SKD Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Surprised to hear that we aren't interested in Silva at this stage, I know a few board members were keen on him in the summer, but opted for Tuchel. Personally, of those realistically available, I would go for Silva. Hughes and Bilic are much of a muchness for me and would be be good enough to keep us up - of the 2 I'd go for Bilic. Not sure any of those currently available are long term appointments though. I think we will end up with Hughes, which wouldn't be as disastrous as most are making out (he actually done pretty well at Stoke). Hughes would be a solid enough manager in the championship should we drop, as well. Rodgers would be my first choice (he'd be the perfect fit for us), but I can't see us getting him until the summer if at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettuce Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Steve Cotterill is available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Hughes would be awful. QPR and stoke by the end was a disaster. Surely we can get someone better. Pearson be much better as if we keep him over summer has a record of getting teams promoted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Hughes still lives in the north west so any deal will be short term, for those of you fretting his impending appointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 WGS with Garry Pendrey prowling around would be sight to see. That said, Pendrey is 69 now. Probably still has a formidable tache though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfc6mufc3 Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Who I'd like Rodgers Silva Koeman (missed the boat there) Billic Jokanović Rowlett Who I don't want Hughes Pullis Pardew Redknapp De Boer McClaren Giggs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tisspahars Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Betfair market up and running - Hughes now odds against and continuing to drift.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Hughes still lives in the north west so any deal will be short term, for those of you fretting his impending appointment. Pellegrino lived in Spain Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonToo Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 It will likely be a "disappointing" name. Sherwood fits the bill perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Looking at comments on the Echo's Facebook page, what's this obsession our fans have with Monk? Seems a lovely bloke and all but so is MP. Played for us for a very short while and he's done nothing as a manager that wow's me. Apart from anything, he was appointed at another club, on a long term deal a matter of days ago. Totally bizarre suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint in winchester Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Depends if we are looking for an interim, or a permanent appointment. My preferred choice will be Jakanovic but I doubt we can get him at this stage. If Fulham fail to get promotion, then maybe we can attract him in the summer. If we're appointing now, and clearly we are, then we have choose from the redundants. Silva or Rowett would be good, still think WGS have something to offer, I can't get excited by Hughes, but accept he may be the one selected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecuk268 Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 WGS would be good. Not keen on Silva. started well with Watford but seemed to lose interest when Everton came sniffing around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKD Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 WGS would be good. Not keen on Silva. started well with Watford but seemed to lose interest when Everton came sniffing around. With 9 games left isn't a good start exactly what we need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobes8 Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Gutted, phil browns gone to Swindon. I’d go for rowett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Looking at comments on the Echo's Facebook page, what's this obsession our fans have with Monk? Seems a lovely bloke and all but so is MP. Played for us for a very short while and he's done nothing as a manager that wow's me. Apart from anything, he was appointed at another club, on a long term deal a matter of days ago. Totally bizarre suggestion. I didn't actually play for Saints but I've won six leagues and two cups in grassroots football and numerous things on Football Manager - plus I have my UEFA B Licence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 As the dust has settled, I'm starting to like the idea of Graham Potter. I really don't like the idea of Mark Hughes but fear it will be yet another cheap option. Jokanovic, Rowett, Silva, Potter, Rogers for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecuk268 Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Looking at comments on the Echo's Facebook page, what's this obsession our fans have with Monk? Seems a lovely bloke and all but so is MP. Played for us for a very short while and he's done nothing as a manager that wow's me. Apart from anything, he was appointed at another club, on a long term deal a matter of days ago. Totally bizarre suggestion. He did present the medals at my son's Tyro League awards evening in 1999. Does that help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobes8 Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Giving any new manager a 2-3 year deal would be a dangerous game though. Good chance that we’re struggle to win anymore matches this season and taking that into a championship season won’t exactly build the confidence. So short term until the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfc6mufc3 Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 I nearly spat out my tea when i looked on BBC and saw a photo of Pullis - if only I could remove the photo to get that stupid idea out of someones head. We surely learn't our lesson from employing double agent Redknapp!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKD Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 As the dust has settled, I'm starting to like the idea of Graham Potter. I really don't like the idea of Mark Hughes but fear it will be yet another cheap option. Jokanovic, Rowett, Silva, Potter, Rogers for me. Yeah pretty much agree with this. Potter would be a very big risk though, with 8 games and lets be honest very little management experience, I'm not sure he is the right man for us just yet. Can't see Jokanovic, Rowett or Rodgers leaving their respective clubs at this stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 All this talk of Hughes coming in makes me think it’s a plant to divert away from who we really want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 He did present the medals at my son's Tyro League awards evening in 1999. Does that help? Slightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKD Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 (edited) All this talk of Hughes coming in makes me think it’s a plant to divert away from who we really want. This is possible, especially if Benfica or even Everton are still interested in Silva. We probably wouldn't want to give them the chance to catch wind and gazump us. I really don't like the sound of us wanting a proven PL manager - Stoke took that approach, lost out on potentially decent managers (because they weren't PL proven) and ended with Lambert... Look how that's ended for them. In fact, looking at all those who have gone for PL proven (West Ham, Stoke and WBA - Ignoring Everton as you know BFS will keep you up regardless) have all struggled, whereas Swansea and Leicester have had an instant bounce. Edited 13 March, 2018 by SKD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Katalinic's 'tache Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Jeremy Wilson has Hughes as frontrunner. Surely this is as good a source as we can get at the moment? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/03/13/mark-hughes-favourite-southampton-job-aftermauricio-pellegrino/amp/?