Southampton: Stick or Support?

[KirkbyRed80]

Just wondering how the City Ground will treat the Southampton support on Sunday. Will we be supportive as we have recently been in the division of hell they are now destined to be in for some time, or, will we give them some stick as we have been accustomed to receive at times?

 

[winnits]

Stick during, support after.

It is the way of things.

 

[losttheplot]

Stick during, support after.

It is the way of things.

What this man said

 

[andover red]

I don't remember getting many messages of support for Forest from Saints fans when we were broke, had to sell our decent players, and got relegated to League 1. They'll get over it.

 

[Lovejoy's Hair Island]

I don't remember getting many messages of support for Forest from Saints fans when we were broke, had to sell our decent players, and got relegated to League 1. They'll get over it.

what that man said

 

[Jmarri]

I support all their fans, considering I know a lot of saints fans living down here. I will listen to them babble on about league 1, and I will say that I've been there, and done that.

I will give stick to the club though, in appointed such a twat of a chairman, who is considered a hero around Portsmouth. Arise Rupert Lowe.

 

[It's Baggio]

I hope we give them a gentle ribbing, surely it's a given?

"Southampton going down with a masive overdraft..."

 

[weasel]

I can't help but have some sympathy for them, after all we know what they're going to have to watch.

But this is a club who:

- Built one of those howlingly soulless new grounds, which it's clear they could ill afford
- Declared on their website (i think) that they are clearly a 'premiership' club. We get accused of having ideas above our station, but that's just daft.
- Didn't 'cut their cloth'. When this nearly happened to us we had to grit our teeth and watch Jermaine Jenas leave the club. We could well have gone up had we kept him, but we could also easily have gone bankrupt.

If ever a club has been destined for league one, I'm afraid to say Southampton is it. Some sympathy, but goodnight and good luck.

 

[losttheplot]

"Southampton going down with a masive overdraft..."

''Sold your ground to Portsmouth, we heard you sold your ground to Portsmouth..''

 

[DanR]

I shall express my gratitude at Southampton for bagging one of the three relegation places instead of us. Then they can f*** off, take their medicine and have a couple of seasons in the 3rd division while they sort out their finances. We had to do it, without much sympathy.

 

[MaxiRobriguez]

I don't remember getting many messages of support for Forest from Saints fans when we were broke, had to sell our decent players, and got relegated to League 1. They'll get over it.

Debatable - they might not even have a club next year. They deserve support but if you can't bring yourself to do it then simply sing Forest songs.

 

[adam09]

This is the point where everybody should remember all the remarks, piss taking and what have you that we endured for 3 years.

Do I remember any sympathy from any other clubs etc? Do I heck!

 

[Alex C]

I'll show them the same amount of respect they'd show us if we'd just been relegated.

Football fans are as savage as the kids on a playground and I'll take great pleasure in mocking them.

 

[Graham]

Southampton did help us with our plight by paying about 3 million for that gypo prutton when we were right in the shit.

 

[Rich]

We'd mock the fans if their team were losing 5-0.

The fans have no bearing on the ability of the team they follow, nor any control over their finances, so I struggle to see how this differs.

It is harsh on the fans to be in administration, but surely it's no less fair to the fans than if they lost 5-0 every week?

 

[removed user]

I couldn't care less that they've gone in to administration. We very nearly did ourselves but battled it out rather than taking the easy way out and have come through it, hopefully, stronger. It happens to loads of clubs, we can't cry just because Southampton are a so-called "big" club. Balls to them.

 

[weasel]

we can't cry just because Southampton are a so-called "big" club. Balls to them.
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They're not anyway are they really. They spent ages in the top flight, but were always a small team doing better than their 'size' should have meant.

Next season's champ could contain

Newcastle
Middlesbrough
Birmingham
Forest
Derby
Leicester
Leeds
Norwich
Ipswich
Sheff Utd
Cardiff
West Brom


and I wouldn't have thought Southampton we're a bigger club than any of those. On a par with some maybe, but not bigger.

 

[Eastwood Red]

Did they send words of sympathy our way when we were in the shit?

Didn't think so

 

[Dorset Red]

Some pretty poor attitudes towards fellow supporters of football rather than glory hunters who surface when times are good. Sure dole out all the s**t in the world to the likes of Lowe but true fans who just want their team to do well do not deserve to be mocked for the stupidity of others who do not even have the game in their hearts let alone the club. Lowe is a hockey man for f**ks sake.

No one that I know associated with Southampton, and I had some dealings at youth level scouting and so forth, deserved this nor the judgement of others who know very little about the club. There is not anyone I know there that regards them as a big club. The 'core' of the club never even wanted the stadium for example. It is a sad example of suits ruling the roost and destroying a club.

I doubt any of their fans want or expect anything from us on saturday. It is us not them that are giving opinion not at their request but out of sheer curiousity and in some cases boredom. They expect to be given a hard time, believe me you will not be making any more noise than them directed at their board.

In my opinion, during the game they deserve all they get, it is a contest and the atmosphere plays a huge part in motivation and intimidation and they have a very young team. For me though, I would have like to think that in light of our own experiences and in recognition of their devotion as true football fans travelling all that distance in these circumstances then they at least deserve some respect. By they of course I mean the supporters, their board need b****y hanging.

 

[WatnallRed]

I'll show them the same amount of respect they'd show us if we'd just been relegated.

Football fans are as savage as the kids on a playground and I'll take great pleasure in mocking them.

What that man said!

 

[Dorset Red]

Did they send words of sympathy our way when we were in the s**t?

Didn't think so

Actually, as I recall, they did certainly guys I know who follow them and knew I was a Forest fan. These are guys who I went to our cup final with them with all those years ago, decent football guys not glory hunters looking for the good times and hiding in the bad. Its easy to mock.

 

[RRRREDUN]

I used to get pi--ed off when pundits kept mentioning that Liverscum fans were the most knowledgable fans in (league/Europe/world etc), even though we all knew that was bo--ocks.

It would be really good if we don't revert to type. Of course we can give the Saints fans a really hard time. As someone has already said, they arn't Sheep, Fester, Manure, Leeds, Sheff Utd - perhaps we could surprise everyone and show some sympathy and good will toward them (it might be just too difficult for some) The poor f--kers may not have a club in the future.......before pasting them out of sight.

 

[Samuel]

If there is a pitch invasion I'd be happy to see Southampton fans come on to. Would be nice to swap t-shirts with one.

 

[WatnallRed]

If there is a pitch invasion I'd be happy to see Southampton fans come on to. Would be nice to swap t-shirts with one.

yhh i hope there is!

 

[T.B.T.]

I don't really hold any bad feelings towards Southampton and will give the usual and appropriate banter on Sunday that they'd expect no matter where in the league they were. I don't think the Saints expect any less.

However, come the final whistle and whatever the result, I will applaud the team and probably their supporters. Relegation is hard to swallow for any team.