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Reply | Why Is There So Much Hate On Saints Social Media
at 23:43 15 Dec 2025
Because you have to fight your corner or people, corporations, your football club, bossess whoever, will take the.p!ss. Have you ever read Sir Alex Fergerson's autobiography? He didn't win 38 trophies without ever "frothing at the mouth". His aggression, determination, stop at nothing made him one of the best managers ever. Probably not good for the health, you're right, but winning 39 trophies must have been good for the mental health. And you can apply this to life. You can choose to be in with the sheep or out with the wolves showing their teeth. Who wants to be in with the sheep getting eaten and trampled on?
Like the corporates and sponsors taking our seats, accept it calmly if you like, but just wait until they take acceptance as fans don't care, so we will give more and more seats to those who pay the most. Why not get more money, none of the fans are frothing at the mouth. Perhaps our clib should show more respect to their supporters, but as I said if we put up with it, if you are in with the sheep, the lack.of respect gets worse.
And Saints social media? Just have a look at some of the Newcastle forums, and tell us how they feel about their player scoring an own goal to lose them the northern east derby.
And in your match report which was spot on by the way, you said the team was lacking in urgency. Absolutely spot on. Perhaps a bit more "frothing at the mouth" was needed instead of calmly losing the game? Good for the players health to take ot easy, but not good for ours. [Post edited 16 Dec 0:05]
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Reply | Empty seats at norwich
at 21:52 15 Dec 2025
And clients are offered tickets, who perhaps don't support that team? Hence an empty block at Norwich away. If you are a Celtic fan working for P and O, and are given a ticket for Norwich - Saints, you wouldn't bother to get up at 5am to get there would you.
As I said in another thread, and nobody seems bothered, fans should be furious about what is going on. How many non Saints fans will be in the away end for the derby, in place of loyal Saints fans desperate for a ticket?
Basically if you work for money of the sponsors, and perhaps mighy support another team you will often be given tickets. They don't bother turning up for games like Saints Norwich. But no doubt they will fancy enjoying the derby as a.neutral.
Anyone angry or don't care? Should an article be written about this Nick? It's not right that random fans get a ticket just because they work for one of the sponsors and most of the time don't even bother to turn up. [Post edited 15 Dec 22:19]
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Reply | Skates away ticket details announced
at 15:16 14 Dec 2025
I am surprised that people arn't more angry about this. The empty seats are because these sponsors and their staff probably arn't even Saints fans. They don't fancy a long trip to Norwich but the club don't care because they have their big deal with the sponsors. Yet, they will probably fancy experiencing the derby get for the Saints Pompey derby ahead of loyal fans desperate to be there and certain fans with tickets won't even be Saints fans, they could even be Pompey fans working for P and O or whoever we are giving tickets to. But nobody seems to care, apart from me. Has anybody else emailed the club, contacted the Echo like I have? Or woman of us just arnt bothered if we are sat next to neutrals, who.have never watched Saints in their life. Or worse, they don't turn up in our big derby and there are blocks of empty seats like there has been at every away game. [Post edited 14 Dec 15:23]
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Reply | Skates away ticket details announced
at 00:05 14 Dec 2025
What we don't want at Pompey is this. One section / one block of.empty seats (or more blocks as is.the case at Pompey) where I assume people have been given tickets but can't be bothered to turn up. Sponsors, supporters groups whoever they are, don't even bother turning up. This is an unfair system where loyal fans are missing out on tickets, only for these seats to remain empty. What is the point of less support and empty seats, when people want the tickets? This happened at Charlton too. [Post edited 14 Dec 0:41]
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Reply | Playing Out From The Back
at 16:40 13 Dec 2025
Time will tell. Tonda has clearly done a brilliant job to turn things around, but there are question marks about how he overcomes days like Millwall and today because he had no answer. I worry we will return to nothingness in midtable and then go again next season with an inexperienced manager. I have to admit looking on with some admiration at their manager today, an experienced man who won titles in Belgium. I always think there is something to be said for experience and only time will tell, long term. I wouldn't be surprised if Tonda gets found out. Let's see how we do against Coventry next week. It will be interesting to see how we react. [Post edited 13 Dec 16:41]
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Thread | Playing Out From The Back
at 15:19 13 Dec 2025
Tonda has implemented a style, which has helped us move on from not having any style of play at all under Will Still which was a mess. The playing out from the back has worked because we were quick and powerful in forward runs and attack and the players have enjoyed knowing exactly what to do i.e. keep the ball and get it forward with speed.
However, at Millwall.and again today, teams have done their homework and realised that if they press really high up on our own six yard box in numbers, we can't get out. We just can't get up the pitch as there are so many opposition players in our own half, blocking any route up the pitch. So what can we do? Hit the ball long to a tiny Adam Armstrong, completely overpowered by 6ft 2 defenders?
