New Manager Debate

[Patrick Bateman]

16 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

This idea that SR influence who plays is a bit odd. Still dropped Stephens and Baz but Eckert brought them back. It seems to me that the coaches are making these decisions which is not unreasonable given their job depends on getting these things right.

Whom out of Still and Eckert is actively employed by SFC? 🌚

[Dusic]

Seems Rasmus doing as Rasmus does. First called by @shurlock - understand Gudni Bergsson has been approached in addition to Per Frandsen and talks are fairly advanced.

Odds on a Scandinavian gaffer dropping by the minute.

 

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

6 hours ago, Dusic said:

Seems Rasmus doing as Rasmus does. First called by @shurlock - understand Gudni Bergsson has been approached in addition to Per Frandsen and talks are fairly advanced.

Odds on a Scandinavian gaffer dropping by the minute.

 

One that, I believe, has never been a manager, the other currently in the Norwegian second division. Probably true then.

[CB Fry]

6 hours ago, Dusic said:

Seems Rasmus doing as Rasmus does. First called by @shurlock - understand Gudni Bergsson has been approached in addition to Per Frandsen and talks are fairly advanced.

Odds on a Scandinavian gaffer dropping by the minute.

 

God bless Shurlock but he hasn't posted on this forum in 2025.

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, CB Fry said:

God bless Shurlock but he hasn't posted on this forum in 2025.

And you can see why!

last visited 1st November so still lurking 

[Willo of Whiteley]

Calling bollocks now on that front

[Miltonaggro]

1 hour ago, CB Fry said:

God bless Shurlock but he hasn't posted on this forum in 2025.

Oopsy! 

[benjii]

Shurlock is east-stand-nic.

[Turkish]

14 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Calling bollocks now on that front

what makes you think that?

[Miltonaggro]

7 hours ago, Dusic said:

Seems Rasmus doing as Rasmus does. First called by @shurlock - understand Gudni Bergsson has been approached in addition to Per Frandsen and talks are fairly advanced.

Odds on a Scandinavian gaffer dropping by the minute.

 

If this turns out to have legs looks we are entering the Poortvliet Wotte stage of the Sport Republic administration bingo. If the idiot Ankersen has a hard on for a Scandinavian manager this time around he should wind in his fragile ego and appoint OGS! 

 

[Saint86]

8 hours ago, Dusic said:

Seems Rasmus doing as Rasmus does. First called by @shurlock - understand Gudni Bergsson has been approached in addition to Per Frandsen and talks are fairly advanced.

Odds on a Scandinavian gaffer dropping by the minute.

 

What happened to O'leary? 👀

[AlexLaw76]

Nudge unit resuming operations

 

[coalman]

22 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Nudge unit resuming operations

 

What stuff? Playing wall passes about the defence until we give the ball away? Hopeful balls up to a pint sized striker? Ball watching when players cross into our box? Throwing your hands in the air when we concede? Pointing at team mates when we concede? Are we really training that?

Edited 9 hours ago by coalman

[Lee On Solent Saint]

19 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Nudge unit resuming operations

 

Sort of? So that pathetic excuse for defending is what you train all week for

[West Dean FC Legend]

Aaaah - so I get it now, we have to employ a coach the players are happy with. Doesn't matter about the results, how we defend or attack, or how many people are crying or laughing about us. Whether supporters stop coming to the stadium, whether our goalie looks like an outfield player forced to play in goal, whether we don't have one player who anyone thinks can reliably score goals - as long as they are 'enjoying themselves'?

Hopefully, they get hugs from the manager (we are clearly getting now), and he says he loves them, and they get Mondays off.

Results, league position? Yeah okay, sort of needs looking at, but c'mon the players are happy and enjoying themselves....

Why don't SR just announce the senior players are now the 'manager' and they make all the decisions relating to the team etc?

It'd be easier.

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Nudge unit resuming operations

 

another week another player comes out to support the heir apparent. Like he's going to come out and say he's pony. We've also this week had, lack of a standout candidate line come out.

 

Pure SR propaganda. So see through.

