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Toadhall Saint

Toadhall Saint

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15 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

He comes accross as slightly autistic to me and absolutely obsessed/ single minded about football. Which isn't a bad thing as a manager tbf. Would be fascinating to see what he's like away from the game. I bet it consumes his life and I'm surprised he has time for anything else.

Like kids 😉? But yes definitely autistic which (like you say) isn’t a bad thing.

Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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He's now been manager for one year, Still was sacked following a 0-2 home defeat by PNE on November the first. Since then we've lost one league game at St Mary's, against Hull in January. Happy anniversary Tonda!

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sfc4prem

sfc4prem

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8 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

He's now been manager for one year, Still was sacked following a 0-2 home defeat by PNE on November the first. Since then we've lost one league game at St Mary's, against Hull in January. Happy anniversary Tonda!

That was our shifty run of games where people were doubting Tonda. 

Saint NL

Saint NL

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I was watching Benjamin Blooms video about the best two Championship teams this year, Boro and Saints. He worked out that since Tonda was appointed, Saints have something like 2.3 points per game. Extrapolated out over a whole season and Saints would have the highest ever points total in the Championship. 

Hopefully Tonda keeps it going, gets us promoted and becomes a Saints legend.

 

Link to the video

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Tamesaint

Tamesaint

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If you want a laugh on the first anniversary of Tonda's appointment , look back st the first few pages of this thread. Hilarious. I was as annoyed with the appointment as everyone else and cannot believe how it has all evolved. Let's hope his second year is as good as Tonda's first year.

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steve green

steve green

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34 minutes ago, Tamesaint said:

If you want a laugh on the first anniversary of Tonda's appointment , look back st the first few pages of this thread. Hilarious. I was as annoyed with the appointment as everyone else and cannot believe how it has all evolved. Let's hope his second year is as good as Tonda's first year.

 

Yes, I had to have a quick check to re-assure myself I'd not said just how poo appointing him was as I certainly thought that.

Of course things have taken an even more bizzare turn than any of us could've thought. But the guy can coach and can manage players.

Now I want to see the forced grimace on a EFL rep as he awards Tonda a manager of the month trophy or indeed champ' manager of the year just to see the Middlesborough forums explode.

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Toadhall Saint

Toadhall Saint

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15 minutes ago, steve green said:

 

Yes, I had to have a quick check to re-assure myself I'd not said just how poo appointing him was as I certainly thought that.

Of course things have taken an even more bizzare turn than any of us could've thought. But the guy can coach and can manage players.

Now I want to see the forced grimace on a EFL rep as he awards Tonda a manager of the month trophy or indeed champ' manager of the year just to see the Middlesborough forums explode.

And for Tonda to accept on behalf of the analysis team 😂

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skintsaint

skintsaint

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22 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

They really need to tie him down with a new contract. The longer it goes on the more worrying it becomes.

You would think that after the board backed him through this whole saga, he wouldn't jump ships at the first opportunity that comes. Especially as there is a decent chance Palace/Saints could be swapping positions come next season.

hypochondriac

hypochondriac

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1 minute ago, skintsaint said:

You would think that after the board backed him through this whole saga, he wouldn't jump ships at the first opportunity that comes. Especially as there is a decent chance Palace/Saints could be swapping positions come next season.

I don't mean Palace specifically but clubs are going to at least enquire if we haven't tied him down. 

VectisSaint

VectisSaint

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18 hours ago, Saint NL said:

I was watching Benjamin Blooms video about the best two Championship teams this year, Boro and Saints. He worked out that since Tonda was appointed, Saints have something like 2.3 points per game. Extrapolated out over a whole season and Saints would have the highest ever points total in the Championship. 

Hopefully Tonda keeps it going, gets us promoted and becomes a Saints legend.

 

Link to the video

He also took us to FA Cup SF, including wins against 2 PL teams (and not just any PL team, the Champions).

Zorba

Zorba

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13 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

He was only parsley responsible for the problems at Palace but it was definitely thyme to go.

That’s funny! I was trying to rack up some more but i’ve been cumin up short.

Badger

Badger

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14 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

He was only parsley responsible for the problems at Palace but it was definitely thyme to go.

At least he won’t be joining the dill-do Brothers at West Ham 

Badger

Badger

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4 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

I don't mean Palace specifically but clubs are going to at least enquire if we haven't tied him down. 

It’s not so much EPL jobs that worry me but approaches from Germany, especially with wife and baby there. Understandable if that is an attraction to leave. 

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SaintTex

SaintTex

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On 31/10/2026 at 14:40, Oisin said:

It’s difficult to compare as, clearly, the premier league is a league above. But this is by far and away the best AND most enjoyable football I’ve seen in a decade.

A decade is right. Koeman left the club in 2016 and i feel like we have been in the managerial wilderness for 10 years, up until now.

Maybe there were some green shoots with Hasenhüttl during that time and yes we were in the PL, but there was a lot of middling football being played for sure.

saintant

saintant

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2 hours ago, HKsaint said:

Manchester United may enquire after sacking Carrick.

Not a chance they'd even contemplate gambling on Tonda although I'm sure he could do a job for them.

Turkish

Turkish

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11 minutes ago, saintant said:

Not a chance they'd even contemplate gambling on Tonda although I'm sure he could do a job for them.

He could be their new Alex Ferguson!

CB Fry

CB Fry

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If we're all going to pretend that Prem clubs are going to poach managers from the Championship then probably the one they want is the one literally at the top of the league. 

coalman

coalman

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1 hour ago, CB Fry said:

If we're all going to pretend that Prem clubs are going to poach managers from the Championship then probably the one they want is the one literally at the top of the league. 

One whose chairman has historically been incredibly supportive of his managers moving on mid season as well.

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qwertyell

qwertyell

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8 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

They really need to tie him down with a new contract. The longer it goes on the more worrying it becomes.

I don't think it really matters. Contracts for managers aren't worth the paper they're written on. 

If he gets a better offer elsewhere and wants to go, we're pretty much powerless to stop it, whether he has six months or six years to run on his deal. 

It'll just be haggling over compensation. 

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