| Brendan Rodgers to be new manager???? 06:48 - May 3 with 5191 views | PatfromPoole |
Couple of potential pointers to this being a goer….
1. Rumoured to have been flying in to Southampton yesterday.
2. Idiot Richard Keys did an article this week saying that he saw Rodgers’ next move as being at a club like Southampton. Keys is the sort of gobshite who if he had any inside knowledge just simply would not be able to keep it to himself.
It sort of stacks for me. I can imagine Sport Republic are panicking about fan reactions to our relegation, and are potentially trying to get in early by recruiting a “name” manager to lead our promotion campaign next season.
Just hope he wouldn’t want to sign Vestergaard or Bertrand though…… |  |
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| Brendan Rodgers to be new manager???? on 15:30 - May 3 with 1089 views | Springhill_old_boy |
But he is a wonderful human being |  | | |
| Brendan Rodgers to be new manager???? on 15:33 - May 3 with 1088 views | SFC_Referee |
| Brendan Rodgers to be new manager???? on 14:26 - May 3 by Butty101 |
Nick was comparing the Potter/Ralph years. Over that time we have posted a big loss Brighton have posted a profit. Thats a fact - even if you factor out the winter window when have spent more than them.
What big stars have we sold in the last 5 years? Ings went for good money but there isnt much else. So that dosent hold true either.
This is a premiership table of points acquired in 2022. All bar one game under Ralph. We sit comfortably at the bottom of all the teams that have played the full year with a goal difference of -32. Ralph would have taken us down this year.
17 Southampton FC 36 8 7 21 38:70 -32 31
18 Fulham FC 17 7 4 6 29:27 2 25
19 Burnley FC 22 6 6 10 19:29 -10 24
20 AFC Bournemouth 17 4 4 9 18:36 -18 16
21 Nottingham Forest 16 3 4 9 11:33 -22 13
22 Norwich City 19 3 3 13 15:42 -27 12
23 Watford FC 21 2 4 15 12:42 -30 10 |
Well it wasn’t just Ings now was it, as we also lost Vestergaard (who actually started playing alright just before he left, hence why we made soo much from him), Romeu (as after he left we had no holding midfielders with any experience), Hojberg (as after he left, we were always desperate in the centre of midfield when one of Prowse or Romeu couldn’t play), Broja (who I personally didn’t rate too brightly, but is still miles better than anyone we’ve currently got), as well as many bench players we had, who certainly weren’t the best, but at the same time we’re much better than many that we’ve currently got sitting on the bench (aka Reed, Target, Cedric etc…).
And you say that Ings went for good money, yeah, but what happened to that money? As when your loosing such a key player, you need to buy a reliable replacement, which we didn’t do, and even then we’d probably of managed to keep hold of him in the first place if the club actually showed any signs of ambition.
And your going on about points acquired in 2022, but that’s not how the season works, as the seasons split into two years, not simply over just a year, and for how we started this season last year, yeah it wasn’t the best and really we’d hoped for better, but seeing how his average total would mean that our game against Forest on Monday, as well as the last few other games, we’d actually have something to play for. Whilst when we ended last season, yeah we weren’t the best, but at the same time didn’t really have anything to play for seeing how we were practically safe by just January alone. As the only points tally that mattered was the one he had when he left, which would be keeping us in the battle to stay up right now!
As the mess we’re currently in, Ralph wasn’t the perfect solution for, no, but he certainly wasn’t to blame for it either, and as much as he wouldn’t have been the perfect solution, he’d of still ended up much better than anyone who we’ve brought in since has. And even then, this seasons down to how poor our squad quality is, not who was in that technical area [Post edited 3 May 2023 15:35]
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| Brendan Rodgers to be new manager???? on 16:16 - May 3 with 1049 views | Mrangry25 |
| Brendan Rodgers to be new manager???? on 09:06 - May 3 by PatfromPoole |
The chap at West Brom performed miracles at Huddersfield last year, and worked under Bielsa at Leeds.
Definite pedigree in the Championship.
