Ivan Juric - Official: Leaves Club

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

34 minutes ago, madge said:

I liked juric for his honesty and that he wasn’t prepared to take any shit from what appears to be a mentally weak squad of players who were disappointed to see Martin leave. He  had no hope really as the squad had completely gone. Juric tried different things, some were odd but I suppose he tried a different formula. His career won’t be defined by the shit show at saints. He seemed a decent bloke and wish him luck. Sports republic though have destroyed this club. Alex crook completely nailed it when he said Rasmus Ankerson had broken SFC, Ankerson should be absolutely destroyed by our fan base if he ever attends a game here again. 

I think that Sports Republic have acted in good faith. They have certainly spend the money. I think that they have been very badly advised.

[Galway saint]

It doesn't matter who we appoint as manager in the PL as until we sign some ( a lot) decent players the story will be the same. We have a really poor squad. We don't need to spend hundreds of  million but next time round (if there is a next time) we have to spend  money on several proven PL players who can hit the ground running. 

The gap is also now so wide the promoted teams are uncompetitive - can anyone really see Burnley, Sheffield United and Leeds staying up next year ?

It's been the most dull year of PL football I can remember. No title race and the relegation spots effectively confirmed months ago. 

[Tommy Mulgrew]

Despite his sometimes strange selection and substitution decisions, Juric was IMO spot on in his post-match assessments, his appreciation of the fans who attended the matches and were vocal in support of effort from the players, his insistence that the players applauded the fans and his criticisms of past decisions by the club, specifically those connected with recruitment, which gave us, as he emphasised, an unbalanced squad that lacked the physicality to compete in the EPL.  I just hope that he bemoaned the crap that he found here and the reasons why that came about in his internal discussions with DS and others at the club.  I am disappointed that he did not do better but not really surprised that it ended as it did.

Two more points and the world will be a better place.

[Lighthouse]

Saints are now on their third manager since Leicester last scored at home. Not won, scored.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

One track mind manager brought into replace one track mind manager, by one track mind recruiters who think they are smarter than everyone else, and can bring success on the cheap. Again.

Hopefully, with the back of this one Spors will be able to tell Solak that, while having some innovative ideas isn't in itself terrible, it shouldn't be at the expense of being remotely competitive. 

That's assuming they do want to be a PL team, and not just farm youngsters and left field players to bigger clubs, with promotion and immediate relegation seen as a windfall every now and again.

I'd like to see us get someone in who has had some experience with success. That means they are going to challenge SR, which is as it should be. SR have to decide what it is they want to be. Another up and coming manager for an up and coming team just increases the chances of yet another repeat. Hopefully, they are looking for someone with experience to get us where we want to go, not someone who simply dreams of what it will feel like.

 

 

 

[woodsaint1]

I dont feel sorry for him at all....he was fucking dreadful.

Yes he inherited a terrible team, but he talked up how he had been analysing us for months and also prided himself on being defensive astute.

He then proceeded to

1. Play James Bree or Joe Aribo as a CB

2. Start some games with 4 full backs

3. Play most games with 7/8 defensive players

4. Start some games with no recognised striker

5. Employ some mental man marking system which hasnt be seen since the early 90s.

All in all he delivered 4 points from 42 and is the worst PL manager to have coached 10+ games in the league. We conceded 38 goals in that run (nearly 3 per game) and the players looked like they didnt know what they were supposed to do (they deserve alot of the criticism too).

I definitely wasnt expecting him to keep us up, but I was expecting him to make us more defensively sound and organised in the hope that we could win a few games and delay the inevitable until at least the last few games. Somehow he took us backwards which is some achievement.