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I’m actually really worried we are going to be stuck with sports republic for a long long time, with the way it’s set up as this multi club model it seems very unlikely they would just cash out one of their pieces ?

Yes but that was after he had his few game winning streak what I mean is nobody at all would have wanted him before that . His actual credentials for the job where pretty much zero. the fan base are fickle after a few wins they acting like he would win every game now the haters are starting to come back but we shouldn’t be appointing managers on a little trial the credentials should be there next season we could have the likes of West Ham,Wolves forest in the league. this was our best chance to get back up and we messing about with managers with no experience

Your usually quite on point but I disagree strongly about him deserving the job. We shouldn’t be appointing inexperienced coaches on the basis of if they win a few games on the bounce they get the job it’s absolutely stupid and Mickey Mouse might as well let a fan have a go .. the key point is he never had the credentials for the job so shouldn’t be getting a trial in the first place why are we giving out managerial jobs like yeah might as well give him a go ? Everyone on here would have thought this was a batshit crazy idea originally which it is and the bigger picture would be to not let a little run of games change that opinion if he doesn’t have the credentials for the job he doesn’t have the credentials

All the people that seemed to jump onboard with it being such a great idea are quiet today . Runs of form may come and go but you would hope the club where actually professional enough to select a proper experienced manager rather then doing some Jimlfixit for Tonda to become a football manager crap especially when this season is our best chance to go up

Selecting a manager with zero experience just cos he won a few games in a row was never gonna be a great idea . It’s now one win from the last four and maybe reality is kicking in for a few

Fellows is pretty key for us we haven’t looked the same when he isn’t starting

It could make it trickier for clubs to agree a fee that would be suitable for us. .premier league clubs may not want to pay stupid money for a 28 year old gamble who’s resale value could be on the decline yet for us he’s obviously worth a lot to the way we play

To be honest dibling and even fernandes both where only flashes of potential in what was a dogshit side neither really made a huge difference goal contributions wise .. I don’t think either would have been anywhere near as good as scuenza in the championship tbh

I think he strikes a good ball personally most of his efforts are dangerous and he has good technique fairly confident he’s a lot better then his goal stats show

See this is one of the reasons young players isn’t always better. If he was a academy boy like dibling doing this you could be sure he would be getting hyped to hell and having all the big clubs sniffing around . But since he’s 27 feels like there is a lot more chance in him not being as attractive and actually staying with us

I’m not sure how they calculate dribble stats these days but It’s hard to remember scienza ever getting stopped when he’s running at defenders. If he cuts in he’s getting a shot off if he goes the other way yea getting to the byline and and getting a drag back or cross in.. even comparing him to absolute Goat dribblers like Ronaldinho hazard ronaldo etc he still seems awesome cos he just seems to do what he wants every time and there is no stopping it

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Don’t think McCarthy is anywhere near as bad as bazunu tbh he might make an occasional error but can at least make saves .bazunu just doesn’t look like he knows what he’s doing and is constiently terrible. even will still was starting to see how bad bazunu was and dropped him after a while

The buck should stop at ekhart for selecting him. It’s been blatantly clear for at least two years that bazunu is a absolute disaster . he’s always gonnna be shit but can we make sure hes not doing us damage by playing him

He’s really been great recently superb running with the ball . But do we think he could be even better in a 4231 with science other side and azaz in the hole.. we don’t need to change it at the moment but think we could see him improve even more if he wasn’t playing wingback

Have to disagree archer is probably a better finisher then AA . He only really played in a underperforming mess of a side under will still I think the biggest problem for archer has been he’s only really played much in systems which probably suited a big centre forward more .. under ekhart you would think he could step up as he has pretty similar game to Armstrong

Whilst it can be said he didn’t really tackle the gk and cf priority positions he’s actually done a pretty cracking job .. even though it’s a league down who even misses dibling and fernandes when we replaced with scienza azaz and fellows . Jander looks great and quarshie has potential.

He’s playing so well I’m almost getting suckered into thinking he could do it at premiership level again . At the moment we are playing in a very quick on the floor counter attacking way that suits him it’s definitely the right way to use him. In the past we have always whinged about not having a big strong cf to hold up play but we are currently playing in a way we don’t need that

But surely you need to factor in the other interims was when we was in the premiership . Even a dumb ass like Russell Martin managed to get promoted with a strong Southampton squad .. we where second favourite to win the league at the start of the season will still had us In a totally false position

Let’s come back to this at the end of the season. If you can do that without getting butthurt if it doesn’t go to plan I’m happy to be proven wrong . at the end of the day we have two seasons to get out of this league so for this ekhart move to be a good idea he needs to achieve promotion in that time . Also let’s not forget Russell Martin wasn’t too bad in the championship either with a better squad then the rest of the league.doesn’t mean he’s a great manager though .. scienza is playing like bale atm and is the biggest factor in our form whatever happened under will still I have no idea but feels like the quality of our attack is what’s getting results

The consensus on here was we all hoped that sports republic would have instantly gone out and got us an experienced manager by the end of that international break .. it’s extremely results based thinking by so many on here regarding ekhart .. if Doris the dinner lady was given four matches as interim and won all four it’s still a stupid idea that she got the chance in the first place right ? logic over results

If we go back to before he got chance as interim manager not one person on here would have wanted him to be giving the job . Every other time we have promoted youth coaches wigley gray selles etc they have all been terrible on paper he should have never have gotten the chance . imo sports republic have kinda lucked out on idea that’s gonna fail 9 out of ten times . They will now probably see this as their smart out of the box thinking is ahead of the game . =rewarding stupidity

Kinda mixed feelings on him myself results are good so far so credit for that. But I think it also rewards sports republics stupidity and probably sets the tone for them to do stuff like this in the future wouldn’t be at all surprised to see lallana as our next manager. also feel like we actually have a fantastic for the level attack that is carrying us a lot more then his tactics . Let’s be honest scienza azaz Armstrong and fellows looks way better then the attack we got promoted with. Which begs the question was will still really that shit or is eckhart a great manager ?

This is the thing it’s all such a fickle game by game judgement of him ..if he fails to win the next couple of games no one will want him again .. seems we are now going from development club for players to managers too now problem is it’s all risk with no financial upside anyway

Regarding succession planning really hope we are not now gonna have a string of interim managers with Lallana being next to the throne. it’s extremely Mickey Mouse view that we should now be a development club for managers to learn their trade at and there’s no financial gain in it either