We could do worse….. |
We could do worse if we keep this dopey idiot in charge, and in the back room staff. He should be shown the exit door and a p45 in his pocket. |  |
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| Brendan Rodgers to be new manager???? on 16:32 - May 3 with 1038 views | DorsetIan |
| Brendan Rodgers to be new manager???? on 13:47 - May 3 by SFC_Referee |
We didn’t regress due to Ralph, but we did it due to Gao. As it was our lack of funds which meant that we could never keep hold of our best players, and whenever they did leave we’d simply replace them with a much worse player, with no where near the same levels of quality.
And sorry but you talk about funds , but since Ralph took over to when he left, we’d have a net spend of £140m (with most of it coming in the last summer alone), so for what’s just under 5 years we had an average net spend of like £28m a season. Which is the lowest out of all the teams that have been in the prem consistently for the last 5 years.
As Ralph’s just got the hard of end of it, but how poor we’ve done since he’s left has only gone to show just how poor our squad is, and how it didn’t really matter who was in charge as we just weren’t good enough anymore to stay up. And that at the end of the day has very little to do with the manager, but rather the owners and players they give that manager to use.
But still we’d of certainly of done better than what we have if we’d kept him, as like what West Ham and Forest have shown, keeping the same manager even when the times are tough, isn’t always the worst call, irrelevant of what a few fans that expect Europe every season, expect.
As how anyone can still blame Ralph for the mess we’re in is ridiculous, as we were 18th, just a point from safety and 3 points from 12th. Which certainly ain’t that bad seeing how we’ve earnt the same amount of points since then, but with an extra 6 games on top! As if we’d kept to Ralph’s average, then we’d currently be on 30 points which certainly isn’t us looking certain for relegation like we currently are |
Gao/Ralph are one.
Gao didn't provide the funds but Ralph couldn't decide how he wanted to play with the hand he was dealt Constantly tinkering with his team selections. Hopeless at substitutions.
He absolutely failed to build a team that could make even small advances year on year. Better managers have fashioned winning teams out of players bought for a bargain.
Selles is just Ralph-lite sticking to the 'playbook' which has only failed for the last few seasons. | |
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| Brendan Rodgers to be new manager???? on 17:25 - May 3 with 985 views | Ron11 |
| Brendan Rodgers to be new manager???? on 13:47 - May 3 by SFC_Referee |
We didn’t regress due to Ralph, but we did it due to Gao. As it was our lack of funds which meant that we could never keep hold of our best players, and whenever they did leave we’d simply replace them with a much worse player, with no where near the same levels of quality.
And sorry but you talk about funds , but since Ralph took over to when he left, we’d have a net spend of £140m (with most of it coming in the last summer alone), so for what’s just under 5 years we had an average net spend of like £28m a season. Which is the lowest out of all the teams that have been in the prem consistently for the last 5 years.
As Ralph’s just got the hard of end of it, but how poor we’ve done since he’s left has only gone to show just how poor our squad is, and how it didn’t really matter who was in charge as we just weren’t good enough anymore to stay up. And that at the end of the day has very little to do with the manager, but rather the owners and players they give that manager to use.
But still we’d of certainly of done better than what we have if we’d kept him, as like what West Ham and Forest have shown, keeping the same manager even when the times are tough, isn’t always the worst call, irrelevant of what a few fans that expect Europe every season, expect.
As how anyone can still blame Ralph for the mess we’re in is ridiculous, as we were 18th, just a point from safety and 3 points from 12th. Which certainly ain’t that bad seeing how we’ve earnt the same amount of points since then, but with an extra 6 games on top! As if we’d kept to Ralph’s average, then we’d currently be on 30 points which certainly isn’t us looking certain for relegation like we currently are |
It is not a poor squad, apart from maybe the goalkeepers.
Any side that can go three up at Arsenal is not a poor squad.
The fact that they then threw away two points is down to the changes to players and tactics made by the manager, and this has happened many times this season not just by Selles but by the other two clowns also.
A comment made elsewhere on here suggested that if Allardyce had been brought in instead of Jones we would be safe by now. I can well believe that.
