Convict Colony Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 (edited) if we are paying 6mil for ralph then to be honest we could get a lot of very very good coaches. More from pep on Gallardo - “What Gallardo has done with River is incredible. Some things are inexplicable. Every year three coaches are named as the best in the world, and he's never among them. I can't understand it." Ok I have convinced myself we are getting him, I am now preparing to be underwhelmed Edited 7 November, 2022 by Convict Colony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toussaint Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 1 hour ago, skintsaint said: Japan season just finished...Kevin Muscats team won the league. Familiar with the English game. Won't take any shit as he is a bit of a cnut. Flopped while managing in Belgium but we will ignore that. He's a lot of a cnut. Followed his career in Australia a bit, but I have a faded memory of him doing something heinous to one of our players when he was playing for Everton, I think, can't remember what, but i still detest him all the same! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SotonianWill Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 1 minute ago, ally_uk said: Who is the young prodigy at Salzberg get him in! not another one ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_lambden Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 1 hour ago, skintsaint said: Japan season just finished...Kevin Muscats team won the league. Familiar with the English game. Won't take any shit as he is a bit of a cnut. Flopped while managing in Belgium but we will ignore that. "Serves you right for Muscat, that" 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris cooper Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 9 minutes ago, CB Fry said: Dreadful analogy - there are foreign managers scrapping about in the Championship and (to a lesser extent) L1 and I wouldn't want them either. Currently he is doing the best he has ever done and he is 8th in the Championship. And we know he failed at Stoke a bigger club with bigger expectations than Luton. He can be called Jose McGuardiolason and that ain't some amazing record. We've had Dave Jones and Sturrock and Adkins so we know what lower league managers can do. This guy pukes on away travel coaches after 2 bottles of wkd so I wouldn’t take much notice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 7 November, 2022 Author Share Posted 7 November, 2022 5 minutes ago, SotonianWill said: Radio Solent now reporting he’s gone by the end of today. heard Blackmore is busy crying and refused to comment. https://twitter.com/solentsport/status/1589552959637037056?s=20&t=_MAH2BfnikQ4g8dDPJcX-A The Blackmore that has been crititising Ralph since before it was cool to do so? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SotonianWill Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 5 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said: The Blackmore that has been crititising Ralph since before it was cool to do so? but then stuck by him when it was uncool to do so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/63539451 He's gone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 57 minutes ago, SotonianWill said: Radio Solent now reporting he’s gone by the end of today. heard Blackmore is busy crying and refused to comment. https://twitter.com/solentsport/status/1589552959637037056?s=20&t=_MAH2BfnikQ4g8dDPJcX-A I hope that's not a comment about Blackmore's mother passing away last week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_lambden Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 6 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: I hope that's not a comment about Blackmore's mother passing away last week? Was clearly a reference to Blackmore being pally with Ralph and defending him to the hills. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 Maybe the club is trying to identify who keeps leaking stuff to the Athletic, they've told the main suspects a different name each and whoever was told Nathan Jones has just outed themselves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 2 hours ago, Pilchards said: Nathan Jones. We approached him in the summer and he said he was not ready to take the job. I have no idea if we are back in for him and that he’s agreed this time round. I actually never heard of him when my source told me at the start of September. Luton at the time were second bottom of the championship when I put it on this message board. Lots of speculation around this, even the very credible Fabrizo Romano is saying he is our leading candidate, so looks like there are legs in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 Update for Fareham Saint. He's not still here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonaggro Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 1 hour ago, Convict Colony said: if we are paying 6mil for ralph then to be honest we could get a lot of very very good coaches. More from pep on Gallardo - “What Gallardo has done with River is incredible. Some things are inexplicable. Every year three coaches are named as the best in the world, and he's never among them. I can't understand it." Ok I have convinced myself we are getting him, I am now preparing to be underwhelmed Indeed, we will go for Nathan 'Inigo' Jones, the only similarity being that they are both 5ft 7ins short arses... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Miltonaggro said: Indeed, we will go for Nathan 'Inigo' Jones, the only similarity being that they are both 5ft 7ins short arses... That’s a concern as it suggests they want someone who can be told what to do AND how to do it. Someone who will carry on playing with the same pass it backwards/sideways/possession is everything, style loved by Ralph. Let’s hope not and let’s hope he’s better than his Championship position suggests. Stranger things have happened but this seems too big a risk for SR. Edited 7 November, 2022 by Saint Fan CaM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_SFC Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 38 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said: Maybe the club is trying to identify who keeps leaking stuff to the Athletic, they've told the main suspects a different name each and whoever was told Nathan Jones has just outed themselves... We can only hope... