Micky

Win - yes, lose - no. That's because I am a fikklefukka - a bit like, well eerrrr every other fan that I know. The bottom line is that managers have different levels of 'success' at different times and clubs. Few managers experience extreme variations of success at the same club these days - unless they have gone from a low to a high (ala Roy Keane & Billy Davies), then are then offloaded as soon as the situation becomes problematical again. Gordon Strachan - a legend in our eyes - needed to take a serious M1 detour around Coventry on his way from us to Glasgow. Good ol' 'arry - Freedom of the sh i tty (sorry city) down the road, warrant out for his arrest here - a saviour in the making at Spuds. And there are many, many more. The point being though that most managers actually experience very different levels of success at different clubs and can be looked on in completely different lights. Therefore, I'll stick with what we currently have right now - until we lose again.... because as I said - I'm a fikklefukka...!

Probably the most salient point on the thread. And let's hope that the players and management are taking your lead, and also not underestimating the maginude of the job in hand. They team have had given themselves a fighting chance, would be lunacy to bung it all away now.

Ahhh so this is just another Rupert Lowe out thread then...! Shame really, because the title promised so much more... ahhhh well.....

Sorry - over me.....!!!!

Who knows - but would you have given us 9 points out of the last 3 games. Funny old game, football.

Sorry to sit on the fence - but we do both. Go for the win, but if we go behind - we stay in the game. Our away form has been good this season so there is no reason to panic. 3 points would be a bonus, but getting something from the game is better than getting nothing.

Calls it just about right for me. We are doing well, but there is a lot of work still to do to get us out of this mess. Hopefully neither he, or the players, will be taking thier foot off the gas.

Yeah - I had the same problem - crashed after second goal and then slow connection for about 30 - 35 mins. Therearfter - normal service was restored - all fine now.

Ahhh so you do do man management - those are some seriously tough targets to meet - I'm glad you're not my boss...!!!! Looking at those facts - I take it you don't rate too many ex Saints managers either - given that we've never won the Champoins league.

Totally agreed - t'was a tongue in cheek question though...

Ummmm but Docker won't be joining the chants though....!!! Wonder if he will join in if the chants are for 'Wotte out'.....????

Cardiff highlights here.... http://www.football.virginmedia.com/page/Football/Championship/VideoIndex/0,,12555,00.html?mvnAssetId=3748994 Enjoy...

Interesting stance - you obviously don't do man management then. Your original post states that there is no way you will be singing his name at SMS - but in the same sentence calls for him to continue the winning ways. It does indeed prove though - that fans are indeed very, very fickle...!! P.S. I take it it's safe to say you're not enamoured with Rupert either then..???

Aye - it is that lad..... yeeeeesssssss....!

So just how long do you want him to keep it going for you before you will acknowledge him. Seems to me you want him to do the business - but you wont be acknowledging his achievements. Nothing like having your cake and eating it is there. BTW - Did you ever consider that due to the language barrier or perhaps cultural differences that you may have taken, whatever remarks he made, out of context and perhaps grasped the wrong end of the stick?

It is a good feeling, but I still think that we are still some way off recovering the true Spirit of Southampton. I last really felt like that when we were regularly turning over the likes of Liverpool and Man Utd - and just generally being the little club that could hold their own. We are still a long way from that - and there is still a very good chance that we could go down. So whilst there is an inevitable optimistic air about the club right now - I still wouldn't say that the Spirit of Southampton is yet fully recovered.

So you want him to do a job for you, but you don't want to acknowledge him if he does it well. Never heard of the good old saying - credit where credit is due..?

Doooh - not being a betting man myself I don't know (or understand for that matter) the odds - but methinks you probably missed out on a fair few quid tonight...!!! Nay matter - 3 points are priceless anyway...!

Rest properly, train properly, play properly - 1st rules of good coaching programme.

Can't believe you called that - I hope you are a gambling man and had a few quid on it as well....

Continue to win games - simple to say - harder to do. But that is the crux of the matter - the bottom teams will all fancy their chances of getting out while they are in touch with the team around them. With the exeption of probably Charlton, it's a lottery down there at the moment. Therefore - the only solution is to win games...!

Here you go.... in·cor·ri·gi·ble (n-kôr-j-bl, -kr-) adj. 1. Incapable of being corrected or reformed: an incorrigible criminal. 2. Firmly rooted; ineradicable: incorrigible faults. 3. Difficult or impossible to control or manage: an incorrigible, spoiled child. n. One that cannot be corrected or reformed HTH

The only thing that takes a little of the gloss of for me is the other results - other than that all I can say is brilliant result - let's just keep it going. Chuffed to bits....

Good news - hope it's the start of a full recovery for the lad.

You're incorrigible ...!!