egg Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 Long overdue but cracking news. Wouldn't be surprised if we get Hughes til the end of the season, but given the mess we're in I'd take pretty much anyone with premier league managerial experience to get us through the season.
Vancouver Saint Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 How about David Wagner? Would feel bad for Huddersfield but a good tactical move for us in two senses - we get a good, motivational, attack-minded manager - plus throws a relegation rival into a tailspin.
Colinjb Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 How about David Wagner? Would feel bad for Huddersfield but a good tactical move for us in two senses - we get a good, motivational, attack-minded manager - plus throws a relegation rival into a tailspin. Not a hope in hell would he jump out of that cosy corner to our hostile plains.
Miltonaggro Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 Can you imagine the reaction if Reed took over as manager til the end of the season [emoji23] Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk He’d need to avoid grassy knolls...
Yorkshire Saint Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 Rightly or wrongly I just can’t see past Silva ... Saints need some stability for 2-3 years even if we go down and it’s win win for Silva as he needs a run of 2-3 years at a club to show he can hang around somewhere longer than 6 months. I really can’t see any other result. If not Silva they might go for Hughes but it can only be a manager out of work that’s for sure.
SNSUN Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 Skybet odds: 2/1 Silva 4/1 Bilic 4/1 Hughes 8/1 O'Neill 18/1 Rodgers 18/1 Allardyce 20/1 Koeman 20/1 Mancini 22/1 Redknapp 22/1 de Boer 25/1 O'Neill Rodgers would have been the perfect appointment for us in the summer Koeman left IMO - a good coach, an eye for a transfer and somewhat of a big name - and Celtic have a few good players he could potentially have brought with him. I don't think we have any chance now, even if we stay up this season. He'll stay at Celtic or move on to bigger things. The person I like most on that list aside from Rodgers, Mancini or Koeman (who I think are unobtainable) is Bilic. I think he got a crappy hand from West Ham at a club where the owners are worse than ours. He's not particularly characteristic but he'd do a job. The only other name I'd want on that list is Silva - even though he took Hull down, he comes across as the person on that list that could immediately come in and get us firing. Redknapp can do one. Why is O'Neill double quoted? Is it because he's a better bet? I'd prefer O'Neill to O'Neill quite frankly. (That's Martin over Michael - Michael would give Davis a 5 year contract!)
sfcmick Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 Thank goodness he has been sacked, must have someone ready to start asap to give us any chance to get out of this mess. Why did the board not sack the useless bad of crap ages ago?
JRM Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 I still can’t work out why we signed his mate Carrillo in the January transfer window? He was keen to tell us he’d played his best football with Pellegrino and looked forward to playing with him again , we broke our transfer record and here we are now with a change. Strange one. If Austin is available for last 8 games that will give us a decent option
5string Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 It's a relief more than anything. However, it's only worth something if we now stay up. Be nice to get to the Cup Final, too. Next manager (temporary or permanent) needs to get some life into these players.
Guan 2.0 Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 Had heard this was incoming yesterday. But i would be lying if i said that each passing hour without word hadn't raised doubts that minds had been changed or delays had been sought. Celebrated the official announcement like we had scored. Hopefully soon all Pellegrino will be is a bad memory, or a punchline. Onwards and upwards. P.S. Finally Pellegrino is trending, lol.
Pilchards Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 Was watching the Under 23’s vs Norwich on YouTube when they came out with breaking news that Pellegrino has left. Within 10 seconds of the announcement we scored in injury time and won the game. Blimey it took 10 seconds to lift the burden off the players, bloody Jonah!!!
Raging Bull Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 Had heard this was incoming yesterday. But i would be lying if i said that each passing hour without word hadn't raised doubts that minds had been changed or delays had been sought. Celebrated the official announcement like we had scored. Hopefully soon all Pellegrino will be is a bad memory, or a punchline. Onwards and upwards. P.S. Finally Pellegrino is trending, lol. Any ideas on a replacement?
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 Skybet now go.. Hughes - 4/11 Silva - 9/4 Oh, well looks like my bet on Saints to go down is safe then with Hughes...
