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well he did pretty well in saving us this season and by getting them to play a style of football much more watchable than the previous two managers so I’m not sure what you base that logic on. If you told me six months ago I would be happy with Hughes as manager I would have laughed at you but fairs fair, he came in, did what very few expected and kept us up. For that alone he deserves a chance.

which is pretty much what Jeremy Wilson has said in The Telegraph not an hour ago

umm, tough one

must be bloody annoying to have a bull**** post dis-proved by the club’s favourite insider journalist within 13 minutes

They will in China

aside of your flippant, sarcastic response the fact is that Bertrand has been good enough to play for England all season bar the last friendly when he was injured. He hasnt let them down - didnt he score in one game ? - yet now he isnt good enough to be in the squad. Southgate said the decisions have been made over the long run not just the past few weeks. In the case of Bertrand Out - Rose In that is obviously bull **** !

you are a bit of a strange one aren’t you ?

He's far from clueless. Not many Chairman will come out at the end of the season and admit to making mistakes etc. For once its a good interview. Feel a bit sorry for him really, when everything was roses in the garden it was Reed who couldn't wait to get in front the cameras. When its gone all to **** Ralph has to step up to the microphone !

At least the penny appears to have dropped about the ****e we’ve watched for two years prior to Hughes coming in and re-igniting “The Southampton Way”

Surprised they aren’t after Pep, Klopp or Pochettino !

hope so, and that shouldn’t be a problem. Pelle, Tadic and Classie were obviously Koeman signings. Pied and Boufal were Puel signings and the non scoring centre forward from Argentina was Pellegrino’s wonderful call

This doesn’t quite fit with the Reed is going in the summer rumours which seem to be taken as gospel.

Totally agree. The way he threw the young keeper Lewis under the bus in that game was also shameful. I often wondered if that was the moment he lost a lot of the senior players tbh.

Think Bertrand’s slight injury put paid to him coming on. I hope he stays but doubt he will.

He wouldn’t attend matches if this were true surely

I have to agree. Every manager since Adkins gave him his debut has picked him then after a while dropped him again. Puel was the one who stuck with him longest. JWP really is an enigma. He can look quite good but most of the time you barely notice he’s playing or remember his contribution to a game. Apart from the infamous dead ball specialist tag I’m still not sure what he contributes or what position suits him best. After six seasons he should by now have formed an identity within the team

He was the worst manager I can recall in 42 years of supporting The Saints. Worse than Wigley, Portaloo, Wotte, Branfoot......

lazy journalism. Let’s link Liverpool with a Southampton player, there’s history there after all.

Club have already shown they are not in the market for competing in the top 6. As soon as Koeman walked that was it. Managers, players, both second rate additions to the club, Hughes has lifited both the players and supporters. He should get the job. Dont forget Ralph’s interview from January - we are a small club again now.

after yet another non performance as a starter on Tuesday night he will be back on the bench. He can come on and impress Pep for the last 20 mins or so.

Does this indicate no end of season awards night this year ? They wouldn’t have the nerve to hold one surely

Yeah BBC Sport breaking news about 15 mins ago. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44064957 Why the hell would you announce that three days before the last match ? Seriously ? And we think have some numpties running this club

Given they have just told their manager Sunday is his last game come what may dont worry yourselves too much about any of the coaching team/players giving a ****. Any vaguely slim chance they had just got a whole lot slimmer !!

God knows, City have hardly torn Brighton to shreds and Swansea ? Scored 2 in 8 games and you think they will score 6,7 or 8 in 90 minutes ?

Similar in many ways to Gordon Strachan. People were either very unsure or just plain didnt want him either. That worked out ok :-)