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I really enjoyed that.

Lawrie McMenemy was assistant manager before getting the top job. He did OK.

I'm intrigued by the idea that the board sacked Still because of fan pressure and because the fans had turned against SR. I'm fairly confident that they sacked him based on results and, quite probably, feedback from players. Yes, there was some chanting from the Northam end during Still's final game. But I doubt if this was the deciding factor. After all, these fans spend quite a lot of time chanting about Pompey and, now, Nathan Jones. The idea that SR are holding off on a new manager announcement because they fear a fan backlash is also doubtful. I'm sure that they'd rather take the fans with them but they will announce when they have made a final decision, regardless of fan chants. They are either giving Eckert a long trial period or they have not yet identified (or persuaded) another candidate.

I grew up in SE London (used to go to watch Charlton rather than Milwall). I only went to the old Den once. It was in 1977 on the day the National Front and Martin Webster tried to march through Lewisham. I was on the counter demonstration which successfully stopped them doing so. After the demo, we thought we'd go and watch some football and went to the Den taking our trade union banner with us. God knows what we were thinking, I don't think we unfurled it but we may have done. But the other supporters on the terraces just treated us with indifference, which was a fortunate surprise. Anyway, I'm hoping Saints can keep up their winning form.

When the last couple of subs were waiting to come on, my friend said "Is that Cameron Archer?" And we both realised that we'd completely forgotten about him. I'm not sure how he's going to get back into the team - who,would you drop? But surely even he could score goals from the number of pullbacks Fellows is providing.

What a team. I say again.

What a team!

Yesssss!

There seem to be two assumptions: either SR haven't made a decision or they have given the job to Eckert (and are too scared of the fans to announce it). I'm leaning towards the former. It was posted here that the club was interviewing candidates. Some even said that a decision had been made and an announcement was imminent. Perhaps none of those interviewed was found suitable or perhaps the fan backlash against Gary O'Neil stopped them announcing their preferred candidate. Maybe the interviews are still going on. Eckert may yet be announced as manager, either permanently or for the next few games. But it makes sense not to announce anything until you have exhausted all possibilities. If it is going to be Eckert on a permanent basis, then I think it would have been announced by now, not least to the players. Norwich have just appointed Philippe Clement, who I dont think was ever mentioned as a contender on here. Maybe our appointment will be someone we haven't considered. (By the way, although this looks like my first post, I have been here for years. I used to post as Itchen but somehow lost access. I don't know why; I didn't break any rules. It's taken me a long time and the creation of a new email ID to get back again.)