TwoPints Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 When Adam Blackmore tweeted this morning that it was time for Pellegrino to go and that Silva would be a good short term option, I thought ... looks like Pellegrino is finally getting the boot and Silva will be coming in. Half way there. I think Silva is a done deal.
LeBizzier69 Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 For me, Silva until season end and take stock then. Also don't want Hughes anywhere near our club in any capacity.
Gingeletiss Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 As others have said, this feels great, whatever happens now, we either start next year in the PL or Championship, with a new man in charge. This idiot had a big cloud of depression hanging over the club, hopefully now, the players will respond.
SuperSAINT Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 Too little too late. Our best hope is to go "Full Saints" and appoint Silva, stay up & then Everton poach him in the summer.
Bad Wolf Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 I'd rather have stuck with Pellegrino than go with some of the suggestions on here...Redknapp?!?! SERIOUSLY?!?!
suewhistle Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 F me! I've just heard it on R5L. Normally I get breaking Saints news on here, so here I am, if a little late. Hurrah, but what next?
Kingsbridge Saint Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 And that's where bone headed stubbornness and refusal to change in the face of overwhelming evidence gets you. Don't bang your arse on the door on the way out. And can I suggest whoever made the decision to appoint the last two managers is nowhere near the recruitment process this time.
Bad Wolf Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 F me! I've just heard it on R5L. Normally I get breaking Saints news on here, so here I am, if a little late. Hurrah, but what next? Dunno, Man City game aftermath? You can probably find out via an online TV Guide.
hypochondriac Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 If we go down now at least we have a fresh start and I'm happier going to games.
ART Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 May the Lord be thanked and praised. Have a feeling Gao will be behind who gets appointed Sven is a wild card who's been hanging around over the past month. Would really love is to go for Lee Johnson, now Bristol City are close to missing out on promotion.
Guan 2.0 Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 Any ideas on a replacement? On Sunday I was told they were considering Kelvin and Radhi Jaidi until after the expected loss at Wigan (pessimistic but practical). But It appears that that line o thinking may have changed. We'll find out for sure when Ralph gets back on Wednesday.
Saint IQ Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 Actually going to see which Saints games I can attend for the rest of the season now, wasn't going to bother if this guy was in charge.
beatlesaint Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 On Sunday I was told they were considering Kelvin and Radhi Jaidi until after the expected loss at Wigan (pessimistic but practical). But It appears that that line o thinking may have changed. We'll find out for sure when Ralph gets back on Wednesday. You mean the penny might have dropped that we are one game away from a Wembley semi final ! They really are an exceptional management team !
SuperSAINT Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 Whatever Les did for the last 2 appointments, don't do that! We need a magician to somehow tighten us up at the back and somehow get us scoring.
Colinjb Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 On Sunday I was told they were considering Kelvin and Radhi Jaidi until after the expected loss at Wigan (pessimistic but practical). But It appears that that line o thinking may have changed. We'll find out for sure when Ralph gets back on Wednesday. He was away!? What dereliction......
John Boy Saint Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 Mrs Pellegrino was probably dancing round the kitchen too..............at last she can phone the travel agent and finally go on that holiday she has had to be putting back each week since the Autumn.
Saint Albert Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 Too little too late. Our best hope is to go "Full Saints" and appoint Silva, stay up & then Everton poach him in the summer. If we appoint Silva, and we stay up, and he then leaves for the dugout pioneers in the off-season, I can live with that. For me job 1 is to avoid relegation. Manage the manageables and all that. If Silva then does the dirty on us (a very possible scenario) then bring Jokanovic in from Fulham in the summer if they don’t get promoted. He looks like just the ticket to me. I’d rather have him than Silva, but he’ll never leave Fulham at this juncture.
angelman Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 On Sunday I was told they were considering Kelvin and Radhi Jaidi until after the expected loss at Wigan (pessimistic but practical). But It appears that that line o thinking may have changed. We'll find out for sure when Ralph gets back on Wednesday. The club seems to have its head up its arse.
mrace777 Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 Guss hHiddink till the end of the season with a 3m bonus for keeping us up. Then Graham potter as the new long term manager....job done and happy days.
