Who do we want next as Saints manager?

[gurru991]

2 hours ago, BarberSaint said:

It meant something to those of us who have to endure a certain poster on here. Don't think there's anything comparable on Foxestalk, or any other forum actually.

Got It !!

I was a bit slow on that one..

Thanks for the heads up !!

[ally_uk]

Anyone actually in the know ? COT made a prediction? 

[goodymatt]

 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

26 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

 

Fulham and Palace? Is that a wind up?

[SaintLondon]

I just can’t see either Fulham or Palace taking a gamble on Rohl — that feels like agent talk. Glasner’s been linked with a return to Germany, and Silva’s name keeps coming up for bigger roles. Neither club is likely to go for a Championship manager, surely? I want us to get Rohl now, especially if he’s the one the club is targeting. We can’t afford to fall any further behind and it wouldn't surprise me if we'd put all our eggs in Rohl's basket. 

[goodymatt]

17 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Fulham and Palace? Is that a wind up?

Fulham might lose Silva to Spurs and Palace might lose Glasner to Leipzig, going by recent reports. So they could be looking for replacements. Wonder if McKenna would be of interest to either too?

[leesaint88]

2 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

Fulham might lose Silva to Spurs and Palace might lose Glasner to Leipzig, going by recent reports. So they could be looking for replacements. Wonder if McKenna would be of interest to either too?

Possible - McKenna was asked recently about his future and wasn't overly convincing..

[Saint Scott]

15 hours ago, gurru991 said:

Cooper is fine for the Championship but not good enough for the Premier. Dyche would get you back up & keep you up but Oh My Sweet Lord the football will be horrible.

IMO the biggest mistake you made this season was replacing Cooper with Van Nistelrooy. 

Personally Cooper would be my first choice to get us back up at the first time of asking next season

[Willo of Whiteley]

Imagine if the club are seen to be waiting and waiting and waiting for Danny Rohl only for him to be offered a bigger club on July 1st.

Sport Republic can’t dither about with this.

[CB Fry]

5 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Imagine if the club are seen to be waiting and waiting and waiting for Danny Rohl only for him to be offered a bigger club on July 1st.

Sport Republic can’t dither about with this.

We've seen this kind of horseshit on this forum before. Toby Alderwireld going to Spurs the most memorable.

It's not "first come first served". That's not how professional football works, or how agents work, or how actual life works.

Danny Rohl has an agent, a manager and his own free will. There is not a planet where Southampton Football Club "moves quickly" and sign him up and dopey old Danny has no sense of his own worth or interest in other clubs and leagues. You think he just signs up with the first club that appears, the quickest one?

Danny Rohl might come but if the Premier League or a top Bundesliga club come in then good for him. He should go for it.

We're not "dithering" FFS. The seasons aren't even finished yet.

Edited Tuesday at 10:56 by CB Fry

[Willo of Whiteley]

3 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

We've seen this kind of horseshit on this forum before. Toby Alderwireld going to Spurs the most memorable.

It's not "first come first served". That's not how professional football works, or how agents work, or how actual life works.

Danny Rohl has an agent, a manager and his own free will. There is not a planet where Southampton Football Club "moves quickly" and sign him up and dopey old Danny has no sense of his own worth or interest in other clubs and leagues. You think he just signs up with the first club that appears, the quickest one?

Danny Rohl might come but if the Premier League or a top Bundesliga club come in then good for him. He should go for it.

We're not "dithering" FFS. The seasons aren't even finished yet.

You’ve taken my last post horrendously, and out of context. 😂

My point is say if Danny Rohl is available, wants to come and is ready to join then there is no benefit in the club waiting.

We’ve seen the club before dither about getting Russell Martin because they wanted to leave it until they paid a couple of quid less and were officially a Championship club (the EFL AGM).

If you want me to be pedantic, how do you know if they’re dithering or not? Are you on the board? 😂

My very simple point is that the club need to get the managerial appointment done by mid to late June, get him in for the start of pre-season, whoever it may be. Nothing more than that. Chill.

