SaintRobbie Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Thank you. For showing the courage to maintain your reputation and pride. We know as fans that it was not your fault and you were humiliated by Lowe's lies. Please feel free to tell the world soon what really is going on under Lowe..... .... it will come out eventualy anyway. We all know too much but we are careful about what we post! ,,, this club is outrageous under Lowe... I am looking forward to Duncan's book on all this in 20 years time...it's gonna be legendary.
magie Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Got a bit fed up with his excuses in the end. Rupert the Bear has to go now.
Secret Site Agent Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Anyone know the e-mail address of Hants Radio?
Saint_Jonny Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Came accross as a lovely guy who was totally overjoyed to be working for a club like Saints. Good luck to you Jan.
Gorgiesaint Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Can only wish Jan all the best. At times he came across very well, and although he tried hard, circumstances were always against him. However he has more dignity & pride in his little finger than in Lowe & Wilde combined.
Under Weststand Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Seemed like a very decent man, but the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time. I wish you well for the future & thanks for trying in what must have been the almost impossible position you found yourself in.
saint1977 Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 All the best Jan, qualities such as honesty and being a gent are out of place at Mike Wilde and Rupert Lowe's SFC. You didn't succeed on the pitch but not even Mourinho could get home win working for those 2 imbeciles. Keep your chin up, SFC is an awful mess and you are best off out of it and should never have been sucked into it in the first place. If either of the two cheap spivs who brought you in had any integrity they'd resign but Wilde needs shooting and Rupert's gone into hiding.
Pilchards Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Never heard of him in the first place and I expect I will not in the future either, However its was not his fault he found himself in our hot seat because even I would take it because of the money. Good Luck Jan and lets hope you made yourself a better man with the experience of working with a **** of a chairman. (reads it back) *hic....... ah ******s Ive had too much to drink!
rick1976.4.38 Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 good luck jp.thought some of our football away from home was the best from saints in years,if only you could have done the same at sms.
SaintRobbie Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Git. I've got to change my avatar now. Thanks. Trouser's I am more gutted than you.... I loved your avatar.....cant you find a sleeked backed hair, slightly pervy looking robot instead, with Wotte on the other side?
S4INT Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 I can only echo most of the sentiments above, everyone who met Jan seemed to say that he was a very friendly guy. Maybe we should just have him as our away team manager? ;]
Saint Fan CaM Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Jan, I knew from the start it wouldn't work out for you. You did your best and it was woefully short of the mark. You failed in Holland and you've failed here, so I suggest you open a bar or something in Amsterdam, but just keep away from footie coaching. Anyway, I don't blame you - I blame your employer Lowe, who somehow has not learnt anything about appointing and keeping football managers despite 10 or 11 previous failed attempts.
Big_Bald_Si Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Fair play to you Jan. I feel very sorry for the situation you were put in - good luck to you son - you seem like a top fella.
.comsaint Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Anyone know the e-mail address of Hants Radio? studio@radiohampshire.com http://www.radiohampshire.com/contact.php
cellone Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Jan. Good luck fella. Not sure now is the time as the lack of authority, team selection and choice of loans/signings should of said something to you in late October and certainly by mid December. The role you were gven was that of assistant manager with full culpabllity. I imagine the money you paid to gain freedom from your previous contract plus the honouring of your contract paymnts untill the end of the season will ensure you only say nice things about the club PLC chairman/director of football/manager/visionary. You have been conned!
AwaySaint1 Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Jan dankt u voor het proberen om ons te helpen. Ik hoop in uw volgende baan uw werkgever niet zulk een arse is en u de juiste hulpmiddelen wordt gegeven om te slagen
wagon 84 Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Gutted for you my son! How the f uck you lasted this long with yer hands & legs tied & a gun to yer head is anyones guess, there is someone at this club that should have gone & it wasn't you. Goodluck i hope things workout for you.