[Badger]

1 hour ago, Saint86 said:

What happened to O'leary? 👀

Thought he retired about 15 years ago.  
 

Only on Planet Rasmus would we think of dredging him up. Wonder if Hoddle was sounded out, “unfinished business” and all that. Or perhaps  they should ask Lawrie if he’d like to supplement his pension with a part-time job. 

Edited 8 hours ago by Badger

[Ted Bates Statue]

1 hour ago, Saint86 said:

What happened to O'leary? 👀

My contact suggested they would be more interested in Gerard Houllier at this stage

Edited 8 hours ago by Ted Bates Statue
edited to protect my source's identity

[Dusic]

4 hours ago, TheAlehouseBrawlers said:

One that, I believe, has never been a manager, the other currently in the Norwegian second division. Probably true then.

Actually just had clarification via @Edward Tattsyrup that Bergsson would be brought in to a kind of general manager role (unclear how would differ from Bitcon and Spors tbh) with Frandsen as Head Coach.

Seems like a different model rather than traditional manager setup.

[Turkish]

17 minutes ago, Dusic said:

Actually just had clarification via @Edward Tattsyrup that Bergsson would be brought in to a kind of general manager role (unclear how would differ from Bitcon and Spors tbh) with Frandsen as Head Coach.

Seems like a different model rather than traditional manager setup.

You had me thinking this was a wind up until this bit

[Challenger]

2 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Nudge unit resuming operations

 

Another vote for the "soft touch" option, far better than getting a taskmaster in eh Ryan ?

Edited 7 hours ago by Challenger

[Badger]

1 hour ago, Ted Bates Statue said:

My contact suggested they would be more interested in Gerard Houllier at this stage

Have heard similar. I have it on good authority that Houllier has been our number one target for weeks.  Spors and Rasmus are refusing to consider other options until Houllier picks up his phone to let them know if he’s interested or not. 

[Patrick Bateman]

Why is there zero update from the club? I mean, I don't expect to kept informed on recruitment, but at least an update on the plan would be nice - the silence is just a bit weird.

It's not hard to share a "Hi loyal, paying, fanbase, the update is ... 

... We are waiting on a candidate to be available

... We are giving Eckert a couple more games

... We are looking at bringing in someone to help Eckert

... Recruitment is challenging, but ... "

[Turkish]

2 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

Why is there zero update from the club? I mean, I don't expect to kept informed on recruitment, but at least an update on the plan would be nice - the silence is just a bit weird.

It's not hard to share a "Hi loyal, paying, fanbase, the update is ... 

... We are waiting on a candidate to be available

... We are giving Eckert a couple more games

... We are looking at bringing in someone to help Eckert

... Recruitment is challenging, but ... "

We've had updates from the club

3 players saying how great Tonda is

How there is no outstanding candidate

Clubs preferred media sources leaking stories about how great Tonda is, a couple more wins and how cant they give him the job

SR Propaganda machine is rolling

 

[Dr. Kucho]

2 hours ago, Dusic said:

Actually just had clarification via @Edward Tattsyrup that Bergsson would be brought in to a kind of general manager role (unclear how would differ from Bitcon and Spors tbh) with Frandsen as Head Coach.

Seems like a different model rather than traditional manager setup.

After what the French journalist said around the time of Still’s sacking, that we have a lot of managers in the clubs set up but none really does anything, I think bringing in another manager is a cracking idea! Go Sports Republic!

Edited 5 hours ago by Dr. Kucho

[Badger]

4 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

Why is there zero update from the club? I mean, I don't expect to kept informed on recruitment, but at least an update on the plan would be nice - the silence is just a bit weird.

It's not hard to share a "Hi loyal, paying, fanbase, the update is ... 

... We are waiting on a candidate to be available

... We are giving Eckert a couple more games

... We are looking at bringing in someone to help Eckert

... Recruitment is challenging, but ... "

Not sure they can give a meaningful update without just whipping up speculation, uncertainty, and hysteria. Plus undermining Eckert  in the process.

Any statement is likely to be so bland it would cause anger among the fans in itself. 
 

Yes, we’d like to know more about the intentions, but it seems the club are damned here whatever they do and say.

