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05 Sep 2025 17:48:00
This post will probably piss off most of you and be the most controversial post in a very long time but hey ho, this is how I look at things, and if nothing else it will draw people out of the woodwork. I wonder how many of the 25, 000 supporters that are going to protest are actually Season Ticket holders or regularly attend home games, so genuinely have a say in how the club is run. Please don't start armchair fans, as you have no financial stake in the club, therefore in my opinion limited say in what happens with the club. For example you can't moan about the club not signing anyone when you don't put anything into the coffers, yes of course I understand that some people can't attend for what ever reason. I also wonder what they hope to achieve, Sully has the skin of a rhino and going no where. In my opinion all they are going to do is affect team morale, great idea. He won't go anywhere we are stuck with Sully and then probably his kid will take over. Levy has gone at the Spuds and owns 29%, do they think he will just sit in the background and say nothing, also what if the new guy is worse than Levy, what then? And no I don't want Sully and Brady in charge but protesting will do nothing but affect the team, great idea.

07 Sep 2025 13:35:30
Gerry, wtf are you saying, I have followed our club as a home and away fan since I first started work in 1959 at 15 years old, earning the old £4.5 shillings a week, your getting high and mighty about us because we armchair fans don’t now contribute so we should shut up, I have contributed enough in my lifetime love of our club just because I am now unable for various reasons to attend, what a bloody insult!
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14 Sep 2025 19:54:32
Told you it would piss people off. I have been attending since I was knee high to a grasshopper in the 60's and still a season ticket holder and go to 95% of the home games, so think I have earned the right to an opinion. That guy who is organising the protests, moans about the London Stadium but admits he hasn't been, he also goes on about representing 25,000! Out of how many million supporters? I am not getting high and mighty just saying, most who are complaining have never set foot in LS and others look back at the Boleyn with rose tinted glasses, they forget parking was a nightmare, they forget wading through 2" of piss to go to the toilet, they forget the games where you could hear someone shouting in the South Bank from the North. They forget the hundreds of rubbish games they have attended and just remember the good times. I don't mind the view from my seat at LS and have moved on from UP. LS isn't perfect but it is now home so we have to accept it. People moan about how far away we are from the pitch and say the place is quiet because of this, what absolute crap, watch a Roma or Hertha Berlin game and listen to the noise, also Ajax who had the running track removed but the stands are still in the same place. A lot of the oldies like me no longer go, the new breed of supporters are fairly quiet, add to that the tourists and the result is a library sometimes. Some moan about who we don't buy but have never put anything in the coffers (now or in the past) This guy talks of Sully staying as owner and someone else running the club, if Sully agrees to this does anyone honestly think he will stay out of things, not a chance. Where were these people protesting when we were in Europe 3 years running? Protests outside is one thing, bringing it into the ground just has a negative effect on the players who are struggling as it is. This is just my take on things. Hopefully Sully will get the message no one likes or wants him and will sell, but I wouldn't hold my breath, as I said he has the skin of a rhino.

19 Sep 2025 11:24:29
Gerry, I believe Chelmsford is upset at your erroneous assertion that because he doesn’t physically attend matches, he has no financial stake in the club and consequently no right to give his opinion. You overlook the thousands of pounds paid by many true supporters who, for various reasons, are prevented from attending matches. I include myself in those numbers, as my health no longer allows me to attend. I salute you for being able to attend today, but what would you say if doctors diagnosed a health condition which forced you to become a so-called ‘armchair supporter’ through no fault of your own? At our age, anything is possible. Would you then say you no longer have an opinion because you no longer contribute financially? And don’t forget that an ‘armchair supporter’ can still buy WHU commercial products. No, you are grossly mistaken and somewhat insulting to many thousands of loyal supporters who, through no fault of their own, can no longer physically attend games. Like it or not, one day it is likely to happen to you.
Your complaints about the Boleyn are largely justified, but do not reflect the feeling of it being our spiritual home. Its enclosed atmosphere just added to its aura. Something that will never be replaced, especially in a structure never intended for football.

