Who do we want next as Saints manager?

[Nolan]

6 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

Club never learns.  Absolute fucking joke.  Only consolation is that the wankers aren’t having any more of my money.  
Stick your Sports Republic multi-club bollocks and Rasmus the fraud up your fucking arseholes.  Absolute load of fucking shite.

Rasmus' isn't employing the new manager. Spors is.

[West end Saints]

2 hours ago, Wade Garrett said:

Club never learns.  Absolute fucking joke.  Only consolation is that the wankers aren’t having any more of my money.  
Stick your Sports Republic multi-club bollocks and Rasmus the fraud up your fucking arseholes.  Absolute load of fucking shite.

By "never learn" do you mean only pick a manager you personally approve of? Despite not knowing who would even be interested, what any of them are like to work with etc?

I have my doubts but as already been proven most managers who win this league have never managed here before.

We aren't going to poach someone who is currently a proven success in a top league.

He looks a risk, but so is any manager.

Edited 1 hour ago by West end Saints

[SaintNewForest]

Tom Cleverly? 🤣

[Holmes_and_Watson]

2 minutes ago, SaintNewForest said:

Tom Cleverly? 🤣

No, we are unable to do anything cleverly. So, that's a non starter. 🙂

[Wade Garrett]

13 minutes ago, West end Saints said:

By learn do you mean only pick a manager you personally approve of? Despite not knowing who would even be interested, what any of them are like to work with etc?

I have my doubts but as already been proven most managers who win this league have never managed here before.

We aren't going to poach someone who is currently a proven success in a top league.

He looks a risk, but so is any manager.

It’s another clever bollocks appointment.  I don’t think any manager is a risk either.  Just the ones we continue appoint.  Just like our recruitment policy.  Buy unproven players, how has that worked out?

I’m getting a bit steamed up here  but after nearly 50 years of supporting the club that’s it for me.  

 

[Baird of the land]

Cleverly 'seen as one of the most promising english coaches', By who?, certainly not watford who sacked him for a highly mediocre league position.

[EBS1980]

If it is Still least he should have good knowledge of the French league. Sure there are some bargains to be had there as PSG aside there isn’t a lot of money in Ligue 1

[woodsaint1]

20 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

It’s another clever bollocks appointment.  I don’t think any manager is a risk either.  Just the ones we continue appoint.  Just like our recruitment policy.  Buy unproven players, how has that worked out?

I’m getting a bit steamed up here  but after nearly 50 years of supporting the club that’s it for me.  

 

Who did you want us to appoint?

[Turkish]

18 minutes ago, EBS1980 said:

If it is Still least he should have good knowledge of the French league. Sure there are some bargains to be had there as PSG aside there isn’t a lot of money in Ligue 1

We already got one from the French 3rd division

[Turkish]

Just seen Will Stills girlfriend has got cancer, got to be tough to deal with at such a young age. 

[Wade Garrett]

11 minutes ago, woodsaint1 said:

Who did you want us to appoint?

Steve Cooper would be my first choice.  However, he wouldn’t roll over and be a yes man so we won’t appoint him.  We’ll go down the well-trodden path of being clever-bollocks and have to pay yet another manager off.

Club is a joke.

Edited 2 hours ago by Wade Garrett

[Wade Garrett]

14 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Just seen Will Stills girlfriend has got cancer, got to be tough to deal with at such a young age. 

Horrendous.  Just read that she has had her cancer treatment and now has a brain infection.  Life can be very cruel at times.

Edited 2 hours ago by Wade Garrett

[ErwinK1961]

36 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

It’s another clever bollocks appointment.  I don’t think any manager is a risk either.  Just the ones we continue appoint.  Just like our recruitment policy.  Buy unproven players, how has that worked out?

I’m getting a bit steamed up here  but after nearly 50 years of supporting the club that’s it for me.  

 

[Harry_SFC]

Cleverly did a decent job at Watford given the circumstances but he doesn't have enough overall experience for me. Rohl has much more coaching under his belt at least. As does Still, despite his age. 

