Forester

Will Still section on Sky was an interesting watch. Comes across as a little less “polished” than most top flight managers, but given only 32 and managing for three seasons that is unsurprising. However things I think most Saints fans would have enjoyed hearing: - I want to play forward - I don’t just want possession - I always want an angle on every pass, harder to press that way - I don’t believe in sticking to one philosophy, and if promoted from championship to Premier League you can’t expect to play the same way. Some times you have to win ugly Clearly is doing a good job at second club in Ligue 1 and you can see why he is being courted by clubs. Fluent in three languages and knowledge of Belgian and French markets useful too.

Mourinho

In terms of credible targets I would be very happy with any of Dyche, Cooper or (if not promoted) Manning. Manning never gets mentioned, has done an outstanding job at both Oxford and Brizzle Shitty

This game will comfortably sell out, last away game of season always does and many want to see last game at Goodison. Very sorry for your family’s loss Kitch

Agree that “fuck all” is far from fair. He did an outstanding job taking them to safety last season, after appearing dead and buried. However, it must surely be a concern to you, and all of us, that since January his team is literally BOTTOM of the championship form guide. There is not a single team producing worse results in the division that we are playing in next season than his side over the last three months. As has been documented, he has been operating in tough circumstances and delays in player wages. But the collapse in form, since being linked with us, is a worry.

Been an excellent player. But worth remembering that we signed him on loan and he struggled to get in our team first season. The point being he was playing with better players and was given time to adapt.

Rusk has two points from three Premier League games, and we have conceded just two goals from open play. I also recall we put a decent performance in for his League Cup game in charge against Liverpool

Fully appreciate there is lots of context, delays in salaries being paid etc, however……Sheffield Wednesday have collected two points from a possible 18 in their last six games. Hardly great marketing for Danny Rohl

Neither Lampard or Gerrard would be high on my list. However I cannot deny that Lampard has a good track record in championship. Took Derby to play offs and has turned Coventry season around looking good for play offs.

He was appointed late in the season to try and keep Newcastle up. When he didn’t succeed, he stayed on and won the championship. So wasn’t appointed into a championship team from outset.

Am guessing you thought this about Thomas Frank?

Liam Manning

The interview, which was a good watch, only reinforced in my view the limitations he had managing us in the Premier League. The complexity and detail with which he approaches things, with such an onus on passing patterns in and around our penalty area, is utterly dependent on having better technical players than opposition. So he needs to be managing a side which starts the season expecting to be in and around the upper echelons. He isn’t going to get that chance any time soon in the Premier League, but may do in a less challenging environment overseas or alternatively a Leicester or someone next season in the championship.

I assume Rambo, KWP, THB, Fernandes and Dibbling all get moves to Premier League clubs. It may be that one or two don’t, which is great, but that is my assumption. What I think many of our fans don’t recognise is that every one of the following would all be picked up by top six championship sides, every one, a total of 19 players: McCarthy, Bree, Sugawara, Stephens, Edwards, Wood, Bednarek, ABK, Manning, Downes, Smallbone, Aribo, Charles, Kamaldeen, Edozie, Tall Paul, BBD, Armstrong and Archer In addition there are others who could still be valuable squad players for the season, fitness permitting, such as Baz, Taylor, Larios, Fraser and Stewart. Clearly you cannot rely on these five as core players. I think our main aim should be to retain as many as we can, and minimise the number of purchases we need but spend it on real quality. A goal scoring winger, another holding midfielder and another number ten would be on my list. Then if we go back up the majority need to go, for reasons vividly played out this season.

As someone who payed to watch tonight I am as pissed off as everyone else. And I agree with your Koeman and Poch choices. However…….….…..I firmly believe we would have been relegated this season with either of them at the helm. Just think back to the players they had (and the careers some had away from Saints): Poch had Clyne, Fonte, Shaw, Wanyama, Schneiderlin, Lallana, Jay Rod (pre injury), Lambert, Davis. Koeman had Bertrand, VVD, Alderweirald, Romeu, Davis, Tadic, Pelle and Mane The gulf in quality is literally incredible

One of my all time press conference answers!!!

