Tonda Eckert

[tdmickey3]

The choice of experience he needs to have to help is not my job but anyone, miserable or not can see it's what is needed. 

We will see how happy you are when it goes tits up and it will if we continue with this shambolic game management 

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

2 minutes ago, washsaint said:

Like who?  Whose this mythical experienced manager who would have us winning every game and keeping clean sheets every game.

Yes we were terrible second half: unfortunately(?) we go 3 0 u[ and take the foot off the gas completely and become almost complacent.

However, being 3 0  up and winning and seeing 4 back to back wins at home and scoring for fun.  I'd take that any day of the week unlike many of you miserable keywboard warriors.

Um, not sure who you're arguing with. I'm pretty sure most people here want Saints to win too.

However people are rightly concerned that there is a big drop off in the second half.

Why not kill the game off and make the other team think twice about going at Saints?

[washsaint]

1 minute ago, tdmickey3 said:

The choice of experience he needs to have to help is not my job but anyone, miserable or not can see it's what is needed. 

We will see how happy you are when it goes tits up and it will if we continue with this shambolic game management 

Live for the moment - you can't worry about what may or may not happen in the future

[S-Clarke]

I think the players need to take their share here - they were 3-0 up, they shouldn't need a manager babysitting them on the touchline. They pissed the game through their passiveness.

I sensed it from around 55 mins - the subs were too late, but then we don't have RB's at the moment which makes it tricky. Fraser at RWB when we were against it was a poor move - should have been Edwards really.

I hope he gets some experience around him, because the Championship is not forgiving. Some moments require experience and having seen it before.

Edited 8 hours ago by S-Clarke

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

Just now, S-Clarke said:

I think the players need to take their share here - they were 3-0 up, they shouldn't need a manager babysitting them on the touchline. They pissed the game through their passiveness.

I sensed it from around 55 mins - the subs were too late, but then we don't have RB's at the moment which makes it tricky. Fraser at RWB when we were against it was a poor move - should have been Edwards really.

I hope he gets some experience around him, because the Championship is not forgiving. Some moments require experience and having seen it before.

Yep agreed.

Would be good to see if he uses other formations too or not.

[Willo of Whiteley]

His in-game management is pretty horrific.

Our tactics are very predictable. He’ll be found out before too long.

Edited 8 hours ago by Willo of Whiteley

[Ex Lion Tamer]

You have to believe that a 32 year old manager in his first major job might be able to learn and improve their in game management

[West end Saints]

On 07/12/2025 at 16:04, West end Saints said:

Came in when we had 0 confidence and struggling.

Performing, factually (points /GD) as one of worst teams in the league.

Has been manager for 6 games.

For those 6 games we have been the best team in the championship - literally top of the 6 game current form table.

We have gone from a point below skates, 10 points below Bristol in 5th, 13 points below Middlesbrough in 2nd 

To

To 10 points clear of skates, to 2 points below Bristol to 9 points Middlesbrough.

I would say unlikely any manager would have done better.

 

Since he came in

Saints 18 pts +12GD

Coventry 16 PTS + 5 gd

Middlesbrough 14 PTS +4 gd

Ipswich 12 PTS +7 gd

Skates 4 PTS -4 gd

Several of the recent posts are unbelievable!

 

 

[Charlie Wayman]

The only thing that matters is that we picked up 3 more points tonight. The ends justifies the means.

Eckert is on a steep learning curve and making a good fist of it. Of course we are not world beaters yet but given the dubious quality of the squad he inherited the guy is working miracles.

[Hayling Saint]

3 minutes ago, West end Saints said:

Since he came in

Saints 18 pts +12GD

Coventry 16 PTS + 5 gd

Middlesbrough 14 PTS +4 gd

Ipswich 12 PTS +7 gd

Skates 4 PTS -4 gd

Several of the recent posts are unbelievable!

 

 

Totally agree with this

 

[moorw003]

I'm pretty disgusted we are playing brilliantly, by far the form team, and we're discussing how bad he is? For real. Tonda is a breathe of fresh air and I'm delighted we appointed him. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

26 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

His in-game management is pretty horrific.

Our tactics are very predictable. He’ll be found out before too long.

I’d like to be a fly on the wall to understand how we can have game after game of amazing first half and monumental drop off in the second.

Is that not a fair point? 🤷🏻‍♂️

I’m not saying he’s crap, I’ve not even said he’s crap. But as fans we can see that certain players aren’t performing or that as the game peters out you have to tweak tactics, and it just stays the same.

An example is bringing on Joe Aribo who has been dogshit every time he has played, that is poor in-game management. It’s basic stuff. 😂

[saintant]

Tonda has done an amazing job to get 6 wins out of 7 games. He deserves massive praise. However, I hope he can somehow improve the game management side of things. The second half today after leading 3-0 was extremely poor. Nobody expects us to dominate every game for 90 minutes but hard work is going to have to be done on the training ground to make winning from good positions far less stressful. He comes across as an intelligent coach so let's see what he comes up with.

[Bob60]

Don't think we can forget the players missing, add in the two right backs, Charles and Stewart and the bench options look a lot lot better.

[skintsaint]

Some turnaround, I'm not entirely convinced by Eckert, but the points don't lie.

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

7 hours ago, West end Saints said:

Since he came in

Saints 18 pts +12GD

Coventry 16 PTS + 5 gd

Middlesbrough 14 PTS +4 gd

Ipswich 12 PTS +7 gd

Skates 4 PTS -4 gd

Several of the recent posts are unbelievable!

 

 

Yep, great viewing.

I like what he said the other day about the priority is winning first and getting the result. Then comes togetherness and then good football (I think there was more).

Therefore I'm pretty certain he's working on a way to get the balance on the attacking front and defensive side.

It's a fantastic start and hopefully it'll continue!