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Confucius he look at Saints and say: 1. Managers with similar names from same country not the same quality. 2. Problem of lack of goals not necessarily solved by change of manager. 3. Declarations of loyalty by footballers and managers worth less than expired yogurt. 4. Pay Shandong peanuts, get Shandong mountain monkeys. 5. Next time big club bindippers offer 70 million pounds for star defender, bite their hand off and throw in free Serbian playmaker. 6. Academy pipeline need unclogging, young ones not coming out. 7. After Everton result, maybe managers with similar names from same country similar quality after all. 8. Difference between Everton and the Titanic, the Titanic at least showed up at Southampton before going down. 9. Hire assistant manager from relegated club, sooner or later become relegation candidate. 10. Black box need rebooting and manager need booting. 11. There is no ****tier club in the EPL than a Chinese-owned club, except another Chinese-owned club.

Have you lot wondered what would happen if Saints were 2-0 down at half-time (as opposed to being 2-0 up) under this clown?

Are you taking the ****? We have ALREADY slid dangerously close to the precipice under this clown!

Why shouldn't we "panic sack" the manager like other clubs do when it works out well for them in most cases, as we are seeing with the clubs which have "panic sacked"? You might blame cheating or the match officials for the equaliser but the fact remains MP's negative tactics made it possible to give up a 2-goal lead!

Reminds me of the time we had Imants "Pants" Bleidelis on our books to keep his mate Marian "Supermarian" Pahars happy!

MP2 persists with one striker irrespective of the opposition, doesn't play Gabbiadini, stuck with Fraser Foster for too long, took too long to play Charlie Austin, makes untimely and odd substitutions, has no game plan, PELLEGRINO OUT OUT OUT!!!

This too!

This!

Shurlock, are you Chinese?

Classic!

Although I don't know Mr Gao, I am of Chinese ancestry and knowing the Chinese, I believe that he or his representatives pays attention to this forum. I agree with the OP but simply out of curiosity I wonder who the OP has in mind to replace MP.

UPDATED Confucius he look at Saints and say: 1. Managers with similar names from same country not the same quality. 2. Problem of lack of goals not necessarily solved by change of manager. 3. Declarations of loyalty by footballers and managers worth less than expired yogurt. 4. Pay Shandong peanuts, get Shandong mountain monkeys. 5. Next time big club bindippers offer 70 million pounds for star defender, bite their hand off and throw in free Serbian playmaker. 6. Hire assistant manager from relegated club, sooner or later become relegation candidate. 7. Black box need many upgrades. 8. Academy pipeline need unclogging, young ones not coming out. 9. Difference between Everton and the Titanic is the Titanic at least showed up at Southampton before going down. 10. After Everton result, maybe managers with similar names from same country similar quality after all. P.S. Please ask Mr Gao for the original Chinese.

Chris Coleman has left Wales for Sunderland, by the way.

Pulis for Saints, anyone? At least, he'll keep us up.

Confucius he look at Saints and say: 1. Managers with similar names from same country not the same quality. 2. Problem of lack of goals not necessarily solved by change of manager. 3. Declarations of loyalty by footballers and managers worth less than expired yogurt. 4. Pay Shandong peanuts, get Shandong mountain monkeys. 5. Next time big club bindippers offer 70 million pounds for star defender, bite their hand off and throw in free Serbian playmaker. 6. Hire assistant manager from relegated club, sooner or later become relegation candidate. P.S. Please ask Mr Gao for the original Chinese.

Kevin Keegan, Ryan Giggs or Sam Allardyce, anyone but f**king clueless Pellegrino. Of the 3, I would go for Big Sam, he has the experience and I think he'll take the job if offered.

.e. Disagree. Pellegrino looks like he gives a sh1t, the problem is he looks like he doesn't know how to give a sh1t i.e. he's f**king clueless.

Disagree. Pellegrino always looks like he gives a ****, the problem is he looks like he doesn't know how to give a **** i.e. he's ****ing clueless.

I think the main reason why clubs don't sue for "tapping up" leading to a player's refusal to play for his club is it will likely lead to further unsettling of an already unsettled player. Because if we were to sue Liverpool, VVD will have to give evidence in court. He will at the very least have to see a solicitor and give a written statement i.e. an affidavit, which will be submitted to court ahead of the trial so that the judge can hear VVD's side of the story, as it were. VVD might then have to be cross-examined in court by Liverpool's advocate (more unsettling of the player). Of course Saints could apply for and obtain summary judgment against Liverpool, in which case VVD won't have to personally appear in court. As to the point that a suit against Liverpool will unsettle the squad, that is debatable. As things stand, VVD's throwing a hissy fit and not training with the first team has already unsettled the squad. If the club sues, instead of unsettling the players further, it might encourage and steel them, knowing that the club is standing strong and doing the right thing. If I remember correctly, the very first case of a Saints player refusing to play to force a move was Kenwyne "Doggy" Jones. We let Kenwyne Jones have his way, but we were a **** poor club and in the Championship then, whereas we are upwardly mobile and richer now, so we shouldn't just take it lying down this time.

Respectfully disagree! The FA is only bothered about their rules being broken, it is none of their concern if Saints or any club have lost anything such as money or a player's services. That's what the civil courts are for, if Saints have lost anything of value, it is up to us, not the FA/PL, to sue for it.

I can see 2 possible causes of action (more brilliant legal minds might come up with more): 1. Inducement to breach of contract. VVD is contracted to us, Liverpool have by their illegal approach caused him to break his contract, viola, Liverpool is liable to pay us damages, it's an open and shut case, simple! 2. The tort of "turning a player's head" (admittedly a new tort but worth trying for, where's Lord Denning when you need him?).

But Spurs are a big club, at least as big as Man City before their oil dollars came along, whereas Saints are a small club. Surely you don't agree with Rupert Lowe that we are bigger than the "North London yobbos"?

The one person at SFC that is complicit is VVD himself. I'm not sure if anyone else is involved. If the FA won't "take the matter further", we can and should. Take Liverpool to court and make them pay! It's about time bigger clubs realized "tapping up" has bad consequences for themselves, not just the smaller clubs they seek to bully.

Saints can and should sue Liverpool for "turning VVD's head" by their illegal approach. He is not in the "right frame of mind and we are deprived of his services. Liverpool should be made to pay for all the consequences of his outlandish and childish behaviour, including but not limited to his wages for the period that he is indisposed to play for us, and any drop in value of the player as a result. Why must we cave in/roll over and die every time Liverpool covets one of our players? No more bullying of a smaller club by a bigger club!

http://readsouthampton.com/2017/05/30/tuchel-claimed-line-replace-puel/ So says a French journo with a fair bit of confidence. Makes me wonder though if Tuchel was so good, why St-Etienne aren't chasing after him instead of Puel.