steadyeddie Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Michael Svennson will be announced as New Assistant Manager on Monday I have heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickmick Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Michael Svennson will be announced as New Assistant Manager on Monday I have heard. First thing they have done right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Michael Svennson will be announced as New Assistant Manager on Monday I have heard. on the thread I put up Killer to be on coaching staff i had heard he was going to be part of the coaching staff not the assistant,I doubt that Gorre will be pushed aside and so your info may be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faz Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Michael Svennson will be announced as New Assistant Manager on Monday I have heard. Is this the same source as the "we are to be bought by Arab businessmen for 21p a share" rumour of yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 (edited) Is this good news? Does he have his badges? Is this just some kind of sop for the fans to keep the protesters away from Rupes door? Is it another unfounded rumour? I think the latter two questions are the those with an affirmative answer. IMHO. PS: Hoorah! I have taken the plunge and wasted £5 to become a full member - this is my 1st post. This is in readiness for next season when I will not renew my ST and become an armchair supporter like many others on here. (-; Edited 24 January, 2009 by Saint Fan CaM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordswoodsaints Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 nonsense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Michael Svennson will be announced as New Assistant Manager on Monday I have heard. yet more crap from you then (21p arab thingy???) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAPEL END CHARLIE Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 We've got more coaches than National Express - good luck to MS if true . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Michael Svennson will be announced as New Assistant Manager on Monday I have heard. No offence to Svennson,but this utter madness.IMO. The experiment goes on and on and on..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 So,Saints are now going to wreck Michael Svennsons managerial career before it starts.Just as we did for Jason Dood. Michael Svennson could make a good manager in the future,but putting him into our Lowe filled cesspit at the moment is not going to help him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/?page_id=11265 coach..not assistant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 First thing they have done right. Yes, another 'cheap' option. He's had no managerial experience, not sure if he has his badges, and to be fair if he was that much of a positive influence on the players, and a natural 'leader' we wouldn't be in the position we are in. Why do we always make these misguided appointments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 as I said you were wrong in your info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Coach i can live with,assisstant manager,would be pure folly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Coach i can live with,assisstant,would be pure folly. Yep, but I would like to see reserves coach first rather than first team, surely even decent players need to prove their coaching abilities.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Yes, another 'cheap' option. He's had no managerial experience, not sure if he has his badges, and to be fair if he was that much of a positive influence on the players, and a natural 'leader' we wouldn't be in the position we are in. Why do we always make these misguided appointments? Have to sadly agree although Killer was one of my all-time favourite Saints players and in that position only Ken Monkou, Claus and Mark Wright (pre-tantrums when he wanted to take Maxwell's dodgy money at Derby) come close. I just can't slag off Killer. However, the only way Gorre, Wotte and Lowe's dodgy guru will make decent coaches is if National Express punch their teeth out, use their arses as luggage storage and install 50 seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manji Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 We are now using Michael Svennson to attack the club.FFS.Whats the matter with you lot ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 No offence to Michael Svensson, but that's a fob off. His excellent image is being used as a barricade to hide behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 We are now using Michael Svennson to attack the club.FFS.Whats the matter with you lot ? Who is? I thought we were using the appointment of an unproven coach [who just happens to be MS] to attack the people in charge of making such decisions.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Yep, but I would like to see reserves coach first rather than first team, surely even decent players need to prove their coaching abilities.... Totally agree. Good luck to him,but i feel this is being done to appease the fans and dilute some of the ill feeling being directed at certain people.IMO. It doesn't wash with me,i'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 We are now using Michael Svennson to attack the club.FFS.Whats the matter with you lot ? Absolutely nothing. Check the postings Manji. No criticism of MS at all, in fact, I've just named him one of our greatest ever CBs. Plenty of criticism of a regime that 99% of fans want gone. Saints need an experienced British manager in this situation, not an army of incompetent Lowe clones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 No offence to Michael Svensson, but that's a fob off. His excellent image is being used as a barricade to hide behind. Exactly. The club treat the fans like muppets every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Michael Svennson will be announced as New Assistant Manager on Monday I have heard. http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/?page_id=11265 Well, that took about 20 minutes to be shot down. Thank God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFC Forever Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Clutching at straws I know, but could "Whats it" actually have some different ideas to Jan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
