Dman

I've aboslutely no idea if he has any interest in coaching, nor if he'll be any good, but I think someone bringing in Jose Fonte as either assistant or some form of coaching capacity would be a master stroke. Knows & loves the club, he is a winner who's played at the highest level, and probably the last genunine leader we had at the club.

I'm not aruging they are - clearly they aren't. The question is probably why are these people leaving..? But to say, to MLG's point, its better to have someone for a short period that everyone wants, is clearly nonsense.. as proven by the past 2 years.

I want saints to sign staff (and by staff we mean the man setting the strategy of the club), who stay in a job long enough to actually make a difference.

At the point where I don't really care. We'll probably narrowly win, which'll keep Still in a job and we'll plod along for another week.

This is the part I just don't get. We're so far detached from what Still said he was going to do. Has he second guessed himself? Is he struggling to adapt to be the 'big fish'? Either way, we look lost... Ironically, he'd probably be a half decent fit if we'd appointed him in the PL.

Exactly. Its easy to highlight 1 or 2 chances a game and assume a striker should score every single one of them (not even Haaland would do that), but that doesn't highlight the fact the 95% of those games has been completely insufferable to watch.

I genuinely find it incredible that we didn't push to get him back on loan. I could see him being a nice fit down the road at Bournemouth.

well done, in usual fashion you've completely missed the point 👍

Dyche is such a poor suggestion. Maybe he is the type of manager we need (I don't agree personally, I think we need to go back to that "red bull" high-press style), but regardless of that, there is absolutely no way Dyche would have taken us over last season and done any better than Juric or Still has. We simply do not have the squad for a manager such as Dyche, big sam etc.

I'm not sure that is true. As i understand it, Semmens was pushing hard to appoint Marsch and return to a famailr "red bull" style. However, we'd only give him 6 months, essentially because we knew semmens was off and Wilcox would want his own man in a completely different style (i.e possession based). I'm absoultey not willing to die on the hill that SR are perfect model owners. They've got a lot wrong, but they have been royally shafted by the DOF's they've appointed. The fact they've all gone on to top clubs would suggest that they've done something right - or Chelsea / United are incredibly stupid.. I guess both could be right.

yeah, because that has worked an absoulte treat for us since SR came in. Joe Sheilds - 5 months then he was off Jason Wilcox - 8 months then he was off Spors - 8 months, looks to be off. Completely unsustainable for the figure head of our club in a footballing respect to change as frequently as that. Its absolutely no wonder we're a complete basket case.

I honestly find this such an odd take. The window, for me, wasn't terrible at all - its an easy excuse to back a poor manager. Fellows and Azaz have hardly had a sniff in their actual position. Scienza looks brilliant. Jander looks more than capable. As do Jelert and Mads. Quarshie is young and raw, but everyone would have said THB, Edwards, Stephens Quarshie and Wood is more than capable. Downs was a risk has been poor, granted - but again, AA, Archer and Stewart have all been goal scorers at this level It was an oversight not to sign a GK.

Whilst they're similar in terms of playing out from the back, he's much more direct than Lego and has a track record of success to back him up. Personally, I think he's brilliant

Carrick is an interesting one. Experienced at this level and at one point, tip'd for jobs in the PL. On top of this, we'd have the players to suit his system I think. However, really tailed off at the end of his time at Boro (and look how they're doing now) and has been labled as having no plan B. A reactive rather than proactive manager. A steady head, but I'm not sure someone who'd blow us away. For me, I'd be looking at Carsely (if he wants it). Similar in respect of style to Martin, but much much better.

First 6 pointer of the season for me. Lose this then the double relegation is well on the cards. 0-0 or 1-1 because that's what we do against shit teams.

Not sure I understand what point this is trying to make. Rooney has managed 178 games and is absolutley honking. In his short managerial career, he (Rohl) transformed a club in what I would say was probably the hardest job in the country - if not world football at the time. Still may have managed more games, but he's (imo) not achieved anything close to what Rohl has.. One will go on to manage at the top level (be that here or germany), the other will go back to france.

I'll be honest, other than Scienza, I missed all of the so-called good stuff. I watched us struggle against Eastleigh pre-season, we looked disjointed with no real style of play. I can't say that I think we've improved on that performance.

Apart from the 3 teams that come down this season. Every season we stay down it gets harder. If we don't go up within the next 2 years, we become a Swansea / Stoke etc. We should be doing absolutely everything we can to get promotion this year.

The problem is, Bristol wont be anywhere near as bad as Swansea were.

When you actually reflect on those wins, its even worse. Scraped past wrexham and beat an incredibly poor (who everyone has been beating) Sheff Utd, which on another day could have easily been a draw - which you'd argue on balance would have been a fair result. I don't think it can be understated at how poor this season has been to date.

Of course they count, but lets be honest, they were created through the quality of Scienza - Not due to any real tactical set up or game plan. Essentially, it was a case of pass the ball to Scienza and hope for the best. The other 10 out there still looked as clueless as they did in every other game we've played this season.

Rohl back in the running for Rangers job after Muscat (and Gerrard) turned them down. If we let Rohl go into Rangers, when he was clearly our first choice and its clear that Still isn't cut out for it, then I have to question the sanity of this club.

Finn Azaz - 12 goals 11 assists last season Tom Fellows - 4 goals 14 assists last season Adam Armstrong - 21 goals 13 assists last time in the championship. You've got the players, its your system (or lack of) that is holding us back, Will.

Is that true, I'm not sure it is. First game he played was Espanyol pre-season and he came on, looked lively and scored a decent, well taken goal. Since then, all of our forwards have looked poor, alal be it Downs the worst of them. I personally think the issue is deep rooted with the system

Must be getting close to a must win for Still. Not convinced a draw will be acceptable at this stage. Fresh start after the internation break. Lets go 4231 and give it a right go on the front foot. McCarthy Jehert THB Wood Manning Jander Charles Fellows Azaz Scienza Armstrong