A New Start

[lambtiss]

I'm not employed in the football profession and even more critically I have never even played FIFA or Football Manager which probably means that I have no valid opinion whatsoever. However, being more than a little miffed with this current outfit and having even bored myself of moaning about the status quo I decided to try and think positively of what we could do to improve matters (not difficult you would think). So, I decided to jot down a few ideas of WHAT could be done by the owners of this club (other than do passable impressions of camels with their heads buried in the sand).

"cunning" plan

1) Before we sign anyone ever again, we need to get rid of the people in charge of our signings which have been generally dogshit.

2) Employ a new director of football (not Wankersen) solely responsible for Southampton FC (not the other SR clubs). This person should have relevant high-level experience and success elsewhere.

3) The new DOF should then:

• employ a new recruitment team that unlike the current lot (who presumably won a raffle for their jobs) know what they are doing.
• decide who we need as manager for next season in the Championship, someone who ideally knows the Championship and the PL.
• decide what management structure we need to maximise success on the pitch rather than the success of the fan zone or the canteen as currently appears to be the case e.g. a set-piece coach who can improve our performance at these (very low bar).
• start to recruit individuals for that management structure and remove individuals who don't fit that structure.

4) In January, we need to try to sell/loan anyone who won't be required next season for promotion from the Championship.

5) The target for Juric for the rest of this season is to get this lazyass group as fit as possible physically and mentally, because they don't seem to be either at the moment. The minimum requirement should be to make it as difficult as possible for the opposition to beat us. Any player who can't do that should not be playing for us.

6) Hopefully, we can have a decent shout at recruiting the players in the summer that we need for AUTOMATIC promotion to the PL. 

Come on You Reds, a bit of pride that's all we want at the moment.

[ally_uk]

Director of football 

Tell Rasmus to fuck off to Turkey 

new Scouting throw money and poach sucessful scouts. 

Gut the squad sell the shit.....

loan back the shit..... 

Formation 4-4-2 keep it simple go back to basics become more resilient harder to beat. 

Bed in some youngsters such as AMO. 

Start targeting the best players in the championship now. But don't overlook experience!  We also want a transfer focus on hard bastards / tough tackling in midfield and defence I'm talking big strong units get some height and presence in the team. 

 

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 12:04 by ally_uk

[ErwinK1961]

29 minutes ago, lambtiss said:

I'm not employed in the football profession and even more critically I have never even played FIFA or Football Manager which probably means that I have no valid opinion whatsoever. However, being more than a little miffed with this current outfit and having even bored myself of moaning about the status quo I decided to try and think positively of what we could do to improve matters (not difficult you would think). So, I decided to jot down a few ideas of WHAT could be done by the owners of this club (other than do passable impressions of camels with their heads buried in the sand).

"cunning" plan

1) Before we sign anyone ever again, we need to get rid of the people in charge of our signings which have been generally dogshit.

2) Employ a new director of football (not Wankersen) solely responsible for Southampton FC (not the other SR clubs). This person should have relevant high-level experience and success elsewhere.

3) The new DOF should then:

• employ a new recruitment team that unlike the current lot (who presumably won a raffle for their jobs) know what they are doing.
• decide who we need as manager for next season in the Championship, someone who ideally knows the Championship and the PL.
• decide what management structure we need to maximise success on the pitch rather than the success of the fan zone or the canteen as currently appears to be the case e.g. a set-piece coach who can improve our performance at these (very low bar).
• start to recruit individuals for that management structure and remove individuals who don't fit that structure.

4) In January, we need to try to sell/loan anyone who won't be required next season for promotion from the Championship.

5) The target for Juric for the rest of this season is to get this lazyass group as fit as possible physically and mentally, because they don't seem to be either at the moment. The minimum requirement should be to make it as difficult as possible for the opposition to beat us. Any player who can't do that should not be playing for us.

6) Hopefully, we can have a decent shout at recruiting the players in the summer that we need for AUTOMATIC promotion to the PL. 

Come on You Reds, a bit of pride that's all we want at the moment.

You missed the part about stadium expansion.

[Marsdinho]

2 minutes ago, ErwinK1961 said:

You missed the part about stadium expansion.

and radio station

[Turkish]

We wont have much money to spend in the summer so unlike last time we went down dont want it spunked on one for the future who might be good in 3 years and an injured striker

In less than 10 years trying to be clever has seen us go from a team 3 points off qualifying for the champions league to one that's been relegated twice bottom of the league by some distance with a good chance of being the worst ever team to be in top flight whilst wasting 100s of millions in the process. It started with Kruger and Reed, then Semmens now SR have the baton of incompetence. 

You'd struggle to find a worse run club than ours in Europe let along England. If the clowns running this club dont take notice and learn from past mistakes god help us. You are not geniuses reinventing the game, breaking things that didn't need breaking, you're criminally incompetent. 

