New Manager Debate

[SuperSAINT]

1 hour ago, Oh no Mick Mills said:

Going by watching the U21s , Eckert will play 3 cbs and possession based as I believe this is his preferred style.

Personally I'm not too bothered on formation or style of football.

I just want to see a Saints team thats confident and focused and understands what they're meant to be doing....time will tell. 

Yeah, I mean i think I know the style and formation - it’s more just how we actually look (you never know with these players).

I never saw much difference or improvements under WS.

[Wade Garrett]

55 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

That’s very harsh on Will Still. He did a very impressive job in France at such a young age.  We were the right club for him at the wrong time. I believe he’ll have a successful career.

I think he’s been found out as a snake-oil salesman, just like Russell Martin.

[Miltonaggro]

1 hour ago, hypochondriac said:

I was led to believe that Still was a bit of a prodigy. In reality not the most impressive numbers given the context.

Good pal of mine’s wife is from Lens, and dad and brother are season ticket holders (stadium is a great concrete edifice worth visiting). Didn’t rate Still and think he would have likely been sacked had saints not approached him. 

[coalman]

21 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

I think he’s been found out as a snake-oil salesman, just like Russell Martin.

Any manager that has the hubris to do a YouTube "masterclass" is probably more interested in promoting themselves than managing a football club.

[Dusic]

@davefizzy14 any update on DO'L?

[Turkish]

12 minutes ago, Dusic said:

@davefizzy14 any update on DO'L?

David O’Leary? Not sure he’s the answer 

[aintforever]

3 hours ago, Pwoite said:

I fear your second paragraph may well be true, but I can’t accept the first.

if Dragan sacked Still, rather than Spors doing the deed, then there was no time to line up candidates. Maybe clandestine conversations had taken place, we don’t know, and maybe Gary O’Neill was being lined up, but again we don’t know. SR have made many poor decisions, so I think time, consideration and some common sense are required this time.

Whoever made the decision is irrelevant, sacking a manager before having a replacement lined up is just a fuck up.

[Yorkshire Saint]

22 minutes ago, Turkish said:

David O’Leary? Not sure he’s the answer 

What is the question?

[StrangelyBrown]

2 hours ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

But if Gary O’Neill was suddenly hired and we continued to play crap football and a back five then suddenly Russ doesn’t look so bad.

Martin plays crap football too. Just a different type of crap. But he's also an egotistical bellend

[Oldandtired]

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[Themotherfunky]

3 minutes ago, Oldandtired said:

https://www.facebook.com/61555704255903/posts/pfbid0wLAKDWCDuYxBsKfHFz9tZnUiAt69krg5zuUyH3WcZH1JMhe9SCkwsKL5TF1wfys5l/

They also claimed OGS was imminent 3 days ago too, bullshit merchants. 

https://www.facebook.com/share/17Kg6EC7zD/

[Oldandtired]

1 minute ago, Themotherfunky said:

They also claimed OGS was imminent 3 days ago too, bullshit merchants. 

https://www.facebook.com/share/17Kg6EC7zD/

Well there you go then.

[chiknsmack]

10 hours ago, Graziano94 said:

What on earth was that kick-off 

It's a relatively new tactic employed by pressing teams. Put the ball into touch down the opponents end, press the fuck out of them as they mess around at the back, and score from their mistakes. PSG are credited with starting it. (The one in the video was poor because MLS is of a poor standard in general.)

As Saints fans we know pressing a team obsessed with possession and playing out from the back can pay dividends. This is taking it to the extreme: "We know Saints will mess around at the back and make mistakes, so let's just give them the ball and let them shoot themselves in the foot".