__twitter_impression=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Yeah pretty much agree with this. Potter would be a very big risk though, with 8 games and lets be honest very little management experience, I'm not sure he is the right man for us just yet. Can't see Jokanovic, Rowett or Rodgers leaving their respective clubs at this stage. Agree - it's a gamble that most would take at the beginning of the season, but at the end with 8 games to go, you'd need big cahoona's to give him a shot at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cf saint Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Portuguese media saying no contact between Silva and Benfica but no hint of New Saints link that I have found yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu0x Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Just thinking about managers who: a) have (recent) premier league experience as stipulated by the club; b) are 'available'. Because whether the club is prepared to buy someone out of their contract or not, time is very much of the essence so any unwanted approaches to managers can just be stalled by the other club for a couple of weeks to foil us; c) would even consider the role, bearing in mind the possibilities of imminent relegation The names I could come up with, other than the widely circulated Bilic (tactical pygmy), Hughes, and Silva (not being considered by the club according to AB)... Craig Shakespeare Frank De Boer Paul Clement Gary Megson Mike Phelan Francesco Guidolin Tim Sherwood Steve McLaren Oh. Dear. God. Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monosaint Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 My guess is that a deal has already been struck with whoever the new manager is. The board would be stupid not to have been working in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 My guess is that a deal has already been struck with whoever the new manager is. The board would be stupid not to have been working in the background.I wouldn't underestimate their stupidity given how they have approached the last two January transfer windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhari Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Jeremy Wilson has Hughes as frontrunner. Surely this is as good a source as we can get at the moment? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/03/13/mark-hughes-favourite-southampton-job-aftermauricio-pellegrino/amp/?__twitter_impression=true Just to the end of the season please, then Potter or the Fulham guy in the summer. Although I doubt anyone would really take an 8-10 game deal with us would they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SO16_Saint Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Louis Van Gaal, anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Just to the end of the season please, then Potter or the Fulham guy in the summer. Although I doubt anyone would really take an 8-10 game deal with us would they? Any new manager we get now isn't a stop gap, we can be sure of that. Whoever we get is another 'long term', what that means these days. But certainly more than 8 games anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 What's that "New Mourinho" guy up to now? I forget his name. Managed Porto, Chelsea and Spurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefizzy14 Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Louis Van Gaal, anyone? Yes please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 As the dust has settled, I'm starting to like the idea of Graham Potter. I really don't like the idea of Mark Hughes but fear it will be yet another cheap option. Jokanovic, Rowett, Silva, Potter, Rogers for me. Agreed, these would be my shortlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 (edited) Looking at comments on the Echo's Facebook page, what's this obsession our fans have with Monk? Seems a lovely bloke and all but so is MP. Played for us for a very short while and he's done nothing as a manager that wow's me. Apart from anything, he was appointed at another club, on a long term deal a matter of days ago. Totally bizarre suggestion. agree. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk Edited 13 March, 2018 by Saint86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Batman can call me a snob, but Mark Hughes would be thoroughly underwhelming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKD Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Batman can call me a snob, but Mark Hughes would be thoroughly underwhelming. Of the all the realistic options, arguably other than Sliva, I think they are all pretty underwhelming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K,Billy's supersound Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 I wouldn't mind seeing Leslie come in as manager. He did ok at Stoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 I wouldn't mind seeing Leslie come in as manager. He did ok at Stoke.Hmm. *tries to decipher the hidden meaning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooh it's a corner Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Some of the names may be underwhelming, but wind the clock back 48 hours and we would have all taken that. I would rather be underwhelmed, with a remote chance of staying up, than watch the same mistakes game after game and go down..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Of the all the realistic options, arguably other than Sliva, I think they are all pretty underwhelming.If we wanted less underwhelming candidates and more choice then we should have sacked him in December. We didn't and this is what we are left with so we may as well make the most of it whoever we end up appointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Of the all the realistic options, arguably other than Sliva, I think they are all pretty underwhelming. Yup, but anything is better than Pellegrino, and hopefully an ‘OK’ manager will be able to do enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Hmm. *tries to decipher the hidden meaning... Leslie Mark Hughes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Been following Saints since 2005. Alan Pardew remains the only appointment I'd actually heard of. Though when we appointed Burley and Adkins, I knew them both by their career but not by name. Like a "Ohhhhhh him!" kinda reaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 From Sky: SOUTHAMPTON LATEST Southampton are searching for a new boss after calling time on Mauricio Pochettino's reign last night and we understand that Mark Hughes is one of the favourites, with the club hoping to have someone in place for Sunday's FA Cup quarter-final at Wigan. Marco Silva and Slaven Bilic are other leading names with the bookmakers but it's our understanding those two are currently not under consideration. First team coach and former goalkeeper Kelvin Davis has taken training today but whoever comes in full-time has a job on their hands: Southampton are only a point and a place above the bottom three after a run of just one win in 17 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenridge Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Batman can call me a snob, but Mark Hughes would be thoroughly underwhelming. Ditto and it looks pretty certain it will be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Got no problem with Hughes, given the position we are in. I don't think there are many better options out there, that would come to us right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettuce Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Glenn Hoddle CDAJFU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Albert Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 A couple of tabloids are on the Mark Hughes bandwagon. The Mail is indicating that he’s bringing his coaching staff with him... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5494633/Mark-Hughes-brink-Southamptons-new-manager.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/southampton-set-confirm-mark-hughes-12178649 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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