[BarberSaint]

3 hours ago, trousers said:

That's the biggest yellow flag to me too. He could be absolutely fine under such pressure of course, but it's a risk nonetheless. (And, yes, all manager appointments come with an element of risk, before the whataboutery brigade launch into one... )

Actually. If you listen to his interviews, in one of them he had a difficult situation.  The manager had left. He was put in place and had to get the team going again or they were relegated. They stayed up. His approach was to be pragmatic and work with what he had. It is out there, that information.

[Matthew Le God]

1 hour ago, Wade Garrett said:

Club never learns.  Absolute fucking joke.  Only consolation is that the wankers aren’t having any more of my money.  
Stick your Sports Republic multi-club bollocks and Rasmus the fraud up your fucking arseholes.  Absolute load of fucking shite.

What are you objecting to? He isn't a novice manager. His first managerial job was 8 years ago and he has just finished 8th in the 5th best league in Europe. What were you expecting a Championship side to do?

[Matthew Le God]

2 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

I do, but you continue to choose not to use it.

 

2 hours ago, Ted Bates Statue said:

There certainly is and I use it

Not currently or you wouldn't be able to see what you just quoted.

[gio1saints]

If it is Will Still I think that spells goodbye for Adam Lallana. 

He will look to be an assistant manager under a more experienced Manager elsewhere is my bet. Championship probably. 
 

As I understand it Stillcomes with a full package of coaches so it would be all new regime from Day one. 
 

One thing I’ve not seen is his approach to preseason training and the level of fitness in his teams - an obvious weak point this year at saints. 

[Morse]

Will Still ffs? NOOOOO

We've had enough experimenting with the Welsh binman etc. 

Still has never played the game, has no experience of English football let alone the championship, learnt his trade by playing computer games, and just taken his team to 8th in a pretty poor league (PSG aside) 

Why is is even been considered is a fucking mystery. 

 

[Matthew Le God]

1 minute ago, Morse said:

Will Still ffs? NOOOOO

We've had enough experimenting with the Welsh binman etc. 

Still has never played the game, has no experience of English football let alone the championship, learnt his trade by playing computer games, and just taken his team to 8th in a pretty poor league (PSG aside) 

Why is is even been considered is a fucking mystery. 

1) The French top flight is of a higher quality than the Championship.

2) Why the emphasis on experience of the Championship? The Championship is a label for a game, it doesn't impact events on the pitch. 

[Morse]

2 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

1) The French top flight is of a higher quality than the Championship.

2) Why the emphasis on experience of the Championship? The Championship is a label for a game, it doesn't impact events on the pitch. 

1) It really isn't. I uses to regularly go and watch Bordeaux before they got dumped down 3 leagues, and the standard is no higher than Championship at best.

2) The more experience you have of any situation the less likely you are to fuck up.

[Ed Rooney]

On 17/05/2025 at 13:17, Saint Fan CaM said:

And? Convince me otherwise.

Convince you that someone shouldn’t be involved with saints because of an association with Pompey even though they have not been involved with Pompey.

I wouldn’t know where to begin with that tbh, it’s as ridiculous as your initial comment 

 

[Matthew Le God]

Just now, Morse said:

1) It really isn't. I uses to regularly go and watch Bordeaux before they got dumped down 3 leagues, and the standard is no higher than Championship at best.

2) The more experience you have of any situation the less likely you are to fuck up.

1) The top 9 or 10 clubs in Ligue 1 are better any Championship team.

2) The Championship is a label for a game, the label of the division doesn't impact events on the pitch. Why couldn't Still treat a match at St Mary's like a French league game? What impact would the Championship label have to stop that?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

28 minutes ago, gio1saints said:

If it is Will Still I think that spells goodbye for Adam Lallana. 

He will look to be an assistant manager under a more experienced Manager elsewhere is my bet. Championship probably. 
 

As I understand it Stillcomes with a full package of coaches so it would be all new regime from Day one. 
 

One thing I’ve not seen is his approach to preseason training and the level of fitness in his teams - an obvious weak point this year at saints. 

What a shame. Silver linings, clouds etc. 🙂

[Wade Garrett]

33 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

What are you objecting to? He isn't a novice manager. His first managerial job was 8 years ago and he has just finished 8th in the 5th best league in Europe. What were you expecting a Championship side to do?

