DT

So we've gone from Moneyball to Ted Lasso. There's progress.

Not everything is. But supporting Saints during this period, when we have had to endure watching a manager having a mental breakdown live on TV, appointed out of his depth by a management team that trusts being 'outliers' with blind faith in dodgy statistics to offer multi-million pound contracts when seemingly everyone else in the country can see that it is bats puts us firmly into 'laughing stock' territory, which will be further enhanced by the compounding appointment of this 'soccerball' chancer who fluked survival at Leeds last season and was sacked by that relegation rival because of his most recent appalling history of results. That's why this would be embarrassing.

#unreliableinternetposters

I wanted Dyche. Would have been perfect. Now? Bielsa. Let him build a long term project. Gallardo. At an absolute push Gerard, or if we were building in a different way, I'd interview somebody like Russell Martin at Swansea. Left field suggestion would be Southgate to do it part time (good on building a 'culture') until Potter is sacked and takes the England job. But bloody hell. Jesse Marsch.

Marsch totally fluked keeping them up last time. God knows why he's seen as some magician. But the crucial thing that Ankersen clearly liked from the meeting that definitely didn't happen today (Fareham Saint) is that he failed at Leeds. So a shoo in. Absolutely barmy.

What an embarrassing appointment this would be

Can't possibly be true because Fareham Saints said something about the bloke who said this on the internet or something had not many followers or something and that people that believed it were gullible or something

TalkSport reported just now that we've spoken to Jesse Marsch but it didn't happen because we shouldn't believe everything that's on the internet or something

There's football clubs, and then there's M&S football clubs

#sportswashing

and me before you

Think we would soon tire of Marsch’s ‘soccerball’ approach but fear he might be all statty enough for Ankersen’s spreadsheet fetish.

Leg me bring it back. Fuck no.

Really hope we can do better than Ted Lasso. Will be another awful mistake.

Sorry; didn’t mean to post your bit, just the odds.

Poch! Hilarious. Better off just burning your money

No, not you Jesse

Almost as absurd as your judging veracity of everything by how many followers a person has. What’s the magic cut-off number, just so I know. Ps I know you think your use of emojis is the real zinger but 🤪

on the ‘internet’ just now. Made me laugh. ps Think it’s a mock up, just for Farehamportsmouthsaint

Quite specific that he is meeting Monday, no? Thanks for the advice about the nature of rumours though. Am now enlightened.

You always say it’s not true because blah blah blah and then it turns out to be true so not sure I’m going to listen to you if it’s all the same. This morning Jones was staying with us all season according to your latest disbelief of something on the internet.

What a joke we are

Ted Frigging Lasso in charge. Worst option again

Southampton have a meeting with ex-Leeds manager Jesse Marsch on Monday — an offer for the American to take over ‘is expected’ #saintsfc @ManagerTactical i fucking give up