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itchen_dan

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I've said since the start that I believe it'll be Zola and Clarke and I still believe that it will be them. But, if it's Adkins, he'll have my 100% support and I feel that he could turn out to be a very low key but clever appointment by Cortese.

 

Whoever it is, let him do what he wants in the loan market, get in who he needs and get this squad playing together and winning by doing it in the "Southampton Style"!!

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Whoever comes in will have a real tough job as the expectations will still be enormous.

 

I'm still really worried about the effects the past few weeks have had on the players, but as we all know football doesn't really have any resemblance to real life anyway - a few wins and no-one will give a toss whatever happens.

 

Personally I would absolutely love it if we had Tony Mowbray as boss; he didn't have the best of times with Celtic but I am a strong believer in the way he plays football, and I'm sure he will have learnt from his mistakes during his time out. Whatever anyone might say, you don't become the manager of a club like Celtic if you're a mug.

 

Nigel Adkins again would be a solid appointment, he's earned the right to take his career to the next level and I'd certainly welcome him to the club.

 

But - it'll all depend on how they are going to fit in to the structure and whether they really feel they are going to be supported or not. Let's hope that the new manager will be supported 100% whoever he is.

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All the people slagging off Adkins but creaming themselves over O'Neill should remember that O'Neill started off in the lower leagues at Wycombe before Leicester took a chance on him.

 

given the position that we're in NA would be an excellent appointment. reality check required by a few on here me thinks.

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I think we all know its going to be Adkins.

 

I cant say i'm excited by that. Doesnt have me rushing to the ticket office, if we sign a decent loan or two and start winning then i'll start going again.

 

Woohoo scunnys ex physio!! Red army, red army.

 

 

I don't think so

 

Logically he is the best suited, but when have Saints ever been logical

 

I don't want Howe, so I guess it will be him

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i think a poor appointment if made. Sure Adkins has done well with a small team on limited resources but we are a big club with loftier expectations and i don't think a one time physio with a few years experience is gonna cut it.

 

So dissapointed we have not gone after Poyet, but Zola would of been my choice of the current crop.

 

Not gonna excite the fans or get them running back to SMS

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i think a poor appointment if made. Sure Adkins has done well with a small team on limited resources but we are a big club with loftier expectations and i don't think a one time physio with a few years experience is gonna cut it.

 

So dissapointed we have not gone after Poyet, but Zola would of been my choice of the current crop.

 

Not gonna excite the fans or get them running back to SMS

 

We're in league 1, get real.

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moonraker

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Matching a manager to a club is and art not a science, good previous performance may provide a degree of comfort but guarantees nothing. As we saw with WGS and much earlier Lawrie Mac the 2 best managerial appointments at SFC in my time have not initially had the WOW factor. I’m sure the Bristol Shi8y fans thought Steve Copple had a bit of wow for them, and look how that turned out. I sometimes wonder if the only reason some want a big name is about short term national or indeed international attention and some weird bragging position.

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stevegrant

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All the people slagging off Adkins but creaming themselves over O'Neill should remember that O'Neill started off in the lower leagues at Wycombe before Leicester took a chance on him.

I don't think many people will have a problem with the appointment of Adkins, per se (I certainly won't). Certainly a year ago, I'd have been delighted with that appointment.

 

However, given the suggestions of an appointment with a "wow factor" - and the BBC have often been tipped off by the club since the Liebherr takeover - it would fall some way short of that. He's got a track record in this division, but questions remain over whether he would be able to manage the bigger personalities here, not to mention the bigger expectations and budget.

 

It would also suggest a potentially short-term appointment. He's got a team promoted from this division twice, so you would assume that would be within his reach, but has finished no higher than 20th in the Championship. Assuming we went up this season, but struggled or languished around mid-table, would he then be ditched, leading to another transitional period?

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Bartosz Bialkowski

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All the people slagging off Adkins but creaming themselves over O'Neill should remember that O'Neill started off in the lower leagues at Wycombe before Leicester took a chance on him.

 

I dont give a monkeys...