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally_uk Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 Just seen Tuchel having a Big Mac in West Quay 👀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Katalinic's 'tache Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 4 minutes ago, ally_uk said: Just seen Tuchel having a Big Mac in West Quay 👀 Always thought he was too skinny and could do with putting some weight on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 7 November, 2022 Author Share Posted 7 November, 2022 4 minutes ago, ally_uk said: Just seen Tuchel having a Big Mac in West Quay 👀 Meal or just the burger? Not sure I'd want someone who isn't prepared to pay that little bit more for some chips and drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 Is anyone really excited about Nathan fucking Jones? Jesus wept Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 7 November, 2022 Author Share Posted 7 November, 2022 Just now, LGTL said: Is anyone really excited about Nathan fucking Jones? Jesus wept Could do a lot worse. Luton fans are gutted. If the worst does happen, I'd rather have him than some unknown who just plays "nice football" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 7 November, 2022 Author Share Posted 7 November, 2022 Remember the last time we poached an unfashionable manager from a smaller club based on a few promotions to The Championship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_lambden Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 Luton won 2nd most aerial duels in Championship this season and are rock bottom for average passes per game so I think we can see what type of football we've got to look forward to. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 Well my guess of Stankovic from page 1 is off, he joined Sampdoria last month and has only won once since. 😬 If youth is what the powers that be want to invest in, then we should be bringing in a manager that believes in playing youth. Someone that's not scared to play Edozie or Mara or Ballard which I always got the impression Ralph was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 So we've supposedly been tracking managers for years no matter what, intensified the search when it went even more wobbly with Ralph, and Nathan Jones is the best we can come up with? It just screams to me that we want someone who will stay with us no matter what happens this year and that the club are a worse attraction than they ever have been. From going after Gapko in the summer to heading to Luton for our new manager in the space of 4 months. Wild. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashby Saint Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 I am just a fan. I have no clue about 90% of the names of managers or players that get banded around on here as if it should be common knowledge. I hope that whoever comes in brings a fresh air of positivity and builds on (doesn't knock down at least) the systems introduced by the club in the past few years. I will back the new manager 100%. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said: Could do a lot worse. Luton fans are gutted. If the worst does happen, I'd rather have him than some unknown who just plays "nice football" Could we? This is right up there as the worst we could hope for. It’s also nothing at all like Adkins. For starters, we were in L1. He only lasted 5 months in the PL. This is just more of the ‘we’re Southampton and we’re just happy to be here’ which is infecting the club at the moment. Championship manager (and not even that if you ask Stoke fans!) for a soon to be Championship team. Edited 7 November, 2022 by LGTL 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 The only reason to be looking at Jones, is to prepare for a promotion push next season. Would be a woeful appointment. Give me Ralph over Jones every single day of the week. However, I would be very very surprised if he became manager. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 12 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said: Remember the last time we poached an unfashionable manager from a smaller club based on a few promotions to The Championship? Yes, we appointed Paul Sturrock. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SotonianWill Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 5 minutes ago, LGTL said: It’s also nothing at all like Adkins Adkins is Mr Positive. From the reaction of opposition fans Nathan Indiana Jones is Mr Whinge. Much like Ralph on Newcastles spending or Klopp on the weather / pitch conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ldnsaint Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 I thought Rasmus was really highly rated in football, surely got to give whoever we get in a chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarehamSaintJames Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 The funny thing is 90% of fans hadn’t heard of Gallardo until about three weeks ago, and yet there are some that’ll be devastated if we don’t get him. 😅 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 Nathan Jones? And there I was Googling Andre Villas-Boas... 😛 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDog07 Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 I’d have rather have kept Ralph if we’re getting this Jones fella. Makes me feel even worse about our predicament if we’re delving yet again into the cheap depths of the lower leagues - that’s worked out well these last few years on strikers 😒 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarehamSaintJames Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 The funny thing is 90% of fans hadn’t heard of Gallardo until about three weeks ago, and yet there are some that’ll be devastated if we don’t get him. 