New Manager Debate

[leeham_69]

31 minutes ago, Patches O Houlihan said:

until we get to Doris the tea lady who it turns out is a rockstar at Football Manager.

Which effectively puts us back at the start of the season with Still. An incredible self sustaining cycle we’ve developed.

[tdmickey3]

Just now, leeham_69 said:

Which effectively puts us back at the start of the season with Still. An incredible self sustaining cycle we’ve developed.

Its more a menstrual cycle tbh, we are run by c**ts

[Saint86]

12 hours ago, Starksj1995 said:

I don’t think the new manager will be tondor because if it is for any reason the fans will protest and riot that’s why I can’t see if take ogs and carrick and spors did tell that Southampton FC Fan advisory board that tondor was only in the interm role I’m with the club losing as many as six staff members the new manager will have to bring in his own staff anyway

Please don't take this the wrong way because I absolutely mean it in jest, but reading this caused me a mixture of physical pain and mental anguish. I don't know what crimes full stops and commas have committed against you in life, but i hope you find a way to forgive them - for all our sakes 😘

[Football Special]

Has Paul Trollope left for Wolves already? Seems a real shortage of staff on the training ground ? Are we making the most of this two week break? 

[tdmickey3]

2 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Has Paul Trollope left for Wolves already? Seems a real shortage of staff on the training ground ? Are we making the most of this two week break? 

Clearly not

[Oisin]

30 minutes ago, DT said:

Don't be absurd. Doris the tea lady is our new goalkeeper.

I hear she’s humble and brave, which is at least as important as any other attributes, so I’m sure she’ll be fine

[skintsaint]

20 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Has Paul Trollope left for Wolves already?

Believe Rob Edwards took his asst manager from Boro with him.

[badgerx16]

5 minutes ago, Oisin said:

I hear she’s humble and brave, which is at least as important as any other attributes, so I’m sure she’ll be fine

Does she have hungry eyes ?

[Saint Billy]

I vote for Doris the tea lady!. Perhaps she can give the squad some tips on positional guidance, otherwise known as PG Tips.

[Willo of Whiteley]

I wonder if Flynn Downes has taken training this week 🤣

[31cc]

9 minutes ago, Saint Billy said:

I vote for Doris the tea lady!. Perhaps she can give the squad some tips on positional guidance, otherwise known as PG Tips.

She should be good in cup competitions, obviously she's no mug.

[davefizzy14]

1 hour ago, skintsaint said:

Believe Rob Edwards took his asst manager from Boro with him.

So is Trollope staying then?

[Starksj1995]

11 minutes ago, davefizzy14 said:

So is Trollope staying then?

He’s still going tho as need more staff now then ever 

[Lard]

The silence is deafening. 
An international break goes by. 
we are rudderless. 
the club owes it to the supporters to at least give some direction to what they are thinking and the reasoning for it. 

[tdmickey3]

1 hour ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

I wonder if Flynn Downes has taken training this week 🤣

Yep, apparently it was sick  

[Teamsaint1]

1 hour ago, 31cc said:

She should be good in cup competitions, obviously she's no mug.

She should be able to handle the pressure.

 

[sadoldgit]

30 minutes ago, Lard said:

The silence is deafening. 
An international break goes by. 
we are rudderless. 
the club owes it to the supporters to at least give some direction to what they are thinking and the reasoning for it. 

Surely the position is that we have an interim manager whilst they are looking to fill the position and they will let us know when that changes? Maybe they should copy the Vatican and put up smoke signals every day?

Just look out for the white smoke! 😉

Edited 10 hours ago by sadoldgit

[DT]

Alex Crook just said on Talksport that if flippin' Eck wins the next two, don't be surprised if he gets the job. Simon Jordan said 'That will please the natives' in his sarcastic, orangey way.

Just passing this on. 

How depressing. Our club is being run by idiots.

[sandwichsaint]

1 hour ago, 31cc said:

She should be good in cup competitions, obviously she's no mug.

Typical SR, always going for the saucerer's apprentice.

[Wurzel]

I've been wondering if we are hanging on for any  International manager reignations as and when their teams don't qualify for the World Cup but there's nobody jumping out of that list that look likely to be a fit. Having said that I'd take Liechtenstein's Konrad Fünfstück just to see how often he gets his name spelt wrong on here.

