Saint86

You've been following us the last few years? 😄

I think the issue was rasmus and Kraft primarily, and it was no surprise they set about undermining Ralph on the coaching and player front before sacking him. Haven't given up on Spors just yet like most of our fans have. But he does need to make the right appointment on the next next manager.

It's absolutely insane to me that anyone can do a list of worst signings, and not have Tommy forecast (who was shit, let alone the fact we swapped bale for him) over bazunu 🤣😂🤦

In his defence for the goal yesterday, I thought he was unsighted when the shot was taken, and then it's hit down and bounces up whilst at the same time he has to get right in the corner.

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Reckon he's got as good a chance as anyone else of getting it. The past week should go someway to preventing GON at any rate.

Significantly better performance. I would keep him on as interim rather than hiring GON.

This. It won't be monumental, but it will be broadly unpopular. He will have to get off to the perfect start or forever be a manager the fanbase doesn't accept. And besides that, he just isn't very good. It would quite blatantly be a bad appointment... which sadly means it's more likely than not that its the kind of appointment SR will make.

Whoever we hire will have less support than Ralph would have done, and will be coming into an atmosphere of significant fan discontent - it's a shame that it won't be Ralph really, as amongst the fanbase, he is likely the most popular name mentioned so far by some distance, is a good manager, and would have settled a lot of issues with some initial positivity and zero tolerance in the dressing room... He may be getting on and eyeing up the Austria job, but I would have thought there was a chance at a deal for the rest of the season as a minimum. Something in the rumours that SR won't swallow their pride when it comes to him (and the shit show decision making since)? It is still odd to me that he came all the way to England to see a former colleague and chose to do that whilst watching an evening saints game at the same time - has to be something there for the club from his side at least.

Is GON being linked so that everyone will accept eckert?

Wrong thread!

You seem to have left Challinor off this list Hypo 🤪

Its academic that he's ex Pompey to me. He just isn't very good.

He's a Redknapp style manager to me - first and foremost, he doesn't coach/develop players, he's reliant on the quality of players he has given to him. His football/tactics are simple, lacking in any real tactical nous/depth, and he comes across as one of the lads - albeit with the distinction to be the boss and show dissatisfaction. Just like Saggy, he's the sort who sticks players in simple positions, and when it works he'll be happy when his team win or get plaudits for a good performance, but really he's pretty clueless and lacks the ability to adapt or change things when he's being tactically outplayed. He might get this squad out of the champ, but his football is also generally quite dire - or at least it was in the prem. Very uninspiring. Sigh.

I am very underwhelmed if it is him, and tbh somewhat concerned for the future of the club. The task is promotion and i just don't think he's up to it - obviously I hope to be wrong.