Saint Charlie

MP: "I am aware of the great players of Southampton's squad. Gaston Ramirez is a special talent, so are the likes of Rickie Lambert, Luke Shaw and Guly do Prado."

Solent saying he has very basic English but said he will speak to the players in English as much as he can.

Not the new guys job to apologise, he hasn't done anything wrong himself.

Poor from Cortese not to show up.

Probably for a while. The sacking of Adkins is terrible, but clearly this guy isn't a mug. The two are separate.

Main thing in MP's resume is he has worked with little money....

He had a very good game in the Spurs match where Delap somehow scored that overhead kick I think.

Forren signing later today. Transfer policy won't change.

Tidy Passing Prospect OR Pussy Footing Ponce Discuss.

Worst decision I have ever seen at Saints.

Even if it was Di Matteo it makes no difference. The replacement at thiis stage is not relevant. Adkins should not be sacked, he is a fantastic manager.

Can't do anything to prevent it. It just doesn't make any sense. I would be disppointed if NA lost his job even on a bad run, but we are playing really well and fighting hard - why change that? I guess what none of us know is the real expectation NC had for the season and how far below that we are?

If true we would probably deserve to get relegated. Sad thing is the people it would affect the most is the players who have been excellent recently. The atmosphere at SMS would be vile.

This would be an absolute diabolical decision if true. Adkins is the best manager we have had for ages and we are on our best run of the season. He knows whats required, the players are playing for him and the fans are behind him.

This is not a thread for now. We are still in the Jan window so cannot evaluate its success or failure. Plus, we still have loads of games to go before the summer becomes important.

He is absolute class. Really hope part of his commitment was to sign a long contract in the summer.

If the guy cannot speak any English then he wont be coming here.

Well its lucky his family called him Joe!

He is right though. Hard to take you seriously when you don't know the name of our Manager of nearly three years.

Exactly. NC makes many many more good decisions than bad so trust him not to get rid of Adkins.

This. This story is from the man who said every day of December that Luke Shaw was definitely going to Arsenal and then didn't comment at all on the day he committed his future to Saints.

I'm sure Cortese, who hasn't exactly shown himself to be trigger happy is content with current form. Adkins is the man 100%.

Stalwart rather than legend. Also try and find your own posting style haha.

Molde Journo on Twitter says the delay is because Forren wants to know who was the "driving force behind him signing" and whether he is the "true selection of the Coach".

Shame we can't hold onto talents like this these days. Another one that got away like Theo, Bale and AOC. Good luck Dan.