Viking Saint

yeah, but how many 'whinging ninnies' on this forum have been appointed manager of Southampton FC??

yeah, but is he really an improvement on Pardew??? monumentally underwhelmed I'm afraid, but sincerely hope to be proved wrong....

totally ****ing unacceptable....this is what you get for ****ing about with a team that's making progress....the new appointment had better be bloody good.....

Neither Howe nor Adkins can realistically be seen as a step up from Pardew....if NC is true to his word, then AP has to be replaced with someone better/more successful/more experienced/with a proven track record of achievement.....neither Howe nor Adkins tick these boxes......this appointment has to be absolutely right...how painfully true the quote below rings..... "And a word of caution to anyone who fancies the Southampton job, particularly those already in employment. The Saints have not treated their managers well- nor given them time. This is not just down to the impatient sacking of seemingly successful Pardew- but the fact that they've had 14 permanent managers in the last decade and 6 in the last 4. The Solent is no haven for stability. Read more: http://www.s****horpe.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=212012#ixzz0yWGaK568

dear God no, anyone but.....surely NC can't really think that Wise would be a step up?!?!?!

Cortese with his long and extensive footballing experience and track record of getting teams out of League 1......???

Stunned....condolences to the Liebherr family...thank you Markus, for all you did for our club.....RIP

realistically, if Pardew was sacked, who else with a decent managerial pedigree would come to a League 1 club?? It's not a million miles away from if England had sacked Capelo, who would they get in with a better record who isn't already in a good job?

what? you mean just like last season? ;0)

On a hugely positive note, the skate bastards are 0-2 down every cloud.....;0)

having just read Bobby Robson's autobiography and read what an unbelievable amount of crap from tabloids and papers one of the decent gentlemen of English Football had to put up with, it is entirely understandable if some managers such as Ferguson decline to be associated with the press....everything they say can very easily be misconstrued and contrived by sensationalist hacks....the managers don't have the opportunity to recant or explain their comments once an article has been written without it spiralling into a plot of cover-up and counter-comment....if they don't talk to the media, they can't be put in difficult positions- simple....

who gives a ****? We as a club don't make any money out of them so frankly, why should be in any way concerned or bothered?

disappointing result, but even more disappointing reaction....the players and manager are under enough pressure carrying the tag of favourites without their own 'fans' booing them after 1 game....morons

- Decent perfomance in first half, Dickson and Puncheon did okay, some nice interplay but no end product - Barnard playing too wide, and then Connolly isolated in the box getting useless high balls in the box aren't going to be much use - no one had the bottle to shoot, desperately need a back-up for Lambert - Hammond crap as usual, uninspirational, doesn't distribute well and can't hit the target with two free headers- needs replacing with a midfielder who gets stuck in not the end of the world, long long way to go, but expected more from this afternoon....disappointing....

no intention to keep Bart then?

No, I agree with you entirely, but I reckon our Scandinavian/Nordic input has served us pretty well over the years, and they don't tend on the whole to command ridiculous transfer fees....let's get more in!!

just out of interest, who feels Scandinavian players have, on the whole, been a success for us??....am thinking back down the line and we've had quite a few (can't think of any Icelanders though...?) As a race, they're physically robust and meant to be ideally suited to the English game....

I keep hearing 'back-up for Lambert', has Barnard left the club and I've not heard about it??

Has Barnard left us or am I missing something?

frankly, who cares???

having come back from a school tour over Easter, there is only one grass pitch on Malta and it's in the national stadium....ll the rest are artificial pitches, which there aren't any of in League 1!!!

Building a club back up agian takes time....he came in late and had a lot of catching up to do in rebuilding a squad and a club that had nearly imploded....it will take time and a bit of patience....haven't we had enough managers lately?? a bit of stability and common sense is what's called for here, some people have very short memories when you compare where we are now to where we were 12 months ago......

laughing my head off....thank crunchie it's Friday!!!

had to happen!!! couldn;t be much better.....lets put the f@ckers out of business!!!!

genius....top work......great to be a Saint.....anybody at home next round please.....nobody will enjoy coming to SMS at the moment....Happy Days are here again