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And bang goes my optimism. Dreadful team.

Fully deserved by the way.

It would be a bit much to expect massive improvements and I fully expect us to lose. What I want to see is a clear improvement and a sense of direction and purpose regardless of the result. You're right that that would include playing our best players in their proper positions. No Bednarek, no Diallo unless we have to play him, no Elyounoussi.

He certainly speaks very well and it really makes me root for him. It would be wonderful if he proved himself as a half decent manager. Ultimately he probably has a few games to show enough improvement for us to give it to him. Reportedly the players like him so that may mean they would really want him to get the job and performances should be good accordingly.

Yep. Cortese was a bellend but he was a doer.

It's possible that almost no one will come under the terms we want (reportedly six month contract) given that Marsch has turned us down already. Given that we may have no choice but to go with Selles till the summer which really is a poor show from the club and is an indication that they've written off the season.

Being likable and respectable is just one facet of what I want a manager to be. You're right that it's not essential it's just my personal preference. Rooney happens to be both unlikable and with just one short stint at Derby to his name which is no proof that he has the ability required to succeed.

The club had a great chance to have a reset after Jones. Sacking him in the manner they have is akin to them holding up their hands and admitting they messed up. If they go with Selles then saints fans will blame them for a second time once it inevitably fails and the club will have pretty much given up and accepted relegation. If the club go through with this then why should any supporters pay any more money for the rest of the year? If Sports Republic aren't going to bother trying till next season then what's the point?

Since when do a group of failing managers get to dictate which manager they have coming into manage them? The majority won't be here next year anyway so what they think of a new manager really isn't of any great importance.

Well yes but that isn't saying much. I'd take Rooney over Nathan Jones but that doesn't mean I think he's in any way suitable to be our manager.

Oh right when he got pissed up and was photographed passed out with some social media influencers? Or when he started talking about his tiny cock in his team talk to dc United? (which incidentally he has an horrendous record at.) He had a decent season of form in the championship for one season with the pressure off and nothing to play for. In my opinion he's a horrible disgrace of a man, cheating on his wife numerous times and basically being a bit of a thick chav. I'd have a similar dilemma to Jones if he came here in that I'd support saints but I really wouldn't want him to do well because I don't like him.

I honestly don't get why so many people seem to think he'd be good. Seems bizarre to me.

If he was in any way good we wouldn't have been so awful for so long. The players need a change of direction with someone fresh, not a continuation of what hasn't worked with someone who was already here. With how this is playing out, it seems like Sports Republic want a yes man or certainly someone that will do what they instruct them to do. Depressing.

What gives you that impression of Rooney?

That's clearly bollocks.

Oh dear oh dear. Something seriously wrong at our club.

My initial thoughts are that his kind face and glasses remind me of Adkins. For that reason he's a better pick than others we coukd go for.

Knowing that we wanted a front footed and aggressive team, seems we've missed an opportunity

It's not concerning at all. Why would it be?

It really doesn't. Not saying it's the greatest thing ever and I find Americans as grating as the next Brit but its nowhere near the same level of cringe.

Quite right. Our club has a particular aversion to marine life of any kind.

Works for me after the last bloke. Creating a good atmosphere, giving the crowds something to cheer and having a charismatic manager that you want to do well is the main reason I go to football. If you hate the manager and part of you wants him to fail that it removes a lot of the joy of it.

And tbf our club absolutely need someone like that to make the younger members feel included and valued. He might not work out but he's not going to be an unmitigated disaster like the last bloke that's for sure.

I actively disliked Jones so much that near the end there was a part of me that couldn't support the team like I normally do and I was genuinely close to wanting us to lose so he'd go which has never happened before. No matter what Jesse Marsch is like, he seems like a nice bloke so that will never happen and so he will never be as bad as Jones. Given the situation we are in he's worth a go.

I'm not sure if it's just new fans who joined us in the prem. I remember Lawrenson writing off our chances of signing someone when we had just come up and thinking how bizarre it was that we were making a relatively high profile signing. Nowadays it seems like some fans our club have a really good weird view of our club and where we fit in the football hierarchy.