Smirking_Saint

I think thats more down to Crocker and Ralph before he was burnt out then it was Semmens tbh who just managed to get by with soundbites that when analysed are vacuous or contradictory Im no great fan of the man, was apparently instrumental in fucking up some of our transfer targets in the summer too

Yeah I think your correct on that one. Ankerson comes across as arrogant and useless but not stupid, hanging onto Jones in this situation is beyond any reasonable business justification, by any metric (I know Rasmus likes these things) Jones’ position is completely untenable As for those wishing Ankerson to leave by Dragans hand I don’t think you quite understand the relationship, its my understanding Dragan has bought into ‘sports republic’ that is effectively Kraft X Ankerson more than he has bought into Southampton… Im sure questions are being asked but make no mistake I think there will be a divorce between SR and the club before we see one between SR and Ankerson

Hopefully Semmens gets the chop then, man is beyond useless

Well… I can disregard that source in the future then 😂

Pinch of salt time but apparently he’s gone So lets see if that info is correct or not Edit - Not info I inherantly trust but its from a reasonably informed source

I don’t think Bielsa is the man for us, certainly not in the short term anyway.. he needs too long to work on his intricacies even if a lot of his tactical approach fits with our philosophies I genuinely don’t know who could rescue us from this mess right now to be honest… I don’t think I’m miles away from saying ‘get Allardyce in short term’ I’m that desperate I just don’t see Poch as a viable appointment, he won’t come here, not in our current predicament and after PSG damaged his stock Ideally Id of liked Tedesco but again I think he’d need time to bed in his systems and looks off to Belgium

Bear was quite a bit after this tbh

I don’t think Ankerson is an idiot, arrogant yes, idiot no Id be very surprised if Jones is in charge against Wolves there’s far too much damage done

These were the glory days of Saintsweb - Bear - Alpine Saint - Hamster - The monumental pompey takeover thread

What about non domestic ?

I read it… Hint - We’ve let an average of 2 goals in a game since his hire Defensively I actually think we’re worse from an organisation POV tbh.. and it gets even more horrendous whrn you ponder why you’d invite pressure against a defensive unit struggling to defend effectively

I don’t think so, but Rasmus won’t resign, he isn’t terrible imo even if he is an arrogant arse (and I say this as somebody who has spent time in his presence) Semmens was apparently reasonably responsible for keeping Ralph and then failing to back him effectively, this is added to his consistent failures and didgy soundbites since the Gao era IMO Rasmus still has miles in the tank but has to cut ties with NJ and admit it was a fuck us Semmens however should pack his bags and save himself from his exhausting away trips he hates so much

Ings wasn’t coming the minute he realised we weren’t offering him the astronomical wages he wanted… he then swanned off to WHU on 150k and remangled his cardboard knee Can we stop hero worshipping this bloke now please he is only interested in feathering his own nest

We’ve hired Wilcox so the thread is largely redundant tbh but Semmens should be packing his bags.. he adds absolutely nothing

In what way are we better under Jones ? Everything has gone backwards edit - Just did some very hurried maths to check I wasn’t being mental but we picked up more points, scored more and conceded less per game on average under Ralph

Its quite the thread to put out if cogs aren’t moving IMO Not often anybody from the established media sources come out in active defiance of the club at that level Even Tanswell sat on his Ralph info until the club allowed him to release it

Yeah no idea where the negativity towards him id coming from……

It almost feels as he has gone to the Mourinho levels of being as unprofessional as is reasonably acceptable to get the sack tbh Makes me physically sick we’re going to be paying this prick a hefty fee just to get him out of the club

As far as I am aware SR aren’t calling the shots, so far as there certainly isn’t any murmurs from the training ground to suggest it… Im not convinced he has the confidence of his full squad though… I always find those sorts of rumours strange anyway, it isn’t a situation that really happens outside of clubs that have a proper DoF and even then generally a ‘way of playing’ is agreed before contracts are signed I imagine this ‘influence’ is more player/Selles related but it begs the question, if Jones is such a headstrong chap why hasn’t he installed his ‘systems’ already ? He’s had long enough… it took Dyche less than a week to get the squad largely pulling in his direction Frankly… if ‘his’ system is 5 at the back long ball football then it doesn’t suit either this squad or the two wingers we signed in January… and if he isn’t comfortable coaching systems that suit our current squad then it begs the question why the fuck was he hired and why is he still here ?

He’s not a fucking battery

You don’t get to be in a position such as his and be free of critique.. who is he to believe he is above inquisition ? There are many who have worked or studied the game that are concerned by his appointment just as much as the majority are.. to be frank… an opinion held by the vast majority tends to be, in most situations correct Regardless of that, he had the opportunity to defend his position and tactics, but has instead decided to hide away Dissapointing to be honest

I think the majority of us have legitimate questions to ask around his tactics and candour Back five, dropping Lavia for a semi final but playing 87 mins against blackpool, dropping DCC, signing 2 wingers but playing tactics that don’t support them Clearly the club are aware either that NJ doesn’t hold much faith with the fans OR they are concerned about how he’d react to any negativity… its not a good look is it Also… the blokes on a significant wedge, if he’s unable to plan for a game 5 days later because Geoff from Sholing called him a back 5 playing wanker then he’s clearly not cut out for it

They do my head in… just interaction farming nonsense

Its the Sun though……

Nice to see you’ve written off a guy for his profession you made up in your head