And now we Antii Niemi speaking in the local press about how wonderful a coach Jones was and still is.
Look at Luton now, playing much better football since he left and third from top in the Championship and looking likely to pass us going down on their way up. And look at the disaster he produced at Stoke.
Don't blame the squad all the time. This side was good enough to stay up, the idiots in charge just failed to bring in the right man for the job. | | | |
| Brendan Rodgers to be new manager???? on 19:21 - May 3 with 905 views | Springhill_old_boy |
But he is a wonderful human being 
As my fellow Celtic fans would say however , he is a rat after sneaking away 
Good manager but its all about project Brendan ..
Look unfortunately what is done is done, Ralph should have been let go at the start of the season, the Jones appointment was a disaster both on and off the field. Seles .. well he is doing better than Super Franky at the bridge (who are lucky that Tuchel got them the 10 points at the start of the season otherwise it would really be squeaky bum time  )
The whole club seems to have lost its identity , you look at the team now and you cant understand what type of game strategy is being used , if its a high press then they have to press as a unit , if its long ball then why is the big fella not being played as a target man to hold the ball up ? How many left wingers have Saints got nowadays ? Has anyone ever taught Maitland Niles how to actually cross a ball ?
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| Brendan Rodgers to be new manager???? on 22:18 - May 3 with 801 views | SFC_Referee |
| Brendan Rodgers to be new manager???? on 17:25 - May 3 by Ron11 |
It is not a poor squad, apart from maybe the goalkeepers.
Any side that can go three up at Arsenal is not a poor squad.
The fact that they then threw away two points is down to the changes to players and tactics made by the manager, and this has happened many times this season not just by Selles but by the other two clowns also.
A comment made elsewhere on here suggested that if Allardyce had been brought in instead of Jones we would be safe by now. I can well believe that.
And now we Antii Niemi speaking in the local press about how wonderful a coach Jones was and still is.
Look at Luton now, playing much better football since he left and third from top in the Championship and looking likely to pass us going down on their way up. And look at the disaster he produced at Stoke.
Don't blame the squad all the time. This side was good enough to stay up, the idiots in charge just failed to bring in the right man for the job. |
But us going 3 up against arsenal was mainly down to the mistakes their lot made, as that’s the only reason we got the first and 3rd goal, and for once we took advantage of and actually scored.
As you vent seriously be saying that a team with, like 4 decent premier league quality players and maybe 3/4 iffy ones, but all the rest are championship or worse, is a good enough one to stay in the prem? As if you look at any other team out there (maybe with the exception of Bournemouth) I think they’ve all got more prem quality players than that.
And yeah I do agree that tactics have very much played a part and did cost us against Arsenal, yeah definitely. But arsenal wasn’t the only game we’ve not won this season, and many of the other ones have been more down to how poor our players and squad is, and games we were always gonna loose irrelevant of whoever was in charge.
As yeah some of the board members are very much to blame, which does include for getting in the wrong managers, but it also includes getting in the wrong players as well as past board members for getting in practically nobody with the lack of funds we had.
As sorry but this squad is no where near good enough to stay up in the prem, and that’s the exact reason as to why soo many saints fans aren’t soo bothered about us going down as we all know that we’re just not good enough and that unlike others being related, ours had nothing to do with luck, injuries, VAR or who was in that technical area | |
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| Brendan Rodgers to be new manager???? on 09:58 - May 4 with 639 views | dwayne_dibley |
| Brendan Rodgers to be new manager???? on 15:20 - May 3 by Berber |
He built very good footballing sides at Swansea, Liverpool and Leicester. In terms of football quality, Leicester have looked streets ahead of us quality wise. But very few managers, and probably none without large resources will be able to carry on at the level required for PL success. I would welcome him here, knowing that he’d get poached if we were anything like successful. I’m pretty sure he’d get us back into the PL forst time.
As a personality, I’d rather hold discourse with a dog turd though. |
the RSPCA will be in touch about your demeaning of canine digestive processes |  |
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