Is Les Reeds football power the catalyst, for all the disarray at the club right now?

[corsacar saint]

Is Les Reeds alleged sacking of Jason Dodd and Paul Williams, the catalyst for all the turmoil and disarray at the club? The man, for some one who has never reached any great heights in club football, has an awful lot of football power at the club.

The decision, was a massive own goal, which is likely to have far reaching consquences for the club. If Pochitino wants to go to Spurs, that is his call, but with Les Reed likely to have a large say on any new manager coming in, god help us, especially with Alan Curbishley still out of work.

For the record, I am a big fan of Katharina Liebherr and have nothing but praise for what hewr family have done for the club.

[Batman]

probably not

[CB Fry]

The answer to your question is no.

[for_heaven's_Saint]

Nope

[kpturner]

I am going to join the ever increasing band of people answering in the negative to that one.

[hypochondriac]

Nah

[Give it to Ron]

So is he the reason for good over the last few years as well?

[shirleysfc]

Nope

[Faz]

You might as well ask if he was responsible for our rise from L1 to 8th.

[corsacar saint]

He is the only football person on the board, we will see.

[shurlock]

No, though there's something a bit incongruous about Les.

 

If he wasn't in football, I swear he'd be a controller of a South London minicab fleet.

[SuperSAINT]

Hopefully he had a big say in bringing Poch to the club in the 1st place, because he's the only one on the board with a clue who to appoint next.

[Saint_clark]

Is Les Reeds alleged sacking of Jason Dodd and Paul Williams, the catalyst for all the turmoil and disarray at the club? The man, for some one who has never reached any great heights in club football, has an awful lot of football power at the club.

The decision, was a massive own goal, which is likely to have far reaching consquences for the club. If Pochitino wants to go to Spurs, that is his call, but with Les Reed likely to have a large say on any new manager coming in, god help us, especially with Alan Curbishley still out of work.

For the record, I am a big fan of Katharina Liebherr and have nothing but praise for what hewr family have done for the club.

 

You mean like when we hired Adkins and Pochettino under his watch? God help us indeed.

[Toon Saint]

Hopefully he had a big say in bringing Poch to the club in the 1st place, because he's the only one on the board with a clue who to appoint next.

 

This.

[wild-saint]

he is in italy at the moment so i wonder who giving poch permission to speak with spurs and negotiating his exit fee

[S-Clarke]

he is in italy at the moment so i wonder who giving poch permission to speak with spurs and negotiating his exit fee

 

So Ralph is in Canada, Les is in Italy...and our manager is at WHL.

 

I hope Gareth Rogers, or Hans whatshisname has got a handle on it.

[Saint Charlie]

Reed is the only one I would trust to make a football decision.

[Saint Charlie]

So Ralph is in Canada, Les is in Italy...and our manager is at WHL.

 

I hope Gareth Rogers, or Hans whatshisname has got a handle on it.

 

They probably gave him permission to speak to them days ago.

 

Less said about Rogers and Hofsetter the better.

[Baird of the land]

Now it would make me laugh for a few moments if he gave Dodd and Williams sackings as reason behind him jumping ship.

[Lallana's Left Peg]

Reed is the only one I would trust to make a football decision.

 

I'd trust him with the Football Development Centre.

 

I'm absolutely ****ting myself at him being the leading light in naming a successor, transfers, and contract negotiations.

 

And he may well be a few weeks away from being made to look a right plonker if any players leave.

[Saint Charlie]

I'd trust him with the Football Development Centre.

 

I'm absolutely ****ting myself at him being the leading light in naming a successor, transfers, and contract negotiations.

 

And he may well be a few weeks away from being made to look a right plonker if any players leave.

 

He is the only hope we have.

[Lallana's Left Peg]

He is the only hope we have.

 

Which is also terrifying

[Saint Charlie]

Which is also terrifying

 

What a complete **** up the last couple of months have been.

 

Way to ruin a few years of good work.

[Viking Warrior]

We will soon find out what les is to MP I guess . If he goes to spurs as well

 

Anyone know if the Basel Coach is worth appointing ?

[Smirking_Saint]

The same man thats built up the footballing side ? Scouting, academy, physiotherapy ?

 

Yeah your probably right.........

 

Idiot

[Lallana's Left Peg]

What a complete **** up the last couple of months have been.

 

Way to ruin a few years of good work.

 

Managers and players coming and going is a part of life. I'm not too bothered about all that. What I do find a bit weird is the structure of the new Board.

 

The CEO was the CFO who had previously handed in his notice (apparently). He is familiar with Saints but has no experience of the CEO role or of football outside Saints.

 

The Chairman is a hockey guy who doesn't know anything about football, but in fairness he said he will leave all sporting matters to the Sporting Director and his focus appears to be on the club as a whole. So good on one hand he won't get involved in something he knows nothing about, but then again is it not concerning that we have someone leading our club who hasn't got a clue about football?

 

There is an Austrian lawyer / ex-agent on the Board, no-one knows what he does, but he did pipe up that we had a difficult financial situation which appeared to be ill-thought and wrong.

