Golac's Cunning Stunts

Sorry but b-o-l-l-o-c-k-s. Most fans don't read this forum. Most fans will have made their own mind up what to do tonight. Nothing to do with what is written on here

Excellent post. Heart says ******** but brain says you are right

With respect to fighting a relegation battle in the premiership, it is an entirely valid question.

We'll see what happens if/when Nige gets a new job. He might well come calling for more than 1 of our players

If you want to. I don't really care either way at the moment.

Good idea.

If he gets the Leeds job his first signing will be Rickie.

And there is a world of difference between shouting out some orders on the training pitch and communicating clearly and effectively, communicating technical and tactical information and generally being a leader.

The OS is ****. **** design **** usability and the official propaganda organ for Cortese. They are hardly likely to show anything else than smiling faces.

To be honest I have little knowledge of what Reed does. He certainly has a powerful position. All I have read about him has been on here and it has all pretty much been negative.

Why do you suspect that?

Those designs are embarrassing. My how we all laughed when the skates produced similar ones. Pie in the sky.

There is a good piece on the new guy in the Guardian blog. There is a favourable quote there from Guardiola http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2013/jan/18/southampton-mauricio-pochettino When he departed there was a sadness about the place, a recognition that Pochettino had been good for Espanyol. He had worked closely with the youth system, redesigning the setup, laying down tactical guidelines to be followed throughout the club and insisting on making each team play in an age group above, to increase their competitiveness and accelerate their development. It was not just an idea, it was a necessity. More than a dozen kids made their first-team debut under him and only three First Division teams had more youth-teamers in their first-team squad. There, they encountered a man with charisma and commitment. Players described his sessions as "fun" but "intense". He recorded every detail of his matches and set up a system that allowed him not only to use videos before matches but at half time. He made his team aggressive, pushing high up the pitch. He wanted them to keep the ball and play from the back. "There are teams that wait for you and teams that look for you: Espanyol look for you. I feel very close to their style of football," said Pep Guardiola. Pochettino was close to his players but tough: when he first turned up he encountered men that had been team-mates, and good mates, of his. He did not hesitate to shift out those he thought were not good enough. The problem was that with each passing year, more of his players were not good enough. He too appeared to have grown tired; his impact diminished. A club idol he may have been but results were no longer good enough. At Southampton, that is an advantage he does not have. Communication will be harder as he does not speak English. Pochettino has vision but, after the sacking of Adkins, he will have to get results too. And fast.

I thought it was quite apt actually.

So do you suggest that everybody just ignores what has gone on because it might upset the players? I'm sure they are more upset than we are. I know what you are trying to say, and to some extent I agree, however, saying the team might become unsettled because of the fans reaction is a bit rich. The team is unsettled now and it's solely due to NC.

I have a good one. Thanks for the advice though.

Hopefully we haven't got another Argie in charge of a sinking ship

I'll bet he isn't

Not in the same class so stupid question really. But yes, of course I would.

hmmm. It doesn't look like he just "accepted a job" though does it? He has been happily plotting with Cortese for past few months. You say he is talented, but I would hazard a guess that you hadn't even heard of him before yesterday. No matter how talented he is or isn't, I really fail to see how anybody can lead a group of men whose language he doesn't speak.

Why would it be stupid to protest? We have every right to voice our opinion. We pay our money. So although I will always support the 11 players, I do't welcome this guy and I will be letting him know as I will let Cortese know too. I'm sure they won't care, but I do.

Ramirez might be but the rest of the team are going to struggle. Perhaps we need to send Ricky on a Spanish course

Can you translate that?

Great a 29 year old "playmaker" Well worth all this palava then