Nathan Jones

[sotonjoe]

Just now, Smirking_Saint said:

These were the glory days of Saintsweb

- Bear

- Alpine Saint

- Hamster

- The monumental pompey takeover thread

Javi, Amy and Keith can never be left off this list. 

[Pamplemousse]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

Are these last two pages officially the most laugh-out-loud funny in Saintsweb history?! 😂

The Pompey double administration days were cracking on here

[trousers]

Just now, Smirking_Saint said:

These were the glory days of Saintsweb

- Bear

- Alpine Saint

- Hamster

- The monumental pompey takeover thread

You'll have to explain who the one in bold is to DT. He doesn't have a clue who he is....

[Smirking_Saint]

Just now, sotonjoe said:

Javi, Amy and Keith can never be left off this list. 

Bear was quite a bit after this tbh

[HarvSFC]

The decisions in plain view to me don't seem like some that would come from SR. Especially, after bringing up how the World Cup break was difficult yesterday because we didn't have everyone in it, despite having the joint fewest players at the World Cup with Palace and Bournemouth. It seems to me that he was just making up a load of excuses yesterday to protect himself.

I don't think SR are telling him to keep all our January signings on the bench, or the B team after pumping a load of funds into the team and backing him heavily. I don't think they're telling him to play Elyounoussi and Diallo every week, two flops from the old regime who they have no loyalty to. Diallo made six starts this season under Hasenhuttl and that was because Lavia was injured. I don't think SR are telling Jones to mess Lavia around. He's the prized asset, the one that supports the model they're trying to implement and they can make their money back from. I don't think SR told Jones to recall Bednarek who was deemed not good enough for us when they were in charge half a season ago, act like you're Ali-G when you refer to him in a shit nickname and instantly put him back into the team despite him being our fourth best centre-back, only better than Lyanco and claiming that our better centre-backs need more minutes in the B team.

Essentially, he's a mess, trying to absolve himself of any blame which is clear whenever he refers to the team as "they". He takes no ownership, despite being in charge for near three months now. SR did get it wrong with the appointment, everyone knew that. Our closest rivals at the time have appointed Emery, Lopetegui and Dyche and are now moving clear, while we went for the one with no top level experience and got no new manager bounce despite a break which most aren't afforded.

[Suhari]

Jones is a leadership maestro after all.

He's united the forum, given us a clear goal and motivated us to see it happen.

[Saint_clark]

2 minutes ago, sotonjoe said:

Javi, Amy and Keith can never be left off this list. 

Christ the Amy saga. I'd forgotten entirely.

[Puddings and Monkeys]

10 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Same. Will be surprised if they sack him. 

Have to agree with you (but hope we’re both wrong).  I think he’ll be in charge for the next game.

Would actually be very interesting to hear from Manji - he always seemed to have some inside info on SR’s thinking.

[Weston Super Saint]

1 minute ago, HarvSFC said:

The decisions in plain view to me don't seem like some that would come from SR. Especially, after bringing up how the World Cup break was difficult yesterday because we didn't have everyone in it, despite having the joint fewest players at the World Cup with Palace and Bournemouth. It seems to me that he was just making up a load of excuses yesterday to protect himself.

He'd have more if he didn't send everyone off on a nice holiday for a week, but he wanted to be everyone's friend.

[Master Bates]

2 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Christ the Amy saga. I'd forgotten entirely.

The mass debates I had over that one, those were the days.

Edited 5 February, 2023 by Master Bates

[saintant]

I think Ankersen is deluded enough to think what happened in the movie Moneyball where the coach (Brad Pitt) is on a losing streak then suddenly turns things round and wins 20 straight games will happen for Jones.

[coalman]

Just now, saintant said:

I think Ankersen is deluded enough to think what happened in the movie Moneyball where the coach (Brad Pitt) is on a losing streak then suddenly turns things round and wins 20 straight games will happen for Jones.

This. Never trust a man who thinks he is Brad Pitt

Edited 5 February, 2023 by coalman

[Lord Duckhunter]

1 hour ago, Dman said:

That interview was a disgrace, to be fair. 

Exactly. Which makes Blackmores “Firstly, I don’t wish ill of anyone &  I try to be positive & fair to people always” a bit revisionist. Letting someone come on and say an international centre half was faking an injury, that Lyanco couldn’t get in a non league side, is disgraceful & undermines his new found “honesty”. 

[Lord Duckhunter]

21 minutes ago, maysie said:

I’ve heard a rumour that Jones has a family member on the board? Surely that can’t be true…

It’s not. 

[Bad Wolf]

I feel like Jones and Les Reed would have got on really well.

[Weston Super Saint]

Just now, Bad Wolf said:

I feel like Jones and Les Reed would have got on really well.

Alas, Reed and Jones?

[Maggie May]

I don’t think anyone can save us now.  We are on 14 defeats already, half of those are down to NJ.  We are just two losses away from matching our own 16 from last season. 

Burnley went down with 17, Leeds scraped safety despite having 18. 

The worrying thing is we will lose a lot more to come. We can all see it, even the board. The NJ experiment has been an avoidable disaster.

[Turkish]

19 minutes ago, sotonjoe said:

Javi, Amy and Keith can never be left off this list. 

Randomly that came up the other day 

Turnstile A and all that 

[stknowle]

1 hour ago, HKsaint said:

Managing a team in the regelation fight is just a disgrace to you, NJ, go to find your Europe team and Europe dream. No more compromise, please. Thanks 

Well said HK my old pal.

