LegalEagle

Should have been sacked in the summer

I see that Skybet have in the last hour removed all betting on the next Prem manager to leave. Take from that what you will.

If Farmer is right and Moyes won’t come then Cooper is the next best option. Or a return for Danny Rohl

If we can get him, Moyes is the obvious choice. The most experienced manager out there who is available.

It’s simple. If the fans want him sacked then boycott home games. Nothing will change whilst St Mary’s is full or thereabouts. The club need a rocket up them and fans can do that by voting with their feet. But they won’t. I’m doing my bit and won’t go again home or away until he’s gone.

It is very clear that it doesn’t matter what the results are week in week out, as things stand the club won’t sack RM. They’re going to give him the season. The only thing that might change that mindset is either a stay away from the fans, a walk out during a game or demonstrations in the ground game after game. Essentially it’s up to the fans. You want him gone then instead of coming on here and bitching about it, take some action and get the fans on board. No guarantees it will work but on the pitch and in the boardroom nothing will change.

We’re going down. Anyone who thinks differently is deluded. We need to prepare for next season and beyond. Lallana is a bright chap. Put him in charge for the rest of the season and see how we do. No-one is going to blame him when we go down. He can then start afresh next season with a decent squad and re-build so long as he shows something in the remainder of this season. If he doesn’t we get someone new in over the summer. It cannot possibly be any worse than we have now.

When I said “fall on his sword”, I meant that he goes to the Board and agreed a deal with them for his departure. He knows his time is up. The Board knows his time is up. Act like grown ups and agree the exit strategy. That would be the honourable thing to do but aside from one or two there are very few honourable men in football.

We don’t need to wait until Monday. If Martin had any honour he would fall on his sword now. But he doesn’t. He’s a conceited, self satisfied championship level at best, average manager. You could see that last season. He should have been sacked over the summer but instead we bizarrely gave him an extended contract. Cortese knew what to do when he got rid of Nige and replaced him with Poch. No sentimentality. The Board are just as much to blame here. Everyone know that his time is up. We do it now or we wait 6 weeks and do it then when the position will be far worse. Get Potter if they can or even Moyes. Both with PL experience and simply better managers in every department.

One goal and one assist

Hard to argue with that

Is it? Hahahaha. I’ll get my coat

No O’Riley for Celtic tonight

We could try and get him to play for us. There’s a novel idea. If he refuses on the grounds of being injured and the medical team say that he’s fine, we simply stop paying him. If he plays we promise him a move at the end of the season.

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Pingpong - you’re not seriously suggesting that Bazunu is of a “similar standard” to Shilton and Niemi in particular?

I think £15 million for Downes is a real bargain. We should be getting that deal done before they change their minds.

At least Lallana is in the last year of his contract with us 😀

Never thought I’d hear myself say this but from the time McCarthy came back in after the Bazunu injury, I cannot fault him. If you hadn’t seen him play previously you would wonder why Saints fans are not screaming for him to sign a new contract. For that short spell he was the best we’ve had between the sticks for some time. Perhaps he has reached that GK age of maturity and he’s now at his peak. I would take a gamble and sign him up on a new contract unless of course we can sign someone like Ramsdale. Anyone less than that is probably no better than McCarthy.

Spot on

He improved massively in the second half of the season and only got better towards the end. He is worth (and deserves) a starting spot for the first few games of the season to see whether he is up to it or not.

Interesting to note in all of the posts above that there is virtually no mention of Aribo. PL quality or not? The priorities for the club over the next few days are KWP and Downes. We need both of them nailed down. That would be a great start to the summer.

I see that Spurs are going to offload Hjoberg. Still only 28. I’d have him back.

Secret Site - you’ve gone early. Just over 2 hours to go

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