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Bad Wolf

Bad Wolf

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  On 01/06/2022 at 15:18, Matthew Le God said:

 

 

I don't recall Eddie Howe taking a newly promoted team to 2nd place in their first season after promotion to the top flight.

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Oh he did better than that. Here's an account of Eddie Howe's career that the media want you to believe...

He took over Bournemouth when they were bottom of the 9th tier, won promotion each year until they got to The Championship, spent a year there to be nice, came up to the PL, finished 6th in their first season and won the league the next year, then they won the double, then the quadruple and became the dominant force in world football on a budget of frozen peas and safety pins. There's a nasty source that claims he went to Burnley but that's just something they put in the water to cause hallucinations, that never happened.

After 15 glorious years, Howe left Bournemouth at the end of his contract having not tasted defeat for four years and all with homegrown players.

He then went to Newcastle who were bottom of the league on -20 points. Howe came in and immediately changed everything without spending a single penny. He got them to 4th place where they finished this season. He's since developed the cure for cancer as well as solved world hunger.

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Dark Munster

Dark Munster

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  On 01/06/2022 at 13:48, S-Clarke said:

I'd massively argue that. He got Ingolstadt from the second division in Germany, to mid-table in the Bundesliga in 3 years. Inglostadt are now in the third division in Germany.

He took over RB Leipzig in their first season in the Bundesliga and they finished 2nd. He had some money for sure, but you have to be a decent coach to do that.

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Yes, but didn't he do that with Rohl? It seems Ralph without Rohl is like Laurel without Hardy.

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Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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  On 05/06/2022 at 08:36, Charlie Wayman said:

When you gotta go, you gotta go! Always the foot soldiers never the sodding generals. Can't wait for the 23/24 season to start without the Austrian Flopp.

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Except we’ve been through four different ‘generals’ since 2016 and they’ve been commanding a steadily declining group of foot soldiers, lead by the same group of NCOs. Simply chopping the highest ranking official you can find isn’t necessarily the solution to everything.

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Convict Colony

Convict Colony

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  On 05/06/2022 at 09:27, Lighthouse said:

Except we’ve been through four different ‘generals’ since 2016 and they’ve been commanding a steadily declining group of foot soldiers, lead by the same group of NCOs. Simply chopping the highest ranking official you can find isn’t necessarily the solution to everything.

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I agree, this dad's army lot needed to move on.

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Dusic

Dusic

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A couple of names to watch out for that would surely suit in the eyes of the SWF traditionalists:

Former Brighton manager and current Dagenham assistant Steve Gritt.

A left-field one but easy to see what Kevin Steele, defensive coach of the University of Miami would bring.

 

 

 

DT

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Official: Southampton appoint 38-year-old Ruben Selles as First Team Lead coach, the Spaniard was assistant at league-winning FC Copenhagen last season #saintsfc

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S-Clarke

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Never heard of him, but he does sound like he has a good pedigree behind him. I'd be confident to say that he's been appointed with a long-term view to be our manager some day, similar to Thomas Frank becoming Dean Smith's assistant at Brentford.

Although something tells me we've sold the wrong club to him?

“It’s exciting for me to work in one of the top teams in the Premier League, to work in the best league in the world in an amazing environment in Southampton, with the crowd in St Mary’s, with a big manager like Ralph, with a lot of good players, and to have in front of you the best teams and the best players in the world, so I’m looking forward to it.

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Bad Wolf

Bad Wolf

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"Commenting on his appointment, Sellés said: “It’s exciting for me to work in one of the top teams in the Premier League"

Erm...What? Have we told him some porkies?

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Pamplemousse

Pamplemousse

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On the face of it, seems like a good appointment.

Hopefully he'll bring some fresh ideas to the group. Maybe he'll turn Redmond into Mane finally, or Long into a goalscorer

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Give it to Ron

Give it to Ron

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  On 10/06/2022 at 14:13, Pamplemousse said:

On the face of it, seems like a good appointment.

Hopefully he'll bring some fresh ideas to the group. Maybe he'll turn Redmond into Mane finally, or Long into a goalscorer

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Can he be any worse? At least has a bit of experience and looks good appointment .

As long as Ralph listens to him!

Turkish

Turkish

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  On 10/06/2022 at 14:07, S-Clarke said:

Never heard of him, but he does sound like he has a good pedigree behind him. I'd be confident to say that he's been appointed with a long-term view to be our manager some day, similar to Thomas Frank becoming Dean Smith's assistant at Brentford.

Although something tells me we've sold the wrong club to him?

“It’s exciting for me to work in one of the top teams in the Premier League, to work in the best league in the world in an amazing environment in Southampton, with the crowd in St Mary’s, with a big manager like Ralph, with a lot of good players, and to have in front of you the best teams and the best players in the world, so I’m looking forward to it.

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Okay, who wants to tell him?

S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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Slightly different approach by us on this one as well - we've appointed a coach who was currently employed by a club! That would have required compensation and we always seemed to avoid paying that...so it's an interesting change of approach.

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igsey

igsey

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  On 10/06/2022 at 14:11, Bad Wolf said:

"Commenting on his appointment, Sellés said: “It’s exciting for me to work in one of the top teams in the Premier League"

Erm...What? Have we told him some porkies?

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Top 20 innit

Bad Wolf

Bad Wolf

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  On 10/06/2022 at 14:40, S-Clarke said:

Slightly different approach by us on this one as well - we've appointed a coach who was currently employed by a club! That would have required compensation and we always seemed to avoid paying that...so it's an interesting change of approach.

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I've supported Saints since 2004 and in all that time, I'm pretty sure Nigel Adkins was the only manager we've ever poached from another club.

Turkish

Turkish

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  On 10/06/2022 at 15:14, Bad Wolf said:

I've supported Saints since 2004 and in all that time, I'm pretty sure Nigel Adkins was the only manager we've ever poached from another club.

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That's because for a lot of that time Super Les had a secret list of managers which he'd been tracking for years who were the perfect fit for us when the existing one left, the fact they were all unemployed at the time is a total coincidence.

The Left Back

The Left Back

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Don't know anything about this guy, but based on his CV he's got too much about him to be Ralph's assistant for more than a season.  So I'd wager some decent money there's a longer term plan involved.  Either replacing Ralph or managing another club in our pyramid?

Either way it looks like a good appointment (on paper at least).

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Saint_clark

Saint_clark

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Fresh ideas, experience, working with a winning side. The changes to the backroom staff are what will probably make me more excited for next season than a bunch of £10million youngster signings.

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Puddings and Monkeys

Puddings and Monkeys

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  On 10/06/2022 at 15:51, The Left Back said:

Don't know anything about this guy, but based on his CV he's got too much about him to be Ralph's assistant for more than a season.  So I'd wager some decent money there's a longer term plan involved.  Either replacing Ralph or managing another club in our pyramid?

Either way it looks like a good appointment (on paper at least).

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100% spot on.

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