Edited yesterday at 12:27 by Turkish

[saintant]

47 minutes ago, lambtiss said:

I'm not employed in the football profession and even more critically I have never even played FIFA or Football Manager which probably means that I have no valid opinion whatsoever. However, being more than a little miffed with this current outfit and having even bored myself of moaning about the status quo I decided to try and think positively of what we could do to improve matters (not difficult you would think). So, I decided to jot down a few ideas of WHAT could be done by the owners of this club (other than do passable impressions of camels with their heads buried in the sand).

"cunning" plan

1) Before we sign anyone ever again, we need to get rid of the people in charge of our signings which have been generally dogshit.

2) Employ a new director of football (not Wankersen) solely responsible for Southampton FC (not the other SR clubs). This person should have relevant high-level experience and success elsewhere.

3) The new DOF should then:

• employ a new recruitment team that unlike the current lot (who presumably won a raffle for their jobs) know what they are doing.
• decide who we need as manager for next season in the Championship, someone who ideally knows the Championship and the PL.
• decide what management structure we need to maximise success on the pitch rather than the success of the fan zone or the canteen as currently appears to be the case e.g. a set-piece coach who can improve our performance at these (very low bar).
• start to recruit individuals for that management structure and remove individuals who don't fit that structure.

4) In January, we need to try to sell/loan anyone who won't be required next season for promotion from the Championship.

5) The target for Juric for the rest of this season is to get this lazyass group as fit as possible physically and mentally, because they don't seem to be either at the moment. The minimum requirement should be to make it as difficult as possible for the opposition to beat us. Any player who can't do that should not be playing for us.

6) Hopefully, we can have a decent shout at recruiting the players in the summer that we need for AUTOMATIC promotion to the PL. 

Come on You Reds, a bit of pride that's all we want at the moment.

Agree with all this and have voiced similar opinions myself. Unfortunately none of the above is likely to happen unless Dragan takes more of a role and seeks advice outside of SR - he must have many respected contacts in the world of elite football and should be speaking with some of them with a view to sorting out this incredible mess which will only get worse unless he acts.

[Miltonaggro]

47 minutes ago, Turkish said:

We wont have much money to spend in the summer so unlike last time we went down dont want it spunked on one for the future who might be good in 3 years and an injured striker

In less than 10 years trying to be clever has seen us go from a team 3 points off qualifying for the champions league to one that's been relegated twice bottom of the league by some distance with a good chance of being the worst ever team to be in top flight whilst wasting 100s of millions in the process. It started with Kruger and Reed, then Semmens now SR have the baton of incompetence. 

You'd struggle to find a worse run club than ours in Europe let along England. If the clowns running this club dont take notice and learn from past mistakes god help us. You are not geniuses reinventing the game, breaking things that didn't need breaking, you're criminally incompetent. 

QED!

[Saint86]

I think a lot of this has been said to death recently pretty much - obvious to almost the entire fanbase but not the people running the club? (possibly because it means losing their jobs?).

The only think i would say about dismantling the squad this January ready for next year, is that i really do think we need to avoid setting a new record low points tally. Officially being the worst prem side of all time is going to be a fairly big monkey to shift over the summer ready for August.

[Osvaldorama]

My advice for SR:

Sell the club to someone that has loads of money and isn’t as thick as two short planks   

[stevematthews635]

Sorry, I could not get past the post title as it made me think if Arrested Development and Tobias with his new license plate.....

ANUS TART

[Dman]

2 hours ago, ally_uk said:

Director of football 

Tell Rasmus to fuck off to Turkey 

new Scouting throw money and poach sucessful scouts. 

Gut the squad sell the shit.....

loan back the shit..... 

Formation 4-4-2 keep it simple go back to basics become more resilient harder to beat. 

Bed in some youngsters such as AMO. 

Start targeting the best players in the championship now. But don't overlook experience!  We also want a transfer focus on hard bastards / tough tackling in midfield and defence I'm talking big strong units get some height and presence in the team. 

 

 

 

 

Sounds like you should be in the running for the job with your incredible insight 

[Doctoroncall]

What teams like Luton and Ipswich have shown in promotion from the championship, leadership and organisation on the pitch can get you the same as splashing the cash. 
 

we’ve missed having that on the pitch for a number of years. 
 

promotion next season will be tough, a number of teams will be competing for automatic places. 

[ally_uk]

2 hours ago, Dman said:

Sounds like you should be in the running for the job with your incredible insight 

If I was in charge players wouldn't be having days out to go on jollies... I'd have them doing laps 🤣

[woodsaint1]

1 hour ago, Doctoroncall said:

What teams like Luton and Ipswich have shown in promotion from the championship, leadership and organisation on the pitch can get you the same as splashing the cash. 
 

we’ve missed having that on the pitch for a number of years. 
 

promotion next season will be tough, a number of teams will be competing for automatic places. 

Especially when you look at where one of your said clubs Luton are currently sitting in the Championship. It can happen if we're not careful