Nolan

Nope, thought nothing of it at the time. But connecting it with Dutch tweets last night (that say Southampton putting Koemans off, at places that aren't Google Translate) it does seem to fit. Not claiming to be in the know. Just posting rumours and speculation after watching too much CSI

i was randomly told this time last week that people had been spoken to but we were waiting until mid this week, because a big name might be coming available. It could've been completely coincidence that Mancini come out and said he was happy at galatasaray and then resigned two days later, but the timings right for me.

Les reed knew who the manager was when he did that you tube interview. You could see it in his smirks. Sent from my LG-D802 using Tapatalk

Is that a suggestion that the appointment is A N Other? Sent from my LG-D802 using Tapatalk

Translated at babylon it comes out as "Ronald Koeman is just put off by Southampton" Sent from my LG-D802 using Tapatalk

http://m.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/southampton/next-permanent-manager Currently 9/2 Sent from my LG-D802 using Tapatalk

Unfairly twisting his words there. "top 8 premier league, that's almost top 20 in the world" Sent from my LG-D802 using Tapatalk

I presume he ignored the 5, 19 year olds who were in the Galatasaray squad for the second half of last season.... I bet he didn't even speak to 19 year Bruno, who got 3 assists from the right wing last season... Poor Bruno

I fully expect him to be dropped from the Croatian team to face Brazil in 24 hours if he really has taken time out of his world cup camp to write a transfer request.

he doesn't? He played an offensive 4-3-3 at the end of the season. after playing a 4-3-1-2 and 4-2-3-1 too. he's only 49 and i'm sure he'll really like to prove a point to Man City...

You don't think its more than a coincidence that hours after Reed said paperwork was nearly complete, and 2 days after Mancini comiited his future to Galatasaray, and a whole month after the Turkish season finished, he resigns?

Bet 365 have been at odds with other betting shops. Tuchel was 12/1 at skybet at midnight this morning.

I stand corrected... That'll teach me not to read an article too quickly http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11903/9320545/bundesliga-mainz-agree-settlement-with-former-boss-thomas-tuchel

Tuchel is a free agent. Sky Sports reported he reached a settlement on the 21st may after having resigned from Mainz previously.

Got a feeling that Les set out his stall yesterday to pre empt an unexpected appointment today. Les seemed quite a lot more hesitant when it came to his preamble about friendlies, as soon as the topic went on to managers the assuredness bolstered massively. Not to mention the timing of release mid evening was more than a bit curious.

If Shaw is Given £160,000 and Rooney is on £300,000 I'd expect a lot of hissy fits from a lot of other Man U players wanting the same... it'll be like watching the football club version of internal combustion.

It has been a while since Men Behaving Badly... Sent from my LG-D802 using Tapatalk

I hope Saints have told Shaw and Lallana to have the stones' "you can't always get what you want" on their playlists this summer. Sent from my LG-D802 using Tapatalk

http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/2088539-scouting-report-will-emmanuel-mayuka-be-southamptons-most-improved-player Bleachers report on Mayuka is more impressive than his last season stats suggest.

Personally I thought Sherwoods verbal aggressions against his players were counter productive last season. I can only envision it effecting a smaller squad more.

Why have Steve Bruce's Odds massively shortened to 20/1 ?

They'll probably update just after 9. Sent from my LG-D802 using Tapatalk

http://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/southampton/next-permanent-manager Koemans has shortened in the majority of outlets overnight

it is Rubbish the last thing about Lovren on HRT (Croatian State Media) was that he was contracted to Saints for 3 more years and that his future was down to the club, not him. http://sport.hrt.hr/klub-ce-odluciti-o-mojem-eventualnom-transferu

He's also the reporter who wrote this article on Saints in December http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/25420261 I wonder if that was around the time that Cortese was being challenged by Miss Liebherr? Sent from my LG-D802 using Tapatalk