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Reply | Standard of match officials in this country
at 20:37 12 Apr 2025
Every time a Villa player threw himself down, he got a free-kick. The ref didn't award us a single free-kick in the first half. I guess once the officials know you are already relegated they no longer feel any need to treat you fairly.
Villa have always been one of the worst teams for the 'dark arts'. Players rolling on the ground clutching their faces when nobody has even touched them, really annoys me, and Villa players love doing that. [Post edited 12 Apr 20:42]
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Reply | Substitutions
at 20:31 12 Apr 2025
I thought the same when Smallbone came on. We were inevitably going to concede a couple of goals. We nearly always do when he comes on. We really need to get rid of him. |
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Reply | Dibling
at 20:24 12 Apr 2025
He was our best attacking player today and he worked hard and ran more than the other players so why is that annoying? Cameron Archer was annoying. He might as well not have been there and so was Onuachu who couldn't be bothered to run for anything. [Post edited 12 Apr 20:26]
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Reply | This had better be a rumour
at 10:57 11 Apr 2025
"A win win situation" Another one!!!
We just can't lose with Sport Republic, can we? [Post edited 11 Apr 11:27]
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Reply | Mind The Gap
at 22:16 10 Apr 2025
The Championship is a very inferior league nowadays, almost totally devoid of talent. If a young player is any good he's already in a Premier League academy. For players at the other end of their careers, they can make more money in the Middle East and North America than they can from dropping into the Championship.
There used to be a time when a top flight team only needed 12 good players, but now they need at least twice that number, leaving none for the Championship. [Post edited 10 Apr 22:21]
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Reply | Adam Armstrong's record at West Brom
at 18:48 9 Apr 2025
Yes, you have to wonder, has the standard of the Championship ever been lower than it is now? It's a league that's been stripped bare of all talent. Even the Turkish Super Lig is probably stronger than it for the first time ever.
I guess it's because football is such a big squad game now and so many substitutes are needed that any player who's half-decent gets hoovered up by top flight teams. [Post edited 9 Apr 19:14]
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Reply | the arse
at 17:39 9 Apr 2025
It was a tremendous performance. One of those great European nights. I was amazed when, after the second one went in, the commentator said Declan Rice had never scored from a direct free-kick before, in more than 370 games. What a game to do it in: twice!
Saka is so important for Arsenal. Let's hope he's fit to play in Madrid. They're going to need him. [Post edited 9 Apr 17:43]
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Reply | Adam Armstrong's record at West Brom
at 16:11 9 Apr 2025
Cameron Archer is worse and even less likely to score many goals for us next season. We're going to be stuck with him, as I can't see Sport Republic spending money on a new striker. I don't suppose we could get Rômulo from Göztepe. He's better than anyone we've got. [Post edited 9 Apr 16:12]
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Reply | Who do we want as the new permanent Saints manager?
at 16:28 7 Apr 2025
These are the recent Championship winning managers:
2017 Rafa Benitez
2018 Nuno Santo
2019 Daniel Farke
2020 Marcelo Bielsa
2021 Daniel Farke
2022 Marco Silva
2023 Vincent Kompany
2024 Enzo Maresca
So, if we can't get one of them, we should be looking at managers with similar profiles.
These are a few to consider:
Vasco Matos
Kjetil Knutsen
Fabio Grosso
José Fonte |
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Reply | What will it take for fans to show any anger at the state of our club?
at 08:58 7 Apr 2025
A number of posters on here have said they'd prefer us to be in the Championship so unless that 'small club' mentality changes, why would you see people angry that we've been relegated to it?
Personally, I'm impressed by the stoicism of our younger fans, who don't go in for all of the whingeing and defeatism that many of the older ones do. They show a lot of spirit, keep their chins up and support the club through thick and thin. |
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Reply | Tall Paul
at 16:27 6 Apr 2025
Surely, in his fragile condition, that would have been too risky. He did better than expected by getting on and off the pitch unaided. [Post edited 6 Apr 20:34]
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Reply | Danny Rohl linked with Leicester
at 16:03 6 Apr 2025
Vasco Matos, Kjetil Knutsen or Fabio Grosso and at least a dozen others who'd be better than someone who's been proven already to be mediocre in the Championship. [Post edited 6 Apr 16:25]
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Reply | Danny Rohl linked with Leicester
at 13:20 6 Apr 2025
I look at results and league positions, the same as I did for the other managers Sport Republic brought here. None of them were very good.
I've looked at the managers who've won the Championship in the last few years. They mostly came from foreign leagues, where they'd had some success, and had not managed, let alone failed, in the Championship before. If clubs like Burnley, Fulham and Leicester could do that, so could we. If you're going to recruit a manager who has Championship experience it should be one who's had experience of winning it, like Farke, not one who's been mediocre. Sport Republic should learn from that.
2024 Enzo Maresca, Leicester
2023 Vincent Kompany, Burnley
2022 Marco Silva, Fulham [Post edited 6 Apr 13:29]
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Reply | Danny Rohl linked with Leicester
at 17:04 5 Apr 2025
Agent talk. Why on earth would they want the manager of a team who are 13th in the Championship??? Only 2 teams have a worse defensive record than Wednesday.
TodwickOwl
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Posted 18 minutes ago
How boring was that?
Absolute terrible game of football, Hull were woeful and we still couldn’t manage a killer pass in the final third
Really feels like it’s pointless coming to Hillsborough for the rest of the season, we’re being served up absolute dross at home and it’s carried on all year
Bulldog
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Posted 12 minutes ago
Worst home record for 20 years now and 4 home losses in a row - who's accountable for that? [Post edited 5 Apr 17:26]
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