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the saint in winchester

the saint in winchester

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On 17/10/2022 at 11:16, Bad Wolf said:

News: Poch was in West Quay at the weekend

Context: Poch has been coming back to Southampton regularly since he left since he left because he still has friends in the area

If Aston Villa have hopes to bring him in, surely we should too. Poch in.

Ted Bates Statue

Ted Bates Statue

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35 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

The whole Gerrard sacking thing definitely happened today then.

 

If someone can start a rumour that we're interested in him, perhaps Villa will feel obliged to give Gerrard a new contract?

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Bad Wolf

Bad Wolf

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The other day there was a post on one of those silly fan Facebook pages that Tuchel was at St Mary's on Sunday and sat in the directors box. I don't know what's more ridiculous, the fact that people (not many tbf) believe it or the fact that some are turning their nose up at him!

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SotonianWill

SotonianWill

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1 hour ago, Ted Bates Statue said:

If someone can start a rumour that we're interested in him

Saw someone on the saints hashtag ask if anyone would take Gerrard. Saw someone also suggest Scott Parker. I'm losing hope with some of humanity. 

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Holmes_and_Watson

Holmes_and_Watson

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1 hour ago, SotonianWill said:

Saw someone on the saints hashtag ask if anyone would take Gerrard. Saw someone also suggest Scott Parker. I'm losing hope with some of humanity. 

We'd surely take either of them... on a stadium tour. Their money's as good as anyone's. Beyond that, not so much. 🙂

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beatlesaint

beatlesaint

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11 hours ago, SotonianWill said:

Saw someone on the saints hashtag ask if anyone would take Gerrard. Saw someone also suggest Scott Parker. I'm losing hope with some of humanity. 

Scott Parker 😱 🤣

Who’s next to be linked? Tony Adams?

Dman

Dman

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13 hours ago, Bad Wolf said:

The other day there was a post on one of those silly fan Facebook pages that Tuchel was at St Mary's on Sunday and sat in the directors box. I don't know what's more ridiculous, the fact that people (not many tbf) believe it or the fact that some are turning their nose up at him!

It definitely happened, I’ve got great hearing so hear a lot.

I was sat round the in-laws eating a roast, whilst listening on the radio and I heard his voice in the background.

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John B

John B

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Since we have been in the PL we have continually sacked  managers only to find ourselves in the same position near the bottom of the leaue

 

We have only done well when we have had decent players the present squad does not have  of the quality of MLT Pahars Niemmi Beattie Svensson Tadic Mane VVD Lallans Shaw Schederlin etc

 

Without investment in players we will continually struggle

 

 

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Gingeletiss

Gingeletiss

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3 minutes ago, John B said:

Since we have been in the PL we have continually sacked  managers only to find ourselves in the same position near the bottom of the leaue

 

We have only done well when we have had decent players the present squad does not have  of the quality of MLT Pahars Niemmi Beattie Svensson Tadic Mane VVD Lallans Shaw Schederlin etc

 

Without investment in players we will continually struggle

 

 

Sorry, in my opinion, that is not the biggest problem. The way he has them set up to play, is the biggest problem, snail football, every time we gain possession, we allow the opposition time to re-group, which blunts any attack we try to launch. Terrible football.

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Bad Wolf

Bad Wolf

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29 minutes ago, Dman said:

It definitely happened, I’ve got great hearing so hear a lot.

I was sat round the in-laws eating a roast, whilst listening on the radio and I heard his voice in the background.

Was he speaking English?

jayrivers

jayrivers

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15 minutes ago, John B said:

Since we have been in the PL we have continually sacked  managers only to find ourselves in the same position near the bottom of the leaue

 

We have only done well when we have had decent players the present squad does not have  of the quality of MLT Pahars Niemmi Beattie Svensson Tadic Mane VVD Lallans Shaw Schederlin etc

 

Without investment in players we will continually struggle

 

 

Not sure you can say we have continually sacked managers.... We went through a short spell where we sacked Puel, Pelligrino, and Hughes... Apart from the Puel, none were fit for purpose. 

 

Adkins was several years before, Poch walked, Koeman walked. And our current manager is the longest serving manger in a lot of fans life time! 

