New Manager Thread

[sfc4prem]

SR are a clusterfuck.

All I can see is them doubling down on their fucking woeful ineptitude....

...

 

[sockeye]

10 minutes ago, SaintsBarry74 said:

With a proven track record of fast-tracking clubs towards relegation.

Sounds like a Saints-signing.

Young too, just how they like 'em. Younger than Ronaldo.

Edited Tuesday at 23:10 by sockeye

[Saint Fan CaM]

Lallana it is then…😳😉

[St. Ciervo]

I would rather the ball boy from Tuesday gets a shot.

[CB Fry]

We all knew where we were with Rueben Selles.

[benjii]

In fairness, we're still an attractive option for someone if they sit down with Dragan and he says, you are here for long-term rebuild, you will be heavily backed financially, we will clear out anyone you don't want in the footballing side of things and start afresh.

But that doesn't feel like the Sport Republic way.

[Kenilworthy1959]

If we want some hope look at Hull who we should be playing. They have got there with a transfer ban 

[ally_uk]

Throw money and trying to land Thomas Frank or Rohl for a long term project.

They can't bring some nobody or cut corners......

They owe the fans this. 

[Midfield_General]

William Salt

Edited Wednesday at 08:18 by Midfield_General

[Midfield_General]

The coughing major from Everyone Wants To Be A Millionaire. Everyone deserves a second chance.

Or maybe Hannah Ingram Moore.

Not sure what her preferred formation is but at least the players' spa facilities would be top drawer. 

[die Mannyschaft]

7 hours ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Lallana it is then…😳😉

100%

[Dr Who?]

10 hours ago, SNSUN said:

We need to rebuild our reputation, as does Liam Rosenior. Just saying.

He will not be in any hurry. Think he enjoyed the pay off. (Typing that was to close to play off and made me shiver) 

[Themotherfunky]

Dyche? If the mass player exodus is to be believed, we're going to need to bring in a hard working unit to get through this dark period

[ChrisPY]

7 hours ago, Midfield_General said:

The coughing major from Everyone Wants To Be A Millionaire. Everyone deserves a second chance.

Or maybe Hannah Ingram Moore.

Not sure what her preferred formation is but at least the players' spa facilities would be top drawer. 

Two big lads up front and she’ll have an old experienced head in as captain.

[Appy]

The geezer who faked his own death on a canoe must be available 

[Lymington Saint]

Why do we need a New Manager thread?  Might as well keep the old one open perpetually as no manager seems to last more than a few months

[Willo of Whiteley]

Nathan Jones did a good job keeping Charlton up 👀😂

[Badger]

Presumably we have to appoint the man to appoint the manager first …

Hope it doesn’t go at the usual summer Saints pace. And no experiments with the third Still brother or someone of that calibre. 
 

Fuck sake, this is depressing 

[Mr Saints]

Absolutely needs to be a big character that the fans can get behind. Not a 32 year old nerd from Europe.

Would Dyche take it?

[a1ex2001]

3 minutes ago, Mr Saints said:

Absolutely needs to be a big character that the fans can get behind. Not a 32 year old nerd from Europe.

Would Dyche take it?

Why wouldn’t he? We will still be one of the biggest clubs in the division next season and the -4 gives him a pass if it doesn’t work out.

[Badger]

4 minutes ago, Mr Saints said:

Absolutely needs to be a big character that the fans can get behind. Not a 32 year old nerd from Europe.

Would Dyche take it?

Depends if he’s an exceptional 32 year old nerd from Europe. 

[EBS1980]

obvious options:

Liam Rosenior is a SR style apppointment. Did well at Hull and Strasbourg but was never going to succeed at Chelsea.

Thomas Frank due to connections to Ankersen but can’t see him dropping down to Championship.

Scott Parker knows how to get promoted from the league.

some young foreign up and coming manager 

[beatlesaint]

I don’t want Adam fkin Lallana thank you very much

[Badger]

5 minutes ago, Mr Saints said:

Absolutely needs to be a big character that the fans can get behind. Not a 32 year old nerd from Europe.

Would Dyche take it?

Are we at the point of phoning ‘Arry ? Especially after his words this morning. 
 

Not serious 

[Patrick Bateman]

1 minute ago, EBS1980 said:

obvious options:

Liam Rosenior is a SR style apppointment. Did well at Hull and Strasbourg but was never going to succeed at Chelsea.

Thomas Frank due to connections to Ankersen but can’t see him dropping down to Championship.

Scott Parker knows how to get promoted from the league.

some young foreign up and coming manager 

Yeah - any of those 3, but none will take it.

 

[Wade Garrett]

If we appoint another fucking hipster like Rosenior that’s me finished.

Learn from previous mistakes for fucks sake.

[Willo of Whiteley]

They need to pay out on a real manager now.

They need to get fans onside and players onside, and also in the door.

The most consistent, constant and costly mistake the club makes is this. Five years now.

Remember this, when we hired Nathan Jones Villa hired Unai Emery - they just secured Champions League again and won the Europa League.

[Badger]

1 minute ago, EBS1980 said:

obvious options:

Liam Rosenior is a SR style apppointment. Did well at Hull and Strasbourg but was never going to succeed at Chelsea.

Thomas Frank due to connections to Ankersen but can’t see him dropping down to Championship.

Scott Parker knows how to get promoted from the league.

some young foreign up and coming manager 

Rosenior- no don’t want another hipster cunt

Frank - no chance. 
 

