Fitzhugh Fella

Bizarre thing to say

We got the new stadium no thanks to Rupert as he wanted Stoneham but upset Eastleigh council with his plans to build more than just a stadium. Rupert was bailed out by Southampton CC who allocated him the brown field site at St Mary's.

Never a truer word and it was all avoidable too

Yes but who picked him?

Have sent you an e mail Patrick with a couple of articles inc a recent one written by Carl Anka of the Athletic. My e mails often find their way into spam folders so you might want to check. Good Luck

I’m not against this as a) it looks like the players are happy b) there doesn’t seem to be anyone else and c) not sure the club can stand yet more upheaval. But the fact remains RA preferred first Nathan Jones and then Marsch over Selles which tells me one of two things. Either Ankersen is clueless or Selles is not cut out to be a PL manager. Either way cause for concern remains.

Good point. The mystery deepens

Mate don’t get me wrong. What I am saying is much as I would like to believe Selles could be the answer, it’s far too early (1 match) to get carried away. Had we lost yesterday then the fact Elyounoussi, Bednarek and Walcott played would have brought the heavens down. We shall see. As everyone knows it’s the hope that kills you and I’m trying hard to keep my hope levels under control.

Remember the euphoria after we beat City in the League Cup when many thought perhaps Jones does have something? It’s far too early to be seriously thinking about making Selles permanent. It’s one game vs a side in poor form. I know we won yesterday (through our customary JWP free kick) and it feels good but Selles made some very bizarre selections and subs that had we lost would have triggered this forum to be cussing and ranting. Be honest if you had been told a year ago that in 12 months time the current manager would still be giving Walcott game time what would you have thought? Lose to Leeds and it’s back to square one. I have seen too many false dawns to throw my weight behind the clamour to anoint Ruben just yet and who knows Potter might be available soon.

Yes I am starting to think along those lines. Something has obviously “happened” between both Croats and the club for neither of them to have featured in the two match squads following the alleged Staplewood altercation. It’s a worry because Bednarek and Lyanco are not good enough deputies.

Caleta-Car?

Fans are important but when making big decisions like managerial appointments it has to be left to the “so called” experts. However I admit on this occasion the fans would probably have done a better job.

Jesus I hope not. We really are fucked if that was thecase

Have you forgotten what SR said last week about the players morale being rock bottom at the end of Ralph’s reign? And you want to bring him back? Seriously? I don’t want to be rude but your suggestion is madness and there is a lot of insanity around at present. We do not need more.

He’s the biggest fraud on here Wade.

If they rate Selles why didn’t they give him the job before talking to Marsch?

Wasn’t impressed with our performance at home to Sheff Wed in the League Cup when Selles was in charge. It was the same old crap tbh. Temporary managers never do well. The players know it’s temporary.

Shame Ralph Krueger is not still the Chairman we would have the dream team from N America. The short contract is intriguing as I would like to think should he do well (even if we get relegated) the six months he would have been here would have been a waste and I think the players would do better if they knew there was a liklehood of him staying longer.

Just listened to last nights Solent piece on Marsch with Blackmore. Very interesting hearing the BBC Leeds guy’s thoughts which were a bit worrying. Also at the end Blackmore was very critical of Ankersen and spoke a lot of sense re owners taking day to day footballing decisions. He said he knew within a fortnight Jones wouldn’t last long.

At the end of the day what’s going on right now is akin to the deckchairs being rearranged on the Titanic. We are 90-95% relegated owing to mismanagement by SR. They were too slow to sack Ralph and they failed to get a decent striker in. Then to compound those errors that made one of the most ridiculous managerial appointments of all time. Good stewardship has always been a necessity for us as a club to survive in the PL and SR have been anything but.

This fetish with Red Bull worries me

Gnonto was a knee jerk last day of the window signing when Leeds reacted a little quicker than us to not getting Gnakpo

And what’s wrong with being 68 this summer I want to know?

Selles took charge of the League Cup tie v Sheff Wed with Boyo watching in the stands. I was intrigued to see if in the 48 hours he had been in charge if we were going to appear a bit different but it was very much more of the same. I’m not writing him off on the strength of that, but I don’t think there will be anything like the “new manager bounce” we need to have a slight chance of escaping the drop, if he is given the job.

I think we can at least agree the Leeds fan base is/was split on their opinion on Marsch. I saw that clip of him welcoming Gnoto. Impressive.