 

And then there is Les Reed who appears to have gained in power and has certainly found his public voice. A man who once said he wouldn't mind Managing again (while at Saints) now appears to be responsible for ALL matters football at Southampton. In the last month we've seen two Youth Coaches sacked which has been an unpopular decision, public statements of no players being sold, and a Manager on the verge of leaving us for Spurs.

 

Now as I said, players and Managers come and go. But what is it about the structure of our club that I should have any confidence in that we'll keep moving forward?

[Wade Garrett]

I wonder how 'comfortable' he is with the manager situation now?

[Saint Charlie]

Agree its completely weird. Especially aa Rogers handled the "difficult financial situation" that the new board inherited.

 

Hard to know who is ultimately in charge, Rogers, Krueger or KL? And really, are any of them experienced to the level needed?

[WIGANSAINT]

Lesley as been a failure at every club he has been at. I hope this answers your question. So we have him and Canadian Ralph ,futures bright eh?jeez

[Batman]

Lesley as been a failure at every club he has been at. I hope this answers your question. So we have him and Canadian Ralph ,futures bright eh?jeez

 

apart from saints, of course

 

oh forget, he only really gets mentioned when the going gets tough

[WIGANSAINT]

One word batman ,transparency. That is what we was all told,the silence is deafening.I don't like liars hence I will no longer support this club while the muppets are in charge. I advise you all to do the same too,it's the on,y way we would force a sale.

[Dig Dig]

Didn't Ralph say that a priority was to appoint a "sporting director"? I wondered at the time as I thought that was Les Reeds role and now it appears that Reed is in that role anyway. All a little confusing.

 

If the ownership and steering from the top is poor, no wonder Poch and players want to leave.

[Smirking_Saint]

One word batman ,transparency. That is what we was all told,the silence is deafening.I don't like liars hence I will no longer support this club while the muppets are in charge. I advise you all to do the same too,it's the on,y way we would force a sale.

 

:lol:

 

Wheres your hanky ?

[S-Clarke]

Didn't Ralph say that a priority was to appoint a "sporting director"? I wondered at the time as I thought that was Les Reeds role and now it appears that Reed is in that role anyway. All a little confusing.

 

If the ownership and steering from the top is poor, no wonder Poch and players want to leave.

 

He probably doesn't even know what a sporting director does in football.

[Sour Mash]

One word batman ,transparency. That is what we was all told,the silence is deafening.I don't like liars hence I will no longer support this club while the muppets are in charge. I advise you all to do the same too,it's the on,y way we would force a sale.

[S-Clarke]

One word batman ,transparency. That is what we was all told,the silence is deafening.I don't like liars hence I will no longer support this club while the muppets are in charge. I advise you all to do the same too,it's the on,y way we would force a sale.

 

Bit OTT to say the least.

 

If I'm honest they can keep quiet for ever, if Ralphs rousing PR Guff speeches is the best they have to offer

[Frank's cousin]

He is the only hope we have.

 

"Help us Obi Les Kenobi' you're our only hope"

[Le Timmier]

One word batman ,transparency. That is what we was all told,the silence is deafening.I don't like liars hence I will no longer support this club while the muppets are in charge. I advise you all to do the same too,it's the on,y way we would force a sale.

 

I kind of respect the passion you're showing, whilst at the same time chuckling at a quite outstanding over-reaction

 

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[Lord Duckhunter]

One word batman ,transparency. That is what we was all told,the silence is deafening.I don't like liars hence I will no longer support this club while the muppets are in charge. I advise you all to do the same too,it's the on,y way we would force a sale.

 

[St Jim]

He is the only hope we have.

 

[St Jim]

One word batman ,transparency. That is what we was all told,the silence is deafening.I don't like liars hence I will no longer support this club while the muppets are in charge. I advise you all to do the same too,it's the on,y way we would force a sale.

 

[derry]

Weak and struggles to make decisions, from the inside.

[Window Cleaner]

Weak and struggles to make decisions, from the inside.

 

Who? Reed

Could well be true but for me he just has an England fixation. As long as he has a myriad of players in the unders at the FA he is a made up man. Why if the prospective new manager is up to him I'd wager on either Southgate or McClaren or even (dare I float this?) Hodgson if or when he gets sacked by England after a poor WC.

[dronskisaint]

Lesley as been a failure at every club he has been at. I hope this answers your question. So we have him and Canadian Ralph ,futures bright eh?jeez

 

Er - with the spectacular exception of ourselves ffs:mcinnes:

[S-Clarke]

Reed always seems to be the scapegoat for when things don't go well, but people seem to forget that he's been here through it all. A lot of you are desperate for NC back, you need to remember that Les was often NC's football advisor on every single matter - so it's safe to say that a lot of the tough, yet good decisions over the last few years have come from his contribution.

 

Let's see if he has another MP up his sleeve, as I think he's earnt our trust at least. As for the other rabble in the board room, the jury is well and truly out on that lot.

[SuperSAINT]

Let's see if he has another MP up his sleeve, as I think he's earnt our trust at least. As for the other rabble in the board room, the jury is well and truly out on that lot.

 

Indeed. I posted similar yesterday - Nobody else in that boardroom will have a clue who to get in - Les has to get this right.