CB Fry

This ties in with what I was told you were told.

Of all the things that keep a player here (or make him want to go) the "X-factor" of the manager is so far down the list it is virtually irrelevant.

He's going to be "proven right" by his groundbreaking announcement that we might appoint someone yesterday, today or tomorrow. Only he could have possibly known that.

You'd take finishing 6th in the Premier League over winning the Championship? Oooh, you connoisseur you.

The second half of the season the team virtually picked itself it was so easy to forecast. I think you'll find every manager is required to drop players. It's a fascinating new little trend appearing in the moaners. Previously the primary moan was about lack of squad depth and what a disgrace that was - now we seem to be getting more posts like these complaining about the very thing squad depth brings about: they can't all play. Personally I can't remember JWP being "demoralised" and "not willing to play well" (whatever that is). JWP had his best season by a mile under Puel. Clasie, Boufal and Jay Rod were pretty terrible whenever they had the chance. Puel gave them chances and they didn't take them. In Jay Rod's case literally. Odd you are positioning them as undroppable when frankly they did nothing to cement a place in the first team.

I'm slightly more concerned about the c-u-n-t-s like me who didn't vote for it.

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Alan Carr's dad is back on the market if our scouting department needs a shake up.

"Finished Mid table in a major European League" seems to be very high on the "key achievements and experiences" list this time out.

I don't know why Tuchel needs to come out and give "actual quotes" - we're not that important, he doesn't need to justify himself to Saints fans. Through his agent Sky Sports have run the story and through the club Jeremy Wilson has run his story. I see that as two sources, not one. While I'd love to be surprised as he was the only candidate that looked like a true step up, I think clinging on to Tuchel in the face of those two stories feels like a forlorn hope.

I only read that fact about the 3 month rule and how we don't enforce it yesterday. Not something that I was aware of. Feels really odd that Remain didn't make that point in the campaign. Although on reflection not that surprising as they were so scared to stray from the "we're not racists, UKIP are the racists" position they failed to articulate that immigration could be controlled if we wanted to.

Would be interesting to see you name a single contributor to this forum that has ever described Southampton as a "really, really small club". Meanwhile, on plant earth, Southampton Football Club has no waiting list for season tickets, still by some distance the best metric in the best business cases for investing millions in stadium expansion. Also on planet earth our position in the attendance table is relative exactly to our capacity compared to the other clubs. Our position on that list is not "in spite" our ground size - it's as much to do with all the clubs with smaller grounds than us. Other than you are right on the money.

If those three things had happened, Puel would be our manager for next season no problem. Those three things wouldn't have got him the, say, Sevilla job or the Dortmund job, or any vacancy at top six Prem club. I don't understand your point. We are where we arenow. We'll see how much we want a long term manager we want by the contract we give him. 5 years? 6 years? Bet we don't.

Koeman was "good" for his first season and didn't jump ship. I find it unlikely that our next manager will be "good" enough to suddenly be good enough for a much bigger club than us in the space of one year. And if he is, we will have had a brilliant season and would be highly attractive to our next manager.

Seems unlikely we would make such a demand unless we are going to give him a five year contract, which would be a mental thing to do. If I was MP's agent I'd be saying if you want my guy for the long term, give him a long term contract. Ker-ching.

The most transparent bullsh it artist on the entire forum. We're all expecting it to happen this week, so if it happens tomorrow, or Thursday, or Friday then yeah, that's what we all think will happen because that's been in the papers. Don't even dream of pretending you are "proven right" by saying something that basically anyone could guess.

Just reading about this "Day of Rage" thing. McDonnell, supposed to be a potential Chancellor of the Exchequer, egging it all on. Going to be a real vote winner for Worcester woman and Mondeo man in key middle England marginals this one. Gawd help us all.

If you think a child talking to a player in Finland is an "orchestrated campaign" then God help us all.

No really worthy of a thread really, is it?

I think there is an odd rumour flying about concerning Javi Gracia, current manager of Rubin Kazan. Both the rumour and the candidate look like utter dogsh it to me. Move along.

Exactly. Couldn't give a monkey's about someone here for a "good few years". Basically that means mediocrity. If our next manager buggers off to Arsenal in two years time, that'll be because he's done a brilliant job. Fine by me.

There are some good reasons for that.

Now that's fu cking more like it. He's bloody John Beck with a sombrero on. Bobby Gould on the Sangria. El Davide Bassetino. Get him, and Jon Walters, in in in.

Who's going to start the sweepstake for the Hummel Denmark kit revival. I'm going 2020 after two more "standard" stripey seasons after this. Then the Pony tick revival in 2026 is going to be effing epic.

Seanio Dychillino.