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This is my fear …. If not, Still then might well be doing some other barrel scraping

Perhaps it’s been thought through more than you give credit for. Just leave it standing for a while on Merseyside and some bastard will eventually be along to nick it.

So, not so much growing with us as seeing their careers go down the shit shute by association….

I like the idea of this but the last manager I felt would ‘grow with us’ was Adkins and we know how that ended. We can probably also hazard a good guess how it might have ended if he’d got us top six for a couple of years and then Liverpool came calling. As for, plenty of managers who might do a decent job, and (stay to) grow with us, who did you have in mind ? That description leads me to the Eustace, Cleverly band, as you’ve perhaps left out one other important bit - someone not sought after further up the food chain at this stage of their career.

Agree with most of this. But I'm not too bothered by Sheff Weds end of season form with the other things going on there, and possibly the rumours of him leaving causing performances to drop off. Remenber us after Hessenhutl's retirement interview, and years ago the Strachan to Leeds rumour. The interviews as reported though aren't great.

Interesting how your perception of him has changed from that, but lets not forget Martin is regarded by some as talking a good game. Still hasn't really done enough to convince me he should get a crack at a club like Saints who despite everything this year, are still a good club with potential in the Championship, although that position can soon be eroded by poor selections over a couple of seasons. I have read Still is a West Ham fan by the way, so perhaps that will be his spiritual home, once Potter is found not to be such a messiah after all.

It wouldn't be summer if we didn't have some barrel scraping by Saints, either manager or players at some point between now and 1stv September.

I have read that Wolfsburg were lining up Neestrup (mentioned on here before) from FC Copehagen as their DOF had worked with him there before. Leipzig is the interesting one. As it stands they are out of the CL places so may not want a CL ready manager. Glasner was reportedly their preferred option, but he's also linked with Spurs.

Fred says : Sign BBD and Archer .. guaranteed goals ...

This will be the same appointment thatt the club announce on their website : We'd like to welcome Stevie, Tom, Will, Franco... [insert as applicable] to the club ... from the time we started our diligent search it was clear that we wanted someone who aligned with our values and style of play, from the outset ... someone else was the outstanding candidate, in fact this cunt wasn't even in the top three ... "

Good and important result yesterday, bollocks to Pep, Diaz, and Sutton, and the fact they had 26 shots, hit the bar etc. We were due a bit of luck, especially in injury time. The one point is all we craved. Anyway, Simon Rusk - Football Genius. I just hope Rasmus and Spors managed to nail him and Nivea down to the five year contract extensions before they left the stadium last night. We can't let this opportunity slip through our hands...

Thinking about the Rohl interview highlighted on here a couple of days ago, fuck all in it in my view other than a bit of self -marketing on his part. Have to remember his stock is probably higher here than it is in Germany. I don't think it would come as a surprise if he is keen to move back to Germany with a young family and you wouldn't begrudge him that. Die Frau und die Kinder kommen zuerst, Brian * (as he might say in Germany - according to Google Translate). On a downside on this though, Rohl has come across well in the interviews I've seen and what I've previously read but I don't think this reflects well on him or his agents. Bloke is still under contract to Sheff Weds so not good to be hawking yourself to the media in this fashion. In my view anyway. We know how we'd feel if it was our manager doing it. *The wife and kids come first Brian

Surprised if true. Evemn more surprising that it hasn't researched a few other names mentioned on here, Bo Svennson, Rodger Schmidt, Marco Rose etc.... Pretty bloody lazy by Chapgpt or whatever.

All a matter of taste, and opinion, but they look pretty good to me MLG. Agree with your later suggestion of adding 1885 rather than the stars. But I wouldn't feel confident of our buffoons in charge overseeing the design on a change.

Might be quite fitting, as we seem to have had someone akin to Benny's character Fred Scuttle in charge of recruitment and manaagerial appointments for some time now.

I’ve never been a fan of the club crest. For me, it’s a bit cluttered and looks naff. Up until a few years ago I was all for change. But it has been with us 51 years now, and above all I wouldn’t trust the Dickheads at our club to make it worse. So leave it. Let’s just hope Rasmus wasn’t given a set of crayons or felt tips at Christmas or for his birthday.

Svennson was considered up and coming and a name to watch a couple of seasons ago. Linked with a few jobs here (Wolves, Palace, West Ham spring to mind). Since sacked at his last two clubs. But of course managers who are sacked often go on to be successful elsewhere.

Have noticed that the MLG YouTube clip is from an account named Chocolate tampon, and last night Turkish posted one from a channel operating under the name of spasticballs. Not your alter egos by chance are they ? All in all I think we do rather well in toning down the user names on here.

Okay, this is just further proof I'm getting old

Derby fucked up on the radio station and catering as well remember.

With parasols of course. Don't want any excuses of wilting in the heat in the second half.

Phil Brown’s name can’t be far away

Perhaps that’s a rumour too far !

Got to give Spors the benefit of the doubt, that he knows what he’s doing and is assembling his team to take us forward. That said, the brief background reading on a bloke with bank experience, and at Dorking, along with the other young one featured , Strapley or whatever his name ( who I think someone commented looked about 16 and yet to start shaving) doesn’t immediately inspire confidence and make you think we’re really going to hit the ground running.

Cutting Edge stuff then. I’ve been analysing Saints performances since 1969. I’ll certainly be adding that to my CV and perhaps apply.