whelk Posted 12 March, 2018 Share Posted 12 March, 2018 Trying to think. He always fronted up and seemed a gentleman. Anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted 12 March, 2018 Share Posted 12 March, 2018 He had thick hair for and old guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintZamboni Posted 12 March, 2018 Share Posted 12 March, 2018 He's undefeated in the fa cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austsaint Posted 12 March, 2018 Share Posted 12 March, 2018 He was badly misled by his career advisor. Seemed to be mild mannered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 12 March, 2018 Share Posted 12 March, 2018 His interviews were marginally more tolerable than Puel's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 12 March, 2018 Share Posted 12 March, 2018 He looked good as a Sainsbury trolley boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 He's f*cked off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 He's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 His initials are M.P., and his first name is Mauricio. He's a mid-forties Argentinian with nice hair who managed an unfashionable club in La Liga. Well, that apparently was what got him the job in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Good FA Cup run Used JWP better than his predecessors Had the guts to drop FF and stick to it I don't hold any personal grievances toward him. Nice bloke, wrong job. I wish him well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Billy Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Absolutely not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Albert Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 He was dignified while confronting his own abject failure as a football manager, and as others noted, he has gone. He’s done far too much damage to warrant much in the way of niceties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cartman Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 28 points from 30 games. We got 22 from our last 21 last season so he didn't really make us any worse, not that it could get much worse. So yeah, that's about it, he was sh!t but we were already sh!t although not making us more sh!t than we already were is not much of an accomplishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cartman Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 He was dignified while confronting his own abject failure as a football manager, and as others noted, he has gone. He’s done far too much damage to warrant much in the way of niceties. Think the damage was already done, he just didn't do anything to undo it. This season has been coming since the second half of last season. I am having a hard time believing that both Puel and Pellegrino are this bad, something is very, very wrong with the players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingeletiss Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 No! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vectraman Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Nice bloke, bit of a c()nt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Kerplunk Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 He might be the nail in the coffin for Les and Ralph? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie May Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Executed what he learned in clown college beautifully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Did his car back-fire and the doors blow off as he drove away from St Mary's? Nah, seemed a nice guy buy nice guys ain't no good as football managers, particularly in the PL. Out of his depth but much of the blame still sits on the shoulders of those further up to employ him in the first place and let letting it go this far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inoffthepost Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 He might be the nail in the coffin for Les and Ralph? Totally agree. MP was the unfortunate front man stitched like a kipper by the arrogant, ne'er to be seen Reed and the lack of quality incoming players that has to be down to Ross Wilson. I wish him well but don't expect that to be in the EPL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 I don't really hold any malice it wasn't like he was a **** or anything just not a good manager for the PL. I still hold to the view that the squad is fundamentally flawed as well. Our attacking players are poor and so our CBs which is going to give any manager we appoint some serious problems unless we give the squad a major overhaul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabrone Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 He handled himself well. Other than that he was so bad I began to wonder if he was deliberately trying to sabotage the club. He had zero ability for flexible thinking, had no idea about players best positions, had no idea about which players to pick and which to drop, continuously chopped and changed in a seemingly random pattern not allowing players to settle, had an utterly bizarre fearful attitude to winning, had no interest in scoring, was obsessed with possession football even though he could see game after game that it was a failed philosophy. The worst manager in my 40 years of watching this club. Made Branfoot look like a decent manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austsaint Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 I don't really hold any malice it wasn't like he was a **** or anything just not a good manager for the PL. I still hold to the view that the squad is fundamentally flawed as well. Our attacking players are poor and so our CBs which is going to give any manager we appoint some serious problems unless we give the squad a major overhaul. Your observation about our attacking players is a worrying prospect for the new Manager. That starting four last Saturday - Tadic, Redmond, Ward-Prowse and Carillo is in my view the least effective and slowest in the Prem. Players like Sims, Boufal, Gabbiadini, Austin need to be drafted in attacking midfield support from Lemina and Hoj. Players like Redmond, Tadic and Long sub roles only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 He finally dropped FF.........other than that no ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Chalet Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 I don’t care if he was a nice guy. I don’t play golf with him, I want him to win football games. Nothing good to say about the clueless twonk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 He’ll be remembered as the worst manager we’ve ever had in my lifetime. So at least he can say he’ll always be remembered by Saints fans. Sadly not for the right reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 The worst manager in my 40 years of watching this club. Made Branfoot look like a decent manager. His epitaph...... "He made Branfoot look good." