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Chelsea got a concussion sub to replace Azpilicueta, and when that happens the opponent also get an extra substitute.

Glad you’re not our manager

Bazunu KWP ABK Salisu Perraud Lavia JWP Stu Sulemana Adams Onuachu Possible argument that Adams and Tall Paul will be wanting to similar things, but I think having two that can hold it up a bit will allow the other to get in the box more and hopefully we could see some crosses into Paul. Would have no problems with Adams dropping out and Sulemana going up top with possibly Alcaraz being the other 10.

Would you want him over JWP or Lavia? I know I wouldn’t. I wouldn’t take him over Romeu either (the version from a season or two back). He’s doing a very simple job well, for Spurs.

Personally I think the moment talks with Marsch collapsed it was Selles until the end of the season at least. They clearly wanted a move back towards Ralph’s style, and the ‘playbook’ that has been implemented throughout the club. They may have had doubts over whether Selles was quite ready yet, or perhaps wanted him to be Marsch’s successor at the end of his short term deal. I haven’t seen a single other name linked by anyone remotely reputable since Marsch was ruled out, I agree on no rush for Selles to be given the full time job officially but personally I don’t think we’re getting another manager in this season regardless of what happens.

I can’t remember the game but despite what that screenshot says it looks more like a 3/5 at the back to me, which was obviously NJ’s intentions so benefit of the doubt to Selles that he was putting out a team that might reflect what the new manager would be looking to do.

Didn’t do much for Everton against Liverpool, they were back to looking soft as shit

I had never heard this ‘your football is shit’ chant until our fans sung it at Palace. Is this new? Have Saints fans finally come up with an original chant?

I’d rather Selles than Gerrard/Lampard/Rooney. In fact i’d rather let the players just manage themselves than any of those three.

I wasn’t desperate for Marsch but I was desperate to never see 5 at the back ever again. Oh well, was fun whilst it lasted.

I think if you’d have told fans back when Selles joined the club that he’d be in charge at some point it probably wouldn’t have surprised many, just not sure 2 sackings and a break down of talks would’ve been expected before it happened.

I’d be more gobsmacked if Tino in particular isn’t still here, given the fee we would command i’m not sure many will be touching an 18 year old who’s been out for a year with an ACL. Edozie, Bazunu and a few others could definitely do with a season in the Championship. There is also always a few players that stick around you don’t expect, Bournemouth kept Lerma the season they went down - not many clubs have a complete exodus anymore like the old days.

We aren’t attractive to many right now largely because managers won’t want a relegation on their CV, regardless of what league it’s from. I guarantee we’re more attractive for a promotion push to the Premier League with a decent squad and strong backing.

I’m not sure Marsch having a short term contract would make it any less important for him - i’d say his Premier League career depends on him doing a good job with us, and i’d suggest that’s why he’s willing to come here so soon. If he didn’t pick up another job in the PL soon he probably never does, and if he flops with us then i’d suggest he won’t be getting another one.

Hughes’ main aim was to keep us up, and he achieved it. That allowed us to attract Ralph the following season. If there’s a similar outcome from this appointment then that’s fine by me.

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Like when we appointed Hughes, and sent down the club he’d come from? Also parallels with an FA Cup tie against lower league opposition round the corner too!

Or the previous manager’s training methods given that Bamford and Phillips were repeatedly injured all last season, and he’s known for having had a pretty intense approach.

Exactly. Marco Silva, Sean Dyche, Eddie Howe and David Moyes all have PL relegations on their CV’s but i’m sure most would take any one of them with open arms.

The last time we appointed a recently sacked Premier League manager it was laughed at by his previous club. He kept us up and they went down…

Thought it was Crocker who’s off? Think it’s widely accepted that Jones was Ankersen’s man given his admiration for him when at Brentford, if our interest in JM predates SR’s arrival then it feels to me like we probably always fancied him as Ralph’s successor (as did I when he got the Leipzig job) and now maybe that element of the board had the push on this one.

Is it fair to say this was an appointment that maybe allowed Semmens to get back involved? It’s basically Ralph lite, and considering this weird 5 at the back obsession we seem to have had since the summer, this feels like maybe a move back to the old way of doing things because the new way was shit.

It’d be great to get a more impressive hire than Marsch, but it’s not the reality of the situation we’re in. If you framed it as ‘we’re going to get a manager with Champions League experience at two different clubs, as well as managing in two of the top 5 leagues in Europe with PL experience’ people would wonder how we’ve managed to pull that off in our current predicament. Don’t get me wrong I have my doubts over whether Marsch is as good as I thought he might be when he first got the Leeds job, but equally i’d be sure he’s not coming here for money but for a chance to prove that he is in fact PL level and it’s probably his last chance. His style is something a lot of our players will be familiar with, he’s not going to play 3 CB’s thankfully, and i’m fairly confident he won’t fall out with one of our best CB’s and leave him in the B team. So if he can put an 11 out that mostly resembles our best 11, can bin off Bednarek, and can bring some kind of feel good (as much as is realistically possible in our current state) back into the fans then he gets the nod from me.

Not a fan of Premier League football then?

That’s obviously fine