Dr. Kucho

Carrillo has returned to the bench I see, last minute winner from him? Would have preferred Sims on the bench instead of him.

Sounds like our previous manager. Btw what has happened to Carillo?

Les should have left the summer Koeman left. He has been going rapedly downhill ever since. I remember reading articles in Dutch football magazines how well we were run and what great academy we have. From signing players who were top of the league they were playing in (Wanyama, Van Dijk, Mane) to reserve players from foreign clubs (Carillo, Lemina, Hojbjerg). The scouting of players and managers has been the reason we are where we are now.

A little off topic, but if we remain in the PL should we try and get Unai Emery from PSG? He is likely to leave at the end of the season and Spanish papers are linking him to Real Sociedad, the current number 14 of the La Liga. Sure we could match their offer and give him the funds to build a strong team.

In 2003 we finished 8th and got to the final of the FA Cup. Midway through the 2003-2004 our manager (Strachan) left and we replaced him with a lesser candidate (Sturrock), whilst we were in a good position and could attract a good manager. The players decided they didnt like the new manager, the board sacked him and we ended having a chaotic season with manager changes ending in relegation. In 2016 we finished 6th and qualified for the Europa League. Our manager (Koeman) left and we replaced him with a lesser candidate (Puel), whilst we were in a good position and could attract a good manager. The players decided at the end of the season they didnt like the new manager, the board sacked him and we ended having a poor season with a poor manager ending in ??????.

Employing Lambert as a youth coach I would say yes. Good example for the players that hard works pays of and Lambert rarely got in to trouble on and off the pitch.

Wanyama Van Dijk Pelle (difficult choice between him and Mane).

Peter Bosz please Les. Plays attacking football, good in developing young players and has managed big clubs. Downside to Bosz is he can be very stubborn.

Another reason could be is that we simply don’t have the funds to sack Pellegrino + assistants and replace them with a new manager and assistants. For all we know Gao might have taken the money we had in the bank to repay part of the loan he took out to buy the club.

Carragher could have just closed his car window and pretended they guy wasn’t there.

To me that doesn’t make sense. If we go down other clubs know we have to sell and the players value goes down. If we remain in the PL, we don’t have to sell and potential buyers have to pay more.

Our recruiting seems to be going the ‘West Ham’ way..

Photos from Astori's funeral today, very moving. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-5476679/Fiorentina-players-arrive-funeral-Davide-Astori.html

https://www.google.nl/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/5733222/mauricio-pellegrino-southampton-sack-relegation-survival/amp/ The Sun also reporting he’s going this summer..

Which option would you choose? 1: stay up and keep Pellegrino 2: go down and Pellegrino is sacked I have got to that point I don’t know which option would be best.

Didn’t we turn down Rudi Garcia and Manuel Pellegrini after Koeman left? Last summer I cannot remember if we were linked to any other managers, except that Tuchel turned us down. If we stay up and sack Pellegrino, the board have to spend significant to convince a decent manager to come over and manage us.

Wouldn’t mind one for Pellegrino..

Reed might give him a contract extension. Imagine this place if that happened

You wouldn’t want Olivier Bernard as LB? Line up would have to be: McCarthy Cerdric - Alderweireld - Hoedt - Bertrand - Lemina - Wanyama Boufal - Mane - Lallana - Austin - Managed by Pochettino

We could have picked up Pione Sisto for less then 5 million in the summer of 2016,both similar players. His name was mentioned on here several times before he went to Spain.

Yes, and currently assistant manager at Leicester. Probably the most biased commentary I have ever seen. If you have a moment during HT, have a look at the bbc live commentary feed and read what Appleton has to say.

Jose Fonte

Another mistake is our recruitment of players, the board seem to go the ‘West Ham way’ of buying players. All we seem to do is hunt for bargains on the continent and hope they turn out allright. Would like to see us look for raw talent in the lower leagues that suit the way we play (my preferred option would be 4-3-3).

It’s a possibility that the board don’t want us to be a club that hires and fires managers one after another (like Leeds and Watford). But wouldn’t the look even more stupid if we go down under Pellegrino, after finishing top 10 in our last 4 seasons?

I voted sack him, but could easily have been back him. The only reason I would back him is because I can’t think of a coach/manager that would want to step in at this point in the season. We should have relieved him from his duties back in December. All we can hope for now is that Pellegrino manages to keep us up and he gets the sack shortly after our last game. Then it’s time for a clear out and build a new team with a manager that actually improves players and has some kind of tactical knowledge.