JustinR

That loophole has been closed now. The two leagues have a reciprocal arrangement- points deductions from one carry over to the next

Social media experts (lol) have deduced from lip reading that he said "sp-sp-sp, spit it out mate". If the FA find cleaner evidence of that, Sky player cams etc, then that's discriminatory language and the starting point is a 6 match ban. But he'll have weeks to respond so likely applied next season. Players often instinctively cover their mouths when talking on the pitch these days, but not sure he did that

Oddschecker have us as second favourites to finish top 2- behind Ipswich still. Millwall behind us then boro

You forgot the OOOOOH 😉

Strikers watch the ball not the goal. Google it

He was looking at the goal rather than the ball when he struck it

Agree with that. Stewart played a part in each goal I think. He pulled defenders away from Manning, so he had an easy finish. When Arma wasn't scoring he offered little

fellows fit !! Thank f

Booked. Whoop

All the other sky games are fine except ours

Me too

Just appeared. Sky Sports +

was just wondering the same. Can't see it on sky sports website

Not sure it's being fickle. I think the evidence has changed. Before, it was a manager with zero experience- i.e. a huge gamble when all the others haven't paid off. Now, the risks feel much lower. It wasn't unreasonable for us to say he was the wrong man at the wrong time before. Now looks like he very much is the right man.

Right place, right time springs to mind. As Brentford have shown, promoting from within is the right call when the model is established. You don't want an outsider to come in and upset the model/ culture that is working so well. That is absolutely not where Saints are right now. As the debacle with Still showed, you need a big personality, gravitas and credibilty to make big changes. Or the players will simply ignore you- as we now hear happened with Still. This feels very similar to what we needed when Koeman came in. Les Reed (for all his faults) said that they decided they needed a big name first and foremost and then used the data to pick the best manager available. There were other, more successful (in terms of data) managers available but he was what we needed AT THAT POINT. So the black box identified who was best within the parameters set. Not just.. whos won the most games/ got the best xG in Europe. Now is the time for the same approach IMO. We have the resources and talent. We don't need a high risk choice to get some marginal extra gains. Basic competance with instant respect right now is the way to go. Viera or Rogers are the only ones in that category.