Turkish Posted 16 June, 2014 Share Posted 16 June, 2014 well done AGAIN, les reed Correct Brett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRobbie Posted 16 June, 2014 Share Posted 16 June, 2014 So, it's down now to Les. 1. To get a manager like Moyes who will be seen as a positive statement of intent. 2. To use the unexpected sale of Lambert and probably Ramirez and Osvaldo to reinvest in the managers requirement for a new strike force. 3. To use the sales above to strongly demonstrate that we do not need to sell anyone else and WILL NOT. To keep our Captain Adam Lallana. To only sell Shaw if the manager says so. 4. To make a clear statement to our players agents that we are not interested in selling so they should get back in their boxes. Do that Les and you'll be a man my son! . I'm sticking to this Les. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Durman Posted 17 June, 2014 Share Posted 17 June, 2014 Should shoulder as much blame as anyone IMO. Seems to have all the power relating to the football side of the club after all. Yea of little faith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 17 June, 2014 Share Posted 17 June, 2014 Is it just me, or is there a distinct lack of Kruger anywhere to be seen right now? The guy doing the PR and the press is Les - maybe KL has seen the reaction that RK has had, and has decided to pull him back from the public eye.... Even on the tour of Staplewood, it was just Les. It was Les signing the contract with the manager as well as Gareth Rogers, Les giving the interview and run down on the appointment.....and Les giving an interview a week or so ago prior to this appointment. Maybe everyone else saw what an awful PR job Kruger was doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 17 June, 2014 Share Posted 17 June, 2014 Is it just me, or is there a distinct lack of Kruger anywhere to be seen right now? The guy doing the PR and the press is Les - maybe KL has seen the reaction that RK has had, and has decided to pull him back from the public eye.... Even on the tour of Staplewood, it was just Les. It was Les signing the contract with the manager as well as Gareth Rogers, Les giving the interview and run down on the appointment.....and Les giving an interview a week or so ago prior to this appointment. Maybe everyone else saw what an awful PR job Kruger was doing? They way it should be. Krueger obviously has many qualities, but no question his public statements so far have been horrendous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 17 June, 2014 Share Posted 17 June, 2014 Is it just me, or is there a distinct lack of Kruger anywhere to be seen right now? The guy doing the PR and the press is Les - maybe KL has seen the reaction that RK has had, and has decided to pull him back from the public eye.... Even on the tour of Staplewood, it was just Les. It was Les signing the contract with the manager as well as Gareth Rogers, Les giving the interview and run down on the appointment.....and Les giving an interview a week or so ago prior to this appointment. Maybe everyone else saw what an awful PR job Kruger was doing? He's letting the business do the talking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 17 June, 2014 Share Posted 17 June, 2014 Well done Les, been fantastic so far on the footballing side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellman Posted 17 June, 2014 Share Posted 17 June, 2014 Thank you Les, you've earned respect the hard way and saved the situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggface Posted 17 June, 2014 Share Posted 17 June, 2014 Absolutely credit due to reed. Still ****ed off though at 4mill for srl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 It really is interesting to read back all the bile aimed towards Les at the start of thread and then all the praise he is receiving now. There were Chinese whispers saying that he was disliked by the players, predictions from normally sensible people that we would start the season weaker than we neded it and now it appears that the reactions are a bit knee-jerk. It is relatively unimportant what the players' feelings are towards Reed and in any event reports suggest that he struck a very positive chord with our new manager. What is important, is how the players relate to Ron Koeman. Again, popularity amongst the players towards him is less important than respect, which I hope that he will command. With the appointment of the Koeman brothers, I am now confident that we might well keep those big players who have been the subject of much speculation, or if they do depart, that we will replace them like for like or better. Therefore I am now confident that we can begin the new season as least as strong as we finished the last one. Les Reed and Katharina deserve a pat on the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellman Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 Yes they do deserve a pat on the back but Koeman is not the issue regarding players staying, it is a little matter of an offer of £160k a week, what teenager will refuse that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 Is it just me, or is there a distinct lack of Kruger anywhere to be seen right now? The guy doing the PR and the press is Les - maybe KL has seen the reaction that RK has had, and has decided to pull him back from the public eye.... Even on the tour of Staplewood, it was just Les. It was Les signing the contract with the manager as well as Gareth Rogers, Les giving the interview and run down on the appointment.....and Les giving an interview a week or so ago prior to this appointment. Maybe everyone else saw what an awful PR job Kruger was doing? Not just Kruger. What happened to the other ****, can't even recall his name, who came in and made total gaff about finances and has not been heard of again since. Hopefully he has been shown the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 Not just Kruger. What happened to the other ****, can't even recall his name, who came in and made total gaff about finances and has not been heard of again since. Hopefully he has been shown the door. Rogers? (Rodgers maybe?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 Not just Kruger. What happened to the other ****, can't even recall his name, who came in and made total gaff about finances and has not been heard of again since. Hopefully he has been shown the door. Hans Hofstetter? TBF, he's a business lawyer so wouldn't expect to be hearing too much from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Perrin Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 Pretty standard practice. New board comes in, states "this is a mess", and gets the kudos for fixing it. Naive in this situation as it set out the 'open for business sign, although that would have happened anyway once MP left. If MP did say one thing and do another I think the club are relatively blameless. You can't go round not trusting people as a norm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 Is it just me, or is there a distinct lack of Kruger anywhere to be seen right now? The guy doing the PR and the press is Les - maybe KL has seen the reaction that RK has had, and has decided to pull him back from the public eye.... Even on the tour of Staplewood, it was just Les. It was Les signing the contract with the manager as well as Gareth Rogers, Les giving the interview and run down on the appointment.....and Les giving an interview a week or so ago prior to this appointment. Maybe everyone else saw what an awful PR job Kruger was doing? Which makes you wonder what Krueger actually does for us now, he seemed like someone who was brought in to be the voice of the board with Reed handling the football and Rogers handling the business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_TOAST Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 chant for les reed ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miffy Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 chant for les reed ? Let's get Reed-y to rumble? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 Krueger's experience as a coach doesn't seem to make him an obvious candidate to chair the board of a sports business but Katherina's advisers must know something about him that most fans don't, because he does have to provide leadership to the Board and must be capable of gaining the respect of the other directors including Les Reed. The decision to give the interview that he did was the right move, although it became necessary because of the long silence that followed the end of the season when the media were intent on picking Saints apart. Maybe it was Ralph himself who recognised after that interview, that he didn't have the right experience or attributes to do the PR, or at least he agreed with whoever told him. He must have approved the prominent role that Les Reed has had during the manager selection, and that is, of course, in Les Reed's area of responsibility. Maybe Krueger would have led on Staplewood if it had been a news item about the completion of the project but because it was a visit by the new coaching team, that would seem to have left it in Les Reed's court. Maybe we will see Ralph again when Staplewood is officially opened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintbob40 Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 Lambert-negative Koeman-positive Shaw? Lallana ? Lovren? Fonte? Cork? Early days chaps...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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