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Looks pretty indifferent from what I've read about him, but then again Poch didn't 'stand out' from his CV.

Have the good sense to bring the "replacements" in before selling them though.

Home kit is what many have hoped for, and been crying out for over a few seasons/decades, me included. It's the dog's b0ll0cks of Saints home shirts, one I associate with a period of great one touch football, just hope the new manager and team do it justice. Only criticism from me is the sponsors logo, which would have been improved as an outline as per the away shirt rather than the blob. Away shirt - will reserve judgement until I see it, first sight good, but would have like the 1980's classic of navy blue and sky. Improvement on last seasons effort no doubt. Perhaps the club are giving away free 'negative specs' to watch the matches its worn in. As a third kit perhaps a yellow effort in case we reach a cup final.

His name was mooted last year, if only on here. I was looking at the names on the betting odds posted here yesterday. Obviously any list containing Adkins, Pardew and even Puel, is unreliable and with barely a modicum of credibility, but a name I'd not seen before was Rene Weiler. Did some googling and found him to be Anderlecht's coach whose career seems to be on an upward trajectory. IF, as with Poch, we're looking at a young unknown etc, I wonder if he might be under consideration. Downside to that of course is that he's already under contract, and doesn't fit with the theory that we're looking at a German. Not too sure of either's tactics though.

And a manager of similar status ...

We're too busy playing spot the managerial candidate.

Would be preferable to some of the clowns mentioned, Giggs being a prime example.

Given that a parting of the ways was always likely you would have hoped/thought the key targets were in place and sounded out, but perhaps not knowing how previous summers have drifted.

Won't be long before we're back on some recycled names, already had FDB so Woy, and Phil Brown can't be far away...

Yes a shame. I was hoping for him or TT on what I'd read of them. Still, leave it to Les, there's still time for a bit more dithering yet.

Very good. Should have started that in one of the last matches at St Mary's

Note the comment: Brace yourself for a quiet summer.

Would have thought he'd be doing a chest thumping piece about how he "revealed " this first. The 10pm announcements were a Cortese strategy, not sure why we'd want to do it now. Would have thought we'd release it c 10Am. Perhaps the club have been told The Potters Heron have had a cancellation and can fit in an impromptu press conference tomorrow, and TT has got his flight tickets...

Or the other distinction between Tuchel, and Fuchall Now which can we be more likely to expect ?

An entire summer, and most of the following season pressing F5 as I remember..

Are we talking about PelligrinI or PelligrinO

Feel sorry for CP in so far as he's had a poor hand to deal with, poor striking options for most of the season, injuries to VVD, and the CB fiasco for half a season (mostly down to Les). Against that backdrop an 8th place finish and a Cup Final are a respectable achievement, but the style of play and form over the last couple of months of the season were dreadful. No doubt the right decision, PROVIDING we make the most of it with the right appointment. One of CP's flaws was not getting a message across and inspiring confidence. Hope the message has been learnt.

Tuchel is the stand out option. So probably won't be him then.

Can't think where he might have learnt about dodgy dealing ...

.... but started his off the field football career with the Skates, working with 'arry !!! Even better.

Are these two really compatible ?

Annoying that we didn't sign him when first talked about in 2012, although Brum were holding out for £6m at the time, eventually flogging him for £4m. Still we signed Gazzaniga instead.

Interesting suggestion, and agree with Heisenberg about looking to recruit from lower leagues. But I'd not heard of him before, but on doing a search saw this on Wikipedia: So, he might be one for the future, but on reading this it raises the question in my mind - is he any greater potential than Jack Stephens, who similarly had a loan spell last season that was terminated for the same reason (coincidentally at Middlesboro...) ? Same question might be asked re the Polish U21 we've been linked with.

Is this the same agent who engineered Koeman's move last summer?

Yet, none of the three are keen to acknowledge their part in signing Forren around the the time during the same window. Strange that. Bit like no one was ever responsible for signing Delgado.