Ken Tone

Thanks. And what about the claim that the Times reporter said it was happening?

Could someone please translate this for us non-twitter users?

Must make Koeman a strong contender . Most Dutch speak better English than most English people.

I read somewhere that he said his English was good enough to speak to the players, but not yet good enough for the media. So about the same as Pochettino when he arrived then.

IMO I doubt he will manage any Ui club soon. He's more likely to spend some time as a TV pundit and maybe manage abroad for a while, then come back to a big English club in a few years time. The only trouble for him is that the spurs vacancy will come too soon. Still ,maybe he can get it after pochettino's successor has been sacked.

Except that Spain didn't actually own them, it was just that the pope said they could have all that half of the world (with of course no real authority to say so) .... And the Americans had thrown off the few people of mixed descent who were living there before 1833 because they were pirates who had attacked their whaling ships, so they were unoccupied. Oh and we didn't recognise Argentina as an independent country until 1825, and of course never accepted the pope's right to allocate them as he pleased. Oh and there is some evidence that an Englishman first discovered them a century or two before Spain claimed them, but to be fair that is disputed, mostly by the French who also claim to have discovers them but gave them up to the Spanish when the pope said so. Apart from that, and about another page full of disputed claims, your analysis is perfect.

Well I got the B - E- E bit, but what were all those other words about?

which just goes to show that guardian readers don't vote?!

I see the Guardian says that McLaren is not under consideration, at the end of the article about Pochettino wanting AL at Tottenham (no CL - no chance) http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/27/mauricio-pochettino-new-tottenham-manager

Not sure quite what point you're making. That table would imply what we all know. Spurs area bigger club than Saints ,but not all that much bigger, and not a top 4, champions league club. They'll make the Europa league (that MP said was a of no interest) in some seasons and not in others.

I'd have been happy with Laudrup till I read the stuff about his departure from Swansea. McLaren would suit me, but perversely if he did come to us, I'd be worried about his willingness to leave Derby so soon. What price loyalty then?

He is a promising young manager to be fair, and he might well turn out to be a good PL manager, but he supposedly turned us down a couple of years ago, and then went to Burnley where he wasn't very happy, so returned to Bournemouth, so why would he come here now?

I am amazed at the mass hysteria on here about Yakin. He may well be a good manager, and if he is appointed I won't complain ,but really, what are you all basing this enthusiasm on? He has done well so far in a very short managerial career in Switzerland ...... ....that's Switzerland for goodness sake. Is their league even up to Scottish standards?.... and yes his team once beat Chelsea. I'd be happy enough with any of the *big* foreign names mentioned , but to be honest I'd really prefer a British manager ....someone who shares our cultural standards, or at least understands them. To read people on here slagging off the likes of McLaren, who was once rated as the best young manager in England, or Moyes ... once considered good enough to become Man united's manager ... beggars belief. No one is completely flawless, or let's face it, they wouldn't be available for us.

looks pretty good *recent* record to me http://www.transfermarkt.com/ronald-koeman/profil/trainer/439

55% win ratio even including a poor run with Valencia, and doing pretty well with Feyenord in his last job this season. Sounds ok to me, and he is the sort of name that players would respect.

Interesting the odds for Koeman. He was supposedly interested in the Swansea job, and surely Saints is a better one. Yet he has some big clubs on his cv.

Do talk sense, we'll have got compensation, and therefore in effect been paid to accept his resignation

Wouldn't give a damn about Pochettino going if we kept AL, and most of the rest of the team. The king is dead (allegedly). Long live the king!

Just goes to show that we know **** all, and so do the media know **** all.

Maybe if fewer people bought the red tops and more bought the old broadsheets,the quality of what people read would improve?..or to put it another way, you get what you pay for in papers lie the Mirror, ie crap.

​ "20-05-2014, 02:36 PM #496 Cestrian Saint Registered User As I said last week, he's going to Chelski." Got a good source have you?

It does seem pretty improbable yes. Look at the lengths Levy and Hoddle went to to cover up their having talks when he did his Judas act.

Are you absolutely certain?

http://newsthump.com/blog/ An interesting view of UKIP!

In the penalty area?