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I liked him and if a club could get the same form from him as he had with us I'd say it was a good piece of business. Best of luck Jack.

Yes I'd have him back, did a great job for us. Can't see it though, have we ever re-hired a previous manager?

The players haven't exactly covered themselves in glory but they are having to operate in a straightjacket that is anti attacking football. The blame for that must lie at MP's door. Last Saturday was a good example. Burnley came for a point and set up their defensive stall ready to repel what they thought would be our attacks, we were the home team after all? However as the game went on they realised that we were wedded to risk averse football and were no real threat so they put 2 up front and knocked us out. Our manager just sat there, glued to his defensive mantra, no tactical changes, no attacking gamble with 2 up front - nothing. I could just about live with his ultra cautious mentality if it was getting results but it isn't is it? The players are not completely free of blame but they are not that bad, certainly much better than many on here think (Gabbi should be sniffing around the Azzuri for heaven's sakes) but MP and\or others are strangling us to death. I'd give the manager the benefit of the doubt if I thought he was trying things, attempting to work out the puzzle but this guy isn't. If plan A doesn't work then he's out of ideas.

Whoever it is can we please have some attacking football for a change. Don't dislike Allardyce and I think he would keep us up but I don't really think he's a fit for us - I'd welcome Koeman back, thought he did a great job for us and can do another or even Nigel Adkins, at least we'd see some positive football. Personally I'd like a UK manager this time and Eddie Howe or Chris Wilder would be my targets. One thing is for sure, if the consensus is that MP isn't up to it then he needs to go ASAP to give the next person as much time as possible to put things right. Delaying only increases the pressure on the next guy.

If this guy says there is every chance we'll be relegated. All the excuses about the quality of the players when in reality what we are suffering from is a negative and one dimensional manager who is utterly incapable of breaking out of his mental straightjacket. Time after time after time he's being shown that 1 up front is not working but refuses to try other combinations. His negativity has seeped into the team and heads are down. If we had a positive manager IMO you'd see performances change almost immediately and players that are being written off would gain confidence and start looking decent again. Someone on this thread had a pop at Austin looking disinterested, well it's hardly surprising when he sees such poor attacking performances week after week yet cannot get a run. He's probably as despondent as the rest of us. I'd get rid of MP right now, we are playing boring football and sinking every week. We need as much time as possible to undo the damage.

Said it a couple of weeks ago and have been thinking it for the last month, this guy is out of his depth, a rabbit caught in the headlights. I think it would be a kind mercy to let him go now and give Saints as much time as possible to repair the damage. He's wrecking morale and confidence. I do not subscribe to the theory that our players aren't good enough, that's just an excuse for dismal negative management. Sure we're not champs league but those players are way better than our performances suggest. If we had a manager with a positive mentality you'd see a big change in performances almost immediately. If MP has absolutely no interest in playing entertaining football then why wait?

Best of luck to him at Leicester, will be interesting to see how they do. Not our problem anymore.

Did a good job for us when Poch scarpered and destabilised us. Guided us to decent positions playing some good football. I'd have him back, a lot better than the current clueless incumbent.

We played some good positive stuff in the first half and fashioned some decent chances, just a shame that we didn't have a real finisher on the pitch to end the moves. Still it was at least positive. 2nd half we flagged but never really looked in trouble. - Use the wings more, I want to see Bertrand and Cedric bombing up those wings - Speed up, far too pedestrian and gave West Brom lots of time to organise, less tippy tappy and more direct balls forward - VVD had a good game, looks like the rust is falling off - We are crying out for a finisher - Long needs to be swapped for Austin. A match fit Charlie would have got one or two tonight (given a proper run) IMO. What he lacks in running he tends to make up in intelligent positioning. - Boufal needs to be picked, he has some magic about him and scored a fantastic goal. Redmond on the bench. Totally understand Boufal's reaction, he's frustrated (like the rest of us). This manager is pretty clueless, the last two games he's been dug out via individual brilliance rather than good team play. Without Austin we have no end product. It's a win though and I'll take that. Finally I'm glad I'm not a West Brom fan - they were a joke, total anti-football. Had they played with positivity they could have won it. Someone needs to tell Pulis that football is supposed to be entertainment. Felt sorry for their travelling support.

Hilarious revisionist stuff being spouted on here about Puel. Somehow he seems to have become a half decent manager because he's better than the current guy (and I do agree that he was better than this bloke), like eating half a **** sandwich is better than eating a whole one. He bored the pants off everyone and if he was here right now we'd be in the same position as we are, next to no goals and failing to get points. Oh, and like the current guy I don't subscribe to the excuse that he had a bad set of players - he just didn't manage them particularly well - chopping and changing and being overly cautious. Our 6 of our last 7 home games without a goal, yeah inspired leadership. If he goes to Leicester at least their insomniacs will be able to come off their meds I guess.

