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Midfield_General

Midfield_General

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8 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Koeman would obviously be one of the most high calibre managers in the Championship 

He's managed Barcelona, Ajax, PSV and the Netherlands twice. 

I think it's fair to say he would be a bit more than 'one of the highest calibre managers' in the Championship.

Who's the competition, Chris Brunt?  

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Lee On Solent Saint

Lee On Solent Saint

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4 hours ago, Dman said:

Maybe not for you. He's done a brilliant job at Sheff Weds. 

Much more impressive than the Job Martin done with previous clubs. 

Not sure I would call it brilliant. Perhaps by their standards maybe. Am no Martin fan, but not sure Rohl has been that impressive either.

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Midfield_General

Midfield_General

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19 minutes ago, gurru991 said:

There is a lot of chatter about hiring Martin & it fills me with terror. I watched a lots of Southampton games with him in charge & think the Man is a disaster waiting to happen.

I personally feel that managers should be able to adapt the style of play to the players available.  Managers who can only play one way frighten me.

You mean you wouldn't want to have Conor Coady and Jannik Vestegaard as the fulcrum of a 50 man passing move starting in your own six yard area? 

I can hear Russell sneering from here, you heathen 

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bangkoksaint

bangkoksaint

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Koeman isn’t coming here and neither is Poch. I’d like a 12 incher but I know it’s never happening…….so I don’t bother mentioning it as it’s pointless 

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Lee On Solent Saint

Lee On Solent Saint

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25 minutes ago, gurru991 said:

There is a lot of chatter about hiring Martin & it fills me with terror. I watched a lots of Southampton games with him in charge & think the Man is a disaster waiting to happen.

I personally feel that managers should be able to adapt the style of play to the players available.  Managers who can only play one way frighten me.

The disaster already happened with us

Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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2 minutes ago, bangkoksaint said:

Koeman isn’t coming here and neither is Poch. I’d like a 12 incher but I know it’s never happening…….so I don’t bother mentioning it as it’s pointless 

Have you actually read any of these posts, or just seen the word ‘Koeman’ and decided to correct a point nobody was making?

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Convict Colony

Convict Colony

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45 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said:

I’m not sure I want Pep , he seems to have lost it , even his Mrs has left him .

Yeah he's gone from howard hughes inventing the spruce goose phase to sitting in a room and pissing in empty bottles.

Convict Colony

Convict Colony

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10 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Have you actually read any of these posts, or just seen the word ‘Koeman’ and decided to correct a point nobody was making?

Only in Saintweb world would Koeman leave his cushy national team job 1 year before a world cup to become southampton manager and test himself against oxford united.

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bangkoksaint

bangkoksaint

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17 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Have you actually read any of these posts, or just seen the word ‘Koeman’ and decided to correct a point nobody was making?

  1 hour ago,  VectisSaint said:

I'd take Koeman back or Poch

 

I’ve only gone back a few posts

benjii

benjii

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2 hours ago, gurru991 said:

Leicester have been a mess for a few years now ! Enzo Maresca papered over the cracks when he got us promoted but our whole structure needs revamping. Whether are owner is prepared to do the dirty work is another question.

By "dirty work" do you mean cheating, as usual?

pimpin4rizeal

pimpin4rizeal

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Think lampard could be decent . Plays 4231 has premiership experience .. been great at championship levels in two different occasions and always strikes me as someone who succeeded in his playing career by being smart and dedicated ..

Hayling Saint

Hayling Saint

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3 minutes ago, pimpin4rizeal said:

Think lampard could be decent . Plays 4231 has premiership experience .. been great at championship levels in two different occasions and always strikes me as someone who succeeded in his playing career by being smart and dedicated ..

Will he bring his Uncle with him?

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Midfield_General

Midfield_General

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Just now, Gloucester Saint said:

We’d reach our goal of 17th in the PL.

To be fair, relegation - promotion - relegation in the last 3 years does have the hallmarks of a yo-yo strategy 

He was right all along

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Midfield_General

Midfield_General

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44 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

Yeah he's gone from mark hughes inventing the spruce goose phase to sitting in a room and pissing in empty bottles.

Hughes kept us up to be fair, but I’m not sure Carlisle would let him go. And someone would have to have a word about the bottle pissing thing 

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beatlesaint

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15 minutes ago, bangkoksaint said:

Thanks for that. A good listen. Not sure I agree with Rickie with everything, especially over going into next season with AL and SR in charge if they do okay in the remaining 7 games.

Yeah but Lallana is his mate so he’s gonna nominate him all day long. It was interesting to hear him say that Lallana will be fully focused and know exactly what and who he wants. Team selection and tactics might be quite interesting in these last 7 games.

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Chez

Chez

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I'm struggling to get the Hull destruction at SMS out of my mind and thus hanker for Rosenior, but I guess that isn't going to happen and someone made a good point about him on another thread that he had a bloody good squad and failed to make the play offs.

Not sure I understand the desire to get Rohl, but the Wednesday fan I know said "keep your mitts off" and likes him a lot.

I'd take Gary O'Neal. There i've said it. I can't stand the thought of employing a narky little skate, but I thought he was a little unlucky at both Bournemouth and Wolves. 

to be honest I don't really know who would be a good fit, but what I do know is we will need a very strong personality that is able to change the mindset of the players on a short space of time.

