AlexLaw76 Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 (edited) Edited 7 February, 2022 by AlexLaw76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris cooper Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 5 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said: Just read this on twitter… .. where’s the he interview? Can’t find it anywhere! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 https://www.transfermarkt.de/hasenhuttl-will-2024-aufhoren-ndash-southampton-nach-rb-oder-man-city-system-aufbauen/view/news/399826 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 Why would you say this now? Very odd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 Basically from how I read that is that he intends to see out his contract with us, what happens after that is still a bit unknown. I thought that was always the case if I'm honest. I guess he gets so emotionally involved in the cut and thrust of football that he fancies a bit of a break. I can't imagine it will be the end of him in football once he leaves us though, he still has a lot to offer. Similar to Pep, he's toyed with the 'quitting' football idea after his City contract finishes but I'm sure he'll be back. We just need to give Ralph all the tools we can in these next 2 years in order for him to put us on the strongest footing possible, he can also have a hand in appointing his successor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris cooper Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 6 minutes ago, DT said: Why would you say this now? Very odd Gathering momentum on twitter 🤷🏼♂️.. why would he do that ? The speculation now is guna go through the roof …few tweets I read saying .. Steve cooper at Forest please 🙏🏻 lol 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 7 February, 2022 Author Share Posted 7 February, 2022 Look how it ended with the last two managers we had who announced their retirement from saints in advance 😞 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 He'll see things differently in 2024 when we finish 6th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Lion Tamer Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 United's form fell off a cliff when Ferguson announced his retirement (the first time). I wish Ralph hadn't said this 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 (edited) Don't see the issue with this at all and its hardly some kind of 'announcement'. As he says, to stay at a PL club for over five years would be a huge amount of time and a great achievement. I actually see it as being good for Saints that he is committed to the club, enough to say that essentially what he is getting from the job is satisfying him enough as a coach to feel his coaching career will be done once he is finished here. Also good stuff re the new owners and their plans and the fact he is keen to stay shows he believes in them, and if he does then so should we. Edited 7 February, 2022 by Dusic 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhari Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 2 minutes ago, Ex Lion Tamer said: United's form fell off a cliff when Ferguson announced his retirement (the first time). I wish Ralph hadn't said this This is the first thought I had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 Seems an absolutely crazy decision to announce that now. Our form is not strong enough for him to last two and a half seasons. Next time we go on a slump, which won't be far away, it will get blamed on the announcement, and then the next time it will get blamed on him winding down, or the players not respecting his long term authority. Or both. Beginning of the end. 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 Perhaps he's seen the writing on the wall. Or maybe he just wants to go into fashion full time... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 I can’t find this quote anywhere else, do we trust transfermarket now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 10 minutes ago, Dusic said: Don't see the issue with this at all and its hardly some kind of 'announcement'. As he says, to stay at a PL club for over five years would be a huge amount of time and a great achievement. I actually see it as being good for Saints that he is committed to the club, enough to say that essentially what he is getting from the job is satisfying him enough as a coach to feel his coaching career will be done once he is finished here. Also good stuff re the new owners and their plans and the fact he is keen to stay shows he believes in them, and if he does then so should we. No football manager in the history of world football gets to announce their resignation two and a half years before they plans to go. It's a crazy thing to do. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris cooper Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 Just now, farawaysaint said: I can’t find this quote anywhere else, do we trust transfermarket now? All over social media mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 1 minute ago, CB Fry said: No football manager in the history of world football gets to announce their resignation two and a half years before they plans to go. It's a crazy thing to do. Manchester City: Pep Guardiola says he will leave club when his contract expires in 2023 - BBC Sport 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 Just now, Chris cooper said: All over social media mate Ok I have just looked and he apparently said similar a year ago. His contract expires in 2024 and he said he was considering retirement at the end of it. So not exactly a bombshell I guess if he announced it a year ago. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 Never a good idea to reveal an intended leaving date. Players switch off. Gordon Strachan is a good example when he announced he was leaving at the end of a season but he then only lasted a few more weeks. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 9 minutes ago, Chris cooper said: All over social media mate And that makes it true? Yeah, right. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiberalCommunist Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 I'd take 2024 right now. One more nine nil and this thread will be hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 13 minutes ago, S-Clarke said: Manchester City: Pep Guardiola says he will leave club when his contract expires in 2023 - BBC Sport 18 months later https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jan/21/pep-guardiola-will-make-manchester-city-contract-decision-at-end-of-season I think highly unlikely Man C will just leave him in place for the duration of that contract. Secondly Ralph is not Pep Guardiola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 1 minute ago, CB Fry said: 18 months later https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jan/21/pep-guardiola-will-make-manchester-city-contract-decision-at-end-of-season I think highly unlikely Man C will just leave him in place for the duration of that contract. Secondly Ralph is not Pep Guardiola. I’m disappointed no one has said he could be our Alex Ferguson yet though, it was all the rage when Adkins was boss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren2 Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 I guess there's 2 ways of looking at it. We have 2 years of stability with a good manager and a chance to find and integrate the successor. Players tend to stop trying when they know a manager is going.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 It's not the first time he's said it. This from April 2021: https://www.kicker.de/hasenhuettl-erwaegt-karriereende-mein-voller-ernst-803616/artikel.amp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwbu Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 I’m sure all our players, most of whom will probably have moved on themselves by 2024, are gonna just give up now they know their manager won’t be their manager for the rest of their lives. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Lion Tamer Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 5 minutes ago, saintwbu said: I’m sure all our players, most of whom will probably have moved on themselves by 2024, are gonna just give up now they know their manager won’t be their manager for the rest of their lives. The point is what will happen next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 It rather suggests he won't jump ship if others come calling which is a good thing I think. 2 and half years is a long time though. Perhaps it should have remained internal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarisbury Saint Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 I read it to mean he was hoping we’d perserve with him for that long, considering when he announced it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cartman Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 To put it into perspective, only 21 managers in the top 4 divisions have been in place longer than 2.5 years. It's a long time and it isn't exactly news, Ralph had already said it before. To kick off the new manager speculation I'll nominate Bo Svensson of Mainz. Danish like Ankersen and Kraft, obligatory passage through the Red Bull system at Liefering and contract ends in 2024. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErwinK1961 Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 What’s the big deal? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 1 minute ago, ErwinK1961 said: What’s the big deal? You willing to come back big E? 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trout-Tickler Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 Wonder how many managers Watford will get through in the 2.5 years? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 7 February, 2022 Author Share Posted 7 February, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Force Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 I am not worried about the immediate future, but as that contract winds down the uncertainty might affect the kind of signing we can make. But then again we can now definitely plan as opposed to having them leave and scrambling to back fill with what's available at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 (edited) I mean, it is slightly odd that he said it now but I always thought after 2024 he would leave us anyway to be honest. However, what has surprised me is that he has hinted at retirement! I always thought he would follow, albeit whilst he is older/similar than Klopp and Tuchel, a similar path to them i.e. spend 5-7 years for a smaller club (both did Mainz), before getting their big opportunities. I have no doubt in my mind that if by 2024 he has us playing a good style of football and finishing in the top 8, that a big-6 club or a big German team would take him on. Yes he lost 9-0 twice, and yes we've not quite finished in the top half, but it takes a certain type of character to come back from those lows. Edited 7 February, 2022 by nta786 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 When you announce you are going you are gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 I like his honesty. Would be nice to retire at 57 and enjoy life with the family while doing a bit of pundit work to keep you ticking over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Billy Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 I dont have a problem with Ralph leaving in a couple of years or so, but announcing it is not helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie May Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 Nice. Ange will be ready for the Prem by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmes_and_Watson Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 My initial thought was that I'd rather nothing got said at all. We are in a decent place, so why mess with it with such statements. I was hoping, that with the new owners in place, he'd get to see the fruits of his hard work for a long time to come. But it's a long time away. I hope we're in a position where there aren't calls for him to go before then. That our trajectory is upwards. It also gives the club every opportunity to plan ahead. Better this, than scrambling around in the last summer, when he decides not to renew. Besides, we'll always have his play book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Albert Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 3 hours ago, Chris cooper said: Gathering momentum on twitter 🤷🏼♂️.. why would he do that ? The speculation now is guna go through the roof …few tweets I read saying .. Steve cooper at Forest please 🙏🏻 lol You been drinking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvSFC Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 Plenty of time to get his replacement sorted, so no excuses really. The only question would be that Arsenal missed out on Guardiola and Klopp as they remained too loyal to Wenger in the latter years, ending up with Emery, which set them back a good few years. Do we wait out the two years knowing Hasenhuttl is going to leave, which would be the right thing to do, or should the ideal candidate come along, do we act, securing our long-term plans further as well as not risking missing out on someone who could take us further. Drawing another Brentford comparison, they had Thomas Frank on their coaching staff, behind Dean Smith and when the latter left, it was an easy transition and they were able to carry on with their progress. We obviously can't do that at the moment, as Watson, Davis, nor Fleming are managers, but it will be interesting to see if we look to replicate a similar pathway here with a coaching appointment in the future. Either way, as I said, no excuses on his replacement. We can't replace him with a defensive manager like Puel, as that's where the transition from Koeman to Puel broke down as they were two completely different managers. We can't go for the cheap option who sounds like Mauricio Pochettino, but doesn't have a clue about management. We can't go for the dinosaur/managerial merry go round brigade like Mark Hughes. And hopefully, when Howe gets relegated and sacked by Newcastle that takes him out of the running, as he will inevitably be linked. Ultimately, it will be a shame to see Hasenhuttl go. The players have never turned on him, nor stopped playing for him despite him having to get rid of the egos in the dressing room that were here and clearly being quite strong minded with his approach on how players should behave. The 9-0s were embarrassing, but relegation would have been far more costly for us. Its always exciting watching us, never dull, well maybe the second halves, but the first halves are electric. Livramento also credited Hasenhuttl for him choosing Southampton, so he was clearly doing something Potter wasn't at Brighton off the pitch, so it will be a shame to lose whatever that was as well. But, yeah, it's always going to happen in football these days. Does his family live over here, or are they still in Austria, as I know he went back in the most recent break? Additionally, I think we would all take retiring at 57. Earning millions, what a life. Surprised more don't do it. What motivates and gets Roy Hodgson down the training pitch every morning? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manji Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 It’s nothing new I remember Ralph saying this about a year ago. Clickbait for bedwetters. I have no doubt we will have another manager set up by then as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonb Posted 7 February, 2022 Share Posted 7 February, 2022 He's a day or two late. Should have buried this news the day the queen laid out her succession plans 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Kent Saint Posted 8 February, 2022 Share Posted 8 February, 2022 7 hours ago, CB Fry said: No football manager in the history of world football gets to announce their resignation two and a half years before they plans to go. It's a crazy thing to do. Pep said he was leaving Man C at the end of his contract but didn't ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Saints Posted 8 February, 2022 Share Posted 8 February, 2022 Not a big deal as 2 years is a long time in football. By 2024 he would have done a long stint by Premier League standards. Also, he might be sacked before then anyway if there’s a downward turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 8 February, 2022 Share Posted 8 February, 2022 Would imagine by that point Sport Republic would be looking for someone to join to help oversee the group of clubs they'd acquired so he might still be involved with us indirectly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintBobby Posted 8 February, 2022 Share Posted 8 February, 2022 Kind of odd to say this, I agree. The plan itself isn't odd, but it's hard to see how it helps anyone to put it in the public domain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob76 Posted 8 February, 2022 Share Posted 8 February, 2022 Sports Republic will probably soon but a second club, what's to stop them putting a young up and coming manager at that club, then when Ralph retires, the other manager moves to us. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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