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John B

John B

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2 hours ago, Gingeletiss said:

Sorry, in my opinion, that is not the biggest problem. The way he has them set up to play, is the biggest problem, snail football, every time we gain possession, we allow the opposition time to re-group, which blunts any attack we try to launch. Terrible football.

Tactics has little to do with our problems the lack of decent players does which leads to terrible football

 

If you think the present squad is under performing and would improve significantly with another manager with different tactics I think you are wrong the midfield six are without doubt the worst selection of players I have seen representing SFC   between 1962 and 2005 and since our returnto the PL  under Adkins

 

Whether there are worse squads currently in the PL only time will tell

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skintsaint

skintsaint

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25 minutes ago, John B said:

Tactics has little to do with our problems the lack of decent players does which leads to terrible football

He sets up with us to get overrun in midfield every game...never change Ralph.

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SaintLondon

SaintLondon

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I saw some opta style mathematical forecasting site has us at 44% for relegation - so that's fun and reassuring. I want a win tonight of course but SURELY anything other is curtains? How many times have we said that? Daily since 2020. 

Pilchards

Pilchards

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31 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

He sets up with us to get overrun in midfield every game...never change Ralph.

He also set us up to not concede a goal and has fails miserable.

Would love it if we just once went for it to try and win 4-3 or something. To do this you don’t sit on a one nil lead by putting on a number of defensive players.

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CB Fry

CB Fry

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9 hours ago, Chris cooper said:

He’s gone 

I see his replacement did the pre-match press conferences today then. Some guy called Geven Strerrard.

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Turkish

Turkish

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On 18/10/2022 at 18:01, CB Fry said:

The whole Gerrard sacking thing definitely happened today then.

 

They are waiting for Liz Truss to go so they can hide the news. Guarenteed.

saintwbu

saintwbu

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1 hour ago, SuperSAINT said:

 

Makes you wonder what sort of terms they’re expecting a new manager to adhere to. We know they have a pretty particular transfer policy, maybe managers aren’t keen on it. 

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DT

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3 hours ago, saintwbu said:

Makes you wonder what sort of terms they’re expecting a new manager to adhere to. We know they have a pretty particular transfer policy, maybe managers aren’t keen on it. 

Just watched the Beale interview on Twitter. What an honourable bloke. Very impressive

Billy the Kidd

Billy the Kidd

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15 minutes ago, SotonianWill said:

Bournemouth and Wolves now finding it hard to identify a suitable manager. Would we be in the same boat? 

are we not already in the same boat?

We have a manager that isnt suitable already.

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31cc

31cc

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11 hours ago, Turkish said:

They are waiting for Liz Truss to go so they can hide the news. Guarenteed.

Got the Euromilions numbers for tomorrow?

SaintZamboni

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I was interested to see that the bbc says Marsch is now under pressure and being booed by his own fans.

What do football fans expect of their teams? There seems to be a real lack of realism surrounding the premier league, in my opinion.

Everyone expects wins, entertainment and to be ‘best of the rest’ or it’s a bust and the manager has to go. There’s only 6 teams who count, and maybe Newcastle will make that 7. Everton have shown that spending wildly doesn’t work but that seems to be part of the expectation too.

Im sure Silva won’t get long at Fulham if things turn and maybe even Howe will be gone for a glamour name at some point. 

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Gingeletiss

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39 minutes ago, SaintZamboni said:

I was interested to see that the bbc says Marsch is now under pressure and being booed by his own fans.

What do football fans expect of their teams? There seems to be a real lack of realism surrounding the premier league, in my opinion.

Everyone expects wins, entertainment and to be ‘best of the rest’ or it’s a bust and the manager has to go. There’s only 6 teams who count, and maybe Newcastle will make that 7. Everton have shown that spending wildly doesn’t work but that seems to be part of the expectation too.

Im sure Silva won’t get long at Fulham if things turn and maybe even Howe will be gone for a glamour name at some point. 

I expect, first and foremost, to be entertained, and for the team to be trying. Not the crap RH serves up. I accept the loss if it was a good game, but even a win against the mighty Bournemouth, did not get my juices flowing. Snail football.

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saintant

saintant

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7 minutes ago, DT said:

Ralph is 20-1 for the Villa job. Would be funny to see Bednarek's face.

