@Blindman1977@AlfieHouseEcho@AdamBlackmore I've never seen a problem with Dragan himself as he's put loads of money into the club, its just the people he's employed and trusted with that money that's blown for us quite alot of the time
Protests can look good visually but my god, it don’t half bring out the mongs of the local areas. Walking through the streets of Southampton singing Tommy Robinson’s name is embarrassing. Anyone with any kind of sense can see through that man and what he’s about. Yet there are still delinquents out there, that believe he’s the holy grail.
Southampton, having initially misled the EFL, are still trying to fight and argue elements of the Spygate case. It is pathetic.
No one has yet been sacked for their actions. #SaintsFC
@_AlexOliva_ It's felt fairly clear from the start, well to me anyway, that the club need to get rid of all those who sanctioned and authorised this, as early as possible. Let all us fans know what is happening and what the steps going forward are. Currently absolutely nothing from the club
@pipBrouhaha@SFCMikeKavs@SaintsExtra@George67592222@SaintsWeb Our reputation is in the toilet purely because of him. He's the one who's dragged us into this mess currently whilst poorly treating members of staff. Yes opinions of players may be important but how many of then are actually gonna stay
📧 Full email to #SaintsFC CEO Phil Parsons from the club’s Fan Advisory Board in light of Spygate:
"In our view, communications have been poor throughout this process, with much of the information gained by fans coming from sources other than the club.
"Since the CEO note, immediately after the failed appeal, there has been no communication, other than a brief notice about refunds, which made no further apology or recognition of the fan impact.
"In all honesty, the silence is deafening. Being on the front foot is important for our fans. This is not just about apology and internal rectification, even if those aspects are critical.
"It is also about fighting our corner in a manner that maximises unity. Statements on the website should be more frequent, as above; media appearances similarly in the form of live interviews.
"We believe that the club should also organise an urgent Fans Forum within the next week, where key figures from the club (namely Dragan and you [Parsons]) address the fans in a live Q&A format.
"It won't be easy, but past experience suggests this helps a lot e.g. that carried out by Rasmus [Ankersen], Henrik [Kraft] and Martin [Semmens] towards the end of the Nathan Jones era.
"Whilst developments on the recent issues will inevitably take some time to resolve, given legal and disciplinary matters, a more immediate concern is that of season tickets.
"Over 19,000 fans had season tickets last year. They have been badly let down by the club and recent events, and effectively, the results of every game they attended has become irrelevant.
"Season ticket holders are the lifeblood of the club, and we need to help them to want to renew and rejoin the process of rebuilding.
"We feel that a freeze on renewal prices is the minimum such gesture, though a reduction would recognise recent events more accurately.
"We believe that some form of refund should happen for the Middlesbrough games, home and away.
"We absolutely recognise that club costs have risen, and that we need the income to make us competitive on the field.
"However, we also need people to renew, despite being utterly disaffected, and the balance has to err on the side of incentive, in our view.
"Pending a Fans Forum, we suggest holding an emergency FAB meeting with the club to discuss the above matters in more depth, with a group of fans who have shown their commitment and loyalty over many years, and can be trusted to be constructive in our work.
"The club have decided to recruit a new FAB over the summer, but now may not be the best time to go out for candidates.
"The current FAB are happy to continue to work as normal until such time as the new Board is appointed."
[via @dailyecho] https://t.co/GE7E07idbj
September 16 2022. The worst game of football I’d had seen at that time.
Both teams had stagnated and needed a shake up & managers were gone within a few weeks
May 21st 2026. Villa are European champions and 4th in the prem. Saints are a national embarrassment. 4 years of shit
A few weeks ago there’s certain players I wanted gone for next season if we went up so we could have fresh faces.
Now I am happy if anyone wants to stay it would be appreciated 😂😂
The life as a #saintsfc fan ….
.Tonda the cheat
.SpyGate
. Record Breaking shit Prem Season
. 2 relegations in 3 years.
. Will Still and Nathan Jones
.Sports Republic
. Two 9-0s
.Harry Redknapp
.Rupert Lowe
.Ali Dia
.Ian Branfoot
God no wonder I’m depressed
#Saintsfc fans. Many of us follow football as a form of escapism. Many of our emotions are heavily invested in the club’s success and failure. Many of us also precariously manage our mental health. Many of us will be feeling this much harder than others. Check on your mates 👍🏻
The most incredible thing about Southampton and spygate is that, still, so much energy has gone into "err this is unfair" rather than apologising to fans, arranging refunds and going cap in hand to to beg them to stick with the club. They have torched their entire reputation.