Coaching shake up - confirmed

[Matthew Le God]

1 hour ago, Bad Wolf said:

Didn't he also achieve wonders in Germany?

 

1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Not really, no

 

14 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Bundeslia's Eddie Howe

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

[AlexLaw76]

11 minutes ago, 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.

😂

[Bad Wolf]

40 minutes ago, 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.

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.

[Dark Munster]

3 hours ago, 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.

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

[VectisSaint]

14 minutes ago, Dark Munster said:

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

Hoddle without Gormley.

[Dark Munster]

1 minute ago, VectisSaint said:

Hoddle without Gormley.

Gormless?

[Convict Colony]

Gazza without Jimmy 5 bellies

[Suhari]

3 hours ago, Convict Colony said:

Gazza without Jimmy 5 bellies

Raoul Moat?

(Or will I get shot for saying such a thing?)

[Lord Duckhunter]

18 hours ago, Dark Munster said:

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

 

Ralph is now doing the work of two men…………..Laurel & Hardy. 

[Billy the Kidd]

2 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

 

Ralph is now doing the work of two men…………..Laurel & Hardy. 

Yep, and based on most of last season, looking on the sideline as fucking clueless as Laurel & Hardy too.

[Lord Duckhunter]

1 minute ago, Billy the Kidd said:

Yep, and based on most of last season, looking on the sideline as fucking clueless as Laurel & Hardy too.

That’s a bit harsh on Stan, he wouldn’t have set up like we did at Anfield. 

Edited 2 June, 2022 by Lord Duckhunter

[Saint Fan CaM]

11 hours ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

That’s a bit harsh on Stan, he wouldn’t have set up like we did at Anfield. 

“And that’s another fine mess…” Ralph says to myself as he wistfully looks in the changing room mirror. 🤣🤣🤣

[Charlie Wayman]

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.

[Lighthouse]

48 minutes ago, 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.

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.

[Convict Colony]

I forgot this was still a thing.

[Convict Colony]

9 hours ago, 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.

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

Photo of dave watson now he doesn't have his ipad

[Holmes_and_Watson]

14 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

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

Photo of dave watson now he doesn't have his ipad

I was just about to look for a Captain Mainwaring pic, after reading Lighthouse's post. 🙂

[Dusic]

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.

 

 

 

[Lighthouse]

2 minutes ago, Dusic said:

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

You’d have to pair him up with his partner, Frank Magnet.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

27 minutes ago, Dusic said:

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

 

 

 

Could do with a bit of steel(e) in the side. 🙂

[DT]

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

[Bad Wolf]

No Wiki page. Not impressed

[DT]

Ralph’s first choice apparently. Might he be the new manager ultimately?

[S-Clarke]

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.

[SuperSAINT]

 

[Bad Wolf]

"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?

[Pamplemousse]

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

[Nolan]

 

Announcement on Copenhagen's website.

https://www.fck.dk/en/news/ruben-selles-moves-southampton-fc

[Give it to Ron]

19 minutes ago, 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

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

As long as Ralph listens to him!

[Turkish]

29 minutes ago, 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.

Okay, who wants to tell him?

[Badger]

The Danish connection at work.

Just by chance or the Rasmus choice ? 

[S-Clarke]

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.

[igsey]

41 minutes ago, 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?

Top 20 innit

[Bad Wolf]

33 minutes ago, 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.

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.

[northam soul]

Ralph told the board to go get Ruben Neves and woops

[rooney]

Just now, 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.

Dave Jones?

[adrian lord]

1 hour ago, Bad Wolf said:

No Wiki page. Not impressed

I hope he's got a ticked Twitter account at least?

Edited 10 June, 2022 by adrian lord

[Turkish]

19 minutes ago, rooney said:

Dave Jones?

that was about 1997

[qwertyell]

1 hour ago, DT said:

Official: Southampton appoint 38-year-old Ruben Selles 

Haven't got a clouseau who he is. 

[Turkish]

21 minutes ago, 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.

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.

[Bad Wolf]

25 minutes ago, rooney said:

Dave Jones?

I believe he was before 2004

[The Left Back]

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).

[Lighthouse]

Can we just call him Pete?

[Saint_clark]

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.

[The Kraken]

1 hour ago, Nolan said:

 

Announcement on Copenhagen's website.

https://www.fck.dk/en/news/ruben-selles-moves-southampton-fc

An interesting part of the article:

So far, Sellés move to Southampton does not give rise to changes in FCK's coaching staff, where head coach Jess Thorup still has Jacob Neestrup as his closest assistant:

[Puddings and Monkeys]

18 minutes ago, 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).

100% spot on.

[Sheaf Saint]

30 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Can we just call him Pete?

Or Monica.

[Matthew Le God]

 

 

[davefizzy14]

Good appointment on the face of it. Got a decent C.V. and is experienced as a number two. 

[Convict Colony]

let me be the first