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Reply | Atmosphere
at 16:09 16 Sep 2025
I've been to a number of stadiums around the world, and what I've noticed is that the ones that are steep-sided have the best atmospheres. Everton have taken this into account with the design of their new stadium; we didn't. The sides at St Mary's slope at a gentle angle and a lot of the noise drifts out rather than inwards. Adding a second tier would certainly help.
At La Bombonera in Buenos Aires, the stadium considered to have the best atmosphere in the world, the sides are so steep that when you lean forward, you feel that you are going to tumble down onto the pitch, but it is a real cauldron of noise.
Old stadiums are generally better for making noise, as modern buildings use sound absorbimg wall panels to prevent noise pollution in the local area. [Post edited 16 Sep 16:17]
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Reply | Striker!!!
at 13:46 16 Sep 2025
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Reply | Tyler already getting splinters
at 12:06 15 Sep 2025
It will be interesting to see how Grealish and Dibling link up. Dibling was always best when he played alongside Sam Amo-Ameyaw. They had a really good understanding and brought out the best in each other, but they were rarely played together here so we only got fleeting glimpses of what might have been. Good teams are built on partnerships and we have seen very few of them at Southampton in recent years.
You have an overload of players in his position, but Amo-Ameyaw is another talented player we sold as soon as possible (to Strasbourg in Ligue 1). He's still only 19, he's played for England at various age group levels levels, and he just played in the latest England U20 game, 10 days ago. [Post edited 15 Sep 12:40]
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Reply | Atmosphere
at 11:22 15 Sep 2025
Nick sums it up best in his match report:
"Southampton supporters were magnificent, drowning out the away support and keeping going throughout the game, it was just a shame that we didn't score if we had you would have heard the roar 18 miles away." |
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Reply | A game of two halves
at 11:00 15 Sep 2025
We have won just 3 of our last 43 league games. How on earth the bookies made a team that hardly ever wins games, such hot favourites to beat a team that's 6 places above us in the league, I do not know. I can't say I'm exactly happy with the draw but it was pretty much what I expected. |
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Reply | Atmosphere
at 09:55 15 Sep 2025
With success on the pitch that's what happens, the home end leads the singing and it spreads round the stadium. The problem when our home 'end' was in a corner, was that the rest of the stadium and the players hardly noticed it, as the acoustics in the corner are the worst, with the noise being directed inwards not outwards to the rest of the stadium.
Ultimately, you can't escape the fact that the atmosphere is heavily influenced by what happens on the pitch. When a team wins most of its games and trophies as well, it will have a better atmosphere in its stadium than one that loses most of its games and never wins anything.
The best atmosphere at the Dell was in the late 70s after we won the FA Cup, and the team and fans fed off that sucess going into the most successful period in our history.
In complete contrast to that, we are currently experiencing the worst run of results in our history. In fact, we have been so bad that we have been breaking all-time national records for worst ever team performances. To compound that, we now have a team that can't score goals so we don't even have them to cheer. Bearing that in mind, the atmosphere has been pretty good. [Post edited 15 Sep 10:36]
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Reply | Atmosphere
at 09:41 15 Sep 2025
A good summary and pretty much how I saw it too except for the bit about the Northam who I thought gave a good account of themselves. Newcastle have the right idea with away fans. Stick them in the worst possible position, where nobody even notices them. The best atmosphere I've seen anywhere is at Boca Juniors stadium in Buenos Aires and they do the same: stick the away fans as far away from the home end as possible high up in an upper tier where they can't be heard. Then the away team feels the entire crowd is against them. It was a bit like that at the FA Cup derby game in 1996. Pompey fans were hidden away in that little section at the end of the East Stand and the Pompey players really felt that everybody was against them. [Post edited 15 Sep 10:47]
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Reply | Work in Progress
at 09:24 15 Sep 2025
Jay Robinson is an attacking midfielder, not an out and out striker, and he'll probably score at the reasonable rate of a goal every 4 games and still be our top scorer this season if he gets enough game time. Why should he have to adapt because Sport Republic have bought a bunch of attacking midfielders who aren't as good as him, when we all knew they should have bought a goalscoring centre forward? [Post edited 15 Sep 9:26]
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Reply | Work in Progress
at 09:06 15 Sep 2025
He still is but Still doesn't seem to realize that, which is why we've now got an inferior player, Finn Azaz, keeping him out of the team. Why on earth was our main buy in the transfer window someone to replace our best player? Maybe they're planning ahead for the sale of Jay Robinson next year. [Post edited 16 Sep 13:52]
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Reply | Work in Progress
at 08:58 15 Sep 2025
That team was better than this one, but still nowhere near good enough for automatic promotion or the top flight.
