Will Still - Official: Sacked

[Holmes_and_Watson]

It wasn't sustainable, and could have (and some argue should have) happened at any point for a while.

SR have yet another chance to reflect on their very long list of failed appointments, and other decisions, and make a change to their approach.

[Dr Who?]

Yes! 

[Farmer Saint]

1 minute ago, kitch said:

Come on, the team RM took over was better than this one!

And no, I thought Still had to go. I said so a week or two ago.

Not much. Adams and KWP, but would say we're better in Midfield now.

[Turkish]

Just now, Farmer Saint said:

Thank fuck for that. Disaster of a fucking manager.

On a human level I hope he spends some time with his wife and uses his payoff to take advantage of what is important in life.

Agreed the right decision but can’t help but feel a bit sad about it. Seemed a decent guy but appeared massively out of his depth from the start not helped by the dickheads round him on the pitch and in the boardroom 

good luck for the future, but right decision for us right now. Another Sport Republic disaster 

[SNSUN]

It didn't work. God knows who we bring in but I'd take someone that just plays the best players I the best positions in the best formation. We all know the issues are bigger than just the manager but at least someone that can come in and steady the ship, maybe pick up a few wins and get us to the January transfer window in a reasonable league position that we can push on from.

[S-Clarke]

Yeah he's gone, but nothing will change. We'll now lurch into the next disaster, it won't be a manager anyone 'wants' - just saying.

[die Mannyschaft]

Can we now get someone who coaches real football. 

[Dr Who?]

Official site seems to have crashed 😂 

[hypochondriac]

2 minutes ago, LGTL said:

David Ornstein reporting that Eckert is in the frame for the permanent job too. I had heard similar and mentioned it yesterday. He was brought in the summer with half an eye on the main job if it went tits up. 

That would be very sports Republic.

[S-Clarke]

Just now, die Mannyschaft said:

Can we now get someone who coaches real football. 

That's the truest statement the club have ever put on the OS.

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

Frank Lampard's Red and White Army has a ring to it 😉

[Toussaint]

1 minute ago, bangkoksaint said:

We’re averaging a manager every 6 months. Obvious, but we can’t keep going on like this. I fear for our future.

It’s more than that isn’t it, the next appointment will be seventh since Ralph went 3 years ago 

[Elmore Saint]

1 minute ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Can we now get someone who coaches real football. 

Been like this since SR took over….

[LGTL]

1 minute ago, hypochondriac said:

That would be very sports Republic.

Yep and I believe it’s very much going to happen. 

[Saint_clark]

Onto the managerial merry go round we go. Whoever's in next, 10 games to turn things around or out you go. 

Our centrebacks and strikers should be fucking ashamed of themselves. A little more composure at either end of the pitch and this season looks totally different. 

Sticking with my prediction that now he's sacked he'll manage in the Prem before we return to it.

[hypochondriac]

2 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Agreed the right decision but can’t help but feel a bit sad about it. Seemed a decent guy but appeared massively out of his depth from the start not helped by the dickheads round him on the pitch and in the boardroom 

good luck for the future, but right decision for us right now. Another Sport Republic disaster 

Agreed. Seems a lot more like someone you would root for than some of the twats we have had in charge.

[S-Clarke]

Just now, hypochondriac said:

That would be very sports Republic.

It's exactly what will happen, which is why I'm not jumping in the streets celebrating. There's nothing to celeberate.

We've just had to cough up another enormous amount of money to another sacked manager, and we all know how this plays out next. There's nothing to be excited about.

[Stud mark of doom]

1 minute ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Can we now get someone who coaches real football. 

Is this the official announcement? 
 

if so, I like it. 

[Lighthouse]

I can't even get my head around yesterday. He must have known his job was on a knife edge and he still put that team out. Whatever you think of Martin, at least with that Spurs game he made a desperate attempt to do something different. It was a disaster but he tried to do something. Still? Nope, five at the back and Armstrong as the lone striker. Stick with the same bullsh*t plan that's failed him in every game up until now, is very obviously not going to work again and every fan in the ground can see is hopeless.

[Gloucester Saint]

2 minutes ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Can we now get someone who coaches real football. 

Rasmus really did break it didn’t he?

[LegalEagle]

Gerrard

[die Mannyschaft]

1 minute ago, S-Clarke said:

Yeah he's gone, but nothing will change. We'll now lurch into the next disaster, it won't be a manager anyone 'wants' - just saying.

If new coach cant play real football then we can get them out too. No more analytics EA 26, 600 pass and 1 shot football.  

[Galway saint]

Hopefully we will get someone with a bit of experience from the Hungarian second division 

Have zero confidence we will make a decent appointment. Nothing will change until SR move on. 
 

[Saint_clark]

1 minute ago, die Mannyschaft said:

If new coach cant play real football then we can get them out too. No more analytics EA 26, 600 pass and 1 shot football.  

You clearly haven't been watching us this season then. Creating chances wasn't the issue. 

[beatlesaint]

Why has Lallana escaped the cull? 
Was he hiding in the bathroom sorting his hair when the decision was made and they forgot about him?

[SouSaint]

Nothing will change. SR are the problem. 

[S-Clarke]

Just now, beatlesaint said:

Why has Lallana escaped the cull? 
Was he hiding in the bathroom sorting his hair when the decision was made and they forgot about him?

'Good around the dressing room' - a bit like Stephens I guess.