 

We got rid of Alan Pardew, our most successful manager in years. I have backed Cortese, and will continue to back him, but, if we do appoint a nomad such as Adkins he better have a serious backroom team to go with it and a couple of immediate high quality loans.

 

Because this all stinks of another year in League one to me, and that is not acceptable.

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Andyb1

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I just text my Scunny supporting mate and his reply was

 

"If he leaves my season ticket will be worthless, we'll be in league 2 in four years!!!!" Then there was some more about how much he hates saints blah blah....

 

But he seems to value his management skills anyway :)

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s0108787

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I think he could be an inspired choice, an educated football man who has had success in doing exactly what we are trying to achieve this season. No one knows quite how anything in this world will pan out, but given the choice between an upcoming, educated thinking manager and an old school, typical English "football man" who probably got their jobs on their reputations as a player. I know who i would choose. Lets face it, sometimes Pardew would tie himself up in knots trying to be a be eloquent and clever in his interviews and just come across as a bit of a blagger, maybe it's time a real "thinker" was put in charge.

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The first, the very first task for the new manager is to make a connection with the bloody first team and get them responding. Transfers, biscuit expense account, secretary to ****, all are secondary.

 

If its Adkins, I am going to keep an open-mind, because I dont really know him or his abilities.

 

If its Mowbray or Howe, I will be quietly confident.

 

If its MON, I am going to jizz over my wifes face.

 

Anyone else and I am going to be disappointed.

 

I imagine your wife is hoping it's Adkins

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stevegrant

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We're in league 1, get real.

In comparison with his current club, that is the reality of the situation. Yes, we're in the division below, but everything else is much bigger here. I suspect our annual wage bill in this division is at least double that of Scunny's, and our attendances are nearly 5 times greater.

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Andyb1

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I know this has been done to death but Pardew was averagely successful when you take into consideration the players we have the league we're in etc etc.... Let’s not make him into a messiah....

I dont give a monkeys...

 

We got rid of Alan Pardew, our most successful manager in years. I have backed Cortese, and will continue to back him, but, if we do appoint a nomad such as Adkins he better have a serious backroom team to go with it and a couple of immediate high quality loans.

 

Because this all stinks of another year in League one to me, and that is not acceptable.

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I don't think many people will have a problem with the appointment of Adkins, per se (I certainly won't). Certainly a year ago, I'd have been delighted with that appointment.

 

However, given the suggestions of an appointment with a "wow factor" - and the BBC have often been tipped off by the club since the Liebherr takeover - it would fall some way short of that. He's got a track record in this division, but questions remain over whether he would be able to manage the bigger personalities here, not to mention the bigger expectations and budget.

 

It would also suggest a potentially short-term appointment. He's got a team promoted from this division twice, so you would assume that would be within his reach, but has finished no higher than 20th in the Championship. Assuming we went up this season, but struggled or languished around mid-table, would he then be ditched, leading to another transitional period?

 

The squad youve got would need replacing bar 3-4 players to get to the Prem

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People seem all tied up about a "name" appointment. A name generally counts for the sum total of **** all, a lot of supposedly very good managers are probably only as good as the support staff and players they have at their disposal. Like many have said, the very best managers can come from suprising places.

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Bartosz Bialkowski

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I know this has been done to death but Pardew was averagely successful when you take into consideration the players we have the league we're in etc etc.... Let’s not make him into a messiah....

 

Far from it, but you cannot replace a success with an unknown quantity.

 

NA hasn't ever had a fiver to spend. What experience has he got at a club like Southampton, and of where we want to go?

 

Answer - NONE.

 

Its not about Pardew, its about getting better than what we had.

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The squad youve got would need replacing bar 3-4 players to get to the Prem

Agreed (in fact, I reckon only Lallana and Fonte would still get in a Saints team in the top flight, but that's another discussion :lol:), but that'll be natural squad improvement, which would ordinarily take place during the summer, with a tweak here and there in January. If Adkins took us up, but then struggled and was sacked in, say, November, a new manager would want to stamp his own mark on the squad, bring his own players in, get rid of others he didn't like the look of, etc, which would probably be much more extensive than the "organic" approach.