um pahars Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 We are now using Michael Svennson to attack the club.FFS.Whats the matter with you lot ? What's wrong with you more like:rolleyes: I just wish that for once you would look at things in a rational manager. No one is using Killer to attack the Club. People are merely suggesting that we should appoint the best person (within our constraints) that we can, regardless of any prior affiliation with the Club. Or is that too difficult for you to understand?:smt037 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WealdSaint Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 I think its a good idea. I guess the club have to pay him either way so make use of him. I guess he could do a good half time Bo**King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 I think its a good idea. I guess the club have to pay him either way so make use of him. I guess he could do a good half time Bo**King It's my understanding - wasn't it announced on the OS in the summer?? - that he was on a 'pay as you play' deal anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Wotte ever the political situation is at SFC it's great to see Svensson involved now that his playing days are over. At least his heart will be in the job and its a tiny little link back to the days when things were looking a bit rosier at SFC. After all "Southampton FC" IS my club and I'll follow them no matter who is at the helm as I'm sure the players want to do well for all those that spectate week in, week out and for those that support from afar. COME ON YOU SAINTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRobbie Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Michael Svennson will be announced as New Assistant Manager on Monday I have heard. Well he cant play (sadly) and he is very much being used as the good will talisman of the Club, so its a possibility. Fans love him still...unlike ANYTHING else within the managerial set up. Do you believe he'll have an impact as 'Assistant' Manager though? Nor do I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumuah Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 As much as I have the utmost respect for Svennson as a player, what evidence is there that he is any good at coaching? Our defence has been an utter shambles all season, what has stopped him from saying anything about 'how it should be done' while he has been sidelined? If he has already been trying to coach from the sidelines then this only proves that we are still going backwards with this appointment. I, like many others, suspect that this is just propaganda from the club to try to use a popular figure to appease the fans. It's such a shame its all come to this...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheff Saint Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 No offence to Michael Svensson, but that's a fob off. His excellent image is being used as a barricade to hide behind. It is very political. I just hope Killer can get some good from it. I hate the mis-trust i have of everything at the club at the moment. It's not enjoyable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 We are now using Michael Svennson to attack the club.FFS.Whats the matter with you lot ? rubbish the attack is about a stupid decision nothing to do with Svennson, we are crying out for someone with CCC experience not a player who has none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Wotte ever the political situation is at SFC it's great to see Svensson involved now that his playing days are over. At least his heart will be in the job and its a tiny little link back to the days when things were looking a bit rosier at SFC. After all "Southampton FC" IS my club and I'll follow them no matter who is at the helm as I'm sure the players want to do well for all those that spectate week in, week out and for those that support from afar. COME ON YOU SAINTS Trouble is Phil one of our greatest recent players is being used a political tool and I don't like it. I hope when we do eventually get rid of Lowe and Wilde for good that Michael still has a role to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAPEL END CHARLIE Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Confirmed on OS , will work as joint assistant 1st team coach : http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/article.php?page_id=11265 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Monkey Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Might aswell have made him manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 No offence to Michael Svensson, but that's a fob off. His excellent image is being used as a barricade to hide behind. I hope that Michael Svensson isn't being " used " in this situation, but it sounded to me that Mark Wotte was somewhat shocked by JP sudden exit, and has to say YES to keep HIS job. Without a "buddy" to bounce ideas off he's going to feel isolated. Svensson is the closest we have to a " legend " in the last 10 years. He first signed in the summer 2002....and together with Lundekvam was surely one of the best centre-back pairings we've had in the last 30 years. Also had a few dozens international games for Sweden and captained them on a few occasions. I think he has good leadership qualitites, and is still highly-respected by Swedish fans - even though he hasn't played for several years. How do you GET TO BE.. an " experienced coach " ? An invite to Buckingham Palace ...and next day you're OK for the job. I think this type of situation sorts out those who have talent from those who have got " a name ". Several of the 1966 World Cup side "tried " management....Moore, Peters, Bobby Charlton were all short-lived and only Jack C. and Ball lasted any length of time - but never at the highest level. Recent appointment of: NIGEL Clough reminded me of his famous father, BRIAN, one of the most prolific post war strikers, who horribly broke a leg aged 28 and never played again. Similar case with Steve Coppell, a fine winger who was clogged into retirement by frustrated defenders whom he made fools of every game. Both later put their aggression and enthusiasm into managing good sides. I just wonder if Svensson's injury history may have given him a similar determination to be successful..OFF the pitch ?...we'll see ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Michael Svennson will be announced as New Assistant Manager on Monday I have heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WealdSaint Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 It's my understanding - wasn't it announced on the OS in the summer?? - that he was on a 'pay as you play' deal anyway? I thought he signed a one year contract............I may be wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAPEL END CHARLIE Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 I thought he signed a one year contract............I may be wrong Or maybe not . They know their Saints trivia in the Weald - on a one year contract with an option to extend . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solentstars Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 We are now using Michael Svennson to attack the club.FFS.Whats the matter with you lot ? thats how sad some our getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WealdSaint Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Or maybe not . They know their Saints trivia in the Weald - on a one year contract with an option to extend . So my hours looking at the OS and this forum have not been entirly wasted ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 How do you GET TO BE.. an " experienced coach " ? An invite to Buckingham Palace ...and next day you're OK for the job. Experience is 'gained' and certainly isn't given. Therefore I would presume MS - or anyone else for that matter - wishing to gain experience would start at the bottom and work their way up. Even Alex Ferguson didn't become 'top dog' straight away. I think this type of situation sorts out those who have talent from those who have got " a name ". Several of the 1966 World Cup side "tried " management....Moore, Peters, Bobby Charlton were all short-lived and only Jack C. and Ball lasted any length of time - but never at the highest level. I think this just goes to prove that good / great players don't necessarily translate into good / great managers..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Whilst it's blindingly obvious to me that Killer has been appointed to appease the fans, it does give us all a bit of hope. We all know how committed Svensson is to Saints, and if he is having some sort of input, no matter how small it is, then there is at least a little glimmer of hope for us all. With all the off-the-field antics going on, it's good to hear that we have got someone who truly cares about the club involved in a coaching role. It's unlikely Svensson will settle with players not giving their all, and the youngsters could certainly use his experience to their advantage. I guess we just have to hope that Killer is having some input and that this hasn't been dressed up to keep us fans quiet for a bit. The one thing that does concern me, is that this could hamper Svensson and his future coaching career. I'm of the opinion that he has the potential to become a very good coach, and one day a top manager, but having to work under Lowe isn't the ideal scenario. I know for a fact that Svensson is highly thought of and well respected amongst the players, so hopefully this MIGHT just be the first thing Lowe et al have done right. Maybe Killer will be named manager after Wotte fails anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelkel31 Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 killers is only being used as a political tool if he lets it happen its only propaganda if we let it be we talk about trying to regain the club, bring back the spirit of southampton, well for me this is one of the things i want to see,keeping people who have the club in the hearts close to the club. im not naive enough to say he will be a great coach, that his appointment will be a catalyst to changing the teams form, but why the hell are we slagging off(either by being used as a pawn or his lack of experience) one of the most respected members of the current set up! i for one will take this news on its own merits and as with the appointment of wotte as manager, for now will see how things pan out, and this in no way detracts from my beliefs that we need wholesale change in the management and structure of our club, and my involvement in any protest that may happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exit2 Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 PR Stunt and poor MS being used I feel. I beleive he has no coaching badges at all. I really hope of the more fickle amongst us dont start slagging him as if things go pear shaped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 First thing they have done right. And the basis for that conclusion is what, exactly ? Has he got coaching badges ? Sorry, this appointment is a more f**king ridiculous PR-stunt appointment than Dodd as Burley's assistant........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Who is? I thought we were using the appointment of an unproven coach [who just happens to be MS] to attack the people in charge of making such decisions.... Indeed. Manji's a bit odd... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Mockles Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Yes, another 'cheap' option. He's had no managerial experience, not sure if he has his badges, and to be fair if he was that much of a positive influence on the players, and a natural 'leader' we wouldn't be in the position we are in. Why do we always make these misguided appointments? Cos the chairman is a mindless, arrogant w*nker who hasn't a clue about football and never learns by his long list of mistakes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derry Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 Wotte has got a Pro Licence, that doesn't mean he's any good. The fact Svennson maybe hasn't could be a plus, we might get some common sense. The club has had a preponderence of qualified coaches and none of the prats could see we had no width in attack, no shape in the team, why the defence was porous, the players never tried hard to get goalside, what was a players natural side, and no threat from set pieces. The common denominator, no common sense, football is a simple game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted 24 January, 2009 Share Posted 24 January, 2009 I like MS as a player, but didn't go a bundle on him when i met him. This appointment does nothing for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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