Dusic

Doing very well at Crawley of late. Some nice goals.

A shame that Sport Republic can't clone Rasmus Ankersen. The team he is Chairman of has gone from strength to strength whilst the two overseen by the now departed Kraft have suffered.

LB Stephen Crainey?

I have a "Best Saints Dirk" thread scheduled for November 2027 so hold that thought!

Don't think any clubs interested will be too bothered about his current form in a shambolic team. He has already shown his ability. In fact, it probably suits them as can try to lower the fee.

Moran, Wood, Davis, Williams, De Ridder, Wigley, Basham, Caulker, Grant all viable candidates but who gets your vote? #steve

Dipepa has done really well since joining from (I think) Port Vale where he was in first team squad. Looks physically strong as well, a bit different from many of our academy forwards of recent years. Think he has a chance.

Not as good a finisher though as David Connolly - what a player he was when fit. On the other side you have Jonno Quick. Just terrible.

Of recent times Shano and Brett Ormerod stand out. Looked for one purple patch like SL had cracked out but lets face it, you were more suprised when he scored than missed. Expert at winning cheap free kicks though Both combined well with more accomplished players which was basically their job. Other shouts?

Another hattrick for Oyekunle today - one to watch. On pro deal til 2026.

Promotion winner so fair shout amd especially compared to the replacement!

Personally would be high pressure, aggressively positioned full backs, wide players who run towards the penalty area, with a deep lying defensive midfielder similar to during the Pochettino era. Proactive, high energy out of possession - the best template IMO to catch cold teams who have better individual players. Formation not important, but always a back four.

Understood and agree to an extent - just feel that largely the managers that have done well at Saints - e.g Strachan, Adkins, Koeman, Hasenhuttl - have been strong personalities able to build a rapport with fans quickly to bring a bit of calm authority in their various ways and a personal opinion is that given the magnitude of the fuck up this season and type of character required to reunite the club (again) I'm not convinced that Cooper is that guy. Can't think of any of our "dull and uninspiring" managers who have done a good job tbh.

Not with fans by and large though. And certainly handled the summer period very well. With players also.

I'm certainly not disputing Cooper's achievement with Forest but personally find him so dull and uninspiring. One thing Russell Martin did well was galvanise a club that had just been relegated and in part that was due to personality, media handling etc. We will definitely need that from whoever takes over (and its one thing Juric has massively failed on). Personally don't see Cooper as that type.