Give it to Ron

That would be the Ricky Lambert that last season never lost a header up front? This season something is wrong injury? morale?

Well most people trusted those in charge to realise what the main issue with the team was - Alpine for all his moaning saw it but voiced it too early. We lost ALL our pace and width at the end of last season and they were never replaced. Antonio was not the only option and we seemed to put all our eggs in that basket. What seems odd is that I had a long chat with a player at the end of last season and he told me that niether would be coming back and Pardew would get in better - so why didn't he? To anyone who has played the game....ok sound like Derry here....it is so obvious what is wrong there is no pace, no width, no plan B, we take an eternity to get the ball forward, we take 3 passes when 1 will do and all our play is far too narrow. I cannot remember when the last time we got to the byeline and crossed from there. I honestly believe we had no option to sack the 3 - of course no-one knows the reasons - have heard the rumours like everyone - why would Cortese jeopardise everything by sacking them without replacements if he had a choice? Whoever the new manager is especially if its Adkins its a poisoned chalice with our fans - some going by the threads on here seemed to want him to fail just to say "I told you so" what other reason is there? Did anyone honestly believe MON wanted the job and would come here? even if he did how long would he stay until his spiritual home appeared available! The whole issue seemed to be between the breakdown between AP and Cortese - was that because AP was more interested in off the field activities more than the team or was he aware he was wasting his time and would be gone soon anyway. Its a mess and the fans are paying the price again.

Lets sack the manager....oh

Grayson at Leeds left Blackpool a division higher - got them promoted. Of course he was such a big name as well as Adkins is ;-)

[quote=ossie1;845059 toodlepip see you all in October (probably take over your place again) Will do....oh you will probably lose AGAIN!!!

So the Bournemouth chairman is not involved ..the chairman of Bournemouth said that his manager had been approached but turned it down live on SSN but is not involved in another club appointing his manager??? I have no doubt that there are games and brinkmanship here but come on.

Um would you like to read this Mr Glasshouse?? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C.#Managers

I have no idea why Eddie Mitchell went on live on SSN and said what he did - all I know is he did but apparently according to NickG he didn't as there are no quotes anywhere! NickG * View Profile * View Forum Posts * Private Message * View Blog Entries * View Articles * Add as Contact NickG is offline Full Member Join Date Jun 2007 Posts 11,300 Default quoted and not from either party - need more than that ffs! Of course he could be trying to placate their fans but why bother he could of just kept his mouth shut but guess he was just point scoring over a local rival who knows?

He turned us down...he heard that a few sang a song about him at the Rochdale game and rang the chairman and said if 100% of the crowd don't back me I am not coming.

Are you really that thick? It was on SSN the actual Chairman or was that McGowan then? I heard it, others heard it, its on the BBC, Solent, SSN and Twitter but you just bury your head in the sand.

FFS http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12040_6366993,00.html

Oh FFS....why would the Bournemouth chairman go on SSN and say he had? Oh forget that it was apparently Alistair McGowan pretending.

Thats who I have wanted all along.....also in the first line of the statement doesn't it state we are still interviewing...just maybe we are?

But the problem with that is it flies in the face of the OS: http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2148505,00.html Southampton Football Club ("the Club") wishes to make clear that it is continuing its discussions with a number of potential candidates for the post of First Team Manager. Contrary to some highly misleading comments published this morning, the Club has made no ultimatums, has not made any approaches without appropriate permissions, and is fully aware that appropriate compensation payments become due where the candidate managers are currently under contract. The Club has acted in an entirely professional manner and will continue to do so.

I initially posted that in response to believing that we wanted Adkins to resign without paying the compo and there was a bit in the OS posting about permissions that I feel is a bit odd? why include that when Scunny stated we had been given permission? Now there are so many stories coming out ...the latest being from BBC about him going home that who knows what to believe. I certainly do not trust Cortese 100% - I realise what his objectives are but am worried by the way he does this. In football you need contacts, relationships and good will how else will you buy/sell or loan if you have p1ssed everyone off. Perhaps the Scunny chairman has played a blinder here and kept his manager?

Were you saying the same when we got Burley's comp?

So we shouldn't of got any compo for Burley then??? Fck me the double standards on here are a joke! FF good post and with you all the way.

So we shouldn't of got any compo for Burley then??? Fck me the double standards on here are a joke! FF good post and with you all the way.

I am still waiting for the answer to "he is a yes man" ;-)

Well O'Neil would of left in 2012 anyway when Capello left ;-) I wanted Mowbray...and am concerned as to whether he will get the respect of the players like Fonte but time will tell. Its only results that will gauge whether this is the right appointment. Remembering the home game against them when they played us off the park I am clinging to that. Rather Adkins than the circus of managers that go from club to club like Hart, Dowie, Megson etc.

Hoddle was on Talksport yesterday and said he was still concentrating on his academy. His academy have taken over a second division side Jerez? where he fields all players from his academy in the league side.

....also look how well Redkrapp did before he came here and since he left.....its only here he was sh1te!

Who are a league above us. Of course us taking Stockports manager was fine when we were in the Prem.

So how long would MON have stayed once a big Prem job became available?? We would of been at the Pardew/Hoddle/WGS stage all over again. It makes me laugh when I keep seeing him called a rookie....when he has been managing at least over 4 years....how many managers have we had in that time?

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