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Ex-Manager Thread

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by ElliotMP, Mar 28, 2016.

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Who would you have as our next Manager

  1. Eddie Howe

    8.0%
  2. David Moyes

    3.3%
  3. Unai Emery

    45.1%
  4. Ryan Giggs

    1.9%
  5. Frank De Boer

    8.5%
  6. Steve Bruce

    2.3%
  7. André Villas-Boas

    22.1%
  8. Anyone that Uncle Les picks

    30.5%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. Lff

    Lff Well-Known Member

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    I thought it all sounded reasonable to be fair. He would have stayed to see out his contract, we wanted more and he didn't want to commit. Nothing too tricky about that.
     
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  2. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    And remember conversations are rarely he said/he said and finish. Discussions and arguments go round and round, then each person goes away and remembers it from their POV. All I would say is that we got compo and not Koeman, so I think he was the one pressing. Everton's offer may not have been the thing that changed Ron's mind, but was the thing that gave him options.
     
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  3. Beddy

    Beddy Plays the percentage

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    Oh dear Tobes........you had to go and spoil it didn't you? Never mind talk during the season no doubt when one or both teams may have something to brag about........
     
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  4. VVD

    VVD Well-Known Member

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    Just what was needed.
     
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  5. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    Well fats hasn't been so active whilst he's been away:rolleyes:
     
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  6. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    He would be if anyone was stupid enough to be up during his time window**. ;)

    ** points finger at self.
     
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  7. I Sorry I Ruined The Party

    I Sorry I Ruined The Party Well-Known Member

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    Exactly.

    Everton promised him the sun and stars which means we would have been unwise to match the offer. That's all we've ever really needed to know.
     
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  8. Osvaldorama

    Osvaldorama Well-Known Member

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    Hahahahahahaha. #meltdown
     
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  9. Si1453

    Si1453 New Member

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    Hi! This is my first post although I’m old enough to have seen a few tackles given by John McGrath! I’m intrigued, as most Saints fans seem to be on the Koeman situation. I feel now, an inevitability to his move. It is the easy option. If he is a success at Everton, spending all that money, he’ll be loved by Liverpudlians, as we did and guaranteed a bonus no doubt of say, 7 million. If he fails, maybe in a year or less, he’ll be sacked but will expect compensation of say, 7 million. The real challenge of a great manager would be to see Southampton into the Champions League, or win a Cup or even progress well in the Europa. A challenge an ambitious manger would embrace. A challenge that Koeman felt he couldn’t achieve. It is time to forget managers who frightened of achieving and find one that can.
     
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  10. Whiteley Saint

    Whiteley Saint Well-Known Member

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    Whiteley Saint Well-Known Member

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    I agree with this. He obviously thought he wasn't good enough to move us to the next level. With a new manager maybe we will do better than we did last year in Europe. It wasn't all Wanyama's fault :)
     
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  12. Le Tissier's Laces

    Le Tissier's Laces Well-Known Member

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    Welcome aboard Si!
     
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  13. Lovelocum

    Lovelocum Well-Known Member

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    what have I missed here?
     
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  14. Whiteley Saint

    Whiteley Saint Well-Known Member

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    RK did his first Everton interview and they asked him about leaving Saints. I think it was posted a few pages back but I haven't watched it.
     
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  15. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    Koeman said he wanted to stay, but Saints insisted he had to sign a new contract. So basically, we sacked him and get 5 million compensation for our trouble. And as he wanted to stay for his last season, going to Everton even with all that money as incentive wasn't his first choice....his plan was to stay here, then go elsewhere after that. He's managed to piss off 2 teams at once....quite an achievement....luckily for him, big club fans won't spot that he implied that.
     
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  16. Si1453

    Si1453 New Member

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    Thanks! It’s strange to be in an environment where Southampton FC isn’t just a novelty. I’m surrounded by the usual Man City/Utd, Liverpool, Spurs, Arsenal (even Everton) et al supporters. All of whom are amazed I actually attend games!
     
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  17. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    Closest I seen Adam Blackmore get to letting an emotional side get to his professional one. I know he felt, like we all did, that Koeman was the genuine article, and it probably annoys the hell out of him that Koeman turned out to be a fake.
     
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  18. SouthNorfolkSaint

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    Yes welcome to the board. If you are surrounded by Man City/ Man Utd Liverpool fans, you must be somewhere near London?:)
     
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  19. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    Indeed welcome. You're amongst Saints supporters almost exclusively here. Although we've known other supporters to come to this forum and stay for a while just because they like it here. We even interchange civil views with Portsmouth fans on occasion. Shame there isn't a contingent of Cherries fans on Not606. They are elsewhere on the Net and not for moving.
     
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  20. I Sorry I Ruined The Party

    I Sorry I Ruined The Party Well-Known Member

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    I seriously doubt that Everton fans feel like they were second choice or that they care.

    We were not Koeman's first choice when he signed here.
     
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