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Chez

Chez

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7 minutes ago, Killers Knee said:

Neither Pep nor Jose could polish this turd.

I often wonder if these famed big time coaches could do it with a load of shit at their disposal.  The situation a manager comes into makes a huge difference.

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Wiggles31

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I would take Rohl. He plays a high press and that’s the way the club needs to go. He also greats a good atmosphere amongst the players. And the Wednesday fans love him. We need that vibe back at SMS. We haven’t had that since Ralph left. 
 

The only way to crack staying in the PL is to adopt an underdog approach aka Poch and Ralph in the early days. Look at Bournemouth and Brentford. 
 

And ffs invest in a centre forward, and a physically strong CDM. The squad needs an overhaul and we need powerful, athletic players. 

Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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8 minutes ago, Toussaint said:

Excellent listen. Blackmore on top form. 

Rickie is not wrong on Pep football being dire to watch and ending up not wanting to watch it. And the frustration at Onachu sat there under Martin and not utilised to change it up. Interesting that Cortese trying to enforce playing out from the back in the PL and the players rebelled against it as it wasn’t working, and although the results picked up, Adkins got sacked despite trying to implement what Cortese wanted.

Emphasising strength of characters back then and difference to now. Don’t agree with him that Rusk and Lallana will carry over but both will probably get roles next season at the club. 

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OneMrsWallace

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1 hour ago, bangkoksaint said:

Thanks for that. A good listen. Not sure I agree with Rickie with everything, especially over going into next season with AL and SR in charge if they do okay in the remaining 7 games.

It's possible. Anything is possible with SR. Maybe not appointing Sammy Saint but other than that. I just want a manager who seems to know you need players that score more goals than they let in. And then show them how to it. 

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Convict Colony

Convict Colony

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You've got to say in terms of his career trajectory Rohls has been trending upwards and passes the test in each new position.

The biggest question we should ask ourselves is are we shopping for an employed or unemployed manager.

Can't imagine Dragan is gonna cheapskate it.

Also regarding Lampard, recency bias, he needs to perform over a whole season.

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36 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Not sure I would call it brilliant. Perhaps by their standards maybe. Am no Martin fan, but not sure Rohl has been that impressive either.

Last season he was incredible for them and saved them from a very bleak situation. This season they've also done well, having splashed a massive £4.75 million on transfers and the club having constant off the field issues (including not being paid) and sit comfortably mid-table. I think he deserves a shot at a something a bit bigger. 

Badger

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Rohl seems to be the preferred candidate among the support, and I’d be pleased with him coming here for a return to some Ralphball.

But Saints don’t go for the ‘obvious’ so will probably fuck it up, conducting their search etc. I can’t believe they haven’t got a main target, they’ve had weeks to consider this. 

USaintA

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I'd like to see Wade Elliott given the job as I went to Barton Peveril College with him and I remember he used to wear some rather groovy trousers.

I'd say that more than meets Sports Republic's criteria.

Badger

Badger

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22 minutes ago, musesaint said:

Would not surprise me if it is Danny Rohl 

If he was the choice, why not bring him in now ?
 

I expect he’d leave Sheff Weds given all that’s gone on in recent weeks, and they’re out of contention for the play offs. We’re already down so it wouldn’t be on his record as having taken us down (if such things matter), and he could have a few weeks assessing the squad. 

Unless of course we’re looking to avoid the compensation dispute we had with Swansea. 

Give it to Ron

Give it to Ron

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I don’t think it’s worth bringing in Rohl now as this squad won’t win a game and 7 defeats won’t be a good start or any manager. 
Let Rusk and BBC Lallana for rest of season . May have to hold off those season ticket sales though?

Lighthouse

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1 minute ago, Badger said:

If he was the choice, why not bring him in now ?
 

I expect he’d leave Sheff Weds given all that’s gone on in recent weeks, and they’re out of contention for the play offs. We’re already down so it wouldn’t be on his record as having taken us down (if such things matter), and he could have a few weeks assessing the squad. 

Unless of course we’re looking to avoid the compensation dispute we had with Swansea. 

Why on earth would he come here now and be tainted with this absolute sh*t show that’s not of his making and he can do nothing to change. There’s no point ‘assessing the squad’ as a reasonable number of them won’t be around next season. Plus I hope recruitment is being conducted mostly above his head anyway. I’d like to think they have open and honest discussions about the attributes of players needed for his system and then a dedicated recruitment team goes out and finds them. Managers signing players they know and like leads to the utterly laughable situation of a PL club signing Nathan Wood.

madge

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I’d like to see Leo beanhaker get the job.. he’s about 90 but great experience and great name. 

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Cabrone

Cabrone

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Sean Dyche could get us up. I'm tired of philosophical managers, I want a wily down to earth pragmatist. Also if he got promotion we'd have a much better chance of staying up.

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Galway saint

Galway saint

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I'd be minded to look at Bazanu as manager with Edozie as his assistant. No one will buy those two so we may as well put them to use and it might be our best bet of keeping them away from the pitch. 

What a shambles of a season. You can blame all the managers we have had over the past few years but when you buy crap like the two above for £20 million + you are going to end up in the dumpster.

I thought this season would be tough after the Forest game but it's surpassed my worst expectations and by the end I felt nothing when we went down. 

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