Ruben Selles

[Thereisonlyonemickychannon]

On 26/10/2024 at 19:37, Lord Duckhunter said:

Exactly. 
 

It’s laughable. He followed Jones (who also has a better record than Martin), had no pre season and a demoralised squad, as opposed to Lego who had a preseason and a club used to winning. Seems like a decent ent bloke handed a hospital pass, as opposed to an arrogant cock who acts like he’s nothing to learn at this level. 

I agree. Hull City have taken him on as manager. He is definately a good manager now. Good luck to him. I liked him. I wish him well, especially when Saints play his Hull City next season if the cocky deluded sod of ours is still manager.

[Thereisonlyonemickychannon]

On 05/12/2024 at 15:21, badgerx16 said:

About to move from Reading to Hull.

He deserves it. He has improved massively, unlike our toss pot tippy tappy shite of a manager

[steve green]

Good luck to him, he'll need it as Hull are a basket case. Mind you so have been Reading and he's done well there with no money.

 

Just found out wouldn't take his own salary just before xmas last year so office and backroom staff could be paid, seems like a decent man.

[S-Clarke]

31 minutes ago, steve green said:

Good luck to him, he'll need it as Hull are a basket case. Mind you so have been Reading and he's done well there with no money.

 

Just found out wouldn't take his own salary just before xmas last year so office and backroom staff could be paid, seems like a decent man.

He's a decent guy, very honourable. If you remember the Chelsea game (when we won away 1-0), he won performance of the week - but he didn't stand there and accept it, he put all of the staff at Staplewood in the camera.

The issue with Ruben was that he was thrown to the lions too early in respect of a PL manager, we did get somewhat better under him than we were under Jones - but that wasn't hard and it was too far gone at that point really.

[Thereisonlyonemickychannon]

He is a good boy. With talent. Not like Martin who is a deluded knob

[Ralph Fastenbüttl]

My problem with Selles at the time was his unwillingness to deviate from Plan A, which was the very same plan that had failed for Ralph. Interestingly, this exact same inflexibility was a problem for him early doors at Reading, and it wasn't until, like, three months in, that he finally abandoned Ralph's 4-2-2-2 and tried something new. And in the process he completely reversed the club's fortunes and has emerged at the other end of it all as a really loved manager over there.

It was always clear he was a very decent and principled chap. I'd love it if he continued to grow and became a top manager. I never thought I'd say this, but I'd have to say I'd welcome him back right now to be honest!

[Thereisonlyonemickychannon]

1 hour ago, Ralph Fastenbüttl said:

My problem with Selles at the time was his unwillingness to deviate from Plan A, which was the very same plan that had failed for Ralph. Interestingly, this exact same inflexibility was a problem for him early doors at Reading, and it wasn't until, like, three months in, that he finally abandoned Ralph's 4-2-2-2 and tried something new. And in the process he completely reversed the club's fortunes and has emerged at the other end of it all as a really loved manager over there.

It was always clear he was a very decent and principled chap. I'd love it if he continued to grow and became a top manager. I never thought I'd say this, but I'd have to say I'd welcome him back right now to be honest!

Me too! He learns. He progresses. Martin does not learn at all.