Fitzhugh Fella

Well Nigel Pearson has actually done something. He was our manager when we escaped relegation under Crouch so not so daft really. Didn’t hear you speaking up when we appointed Jones either.

Yea but he’s operating on a shoe string. I know he’s far from ideal but I’d just like us to get back to basics. Sick to death of this foreign hipster coach type thing.

I would go for Nigel Pearson. No nonsense English manager who would whip this lot into shape. Fuck all the hipster Spanish roll necks. Fuck all the European side passing evangelicals. Fuck all the Pep wannabes. Fuck all the pseudo tactical “play from the back” crap and just give us a manager who puts his best 11 on the pitch and tells them to die for the club. Even if it doesn’t work at least we would have some pride in our club. Something I haven’t felt for a long time.

His pressers are insightful though. Finger well and truly on the pulse with a searing analysis on what we are doing wrong.

Good rumour if you are a Selles fan

Just want to see a bit of fight. Not too much to ask for surely.

Maybe Nigel Pearson could do a decent job in the Championship. At least he would put a bit of fire into the bellies of this current bunch of pussycats.

Selles criminally sent a team out at West Ham (and Leeds) that lacked ambition, fight and bravery. Cowardly performances in two critical relegation six pointers. That tells me he doesn’t really get what football is all about in this country. His post match interviews prove it. He waffles on about being in control etc which is just painful when we’ve threatened little all afternoon. He’d be clueless in the Championship where it takes a lot more blood and thunder to compete.

No HTH

Then while Ankersen is in charge we are royally fucked. God knows who the next boffin will be. Or perhaps Ankersen has wised up or perhaps the owner has wised up about Ankersen?

I think if you read my words you will realise it’s just an educated guess based on a lot of our signings mentioning god in their tweets. Probably reading into too much but I am all ears to anyone who can explain why Ankersen thought Jones was the right man.

Because it would explain the insane decision to employ Jones ie a fellow traveller. I can think of no other reason even though it’s far fetched.

Think you are wrong. If Sports Republic are genuinely in the game to take us forward I am sure they could offer GP an attractive package, even if the journey is likely to start in the second tier. We should be moving heaven and earth to make this happens. But I have no faith in Ankersen. Maybe Potter is not in the right lodge or maybe he’s not a church goer? I don’t know but my faith in us doing the right thing is diminished.

No thanks.

This to me is the most damning fact. Go down fine but make a fight of it.

Yep I agree. Still can’t for the life of me work out what Ankersen was doing. You only had to talk to Jones for two minutes to realise how unsuited he was. Makes me think there was another angle but perhaps I shouldn’t go there.

Going by recent Athletic articles things had deteriorated hugely under Ralph’s tenure

Norwegian newspapers are reporting the passing of ex Saints captain Tony Knapp. https://www.saintsplayers.co.uk/player/tony-knapp/

Why name a stand after a right wing, Covid denying, Putin propagandist?

I know he inherited quite literally a pile of shit but I can't say he has impressed me much, considering the low bar set by his predecessor. The defeat at home to Grimsby in the FA Cup is quite possibly the worst ever in our history if you take the position of the two clubs and the fact we were at home in the 5th Round. (Wrexham in 1974 were I believe in the third tier). Selles has already started to make odd selections (Elyounoussi) and is too cautious considering only wins especially at home are any good to us. To me he's just a poor man's Ralph. Nicer and more popular with the players, maybe, but really not the sort to set the club alight with spirit and fight. We're going down with a whimper, at least in the past there was a little blood spilt.

Yes we know. But are what we have currently any better? Did Ralph give him a decent run? Was he played in his strongest position? Was he properly man managed while he was here? If you ask me the Nathan Tella situation sums up this football club. Clueless on and off the pitch. He must be dreading coming back.

I agree with you in that he has always been very generous with his time towards the fans especially when charity is involved. I also think on balance he is our most gifted player of all time. But the downside is he is not very bright but …….. he certainly thinks he is. Many have forgotten his stupidity in giving the Pinnacle Consortium his support without ever checking their authenticity. Long after I showed him some paperwork that proved they were bogus he continued to insist they were genuine investors. Marcus Liebherr nearly walked away. We would have lost a superb owner who put us back where we currently are. No thanks to MLT. Now he spends all his time on right wing media outlets talking utter shite, some of it quite dangerous in terms of trying to persuade people not to have Covid jabs or denying atrocities in the Ukraine. Yes he is entitled to those opinions but he must realise his unorthodox views have certain repercussions. He blocks people who disagree with him on social media (so much for free speech) and rubs shoulders with some very unsavoury people. In short he has become an embarrassment to himself, the fans that worshipped him and Southampton FC. I was one of those worshippers but not any more. My distaste for his views have sullied my memories unfortunately. Putting players on pedestals usually ends in tears.

Well I had fair bit of (unpleasant) dealings with Cortese (which cost me quite a lot of money) so I felt qualified enough when I say I thought he was a c**t.

Spoken to quite a few players who played under him. Hardly any warmed to him. He never went out of his way to be liked. Some would say that's not a bad thing. I don't. Players will rend to go that little bit extra if they like the guv'nor