Saint Billy

I have to agree with your sentiments Saint Lard.

NC confuses me. He demands instant success and wants to do it in style the Southampton Way. To me this can only be acheived by selecting a manager with a proven track record in producing results and in a certain style. The likes of Howe and Adkins etc, although doing very well atm and producing the style of football that presumerably NC wants, these guys are relatively inexperience with no top flight credentials. Although it might just work if one of these guys were selected, it would be a huge gamble and one that I cannot imagine NC taking. I cannot imagine NC being tempted by the likes of Brown, Dowie etc, they for me do not fit NC's criteria. That is why I am struggling envisaging the next manager.

Forget who you want as manager for a minute. Who do you see in your (realistic) minds eye stood there in the dug out? For some reason I cannot imagine any of the names being mentioned managing saints. I've tried and it just aint happening.

Yeh, heard it in the second half. Doh!

Probably barking up the wrong tree, but I'm watching the England game and cannot see Stuart Pearce on the England. Anyone seen him?

For the ladies possibly but not sure about saints.

Well I suppose it is friday..........................................when nothing normally happens!

If the sacking was pre planned, why did we pull out of the bid for the Coventry winger who's name I have forgotten? If NC is in charge of transfers as has been rumoured on here, the deal would have gone through in any case regardless if Pardew was here or not if the whole debacle was pre planned.

Hart, Dowie, Shearer still frighteningly close!

I dunno about you guys but as far as saints is concerned you need the patience of one to support them. In these last couple of years (maybe more) all we have seemed to do is nervously wait for information regarding saints after another sh*te load of turmoil.

Meh!

With the likes of Harte, Dowie etc etc being mentioned, I would take Zola in a heartbeat!

Very nervous how Harts name keeps being linked even now, surely NC would not be that foolish....................................... would he?

This is how I see, after all the Leibherr familly own the club, Cortese does not, which makes him answerable to them.

Me too! Cripes..... I think I am going to have to lie down for a few hours.

Perhaps it does prove though that it was not planned which does seem to backup the idea that there was some sort of bust up at the training ground.

Yet again, this club seems to be self imploding!

I understand the plop plops bit!

Why since Jan? whats the figure for the whole of last season, I make it 1.8 Anyway, we could debate this on and on. You obviously were confident that AP could do it, I was not, we beg to differ. In any case NC has made up his mind.

An honest question. Will a brit manager want to work under NC and his hands on approach?

Plymouth, Orient! We had similar results last season. Lets be honest here, to win automatic promotion there is not that much margin for error. Were you confident that AP's side was capable of putting consistent good runs together? Btw, does your 2.1 points per game since Jan include cup games? as we are talking about league form here and getting automatic promotion.

If the new man can get the side to be a bit more consistent then I feel we have an even better chance of automatic promotion. AP's side had too many bad results against the poorer sides.

Typical Meridian, anything to throw a spanner in the works. Script probably written by Fred Sewage.

Dog......sh*te!

I just dont think a british guy will take this job on if he does not have full control over tranfers etc. If it is going to be based on a continental style of management where a coach will be installed rather than a manager, it is more likely that a continental coach will be appointed, so my money is on Zola.