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Out of all of SR’s appointments, this one has the most logic to it given the situation. We weren’t going to get a PL survival specialist, Martin needed to be given his P45 after the Bournemouth game to be feasible at all. Juric has some positive top leagues experience, Roma is a political basket-case so I wouldn’t judge on that. Plays more our sort of quicker/counter attacking Saints historically play and are more effective at. If he makes little impact, he moves on in the summer and nothing lost. If he does well, and we go down still, he could get a top 10 PL job. Or he might be OK, work well with the club/owners and decide to try to win the second tier next year.

In effect he is - Kraft’s interview a few weeks ago let that particular kitty cat out of the bag. Bitcon is barely an organ-grinder let’s be frank, a fig leaf DoF whatever his title actually is.

He’s certainly not the ‘grateful for the job Rasmus’ candidates that Jones and Russell were from the sounds of it.

Having just seen the news where I’m at, had heard of him but not that familiar with his style. Will welcome the departure from ponderous error-strewn Martin/Pep on a shoestring, sounds like he plays more like the club does from what people are posting. Does have major leagues experience. With the situation it was never going to be an experienced PL manager - Moyes would have only considered Rasmus’s job I suspect rather than a head coach at his career stage and the situation doesn’t suit what Potter wants - so a try it and see doesn’t feel the worst option for both parties. Juric could do well and get another PL job in the summer but he could also think he might like to win a second level title and have a bit of a stay at SFC. Or it doesn’t work out and nothing lost.

Yes, that’s correct, that’s what I was saying.

Using Rasmus logic, if it isn’t blown up already, then blow it up.

Yes, I’m sure one of them will remind us of Mr Cryptocurrency’s role (just in case MLG reads this, it’s a deliberate play on Bitcon).

Bet Rasmus was looking into a full length mirror when he had it as well with an Issac Hayes track playing.

He’s what I’d describe as serious, very detail focused, which was totally lacking with Boris and Truss. Sunak was more detail focused but they’d shot their bolt by then. Which is fine for a PM but Rayner hasn’t provided the lighter side that might have offset some of that seriousness. Someone like Wes Streeting has that aspect of humour which he seems to land well. Gordon Brown’s seriousness and that of George Osborne wasn’t such a problem as Blair and Cameron were more natural public performers.

Possible, we have been linked earlier in the season. In fact, if the club are speaking to at least three options as per House’s tweet it’s quite likely Eustace is one of them. Would mean paying compo to Blackburn though and he’s got a lot of his contract left to go. Unless it’s a fixed release then it would be potentially as costly as Rohl or Corberan.

I would say a big risk rather than own goal. Minimal big leagues experience and what he did have Mainz was almost as bad as what Jones and Martin gave in the PL. Won the Danish league at a small club so that was more impressive, the Danish national team is what he’s best known for. Apparently likes possession-dominant football which is more of a risk again. He’d be better starting off in the Champ now and if he makes a good start he could be in the PL with someone else next season. Saints need top leagues experience - with a proper DoF in place, the set up severely lacks major football experience at either the club or within SR. The last two appointments have gone wrong because of this.

I did think that, last time they were in power SM was nowhere near the force it is now. Plus some of the tabloids - I include the DT in that category these days sadly - are solely propaganda tools. They’ve always been right-leaning but in a way it backfires because most people who aren’t politically partisan assume they are just banging on at the behest of the CCO and their non-dom, tax dodging owners.

Not everyone’s cup of tea in here but I think they need an Alastair Campbell type figure, or Bernard Ingham the other way, so they get the communication of policies landing better. They’ve got plenty of technocrats but lacking in people who can understand optics in presentation.

If it’s not him that probably rules Corberan out for the same reasons unless his contract is a lot shorter than Rohl’s.

And still committed two absolute howlers trying to play out from the back in the way Russell loves costing us three points.

Some of Labour’s own communication isn’t very good either and in opposition they complained about the unfairness as the Tories did yesterday whilst admitting they couldn’t have afforded it too (which is a lesson for all opposition parties, Lib Dem’s and tuition fees as well for balance as I vote for them). It wasn’t in their manifesto to tackle it and given the state of the country’s finances there are groups like the PO and blood scandal that I’d rather were prioritised.

Quite. Labour has been indifferent so far but compare that to 2016-24 with the legacy left behind and it’s hard to see how it could have too much better. Tories admit they couldn’t have afforded the £10.5bn compensation either and it was their poor communication in the first place. Much rather the infected blood and post office scandal affected groups and individuals are made a priority for compensating - but of course they don’t have a large female boomer generation campaigning voice behind them in the same way through the tabloids. Alan Bates is popular but not got the columnists going into bat for the PO affected in the same way.

Good, pity that didn’t start with the Forest home game. I’m not saying Rusk is the long-term solution but he could read the situation of the match and adapt. That’s one up on anything Martin did this season.

The game is much quicker in the PL I observed as a difference between Champ football last season and this where dwelling or bad positioning often costs a goal, let alone the unforced errors using the ball in high risk/low reward areas. Last year we got a lot of late goals, especially Fraser coming on, but this year we are far more likely to concede them.

That explains the flight to Toon then.

I thought he did a Farley good job (gets coat…)

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Heading for Palace

I’ve got a book about that 1978 case to read over Xmas.

Sounds like a sweet, cheap Portuguese 🍷