St Chalet Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 Anyone feeling charitable? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorw003 Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roboze Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 do you think the club will actually issue a statement thanking him for all he has done.......... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 Anybody? Actually, we’ll always have that win over Man City. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roboze Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 and he did return Janny B to us........ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 I for one am proud that we’ve had a European great manager and the fittest man who ever existed as part of our club. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurosaint Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 1 minute ago, Whitey Grandad said: Anybody? Actually, we’ll always have that win over Man City. Fortunately his God deserted him in his time of need 🤪 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintJakko Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 (edited) Loving the idea, setting a trap to find the weasel Saints fans and ban them from Saints Web for life. Edited 12 February, 2023 by SaintJakko 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grezz Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 I think he tried his best. I hope, for his sake, that he hits up the media training fior his next position. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintJakko Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 Guess you could say it’s a bit harsh Saints sacking him on God’s day… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 Thank you for getting sacked. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonaggro Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 I am feeling charitable this morning, so would like to say for the record fuck Nathan Jones and all who sail in him! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Perrin Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 Just now, Whitey Grandad said: Anybody? Actually, we’ll always have that win over Man City. That's the bonkers thing. We won that game because we were great in every position... in every other game the team looks like strangers, devoid of confidence with some strange selections. I don't fully blame Jones for our position, problems before and problems after, and I am normally a give it a chance kind of guy... But this feels like the right (overdue) decision. I've no doubt he tried but it feels like this wasn't the right fit from quite early on. Maybe if you get a couple of early wins, people will buy in but lose, lose and lose again with often atrocious football and there's only one outcome. Good luck Nathan Jones wherever you end up next - it wasn't all your fault, you tried but on the pitch you certainly didn't make it better. With the greatest respect, Southampton wasn't for you. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soton7 Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 We always have that one blagger at work- someone who does the bare minimum and gets away with it- so anyone aspiring to be that person, look at Nathan. -When first appointed, 6 weeks of doing absolutely FA (World Cup) -Free lads holiday to Spain -Blagging all his games here -Full pay off and now has millions in the bank. Good luck for the future. I’d swap positions with you instantly! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 I don’t think he knows himself what he’s done wrong. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roboze Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 All jesting aside, the players aren't mindless droids, they have been as shit as Jones....... Quote 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raging Bull Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 13 minutes ago, St Chalet said: Anyone feeling charitable? Ok, I am because I actually feel a little sorry for him It was a very bad appointment but hardly 1 he was ever going to turn down. Especially seeing as he appeared to be incredibly competitive The fault overwhelmingly lies at RAs door. However, I’m glad he’s gone and I hope we can stop abusing him now. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhari Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 (edited) Where's the timbleweed when you need it? Edited 12 February, 2023 by Suhari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 If he wants to redeem himself, he could always take over at Portsmouth 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeBizzier69 Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 45 minutes ago, St Chalet said: Anyone feeling charitable? On a personal level as a guy who’s tried his best and has to live with not being up to this level of football….no doubt the ultimate ambition for any manager….yes I feel for the bloke. An odd character yes, said and done some very weird stuff, but doesn’t deserve the personal abuse. Still think he’s largely responsible for our position, and time was up. Doesn’t stop me feeling a tad sorry for him. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvictaSaint Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 Fuck off. With the greatest respect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 1 minute ago, LeBizzier69 said: On a personal level as a guy who’s tried his best and has to live with not being up to this level of football….no doubt the ultimate ambition for any manager….yes I feel for the bloke. An odd character yes, said and done some very weird stuff, but doesn’t deserve the personal abuse. Still think he’s largely responsible for our position, and time was up. Doesn’t stop me feeling a tad sorry for him. Do you think he even understands where he went wrong? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeBizzier69 Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 1 minute ago, Whitey Grandad said: Do you think he even understands where he went wrong? I doubt it. Just hope he learns from it. clearly I’m becoming more compassionate as I get older. Strange sensation! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 5 minutes ago, LeBizzier69 said: On a personal level as a guy who’s tried his best and has to live with not being up to this level of football….no doubt the ultimate ambition for any manager….yes I feel for the bloke. An odd character yes, said and done some very weird stuff, but doesn’t deserve the personal abuse. Still think he’s largely responsible for our position, and time was up. Doesn’t stop me feeling a tad sorry for him. Almost certainly he will be privately blaming the players. In his mind he isn't responsible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsland Red Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 If you don't know what you don't know, then you cannot do much about it. Lopetegui, Emery and Jones competing in the best league in the world - what chance did we have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 44 minutes ago, Turkish said: I for one am proud that we’ve had a European great manager and the fittest man who ever existed as part of our club. Agree , took us to a semi final, not many saints managers have done that, legend 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 8 minutes ago, LeBizzier69 said: On a personal level as a guy who’s tried his best and has to live with not being up to this level of football….no doubt the ultimate ambition for any manager….yes I feel for the bloke. An odd character yes, said and done some very weird stuff, but doesn’t deserve the personal abuse. Still think he’s largely responsible for our position, and time was up. Doesn’t stop me feeling a tad sorry for him. I agree, he will regret leaving Luton again, remember it was Saints who persuaded him to join us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31cc Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 " "We'll always have Goodison..." 