Go back to Ruperts default position of “no one’s ruled in, no one’s ruled out “ kind of bollocks. 

[saint michael]

1 hour ago, Dusic said:

Actually just had clarification via @Edward Tattsyrup that Bergsson would be brought in to a kind of general manager role (unclear how would differ from Bitcon and Spors tbh) with Frandsen as Head Coach.

Seems like a different model rather than traditional manager setup.

That’s great. About time we experimented a bit with the management structure. 
 

makes me wonder whether this crowd has come to the end of the investment line with the problems he has had with his other company. Budgie time cheap cheap cheap

[Midfield_General]

1 hour ago, saint michael said:

That’s great. About time we experimented a bit with the management structure. 

Was just thinking the same thing. 

The best thing we could do right now, I was thinking, is to try out an innovative new approach to football management that nobody's tried before. Ideally masterminded by a disrupter, thought leader and out-of-the-box thinker. 

I think that just the suggestion that we may go down this common sense route, which we've all been crying out for, will give everyone associated with the club such a lift that I'm now pretty confident we'll beat Charlton. 

[Wade Garrett]

1 hour ago, Patrick Bateman said:

Why is there zero update from the club? I mean, I don't expect to kept informed on recruitment, but at least an update on the plan would be nice - the silence is just a bit weird.

It's not hard to share a "Hi loyal, paying, fanbase, the update is ... 

... We are waiting on a candidate to be available

... We are giving Eckert a couple more games

... We are looking at bringing in someone to help Eckert

... Recruitment is challenging, but ... "

I’m not interested what those bullshitting incompetent cunts have to say.  Fucking bunch of useless wankers.

[lambtiss]

19 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

Was just thinking the same thing. 

The best thing we could do right now, I was thinking, is to try out an innovative new approach to football management that nobody's tried before. Ideally masterminded by a disrupter, thought leader and out-of-the-box thinker. 

I think that just the suggestion that we may go down this common sense route, which we've all been crying out for, will give everyone associated with the club such a lift that I'm now pretty confident we'll beat Charlton. 

Genius idea @Midfield_General, if only SR would try something like this. Although, to be fair, they have demonstrated revolutionary, out-of-the-box thinking with Downs being played as a false number 9, whilst actually being a number 9.  With Bazunu, they have extended the false number 9 strategy to playing a false goalkeeper, brilliant. Playing left backs as right backs and vice-versa has also been a masterstroke, as is buying an out-and-out winger (Fellows) and playing him as an attacking right back. In the last home game, the club radically decided that 3 CBS was too normal and innovatively played 4 centre-backs for the last half an hour 

As Ankersen would have it, if it ain't broke, break it, and they have adopted this strategy masterfully.

Edited 5 hours ago by lambtiss

[Midfield_General]

3 minutes ago, lambtiss said:

Genius idea @Midfield_General, if only SR would try something like this. Although, to be fair, they have demonstrated revolutionary, out-of-the-box thinking with Downs being played as a false number 9, whilst actually being a number 9.  With Bazunu, they have extended the false number 9 strategy to playing a false goalkeeper, brilliant. Playing left backs as right backs and vice-versa has also been a masterstroke is also genius, as is buying an out-and-out winger (Fellows) and playing him as an attacking right back. I think I recall, the club radically deciding that 3 CBS was too normal and innovating by going to 4 centre-backs for the last half an hour 

As Ankersen would have it, if it ain't broke, break it, and they have adopted this strategy masterfully.

"If it ain't relegated, relegate it"

[Dr. Kucho]

52 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

"If it ain't relegated, relegate it"

This should be on a banner for the next home games! 

[Starksj1995]

3 hours ago, Turkish said:

We've had updates from the club

3 players saying how great Tonda is

How there is no outstanding candidate

Clubs preferred media sources leaking stories about how great Tonda is, a couple more wins and how cant they give him the job

SR Propaganda machine is rolling

 

That’s not come from

the club at all 

[Weston Super Saint]

27 minutes ago, Starksj1995 said:

That’s not come from

the club at all 

You think it might be witch craft?