[skintsaint]

7 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

We're not "dithering" FFS. The seasons aren't even finished yet.

Agree, the club i'm sure will have their man in place come start of pre-season in June.

[CB Fry]

7 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

You’ve taken my last post horrendously, and out of context. 😂

My point is say if Danny Rohl is available, wants to come and is ready to join then there is no benefit in the club waiting.

We’ve seen the club before dither about getting Russell Martin because they wanted to leave it until they paid a couple of quid less and were officially a Championship club (the EFL AGM).

If you want me to be pedantic, how do you know if they’re dithering or not? Are you on the board? 😂

My very simple point is that the club need to get the managerial appointment done by mid to late June, get him in for the start of pre-season, whoever it may be. Nothing more than that. Chill.

We approached Russell Martin and had him in the bag in the May and you're calling that "dithering"? Jesus wept.

 

[ErwinK1961]

54 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

You’ve taken my last post horrendously, and out of context. 😂

My point is say if Danny Rohl is available, wants to come and is ready to join then there is no benefit in the club waiting.

We’ve seen the club before dither about getting Russell Martin because they wanted to leave it until they paid a couple of quid less and were officially a Championship club (the EFL AGM).

If you want me to be pedantic, how do you know if they’re dithering or not? Are you on the board? 😂

My very simple point is that the club need to get the managerial appointment done by mid to late June, get him in for the start of pre-season, whoever it may be. Nothing more than that. Chill.

The club didn’t dither with Martin, he was appointed in May then Swansea tried to sue us, but he was still in place when pre season started. You can slate SR for many many things, but dithering over appointing managers isn’t one of them. They’ve appointed new managers very swiftly each time (they’ve just been mostly shite).

It’s also not “a couple of quid” either. 7 figure sums are significant for the club, especially upon relegation. Pretty sure there is a £2-3m difference in compo for Rohl depending on if it’s a championship club or premier league club - why pay the extra amount when all it means is hanging on until mid-June to avoid getting sued again. That could be a game changing loan signing for next season.

[beatlesaint]

Watford just completed their annual summer sacking of their manager. 

[sockeye]

18 minutes ago, beatlesaint said:

Watford just completed their annual summer sacking of their manager. 

Hull look set to do the same with Selles

[Winnersaint]

2 minutes ago, sockeye said:

Hull look set to do the same with Selles

That's pretty mad really. Was brought in to keep them up, did so, and in his tenure they were comfortably mid table in performance. 

[musesaint]

Danny Röhl - our best option given that the club as a whole and current squad specifically are definitely not as attractive as they once were. Years of poor management within the club and regular team manager changes have massively reduced our allure. Apparently Röhl was keen when Martin was sacked but the club weren’t prepared to meet compensation demands at that stage. Weird really given the financial disaster which relegation has now caused. 

[Maggie May]

26 minutes ago, Winnersaint said:

That's pretty mad really. Was brought in to keep them up, did so, and in his tenure they were comfortably mid table in performance. 

Agreed. Ditched Rosenior too. 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

2 hours ago, goodymatt said:

Fulham might lose Silva to Spurs and Palace might lose Glasner to Leipzig, going by recent reports. So they could be looking for replacements. Wonder if McKenna would be of interest to either too?

As Saint London pointed out, think they both would be looking for a higher profile manager than Rohl. Maybe a job for Ralph!

[S-Clarke]

Looks like there is going to be a bit of a churn of managers this summer. The summer could be more interesting than this season has been!

[Lord Duckhunter]

6 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

The summer could be more interesting than this season has been

It would be pretty hard for it not to be…

If they live streamed the redecorating of the board room, watching the paint dry wouldn’t be the biggest waste of my time at St Mary’s this year…

Edited Tuesday at 13:13 by Lord Duckhunter

[gurru991]

2 hours ago, Saint Scott said:

IMO the biggest mistake you made this season was replacing Cooper with Van Nistelrooy. 