Disagree, I don't think it is that bad a bunch of players. Sure they aren't top 4 but with a decent manager they are mid/upper mid table standard. The whole 'players aren't up to it' is just an excuse for **** poor management. We have a striker in Gabbi who - on form - would be sniffing around the Azzuri IMO, another striker in Austin who is lethal in the box given the service - and it's up to the manager to work out how to give him that service. A midfielder from Juve who we all agree looks class, another DM who last season was great for us, a LEFT winger (not right or central) in Tadic who has the skill to make things happen, another skilful AM in Boufal and a defensive unit that is at least solid and at best fairly stingy. We have decent players - what we don't have is a manager that knows who the underperformers are and how to make them work together as a team with the end product of goals. Maybe he's too rooted in a Spanish style of play and simply can't change.

Eddie Howe Or If you want to take a bit more of a punt then ex Saints trainee Chris Wilder who replaced Nigel Atkins at Sheff Utd

I think he's on track to be removed by Xmas but frankly I think we'd be better off getting rid of him now. It just isn't working, his stubborn insistence on 1 up front and sticking with players who cannot score has really corroded confidence and I don't see any attempt to try out other formations and alternative players. Austin has been all but discarded which is crazy when we hardly ever score. He's out of his depth, we are sinking, players confidence is shot and crucially I see no attempt at change...........so why wait?

If this was ever going to take off I wonder if Barca, Rangers and Celtic would have to start in league 2 and work their way up? Also if you are going to go full international how about a Dublin team, pretty sure they'd get huge support. Pompey vs Barca would be worth a trip for a giggle (obviously in the Barca end)..........20 nil to Barca?

Couldn't agree more. Give him a run with Gabbi, provide some service and that goal drought will end. Couldn't care less if he doesn't run like a headless chicken, he scores goals. He must be so hacked off right now watching our inept striking performances. I'd also play Long TBH but out wide where he can use his pace to run hard at defences and disrupt, that's what he's good at - not goal scoring.

If he keeps on his current trajectory MP will be gone before Xmas IMO. The new board will want a new man for the window. I don't buy the 'we have bad players' line, they may not be world beaters but they are still hugely underperforming. Heads have dropped because the manager refuses to take any chances on forward selection and the players go on to the pitch believing they won't score. Gabbi is a good striker, Charlie know how to score and Long makes a very good pest - picked together and given some decent service they could be a useful combination but the manager refuses to deviate from his ultra defensive 1 up front comfort zone. Puel wasn't a particularly inspiring manager and I wasn't bothered when he went but he looks like a world beater against this guy.

Loads of possession but with 1 up front it's groundhog day. Whether he's stubborn or a rabbit caught in the headlights the clock is definitely ticking for MP. Can see him getting the boot before Xmas if he refuses to shake it up and get those goals flowing. I may sound like a broken record but play 2 up front and instruct the midfield to provide service they need. Austin and Gabbi will score if you service them. If you want your 5 man mid then reduce the defense to 3 CBs but for pete's sake try something else.

Lively performance which is positive but bottom line is still no goals and again no points. Don't know if the manager is stubborn or scared but it's groundhog day again. To play 1 up front when this has constantly failed to deliver and the 1 up front is a player that hardly scores, a goalless performance almost guaranteed. Defence looks solid whilst attack looks powder puff so how about playing 3 CBs, 2 up front and 5 in mid? Austin gets stick on here about looking sluggish but if you hardly play the guy how does anyone expect him to get match fit? MP's fear\intransigence is going to cost him and us unless he shakes it up.

Worrying if that's what he thinks, pretty close minded. I'd agree with him if I we had some support players that could actually score a goal but it looks like we don't. Charlie should be the spearhead with Gabbi in a free role just behind. Maybe 3 CBs and put 5 in the mid if you want your numbers in the middle but we desperately need more firepower up front. If MP sticks with this it looks like the goal drought will continue, we'll be in trouble and he'll be gone by Xmas.

We'll get rinsed 3-2 just like March. Lemina will boss it though.

Double the northam capacity by extending it back, lower ticket prices to £10 for 18 and under, leave 5k seats available to buy a week before the game, put the away fans in the kingsland\chapel corner.

He looked a real midfield general yesterday, yes it was against Palace but even so he still looked a class act. If he gives that kind of performance 20+ times this season we will have a seriously good player on our hands. Makes you wonder why Juve sold him for £14M, could turn out to be a very shrewd piece of business on SFC's part.

Let's not kid ourselves, we are still powder puff going forward and against someone less dismal than Palace we'd have had a very tough afternoon. That said, it's 3 very welcome points, we scored from open play, kept a clean sheet and Lemina + Hoedt looked good. Still got a lot of work to do on our goalscoring but it's something to build on. Way better than last week.

Bad news. Down to 1 proper goal scorer who isn't even being picked apparently. Goals are so overrated anyway. Probably win 6-5 now and Shane will get a hat-trick Nothing would make me happier BTW.

I'm sure it can but it isn't for us with these players, we are in a hole. Too many non scorers in our team, get our 2 match winners up front and instruct the midfield to provide some direct service. Get those goals happening first, points will follow.