New Manager Debate

[Willo of Whiteley]

1 hour ago, HnycS said:

This makes way too much sense, I fear you maybe on the wrong forum 😃. But I kind of agree, Eckert has made a few good decisions such as starting Robinson against QPR. Saints need incremental improvement, six points in two games is more than incremental, he can only play the fixtures he gets. I would actually say give him until the end of the season, with a if it goes to shit, get out clause, and see if the incremental improvement continues. It is difficult to see him making things worse.

No one, but no one is going to get this team into the direct promotion spots. If they did it would be flushed so quick Derby would be the only happy team.

 

Ninety-three points to play for. This team should be aiming for the autos. It’s not over by any means.

SR’s next managerial appointment will show whether they are serious about promotion or not.

[Strangely Brown]

15 hours ago, Dearky said:

Read a few articles suggesting Rodgers might go the Middle East as his next move. Big money to be made there...

Makes sense those teeth take a lot of maintaining  😁

Edited 2 hours ago by Strangely Brown

[benjii]

My friend just delivered a set of "ZZ" monogrammed shirts and dressing gowns to a house near Romsey.

[CB Fry]

Zinedine Zidane is from Marseille which, if you look at a map properly, is comfortably inside the normal catchment area where Saints can attract supporters from.

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

4 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Zinedine Zidane is from Marseille which, if you look at a map properly, is comfortably inside the normal catchment area where Saints can attract supporters from.

Aim for the stars and get Rose.......um....Carrick......or..............Eckhart!

[goodymatt]

All very quiet, looks like we won’t be getting anyone in nice and early during this break to give them the maximum bedding in time.

[Wade Garrett]

Nick Illingsworth on the Ugly site reckons something could be happening as Dragan is over here.

[Dr Who?]

Was talking to a bookie friend yesterday and he was saying that there is very little interest in the new manager outside of Southampton. This was confirmed when I was talking to a Sunderland fan at work who did not even know we had sacked Still until I told him. 

Of course it is huge to us and would have been bigger news in the premier league, but we are pretty much in our own bubble with this, even though we think it is huge, and of course we do. I suppose if other clubs similar side, Derby County, Leicester, Stoke City and the like were looking for a new manager, we would not really care! 

[tdmickey3]

17 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

All very quiet, looks like we won’t be getting anyone in nice and early during this break to give them the maximum bedding in time.

Yep, dithering...

 

Tick tock Mr Spors, sorry Ankerson

 

[LeBizzier69]

1 minute ago, tdmickey3 said:

Yep, dithering...

 

Tick tock Mr Spors, sorry Ankerson

 

Some might say dithering, others might say trying to get this one right (a first) and not rushing into anything.

Personally i'd rather they take their time and get it right than get in another flop to appease the fans.

[Football Special]

[Scummer]

10 minutes ago, Dr Who? said:

 This was confirmed when I was talking to a Sunderland fan at work who did not even know we had sacked Still until I told him. 

My dad is a season ticket holder and he didn't even know until about Thursday 😂

[tdmickey3]

Just now, LeBizzier69 said:

Some might say dithering, others might say trying to get this one right (a first) and not rushing into anything.

Personally i'd rather they take their time and get it right than get in another flop to appease the fans.

Well,  they have only got flops in up to now.

This club is always slow in making the decision, surely they would have been considering that Still was not up to the job a lot earlier than after the Preston game?

[LeBizzier69]

9 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

Well,  they have only got flops in up to now.

This club is always slow in making the decision, surely they would have been considering that Still was not up to the job a lot earlier than after the Preston game?

Even if they were, who's to say that their first choice is available or interested or both? 

Would you rather they try and get it right this time, or appoint someone immediately to quieten down and appease the saintsweb community?

[goodymatt]

I’m all for taking a little bit longer to ensure we get the best candidate but I’m not really getting that vibe from the trusted journalists, more that Eckert is is being considered and more likely than not will take the Charlton game at least. Why sack Still if we have nobody in mind? Still’s underlying data was pretty strong is the main (think expected points and xG were top 3 or 4 during his time here), just wasn’t getting much luck which after a while that starts to be a weak excuse and I do think replacing him is the correct call. I’m not having that Eckert has proved he is the man from those 2 games personally. Wednesday is the easiest fixture possible and QPR were better than us. 31 shots on our goal and 2 keeper errors. If anything our players just tried a bit harder now they’ve got rid of a manager they didn’t want. 

We are 7 points from the playoffs with 31 games to play. Plenty to fight for with more resources than most. We must appoint an experienced manager to deliver the promotion push we all expect. Not the time to gamble on a rookie. 

[tdmickey3]

1 minute ago, LeBizzier69 said:

Even if they were, who's to say that their first choice is available or interested or both? 

Would you rather they try and get it right this time, or appoint someone immediately to quieten down and appease the saintsweb community?

The position we are at must have been in their thinking as time went on, if not its negligent and unprofessional, so we should be a long way down the line by now don't you agree?

Wasting the available preparation time during this international break is daft.

I have little faith in them getting the appointment right after their track record of failure TBH.

We are never decisive and move quickly