Mole Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Thanks for trying Jan but you had no chance with our hated chairman Rupert Lowe in charge.
richardjane Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Genuinely seemed a nice guy but lost my support when the players were allowed to have two days off after the Doncaster mess. I won`t miss his decisions to keep playing fat boy Holmes on the left wing either ahead of players who actually do have some skill and pace. Now I have said that you know Wotte will play him Tuesday !!!! Sorry everyone.
alpine_saint Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Good luck. You seem to be a nice bloke, and we are all sure you did your best under utterly ridiculous conditions imposed on you, but maybe it wasnt quite good enough..
Belgiansaint Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 I can testify he always had time for the fans, even the away fans. I mean, in his playing days in Antwerp, we as kids were in awe that a world cup finalist would grace Belgian pitches and he'd have a small chat and sign autographs no matter the colour of your scarf and that shows a good man to me. I remain a fan of his vision but as someone said earlier "right guy, wrong time". Best of luck.
Thedelldays Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 see you.. you should have resigned a month ago
JustMike Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 best of luck, nice bloke, tried your best with what you had.
Saint_clark Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Best of luck, you weren't good enough, you're decisions were utterly bizarre and none of us (players included) had a clue what you were on about.
Danny R Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Best of luck Jan. It could have worked so well, especially if you had been able to keep one of our proven goalscorers. Well done for sticking to your belief in the way football should be played. It didn't work in the end but there will be some great memories from your reign; the turnaround at Preston and Reading away - the best I have ever seen Saints play away from home.
Kadeem Hardison Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Well not sure what to say. Seemed a nice guy but talked so much ******** and seemed to lack any football knowledge that i wonder why he was here in the 1st place. Its like me trying to fly a plane, i haven't a clue how to do that... ...or like you trying to tell him how to manage a football team.
Kadeem Hardison Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Wotte doesn't rhyme with got/shot/not. It rhymes with spotter.
vico Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Best of luck for the future - Most fans know you did the best you could with what you were working with. For that I'm grateful as the same cant be sain for many who preceeded you recently.
qwertySFC Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Not sad at all , guy had no clue what so ever , should have stuck to his part time kids in Holland , Irrspective if RL interfiered , Jan was a total shambles If he can Wotte with him all the better Good riddance
Secret Site Agent Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Wotte doesn't rhyme with got/shot/not. It rhymes with spotter. There once was a manger call Wotte Who Kadeen told me rhymes with spotter, He still didn't suceed, and Saints stayed on their Knees, And we still all think Ruperts a Rotter. There you go. Thanks for the heads-up.
bungle Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Good luck to you Jan. It's a shame you felt you had to go - but the English game is not sensible anymore, and fans don't know what's best for them.
paulwantsapint Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Jan welcome to Ruperts list Souness - saw Lowe & run Jones - Lowe made a right dogs dinner of Dave's departure, but RL heart was in right place Hoddle - rebuilt reputation then left, gave great Lowe quotes like `north london yobos` Gray - promoted out of depth WGS - gave Lowe everything great team spirt & results but wasn't allowed to take club on Sturrock - was gone far to quickly seemed nice bloke Wigley - didn't want job 4/5 months earlier promoted out of depth Redkrapp - ***T master wheeler dealer not allowed to do his job Bassett Wise - ok only caretakers but claim told had job then Lowe changed mind Burley - rebuilt team without cash then Lowe left so rebuilt team again with Wilde cash Pearson - after rebuilding team spirt getting fans behind team Lowe returned & removed JP - promoted to out of depth then gave ton of bricks & told swim Wotte - ???????????????????????
VectisSaint Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Bye Jan, you were nice but dim, unlike your successor who only has one of those qualities apparently.
paulwantsapint Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Hope Jan left Lowe & Wilde with parting gifts matching black eyes at least but hoping more along lines of Amsterdams finest wacky backy enough so that BOTH our beloved chairmen can spend some time at her majesty's pleasure or in Wildes case just placed in his suitcase that gets taken to thailand
SNSUN Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Nice try. Puts to bed the myth that anyone can manage a football club.
aintforever Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Good luck Jan, you're a decent guy that was put in an impossible situation. I think Saints fans will always respect your honesty and the fact that you tried to play football the right way, unfortunatley it was in the wrong circumstances.
