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12 reasons why i dont give a **** about Mopo!!

 

1) win % is very poor

2) no loyalty

3) had his head turned by 1st club showing any interest

4) doesnt/ wont speak English

5) never shown any love for club or fans

6) FA cup

7) one style, no plan B

8 ) hes easily replaceable

9) we have an amazing squad - any manager could have got us to 8th

10) he's a moody / ungrateful ****

11) £6m a year :lol:

12) hes won nothing as a manager

 

The end

 

Except that is not "The End" of the argument is it ?

 

Key point for me is that MP appears to have the confidence of our key players, and if he leaves it causes uncertainty amongst the squad, and increases the likelihood of an exodus. This for me anyway is why MP is central to our potential now.

 

You stop short of suggesting a viable alternative, who will immediately gain the trust of the squad, any suggestions ?

 

I'm not ITK by any stretch, but think we can safely assume that despite the Germanic links of owner and RK, that Klopp is not likely to be interested in coming to us.

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Playing Golf yesterday and one of the lads works in sports media (Saints fan too), as the 4 of us ambled round football popped up on the agenda, I commented that you would think we had just been relegated the way the Vultures are circling above our team, this chap said a pretty reliable ITK friend of his mentioned another Spanish speaking manager is on Levy's radar.

 

I know everyone says he's off to barcelona but I am pretty sure Luis Enrique worked under Baldoni at Roma when he managed there.

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the antagonistic trolling has started again, i thought this had been stopped.

 

Same here. The last few days have actually been enjoyable, good conversation and exchange of views. Then that bad egg re-appears.

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Same here. The last few days have actually been enjoyable, good conversation and exchange of views. Then that bad egg re-appears.

 

What is interesting is the number of new posters or, at least, posters with low post counts who have been coming on here. Coincidence?

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12 reasons why i dont give a **** about Glasgow Saint!

 

1) argument about pointless win % is very poor

2) no loyalty, constantly slating anything positive about Saints

3) had his head turned by any fellow WUM that acknowledges his existence

4) lives in Scotland where they don't speak English

5) never shown any love for club or fans

6) FA cup - believes we had a got given right to win the cup

7) one style, no plan B arguing technique

8 ) hes easily replaceable

9) claims that Peter Reid, Fat Sam or Iain Dowie could do better than Poch.

10) he's a moody / ungrateful ****

11) whines when we spend money and offer ambition, whines when we don't.

12) hes won nothing as a manager

 

The end

 

I don't think the way to deal with Glasgow is to ban him like many do, I think the mods should ban people who engage with him and feed his ****.

 

I don't have a problem with him personally but after reading his trolling attempt I thought no one would take the bait but then one and then another and another and it just made me think, if the mods won't deal with him, then deal with the people who fuel it. Just saying.

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the antagonistic trolling has started again, i thought this had been stopped.

 

I don't think the way to deal with Glasgow is to ban him like many do, I think the mods should ban people who engage with him and feed his ****.

 

I don't have a problem with him personally but after reading his trolling attempt I thought no one would take the bait but then one and then another and another and it just made me think, if the mods won't deal with him, then deal with the people who fuel it. Just saying.

 

Without entering into the debate about GS's posting history, he does make some interesting and valid points about "MoPo" on this page. I may not agree with them all, but don't see why they can't be discussed or responded to.

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Interesting comments from the scousers - probably a load of b******ks but it is still a perception that is crystallising out there.

 

I really do think that this new board is all business and no football. They've no appreciation of the fans or that side of the game. They have books to balance, money to make and a squad full of assets. Unless they're willing to be 'educated,' they'll happily collect money and see of their best players before looking for direct replacements on smaller fees who can be sold at a profit in three years time.

 

Right now, Southampton could sell Lallana, Rodriguez, Shaw, Schneiderlin, Lovren, Clyne, Fonte, Wanyama and Cork at higher fees than what they paid for them. Some much, much higher. They've then got Ward-Prowse, Chambers, Reed, Gallagher and a famed academy to step into the breach and be sold off all over again in a few years, complimented by imports from abroad. I think they'll become England's answer to a Porto or an Udinese (within reason and our league's technicalities). They'll always have a stock of good players who can for the most part be moved on quickly and at a big profit.

