New Manager Syndrome

[Secret Site Agent]

It has happened against us..................Do you think it will happen for us?

 

I refer to the fact that whenever a manager takes over a team we are about to play, they play their socks off and beat us.

 

Are we going to do the same?

 

What do YOU think?

[saint_stevo]

we will beat MK

[GenevaSaint]

It has happened against us..................Do you think it will happen for us?

 

I refer to the fact that whenever a manager takes over a team we are about to play, they play their socks off and beat us.

 

Are we going to do the same?

 

What do YOU think?

 

I always believe that new manager syndrome only ever worked against Saints.

 

I predict a draw at MK and a win on Saturday

[stevegrant]

The last manager to win his first game in charge for us was Paul Sturrock, in March 2004

[Liquidshokk]

So how will people feel if we lose on Wednesday? Will they just shrug it off like I kinda did on Saturday?? (I'd given up letting it get me down after the previous two results.....)

[doddisalegend]

So how will people feel if we lose on Wednesday? Will they just shrug it off like I kinda did on Saturday?? (I'd given up letting it get me down after the previous two results.....)

 

the same we always do. Come on here and slit our wrists, call for Nigel to be sacked and claim we're only good for relegation. If we win however we will all claim auto promotion is certian, Nigel is the greatest manager in the universe and we have team all the other teams in league one (and the championship) would kill for.

[Saint_clark]

I think it will work for us, for once.

[Danny R]

No chance, this is Saints, when do we ever follow the norm.

 

I think we will play really well but lose. Probably to another dodgy refereeing decision.

[for_heaven's_Saint]

Personally I feel that the fact we're playing MK Dons means it's a bit of a waste of the 'new manager syndrome', as we always beat them anyway!

[Toadhall Saint]

Yes we will win against MK dons

[richie]

Gus Poyet last season

[Pancake]

Thank God Wally Downes was given the new managers job then eh?

[Arizona]

Sturrock won 3 of his first 4 games in charge, but went and lost against Pompey.

Pearson came in and made us difficult to beat pretty much instantly, despite a collapse at Hull.

Wotte went on a mini-streak of good form when he took over in Jan '09, although that may have had more to do with Saganowski scoring.

[Pancake]

Sturrock won 3 of his first 4 games in charge, but went and lost against Pompey.

Pearson came in and made us difficult to beat pretty much instantly, despite a collapse at Hull.

Wotte went on a mini-streak of good form when he took over in Jan '09, although that may have had more to do with Saganowski scoring.

 

Smack?

[JonnyLove]

The last manager to win his first game in charge for us was Paul Sturrock, in March 2004

 

Technically the first game AP was at was against Hearts and we won 4-1 (ok a Friendly)

[SW5 SAINT]

Apart from Sturrock, struggling to think of another Saints manager winning his first match in charge going back nearly 40 years to when McMenemy took charge(and I'm pretty sure he didn't win his first, I'm sure we were about 5th when he took over in December 1973 and ended up relegated)

[Ian the Red]

Think Nicholl won his first game in charge...

So it's about time we had a new manager winning his first match; 3-1 to Saints tomorrow!

[Saint Stimp]

If we win the next couple of games it wont be new manager syndrome. It will be because they are both games that we should be winning.

[dubai_phil]

Totally do not expect NA to win his first game in charge.....

 

Unless......

 

If there really was some "unease" in the team due to "outside alleged influences" affecting motivation

 

In which case I think we could just Murder them, after all New Manager Syndrome and we are their Bogey Team....

 

Yeah right win for MK then

[bpsaint]

Glenn Hoddle started his Managerial reign of us with a win,2-1 against West Ham, but yeah I'd love this to work in our favour against MK.

[dubai_phil]

Glenn Hoddle started his Managerial reign of us with a win,2-1 against West Ham, but yeah I'd love this to work in our favour against MK.

 

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

Now look what you've done. You'll set Dalek off on one again

[madruss]

Seems to be working for Scu_nthorpe tonight, they're 2 up away to Sheff.utd in their new manager's first game!

[SO16_Saint]

Seems to be working for Scu_nthorpe tonight, they're 2 up away to Sheff.utd in their new manager's first game!

