Matthew Le God

Yes there is! https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/10/26/ralph-hasenhuttl-given-southampton-backing-board-decide-players/amp/?sfns=mo

Hasenhuttl was not a cheap option with links to Saints. So why would the DoF be?

' The second line says 'Southampton look to former manager Dave Jones as new sporting director'

He has no future value or room for improvement. I have no problem with Saints signing young players as a policy, the problem is if they aren't any good! Something Saints have got wrong in recent years.

Features Development centre https://www.footballmanager.com/feature/development-centre Club vision https://www.footballmanager.com/feature/club-vision Graphic improvements https://www.footballmanager.com/feature/graphic-improvements Backroom staff https://www.footballmanager.com/feature/backroom-staff Playing time pathway https://www.footballmanager.com/feature/playing-time-pathway

£75k p/w for a 33 year old is a fortune

Why is that a bad thing? The alternative is having players no club bigger than us would want... which we are moving towards!

I did not make the claim that he is. The burden of proof is on those making a claim... that is how evidence works! I agree, but that doesn't mean we should make unfounded assumptions.

Yes it is! Please talk through how that scenario would work?

The best season of recent years was 2 years after the Italian banker left!

The only way he can leave is for someone to buy him out. Protests would not work and certainly not ones like those you are suggesting.

Is that merely an assumption or do you have good evidence he isn't a good coach? (At least spell his surname correctly!)

Nothing wrong even in hindsight about wanting Puel gone, wanting him gone wasn't the issue (he really needed to go)... the issue was who replaced him and the club got that wrong!

I know, but this thread was about a new owner now... not next season

What evidence do you have for that?

It can only really happen if someone is willing to pay him £260m+ for the club

He has had an assistant manager since August... https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2019-08-23/southampton-football-club-first-team-assistant-coach-richard-kitzbichler

We beat Brighton at the Amex!

The game allows you to delegate any tasks you don't want to do

All those teams are currently below Saints! Fulham are in the league below ffs so their spending worked well...

How have you worked that out? When Romeu, Hojbjerg, Ward-Prowse & Armstrong are all fit (as they have been all season so far) Slattery isn't going to be in the matchday squad.

Did you think that last weekend after his superb performance vs Man Utd?