 

Time will tell and this of course is entirely my opinion, but I think that's the road they're heading down. Ashley seems happy to employ a similar route at Newcastle and regardless of fan hatred, he's doing quite nicely off them.

 

Agree with all this. There's no reason we couldn't get Lallana and Lovren, Southampton aren't exactly sending out any sort of "hands off" warnings to clubs interested in their players. They've hit the glass ceiling and with Cortese gone they aren't going to alter their business model to try and smash through it, their best players are looking at taking the next step in their careers and Southampton aren't giving any sort of indication that they will prevent that.

 

I genuinely believe that this new Southampton board will sanction any sale under the right circumstances. And by circumstances I mean money. The very first thing that Hofstetter said after joining the board was that they had 'inherited a difficult situation financially. On top of that, The Saints still owe £27m in outstanding transfer fees (any chance some of that's for Lovren and they'd be happy to make a quick profit and remove the debt?) and as far as I know, still owe around £30m for their new training ground and facilities.

 

Lallana and Shaw make big financial sense to sell at this moment. Academy graduates (despite Bournemouth's clause) who'd bring in fees not offset by previous expenditure. They could comfortably make £50m on this pair and clear up some of their financial problems. I really want to see us test the waters with a bid for Lovren. I'll repeat what I wrote in another thread: If we can walk away from negotiations with Southampton £40m poorer but with those two secured as LFC signings, we'll have done brilliantly. Fantasy maybe, but not beyond reality.

 

I think Southampton will cement their place as a selling club in the next few years and will not turn their nose up at any healthy profit they can turn on a player, however recently they were signed.

 

Urgh, poor ****ers...the Soton fans that is. What happened to making sure prospective new owners had all the wherewithal to take over a football club?

 

Fair enough then mate, if its a case of, if we dont get them someone else will, then we should go for it then.

 

Yeah, I do feel really sorry for them (good-will that will probably wear thin if the Lallana pursuit becomes a saga). Got an exciting team with a mix of good imports and top home grown talent. They've also played the best football to watch in the league this season (with the exception of Man City and ourselves). But they're about to be dismantled, unless they make some personnel changes at the executive level. Hopefully the fact that they have such a conveyor-belt of talent from the academy will help to maintain some of their identity.

 

If titles means ruthlessness though, then I'd be happy to see us take Lallana and Lovren from them. It's not as if they won't be handsomely compensated.

 

Lovren will be a tough one, come to think of it. You would think with potentially Pochettino, Shaw and Lallana all being on their way, they would want to set a stop to all the exits at a certain point. They'll be aware that they could potentially be in a relegation fight, if they went that far.

 

That's true, but with their youth infrastructure they would still be competitive I reckon. Even if they lost Shaw, Lallana, and Lovren (who are the 3 biggest potential sales), they'd still have Rodriguez, Lambert, Cork, Davis, Ward-Prowse, Schneiderlin, Wanyama, Clyne, Fonte, Chambers, and Boruc. And that is before they reinvest any of the £60-70m they'd likely get from that trio (£20-25 Lallana, £30m Shaw, £15-20m Lovren). If they pay off their outstanding £30m debt they'd still have at least about £30m to play with based solely on what is available from sales, which is a tidy sum for a club with a rich history of developing and promoting from within.

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Is that any suprise? Best Manager we have had in years and its been obvious to all except Saints what was going to happen since about February...

 

Should be enjoying our best ever season, but may well start next season with none of Shaw, Lallana, Scneiderlin and Jay Rod in the team.

 

Worried about you Charlie. Suggest you take a break. Go for a walk, it's a beautiful FA Cup final day out there.

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To add a little more context, theres a photo online of Pochettino today, with Jesús Pérez (for definite, maybe the others too) at Rancho Steakhouse tonight.

 

Here it is...

 

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Not had the time to contribute to this, but is the secret diner pictured not Jonathan Barnett? Agent of Poch and Bale among others...

