John B

Well according to the Guardian he is “The club has been on a constant path of growth since the arrival of Markus Liebherr in 2009,” said the Southampton chairman, Ralph Krueger. “This growth took place before Mauricio came, it continued strongly under his leadership, and it will continue into the next season. The board’s job is to find opportunity in this challenge and to continue to move the club forward. We have begun the search for a new high-calibre manager. We will be looking for a manager that shares our values, our principles and our philosophy. A manager who can continue to grow the first-team and build on our strong foundation.” Southampton’s short-list will include the former Basel coach, Murat Yakin, who has impressed in winning the Swiss title in each of his two seasons as manager. He departed by mutual consent earlier this month having taken the team to the Europa League semi-finals in 2013 and the quarter-finals this year. Michael Laudrup and Oscar García, both without a club after leaving Swansea and Brighton, are also under consideration, though Derby County’s Steve McClaren is apparently not in contention for the role

I have supported Saints for 55 Years and the next one will be No 22 the first three lasted 32 Years so we would have had 19 in 23 Years including a few caretaker ones We were in Div 3 in 1959 and the PL now so we have made progress

What has he actually done wrong how can he stop players and managers bettering themselves especially with agents trying to get to the trough?

Probably true but Reading supporters I know as I live in Berkshire think he did quite well with injuries and never thought the squad were realistically promotion material

I was listening to a discussion on the Radio the other night where the pundits were saying it is highly unlikely any club like us Newcastle Aston Villa will break into the top 6/7 so what is the point ****ing £30m and I think that is realistic. Buying Continental/South American players who are not top notch has not guaranteed success for many clubs Saints included

I agree with you completely we will get someone quite good I expect

I was pleased when he left because I thought that would be the end of fans thinking we would ever reach the CL Clearly I was wrong

Lets be realistic our very good players will want to play at the highest level the CL and it will not happen at St Mary's so some will leave So we will have to build a team again as buying second rate expensive players has not seemed to have worked I have no idea where we will finish next season as we dont know who will be still here but I doubt we will be a high as 8th with possibly no Louvren Shaw and Lallana

Excellent Post Extremely Realistic Players and Managers will come and go but Fans will be here for ever in my case 52 years

Meanwhile in the real world players move to better clubs like Clyne and Jrod have done in the last couple of years

Yes I agree really good but cannot believe we will finish higher next season especially if we lose a couple of players

But does it mean that Cortese was not a great Businessman but rather reckless and owners were worried that he was going to spend too much of their money But we are eighth which is great and the owners have billions so I dont care about the financial position in the least

Why

I think you mean the delusions of Cortese SFC is a mid table PL Club with regards to manager who cares they never stay very long

Do you not understand Liverpool are one of the best sides with the best players in the PL Surely you did not really expect to beat them today and did not really expect to be higher than we are today with the players we have. I for one think we are doing well

Not surprised that we are not as good as Liverpool but we are better than most clubs in the PL which is great and rather unexpected

What a particularly stupid comment I have been supporting SFC for over 50 years seen the good and bad times but today was something else. Football is now just about money not about the fans I am really ****ed off dont think I can bother any more

We have 14 games left I should think we will be OK for that amount of time with who we have got

The players who have left us in the last few years for millions ie OXO Walcott and Bale have all done really well so I would not be surprised if Shaw went somewhere in the summer for more money and Champions League action but I dont know what motivates him but playing at the top level must be very stimulating but only time will tell. I dont think the club will sell him if he does not want to go but lots of players do move to better clubs for a variety of reasons like Cork and Jay Rod moved to us

Jay Rod looked pretty poor in his first international probably because he was not used to the system being played so I would be surprised if he was picked again at the moment but maybe after the World Cup OXO Milner and Welbeck are more likely to be included . I think Baines will be the first choice LB with Cole as back up mainly because of his experience but Shaw will take over from him after the World Cup. RB is interesting though if Clyne was going to go surely he would have been included before now but with Johnson injured he may well be in the next squad but Hodgson may be looking for a more defensive fullback as the England defence is not that good and lacks pace covering the Fullbacks. Not sure about Lambert the heat in Brazil maybe against him but if he plays like he did at Fulham he has every chance but Carroll does upset defenders in the air. Although I would like too see Saints players at the world cup it is going to upset our pre season if so many are involved Lallana will go

We are Southampton and we should play in Red and White stripes

I think those goals were the turning point in the season a loss would have been very bad for morale. But where is he now Forren was IMO a more bizzare signing

I dont think we should go out and buy a striker just for the sake of it we need time to see if Gallagher is going to be a proper PL striker this time last year who would have thought chambers would be a regular in the side

We should have got rid of the Players from league 1 and championship days a long time ago not sure why we hung on to them or in some cases extended their contracts

You miserable old git SSN is not just for Saints Fans probably Swansea ones maybe interested