Lord Duckhunter

More than 12 other teams.

Of course we were on the “up” under Cortese, we were fucking bottom of league one when he came in, it was pretty hard not to have continued momentum when a club our size is it that situation. The question is whether this rise would have continued and we’d have became a top side season in season out had he not left. We’ll never know, but my opinion is it would either have followed a similar path to what we took, or we’d have had a Peter Risdale like bust. The fact that of all the leagues in the world, all the owners looking to buy success, all the championship clubs wanting to do similar, not one has turned to him. Maybe he’s done with football and has turned the hoards knocking on his door away, but maybe people could see through his bullshit.

Just when I thought you couldn’t get anymore boring…..

Good article, thanks for posting…

That ship sailed years ago. 95% of managers ware giving a group of players and told to work with them. They’ll get a say in what they want, but not in who they end up with. I know for a fact that Jones was told he would be given a squad and be expected to work with them. It’s that’s one of the reasons he got the job & one of the reasons Ralph didn’t appeal to SR. Whether they panicked and changed course during the Jan window, I don’t know. But the initial conversation and intention was he’d have no input at all……

We’ve tried. https://m.facebook.com/NoContextPhoenixNights/videos/youve-broke-my-door-youve-broke-my-door/548585066433637/?wtsid=rdr_0N89iPW7OxsotqsfP

Are you nuts, or Peter Risdale? if we gave Luke Shaw that sort of contract the players wouldn’t be calling up their agents saying “they mean business, get me an extension to my contract”, they’d be saying “I’ll have some of that”. Poch would have wanted a fortune to stay, the cost of our new signings would have gone through the roof. One players deal isnt done in a vacuum, the knock on effect would have been catastrophic. Leicester won the league & were in the champions league and couldn’t keep 3 of their best players. Let’s see how Brighton get on keeping their manager & players, I doubt they’ll be giving Mcallister a ridiculous contract they can’t afford to show De Zerbi they mean business. We should just be grateful that afterwards, the club had people that managed to somehow make us even better .

I thought James Milner a while back, when people were discussing Lampard, Gerrard & Rooney. Personally, I’d rather have Adam Lallana than any of those 3. That’s not to say I’d want him as first choice, only that I’d take him & Milner over the 3 England “stars”. I’ve seen a lot of posts stating “let’s get someone in early” or from the day the season ends. That discounts a few who are likely to lose their jobs, Cooper for one, if Forest are relegated (wouldn’t surprise me if he went after keeping them up either). Personally, I don’t think Potter is realistic, if I was his agent I’d advise him to sit tight, De Zerbi is in demand so a return to Brighton could open up and then there’s Leicester & possibly West Ham.

Perhaps the other players are still putting it in, whilst this bloke milks his “injury”.

To be fair I wouldn’t want Pep or SAF anywhere near the cock pit either.

I think Jones understood our issues and our softness and lack of aggression but was incapable of putting them right, he also made a bit of a tit of himself trying to explain it. Personally, I think Selles has some decent ideas and could be a good coach given time and the right players. He just imposed these ideas on the wrong set of players and in the wrong situation. Continuing to play this way made him just as stubborn as any 4-4-2 merchant from the past and ultimately it cost him a shot at next season.

For all his faults he’ll find another club in Europe that’ll have him as a squad player, I doubt very much we’ll see him in a Saints shirt after May. He actually does better coming off the bench and for a defender that is a decent asset in the modern game. Being able to come on, slot into a back 3 or 4, or even at full back will be in demand. As will his never say die attitude and his lunatic approach to the game once he’s on…

Fuck me!!!! That’s unbelievable…….won 52? Feels a lot less than that.

It’s obvious that they put all their eggs in the Jones basket, but it became untenable. Selles got a couple of decent results and got some stability back, he also had the Nods singing his song, so the board probably thought they’d go with it. Unfortunately, when it became apparent he wasn’t going to train on, it was probably too late to do anything without throwing an obscene amount of money at it. I’m just hoping the board have a plan and are ”comfortable “ with us going down, to come back up stronger. Perhaps I’m deluded, but maybe that’s it….

“A lot worse” 😂 That’s not really possible….

You’ve spent all season defending Baz. If he’d let those in yesterday you’d be defending him. McCarthy is only in nets because Baz is so pony.

If you think we’ll get a number 2 next season that’s an upgrade on AM you’re deluded. The issue is the number 1 we got in was fucking pony so the reserve had to play.

Are you forgetting the coronation brunch? A couple of Williams mate were probably there….

I wish we had a few more with his attitude and a few less with his ability.

Great? Fucking hell

The culture been wrong at the club for the past 3 or 4 seasons. There’s things you can’t measure on a spreadsheet or with statistics, like heart, desire and bollocks.

They’re 2 that play like they care, yet get clog on here. If Bednarek had come from Villa as an unknown he’d be hailed as a decent signing. He’s got more heart than Salisu, ABK & Colleta-Carr added together.

There’s only 2 or 3 I’d want in the trenches with me. A lot hiding tonight.

He can when it doesn’t matter. Did the same in the semi final against Leicester. Bottle job.

What a pathetic last corner. Golden bollocks summed up there.