Ken Tone

which just goes to show that guardian readers don't vote?!

I see the Guardian says that McLaren is not under consideration, at the end of the article about Pochettino wanting AL at Tottenham (no CL - no chance) http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/27/mauricio-pochettino-new-tottenham-manager

Not sure quite what point you're making. That table would imply what we all know. Spurs area bigger club than Saints ,but not all that much bigger, and not a top 4, champions league club. They'll make the Europa league (that MP said was a of no interest) in some seasons and not in others.

I'd have been happy with Laudrup till I read the stuff about his departure from Swansea. McLaren would suit me, but perversely if he did come to us, I'd be worried about his willingness to leave Derby so soon. What price loyalty then?

He is a promising young manager to be fair, and he might well turn out to be a good PL manager, but he supposedly turned us down a couple of years ago, and then went to Burnley where he wasn't very happy, so returned to Bournemouth, so why would he come here now?

I am amazed at the mass hysteria on here about Yakin. He may well be a good manager, and if he is appointed I won't complain ,but really, what are you all basing this enthusiasm on? He has done well so far in a very short managerial career in Switzerland ...... ....that's Switzerland for goodness sake. Is their league even up to Scottish standards?.... and yes his team once beat Chelsea. I'd be happy enough with any of the *big* foreign names mentioned , but to be honest I'd really prefer a British manager ....someone who shares our cultural standards, or at least understands them. To read people on here slagging off the likes of McLaren, who was once rated as the best young manager in England, or Moyes ... once considered good enough to become Man united's manager ... beggars belief. No one is completely flawless, or let's face it, they wouldn't be available for us.

looks pretty good *recent* record to me http://www.transfermarkt.com/ronald-koeman/profil/trainer/439

55% win ratio even including a poor run with Valencia, and doing pretty well with Feyenord in his last job this season. Sounds ok to me, and he is the sort of name that players would respect.

Interesting the odds for Koeman. He was supposedly interested in the Swansea job, and surely Saints is a better one. Yet he has some big clubs on his cv.

Do talk sense, we'll have got compensation, and therefore in effect been paid to accept his resignation

Wouldn't give a damn about Pochettino going if we kept AL, and most of the rest of the team. The king is dead (allegedly). Long live the king!

Just goes to show that we know **** all, and so do the media know **** all.

Maybe if fewer people bought the red tops and more bought the old broadsheets,the quality of what people read would improve?..or to put it another way, you get what you pay for in papers lie the Mirror, ie crap.

​ "20-05-2014, 02:36 PM #496 Cestrian Saint Registered User As I said last week, he's going to Chelski." Got a good source have you?

It does seem pretty improbable yes. Look at the lengths Levy and Hoddle went to to cover up their having talks when he did his Judas act.

Are you absolutely certain?

http://newsthump.com/blog/ An interesting view of UKIP!

In the penalty area?

Renewed on the second day we could, but it is getting so bloody expensive that we did hesitate. I have to say that if AL goes, we will at first regret renewing, but I suspect that after c40years of regular football watching, we will soon get hooked again. Hope we don't sign too many jobbing mercenaries though if we have to replace several players. It's easier to really support players you've seen develop from youngsters.

It's not long since Adam Blackmore said he'd heard we'd rejected a £15 million bid for Lovren from Liverpool. (Though to be fair he also said he had no proof) i do not see there is any chance whatsoever of us selling him for £8million

After your invented quote on the Cortese interview thread, no one will ever take any of your posts seriously again.

pity the the author thinks the Liebherrs are Italian. Rather undermines the credibility of a positive story.

James Wilson as a make-weight in Shaw to Man U deal. let's unsettle some other club's promising youngsters.

Maybe he's waiting to see if Arsenal win the cup before he decides?

There's quite a difference between 'resigned' and 're-signed' !