That 'good lad' myth.

[washsaint]

While Still was clearly out of his depth, these utter t**ts of players disgust me.  No heart, no bottle and continually getting managers sacked because of their shit attitudes and lack of effort.

The likes of THB and Downes and many others can go do one.

[whelk]

Hang on for Thomas Frank

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

Just now, Galway saint said:

Hopefully we will get someone with a bit of experience from the Hungarian second division 

Have zero confidence we will make a decent appointment. Nothing will change until SR move on. 
 

I am afraid I agree. Another attempt to find the next Pep Guardiola or Pochettino.

[Mattster]

4 minutes ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

Frank Lampard's Red and White Army has a ring to it 😉

Why on earth would he come here? He's got a good thing going on at the moment. I can't see us as an attractive proposition for anyone at the moment.

[OttawaSaint]

Hopefully the next man can turn our null value team into an object.

I won't hold my breath with SR still making the decisions.

[Elmore Saint]

Thanks for the mem……….

[Saint_clark]

 

5 minutes ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

Frank Lampard's Red and White Army has a ring to it 😉

 

Just now, whelk said:

Hang on for Thomas Frank

Top of the Championship and 5th in the Prem 😂 

Some of you lot are in for a rude awakening about who we are going to be able to attract.

[S-Clarke]

6 minutes ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

Frank Lampard's Red and White Army has a ring to it 😉

Those sorts of managers are well out of our league now. We need to know our place in the chain now.

[Saint_Ash]

We have a decent squad, loads of money spent. Pulling the trigger now gives us a chance, with a decent manager, to at least try and aim for mid table. Usually I'd be excited about who our new manager would be, but this time, I'm shitting it, It needs to be someone who can string at least two wins together. 

Edited 17 hours ago by Saint_Ash

[hypochondriac]

5 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

I can't even get my head around yesterday. He must have known his job was on a knife edge and he still put that team out. Whatever you think of Martin, at least with that Spurs game he made a desperate attempt to do something different. It was a disaster but he tried to do something. Still? Nope, five at the back and Armstrong as the lone striker. Stick with the same bullsh*t plan that's failed him in every game up until now, is very obviously not going to work again and every fan in the ground can see is hopeless.

I've said that exact same thing since I heard the lineup. Just go balls to the wall, tell your team to attack and leave it all on the line. Instead we got insipid business as usual. It was almost like he had given up.

[coalman]

I guess we'll always have Wrexham at home.

[Baz Fl]

We’ve spent more on firing managers than real #9’s! the same striker that could of prevented the whole god awful mess we find ourselves in. 

[dsrdorset]

3 minutes ago, washsaint said:

While Still was clearly out of his depth, these utter t**ts of players disgust me.  No heart, no bottle and continually getting managers sacked because of their shit attitudes and lack of effort.

The likes of THB and Downes and many others can go do one.

This.

[SotonianWill]

7 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

Not much. Adams and KWP, but would say we're better in Midfield now.

Stuart Armstrong, David Brooks..

 

On paper, and, even though I don’t like him, in reality, Martin’s champ team looks like Barcelona in comparison to our current crop. 

 

His prem season helped build the useless ***** we have now

[Badger]

9 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

Saints confirm Will Still's departure. Ruben Martinez, Clement Lemaitre and Carl Martin also exit. Under-21s boss Tonda Eckert will take charge on an interim basis. Saints travel to QPR on Wednesday evening.

 

8 minutes ago, LGTL said:

David Ornstein reporting that Eckert is in the frame for the permanent job too. I had heard similar and mentioned it yesterday. He was brought in the summer with half an eye on the main job if it went tits up. 

 

9 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

Awful appointment, thank god that’s over. 
 

Please appoint someone with some fucking experience now 

Beyond belief that having seen a 33 year old bloke with limited experience in Belgium and France wasn’t up to the job, they turn to a younger bloke with less experience to bail them out!!!

Ekert may be one for the future but this could easily derail his career, which is something we do quite well ( Jones, possibly Selles, and Still). 

[sockeye]

Wanted him to work, but the last month has been indefensible.

I'll repeat my thoughts: there is a rot in the club that runs far deeper than Still, and replacing him alone is not sufficient.

I have zero belief we will arrest our decline under this ownership.

[CeeBee]

Just hope it isn’t Lallana. 

[badgerx16]

31 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

I think you mean O'Neil. And his teams are boring as sin. 

But do they win ?

[Gloucester Saint]

2 minutes ago, SouSaint said:

Nothing will change. SR are the problem. 

And the core of this group of players. Correct decision of course but like @Turkish and @S-Clarke I do not have any sense of celebration, actually sadness.

Until the goalkeeping and centre forward positions are sorted out properly, along with certain ‘senior’ players behaving like professional adults, the second half of the season will be as grim as the first. 

[Monk]

I shit you not, the Sky Sports notification came through the exact same time the first firework went off at Whiteley FW display.
 

Shock they’re throwing another 21’s boss under the bus. 

[Saint_clark]

Simon Rusk is available.

[trousers]

7 minutes ago, LegalEagle said:

Gerrard

Source?

[Badger]

5 minutes ago, beatlesaint said:

Why has Lallana escaped the cull? 
Was he hiding in the bathroom sorting his hair when the decision was made and they forgot about him?

Interesting tgat they haven’t trusted him or Trollope for that matter with the main job.