stfrancisofbenali

A young Tony Kroos. A very classy player.

Saints players were coming off saying we love this manager and want to play for him. He’s certainly made an impact!

I think SR were about to appoint GON and then realised they couldn't after the Sheff Weds game. So, we are left with Tonda as no-one else available, affordable or appropriate. Fanbase can't shout no to GON and then complain bitterly about the alternative as well.

But Carillo was £18M and allowed to be signed by a manager who was about to get sacked. Total incompetence from everyone concerned.

Imants Bleidilis played three time in three years at around £220,000 a pop. We’ve been wasting money on dross for years.

Arne Slot?

Can’t be O’Neil after today. Carrick far too nice and mild-mannered. No one perfect but Corberan best ‘available’.

Of course there are other realistic options out there (although not sure Vieira is actually realistic!) and no-one knows if they will be better than O'Neil. My original point (perhaps worded clumsily) was that a lot of the names being suggested by the fanbase (Lampard, Rodgers etc) aren't realistic and that dismissing O'Neil out of hand because of his Pompey links when he might well be the best man for job at the moment is idiotic. I think there is a big risk in appointing him but if he steadies the ship and gets us climbing the table, the Pompey links will be forgotten quickly.

I'd strongly go for Vieira if there is even the slightest chance of tempting him.

I note that you're still avoiding naming anyone which rather proves the point that this isn't an exact science and is fraught with indecision because no candidate is perfect at our level.

Who? I guarantee they will all be a gamble. I'm not saying O'Neil is The Messiah but neither are any of the names that have been linked because we're not in a position to attract top, experienced managers.

Who do you expect, Zinedine Zidane? Our fanbase seem to have a completely unrealistic view of the position we are in and who we can attract. If O'Neil gets the job, we to need grow up and remember he played for nine clubs in his career and only one of the them was Pompey.

Gary O'Neil was interviewed yesterday and he thought his presentation 'went very well.'

When you're at such a low ebb, you need little staging posts to turn things around and last night is a very small step forwards. It's not going to happen instantaneously so a scrappy away win with two good goals and a backs against the wall attitude is a move in the right direction.

Unless that player is D Downs.