Miltonaggro

Back on the trolleys at Asda Pontypridd when Luton lose patience.

Exudes urbane charisma and strategic nous.

The perfect historiographic analogy for tonight’s feast of footie…

Supporting Southampton is like a surreal version of Trumpton!

This is right and in many ways frustrating at the time for supporters as Sturrock seemed to be holding his own in terms of results, certainly not our worst appointment but once the senior players had it in for him that was that. This is a worry when comparing Potter to Jones in the current situation as seem completely different characters (Swansea also a decent sized just relegated Premier League club when GP brought in). Potter thoughtful, calm and pensive, Jones animated, excitable and heart on the sleeve, the former mentality probably gets you more leeway in the Prem. Can't imagine setting fire to a ping-pong table will gain the respect of likes of Ward-Prowse and our Man City and Chelsea starlets. If he's appointed of course hope he tears it up, but at the moment cannot see the fit.

Duress - research purposes

Thanks CC, will be interesting viewing.

So would I, but in 2022 rather than 1976 he’d have been sacked two years previously.

Yep, completely different era and perception. Football half a century ago was much better for the blood pressure.

For the McMenemy analogy to work Saints would have to promote Selles rather than appoint Jones, allow him to relegate us to the Championship this year and give him four full seasons to get us back up.

Joking aside Nathan Jones is probably one of the few managers that could offer a new perspective to Suarez at 35. Never to old to learn...

Currently at Victoria station changing coaches on the National Express down from Luton. ETA for talks with Ankers 1700. Has packed two scotch eggs and a packet of elastoplast for energy and control.

Passion is one thing but sticking plasters on the fingers is a new one. Hearing this types of thing makes me wonder whether we might lose him at half time at some point, if he's offered a contract there should be a specific 'no shoelaces, scarves, or sharp objects' clause.

To be honest I would hope that Ankersen has asked permission to talk to the Donald about our vacancy, would be a massive upgrade on the provisional Nathan Fucking Jones and can organise an attack, bigly...

I have two words too…fuck off!

Probably has to have a wank at half time…

I think Dyche and many more experienced managers would bite our hand off John, if we got anywhere near what we were paying Ralph. My impression in the last 18 hours is that we are now going bargain basement.

My view of Ralph right from the start was that he is a good man, a thinker, he clearly cared and wanted to be successful at Saints. It’s these attributes that led to him being given leeway by the fan base when the wheels came off, more so than any other manager since McMenemy perhaps, but on balance he deserved it. Polarising results, ups and downs, baffling team selections / tactics but on occasions some great spells for this incarnation of SFC. Modern football is a fucking horrible place to be honest, and I hope Ralph gets his contract paid up in full and finds a less onerous post, a side based in the Alps perhaps.

The way it’s developing a name change to ‘Banana Republic’ may be on the cards for the sake of corporate transparency.

To be honest I’d take Dyche all day long over Jones, as a tactician, man manager and what he could eek out of this side for the next six months. That’s the reality check of the last 18 hours. It may be that this is all a clever ruse by Ankersen, but more likely we have given him too much credit as what passes for the SFC brains trust.

I made the mistake of watching a few post match interviews last night. Fuck me, it was like Trainspotting set in Rhyl. You remember how Claude Puel’s laid back Gallic drawl split the fan base, turn that on its head, turn up to 75rpm and you’ve got our Nathan.

Reflecting over the evening cocoa and if they go ahead with Jones it does seem a very odd appointment - not sure whether naive or reckless. If this is the Ankersen choice you could understand it at Brentford when they were knocking around the lower reaches of the championship but to gamble premier league status like this would be bizarre. To me it really does feel like the Sturrock appointment, penny pinching and trying to be too clever, followed by a terminal blow up. Ultimately sturrock led to us panic in trying Wigley then throw the dice on Saggy in a desparate attempt to stay up. Different timescales here but if Jones doesn’t gel very quickly and have the support of senior players he will be toast, as will SFC. Never easy with Saints is it!

Jack Hargreaves? Good local knowledge.

But he’ll have to use the same laptop due to budgetary constraints.

He’s got his heating bill.