New Manager Debate

[Saint NL]

3 minutes ago, sandwichsaint said:

That will be a 1-0 to Charlton then?

Yup, and Leicester too by the looks of it 😂

[sadoldgit]

7 minutes ago, EBS1980 said:

I mean every other club doesn’t seem to have an issue in selecting a manager from those that apply…..

Do we know who is on the list of applications? What if it just contains the people that have been dissed on here already? That would be a good thing surely? Perhaps they are waiting to see who will be available when the Christmas cull comes around, who knows? I’d rather that they wait and get the best candidate if no one floats their boat so far.

[AlexLaw76]

1 hour ago, SaintLondon said:

In other words, we don't know what we're doing and we're hoping for a miracle. 

 

Screams that they want to give it Tonda. Just reeks of it

[Saint Scott]

1 hour ago, SaintLondon said:

In other words, we don't know what we're doing and we're hoping for a miracle. 

 

The meltdown from our fanbase is going to be huge when we inevitably pick up a single point from Charlton, Leicester and Millwall. Dragan was supposedly going to be more hands on now, his team of advisers are terrible and by the looks of it so is he!

[Themotherfunky]

Time to dust this one off? 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

32 minutes ago, BERMUDASAINT said:

Anyone out there that watches the u21? Can give any insite to Tonda's playing stye? Improvements over last year?

It will be the playing style that SR tell him to play. 

[Fabrice29]

38 minutes ago, BERMUDASAINT said:

Anyone out there that watches the u21? Can give any insite to Tonda's playing stye? Improvements over last year?

He played a lot of young players if that’s insightful. 

[Fitzhugh Fella]

1 hour ago, sotonjoe said:

He's fucking nuts, mate. 

Perfect in other words

[sockeye]

2 hours ago, SaintLondon said:

In other words, we don't know what we're doing and we're hoping for a miracle. 

 

Work experience fc

[ally_uk]

Sports Republic utter shambolic 🤣🤣🤣

Edited 2 hours ago by ally_uk

[Turkish]

40 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Screams that they want to give it Tonda. Just reeks of it

they are obviously desperate to give it to him. If shit for everyone really. Tonda isnt being backed by his bosses, if i was him i'd be pissed off, they're too scared to give it to him now as they know the reaction they'll get so running scared from the fans and the directors are making another out "out of the box" appointment. What a joke of a club, weak, clueless leaders. 

[saintant]

1 hour ago, Charlie Wayman said:

A tad extreme when you don't know their side of the story. It may not be quite as easy as you think

They've been hopeless from day one.

[Gloucester Saint]

16 hours ago, Dusic said:

@davefizzy14 any update on DO'L?

More likely to be L’Oreal - and they’re not worth it.

[davefizzy14]

Who is DO'L?

[Dman]

26 minutes ago, sockeye said:

Work experience fc

isn't the whole point / benefit of a multi-club model that you can let players / managers gain work experience in a less intense environment?

Yet they seem to be continulously using our status to buy players for that turkish mob. 

 

[sockeye]

6 minutes ago, davefizzy14 said:

Who is DO'L?

Dary O'Leil

[tdmickey3]

2 hours ago, sadoldgit said:

Which is why the pressure is greater to get it right now.

Yes but giving it to a virtual apprentice is never going to work

[Football Special]

47 minutes ago, sockeye said:

Work experience fc

Is anyone actually coaching the players? I heard Trollope not around but not clear if waiting for this Wolves move. 

Seems like a complete mess behind the scenes 

[coalman]

3 hours ago, SaintLondon said:

In other words, we don't know what we're doing and we're hoping for a miracle. 

 

Sport Republic have always been about the pathway from the U21s to the first team. It's about making sure we don't lose our brightest talents to other teams. Or some such genius.

[VectisSaint]

14 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Is anyone actually coaching the players? I heard Trollope not around but not clear if waiting for this Wolves move. 

Seems like a complete mess behind the scenes 

Trollope is going to Wolves, but seems to still be at Saints at the moment (difficult to tell for sure). All the other coaches are gone, except Lallana, so it really isn't clear who is doing what in training. If they are going to give it to Ronda then surely they need some patching staff, even if it's to replace the u21 staff who may have stepped up. 

[Turkish]

Echo suggesting players didn't respect Still, possibly due to his lack of playing record and experience in England. So what are we going to do, appoint someone else with exactly that profile, but even less management experience. It's insanity isnt it?