21 Sep 2025 09:34:02
Tinny, you’re spot on👍 He seems not to take take into consideration my influence as a massive ⚒ fan has had on my immediate family, I have 2 Daughters aged 53 and 50 who are as big a fans as I am, they also have 7children between them who are ⚒’s fans With several kits between them that often travel to home games, so yes there is money invested in the club not that I think Fans should have to financially contribute anyway to comment! ⚒⚒⚒⚒

26 Sep 2025 08:52:47
Tin legs I have emphysema another lung condition but I still manage to go as I will not let my illnesses stop me. My post was aimed at the people attending the protest but don't attend games. I accept that some people don't go because of illness or for financial reasons. If you read I was also having a pop at the guy that is organising the protests that moans about the stadium but has never been. The guy is a joke and yet people follow him like lemmings.

26 Sep 2025 11:25:44
Gerry, sorry mate, but your post does not read like that. The guy you singled out, you use as an example, not the subject matter.
Sorry to hear of your health problem, but you must accept there are varying degrees of conditions. Myself, I couldn’t understand why I was getting out of breath just walking. Then I was diagnosed with a heart disease which has developed further and now I can’t walk hardly any distance at all. Combined with the old man’s blight, an enlarged prostate, I’m now largely confined to the close vicinity of my toilet! Going to a football match is now totally impossible. Torture for someone who spent many years attending home and away games. I hope your problem doesn’t develop further, but age has no sympathy. Best of luck and I wish you well. COYI!

26 Sep 2025 20:14:14
Tin Legs, sorry to hear of your ailments, horrible getting old eh, unfortunately emphysema is a progressive illness but not letting it get me down. Sorry if my post read differently but I was really pissed off at the by the bloke organising the protests and what he was saying. Trouble is some people think they speak for everyone when he represents only a fraction of supporters with his 25,000 members, and he doesn't even know if all those agree with him. I am angry as in my opinion protests against Sully will only achieve one thing, upsetting and unsettling the players. Don't think Sully will go anywhere until someone puts many many millions in his grubby little hands.

04 Sep 2025 18:51:30
As Daniel Levy steps down, will Tom Thumb and the Wicked Witch of the East get the message?

14 Sep 2025 19:56:02
No chance unfortunately. I also dream of winning the lottery and I sadly believe I have more chance of that coming true than Sully and Brady going.

24 Aug 2025 06:50:14
Slight metaphor tweak:

The right butt cheek doesn’t know what the left butt cheek is doing, but between them…

15 May 2025 20:33:00
Sorry guys, but I'm fed up reading posts on here saying we're biding a lot less for players than other clubs basically suggesting we have no money, but I've heard money is no problem, there's a long long way to go before the window closes can we not leave it to the club to sort out, speculation on this player or that player is good but because we don't sign them the club gets slagged off, what will be will be, I'm sorry to be a pain in the arse again but having said that I do love reading your posts, but please be patient there's long way to go yet.

14 Apr 2025 00:43:14
I note I'm getting stick again for speaking my mind, and that's ok because I accept that people have differing opinions. That's a simple fact of life. However, I'm not going to change my mind because some people think that's "negative" or "moaning". And I'm certainly not alone in my views. I don't always access or agree with fan based videos on YouTube, as many of them have their own agenda. The match reaction video for the Liverpool game by Claret and Booze "We Deserved a Point" says it all for me. Nick Killington explains how I feel perfectly. So true, it could have been me talking.
In answer to Dabber's question, apart from a few games, I started getting frustrated about the time Moyes was appointed the second time. (Never thought he was any good.) Over the years, I've been disappointed with some of our football, and also when we've been relegated a few times, but we seemed to bounce back. I've always enjoyed the WHU style of football. It strikes me that this has disappeared for our last three managerial appointments. This could be the way the club is being run under the current board; I'm not sure.
As for Graham Potter - I just don't understand why people think he's any good. He wasn't great at Brighton, and Chelsea got shot of him quickly. The stats and facts speak for themselves, and from what I've seen so far at WHU, he hasn't done anything to change my perception of his abilities. Sorry if some think that's negative, but it's what I think.