Assuming no desire to move from 343 I would pick: Rambo Wood, ABK, Stephens Bree, Downes, Aribo, KWP Fernades, Tall Paul, Kamaldeen I think Bree and KWP right now are our best full backs (Welington has promise) and yet Juric has not seen Bree play right wing back. While every one of the centre backs has question marks, at least play players in their natural positions

Fairly or unfairly, there would have been wild complaints on here if Rusk had have been given the job at the time. This feels like 20/20 hindsight

I am not saying Jurić is the planet’s best coach but he has managed for about eight years in Italian top flight, in my opinion has made us more competitive and creative than Martin, and has been handed both an awful squad and then no support at all in the window. There is some real crap spouted on here. In recent years teams have won the Premier League playing 343 (Chelsea), 442 (Leicester), 433 (Liverpool), 4123 (City). It isn’t the formation, it’s the utter lack of top flight quality. He gets stick for playing Smallbone, who he now will see isn’t up to it, but he hasn’t started under him until yesterday and needs to be given a chance and now he knows. We have only two holding midfielders in the squad, and one is on strike. We have two centre backs injured and a third that doesn’t want to be here. And we have two fit strikers, neither of whom are Premier League quality. What the fuck do people expect from him? As some have said we need to stop the endless carousel, back him and new Technical Director, get Sport Republic out of the way of football decisions and build something. I watch us home and away and have more cause than most to complain based on money shelled out but I can recognise when someone has been handed a hospital pass and this really is one.

You are far too sensible for this place

Chelsea literally won the Premier League under Conte playing 343. Alonso and Moses wing backs. It’s about having good players

Yes SAA has promise, but £7m plus add ons is decent money for someone aged 18 who has never done it at top level. We have so many other options in wide positions, especially when Edozie comes back, and I don’t see how he fits the high energy game Juric wants. We do need to bring money in as well as spend some and our squad size is huge.

Thoroughly enjoyed that, and a more enjoyable walk back to the car than the sickening finish the last time we went there! Great support from the travelling fans. I thought Welington looked a little off the pace first half, but played better the longer the game went on and looks a find. Albert looks quick, ideal for pressing style, and again early days but looks a good acquisition. I thought Rambo, KWP, Bree, Fernandes and particularly Aribo were all excellent. I have been saying on here that we are looking like a properly coached team in recent weeks and for me Juric is a good manager managing a squad short of quality. By adding the two new signings I now think he has 13 players he genuinely trusts. Not enough to survive. But I expect us to continue to improve. For me the realistic aim remains bedding down his style of play, retaining say 8 of those 13 for next season and bringing in three or four players under Juric to add to the good championship style players we have that I don’t include in that trusted 13, like Smallbone, Manning, Wood, Stephens, Armstrong, Archer and Downes, all of whom I expect to excel in championship.

Firstly great credit to all Saints fans today, really got behind the team second half after booing them off (deservedly) at half time. As others have said, I believe we have a good manager who is quickly learning about our deficiencies and is highly capable if given the right tools. Regardless of points haul I have seen enough from him that he is comfortably better than our last three managers. At the ground it was noticeable that both THB and Ramsdale got really stuck into Downes after the dreadful lack of effort, and I wonder what was said at halftime. Standing off players, failing to get tackles in, first half was terrible but great credit to Jurić for turning that around and we so easily could have nicked a point. As I said after Thursday it’s hard to change a style so dramatically mid season with low quality players. I really feel we need to wrap in cotton wool a number of players who are clearly not good enough at this level but will be crucial next season in championship. Archer, Armstrong, Smallbone, Downes and Sugawara in my opinion all need taking out of the firing line or their confidence is going to be shot to pieces. Stick to a core 13-14 players for rest of season, injuries permitting, of Rambo, KWP, Manning, Bree, Wood, THB, Bednarek, Les, Aribo, Charles, Fernandes, Dibbling, Tall Paul, Kamaldeen.

As one of those who was there, and gutted to lose, I can cope with watching performances like that. My take: - We looked like a well coached team, with a clear plan - It’s a more enjoyable experience watching us be on the front foot, and made Manure look like a poor team for the first hour - high press football is tiring, and anyone saying “why did we have to make any subs” is thick as shit - to try and implement this style half way through the season is really tough, after the opposite style had been worked on all pre season and players confidence is now low - our subs show that we really only have about 12 or 13 players good enough, and beyond that we have honest hard working championship players.