I’m definitely not getting into it with you, you fucking boring tedious cunt.  Fuck off.

[Wade Garrett]

27 minutes ago, Morse said:

Will Still ffs? NOOOOO

We've had enough experimenting with the Welsh binman etc. 

Still has never played the game, has no experience of English football let alone the championship, learnt his trade by playing computer games, and just taken his team to 8th in a pretty poor league (PSG aside) 

Why is is even been considered is a fucking mystery. 

 

I would imagine he will say yes to his bosses a lot.  

[Jaime]

2 hours ago, Wade Garrett said:

Club never learns.  Absolute fucking joke.  Only consolation is that the wankers aren’t having any more of my money.  
Stick your Sports Republic multi-club bollocks and Rasmus the fraud up your fucking arseholes.  Absolute load of fucking shite.

You are not convinced by the potential appointment, I'm guessing?? 

[Miltonaggro]

Just now, Wade Garrett said:

I would imagine he will say yes to his bosses a lot.  

Which is number one on the tick list. 

[Sir Ralph]

If you listen to this can’t help but admire him. Also has a history of picking up teams from bad positions- personally I’m excited

[Matthew Le God]

6 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

I’m definitely not getting into it with you, you fucking boring tedious cunt.  Fuck off.

None of those questions are unreasonable.

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What are you objecting to? He isn't a novice manager. His first managerial job was 8 years ago and he has just finished 8th in the 5th best league in Europe. What were you expecting a Championship side to do?

 

[CB Fry]

2 hours ago, BarryVenisonsHair said:

Song for Will Still has to be to the tune of Still Ill by The Smiths...feel free to write some lyrics 

And if you must go to Saints tomorrow

Well, if I were you I wouldn't bother

For there are brighter sides to life

And I should know, because I've seen them

But not very often

[Jaime]

The histrionics are top level.

It's ok not to agree or share the same opinion, but, sheesh... don't give yourselves a coronary. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Jaime
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[EBS1980]

Not a bad win percentage. Averages scoring 1.3 gpg and conceding 1.1 gpg

For all his attacking approach doesn’t sound like games will be high scoring.

[Miltonaggro]

Unfortunately, looks like Still en route after Rohl said ‘wait and see’ for the second time. You don’t walk out of a big CV job in football at 32 without something concrete lined up. Still looks polar opposite of what we need right now, on various levels. Who the fuck is advising Sport Republic. If the idea is to unveil him straight after Arsenal, the first new metric to hit the Board will likely be a significant season ticket renewal drop off. A good many fans have had enough of paying good money to watch work experience managers turn SFC into a non competitive sports day. 

 

[Miltonaggro]

14 minutes ago, Sir Ralph said:

If you listen to this can’t help but admire him. Also has a history of picking up teams from bad positions- personally I’m excited

[Willo of Whiteley]

Will Still is growing on me.

Danny Rohl strikes me as the first person to leave if a better offer comes about, he hasn’t covered himself in glory with his exit from Sheffield Wednesday, for all the crap that happens in that club.

[tdmickey3]

11 minutes ago, Miltonaggro said:

Unfortunately, looks like Still en route after Rohl said ‘wait and see’ for the second time. You don’t walk out of a big CV job in football at 32 without something concrete lined up. Still looks polar opposite of what we need right now, on various levels. Who the fuck is advising Sport Republic. If the idea is to unveil him straight after Arsenal, the first new metric to hit the Board will likely be a significant season ticket renewal drop off. A good many fans have had enough of paying good money to watch work experience managers turn SFC into a non competitive sports day. 

 

Spot on

[Weston Super Saint]

4 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Will Still is growing on me.

Danny Rohl strikes me as the first person to leave if a better offer comes about, he hasn’t covered himself in glory with his exit from Sheffield Wednesday, for all the crap that happens in that club.

Unlike Will Still who would definitely not do that - apparently the top 9 (convenient!) in Ligue 1 are better than the Championship, so he'd be walking for a worse offer!