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansums Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Pointless thread (although I'll contribute anyway) with many pointless and vitriolic comments, would you say them to his face? I doubt any of you have met him so how can you comment? He was no doubt a decent man who has tried his hardest to make it work but failed, that doesn't make him a clown or a c*nt. IMO the toughest decision to be made in football is appointing a manager. When you buy a player you have a reasonable idea of how it will turn out but a manager is different. Who'd have thought Dyche would be such a good appointment for Burnley and who expected Carvalhal (sp) to have turned it round at Swansea. The board have had to make a number of appointments over the past few years, some they have got right such as Adkins, Poch and Koeman, this one they got wrong. I just hope they get the next one right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100%Red&White Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 As he was just about the complete opposite of how Reed billed him when he arrived, it has shown up the poor judgement again of those responsible for bringing him in and raises the question of where did they get this information from? His previous managerial record never suggested he was anything other than what we got. I'd imagine Pellegrino's as ecstatic as we are at the news "at last, they've sacked me", he can now sit back for a few months and enjoy a few £million more in the bank balance. People not willing to take responsibility and admit their mistakes may cost us our Premier League place, heads will still probably roll in the summer if it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morse Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Wrong man in the wrong job. But I bare him no ill-will. It was not his fault Reed let him go on so long after we all knew it wasn't working. Wish him well in his next venture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Seemed like a decent gentleman. Unfortunately he just wasn’t cut out for us or the Premier League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 As a person he seems a pleasant enough guy. As manager of our club? All I can say is he should use his time off to write a book based on "How To Bluff Your Way Through Interviews To Get That Job You Want" because - and I stress, with hindsight - I have no idea how he managed to talk himself into that position in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singapore Saint Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 He looked like Count Dracula missing his daily pint of blood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singapore Saint Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 As a person he seems a pleasant enough guy. As manager of our club? All I can say is he should use his time off to write a book based on "How To Bluff Your Way Through Interviews To Get That Job You Want" because - and I stress, with hindsight - I have no idea how he managed to talk himself into that position in the first place. What you mean to say is, he was the Ali Dia of managers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Best thing he done was drop Forster and fluked his way into the FA Cup QF’s. That’s it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Best thing he done was drop Forster and fluked his way into the FA Cup QF’s. That’s it. Dropped him? That was 10 games too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish fingers Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Dropped him? That was 10 games too late. 2 seasons too late for me. Abysmal keeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfc6mufc3 Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 I don't recognise MoPe from this description. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40385651 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint in winchester Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 I don't recognise MoPe from this description. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40385651 No, can't be the same guy. "I want to win matches..." Didn't see that in practice. If he had said "my philosophy is retain possession, don't let opposition have de ball, then we can draw matches" then yes, we got what it said on the tin. But huge discrepancy between what he said and what he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Yes, he's named after my favourite lemon based fizzy drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Katalinic's 'tache Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 I don't recognise MoPe from this description. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40385651 Everyone lies on their CV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100%Red&White Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Yes, he's named after my favourite lemon based fizzy drink. There's a big mountain named after him in Palermo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 There's a big mountain named after him in Palermo.Is Mount Mauricio worth a visit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100%Red&White Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Is Mount Mauricio worth a visit? It is but you'll get bored very quickly just looking at what's on offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Is Mount Mauricio worth a visit? It’s a place where you can’t reach the summit as the path way only goes side ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 Is Mount Mauricio worth a visit? Still growing, apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globetrotter Posted 13 March, 2018 Share Posted 13 March, 2018 He may have been a nice guy but in footballing terms he was a total coward Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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