[beatlesaint]

If no decision is made by Saturday its quite ironic that the little Welsh genius coach could decide what happens here. If they stuff us then its gonna be hard to give Tonda the job, if we win then it strengthes his case even more ! 

[Nolan]

34 minutes ago, DT said:

Alex Crook just said on Talksport that if flippin' Eck wins the next two, don't be surprised if he gets the job. Simon Jordan said 'That will please the natives' in his sarcastic, orangey way.

Just passing this on. 

How depressing. Our club is being run by idiots.

So if we get 12 points from 12, after beating teams in 9th and 12th, it would be an idiotic decision to stick with the interim manager who guided the team to those results? 

[trousers]

3 minutes ago, Nolan said:

So if we get 12 points from 12, after beating teams in 9th and 12th, it would be an idiotic decision to stick with the interim manager who guided the team to those results? 

You need to address that question to Spors. He's already declared that they don't intend sticking with the interim fella. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

41 minutes ago, DT said:

Alex Crook just said on Talksport that if flippin' Eck wins the next two, don't be surprised if he gets the job. Simon Jordan said 'That will please the natives' in his sarcastic, orangey way.

Just passing this on. 

How depressing. Our club is being run by idiots.

Alex Crook is excellent at stating the bloody obvious.

He strikes me as the kind of person that posted on football rumours websites as a teenager. He’s just a bit of a chancer.

There’s loads across social media now, unfortunately there’s a lot of idiots on there too that lap it up.

Edited 10 hours ago by Willo of Whiteley

[saintoaks]

I'm warming to the idea of Ralph coming in til the end of the season with Tonda as his assistant. The club obviously didnt have anyone in mind or the decision would have been made by now.

[CamSaint]

If a new manager was appointed who had previously worked with Tonda in some capacity, do we think Tonda would then stay in the first team set-up or return to the U-21s? I assume he would go back to the U-21s in any other scenario (other than getting the job himself, of course!).

[Draino76]

1 hour ago, DT said:

Alex Crook just said on Talksport that if flippin' Eck wins the next two, don't be surprised if he gets the job. Simon Jordan said 'That will please the natives' in his sarcastic, orangey way.

Just passing this on. 

How depressing. Our club is being run by idiots.

I am literally in the Charlton end this Saturday. Seems like I'll be in the right place. 

[DT]

11 minutes ago, Draino76 said:

I am literally in the Charlton end this Saturday. Seems like I'll be in the right place. 

Same here. A mate is a fan. Always hard sitting on one's hands but not expecting us to light the place up

[West end Saints]

3 hours ago, DT said:

Alex Crook just said on Talksport that if flippin' Eck wins the next two, don't be surprised if he gets the job. Simon Jordan said 'That will please the natives' in his sarcastic, orangey way.

Just passing this on. 

How depressing. Our club is being run by idiots.

There isn't any other manager in the championship  who has won 4 consecutive league games so this  would be impressive and certainly a  stand out start

Edited 7 hours ago by West end Saints

[UpweySaint]

16 minutes ago, West end Saints said:

There isn't any other manager in the championship  who has won 4 consecutive league games so this  would be impressive and certainly a  stand out start

Hard to argue that four wins on the spin would not be impressive if he gets them but it’s a big IF. He deserves some credit for the two wins he has picked up but the context does matter - the QPR game was a lucky win in my book and beating Sheffield Wednesday in their current state is par at best.

He has had a bit of time with a decent chunk of the squad over the international break so seeing how we look against Charlton will be interesting either way and a reasonable yard stick for him. They are a well organised side and have bought into Jones’ philosophy - even if he still is a massive bellend!

I’m not convinced Tonda is the answer and can see why he is being seen as the ‘clever dick/spreadsheet wanker’ type of appointment but if he gets results then fair enough. The other names linked aren’t exactly awe inspiring. There are a few I would feel much more confident than Tonda but most have their flaws.

[Football Special]

50 minutes ago, West end Saints said:

There isn't any other manager in the championship  who has won 4 consecutive league games so this  would be impressive and certainly a  stand out start

Yes there is, Derby have just won 5 in a row with a proper manager (for this league) would gladly swap with them 

[VectisSaint]

6 hours ago, Football Special said:

Has Paul Trollope left for Wolves already? Seems a real shortage of staff on the training ground ? Are we making the most of this two week break? 