Personally Cooper would be my first choice to get us back up at the first time of asking next season

I had no problems with Cooper being let go .... His football was absolutely dire. !!! 

My problem was hiring Van Nistelroy on the basis of his temp job at Manure !!!

 

[Mr Saints]

8 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

It would be pretty hard for it not to be…

If they live streamed the redecorating of the board room, watching the paint dry wouldn’t be the biggest waste of my time at St Mary’s this year…

Rasmus demanded he does the skirting board himself and the roof caved in.

[S-Clarke]

Just now, gurru991 said:

I had no problems with Cooper being let go .... His football was absolutely dire. !!! 

My problem was hiring Van Nistelroy on the basis of his temp job at Manure !!!

 

To counter that though, maybe he knew what he had to do to keep your head above water and it wasn't going to be pretty? That's all you really needed in year 1, stay up, look at the summer and then make a switch if required. I think he'd shown after his time at Forest that he deserved more of a shot.

I think it's probably fair to say that your fanbase were against him from day 1 though, mainly due to his Forest links. You got the appointment wrong in the first place because the people running your club didn't read the room, but I still think he's a pretty capable manager.

Your ownership situation seems as mad us ours really, they don't seem to have a real idea and lurch from bad call to bad call. A big summer for you guys as much as it is for us.

[leesaint88]

1 hour ago, sockeye said:

Hull look set to do the same with Selles

Looks like he could be Rohl's replacement at Wednesday.

[gurru991]

2 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

To counter that though, maybe he knew what he had to do to keep your head above water and it wasn't going to be pretty? That's all you really needed in year 1, stay up, look at the summer and then make a switch if required. I think he'd shown after his time at Forest that he deserved more of a shot.

I think it's probably fair to say that your fanbase were against him from day 1 though, mainly due to his Forest links. You got the appointment wrong in the first place because the people running your club didn't read the room, but I still think he's a pretty capable manager.

Your ownership situation seems as mad us ours really, they don't seem to have a real idea and lurch from bad call to bad call. A big summer for you guys as much as it is for us.

SPOT ON !!!!

The Cooper hiring was a an unpopular decision from day one & our fanbase never warmed to him.

 Our ownership situation became a mess after the Helicopter crash & the death of our owner, the Son wants to honour his Father by carrying on but in truth he isn't capable.

[Saint Scott]

25 minutes ago, gurru991 said:

I had no problems with Cooper being let go .... His football was absolutely dire. !!! 

My problem was hiring Van Nistelroy on the basis of his temp job at Manure !!!

 

Maybe so, but the season for both Leicester and Saints should of been about consolidation.

Even if the football was unattractive, he had the ability to keep you up IMO. Being a premier league club next season was far more important and you could have reaccessed the managerial position this summer.

Van Nistelrooy was incredibly left field and a poor board decision for your fans. 

[Turkish]

2 hours ago, CB Fry said:

We've seen this kind of horseshit on this forum before. Toby Alderwireld going to Spurs the most memorable.

It's not "first come first served". That's not how professional football works, or how agents work, or how actual life works.

Danny Rohl has an agent, a manager and his own free will. There is not a planet where Southampton Football Club "moves quickly" and sign him up and dopey old Danny has no sense of his own worth or interest in other clubs and leagues. You think he just signs up with the first club that appears, the quickest one?

Danny Rohl might come but if the Premier League or a top Bundesliga club come in then good for him. He should go for it.

We're not "dithering" FFS. The seasons aren't even finished yet.

I can assure you Johannes Spors is relaxed about the situation

[trousers]

1 hour ago, ErwinK1961 said:

You can slate SR for many many things, but dithering over appointing managers isn’t one of them. They’ve appointed new managers very swiftly each time (they’ve just been mostly shite).

Yep, I'd rather SR "dither" over the next managerial appointment and get it right rather than act (too) quickly and get it wrong (again)...

[AlexLaw76]

8 minutes ago, Turkish said:

I can assure you Johannes Spors is relaxed about the situation

L

[Give it to Ron]

With season ticket prices due to be announced I would expect the new manager to be announced soon?

