Lord Duckhunter

I might bid for one , they’ll be like new. Certainly won’t be particularly sweaty or covered in dirt, particularly the keepers one.

Yep it did. But that’s not the point you were making. You didn’t say “judge Ralph over his whole period here”, you were claiming people are fickle by slagging Ralph off “after one game”. Not one person is doing that, not one. They’re slagging him off because we’ve lost again and in the same manner we have been all year.

With Martin O Neil, they’d keep us up.

No

Cahill boat has sailed. 2 seasons too late

Next season then.

Perhaps a separate agency should be created that would have more time to fully investigate the individual before licences are issued and can also monitor on an ongoing basis. I’d imagine ex plod or ex servicemen would be perfect for it.

This is my POV as well. Id certainly rather have him than Frank Lampard or Steven Gerrard. Let’s face facts, the pool we’re fishing in means that any manager suggested will have failure on his cv or will be a gamble.

Did you see the Alex Ferguson documentary the other day. Players were saying that when he had Archie Knox as his asst their approach was was Bad cop/even worse cop. It looks to me that Ralph and his staff use the Good cop/even nicer cop management approach.

I don’t know too much about gun control, is it the normal plods responsibility or is there a separate firearm type agency whose sole responsibility is policing gun control?

What makes you think he’ll be an “angry shouty English man” as manager. Fairly simplistic thought process , loud vocal player=loud vocal manager. Watching him work at Villa, he wasn’t up and at em like some other assistants.

What’s our record since he started blubbing?

Lol. Premier league captain for season after season, leader of men , England international, one of the best defenders and readers of the game in the premier league era, part of Dean Smiths back room staff for a couple of seasons, yet a joke for a massive club like Southampton. I said first post, it was a gamble, but a gamble I’d take. Nobody can argue with his playing credentials or his credibility with the players, particularly the central defenders. If his name was Johann Terryikintas, played over a decade in Germany, wining the title & countless international caps, I suspect he’d be viewed differently. Anyway it’s not going to happen, our soft arsed club will want a yes man who is a nice bloke.

From a bloke that bring politics into a tragedy. Shameless.

Absolutely spot on. Surprised that KWP was benched, but the first half proved Ralph completely right. Second half was a different matter altogether. We really need to get both in the starting 11

Is it sinking in yet, or do we have to wait until FF starts costing us points as well.

Careful, i posted about the exact same thing this week, but the hipsters disagreed. Evidently I needed it spelling out to me. Because we’re paying FF & AM we can’t sign another keeper. Mind you, their not quite so vocal tonight, perhaps it’s starting to sink in.

Step away from the bar. There’s absolutely no need for threads like this….

You have to say that finish was pure class. Clinical, never in doubt. Quick look up to pick his spot and perfect execution. One of the classiest debut goals I’ve seen

Mentally weak sides give goals away at important times. Exactly what we did today. Came out second half and bang, it’s 1-1

So has Tony Pullis, and I wouldn’t want him either. Does it matter where they live? If a manager only wants a job because it’s local, I’m not sure he’s what we want

Could that Chelsea nipper play further forward with KWP behind him?

That 9 Pinter from Chelsea ?

How do you know how good or bad John Terry is, he hasn’t managed a fucking club yet. But yeah, let’s get some unknown in, good shout. He can’t be worse than John Terry, he has a 0% win percentage

There’s a lot of managers out thought tactically by Rafa, there’s no shame in that. However, bring tactically out thought by every single fucking manager, pretty much every single fucking game , a different matter. People deride Fat Sam for his 4-4-fucking 2, but this bloke is just as inflexible, just as stuck in his ways as any of the old school managers. FFS nothing changed after the pathetic end to last season.