I said the other day we have no coaches, just Tonda and Lallana (does he count?). Can only assume the u21 coaching team has stepped up.

[coalman]

1 minute ago, VectisSaint said:

I said the other day we have no coaches, just Tonda and Lallana (does he count?). Can only assume the u21 coaching team has stepped up.

The great thing about our players is that they seem to be just as good without any coaching

[lambtiss]

7 hours ago, DT said:

Don't be absurd. Doris the tea lady is our new goalkeeper.

We need her upfront as an impact sub rather than Downs

[Miltonaggro]

2 minutes ago, lambtiss said:

We need her upfront as an impact sub rather than Downs

Has she got two legs?

[Ken Tone]

4 hours ago, Wurzel said:

I've been wondering if we are hanging on for any  International manager reignations as and when their teams don't qualify for the World Cup but there's nobody jumping out of that list that look likely to be a fit. Having said that I'd take Liechtenstein's Konrad Fünfstück just to see how often he gets his name spelt wrong on here.

I'm not too sure. His name loosely translates to " 5 pieces."  So he's clearly a fan of a back 5 and that wouldn't go down well here!

[lambtiss]

30 minutes ago, Miltonaggro said:

Has she got two legs?

One would probably be enough.

[CB Fry]

4 hours ago, Nolan said:

So if we get 12 points from 12, after beating teams in 9th and 12th, it would be an idiotic decision to stick with the interim manager who guided the team to those results? 

Yes. 

Reuben Selles beat Chelsea and everything.

[Dusic]

From what I've heard I wouldn't discount David O'Leary being involved in the new setup.

Had a couple of interesting PMs from @davefizzy14 on it.

[Football Special]

1 hour ago, CB Fry said:

Yes. 

Reuben Selles beat Chelsea and everything.

Bonkers isn't it. Not a job you can just audition for in a handful of games , get a proper manager in Saints FFS 

[Nolan]

6 hours ago, trousers said:

You need to address that question to Spors. He's already declared that they don't intend sticking with the interim fella. 

I believe the young lady of the Fan Advisory Board said Spots said "our interim manager is purely interim".

That was a statement of fact at the time as he doesn't have a contract to be manager of the first team.

It doesn't preclude that interim manager being offered a full time contract at any point after that. 

[Master Bates]

24 minutes ago, Dusic said:

From what I've heard I wouldn't discount David O'Leary being involved in the new setup.

Had a couple of interesting PMs from @davefizzy14 on it.

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Master Bates

[EBS1980]

2 hours ago, VectisSaint said:

I said the other day we have no coaches, just Tonda and Lallana (does he count?). Can only assume the u21 coaching team has stepped up.

I can only assume they haven’t announced any new coaches because they will allow the new manager to bring their own team? 
 

Does the u21’s have a keeper coach?!

[saintant]

58 minutes ago, Dusic said:

From what I've heard I wouldn't discount David O'Leary being involved in the new setup.

Had a couple of interesting PMs from @davefizzy14 on it.

Are you able to enlarge on this. David O'Leary (good player that he was) is not even a name you hear mentioned in football circles these days.

[Badger]

4 minutes ago, saintant said:

Are you able to enlarge on this. David O'Leary (good player that he was) is not even a name you hear mentioned in football circles these days.

Have to wonder where and how he was dredged up after years out of the game. Can’t remember when he was last managing or involved anywhere. 

[skintsaint]

3 minutes ago, Badger said:

Have to wonder where and how he was dredged up after years out of the game. Can’t remember when he was last managing or involved anywhere. 

Just looked, 14 years ago in the middle east.

[Lighthouse]

11 minutes ago, saintant said:

Are you able to enlarge on this. David O'Leary (good player that he was) is not even a name you hear mentioned in football circles these days.

If he does sign, he’ll probably want to bring Henry with him, from Chelsea.

[sambosa75]

12 minutes ago, Badger said:

Have to wonder where and how he was dredged up after years out of the game. Can’t remember when he was last managing or involved anywhere. 

This is Sports Republic we are talking about here.  Anything is possible.

[sambosa75]

Just now, sambosa75 said:

This is Sports Republic we are talking about here.  Anything is possible.

And it’ll most likely be another total shitshow of a decision.

[skintsaint]

27 minutes ago, sambosa75 said:

This is Sports Republic we are talking about here.  Anything is possible.

Its more likely Dermot.