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SotonianWill Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 thank you mr jones for informing me welsh girls aren't for successful european pedigree people 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunit Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 I'm feeling empathetic so here goes. He wasn't handed a premier league job on a platter like Lampard, Gerrard and other big names. He's grafted right from the bottom and earned his chance at the big time. Unfortunately for him (and us) it didn't work out. I also personally didn't mind his slightly mad interviews, at least he has a personality unlike the PR dream players and managers we have 99% of the time. So I hope he lands on his feet and gets another job in the championship. Nothing against the man, the fault was with our board for the risk. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 4 minutes ago, JRM said: I agree, he will regret leaving Luton again, remember it was Saints who persuaded him to join us He said that, but seriously who is going to reject the chance to manage in the PL when you're currently manager of Luton? No one. Big pay rise, big contract. I doubt there was much convincing that needed to happen, no matter what bluff he came out with. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Fastenbüttl Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 I'll give him this - I was quite struck by what is now his final interview. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64616084 If you can ignore the infuriatingly persistent use of "aggression" and the maddeningly meaningless "front-footed", AND the "God willing" at the end, what you see here is a terrified little bloke who at least has the balls to front up to the camera and clearly, if nothing else, is giving his all and really, really cares. His eyes right at the start, I admit, do pull my heart strings *a little*. I find it hard not to sympathise with what must have felt like the most monumental plight, to an extent. Plus, he's fundamentally right in this instance - we were good enough for long enough in the game to have won had we have been more ruthless in front of goal. In that respect, for an hour at least, Nathan had done his job. Obviously he ignores the terrible game management that ultimately contributed to the loss, and I'm clearly not buying the 'going down to 10 was bad for us' nonsense. And none of this changes the fact that I despise the bloke and that this has been a dark, dark chapter. But as God was clearly not willing, seeing fit to shat all over him on God's day, in the name of charity I shall grant him thus - he tried. Very, very hard. He gave his all to our club, though fell so far far short. And the players most definitely let him down, because a lot of them are very nearly as shit as Nathan is. I hope whatever you go onto next works out better for you, Nathan. I would perhaps not hold out for another Premier League offer. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 12 minutes ago, JRM said: I agree, he will regret leaving Luton again, remember it was Saints who persuaded him to join us I’m sure he will regret it all the way to the bank. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 He’s gone, wrong man wrong job but let’s at least let him leave with a bit of dignity. He did what he thought was right but it wasn’t and I hope he reflects on things. 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 15 minutes ago, S-Clarke said: He said that, but seriously who is going to reject the chance to manage in the PL when you're currently manager of Luton? No one. Big pay rise, big contract. I doubt there was much convincing that needed to happen, no matter what bluff he came out with. I'm not so sure after what happened at Stoke. He was onto a good thing at Kenilworth Rd, As things stand now Luton are more likely to be in the Premier League next season than Saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swannymere Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 I don't think he came here without anything except good intentions, it didn't work out and we move on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 10 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said: I’m sure he will regret it all the way to the bank. Of course he's done well financially but there's more to life than money Grandad 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintant Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 All I will say in his defence is you can't blame him for taking the job - you can and should blame Ankersen for offering it to him. He is more to blame in all this shambolic mess than Nathan Jones. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Billy Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 Thank you Nat for endorsing my belief that there is no god. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Kerplunk Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 I feel sorry for him because he should never have been given the job in the first place. By not assessing properly, the club put Jones through a shit period for him and us. They fucked up. They should own the mess. A point someone of high calibre if they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 1 hour ago, Whitey Grandad said: Anybody? Actually, we’ll always have that win over Man City. Weird thing is, we were genuinely brilliant in that game, in every position. It was one of our most deserved wins against one of the top teams in years. Something came together in that game and it’s a shame Jones couldn’t drag that out of the players under the pressure of the relegation battle as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 I don’t blame him one little bit! Anyone offered the job of managing a Premier League club would jump at the chance! The fault of him in the role, lies elsewhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 He gave us Bree and Bednarek back. Whoopee. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midfield_General Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 3 minutes ago, Jimmy_D said: Weird thing is, we were genuinely brilliant in that game, in every position. It was one of our most deserved wins against one of the top teams in years. Something came together in that game and it’s a shame Jones couldn’t drag that out of the players under the pressure of the relegation battle as well. That’s what I don’t get though. Why did he immediately change it again after that game? We were fantastic in that match and played one of the best teams in the world off the park. It felt like he’d actually found a system that worked so why on Earth not just stick with that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 Wish him all the best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint NL Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 I'm sure the sign writers are just adding the finishing touches to the Nathan Jones memorial picture. 2 months at Saints for boss who proves you don't need wins to be a winner, but he is a winner. Twat of the decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PercyR Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 1 hour ago, St Chalet said: Anyone feeling charitable? With the greatest of respect, no. Close the thread 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 I don't think he's a bad man, he just wasn't the right man for the club or the situation. This squad needed (and still needs in my opinion) a "name" to shape them up, the players have to shoulder lots of the blame as well under both Ralph and Jones. However, the football and results did get worse and there is no excuse after having a 4/5 week training session during the world cup. I hope Nathan finds the right club for him and does well elsewhere. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintant Posted 12 February, 2023 Share Posted 12 February, 2023 29 minutes ago, Midfield_General said: That’s what I don’t get though. Why did he immediately change it again after that game? We were fantastic in that match and played one of the best teams in the world off the park. It felt like he’d actually found a system that worked so why on Earth not just stick with that? I think taking the City game in isolation is too simplistic. Ok, we played very well and beat them on the night. However, every game in the Premier league presents different challenges because of how opponents set up. The great managers have the intelligence to work out how to deal with the nuances. Us setting up and trying to play like we did against City every week simply wouldn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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