Parker - rather like Big Sam being the rescue act, his continued success in this role will soon end. Can he do it again ? 
 

Probably the last option might be our route. But we don’t know who will be selecting, Spors still or another ? 

[SNSUN]

Bring back big Ralph! He can even get another 9 nil loss and it still wouldn't be the most embarrassing thing to happen in 2026.

[skintsaint]

If Spors is around it will probably be someone like Dino Toppmoller.

[MB]

We would probably go for Scott Parker

Would rather Stevie Wonder than that cunt

[Pamplemousse]

If Spors stays, and apparently he isn't implicated, then someone from Germany would be my guess.

[Forester]

Parker has managed three seasons in championship with three different clubs, and secured promotion on every single occasion.

[S-Clarke]

Let's be fair, as it stands we are going to really struggle to attract anyone of note. Why would any manager want their name associated with a club who have just been hit with this sanction (no matter how unproportionate it feels). Don't forget that we start next season on minus points, will probably have former staff banned from football and have reprimands all over ourselves, the EFL will watch us like a hawk and pull us for anything.

For us to appoint anyone of any level, there would need to be clear and visible structural change across all levels of the club to demonstrate that this is a 'different' machine. There is a hell of a lot of work to get there. 

Edited Wednesday at 22:54 by S-Clarke

[egg]

4 minutes ago, Forester said:

Parker has managed three seasons in championship with three different clubs, and secured promotion on every single occasion.

Parker is the obvious man for me, but I don't think we'll have managers putting us top of their list tbh. 

[Pamplemousse]

It'll be interesting to see who Burnley go for, I imagine we'll be fishing in a very similar pool

[James]

6 minutes ago, Forester said:

Parker has managed three seasons in championship with three different clubs, and secured promotion on every single occasion.

West Ham will get Parker. 

[welshsaint03]

Top 3 choices for me who are semi realistic -

 

1. John Eustace 

2. Scott Parker

3. Slaven Bilic

[AlexLaw76]

I bet who ever it is, miraculously, plays 3 at the back

[Fabrice29]

7 hours ago, S-Clarke said:

Let's be fair, as it stands we are going to really struggle to attract anyone of note. Why would any manager want their name associated with a club who have just been hit with this sanction (no matter how unproportionate it feels). Don't forget that we start next season on minus points, will probably have former staff banned from football and have reprimands all over ourselves, the EFL will watch us like a hawk and pull us for anything.

For us to appoint anyone of any level, there would need to be clear and visible structural change across all levels of the club to demonstrate that this is a 'different' machine. There is a hell of a lot of work to get there. 

I understand that when it’s so raw it might feel like this but when there’s another story to break, World Cup begins and everything dies down it will still be one of the better jobs in the league. 2nd year of a 2 year plan to get back into the PL. Continue to be one of the better squads in the division if you galvanise it properly. Some will leave but you’ll have the opportunity to shape a squad yourself with some key signings and any manager worth his salt would back success even with a minus 4 start. If the rest of the messaging from the club can get the reset right then ambitious managers will be tempted.

There's certainly no need for people to be defaulting to their previous unimaginative suggestions again. 

[Turkish]

23 hours ago, benjii said:

In fairness, we're still an attractive option for someone if they sit down with Dragan and he says, you are here for long-term rebuild, you will be heavily backed financially, we will clear out anyone you don't want in the footballing side of things and start afresh.

But that doesn't feel like the Sport Republic way.

I wouldn’t count on that 

[Wade Garrett]

THB might stay if we give his father-in-law the job….

😂

[Turkish]

Looking at what Martin O’’Neil Has done at Celtic I can’t see any one else other than Big Ron Atkinson. 

[Miltonaggro]

Patrick Viera with Souness as Director of Football. Steer into the pantomime villain role and maximum shithousery 😊

[Harry_SFC]

7 hours ago, welshsaint03 said:

Top 3 choices for me who are semi realistic -

 

1. John Eustace 

2. Scott Parker

3. Slaven Bilic

I would take Eustace or Parker tbf. Not glamorous appointments but both very good championship managers. 

[James G]

Spies like us could go for Bielsa. He'll be available after the world cup 

[AlexLaw76]

I bet Rasmus knows a guy......

[Convict Colony]

Honestly no idea it depends on the style they want to go down.

Still try for best possible option - maybe another name from Spors promising coaches whose told not to spy this time - upside sees us as a great opportunity not fussed about the noise of spygate.

Dont want to risk it and play it safe with a known league name - would be doing us a favour, potentially demand lots and cost a lot.

[Convict Colony]

9 hours ago, skintsaint said:

If Spors is around it will probably be someone like Dino Toppmoller.

Interesting shout, yeah i could see this type of appointment, he constantly lost top players (muani, ekitke, marmoush) and had to rebuild but still finished 6th and 3rd in bundesliga in his 2 completed seasons.

Should bring his scouts as well

Edited 20 hours ago by Convict Colony

[saintstowin]

We're deeply affected and hurt by all this. Our manager-to-be is not.

I don't think what has happened will mean someone won't come, unless they wouldn't have considered being with Saints anyway.

And quite possibly the freshest of starts, maybe more free reign than would have been the case, and a chance to be the person that moves us on from all this will be attractive.

A quick but thoughtful decision (I know, I know) is needed so we can get going. And SR must have this as a priority.