 

The earlobes seem like a match.

 

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Possibly, but lots of men in their 60's look very similar to that! However, doesn't tell you very much. If he was negotiating a contract with Saints, he would be in Southampton, if he was negotiating a 'get-out' clause on MP's contract he would be there also.

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Possibly, but lots of men in their 60's look very similar to that! However, doesn't tell you very much. If he was negotiating a contract with Saints, he would be in Southampton, if he was negotiating a 'get-out' clause on MP's contract he would be there also.

 

Aye, it doesn't tell us anything. Merely a piece to add to the puzzle of Poch's future.

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glasgow

 

1) win % is very poor - Depends which statistics you wish to use[/b

]2) no loyalty - Thats just pure speculation by you and the media, he could have resigned when NC left or earlier this week but didnt

3) had his head turned by 1st club showing any interest - Again just purely sepecualtion which you have clearly been hooked

4) doesnt/ wont speak English - Im not surprised, given the constant questions he keeps being asked, And he does speak good english to the players , just not the media

5) never shown any love for club or fans. I think you must be both blind and deaf re no 5 or aways in an alcoholic coma6

) FA cup - It would have been good to progress i give you that , but there were probably other reasons we didnt beat sunderland. we were all over villa and cardiff but we lost

7) one style, no pla - n B, Thats just your opinion

8 ) hes easily replaceable. He can be replaced but what with ? What he brings to the club and players is not replaceable in my opinion

9) we have an amazing squad - any manager could have got us to 8th. In my opinion it is about team work and comradrie and understanding between the players , thats what he is good at, Redkrap , pardew, adkins , wotte could not have got us to 8th , again you are talking ******** by generalising

10) he's a moody / ungrateful **** , Total tosh , do you know the man personally or just doing your normal narrow minded post match interview assement s11) £6m a year . You do not have a clue about salary . you just listen and believe every word the sh ite newspapers print 12)

hes won nothing as a manager. Hes won the hearts of the majority of saints fans , and is one of the most techincallly and tactically gifeted manager we have had in a long while, did moyes win anything at Man United this season

 

Its not the end its only the beginning

 

Regards

 

Mike

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glasgow

 

1) win % is very poor - Depends which statistics you wish to use[/b

]2) no loyalty - Thats just pure speculation by you and the media, he could have resigned when NC left or earlier this week but didnt

3) had his head turned by 1st club showing any interest - Again just purely sepecualtion which you have clearly been hooked

4) doesnt/ wont speak English - Im not surprised, given the constant questions he keeps being asked, And he does speak good english to the players , just not the media

5) never shown any love for club or fans. I think you must be both blind and deaf re no 5 or aways in an alcoholic coma6

) FA cup - It would have been good to progress i give you that , but there were probably other reasons we didnt beat sunderland. we were all over villa and cardiff but we lost

7) one style, no pla - n B, Thats just your opinion

8 ) hes easily replaceable. He can be replaced but what with ? What he brings to the club and players is not replaceable in my opinion

9) we have an amazing squad - any manager could have got us to 8th. In my opinion it is about team work and comradrie and understanding between the players , thats what he is good at, Redkrap , pardew, adkins , wotte could not have got us to 8th , again you are talking ******** by generalising

10) he's a moody / ungrateful **** , Total tosh , do you know the man personally or just doing your normal narrow minded post match interview assement s11) £6m a year . You do not have a clue about salary . you just listen and believe every word the sh ite newspapers print 12)

hes won nothing as a manager. Hes won the hearts of the majority of saints fans , and is one of the most techincallly and tactically gifeted manager we have had in a long while, did moyes win anything at Man United this season

 

Its not the end its only the beginning

 

Regards

 

Mike

 

Cut him some slack. Since his partner in crime Barry "disappeared" he has lost his sense of direction and is going around like a Segway with one wheel...

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What is interesting is the number of new posters or, at least, posters with low post counts who have been coming on here. Coincidence?

 

Quite, it was very refreshing to see a new group of faces contributing.