This team looks 2nd tier mid-table standard at best. We don't even have anyone who can score goals regularly and you need goals to win games. Maybe, Will Still will eventually realize we need a new centre forward and we'll buy one in January, who'll get us into the top half of the table. But, with Sport Republic's transfer record, I doubt it.
The progress we're making is downwards. [Post edited 15 Sep 9:03]
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Reply | Portsmouth Game Matchday Thread
at 22:01 14 Sep 2025
Several times already this season, we've seen our forwards with the ball at their feet just 1 or 2 yards in front of goal and they've inexpicably failed to kick it into the net. Their finishing is the worst I've seen from a Saints team. Mind you, Pompey's was just as bad today. |
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Reply | Atmosphere
at 21:17 14 Sep 2025
For a 12 O' clock kick-off and a very mediocre goalless draw, which offered little to get excited about, the home atmosphere was good. The noise never really let up. The Northam kept singing and the singing often spread round the stadium. I was there, not far from the away fans, and watched the game again tonight, which confirmed my view that Pompey's away support wasn't as good as Wrexham's, apart from the final few minutes when they were celebrating getting a draw. Let's face it, our team's performance was poor, but I don't think you can criticise our fans. There were probably fewer than 5 quiet minutes in the whole game. My first derby games were in the 60s and I've seen far worse atmospheres for derby games at Fratton Park in that time. [Post edited 15 Sep 11:18]
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Reply | Striker!!!
at 20:36 14 Sep 2025
"inexplicably Stewart seemed to do no better - why can't he jump?"
He can barely walk, let alone jump. He moves around like an old man on those fragile, matchstick legs of his. In his condition it's amazing he even managed to score 1 goal in the last 2½ years. The days before his injuries took their toll, when he scored 10 goals in the Championship, are well and truly behind him now. |
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Reply | Work in Progress
at 19:33 14 Sep 2025
I'm not sure we even have a best team. Sport Republic's recruitment results in us having a big squad of equally mediocre players. Any player who is above average is sold. We then spend the money buying players for ten times the price other Championship clubs would pay to get players of the same standard or better, as we saw with the Stoke team that beat us, which cost next to nothing in transfer fees.
Sport Republic's recruitment is abysmal. Tens of millions are poured down the drain as every transfer window makes the team even worse. We are now a lower mid-table 2nd tier team. Another transfer window could be enough for Sport Republic to turn us into a bottom 3 team.
Today our best 3 players were Stephens, Bazunu and Charles. Who'd have thought we'd be saying that a couple of years ago? If any of them plays well enough to attract a buyer, they'll be sold and replaced by someone worse. [Post edited 14 Sep 19:46]
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Reply | Fernandes not exactly pulling up trees
at 19:42 13 Sep 2025
3 ex-Saints in the West Ham team in the relegation zone.
I don't think clubs will be quite so keen to recruit our ex-managers and players in future. |
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Reply | Russell Martin and his p45
at 18:22 13 Sep 2025
With the millions he's made from wrecking football teams, he never needs to work again. Job done. |
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Reply | Cheerio Russell Martin...
at 17:56 13 Sep 2025
The first 5 league games without a win is unheard of for Rangers. It just goes to show the damage that Russell Martin can do to any football club. He could probably even get Liverpool relegated. |
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