Or doesn’t that really matter anymore as those that renew will do anyway and revenue is minimal now as its tv money that’s largest.

[AlexLaw76]

4 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

With season ticket prices due to be announced I would expect the new manager to be announced soon?

Or doesn’t that really matter anymore as those that renew will do anyway and revenue is minimal now as its tv money that’s largest.

Given how the club/team et al are generally clapped after each defeat, I suspect those in charge can’t believe their luck

[sadoldgit]

3 hours ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

You’ve taken my last post horrendously, and out of context. 😂

My point is say if Danny Rohl is available, wants to come and is ready to join then there is no benefit in the club waiting.

We’ve seen the club before dither about getting Russell Martin because they wanted to leave it until they paid a couple of quid less and were officially a Championship club (the EFL AGM).

If you want me to be pedantic, how do you know if they’re dithering or not? Are you on the board? 😂

My very simple point is that the club need to get the managerial appointment done by mid to late June, get him in for the start of pre-season, whoever it may be. Nothing more than that. Chill.

I think the point is that any manager worth his salt is going to see what his options are before making any hasty decisions. We may well already have made an offer to his agent but if his agent is not as dumb as Trump he will wait and see what his options are before he and his client make any decisions. Will he want to come if he has better options on the table?

Edited Tuesday at 14:34 by sadoldgit

[Wade Garrett]

4 hours ago, CB Fry said:

We've seen this kind of horseshit on this forum before. Toby Alderwireld going to Spurs the most memorable.

It's not "first come first served". That's not how professional football works, or how agents work, or how actual life works.

Danny Rohl has an agent, a manager and his own free will. There is not a planet where Southampton Football Club "moves quickly" and sign him up and dopey old Danny has no sense of his own worth or interest in other clubs and leagues. You think he just signs up with the first club that appears, the quickest one?

Danny Rohl might come but if the Premier League or a top Bundesliga club come in then good for him. He should go for it.

We're not "dithering" FFS. The seasons aren't even finished yet.

If we are going into next season with a half-hearted plan for promotion we won’t get Rohl.  If we appoint someone like Still or some foreigner that nobody has heard of then the writing is on the wall.

[Gloucester Saint]

On 05/05/2025 at 16:28, Badger said:

Phil Brown’s name can’t be far away 

Saw him on a clip the other day, Kidderminster Harriers were in the Conference North play-offs. Looked up the result, they lost to Chester.

[Matthew Le God]

1 hour ago, Wade Garrett said:

If we are going into next season with a half-hearted plan for promotion we won’t get Rohl.  If we appoint someone like Still or some foreigner that nobody has heard of then the writing is on the wall.

 

I'm not saying we should go for him, but why would you see it as a poor appointment? He isn't a managerial novice anymore.

[ApprenticeBillionaire]

It's not going to be Rohl.

It's the media making the connection because he's been here before otherwise they wouldn't be making it.

It's going to be some twat we've never heard of or Gerrard.

If we start sliding down the table we're absolutely fucked because the championship is not a League to try and be clever in when we're trying to get out of it.

[Fabrice29]

1 hour ago, Wade Garrett said:

If we are going into next season with a half-hearted plan for promotion we won’t get Rohl.  If we appoint someone like Still or some foreigner that nobody has heard of then the writing is on the wall.

Foreigners that nobody has heard of that have gone onto win the Championship over the past 10 years include Farke (3 times), Nuno and Maresca. Other foreigners include Silva, Bielsa, Benitez and Kompany (two of which had never managed in the country before). Dyche in 2015 the last non foreign and also the last manager aside from Farke to have managed in the Championship before and gone on to win it. 

Maybe foreign and somebody the Championship has never heard of before should be the way forward...

[Fabrice29]

2 minutes ago, ApprenticeBillionaire said:

It's not going to be Rohl.

It's the media making the connection because he's been here before otherwise they wouldn't be making it.

It's going to be some twat we've never heard of or Gerrard.

