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They were discussing mangerial vacancies again on Talksport this morning and guest Ben Foster suggested that Michael Carrick would be the perfect fit for us. Could do worse. Not sure Foster is considering the SR requirement though, that it needs to be someone no-one has heard of, is not really in football, and makes Rasmus Ankersson look weally cwevver. Mind you, it's not just the current regime that do that. Sir Clive Woodward, anybody? In the pre-complete lunatic Rupert Lowe era. We seem to be the receptacle for people that feel forced into stupid experimentation

Same here. A mate is a fan. Always hard sitting on one's hands but not expecting us to light the place up

Alex Crook just said on Talksport that if flippin' Eck wins the next two, don't be surprised if he gets the job. Simon Jordan said 'That will please the natives' in his sarcastic, orangey way. Just passing this on. How depressing. Our club is being run by idiots.

Don't be absurd. Doris the tea lady is our new goalkeeper.

Wait. We're appointing Rowan Atkinson now? I hope we have a plan, Baldrick.

Tick fucking tock. Think going for the cheap option this time might be the last straw for a lot of fans. Not sure I can be bothered anymore after over 40 years following the Saints. There is so much baked in incompetence in the way the club is run, and a toxic atmosphere that looks hard to shift. The fact that appointing the right manager now could help do precisely that, and appears to be ignored by people who think they know how to rewrite football (and come on, we all know Rasmus is one of the key proponents/criminals here) is even more galling. It also reflects the lack of respect the club has for its fan base. They are in the last chance saloon.

I actually think the Romeu signing will be transformative, and that SR are kind of banking on him making the difference and plugging the shortfall that Eckhert will doubtless have when he is appointed as the cheapie, Rasmus-twattery option compared to a common sense manager with proven experience. It's like Rasmus et al really don't like appointing someone who knows more about football than they do...

Tick tock. Rasmus rewriting his Ted Talk about how he revolutionised everything. Please be some good, progressive, sensible and not trendy bollocks news around the corner. Like a manager with experience. That old thing.

Latest odds: https://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/southampton/next-permanent-manager Eckert, O'Neill, Rodgers, Carrick. Not sure they know anything (the bookies) Amused (terrified) to see Jesse Marsch in there.

I'm imagining Spors singing 'Help me Tonda, help, help me Tonda' in a high pitched voice whilst prancing around the boardroom. It's a kind of nightmare.

I know you'll hate this, but I agree with every word you've said here. 😉

God, I do hope so, although doubt it. I think our board will fanny around, with Rasmus bleating about this or that person who will break all the rules of football and isn't he clever. Again. There will be a lot of churn in the coming days, with Farke likely gone, and even Eddie Howe coming under pressure, amazingly. Then there's Gareth Southgate popping into discussions again (perhaps a return to Middlesborough, although I think he would have been great to instil a complete culture change at Saints), Martin (to Norwich - got 5-1 on this) and all the rest, including Gary 'not very good really' O'Neil. SR will probably then throw their hands up and say they wanted Eckhert after all. And we will end up just escaping relegation.

You can probably add Leeds to that list after they fire Farke. Will be a merry go round. We'll wait until all the plates stop spinning and resort to the shittest pick

Absolutely right. Good post.

Russell Martin is 5-1 for the Norwich job. Can really see that happening. Really hope we don't go lazy and appoint Tonka toy. Rodgers is the best we could hope for from that list. Unless Rasmus gets his clever clever oar in and appoints a 13 year old computer programmer from Penge.