[Master Bates]

Bring back Cortese and a Ouija board.

[Tamesaint]

If they think that he has been gone too long, do you think that Bananarama will take Nathan Jones back?

[OttawaSaint]

7 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

I don’t think anyone can save us now.  We are on 14 defeats already, half of those are down to NJ.  We are just two losses away from matching our own 16 from last season. 

Burnley went down with 17, Leeds scraped safety despite having 18. 

The worrying thing is we will lose a lot more to come. We can all see it, even the board. The NJ experiment has been an avoidable disaster.

That is damning. Wow. Hopeless!

[Turkish]

Has anyone written an open letter to the board yet?

[CB Fry]

7 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

I don’t think anyone can save us now.  We are on 14 defeats already, half of those are down to NJ.  We are just two losses away from matching our own 16 from last season. 

Burnley went down with 17, Leeds scraped safety despite having 18. 

The worrying thing is we will lose a lot more to come. We can all see it, even the board. The NJ experiment has been an avoidable disaster.

That's a useful metric. 

If nothing else Nathan Jones has brought certainty to Southampton Football Club. Before he arrived we were possibly going to be relegated this season.

Now, with Jones in charge, we are certain to be relegated.

 

[Tauro]

 

26 minutes ago, Master Bates said:

The mass debates I had over that one, those were the days.

13-08-06

Edited 5 February, 2023 by Tauro

[Convict Colony]

4 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Has anyone written an open letter to the board yet?

 

[Convict Colony]

45 minutes ago, miserableoldgit said:

I think that I much preferred the cheese-related posts..  

Cheese and wanking are not mutually exclusive

[Master Bates]

[miserableoldgit]

2 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

Cheese and wanking are not mutually exclusive

I now have visions in my head that I can't shake off! 🧀

[Master Bates]

8 minutes ago, Tauro said:

 

13-08-06

Ah yes, that was the day the ceiling got re painted too.

[St. Neil]

Should be a leek surely?

[Weston Super Saint]

11 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Has anyone written an open letter to the board yet?

As soon as I find my quill....

[Suhari]

Is he still here? Shit.

Right: I'm off to pick up the wife from work, then going down the pub. I expect him fired by the time I am on my second pint.

[Osvaldorama]

I’m pretty sure if Jones did try and wank off a pet, domestic or otherwise, he’d do it wrong.
 

Then claim he’s the best in Europe at it anyway 

[Weston Super Saint]

1 minute ago, Osvaldorama said:

I’m pretty sure if Jones did try and wank off a pet, domestic or otherwise, he’d do it wrong.
 

Then claim he’s the best in Europe at it anyway 

Don't think sheep are pets are they?

[northam soul]

I see Orsic posted a cryptic message on his social media apparently.

Seems like he isn’t to happy about the situation. 

[Bad Wolf]

Just now, northam soul said:

I see Orsic posted a cryptic message on his social media apparently.

Seems like he isn’t to happy about the situation. 

What did he say?

[Master Bates]

Just now, Bad Wolf said:

What did he say?

It doesnt hurt me, or similar

[Saint NL]

 

 

 

[Master Bates]

1 minute ago, Bad Wolf said:

What did he say?

https://www.hampshirelive.news/sport/football/football-news/southampton-mislav-orsic-cryptic-brentford-8113773

[MarkSFC]

I can accept anyone making a mistake. SR (or whoever) made a mistake hiring Jones. Good leaders learn from their errors in judgement and act quickly to correct them. If Jones isn't gone today then those leading our club will go down in my estimation, even if its tomorrow. It should of been last night, it needs to be today. 

The true proof of SRs management and leadership is who comes in next. Am I hopeful that will be this week, no. Am I hopeful it will be someone good, no. Depressingly sad times.  

[Colinjb]

2 minutes ago, northam soul said:

I see Orsic posted a cryptic message on his social media apparently.

Seems like he isn’t to happy about the situation. 

Words to the effect of 'What the f**k have I signed for!?'

[Ralph Fastenbüttl]

1 hour ago, Wade Garrett said:

Does anyone think Jones won’t be sacked?

It's entirely possible that SR choose to stick with him, yeah.

[CB Fry]

2 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

 

 

 

Man-management going great, then 👍👍👍

[miserableoldgit]

13 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Has anyone written an open letter to the board yet?

I am not afraid to admit that I sent an email to Mr Semmens a few weeks ago outlining my concerns/feelings about NJ's appointment. I generally fell out of love with football some years ago, but SFC have been a big part of my life for around 60 years.....not something that you give up easily, Seeing what was/is happening to the club feels like, as somebody else on here put it really well, "feeling like watching your faithful old dog slowly dying", so I felt that I had to say something. Firstly, I have have had email conversations with Mr Semmens when we got "kicked out" of our old seats in Kingsland Block 31 and he was easy to contact. Not now. Normal email address now not deliverable, Went through Main email address and eventually got an email from a minion saying that the email had been passed on and Mr Semmens would respond soon. Needless to say I have heard nothing.

[Master Bates]

[Saint_lambden]

Genuinely think that if they sack him now and appoint someone mildly competent we will stay up. The galvanising effect amongst the fan base and players would be massive as everyone hates the bloke. 
 

 

[Saint_Tony]

If Ankersen is so into his stats, what does 6 defeats from 7 in the league look like to him? does that score well on the metrics? or is Lyanco's 2.83 aggressive stares per game more indicative of Jones' qualities?

[Master Bates]

[Suhari]

3 minutes ago, Master Bates said:

Has it happened?