Matthew Le God

What about... Conte & Guardiola?

Hopefully the spark to ignite our season!

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It is an Alex Crook article, he doesn't anything remotely close to a reliable track record.

Why would no-one be interested in signing a contract that would earn them millions of pounds?

The Saloon is burning down!

If the 3 in a 4-2-3-1 are instructed to support the lone striker then there really isn't anything wrong with having a lone striker.

There is a significant difference... mine is a fictional character and his is a real life mass murderer & rapist

It wasn't a dreadful decision, it was entirely the right decision to sack Puel. The football was dire, the points drop from the previous season was huge, the lack of goals and excitement for season ticket holders was stark. The problem is not the act of sacking Puel, it is the disastrous decision to appoint Pellegrino to replace him. A competent manager would likely have this squad in mid table.

The type of person who'd have an avatar picture of a serial killer and rapist?

As recently as 2016 Southampton finished 3 points from a Champions League spot. Obviously it has been a disaster since then, but it wasn't beyond the realms of possibility given we were a mere 3 points from it under Koeman.

I didn't say I didn't want Pellegrino sacked (I do want him gone), I'm just saying one could look at Silva at Hull and say the gap to safety increased with him in charge.

Playing Devil's advocate... On the day Silva was appointed... Hull were 3 points from safety After the last game of the season... Hull were 6 points from saftey

Is forcing board members to leave the stadium during a game due to a possible threat to their safety really something people would be happy with? Not the actions of a civilised society!

Why would they need links to the club? That rules out a lot of candidates who'd likely do a better job than your suggestion of Strachan (who last managed in a top European League in 2004... 14 years ago).

So you would give up millions of pounds in wages... really? Is he likely to get a job earning the large amount he is with Saints anytime soon?

tbf to him I struggle to see why not resigning means he isn't a 'nice bloke'. If you were him would you honestly walk away from millions of pounds in wages... really? It is not like he is likely to get another job as well paid as he is currently any time soon given the disaster he has been.

Between who? Liverpool paid a world record £75m, were we really going to get more than that from someone else?

Can you talk me through how exactly the parachute payments will go to Gao? The parachute payments are effectively a much smaller payment of the Premier League TV money, they largely go to player wages not the owner.

Which couldn't have happened unless Birmingham agreed to let him return... which was unlikely given they were using him.

Because we are 4th from bottom currently, not second bottom?

Is there really anything approaching good evidence for those claims? If Saints had an exceptional 12 year old and he refused to sign up with Reed's son's agency then I find it very hard to believe the club would release the player for that reason.

Fair enough, but he is writing in English.

Nope, I have no idea why someone would leave a space before a question mark four times in one thread.

I woke up last night and someone with a slight Scottish twang to their accent was stood over me with an instruction manual in their hands.