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Good to hear he's showing strong leadership, that's exactly what this club needs. SFC has been mismanaged for too long, last season we were effectively not managed at all. We need people who know football and know this League, making the footballing descisions. AP's the boss and everyone at t the club needs to know it.

The man who gave us this... http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2009/jul/17/joy-of-six-great-team-goals?commentpage=2 ...has every right to voice his opinion.

In the Premier League Lowe gave us Steve Wigley. In the Championship it was Jan Poortvleit. Now we are -10 points adrift at the bottom of League 1 and you are not happy with Alan Pardew?!?

Those stats just show how irrelevant win ratio is.

I disagree, win ratio is way too crude - doesn't take into account resources, opposition, circumstances, timescales etc. Burley probably has one of the best win ratios of our recent managers, yet he squandered millions and left the club in a mess.

I feel sorry for Linvoy Primus and Hermann Hreidarsson, they've just extended their contracts but wont get near the first team once the galaticos arrive.

That's rubbish, there are plenty of countrys who could do alot more: United States - 26,215 United Kingdom - 8,300 Germany - 3,465 France - 3,200 Italy - 2,850 Canada - 2,830 Poland - 1,990 Netherlands - 1,770 Australia - 1,490 Romania - 860 Bulgaria - 820 Spain - 780 Denmark - 700 Turkey - 660 Belgium - 650 Norway - 588 Czech Republic - 580 Are you seriously trying to say that the Czech repulic only has the logistics to move 580 troops to Afganistan?

Well for starters it would help if all the current countries that were in there put in the same amount of troops as us. And I couldn't give a toss if Switzerland or whoever were traditionally neutral, I expect some Swiss died in 9/11 just like some Brits did, it's their problem as much as ours. It's admirable that the British feel it is their need to sort out crap like this but enough is enough, just get the hell out and let someone else clear up the mess.

France was just one example, there are hundreds of other countries not putting in anywhere near the troops we are. What about Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Sweden etc etc..... Having a larger amount of troops shooting Muslims just makes us much more of a target, the 7th July bombers all came from the UK, and were probably motivated by watching pictures of British troops gunning down people they identify with.

The Taliban obviously need to be dealt with but why the hell should it be our problem? The terror threat is world-wide yet the British and the Americans are the mugs who shoulder most of the effort. We should withdraw all our forces now and let some crap-hole like France send a decent amount of troops - we have done more than our share as usual. We are just a small island on a big planet, we're not a colonial power anymore. The more we stick our noses into other people crap the more of a target we become.

They should be in a rush IMO, every day without a manager harms our chances next season.

I don't think here is any real chance of Adams being Saints manager, it's more likley his name was fed to the media by the club to lower expectations - with all the talk of Strachan, Coppell etc. By threatening us with donkey Adams they know we will be over the moon when Cotterill is wheeled out.

What exactly did Woodward do whilst he was at Saints that improved the team? What exactly did he do that proves that a good rugby coach can easily be turned into a good football coach?

Apart from being ******, that's irrelivant as it's in a completely different sport.

I couldn't give a rats arse if he managed pompey or not, he's just a really really bad football manager. You just have to see his interviews to know he doesn't know what the hell he is doing, he talks complete nonsense.

I saw no evidence that Woodward could contribute anything at all, he was a complete and spectacular failure. "Later that summer, Sir Clive entered the world of football, joining Southampton FC as Technical Director. Less than six months into his new role, he was promoted to the position of Director of football, a position he held until September 2006, when he accepted the newly created and tremendously exciting full time position with the British Olympic Association." The above illustrates perfectly the Woodward brand of bull****, which many, unfortunately lap up.

I don't think it's a case of top players don't usually make good managers, more a case of it not mattering if you were a great player or not. There is naturally going to be more average players in management simply because there are more average players around. Experience is obviously important, it makes sense that players who have been journeymen and played in different leagues have a more rounded experience. There is no set formular, personality and understanding of the game is very important though IMO.

Take 10 points of Leicester last year and they still would have finished comfortably in the playoffs. So according to some on here we can hire any monkey and the playoffs will be a certainty. Or maybe Pearson is actually a good manager?

I would say we definitely need: A first choice left back, leaving Mills as cover. Cover for James at Right Back. A replacement for Saeijs, along with Perry, Thomas and Lancashire that should see us OK for CBs. A left sided midfielder - Holmes is perma-injured. At least 1 striker with pace - depending on who we keep out of BWP, Rasiak, John ect.

According to the people who slated Pearson, anyone can get a team with money promoted from League 1. So surely it doesn't matter who we appoint as manager, we will get into the play-offs regardless.

The Premiership is dull beyond belief, it's only a matter of time before people stop bothering to buy Sky, especially with the recession taking effect. We already know that the top 4 will be Man U, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal in some order - who gives a ****. Following them will be the bunch of perpetual loser top 4 wannabies - Spurs, Villa, City and Everton. The rest of the league is complete shat, crappy little clubs like Wigan, Blackburn, Hull and portsmouth desperately trying to keep hold of their share of cash. People will start turning off soon, take Sky's money away and the whole tower of cards will come down.

Due Diligence shouldn't take 6 weeks, something fishy must be going on.

The thread title is "What was Cortese's motivation.." Saints are obviously a potentially good investment, it's not exactly been a secret that we were up for sale.

You have to say that Strachan is the perfect choice. Not just because he's a hero round here already but because of what he will bring to the team. Strach would install fitness, motivation and organisation. His sides play at a high tempo with a strong work ethic, combine that with strong financial backing from ML then getting out of League 1 in 1 or 2 years shouldn't be a problem.

on loan?...