 

[Starksj1995]

27 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

You think it might be witch craft?

 

When people says clubs have said etc when club haven’t said anything 

[Themotherfunky]

58 minutes ago, Starksj1995 said:

That’s not come from

the club at all 

Sorry Mr Rasmus 😞

[Weston Super Saint]

4 minutes ago, Starksj1995 said:

When people says clubs have said etc when club haven’t said anything 

Club representatives are the club aren't they?

[Chez]

4 hours ago, Turkish said:

3 players saying how great Tonda is

I assume the players will have been asked by journalists "what has training been like with Tonda?". What do you expect them to say? He picks the side. Players aren't going to criticise the incumbent. They will want to be positive. In general, players will be positive, especially after a couple of wins. That's not some sort of SR PR campaign, its just normal answers to standard questions.

I think you and a few others on here massively overestimate SR. I doubt they have had a single meeting to discuss the need a PR campaign to ensure fans are cool with them appointing Tonda. They aren't that clever or organised.

Edited 2 hours ago by Chez

[Challenger]

Stop fucking around and appoint who the players want, you're going to do it anyway.

[Harry_SFC]

Trollope gone then. Ben Reeves first team coach. Deary me.

Lallana temporarily Under 21s head coach.

What a mess. 

[UpweySaint]

1 minute ago, Harry_SFC said:

Trollope gone then. Ben Reeves first team coach. Deary me.

Lallana temporarily Under 21s head coach.

What a mess. 

Genuinely curious why Lallana is now with the 21s. Is it a promotion? A demotion? A sideways move?

Does it mean Tonda doesn’t need him around the first team?

Feels just a bit odd 🤷‍♂️

[coalman]

Just now, UpweySaint said:

Genuinely curious why Lallana is now with the 21s. Is it a promotion? A demotion? A sideways move?

Does it mean Tonda doesn’t need him around the first team?

Feels just a bit odd 🤷‍♂️

Apparently he's a great guy to have around the place. He'll be sorely missed. We're down to our last 10 or 11 guys who are great to have around the place. Lose too many more and we might have to recruit actual footballers and coaches.

[SaintNewForest]

Sounds like a permanent shift being dressed up as temporary. 

[Harry_SFC]

The lack of experience we currently have in major coaching roles is quite something. 

[CB Fry]

We will probably replace Trollope and Lallana with ChatGPT or something.

[coalman]

1 minute ago, CB Fry said:

We will probably replace Trollope and Lallana with ChatGPT or something.

I can totally see Sport Republic Board Meetings being like this.

[Saint Billy]

3 hours ago, Midfield_General said:

Was just thinking the same thing. 

The best thing we could do right now, I was thinking, is to try out an innovative new approach to football management that nobody's tried before. Ideally masterminded by a disrupter, thought leader and out-of-the-box thinker. 

I think that just the suggestion that we may go down this common sense route, which we've all been crying out for, will give everyone associated with the club such a lift that I'm now pretty confident we'll beat Charlton. 

I know, let's bring in a ex rugby union international coach, that's never been done before and might be of benefit..............................oh!.

[DT]

I really, really hate everything I have heard about Rasmus Ankersen. What an absolute tool.

Mate, you are not reinventing football. You got lucky once and then everything else you have ever touched has been shit.

Give up and leave Saints please.

[lambtiss]

4 hours ago, Midfield_General said:

Was just thinking the same thing. 

The best thing we could do right now, I was thinking, is to try out an innovative new approach to football management that nobody's tried before. Ideally masterminded by a disrupter, thought leader and out-of-the-box thinker. 

I think that just the suggestion that we may go down this common sense route, which we've all been crying out for, will give everyone associated with the club such a lift that I'm now pretty confident we'll beat Charlton. 

How about bringing in Delia Smith as motivational coach, apparently she does a storming pre-match talk. 

Dianne Abbot could be given responsibility for accounts.

Big Ron Atkinson should be in charge of PR and ethics and diversity. 

[LGTL]

This is an absolute fucking farce isn’t it. Seriously, lose tomorrow and it’s going to get ugly fast.