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Saints sold to Sport Republic

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by - Doing The Lambert Walk, Jan 4, 2022.

  1. Le Saint

    Le Saint Well-Known Member

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    You should watch it - really interesting. He explains with data why Newcastle had a freak season finishing 5th and then flirting with relegation in the next season
     
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  2. tiggermaster

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    The model being suggested seems to me to be following the same path Midtylland/Brentford. First prize if Saints equal Midtylland, Second prize if we retain premier league status, with the potential to improve..
     
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  3. Che’s Godlike Thighs

    Che’s Godlike Thighs Well-Known Member

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    Imagine being in the shadow of your local rivals due to being so utterly sh*t.
     
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  4. Gregm1988

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    How does that currently work with the two red bull clubs in the champions league? I assume they can’t be drawn together at all? But what if one day they both got to the final

    Would never happen under the current competition design
     
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  5. Gregm1988

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    Look at who they have had - Mane, Haaland, Minamino

    I’m not sure their fans are really complaining
     
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  6. tomw24

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    Not to mention Daka and currently Adeyemi. I tell you what, I would love us to go in for Adeyemi. Top talent.
     
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  7. Brinkworth Saint

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    Sounds like they're normal football fans!!
     
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  8. Archers Road

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    Try not to choke on those sour grapes.
     
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  9. Number 1 Jasper

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    SB3 ?
     
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  10. Schrodinger's Cat

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    Not sure tbh but it would take an extraordinary run of luck for two teams to end up as opponents in a competitive game unless they were already on a fairly even footing. As long as the teams are in different countries, there would only be a couple of competitions where such a scenario could happen.
     
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  11. Archers Road

    Archers Road Urban Spaceman

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    NY Red Bulls are actually in New Jersey.

    I went to the Noo Yawk Derby at Yankee Stadium in 2016. Red Bulls won 7-1, Bradley Wright Phillips scored a hat-trick.
     
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  12. SaintsFan86

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    Always sign Adeyemi for Saints on FM22.. Sesko pretty decent too.
     
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  13. Ronnie Hotdog (MLsfc)

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    I imagine the fans would have been happy with the on the field outcomes of the takeover. But what happened during that takeover is nothing short of a disgrace.

    RedBull tried, and ultimately succeeded in, to completely rid the club of its very successful history in almost every sense.

    When the fans set up a group to fight it and try to move forward as a RedBull club but retaining a sense of identity rather than just sweeping 100 years of history away, RedBull's final offer was to pay homage to the clubs history by using their traditional purple colours for the goalkeepers away socks <laugh>

    Our set up seems completely different to RedBull, they don't look at us as a marketing tool for their real product.
     
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  14. Ronnie Hotdog (MLsfc)

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  15. SaintLapras

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    That's the one. He was amusing, terrible at predictions though
     
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  16. SaintLapras

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    No sour grapes, I'm perfectly happy with our owners. They gave the world Bojack horseman and for that I am very grateful.
     
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  17. Saints_Alive

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    *We're going to spend, spend, spend!....<bubbly>









    *posters on the old Beeb 606 will get this reference
     
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  18. mowgli

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    I sort of agree with this. Even when they are in different countries, there could be a conflict of interests. But it's only a step up from the partner clubs that we already have in Africa, Canada, USA, etc.
     
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  19. Cowtownred

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    I wonder if a club in the Canadian Premier league will be targeted? Athletico Madrid, already own the Ottawa franchise.
     
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  20. Schad

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    It isn't the craziest idea. The network isn't going to have the size and footprint of something like Red Bull, so an MLS franchise is quite unlikely, but a club like Pacific FC -- which is located in British Columbia, which has a large, young population, fairly good football infrastructure at the youth level and a high percentage of immigrants (who tend to prefer football/basketball to hockey/baseball) -- would make a fair bit of sense.

    I also think that people are going a bit nuts about the 'network' thing. There's many routes around that, really. The Brentford - Midgetland model shares little with the RB model (which is largely an advertising vehicle) or the laughable Charlton model (which was just a complete clusterfuck). The on-field impact of the link is fairly limited -- there's been a couple loans and one player sold as far as I'm aware -- with the greatest impact being the sharing of information and pooling of some backroom resources. If they didn't have the same chairman who does TED Talks, the link wouldn't be particularly noticeable.
     
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