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I doubt we have more to spend than champions league Liverpool

 

Jesus Christ

 

From SSN

 

Liverpool banked over £97million from the Premier League prize fund and television money this season and Rodgers could have between £40million to £60million at his disposal in the summer if he offloads a few unwanted players.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11669/9312459/transfer-news-liverpool-boss-brendan-rodgers-wants-multi-dimensional-signings

 

So if we have £57million (if Shaw goes to Man U) then yeah we might

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For me the most important man at a fc is a good manager. Reports of 120k pw sound expensive, but saints must and I expect will offer mp an attractive deal. This will be the 1st major decision this summer & rightly so.

 

If we can sign him up, then I am confident we will have a decent squad next season. If he goes, it could be carnage.

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12 reasons why i dont give a **** about Mopo!!

 

1) win % is very poor

2) no loyalty

3) had his head turned by 1st club showing any interest

4) doesnt/ wont speak English

5) never shown any love for club or fans

6) FA cup

7) one style, no plan B

8 ) hes easily replaceable

9) we have an amazing squad - any manager could have got us to 8th

10) he's a moody / ungrateful ****

11) £6m a year :lol:

12) hes won nothing as a manager

The end

 

 

Come on, don't be so vague ...... exactly WHY don't you rate him ?

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I think that Pochettino will stay - and I am not entirely convinced this is the best thing for Saints. His use of substitutes is poor and he does make does poor decisions (eg FA Cup). I think we will lose Luke Shaw but Adam will stay.

 

Have noticed you do spout some ****. What about his use of subs, that bench brimming with options and game-changing ability?

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12 reasons why i dont give a **** about Mopo!!

 

1) win % is very poor

2) no loyalty

3) had his head turned by 1st club showing any interest

4) doesnt/ wont speak English

5) never shown any love for club or fans

6) FA cup

7) one style, no plan B

8 ) hes easily replaceable

9) we have an amazing squad - any manager could have got us to 8th

10) he's a moody / ungrateful ****

11) £6m a year :lol:

12) hes won nothing as a manager

 

The end

 

Got one thing right this time at least, bye bye.

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For me the most important man at a fc is a good manager. Reports of 120k pw sound expensive, but saints must and I expect will offer mp an attractive deal. This will be the 1st major decision this summer & rightly so.

 

If we can sign him up, then I am confident we will have a decent squad next season. If he goes, it could be carnage.

I'm not sure how true the "£6m a year offer" is, but at what point would you consider it to much to be paying him? There is a limit to everything, even in modern football, and I'd say anything over £100k a week has definitely passed the sensible point.
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For me the most important man at a fc is a good manager. Reports of 120k pw sound expensive, but saints must and I expect will offer mp an attractive deal. This will be the 1st major decision this summer & rightly so.

 

If we can sign him up, then I am confident we will have a decent squad next season. If he goes, it could be carnage.

There's nothing else to say. Spot on. For those criticising his wages (if true) what a great position to be in as a football club.

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You say that MoPo has no plan B, in defence, to change your tactics, usually you need options off the bench.

Im fairness, considering the subs we have, it is quite hard to that.

Top managers do it this way, e.g Mourinho often puts on Schurle/Salah in the second half to change things.

We've had an ineffective Gaston and Sam Gallagher.

We've dominated so many teams anyway, it is just a case of finishing that really annoys us, why change tactics if it ain't broke?

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It's easy to bandy a figure of £6m about, but it is pure speculation, and if true there is no way of knowing how this is built up. I'd imagine it might be incentive based, top 8, top 6, Europa or CL qualification raising it. Heaven forbid there might even be a reward for trying to take cup competition seriously and reaching a final or winning it.

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If the 6m a year is true, then i suspect it's 6m a year for his team....Mauricio Pochettino, Jesús Pérez, Miguel D'Agostino and Toni Jiménez.

 

Pochettino won't accept a deal without making sure his team are taken care of and if the news has been leaked from the Club then the 6m is probably the total cost to the Club for the 'Pochettino' package.

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We've heard it all season. Keeping Poch is the key. We've heard rumblings that many players are waiting to see what he does first before making their own decisions. If this overture is in any way serious, it's good news for everybody.

