Matthew Le God

Earlier I said...

If you didn't selectively quote me, you would have noticed that I criticised Reed for what has happened from summer 2016 onwards.

That is over a month away... 14th April!

Mitchell was himself a Les Reed appointment. Does Reed get credit for that? Plus Mitchell was under Reed and both were part of the recruitment committee.

What evidence do you have that he wasn't at all involved in the appointment of Adkins or Pochettino?

I know when every player joined ffs. He joined in April 2010, we have signed a lot of players that have been very good for us since then. I've not said he is currently doing a good job, the last two seasons have been poor.

I think you need to look closer to home for that. Reed has played a key role in the club from 2010, many good signings and the Koeman appointment. He has messed up since Koeman left.

He deserves a lot of credit for 2010 to 2016. Post 2016 a lot of mistakes have been made.

Did you miss all the other threads on this?

They aren't really comparable... given they don't have the same role. Plus Lowe was a major shareholder and Reed isn't.

Ian Branfoot at least had the excuse most of his squad was **** (although that makes it all the more daft he dropped Le Tissier). But Pellegrino takes ineptitude to a whole new level!

Players can be sold even if we stay up. I still think the player quality is good, we just need a competent manager. Relegation = disaster for the club, which makes it all the more amazing Pellegrino hasn't been sacked!

He has a large wage to buy his bling. That doesn't mean people can justify claims he gets a bonus for selling players, I find that hard to believe.

Do you have anything remotely close to good evidence to support that claim?

This is all kinds of crazy. Saints would have significantly more money if they stay up and the value of the club as an asset wouldn't plummet. The 'parachute money' is just a lot less TV money than we would get if we stayed up.

Rafa Benitez managing Saints = fighting for upper mid table Rafa Benitez managing Newcastle = reasonable chance of staying up Mauricio Pellegrino managing Saints = struggling to stay up Mauricio Pellegrino managing Newcastle = relegated

Because it is a possibility that is overlooked. It may well not be true, but it is jumping to conclusions to think it is solely down to Krueger and/or Reed. Then why hasn't Gao acted and sacked him? No idea, but do we know that it isn't the case?

How do you both know for certain Gao hasn't vetoed a sacking of Pellegrino? If that is the case (and I'm not saying it definitely is) then it would be out of Reed & Krueger's hands.

To say it once in a thread is perhaps understandable, to repeat it multiple times throughout every match thread warrants a broken record comparison.

All from this thread...

I'd prefer Puel over Pellegrino aswell, but they were still right to sack Puel. He should have done a better job than he did, the problem was they replaced Puel with the wrong man.

They are now...

No

I think he may possibly have just been left out of the match-day 18 at the weekend for the Stoke game. We have more than 18 players, so some have to miss out each week even if they are deemed fit enough to play.

I'll ask again... based on what evidence? A feeling you've plucked from mid air?