Saint86

You really don't need to exaggerate the point, most saints fans have clocked on by now.

This was the point i was trying to make. Cork wanted to be here but the club bowed down to two players that didn't and which we were on the verge of selling anyway. Should have kept cork and moved on the other two. Short sighted strat which has left us with a team lacking fight and with only a smattering of loyal club men in the team.

Just been called up to the england squad. Very pleased for him. Another one we let go at the expense of big egos with no loyalty. Club strat seriously needs a looking into.

I don't really care if we change our higher management, or if they radically improve the way we do things. Just do one of them please.

To be blunt, our problems lie at board level. Not at manager level. Was the same for Puel as it is for MoPe. Koeman just had a bigger ego and balls to deal with it all. Or did I miss the others dropping Tadic etc...

Its not mixed success. Wanyama and Pelle were better as a CDM/Striker for us (respectively) than Romeu and Austin. I like Romeu a lot, but that is rose tinted spectacles to say he is a better CDM than Wanyama was/is; he was immense for us. If anything, Romeu has more of the MS about him.

Wow. This is perhaps the biggest rewrite of history I've seen in recent years.

He's off. Anyone who reads that and doesn't see he has been promised his move is incredibly stupid.

I'd give him a shot, but think he needs to take some time tbh; been under ridiculous stress.

Feel a bit for Morgan.... But then he kicked up a fuss over a big move, showed limited loyalty to saints, and got some mega money...

Unfortunately I disagree. The club had momentum prior to that change. We have completley lost it in its absence. What we achieved after NC and MoPo left is not what we would have achieved with them here. Yet we still rode the crest of that momentum and finished strongly under Koeman. What follows thereafter is failure after failure and an ever worsening outlook as a club. Something needs to change, or we will limp on like this before joining many a mid table club that has dabbled at the top end before eventual mid table apathy and relegation. That is my thoughts anyway, and its all in the past so nothing anyone can do about it.

Where did it all start to go wrong? https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jan/15/nicola-cortese-southampton-exit-manager

I think so. Frustrates me that some fans are so quick to turn on the players and/or manager; whilst leave the true head remains unscathed of any criticism. The classic comment from this weekend being that James Warde Prowse isn't good enough for a Championship club; we really do have some right nob jockeys for fans.

Yeah.

Yes, he was our best ever manager in the prem era, and almost got us CL footy... Then him and Les had a billy big balls falling out and this **** started...

Les Reed out at regardless at this point. I for one would take Koeman back. He fell out with Uncle Les which isn't a great sign. But a manager who ****es off and then actually drops tadic gets my vote anyday!

It was shocking. I worry about modern Britain when they either can't understand "a 1 minutes silence will follow the last post", or they knowingly disrespect the fallen. It was an utter disgrace. That said I saw hardly any poppies on display so maybe I am in the minority.

There is rubbish and then their is utter bull****, but if people want to make themselves look like bitter pompey fools in public then go for it I guess... Seriously. Do you not understand why he was put on the field at that moment?

Good ol Uncle Les.

I'm going to this one. So 0-0 or 0-1.

Pedro or one of the city goals will win. Kidding ourselves if you think otherwise. He didn't it hard enough (or get it in the corners) to win goal of the month. And to be fair, that Pedro goal is frankly Exquisite.

Saints were in turmoil 8-10 years ago. Is it really surprising that our current 16-18year olds are not what they once were?

Jose and Pep have only ever had superstar teams or the money to buy them. Poch's teams are as good as those teams, but without the hundreds of millions that were spent. They also play cracking footy, and he develops youth players. He is a fantastic manager, and for me he is easily one of the best in the prem and the world. We'll have people arguing that pellegrini, Ranieri and mancini are better managers if we persist with this "trophies = greatness" argument.

He is arguably the best manager in the prem; and one of the best in the world as a result.

Fine, disagree; but lets keep this thread for praising the man for his contributions