14 Apr 2025 13:05:02
Afternoon Tin, you always make your points eloquently and are evidently have followed WH and the game a long time so your opinions should be and are respected (by me anyway) . I’ve enjoyed our little differences of opinion over the years and long may they continue. I just think and it’s my opinion, that it’s too early to judge Potter in this role as he did inherit a toxic bag of poop in terms of the whole situation (Moyes, Steidten, Sullivan, Loopy, Brady all to blame in equal measures) and has until October to show us what his plan is. He performed well at Swansea and Brighton (imo) but Chelsea failed. Who hasn’t failed at Chelsea though, a club that buys everyone and then expects the manager to get all of them to play together whilst managing the egos. I like Potter because he appears to tell the truth without blaming people or refereeing decisions. Moyes and BFS always had someone or something to blame. I genuinely think Potter suits the club, unlike Loopy who I thought was a disaster the minute he walked through the door. My frustration on this site about moaning isn’t always directed at you but there are some people on here who wait to see what you say first before chipping in. There are genuinely people on this site that like nothing more than a good moan like the guy who was complaining at half time we were going to be relegated then moaned at full time that we could have won the game if we’d played like from the start ….going out gung-ho from the first minute at Anfield and Liverpool would have been 3 or 4 up by half time! The game management was very similar against Arsenal with one difference, we were 1 nil down yesterday whilst there we were 1 nil up. Apart from that the pattern was the same yet nobody was calling for Potters head after the Arsenal win. Anyway its what football fans do, debate that's why we love the game. I just think it’s a shame that people like Chelmsford rarely comment anymore and he’s made it clear why. Enjoy the rest of your week, Southampton Saturday 😉

14 Apr 2025 13:55:22
Thanks for that reply mate. Very reasonable, unlike some who have an obvious agenda. What you term as ‘negativity’ is, to my mind, just a difference of opinion. Strange how nobody complains about ‘positivety’ when the opposite applies! 😁
I agree it’s a shame that some people can’t handle confrontation, even friendly confrontation, and they decide not to frequent these pages as a result. They not only deprive us of their valuable opinions, but they also deprive themselves of having their say. Human nature, I suppose? As you say, ‘Saints next’!

03 Nov 2024 13:53:26
After yesterday's debacle, I've been hearing and reading all sorts of stories -
JLop will be sacked and replaced by Terzic;
the board are considering Gareth Wallygate as a replacement;
David Moyes' name has been mentioned for a third stint;
Sullivan will not sack JLop as that would be an admission of a bad mistake;
the board will give JLop until Xmas to turn things around;
etc., etc., etc.
As usual, nobody really knows. The one thing that is certain in my opinion is that JLop does not have the ability to motivate this group of players and his tactical abilities are also in question. More time would be just prolonging the agony. The ball is firmly at the feet of our board.

28 Oct 2024 15:02:31
The long awaited P45 has been handed to Erik ten Hag. What's the feeling on who will replace him?
Both Amorim and Frank's names have been mentioned. They are candidates I'd love to see at the London Stadium. The other names being suggested are van Nistelrooy and (believe it or not) Southgate. I'd love to see Wallygate go to Old Trafford. Now that would be something.

29 Oct 2024 02:54:48
Xavi’s name has also now been mentioned as a strong possibility.

30 Aug 2024 09:56:25
AFTER a big window, it's become clear that we are very light up front, there's enough players who can play extra CB, when needed principally Alvarez, as discussed few days back, in case Aguerd goes and is not replaced or he's frozen out, ( he's waiting for PSG to come in for him ) and needs to visit a psychiatrist, if he thinks he's that quality! But jokes aside, it's goals that are needed, Bowen. And Kudus will of course. Get some., and Fulkrug will blend in but we are crying out for a proper striker that's my view

01 May 2024 07:44:47
I don't know why everyone is reading the rumours regarding transfers. A high percentage are placed by agents trying to up the ante, and the transfer window does not open until 14th June. The 'new' manager will have his own suggestions in place as will TS, therefore, no one knows what is going to happen. It is all hearsay.

01 May 2024 13:19:19
Agreed Brooking10👍👍Perhaps they’re bored! ⚒⚒⚒⚒

29 Jun 2024 13:27:47
Brooking 10👋 Andit’s still ongoing 2 months on from your original post😂Obviously nothing to do with me but can’t even bother to comment until pen is put to contracts, even then I will have no idea unless they have PL experience! We all have such varying different opinions on the players we have let alone those posters that have little idea of those we are rumoured to be linked with, I wonder how many there have actually been😂😂
Like to add Coufal especially and Soucek have had excellent Euro games and have never understood the bad criticism they have been given by some, perfection does not exist anywhere in anything and especially in Sport! ⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒

21 Apr 2024 18:58:55
Before this gets too embarrassing Sullivan needs to let Moyes go! His Time is up and the sooner its over the better!