[Weston Super Saint]

38 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

1) The top 9 or 10 clubs in Ligue 1 are better any Championship team.

 

What are the chances of that, eh?

Top 9 are better than the Championship! That puts the team finishing in 8th as above the Championship, how very convenient.

What is your source for this?

[SaintsBarry74]

Would no one here take Russell Martin back? I don’t think these players are capable of playing any other kind of football. Might be ok against lesser opposition?

[Galway saint]

We need an experienced manager ideally with championship pedigree who  and we may well appoint someone who is 32 and has no experience of the championship.

What could possibly go wrong ?

Maybe it works and maybe it doesnt but we seem incapable of taking the conventional option. We always seem to be trying to be smart, rather than astute.

guess at some point we will appoint someone decent and if it is still maybe its him but no one on here will be surprised if it doesn't work out.

frankly unless we start signing some decent players it doesn't matter who is manager 

 

[Weston Super Saint]

Just now, SaintsBarry74 said:

Would no one here take Russell Martin back? 

Some would, but they have some serious issues.

[tdmickey3]

1 minute ago, SaintsBarry74 said:

Would no one here take Russell Martin back? I don’t think these players are capable of playing any other kind of football. Might be ok against lesser opposition?

Is that a serious question?

[Paulwantsapint81]

Who was last non risk manager of saints?

deliberately missing some recent mangers who were definite risks - Martin, Jones,RH,Hughes,MoPe

Puel - uninspiring 

Koeman - was a bit patchy prior to saints

Poch - never heard of except as player who fouled Owen in Japan

Adkins? 
Pardew?

Burley - had high & lows

Redknapp - Skate 
WGS - relegated with Coventry

Hoddle - sacked by England 

Dave Jones - lower league manager 

Souness - massive name, failed at Liverpool 

Merrington - too good a man

Alan Ball - swapped Exeter for Saints 

 

 

 

[Farmer Saint]

Rohl is waiting for bigger things, it's been widely hinted at.

Don't know much about Still, but not sure who else is out there and likely to want to come. I assume we don't want to be in the position that we were in with Martin where we have to sack our Manager if we get back to the Prem cos they're not of the standard, and we know Cooper is that man, not good enough for the Prem, so that rules him out. Lampard, meh, done a decent job with Cov, but don't think he's great. Don't rate O'Neil personally, plays worse football than Martin and never really shown much - always been upstaged by whoever is brought in after him.

I'm out of ideas. Anyone else who's bitching and moaning actually got any?

Edited 1 hour ago by Farmer Saint

[Lee On Solent Saint]

4 minutes ago, SaintsBarry74 said:

Would no one here take Russell Martin back? I don’t think these players are capable of playing any other kind of football. Might be ok against lesser opposition?

Absolutely fuck that shit. Martin should be banned from St Mary's, even as an opposition manager.

[Farmer Saint]

5 minutes ago, SaintsBarry74 said:

Would no one here take Russell Martin back? I don’t think these players are capable of playing any other kind of football. Might be ok against lesser opposition?

That's why we need a bit of a clear out. As we know, players like Downes/THB are system players, and we aint gonna be playing that system anymore.

[ErwinK1961]

9 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Unlike Will Still who would definitely not do that - apparently the top 9 (convenient!) in Ligue 1 are better than the Championship, so he'd be walking for a worse offer!

He wants to come back to England because his partner has cancer.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

23 minutes ago, Miltonaggro said:

Unfortunately, looks like Still en route after Rohl said ‘wait and see’ for the second time. You don’t walk out of a big CV job in football at 32 without something concrete lined up. Still looks polar opposite of what we need right now, on various levels. Who the fuck is advising Sport Republic. If the idea is to unveil him straight after Arsenal, the first new metric to hit the Board will likely be a significant season ticket renewal drop off. A good many fans have had enough of paying good money to watch work experience managers turn SFC into a non competitive sports day. 

 

With a partner who is going through a serious illness, he might not even be looking for his next job at the moment. 

[tdmickey3]

1 minute ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

With a partner who is going through a serious illness, he might not even be looking for his next job at the moment. 

And rightly so, his focus needs to be on his partner and being a manager is going to distract from that