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For me I think it's important to have a commanding man in charge for a team like saints who knows the league and what is required to get out of it. I look at the good job that Martin did last year and think his prior experience really helped when having to mould so many new faces together.

I'm not sure I argued otherwise?

The player out on loan to the team sitting three places above us having their worst league campaign in living memory. Juric had success in a bigger league than the Championship. Didn't stop him from being an abject failure for us. Like I said, the championship and lower league English football generally has quite specific challenges and it is an advantage to have had prior experience in the league. It's not a guarantee of success or failure of course but it does improve your odds in my opinion. If Rohl doesn't fancy it, someone like Lampard or Cooper would have been my personal choice but Still will of course get my full support and I hope he's brilliant.

I certainly wouldn't go as far as you but I do concur that it does feel quite experimental. Like with all experiments there's still a chance it could be a big success though. If it does blow up in their faces then they will look awfully foolish.

It's the 5th of the top five. A league where Kevin Danso looked a top player.

I'm not against anyone I want the manager to do well whoever comes in but it is my opinion that previous experience of the Championship or at least lower league English football and the specific requirements for this league is an advantage given the fine margin between success and failure and our requirement to challenge near the top as a minimum. Appointing a manager with potential may pay off. Rather like signing Shea Charles, he was pretty underwhelming but may pay us back next season. I'm not sure we have the time for Still to find his feet and live up to potential in a couple of years. There's always the chance that someone with potential could get it together and see us shoot to the top of the league but he's going to have to be quite exceptional and it's a risk. The reputation of Spors and Sports Republic hangs on it anyway.

Nathan Jones beat Manchester City.

Why does it matter about the prem? We aren't in the prem and money and respurces dictates things to greater extent in the top league in my opinion. We will be expecting to compete at the very top of this league and in my opinion having previous English league experience is an advantage.

Chris wilder, Scott Parker and Daniel Farke have plenty of previous English league experience. As did Martin and McKenna. Again, I'm not saying it's a requirement, simply that it's my preference because we need to have an immediate impact next year and I think that gives us the best chance.

What's that got to do with me favouring a manager with previous league experience?

Because previous experience of the league you are in is a good indicator of success. He doesn't have to have it but given the linked candidates it's something I'd prefer.

Why?

Pretty apprehensive if it's Still as reported. Has the potential to be a big flop for someone managing too players for this division with no previous league experience

Think I agree with you. They haven't even got European football to show for it either yet. You can't keep pulling rabbits out of hats indefinitely. All you need is two or three duds in a row and you're sunk.

That's entirely on us for buying damaged goods.

Surely we have the resources to sign a decent Coventry player if we want to. Hopefully we look at them and some Sunderland players if they lose in the final.

You'll be interested to know that this evening I'm attending a mayor making in Kingston for a lib Dem mayor. Though I don't support them I am much more minded to vote for individuals at a local level and they are good people for definite.

I agree with your analysis. Like you I fail to see what the Conservatives can offer young people who have grown up knowing nothing but Tory Governance.

I've got no idea who he is and I don't really have any interest in what he posts. I just found it interesting that Farage has so many tiktok fans and I posed a question if that had had any part in his recent success. I don't have a tiktok account myself but I know it's a young person thing.

What a bizarre thing to be fixated on. I think we could do with a few taller players but you can obviously be successful with players of different heights.

I wonder if stats like this have anything to do with Reform's surge in the polls?

TBF to them no one of any worth would have wanted to join us in January. Might as well take a punt on a player on loan in case he turns out to be half decent.

I totally agree with that entire post. He'd do better by showing some authenticity.

Great achievement. Something to be proud of with the youngsters. I wonder if we will see any of them next year.

They have. They are two different statements which don't contradict each other.