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I don't think many people will have a problem with the appointment of Adkins, per se (I certainly won't). Certainly a year ago, I'd have been delighted with that appointment.

 

However, given the suggestions of an appointment with a "wow factor" - and the BBC have often been tipped off by the club since the Liebherr takeover - it would fall some way short of that. He's got a track record in this division, but questions remain over whether he would be able to manage the bigger personalities here, not to mention the bigger expectations and budget.

 

It would also suggest a potentially short-term appointment. He's got a team promoted from this division twice, so you would assume that would be within his reach, but has finished no higher than 20th in the Championship. Assuming we went up this season, but struggled or languished around mid-table, would he then be ditched, leading to another transitional period?

 

Agree in general Steve and my concerns are the same as yours - just one thing tho' - did Adkins have the correct level of support/resources to better the 20th spot? If he was given the backing by NC do you think he would/could do better than 20th?

 

For me I'd like to see Tony Mowbray or if we are really looking for wow then it would be Mr O'Neil.

 

At the end of the day I'll support whoever the club see fit to manage the first team.

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However, given the suggestions of an appointment with a "wow factor" - and the BBC have often been tipped off by the club since the Liebherr takeover - it would fall some way short of that. He's got a track record in this division, but questions remain over whether he would be able to manage the bigger personalities here, not to mention the bigger expectations and budget.

 

The BBC didn't mention a "wow factor" at any point. They said it would be an appointment which would show fans that Cortese knows what he is doing. Adkins would show this imo. He's proven at this level and he's young and probably looking to improve himself not just our team.

 

My personal problem with appointing a " big name" would be they'd come here set in there ways and be pretty stubborn with it. Which is all well and good in the short team and could lead to success but in the long term could cause problems, especially if things arn't working and with Cortese. I'd rather a young manager came here, willing to learn and try new things, be brave and experimental and for this to show in our play, as well as being successful. Howe or Adkins would be willing to grow with the team as we progress, i'm not overly sure an O Neil would. Plus with a big name, say O Neil (not that I believe it would be him), would be up for every job in the prem and England if they get rid of Capello any time soon and also Forest when they get rid of Davies later this year. It wouldn't be the most long term option and certainly wouldn't scream stability. I'd rather a manager came here, with something to prove and willing to look at us long term as a club he'd like to mould and take into the Prem, than someone we'd all be worrying would jump ship at the first sign of bad times.

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The first, the very first task for the new manager is to make a connection with the bloody first team and get them responding. Transfers, biscuit expense account, secretary to ****, all are secondary.

 

If its Adkins, I am going to keep an open-mind, because I dont really know him or his abilities.

 

If its Mowbray or Howe, I will be quietly confident.

 

If its MON, I am going to jizz over my wifes face.

 

Anyone else and I am going to be disappointed.

 

if its MON I'll gladly join you.

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The first, the very first task for the new manager is to make a connection with the bloody first team and get them responding. Transfers, biscuit expense account, secretary to ****, all are secondary.

 

If its Adkins, I am going to keep an open-mind, because I dont really know him or his abilities.

 

If its Mowbray or Howe, I will be quietly confident.

 

If its MON, I am going to jizz over my wifes face.

 

Anyone else and I am going to be disappointed.

 

Bet your wife's praying for that outcome, if you'll pardon the pun.

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sambosa75

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My mate has just updated his status on Facebook saying he met Phil Brown at Southampton airport about an hour ago. He really isnt the type to lie about this. Doesnt post on here so is unaware of all the other rumours apart from what he hears in the pub.

 

I just cant see it being anyone else now. If 5 Live say its already signed and sealed and will be announced midweek then what other reason could he possibly be flying in to Southampton for?

 

Very concerned...

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saint_stevo

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Excellent profile here (from 2008)

 

http://soccerlens.com/nigel-adkins-profile/6223/

 

Andy Keogh, Billy Sharp, Jermaine Beckford, Martin Paterson, Jack Hobbs, Jack Cork, Gary Hooper - are some of the players to have exploded onto scene under Adkins (either as loans or permanents), a veritable conveyor-belt of forwards.

 

 

Apart from Hobbs and Cork, but i catch your drift

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