When teams press high, we just lose the plot and don't have a plan B. But what would the plan B be? We can't hoof it up to a small striker. Today looked like a Russel Martin, play out from the back amd keep getting caught performance because the opposition are really high. So how do we counteract it? [Post edited 13 Dec 15:24]
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Reply | Norwich v Saints
at 14:36 13 Dec 2025
I think we did get what we deserved. The goal was handball, but Norwich were all over us like wasps. Like the look of the Phillip Clement, who has turned Norwich around. He's an experienced manager,.who won a league in Belgium. Looks like he has turned them around. It's going to be play offs at best for us. |
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Reply | Skates away ticket details announced
at 15:31 12 Dec 2025
It's so obvious that they have blocked out a square of seats in 3 different places. I don't remember it being so obvious that seats are being reserved.in any other game, maybe one block, but not 3 different sections. Seems like they are giving more away than usual because ofcourse everyone wants to be at this game. The problem being is that sponsors might be giving tickets to people who just fancy seeing the atmosphere or neutrals who fancy seeing the goings on, and arn't the passionate Saints fans who should be getting the tickets instead. |
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Reply | Being a Saints supporter
at 15:13 12 Dec 2025
What was it that pulled you in to being a Saints fan through and through? At what point or moment did you think that Saints are your team? Was it one particular game, The Dell or just happened? [Post edited 12 Dec 17:50]
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Reply | Being a Saints supporter
at 15:09 12 Dec 2025
My dad is a Saints fan, my grandad was a Saints fan. My dad married my mum who has brothers who are big Saints fans. She married my Dad who is a massive Saints fan, so.my mum by default goes to all the games. I was born in Winchester, but have always lived in and around the area. All of those above took me, my cousins and my siblings to the Dell from about 6 years old. I was in the mini bus with my Dad, Grandad, uncles to various away games from a young age - absolutely loved it and never looked back. It was like a group of us in the mini bus, all Saints through and through, it was brilliant being part of that as a kid on a Saturday. We were Saints together and I was a part of it as a kid. Watching them sing, drink some cans, celebrate the Saints, all lads together it was brilliant. My current family are all Saints fans ofcourse, I wouldn't have it any other way. It's in the blood. I don't know anyone else in the family who supports another team. My very first game was Norwich City at the Dell, watching from the terraced Milton Road end. Just loved it and couldnt wait to go to games. [Post edited 12 Dec 15:18]
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Reply | Skates away ticket details announced
at 21:08 11 Dec 2025
I am just trying to work out who is getting these "reserved" tickets and if it's fair. It looks like 400 to 500 tickets kept back. If all these people are loyal fans who have been to many away games this season fair enough. But I don't suspect that is the case. There was an empty block at Charlton, and they said it was sold out. I knew people who wanted to go, but couldn't because it was sold out, yet there was an empty block. The Pompey game is a huge game that so many people are desperate to go to, and they have reserved about 400 to 500 seats, but for who? Why should loyal fans have to wait until their particular number of away games, whilst 500 fans get tickets automatically, if that's the case. The Echo have told me they will try to contact the club for transparency. [Post edited 11 Dec 21:09]
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Reply | Skates away ticket details announced
at 20:47 11 Dec 2025
So 47 tickets for any London Saints members, who have been to 17 away games today, or just any London Saints members? |
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Reply | Skates away ticket details announced
at 19:37 11 Dec 2025
But why are they getting tickets ahead of fans who have been to more away games? Correct me if I'm wrong, but they have held back about 200 tickets so that all the London Saints members can go to the Pompey game, even if some of them have only attended one away game? So they are jumping the queue ahead of people who have been to 10? Are London Saints or Northern Saints being given tickets regardless of their loyalty? [Post edited 11 Dec 19:40]
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Reply | Skates away ticket details announced
at 13:05 11 Dec 2025
But do all these people meet the requirements of having been to 17 away games? Why should anyone jump the queue ahead of loyal fans?
I have contacted the Daily Echo and the club because why should 400 fans get tickets automatically? These could be people who have only been to one away game or none at all, because they fancy enjoying the atmosphere. Surely they should meet the loyalty requirement? Why should club staff get to go if they don't otherwise go to games, so loyal fans miss out?
Totally wrong. [Post edited 11 Dec 13:06]
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Reply | Southampton V West Bromwich Albion The Verdict
at 11:31 11 Dec 2025
I am a season ticket holder and have been for over 30 years, so I go to every game. Moving the away fans hasn't made the atmosphere better at all. The away support are right next to sparse fans who just sit there in silence.
People near me the other end, are walking around the stadium at half time, to get near the away support, in the empty blocks next to the away support which are 75 per cent empty. The "banter" is what some fans want. Nothing wrong with that.
Why did Nick and others question the atmosphere? "I think some of it was complacency, in the second half the ground was like a morgue". The atmosphere was questioned because it was poor. Why is it poor if there is a whole end of Saints fans and we are winning 3 nil? When the Northam was half and half, the "banter" between the two sets of fans right next to each other, kept things going. [Post edited 11 Dec 11:51]
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Reply | Skates away ticket details announced
at 22:01 10 Dec 2025
I went to that game at Leeds, and it was very early! But I took a flask of coffee, sandwiches, some other refeshments, watched some films on Netflix on my phone sat comfortably on the coach
But to say I can't bring my coffee, some other refreshments or a sandwich for a day from 7am to about 5pm is wrong I think. They can still have a no alcohol policy. Have the bubble, that's understandable but we will all be driven under police escort straight to the ground, I don't see why it has to be such an early start for an away game 12 miles away and can't eat or drink, when we are forced to be on a coach for two hours plus. We have been given the option to spend a load of money at St Mary's for a coffee and some breakfast before the coaches leave. And then spend a load of.money.on drinks at Fratton Park. How kind of them!! £20 for the coach £35 for the ticket and then spend a whole.load more on food and drink as I won't be allowed to bring my own. It's very convenient for them and a bit naughty I think. [Post edited 10 Dec 22:18]
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Reply | Skates away ticket details announced
at 20:23 10 Dec 2025
I understand the bubble, but seriously this is overkill. No food or drink on the coach!!! So I vant sit there with a coffee? On the coach one hour before departure. So some of us need to be at St Mary's by 7am. For some who don't live in Southampton, they will be leaving home at about 5am. No trains that early on a Sunday. It's well.over the top. |
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