😅 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 Nathan Jones, a young inexperienced manager managing a young inexperienced team. What could possibly go wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonToo Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 One question for Nathan Jones - "show us yer medals pal". Relegation guaranteed. Mark my words. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarehamSaintJames Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 Whoever comes in, it’ll be about the man-management, I think that’ll be key. Ralph clearly had little to none left. For example I don’t think tactically Eddie Howe is anything special, but he is a man-manager, and with that (and £200m) he is now getting the best out of his players. The majority of which have been shit under the previous few managers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 4 minutes ago, Turkish said: Nathan Jones, a young inexperienced manager managing a young inexperienced team. What could possibly go wrong? Did well at Luton, failed at Stoke, did well at Luton again, probably the right level / club for him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SotonianWill Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Turkish said: Nathan Jones, a young inexperienced manager managing a young inexperienced team. What could possibly go wrong? i'll get behind him if and when he is announced. However the appointment must be bad when i'd literally take Nigel Adkins over him and he has more credentials than Indiana to manage a young team with a positive mindset. Jones on the Luton budget has had to rely on old players from what I know, what experiance is this with young players. Edited 7 November, 2022 by SotonianWill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archers Road Stand Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 Well that would be a very underwhelming appointment. Not sure SR know what they're doing if they're going down that route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 1 minute ago, SotonianWill said: i'll get behind him if and when he is announced. However the appointment must be bad when i'd literally take Nigel Adkins over him and he has more credentials than Indiana 6 wins in 38 games at Stoke 🤣🤣 they’re winding us up surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hans gruber Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 2 hours ago, Toussaint said: He's a lot of a cnut. Followed his career in Australia a bit, but I have a faded memory of him doing something heinous to one of our players when he was playing for Everton, I think, can't remember what, but i still detest him all the same! Detest Muscat. Complete knob. If we have to hire an Aussie then Big Ange Postecoglu will do nicely 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 9 minutes ago, FarehamSaintJames said: The funny thing is 90% of fans hadn’t heard of Gallardo until about three weeks ago, and yet there are some that’ll be devastated if we don’t get him. 😅 Welcome to the world of hipster football pal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 Whoever we end up with you have to assume that whoever is hiring him has done a lot of due dilligence as they have known for ages that a change was likely to be needed. Also if we have learned anything from the managerial speculation this season involving Forest, Wolves, Bmth, Villa etc it that until something is announced things change fast in football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 27 minutes ago, SNSUN said: Well my guess of Stankovic from page 1 is off, he joined Sampdoria last month and has only won once since. 😬 If youth is what the powers that be want to invest in, then we should be bringing in a manager that believes in playing youth. Someone that's not scared to play Edozie or Mara or Ballard which I always got the impression Ralph was. Perhaps he didn't feel they were ready or up to it. Whose judgement would you rely on his, or Semmens ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 9 minutes ago, FarehamSaintJames said: The funny thing is 90% of fans hadn’t heard of Gallardo until about three weeks ago, and yet there are some that’ll be devastated if we don’t get him. 😅 I'm not devastated about that, I've never heard of him until about three weeks ago. Recruiting Nathan Jones shows the scope of ambition of the club. The Les Reed culture of "look how awfully clever and different we are" lives on. Inexperienced squad + Inexperienced manager in a league season where it is really hard to see 3 other clubs clearly worse than us. This is not the recruitment move we need right now. He got to the play offs last season, great. Look at the team and manager who won the frigging play offs right now. It might work out but the overwhelming most likely scenario is relegation. A couple of days of exciting speculation would be nice but the Bananarama Sturrock it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 Personally i take Jones' time at Stoke with a pinch of salt. Like taking Moyes time at Sunderland as evidence of that being his standard. As far as i can see he's done an excellent of getting a team playing greater than the sum of its part, which feels like a big plus. No clue if he's in for job, or if there are better candidates but definitely feel the anyone but Jones' cries are OTT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 Where has this Nathan Jones rumour come from exactly? I'm wondering if Ankersen is actually looking to try and replicate the success Brentford have had by promoting from within and is considering giving the job full time to Selles. Would be a massive gamble, but I expect all the Brentford fans said the same about Frank when he was given the top job and that has worked out well for them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 7 November, 2022 Share Posted 7 November, 2022 We are about five games away from someone on this forum posting up "look all you people can say you want Nathan Jones out but no one can name any other manager who can do better than him". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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