Pancake Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchen_dan Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 Interesting promotion for Martin Hunter. @SouthamptonFC: Martin Hunter has taken up the position of Technical Director and will work closely @Koeman1963’s team. #saintsfc http://t.co/D9aVyc4Cmj Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 What was Martin hunter doing before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 What was Martin hunter doing before? Under 21's manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 Under 21's manager. Must be getting a new youth setup in then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucks Saint Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 Top team imho, seems a great blend from the outside at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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saintbob40 Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 So that's Kelvin shafted then. Nice work Les........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 Don't really understand the Lee appointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 1 July, 2014 Author Share Posted 1 July, 2014 So that's Kelvin shafted then. Nice work Les........ Maybe Kelv didnt want the job? Maybe he is no good as a "teacher"? Maybe he ios playing this year with a view to learning from Watson and taking over next year? Maybe Kelv is off to another club for some final first team football? Maybe.... But no, lets use the appointment of a new coach as a stick with which to beat Les. **** me blind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 Lee and Watson bring along a lot of PL experience and knowledge of English football which is important. For me the most interesting is Hunter as now means there is a vacancy managing the U21s and with the 18s too those are very important positions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 (edited) So that's Kelvin shafted then. Nice work Les........ Why is he "shafted"? He has a players contract and salary until June 2016, i'm sure he'll cope. Does he even have coaching badges completed? He has no experience as a 1st team coach. Instead we've appointed the England goalkeeper coach, I think that shows a good level of quality and ambition from the club don't you? Don't really understand the Lee appointment. Because we need more than just the Koeman brothers to coach the 1st team and Sammy Lee is a highly respected coach in English football. He won 3 league titles and 2 European cups as a player and has been the assistant manager of Liverpool and a coach for England. It appears he is a very high quality appointment for such a role at Saints. Edited 1 July, 2014 by Matthew Le God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 (edited) Lee and Watson bring along a lot of PL experience and knowledge of English football which is important. For me the most interesting is Hunter as now means there is a vacancy managing the U21s and with the 18s too those are very important positions. The Daily Echo say Saints will make internal appointments for them. Internal appointments are also expected to fill the void left by the dismissals of Jason Dodd and Paul Williams, who were running the under-18 side. At the bottom of this article... http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/11310675.Lallana_deal_stalls/ So Radhi Jaidi may get the under 21 or under 18 managers role perhaps? Edited 1 July, 2014 by Matthew Le God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 Maybe Kelv didnt want the job? Maybe he is no good as a "teacher"? Maybe he ios playing this year with a view to learning from Watson and taking over next year? Maybe Kelv is off to another club for some final first team football? Maybe.... But no, lets use the appointment of a new coach as a stick with which to beat Les. **** me blind... If we appointed KD then I'm sure some would of said "Nice one Les...appoint a GK coach with no experience" ...or something like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 1 July, 2014 Author Share Posted 1 July, 2014 If we appointed KD then I'm sure some would of said "Nice one Les...appoint a GK coach with no experience" ...or something like that! Ha ha, true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 Don't really understand the Lee appointment. Never hurts to have premier league experience on your coaching staff.... Played a role in developing some fine players at Liverpool too - I'm happy to have him on board. Equally happy to have Watson here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 eugenics bode well for saints european ambitions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratio_decidendi Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 Fantastic appointments. They will likely ensure a smoother transition into Koeman's new system involving new players. So, next stop, who are we buying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 Having just come around to the idea of Koeman as an appointment having seen the pics of him managing the likes of Zlatan, I'm now attempting to wrap my head around the appointment of Sammy Lee, who at best comes across as an enthusiastic idiot. Oh well, he might be brilliant, who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardc Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 I didnt think we were making appointments of people that didnt speak English - Sammy Lee needs Poch's translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 I presume there is a plan but on Day 1 of Pre-Season training the U18's and U21's do not have a Manager. Not ideal. And Uncle Les is looking after his chums isn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 So that's Kelvin shafted then. Nice work Les........ Thank God for that. KD as a keeper coach, how would he coach dealing with crosses, kicking, etc. Bloody nice bloke and all, but no, not a loss at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 So, is it Sammy Lee or Ronald's brother who'll be managing our cup games then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homesick-saint Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 Great news imho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corky morris Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 As far as im concerned these are good appointments. Wouldn't be surprised to see Ruddy join. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_ed Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 I notice that Watson's title is 'Senior Goalkeeper Coach'. Could that be opening the door to an understudy in the mould of KD perhaps. He may well start off coaching the younger ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 I notice that Watson's title is 'Senior Goalkeeper Coach'. Could that be opening the door to an understudy in the mould of KD perhaps. He may well start off coaching the younger ages. Vince Bartram and Ryan Flood coach the younger keepers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 As far as im concerned these are good appointments. Wouldn't be surprised to see Ruddy join. Something some Norwich fans pointed out to me is that in the period Watson had been at Norwich Ruddy went from being in the England squad to not being in the England squad and all this while Watson was the England GK coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 Something some Norwich fans pointed out to me is that in the period Watson had been at Norwich Ruddy went from being in the England squad to not being in the England squad and all this while Watson was the England GK coach. Was this when Ruddy got injured for a while? I'm sure he only got dropped since that injury. Might be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 Was this when Ruddy got injured for a while? I'm sure he only got dropped since that injury. Might be wrong. Not sure. But the Norwich fans said Ruddy has been bad this season and not too many of them were fussed about losing Watson. That said, I think as appointments go it's a very good one so credit to Reed and the team for getting him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 Great appointments but really want to see some incoming players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_ed Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 Vince Bartram and Ryan Flood coach the younger keepers. I had no idea that Vince Bartram had pitched up here. How long has he been at the club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 July 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 Something some Norwich fans pointed out to me is that in the period Watson had been at Norwich Ruddy went from being in the England squad to not being in the England squad and all this while Watson was the England GK coach. Might be because they had a crap manager in houghton and they lost loads of games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmacian_saint Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 Might be because they had a crap manager in houghton and they lost loads of games This. He made an acceptable if not great squad look even more crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 I am not sure that a teams form prevents a keeper from being called up. If anything it is the one position on the pitch where your individual form can be separated from the rest of the team. Plus we called up Ben Foster ahead of John Ruddy, and WBA were garbage this year too. Just interesting that Ruddy wasn't in the England squad when his club coach is also the national coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 Something some Norwich fans pointed out to me is that in the period Watson had been at Norwich Ruddy went from being in the England squad to not being in the England squad and all this while Watson was the England GK coach. Also coincided with Ben Foster deciding he did fancy playing for England after all, and the emergence of Fraser Forster. I don't think you can necessarily draw a straight conclusion that Watson oversaw Ruddy's decline when Norwich's defence only conceded 4 more goals last season compared to the previous one. After all, Watson was also present when Ruddy was first called up. Keepers tend to go through peaks and troughs, Boruc has had spells with us (and other clubs) where he's gone from being amazing to being terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_ed Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 It wouldn't surprise me at all if we ended up with Ben Foster. He's already said he wants to move on from West Brom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 1 July, 2014 Share Posted 1 July, 2014 This news is something positive for Saints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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