[Willo of Whiteley]

Is anyone really surprised? I mean, really?

It’s been plainly obvious Tonda Eckhart was getting a few more games.

[Dman]

7 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Echo suggesting players didn't respect Still, possibly due to his lack of playing record and experience in England. So what are we going to do, appoint someone else with exactly that profile, but even less management experience. It's insanity isnt it?

Exactly why we have to go for a big name in this case. Carrick or Ole would have been perfect - give hungry eye's the gig as assistant if they want to bed him in.  

[Turkish]

2 minutes ago, Dman said:

Exactly why we have to go for a big name in this case. Carrick or Ole would have been perfect - give hungry eye's the gig as assistant if they want to bed him in.  

Not even a big name as such, but a strong leader to sort them out. Someone with a bit of kudos. I'd take the guy Norwich have just got, not a big name but vast experience and a good track record. We cant have a work experience guy coming in when the club is such a mess with no leadership on or off the pitch. 

[Mboto Gorge]

2 hours ago, sadoldgit said:

Do we know who is on the list of applications? What if it just contains the people that have been dissed on here already? That would be a good thing surely? Perhaps they are waiting to see who will be available when the Christmas cull comes around, who knows? I’d rather that they wait and get the best candidate if no one floats their boat so far.

Can you point me in the direction of their proven history of “waiting and then getting the best candidate”?

[Mboto Gorge]

It does amuse me that even after several years of blatant and unmitigated failure and utterly disastrous decisions as our owners, we still have a portion of fans agreeing and lapping up decisions being made at the helm of this club, some people will agree with anything they do. They could stick a dog turd in as manager and some people would write a paragraph or two of how they can see the reasoning behind it. 

[AlexLaw76]

Its ok, Dragan is now taken the reins..."hands on"

[AlexLaw76]

10 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Not even a big name as such, but a strong leader to sort them out. Someone with a bit of kudos. I'd take the guy Norwich have just got, not a big name but vast experience and a good track record. We cant have a work experience guy coming in when the club is such a mess with no leadership on or off the pitch. 

No doubt, Clement applied for our vacant position also.

[Miltonaggro]

6 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Its ok, Dragan is now taken the reins..."hands on"

[Willo of Whiteley]

7 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

No doubt, Clement applied for our vacant position also.

You’ve got absolutely nothing to support that.

You may as well say Mr Benn applied, or Ant & Dec, or Mr Blobby.

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

You’ve got absolutely nothing to support that.

You may as well say Mr Benn applied, or Ant & Dec, or Mr Blobby.

Do you not think it is likely, given we are a very attractive proportion, he is out of work, and was in for the Norwich job at the very same time.

I think the odds are good, compared to Mr Bean being one of the 150+ applications.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

Do you not think it is likely, given we are a very attractive proportion, he is out of work, and was in for the Norwich job at the very same time.

I think the odds are good, compared to Mr Bean being one of the 150+ applications.

So you agree you’ve nothing to support this. 😂

All that said I’m sure Alex Crook will be on this forum tonight and it’ll be on Talkshites breakfast show tomorrow. 😅

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

So you agree you’ve nothing to support this. 😂

All that said I’m sure Alex Crook will be on this forum tonight and it’ll be on Talkshites breakfast show tomorrow. 😅

There is nothing really to support nearly all of the stuff said on here. Would be a pretty desolate place if supporting evidence was required for most points being made. 

[Turkish]

8 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Do you not think it is likely, given we are a very attractive proportion, he is out of work, and was in for the Norwich job at the very same time.

I think the odds are good, compared to Mr Bean being one of the 150+ applications.

Perhaps it would be more worrying if he didn't apply for it but did apply to Norwich, seeing them as a better option

[Wade Garrett]

52 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Echo suggesting players didn't respect Still, possibly due to his lack of playing record and experience in England. So what are we going to do, appoint someone else with exactly that profile, but even less management experience. It's insanity isnt it?

Alfie House has written a brilliant article today on what SR should be doing.

[AlexLaw76]

3 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

Alfie House has written a brilliant article today on what SR should be doing.

After how ever many years, there is still the space for a local journo to advise those at the top to run the club like normal owners.

Remarkable. I guess Dragan being back has made no improvement what so ever, amazing how little attention he gets with it all.