Holmes_and_Watson

This is true. I have a new benchmark for "terrible", from the last 3 months, and it wasn't that bad. 🙂

Yeah, I could have actually added my point there. 🙂 I was going to say that Gerard worked best while with Beale, and the pair did fine at Rangers. Without Beale, while I'm sure he has strengths, Gerrard doesn't seem nearly as capable.

Rangers dipped because Gerrard's replacement didn't work out. A distant second in a 2 horse race, Bronckhorst was a long time departing. Rangers have picked up under Gerrard's right hand man, Beale. I'd go with Beale before I looked at Gerrard. All Rangers managers also have the obstacle that is Ross Wilson involved in transfers.

From what I hear, it varies depending on the contract. Some managers have clauses, that will allow clubs break points. Such as propping up the table, or failure to hit certain milestones. These would reduce the payout, or remove parts of it entirely. Others have provisions in place that pay an agreed contracted sum should the manager join another club when within his contract period.

There's nearly always legs in a Marsch. 🙂 In passing, I was reading that his tactics might have been found out a bit at a previous club. I'd like to think we're not bringing in Ralph 2.0. Has a number of the things we'd look for.

Toffee

Only because everyone knows Tuchel's dream job is with us. 🙂

Marsch has come in, kept us up and moved on to Potterless Chelsea. Keep up! 🙂

Mousse

4222 that gets found out, with no plan B? Has a recent sacking on his CV? Some cosy reminders of our recent past and decision making. If his front footedness and aggression stats are good,he's in! 🙂

Well, there goes my next 100 posts. Thanks a bunch. 🙂

I don't think Jones rated Perraud or his "outcomes."With KWP happy enough on the left, and Jones desperate to instill his style, Bree offered a known quantity on the right. I can see his thinking, although I don't agree with it.

It could take some time to get him in. Beware the Ides of Marsch!

He'll be taking full responsibility, and then throw everyone else into traffic, matching his press conferences here. I understand why he wanted the job, and why he felt that the time was then right for it, having not felt ready first time. He's been very well compensated for not being ready for it the second time either. He can dust himself down for the next chance, somewhere between us and Havant. I'm sure one of the statistically best managers, capable of the best on a shoestring, will have no trouble. He may we'll be able to build up another side, given enough time. And if the players there have respect for him, after this shambles. In the meantime, he has no shortage of lessons to learn on tactics, squad management, man management and communication skills to keep him ticking over. Then he do that looking into the mirror thing he was wittering about, to see if the best version of himself stares back. He'll have learned lots of lessons about this level, and on being brought into a club in certain situations, rather than building one over time. On the OP, no sensible person wanted him to fail, regardless of varying reservations. It's not sympathy for him as much as for the whole self inflicted shambles.

Well done! Forgot the early kick off too. But have it on in the background, even knowing the score. A Southampton side that can win... wow... 🙂

He's got a contract, a wage increase and can say he's played in the Premier League. One look at the form table would have told him the likely outcome of this. Also, having worked with Jones previously would have given hints on how that approach would work. As long as he's not alienated the others by being a teacher's pet, and no suggestion he has, then he can fight for his place. He find, if we go down, and sell others, he gets game time with us in the Championship. There are still plenty of possible positive outcomes for him at the club, even as a squad player.

Finally. SR must have realised that not even training ground activities, and supposed player buy in (despite the fights, arguments and dropping players) was enough. Like Ralph, they could have pulled the plug on this at any point. Their reliance on datasets, as a way of accepting risk, despite the evidence and common sense is baffling. Their decision making has probably cost us our position in this league. Despite all the investment. It didn't take much for the fans of NJ's previous clubs to all point out the same traits. That the interviews showed the same things. That situations repeated themselves. The feedback from theose clubs was the same. When it was falling apart, we'd get similar responses. All available, yet never part of our recruitment process. A massive gap. Top marks for saying aggressive and front footed. Top marks for introspection. A few off for having little grasp of how to run a club above a certain level. If Rasmus was really chasing NJ for such a long time, he should not be allowed to make the next decision based on the same, clearly flawed, process. He'll have run it during the week. "Wow, we have the fittest, bestest manager statistically in Europe here. One who has learned from not one, but two, disastrous spells. Let's...oh, I should have deleted NJ before I pressed the start button."

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Wows! Never underestimate how much a Southampton side can chuck in the towel. Jones just seen a chance to stay and push on, end in disaster, and presumably dismissal.

The Nathan Jones revolution starts here (possibly with Bananarama)!

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