Miltonaggro

Agree with that Badger. Both super footballers but just past their best, similar in many ways. I remember McMenemy at the time saying having CG at the club injured through most of his contract was 'like having a fabulous diamond locked in a safe to which you've lost the combination!' - we had to put up with just a few flashes of brilliance.

August 1981 Dave Armstrong for £680,000. What a record signing that was, brilliant on the ball and something like forty league goals from midfield in his first three seasons. Should have got more than his three England caps.

Very, very good shout, and a Biesla disciple like Pochettino. Here's hoping...

Good grief! I'm actually saying blaming 'idiotic' fans for wanting to 'aim higher' however misplaced, is not solely the premise of idiotic fans - some of whom aren't middle aged men from Soton grafted to an Internet message board but part of the 'developing market' Krueger has been trying to break into. I don't believe in the Easter bunny, but quite keen on eugenics...

It's not just the fans 'expectations' thought is it LD, its the declared expectations of the club. If our aspiration is now survival and cup runs then fair enough (it has been for most of our history), but perhaps there should be a statement to that effect, or perhaps a video. There are so many public examples for our idiotic support to gauge expectation over the past few years, here are just two of the gems: Leslie Reed BBC interview April 2015: "We'd like to think we have the structure to reach the Champions League in the next five years…But it's important to be established as a top-six club over that period...we are confident over the course of the coming years we will play in Europe and we are confident we are right to have an aspiration to play in the Champions League." And Ralph Krueger around the same time to the Echo: “What the fans of Southampton need to know is that, as popular as the big clubs are, there’s an anti movement out there in the world looking for freshness and newness, and in certain areas of the United States there’s people that think we’re a bigger club than Man United.” Bullsh*t two years ago, bullsh*t now, but it's coming from the two most senior people in the club after the owner, the voices of SFC. The club can't turn the clock back to 1973 and wait patiently for relative success amid a few ups and downs, it has to protect itself in the marketplace like any other multi-million pound company. I personally thought Puel was an odd fit to deliver 'the Southampton way' on appointment and having seen him in action (so to speak) it's clear that there is a groundswell inside and outside SMS that feels the same. He's a dead man walking and no amount of loyalty, or fan fluffing on behalf of Reed and Krueger, is likely to save his neck.

Would certainly be a rather sad end to an era, but money talks I suppose...

Maybe Reed's next masterstroke is to sack Puel and install Black as caretaker manager - think about that for a moment...

I agree with a lot of what you say and feel that he's past it but the barrowboy ego is not made for resignation, and I can't see jellyfish Krueger sacking him.

It would have been jumping before he arrived due to the pubic lice and fleas, mind you don't catch something nasty.

Three losses two draws, 43 points and 14th.

Great acheivement when you think where we were a few seasons ago, Puel right up there with Dave Jones for me...

Failing that he'd certainly be an enthusiastic upgrade for Sammy Saint!

Fifteen years on the proud legacy at Monaco continues ;-)

He's certainly had plenty to do!

Silva, Adkins, Krankie - in that order!

Absolutely, if we want to be a global brand we need to be universally hated, sort it out Gao!

Nor should we in that sense, would be crazy to retain him on that money, watch him disappear now.

Don't they employ grandstand snipers at Notts County? They could have shot all of the inbred apes and argued reasonable force.

We will go from 'everyone's favourite second team' to Triad FC, virtually overnight.

The Chairman he would install would make Cortese look like a Care Bear. I'd give it less than a fortnight before Ralph was found in the bogs at Limewood with a satsuma in his mouth, and Les lost control of his BMW whilst driving over the Itchen Bridge at 3am p*ssed. Bring it on!

Excellent, the Chinese David Sullivan...

Portsmouth - Gary Glitter, Do you wanna be in my gang?!

The highlight of his Saints career was the shiner he gave Rupert - passion along with reactive tactical awareness...

A poor man's Hassan Kachloul thus far ;-)

Selling him was the right thing to do, not replacing him adequately was the wrong thing to do, and Reed deserves to take the flack for that in the post mortem regardless of his excuses.