Barney Trubble Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Best of luck Jan, you seemed like a man of integrity and therefore had no chance with the snakes that run our club. I'm sure it will all come out in the wash at some point but I guess you were constantly undermined by Lowe. Your interviews were usually conducted with a high degree of dignity but I guess inside you were like a coiled spring. Good luck in the future, didn't quite work out here but it has not gone unnoticed by other managers who have commented on how impressed they were with the style of football we played. I have a feeling that you will be back in work in another coaching capacity at an English club in the not too distant future. Good luck Jan
sun of spain Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Sad when this happens,especially with a nice guy.You gave it your best,but even you must admit it was too high a mountain to climb.Rupert Lowe must shoulder most of the blame,he did you no favours. All the best,and good luck in your next job.
The9 Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Good luck Jan, I was impressed by your plan, the broad changes, your support of the kids and your efforts to make a bad situation work. Unlike some, I don't see how you could gave done much different with the resources at your disposal, but we'll probably discover that in the next couple of months. You'd think after 6 years of the same crap we'd have grown out of the quickfire knee-jerk manager firing ethos, but no-one seems to learn. Shame you were left as Lowe's fall-guy as soon as the crowd turned on him, you deserved better than to be another victim of Lowe's repeating mistakes. So that's buying players who weaken not strengthen the squad, being too tight with money (at least there's an excuse this time), sacking managers (oh sorry, "allowing them to resign") rather than addressing the real mismanagement, and appointing the bloody reserve coach again despite it being proven to be a false economy at least three times already in the past 8 years. This will change nothing, it's the same old guff with Lowe now repeating mistakes as we sink further. Enough.
Thorpe-le-Saint Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 A nice bloke, just out of his depth. Best of luck to you Jan and thanks for getting a result a Pride Park and also for making the term "The Boysh" so popular!
oxfordshire_saint Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 It's a sad way to end his tenure with the club and as many have already said he was a good guy with the right ideas, just completely the wrong environment in which to implement them. I don't blame him for taking the job, he was offered the chance to leave the Dutch 2nd division where the team's facilities and stature are more akin to the Conference and given the chance to manage in the Championship, a divison which is bigger than a lot of other countries in Europe's top divisions when you look at stature, facilities, attendances etc. It was a gamble to appoint him and a gamble to try and take on the Championship with a team of kids, even though there weren't a great deal of other options, but the cash used to sign Schneiderlin probably could have brough in 2 or 3 old heads instead. Ultimately messrs Lowe and Wilde are the only ones who should have any anger directed at them. I hope Jan finds work in Holland soon as he's a decent, honest guy who has the right idea about how football should be played, as we saw at Pride Park and The Madejski.
david in sweden Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Nice bloke and responsible for Saints playing some bloody attractive football early in the season. But royally shafted by those above him. Presented with a task that was almost impossible to take on, once teams had seen Saints play. I still think his style would win through if Saints weren't playing 11 inexperienced youngters, but that's a matter for this Board to take care of. No doubt they won't. JP can hold his head high. His compatriot will follow him down the road quite soon once he realises the enormity of his task, and the novelty wears off. Best of luck JP. EXACTLY RIGHT ANDREW, at least we got to see the current Academy squad get a "real try-out", and see their potential. RL sold JP short by not giving him a few more experienced heads to help out these young lads. Without Svensson, Euell and at least one of the "out-loaned " strikers we're on a hiding to nothing every week. Tough luck, Jan.
PhilB Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 I'm sure you did your best under difficult circumstances Jan. Good Luck for the future mate.
Jonnyboy Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Good luck Jan, it seemed all good apart from the lack of points (and the odd dodgy formation/positions choice), damn shame after the great start and Pride Park win. Like most Im highly dubious about the Wotte choice but Ill defo settle for scraping survival this season...
Spades Posted 24 January, 2009 Posted 24 January, 2009 Good luck with where you go next Jan, your a top guy and i respect you for the way you try to get the game played. Unfortunately in the CCC the game cannot be 'schexy' and played with the boysh. Ims ure you will go on and be successful elsewhere. Top Bloke... wrong circumstances unfortunately. Thank you for the efforts.
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