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Now he would be a great choice, took Wigan from L1 to the PL and promoted to the PL with Bradford. Not great at Derby but that wasn't his team.

This is true, Pearson did rather well with no knowledge of league one and very little management experience at all. I'd love to have him back. A competent CCC or PL manager should be able to manage at a lower level easily.

Pardew was not a premier league manager when we got him, he had been sacked by Charlton who were at the foot of the CCC. I thought we did well to get him and i cant think of anyone who is available with a better CV than AP. It is a really strange decision, they must have someone lined up, i hope it is, but i cant see it being O'Neill.

1. Win every game 2. Win every game by at least 5 goals 3. Be a yes man. 4. Call Cortese Mr Cortese or Sir.

Probably a bit old now?

thats what certain people said about signing who we want, just offer them enough cash yet Danns, Stock & Bailey all rejected us. I'd love O'Neill here, but just cant see it happening.

Fit, like me, but with long hair. I would.

He would be my choice too, but do you really think a manager like Martin O'Neill is going to drop down two divisions? There is no way a manager of O'Neills reputation and ability will join a league one club.

My sisters got a mate who works as a receptionist a the BBC offfice in Cardiff and she overheard someone say on friday that apparantly Capello is to quit England after these weekends games to take over at an unnamed league One club which is just about to sack it manager. I thought it was Wallsall but now i'm not so sure.

Here we go, first of the ridiculous suggestions. Que people claiming we can get any manager we want.

Listen to it again, he wasn't asked who we played, he said he was pleased because we got a goal from set plays which we were poor at against "who was it Orient? i cant remember" you really are being totally nit picky about it. I notice that rather than prasing Pardew for obviously identifying an area of weakness in our previous matches and working on it, you are more concearned with the fact that he temporarily couldn't remember who our 2nd last game was against. Pathetic. IMO it was a very good interview, to the point, no bulls*it, praised the right players and told the others what they needed to do and indentified weaknesses from our previous performances. Your banging on about one point from two home games, no not ideal but cant change it and on another day the scores could have been very different. I suggest Man United and Chelsea will both have a two or three game winless run too.

Because i was p*ssed last night when i wrote this thats why Seriously it doesn't have any impact really, just making the point that some of the divs that are one or two years into their careers and in most cases have average at best performance, are generally quite lazy and arrogant think they have a right to earn the big money, manage the big accounts, win the big deals etc because they are graduates. I've heard it time and time again, them saying things like "i should be earning more, i've got a degree" I kid you not. Above i mention the Music graduate who thought he should be general manager within two years because a year into his career he thought he had the ability to do so, he was just one of many similar attitudes i have come accross. Maybe it's just my industry that attracts this lot.

Why does it matter if he momentarily forgot the name of the team of our 2nd last game? He said that we were poor at set plays and we were. Praised the players that deserved to be praised and told those that didn't play what them need to do. For me he just talks a lot of sense, breath of fresh air to the bullsh*t we got from some of our previous managers.

this guy talks so much sense, no bulls*it. Also pleasing to hear him thank the fans for their support today always like a manager who acknowledges the fans. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/8952711.stm

I work in the IT industry. By the way that chip you seem to think i have on my shoulder didn't hold me back from earning at least 3 times the national average salary each year and going on an a weeks all expenses paid trip to Mauritius 18 months ago for being one of the top 100 performers worldwide in my industry for my particular vendor. I have respect for people that are good at their jobs, for people that want to learn from people that are good at their jobs, for people that want to acheive,want to do something for themselves, what i dont have respect for are the jumped up luttle oiks that feel they deserve all that i and my colleagues have worked for over years just because they have a degree in Media Studies and come from rich parents. It's a bit of a cliche but the only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. Obvisouly you are one of those that believes that a degree is all that matters.

The manager cannot legislate for individual errors and sloppy mistakes, which both league goals we have conceded so far have been. Against both Plymouth and Oreint on another day we would have scored two or three in the first half. So from that point of view Pardew is not to blame for results so far, but what he does seem to lack is tha ability to change things when we cant break teams down, which is a worry as we will see many teams come here and play like Plymouth and Orient.

Do you tease everyone of your non military mates (if you have any) in the pub in Plymouth when you've had a few? Mention it, then stop saying, 'sorry guys, you've got no security clearance, i cant tell you anymore'

But dont tell me Jamie, it's classified?

I am glad you dont work with me either, as you clearly fall into one of the above categories, bit of banter and p*ss taking and you'll be one of those poor, pampered, weak little souls that goes runnning to HR claiming of bullying. So did Mummy and Daddy probably have been giving you monthly allowances and cleared off your credit card a fews times for you have they? So what is your degree in? History? Media Studies?

How is that for coping with an ordeal. No whinging and complaining from them, just getting on with it. 22 days trapped so far and still smiling. Grateful that people are trying to help them get out. Compare that to when the Eurostar train broke down in the tunnel for a few hours a couple of months ago. People whining and moaning that there was no food or water, it was hot and how did they survive!

I applaud your company for their stance against the arrogance of these types, a knocking off their self built perch is exactly what they need. Too often these little sh*ts have been pandered too all their lives by their parents who think the sun shines out of their (they think) academically gifted offsprings arse. This instills this arrogance into them from an early age and is only heightened by the hand outs given by parents who are deperate to please the selfish, pampered, arrogant monster they have created. This creates a generation of fragile, weak pathetic beings which inhabit our country. Coupled with the other end of the spectrum, the dense, thick, wannabe famous, Britains Got Talent generation, full of c*nts who have zero talent or realism but just want to be famous. Told they are gifted by their idiotic parents giving them delusions of grandeur it is no wonderthat most of the young people that are out there these days are utter c*nts.

If you care to read my previous post on this thread, you will seee it is based on experience. I am in regular contact through my job with these snotty nosed little tosspots who consider themselves better than the most simply because they have a degree and/or come from a rich background. My most recent experience of this was working with a 24 year old who claimed after a years experience in this job, his only ever job, he wanted to be, should be and had the ability to be General Manager of the division within two years. This position is one below director, is responsible for 30 staff and carries a revenue sales target of around £100m a year. Yet his years experience in a junior product sales role and the fact he had a degree made him ideal for the role, in his eyes. He came from a priviledge background and had a degree, a degree in Music!! He was well travelled, according to him as he had spent time in Germany and Holland!! Suffice to say the arrogant little c*nt was quickly put in his place and claimed he was being picked upon and held back. I'm surprised you cant understand as its quite clear. 90% of graduates are grade A c*nts. Selfish, arrogant, pampered, spoilt little f*ck faces who think they deserve fast tracking to riches. I think that is quite clear, or prehaps we should all go away and write a 10,000 word thesis on it?

Spot on pal. SAme here, Southampton born and bred but norverners think i am a Londoner, although, like you say, when you speak to a Londoner, you can tell the difference.

To be honest though, the Hamsphire accent does sound thick. I dont like it at all, find it quite chringing to hear people saying graaaaassss, claaasss, faaaaaasst, etc in that awful farmers tone. Sound like simple country folk, sitting around in checked shirts and dirty mud stained dungarees with hay in their mouth drinking cans of scrumpy jack and ohh arrring at the end of every sentance.

I despise this, when young, scruffy white kids walk around calling each other Bruv, Blud, in fake wannabe gangster c*nting sh*thouse accents.