out, which is understandable given the amount of actual games he has played in the last 2 1/2 years |
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Reply | Larios off for a pittance
at 14:21 16 Jan 2026
It was a great shame, but I would contend that the issues we had, were more about the signings that we made in January of that year rather than those who Shields signed, Orsic £5 million, Bree £1 million, Onuachu £18 million, Sulemana, £22 million an outlay of around £46 million ( plus of course the one success of that January window in Alcaraz) |
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Reply | Larios off for a pittance
at 12:51 16 Jan 2026
You accuse me of putting on a positive spin, to be honest I just put down the facts of the situation.
Football is about being judged on end results, the end result for Shields was his short time here , produced a big profit and 4 players that played a big part in our promotion season, plus Mara a reasonable squad player off the bench.
Bazunu wasn't a disaster in the promotion season, he played in 41 games of the 46 game regular season, he kept 11 clean sheets, he was the constant in the 22 game unbeaten run.
Of the 41 games he played we won 21 drew 12 and lost only 8, (4 of them early in the season. )
He forced a change of style from Martin, but that was more from the fact that when McCarthy took over we lost 30 of the last 5 games and scored only 6 goals and conceded 8.
If you cannot be gracious enough to give hm credit for that then i would say that if I have a penchant to put a positive spin on Bazunu then you have a constant ability to put a negative spin on Bazunu and that is truly out of kilter with the reality of that season. |
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Reply | Southampton V Hull City The Preview
at 12:37 16 Jan 2026
I dont think they will sack him, they will start to build for next season, whether he is still the manager for the start of it will be based on what he does in the rest of the season |
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Reply | Who Is Your Favourite Ever Southampton Keeper
at 11:14 16 Jan 2026
So which was his one good season ?
Was it 2014/15 when he played 30 games and we finished 8th
Was it 2015/16 when he played 18 games and we finished 6th
Was it 2016/17 when he played all 38 League games as we finished 8th and also the League cup final |
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Reply | Larios off for a pittance
at 10:40 16 Jan 2026
By my reckoning I would say Shields made 6 signings.
1, Gavin Bazunu- Played a major part in our promotion season of 2023/24 so not a disaster, if he leaves we will lose around £4 million on our initial outlay.
2. Mateuz Lis, signed on a free loaned out for a fee, sold for £750,000 profit.
3. Armel Bella-Kotchap, injury prone bought for £8.5 million, still out on loan, so probably loss £8.5 million
4.Romeo Lavia signed for £10.5 million, sold for £60 million , assuming sell on clause around £40 million profit.
5. Joe Aribo, came in and has given us 2 ok seasons plus a big part of promotion squad, cost £6 million and we will probably recoup half of it, so good value.
6.Sekou Mara I know you wont agree, but he cost us £10 million and played a reasonable bit part in our promotion season and we sold him for a profit.
Although Larios, Caleta Car & Edozie came on deadline day, Shields was effectively on gardening leave by then, although its fair to say Larios & Edozie were lined up by him.
From that perspective Edozie played a big part in our promotion season so for around £7 million he was quite a bargain, his 32 games with go goals and 3 assists being slightly better than Ryan Fraser's contribution from a similar amount of games.
So the statement that all bar Lavia were disastrous signings is far from the truth, 3 of them played big roles in our promotion season, Bazunu, Aribo & Edozie all playing well over 30 games each, Mara a squad player and as we made a profit he could be said to have been a break even signing.
Even Caleta Car when you take into account loan fees probably only saw about a £1.5 million loss in transfer fee , so hardly a disaster.
So of the 9 signings that Shields made, Lavia made a £40 million profit that more than covered the losses made elsewhere.
Another 4 played a part in our promotion season so where not disasters.
Of the last 4, one was sold for a profit without playing a game, so good business as he cost us nothing.
So that leaves Bella-Kotchap, a reasonable season when he arrived, and we have covered his costs since with loan fees and wages paid, so a disappointment rather than a disaster, Caleta Car a £1.5 million loss and Juan Larios.
So that leaves Juan Larios of the only real disaster of Shields 9 signings, injury issues, given that it is injury that has been the problem, it is not Shields fault from that perspective.
We are likely to get a couple of million back on him this month, so not as bad as it could have been, is a £4 million loss a disaster ?
Overall Shields couple of months at the club made the club a lot of money and helped us to promotion, so far better to have had him here for 4 months than not |
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Reply | Who Should Play In Goal On Saturday
at 12:21 15 Jan 2026
You are probably right we have to play him.
But that isnt my gripe it is the fact that we if we do we are playing a keeper who is a complete unknown quantity at the level we need.
He did not impress at Doncaster and if he fails again in the next two games, then we are heading into the last week of the transfer window desperate for a keeper.
We don't have the time to find out whether he is up to standard.
If this was about an outfield player then this thread would be full of comments about Sport Republic's inept transfer strategy and how we are buying in cheaply.
But because it is about seeing a replacement for Bazunu, people are not bothered and just saying lets see what he can do and making snide comments about my love of Bazunu |
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Reply | Give me an S
at 22:12 14 Jan 2026
There are so few original chants these days
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Reply | Who Should Play In Goal On Saturday
at 21:13 14 Jan 2026
Why is it a tough decision ?
The options are an untried keeper who has barely played in 2 1/2 years and who was not that convincing against League One opposition.
Or a 36 year old experienced keeper who has played more league games this season for Saints than our new signing has played in the last 21/2 years
Or a 32 year old who has not played much in the last year, but also has plenty of experience in the Championship .
To be honest I cant see much difference between the 3 of them and that is very worrying |
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Reply | Pompey Away Details
at 12:05 14 Jan 2026
If people are going to be taken serious in any protests about Sport Republic, then they have to stop clouding the water by blaming them for everything & anything.
1. If Sport Republic are responsible for new signings and have controlled Eckert and those before him, then why did Russell Martin actually not play any of those new signings last season.
2. Sport Republic were not responsible for getting the Itchen North closed, it was the behaviour of those in there, the Ground Licensing authority ie the Council were looking for far more draconian levels, including a big wall or closing more than one small block, the club did what it had to do to stop this.
3. Do you really think that Dragan Solak had anything to do with whether the pies were only given to those on the official travel or whether everyone got one . |
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