Matthew Le God

In what way does the league label impact the match? If for example we labelled Lens vs Monaco a Premier League game and Saints vs Derby County a Ligue 1 game. How do those league labels make a difference to what happens on the pitch?

Why are you labeling it an experiment? He isn't a novice manager any more and has multiple years of experience. He just finished 8th in the 5th best European league.

€25m Europa League finalist Kevin Danso. It is still a higher level than the Championship.

Not in a league game vs a full strength side. Nor has Jones finished 8th in one of Europe's top 5 leagues like Will Still just has.

Kayi Sanda on the bench!

Or Koeman or Pochettino before they were big successes with us.

Indeed. It'll be me replacing Mark Bitcon next 😉

He just beat Monaco 4-0 yesterday. That is a tougher game than anything he'll face in the Championship.

Will Still leaves RC Lens on a high, they thrashed AS Monaco 4-0 in his last match...

A Saints manager who is a fan of Football Manager and an assistant Sporting Director who used to work at Sports Interactive.

Why does he need experience of the Championship? The league is a label for a game, it doesn't impact what is on the pitch.

We made the FA Cup semi final and League Cup final after they both left.

You forgot these two...

Better players and a significantly bigger budget (wages and transfer funds).

In the garden, children playing, garden furniture on decking, pint in hand and having a pointless argument with @Turkish Carlsberg don't do sunny days, but if they did! 😉😇

Maybe you should learn what it is called.

They are not irrelevant at all. Are you denying that strategy decisions can be made above the level of CEO when that CEO is only in charge of one part of a wider group with a parent company? We've already had journalists mention Ankersen being involved in decisions.

Which bit are you saying no to?

Yet again, you've cherry picked bits out of a reply without reading them in the context they were written. Consider those things you listed in the context of a post that includes the bits I've put in bold.

Yet again, you fail to address anything in the post. Top avoidance!

The same applies to responsibilities as it does duties. While CEOs share core responsibilities (like financial sustainability, governance, and leadership), the emphasis and scope of those responsibilities vary depending on the club’s size, structure, ownership, and current goals. One CEO might be a strategist, another a day-to-day operator, it’s not one-size-fits-all. Kraft or Ankersen may have had responsibilities people are trying to use as something to tarnish Pasons with. We just do not know! The very nature of Saints being a part of a wider group makes things less clear in regard to who is in charge of strategy.

Your analogy doesn't hold water as Camberley Town are not playing in the division Southampton will be in next season... Coventry are. So experience doing it at the level we will be playing is significantly more relevant.

See last long post.

See last post.