Dangermouth Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 There is a God! Shame the ****er was on holiday for the last 6 months...hope the board don't spend months doing 'due dilligence. How are the pledges?
Whitey Grandad Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 Guss hHiddink till the end of the season with a 3m bonus for keeping us up. Then Graham potter as the new long term manager....job done and happy days. Is it closed season in Sweden and is Potter available now?
ericb Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 On Sunday I was told they were considering Kelvin and Radhi Jaidi until after the expected loss at Wigan (pessimistic but practical). But It appears that that line o thinking may have changed. We'll find out for sure when Ralph gets back on Wednesday. I’ve heard we’re willing to spend money on a replacement. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
mrace777 Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 I feel someone like potter needs time to get his methods and ideas across. I dont see him as being an immediate impact type of manager. Guus would grind results off the bat....just my opinion.
Saint_Ash Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 (edited) I’ve heard we’re willing to spend money on a replacement. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Sounds promising. Spend to keep us up or for a new manager? Edited 12 March, 2018 by Saint_Ash
hypochondriac Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 I’ve heard we’re willing to spend money on a replacement. Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkWhich makes you wonder why we weren't willing to spend that money a few months ago. We would be nowhere near the position we are now in with even a semi competent manager.
the saint in winchester Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 What I mean is, say its Jokamoic, At this moment in time he ain't gonna swap Fulham for Saints, with them potentially in a position to go up and us down! Jakanovic? Djokevic? Ivanovic? or Jakamo? Key word there, Krissy, is potentially. Yes, Louis Walsh's favourite word. We are where Fulham want to be. He would be top of my list too. If we get him in, I'll buy everyone a beer at St Mary's. To be clear, that's one beer, 30,000 straws.
Donatello Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 It welcome news, but it's just another example of flawed board level decision making, a list which grows by the month. They haven't exactly given the new guy much breathing room, and he's/we've been lumped with Carillo...a player we can all assume we would never have signed without Pellegrino. The board should've decided before Jan whether they believed the squad was underperforming, in which case fire him, or decide the squad isn't good enough, and add quality in several positions. They did neither. So, as above, great news, the board have made the right decision, and conversely, provided further affirmation of their incompetence.
the saint in winchester Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 If we appoint Silva, and we stay up, and he then leaves for the dugout pioneers in the off-season, I can live with that. For me job 1 is to avoid relegation. Manage the manageables and all that. If Silva then does the dirty on us (a very possible scenario) then bring Jokanovic in from Fulham in the summer if they don’t get promoted. He looks like just the ticket to me. I’d rather have him than Silva, but he’ll never leave Fulham at this juncture. You speak my language, Albert. Jakanovic would be my ideal choice now or the summer, I could live with Silva as an interim; can't get excited about Mark Hughes.
Saints foreva Posted 12 March, 2018 Posted 12 March, 2018 Jeremy Wilson Southampton want PL experience and new man in by weekend. Situations sometimes change... but my info is they are not planning to go for Marco Silva
Bad Wolf Posted 13 March, 2018 Posted 13 March, 2018 Hughes wouldn't be a disaster. Not my first choice, not anywhere near it however I'd take him over Redknapp, Billie or Keane.
Saint Billy Posted 13 March, 2018 Posted 13 March, 2018 A big relief that the peril has gone, way way way too late though and I fear the damage has been done. Please God not Hughes, as far as management is concerned he has the look of failure about him now.
Professor Posted 13 March, 2018 Posted 13 March, 2018 Better late than never? Not for me. I can't forgive the Board for failing to act months ago. Even if the new Manager bounce gets us the points we need to stay up the next step by the owners should be to restructure the board because it has clearly been incapable of making a decision that was crying out to be made.
nta786 Posted 13 March, 2018 Posted 13 March, 2018 Rightly or wrongly I just can’t see past Silva ... Saints need some stability for 2-3 years even if we go down and it’s win win for Silva as he needs a run of 2-3 years at a club to show he can hang around somewhere longer than 6 months. I really can’t see any other result. If not Silva they might go for Hughes but it can only be a manager out of work that’s for sure. We don’t need stability i’m happy to continuously find successful managers that jump ship as it means we are doing well
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