 

3-0 now!

[S-Clarke]

Seems to be working for Scu_nthorpe tonight, they're 2 up away to Sheff.utd in their new manager's first game!

 

3-0!

 

he's left a very good team there. Shows what a good job he's done

[Dalek2003]

Glenn Hoddle started his Managerial reign of us with a win,2-1 against West Ham, but yeah I'd love this to work in our favour against MK.

 

And proved to be one of our most successful managers. Rejected by the vocal and deluded few who are in a large response responsible for our slide to Div 3 status. Still, never mind hey.

[for_heaven's_Saint]

Scunny won 4-0 in the end.

[dubai_phil]

And proved to be one of our most successful managers. Rejected by the vocal and deluded few who are in a large response responsible for our slide to Div 3 status. Still, never mind hey.

 

Arrrrrrgghh

 

Told you so.

 

 

But goddamit what hurts is he could be right

[Professor]

Scunny won 4-0 in the end.

So maybe looks like 'No Manager Syndrome' - which Saints didn't have while Wilkins was covering the gap. After a 2-0 home defeat by Bristol City in Adkins last game in charge at Scunny, either you try to read something into that, such as their first team coach is a genius, or more likely you just have to accept that football is a funny old game.

[trousers]

So maybe looks like 'No Manager Syndrome' - which Saints didn't have while Wilkins was covering the gap.

Scvnthorpe do have a caretaker manager though - Ian Baraclough

 

Step forward all those who blamed our poor recent results on Cortese giving Pardew the chop?

 

At the end of the day, it all depends on how professionally the players handle change.

 

Scvnthorpe players coped better with losing their manager than our players did. "Simple as that"

[LaptopSaint]

If we lose? Adkins out.

[Torres]

And proved to be one of our most successful managers. Rejected by the vocal and deluded few who are in a large response responsible for our slide to Div 3 status. Still, never mind hey.

 

[doddisalegend]

Scvnthorpe do have a caretaker manager though - Ian Baraclough

 

Step forward all those who blamed our poor recent results on Cortese giving Pardew the chop?

 

At the end of the day, it all depends on how professionally the players handle change.

 

Scvnthorpe players coped better with losing their manager than our players did. "Simple as that"

 

or Ian Baraclough was the brains behind the operation at scunny were as clearly Wilkins wasn't for us. Maybe the scunny players were glad to see the back of Adkins and the saints players weren't happy to see the back of AP. Someone could dress this situation up in lots of ways to suit their agenda.

Edited 15 September, 2010 by doddisalegend

[SNSUN]

Strachan didn't win his first game but a very entertaining 3-3 draw against Ipswich I think it was was ok by me. Looking forward to tonight whatever happens, I just hope the performance is better.

[Pancake]

Scvnthorpe players coped better with losing their manager than our players did. "Simple as that"

 

I would add to that, that the manner in which the manager is removed probably has a lot to do with morale.

[georgeweahscousin]

I thought Mark Wotte won his first game?

[niceandfriendly]

Scvnthorpe do have a caretaker manager though - Ian Baraclough

 

Step forward all those who blamed our poor recent results on Cortese giving Pardew the chop?

 

At the end of the day, it all depends on how professionally the players handle change.

 

Scvnthorpe players coped better with losing their manager than our players did. "Simple as that"

 

So because S****horpe FC won with a caretaker manager in charge, it means that Pardews sacking had nothing to do with Southampton's results in the coming games after his departure?

 

I can't see the link myself.

[Secret Site Agent]

So because S****horpe FC won with a caretaker manager in charge, it means that Pardews sacking had nothing to do with Southampton's results in the coming games after his departure?

 

I can't see the link myself.

 

Yes, but our manager left just like that, the Scunny players were probably prepared for his departure as it seemed a done thing anyway.

[OttawaSaint]

we'll be 2-0 up and crusising and then blow it and scrape a 2-2 draw...*cough redcrapp*

[notnowcato]

we'll be 2-0 up and crusising and then blow it and scrape a 2-2 draw...*cough redcrapp*

 

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