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Watched him in the warm ups at Selhurst today. Was swinging at the ball in the shooting drill like he had a pirate's peg leg, and then after he eventually converted one - to ironic cheering and celebrations from the crowd - he was cracking up laughing about it. Fernandes was shaking his head and laughing to himself too Knew what sort of performance we were in for today after that

'I had contact two years ago, which was the first time I started thinking about Southampton, but I was the coach of Torino and I stayed there. But I've been watching a lot since then. It was my wish to come here.'

Work permit approved and received. Means he can do the press conference this afternoon

I think he was coaching Torino at the time and they were in the top half of Serie A, so taking over that Saints team was presumably not tempting enough. Could've saved us all from the Mad Nate experience

Had me worried when I saw the title. We've only got five!

Will be interesting to see what we do with the loan slots now Jurić is in. As I understand it, Cornet already has a move set in Jan

There's a thread knocking around on X of a random Turkish fan who was sat next to Ankersen on a plane in 2022 when he was texting Juric saying he wanted to meet with him in person to pitch the job to him, so clearly he is someone they've been interested in for a while. Admittedly, like yourself I know very little of him

"I'm very pleased. I think this is a really big challenge but I'm very optimistic because I saw a team that I believe can do better. "It's important to immediately be connected with the fans. I want an aggressive team and I think that fans of Southampton will like that. "I want us to be more aggressive, to do much more pressing and we have to be quick to change mentality because this is my idea of football."

Official - Ivan Jurić appointed as Saints boss: https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/saints-appoint-ivan-juric-as-mens-first-team-manager

Danny Rohl's just done a press conf for the first time since all the rumours surfaced... "I think the most important key point is that I’m here, that I’l take the game tomorrow," Röhl told the media. "It’s always an honour when you’re linked with Premier league clubs, and people know my history (at Southampton), it was a part of my life. But the most important key point is the game tomorrow. "My decision is clear, I will stay here at Sheffield Wednesday. "The club knows my ambitions, I think we have agreed that we want to improve and attack higher positions in the table and we know what that means in January… "I’m here, I love this club, I love the supporters and I love my team. We’ve achieved a lot, but our journey is not over. We’ll try to keep improving as a team."

And of course they started doing great as soon as they were cut loose of Juric - ah wait, no, they're bottom half still...

To be fair, I didn't actually think you were crazy until I got to this bit

Because if you want Corberan/Rohl in the event of relegation to the Championship, you don't want them to have lost 15/16 of 20 PL games beforehand, presumably. Juric has top level experience and will give it a crack, if not we will go down, sell some players for big £ and have the compo to buy out Rohl/Corberan if we so wish

Sounds like it's a bit of a fiddly contract. Could conceivably be structued as: - 18 month contract as basic - 6 months in, if we're a Championship club there's a get-out clause for one/both parties - 6 months in, if we're a Premier League club we utilise the two-year extension and he's a PL manager on a 4yr deal

Pretty standard, I imagine. He will want a pay off if he has to take the hit of having the relegation on his CV

From David Ornstein, The Athletic: Juric has agreed a deal until the summer of 2026 with the a two-year option to extend. The contracts are being drafted and Juric is expected to arrive in the UK today (Friday). The Croatian will have a visa appointment and, if all goes to plan, he will be in place for Southampton’s trip to Fulham on Sunday. Juric is viewed by Southampton as a strong character who is good at making teams hard to beat through physical intensity and a solid defensive structure, though does have good ideas in possession too. After winning only once in their opening 16 league games, the club felt the main job now is for the team to be more intense and solid at the back.

You will be shocked to learn that Gabby Agbonlahor didn't really add much when talkSPORT discussed this

It is amusing seeing people talk Juric down by saying he didn't last in his one big job (Roma) but also suggest/be excited for the idea of Graham Potter

He kind of has signed an 18 month contract. It's 6 months with a further 12 optional on survival. So a get-out clause for both parties upon relegation. SR have made a lot of braindead decisions on the football front but I really don't believe this is one. This is sensible