 

I'm not coming from the perspective as someone who thinks that Poch is some kind of uber-manager that'll guarantee success. However, he's the only person in the world that can provide a bit of short-term assurance to our restive players, especially if that comes with guarantees of spending.

 

Osvaldo aside, I think he has done well in the limited transfer business he has done. Wanyama and Lovren are both players of huge potential - and no-one gets it 100% right. He's also done brilliantly getting the youth players established. Jury is till out on Gallagher, but Chambers and Shaw have progressed beautifully. Ward-Prowse is looking like a very good player too.

 

My only worry is that 6m per year is a hell of a lot of money. It's only really worth it if MP can convince players to stay and can buy enough depth in the squad to take us forward.

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I would find it hard to believe a club of our size and our means would pay any employee £115k a week (at least where the person approving the wage isn't the person receiving it...). And we shouldn't either. We are an attraction for a Manager as much as the other way around.

 

I'd like Pochettino to stay but we shouldn't be desperate.

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We've heard it all season. Keeping Poch is the key. We've heard rumblings that many players are waiting to see what he does first before making their own decisions. If this overture is in any way serious, it's good news for everybody.

 

I'm not coming from the perspective as someone who thinks that Poch is some kind of uber-manager that'll guarantee success. However, he's the only person in the world that can provide a bit of short-term assurance to our restive players, especially if that comes with guarantees of spending.

 

Therein rests my real annoyance with Pochettino - and it's a very big one that makes me question his character. That saddens me more than I can say because, until now, I've been a big fan of his.

 

He is the only person in the club who had the ability to prevent this period of widespread instability from ever occurring - not Katharina or Ralph or Les Reed, but himself. Just a few words of commitment - even mild commitment - could have changed everything.

 

Instead, he has apparently chosen to adopt a policy of silence while he pursues employment elsewhere - and he's done this not as a fall-back option but as his main option.

 

Once embarked on that policy it's very difficult to change direction and plead for loyalty to the club from the key players. After all, he hasn't shown much himself.

 

As sad as it makes me to say this, I've pretty much already turned the page on Pochettino and I'm wondering - and worrying - about who's next.

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Therein rests my real annoyance with Pochettino - and it's a very big one that makes me question his character. That saddens me more than I can say because, until now, I've been a big fan of his.

 

He is the only person in the club who had the ability to prevent this period of widespread instability from ever occurring - not Katharina or Ralph or Les Reed, but himself. Just a few words of commitment - even mild commitment - could have changed everything.

 

Instead, he has apparently chosen to adopt a policy of silence while he pursues employment elsewhere - and he's done this not as a fall-back option but as his main option.

 

Once embarked on that policy it's very difficult to change direction and plead for loyalty to the club from the key players. After all, he hasn't shown much himself.

 

As sad as it makes me to say this, I've pretty much already turned the page on Pochettino and I'm wondering - and worrying - about who's next.

Conversely Kruger could have said that our manager is here to stay and work the one year left on his contract.

MP is not going to play his hand and cost himself his negotiating position.

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I would find it hard to believe a club of our size and our means would pay any employee £115k a week (at least where the person approving the wage isn't the person receiving it...). And we shouldn't either. We are an attraction for a Manager as much as the other way around.

 

I'd like Pochettino to stay but we shouldn't be desperate.

 

Where does this 115K/week come from then, Mauricio is current earning in the region of 20K a week, ie a million or so a year. He's not going to ask for 5 times that. What he wants is a decent team to start next season. All the rest is ancillary.

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Today's Daily Express back page.

 

 

Ah right, It's total bollax, he's on about the figure I've just given you. 3 times that...yes it's possible, puts him on a par with yer Fat Sams and that ilk. The much discussed buy out clause is just that, a penalty he'll incur if he wants to jump ship. It does not represent a year's salary.

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I think we might need Turkish to tell us if we allowed to believe this story as I a not sure if it positive or negative.

 

Turkish started a thread on this on the UI and has been largely positive.

 

Positive it is, then.

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