If we start sliding down the table we're absolutely fucked because the championship is not a League to try and be clever in when we're trying to get out of it.

What will you say if it is Rohl? You seem so sure.

[Appy]

4 minutes ago, ApprenticeBillionaire said:

It's not going to be Rohl.

It's the media making the connection because he's been here before otherwise they wouldn't be making it.

It's going to be some twat we've never heard of or Gerrard.

If we start sliding down the table we're absolutely fucked because the championship is not a League to try and be clever in when we're trying to get out of it.

It’s not the media making a connection. We literally made an approach for him in December and are clearly very interested. 

[ApprenticeBillionaire]

2 minutes ago, Appy said:

It’s not the media making a connection. We literally made an approach for him in December and are clearly very interested. 

So we made an approach in December (according to who?)

But they went for Juric? 

Very logical that.

If we end up with Rohl then fair enough but I can't see it under these clowns.

[CB Fry]

1 minute ago, ApprenticeBillionaire said:

So we made an approach in December (according to who?)

But they went for Juric? 

Very logical that.

If we end up with Rohl then fair enough but I can't see it under these clowns.

According to the owner of Sheffield Wednesday if that's a good enough source for you?

[ApprenticeBillionaire]

1 minute ago, CB Fry said:

According to the owner of Sheffield Wednesday if that's a good enough source for you?

I don't know dickhead

[Matthew Le God]

36 minutes ago, ApprenticeBillionaire said:

It's not going to be Rohl.

It's the media making the connection because he's been here before otherwise they wouldn't be making it.

It is not the media making things up! The owner of Sheffield Wednesday at a fan forum in January said...

"I can confirm there was contact from Southampton".

Source

https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/sheffield-wednesday-fan-forum-chansiri-on-transfers-rohl-relationship-and-safe-standing-4945691

 

Edited Tuesday at 18:06 by Matthew Le God

[Saint Fan CaM]

5 hours ago, ApprenticeBillionaire said:

So we made an approach in December (according to who?)

But they went for Juric? 

Very logical that.

If we end up with Rohl then fair enough but I can't see it under these clowns.

I share your skepticism however it is clear we approached Rohl late 2024, but that’s not to say it was the right time for both or either parties for him to come on-board - I suspect he wanted to complete the SW project and we didn’t want to get embroiled in compensation when our season was already over. It’s highly likely that a private agreement for Rohl to join us at the end of the season was made, even with Spors blessing.

Edited Tuesday at 23:20 by Saint Fan CaM

[Tommy Mulgrew]

1 hour ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

it is clear we approached Rohl late 2025

Not quite enough editing, SFCaM. 😏

[ApprenticeBillionaire]

2 hours ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

I share your skepticism however it is clear we approached Rohl late 2025, but that’s not to say it was the right time for both or either parties for him to come on-board - I suspect he wanted to complete the SW project and we didn’t want to get embroiled in compensation when our season was already over. It’s highly likely that a private agreement for Rohl to join us at the end of the season was made, even with Spors blessing.

I would pass straight the F out if SportsRepublic are THAT sensible.

 

[Wade Garrett]

3 hours ago, Fabrice29 said:

Foreigners that nobody has heard of that have gone onto win the Championship over the past 10 years include Farke (3 times), Nuno and Maresca. Other foreigners include Silva, Bielsa, Benitez and Kompany (two of which had never managed in the country before). Dyche in 2015 the last non foreign and also the last manager aside from Farke to have managed in the Championship before and gone on to win it. 

Maybe foreign and somebody the Championship has never heard of before should be the way forward...

Yes, I had never heard of Maresca, Silva, Benitez, Bielsa or Kompany.

[Wade Garrett]

4 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

I'm not saying we should go for him, but why would you see it as a poor appointment? He isn't a managerial novice anymore.

I’m not convinced by him.  He might talk a good game in a tv studio, but so does Russell Martin.

I don’t think he has the experience to get the better of more experienced managers, or the man-management skills to inspire experienced players.