Whoever goes there is unlikely to select Bednarek unless they have an injury crisis. He'll be back here at the end of the season.

DT

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2 minutes ago, saintant said:

Whoever goes there is unlikely to select Bednarek unless they have an injury crisis. He'll be back here at the end of the season.

Oh gawd I forgot it was a loan. Perhaps he will be motivated if we change managers then

Barsiem

Barsiem

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50 minutes ago, SotonianWill said:

Villa targeting Poch, Tuchel or Thomas Frank. Surely they’re deluded if they think any of them want to go to villa. 

I would think Frank is a realistic target if they did want him.  Villa are a much bigger club than Brentford and general give managers money to spend

DT

DT

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6 minutes ago, Barsiem said:

I would think Frank is a realistic target if they did want him.  Villa are a much bigger club than Brentford and general give managers money to spend

And, indeed, a bigger draw than us, more's the pity.

tajjuk

tajjuk

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I still think Poch might end up back at Spurs, I feel like Conte just isn't a good fit both ways, he'll likely get the Juve job or something. 

 

I am still rather baffled that even if results improve, if Ralph has lost the trust of many players and has no relationship with them, then that is an untenable position surely?

There is no real coming back from that, so I don't get the boards hesitation. Plus we now have what 3 other PL clubs looking for managers, 2 of whom have bigger budgets than us, so more and more competition is there. If these reports are true I just don't understand the trust he got and how he wasn't changed before the season started.  

STEVEADAMS

STEVEADAMS

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1 hour ago, tajjuk said:

I still think Poch might end up back at Spurs, I feel like Conte just isn't a good fit both ways, he'll likely get the Juve job or something. 

 

I am still rather baffled that even if results improve, if Ralph has lost the trust of many players and has no relationship with them, then that is an untenable position surely?

There is no real coming back from that, so I don't get the boards hesitation. Plus we now have what 3 other PL clubs looking for managers, 2 of whom have bigger budgets than us, so more and more competition is there. If these reports are true I just don't understand the trust he got and how he wasn't changed before the season started.  

Perhaps that is exactly why we haven’t moved yet, perhaps we haven’t got the reaction we want from targets, perhaps we aren’t even looking.

Franck to me is the perfect fit and we’d be mad to let another club grab him. Give him the fund to get some players in and give him a decent contract. Sell him a project.

niceandfriendly

niceandfriendly

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15 hours ago, SotonianWill said:

Bournemouth and Wolves now finding it hard to identify a suitable manager. Would we be in the same boat? 

Your avatar makes me yearn for a return of our previous crest. The modern ball just doesn't look as good.

OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint

OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint

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On 19/10/2022 at 09:40, John B said:

Since we have been in the PL we have continually sacked  managers only to find ourselves in the same position near the bottom of the leaue

 

We have only done well when we have had decent players the present squad does not have  of the quality of MLT Pahars Niemmi Beattie Svensson Tadic Mane VVD Lallans Shaw Schederlin etc

 

Without investment in players we will continually struggle

 

 

Exactly. We've got a mediocre squad and with arguably our three best players missing against Arsenal, the Ralph Out brigade will still be lamenting our manager if we lose.

Replacing Ralph is not the answer. Another manager will guarantee relegation. Remember slobby chops? Ralph is reactive but the fact is there is no magic messiah who can turn our players in to world beaters. And for those who criticise our lack of ambition, we spent money over the summer without selling any of our better players.

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redkeith

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26 minutes ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

Exactly. We've got a mediocre squad and with arguably our three best players missing against Arsenal, the Ralph Out brigade will still be lamenting our manager if we lose.

Replacing Ralph is not the answer. Another manager will guarantee relegation. Remember slobby chops? Ralph is reactive but the fact is there is no magic messiah who can turn our players in to world beaters. And for those who criticise our lack of ambition, we spent money over the summer without selling any of our better players.

Sandra's old man sold our best player to buy dross like quasie, camera, Bernard and his boy, who unfortunately only had 45 minutes in him. We would have been much better off keeping Beattie and playing Oakley, Svenson and Le Saux

Badger

Badger

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See mention of the name Marcelo Daniel Gallardo on another thread.

Did Les leave behind his magic South American Name Generator software with the black box ?

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