Watching SMS comings and goings, or just in Southampton and guessing?
Apparently Hughes has been offered job until end of season.
What stats and algorithims from the back box is coming up with the former manager reponsible for the demise of a club as shit as us
Iād be happy with Hughes till end of season. Itās the best we can do in our situation. If he keeps us up I might forgive him for being shit when he played for us.
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Looks more and more like itās gonna be Hughes thenā¦
It is Hughes I said earlier, he was at St Marys in talks, this was sewn up this afternoon and no one else was really considered.
Got sacked by Stoke for being shit and comes to us to save usā¦
Hopefully it is like is actual footballing career and after us he never manages again useless twat
Did agree with you on Pearson (Kahunas )but Iām worried about being seen as chummy with such hard-line rightwinger. Feel a bit dirty really.
Say what you like about Stoke but they were always well organised and gave 110% each week and adapted tactically.
In the modern era you can only work with what your DoF signs for you.
We have a squad. They just need organising and someone with tactical nous.
The mission is only to stay up.
Iāll take Hughes to end of season.
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A fucking pot plant could do a better job than Pellegrino.
Lets get behind the fuckers (and pray that Stoke and Palace keep losing).
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would it get Stones in to sure up defence?
Hughesā¦ FFS only in football do we reward failure. Even if he keeps us up it would be criminal to keep him post summerā¦ but nothing surprises me about saints these days
Anyone really think Hughes is the manager that will take the shackles off our players?
Iāll remind you all that Pellegrinoās teams seldom got turned over and our players seldom didnt play for their coach.
Anyone think that Hughes, his reputation on the line, for 8 games only, is going to do anything but play a structure that is defensively sounds and hope to nick a goal?
Iāll happily concede that perhaps the change itself might work some magic, but lining up like that is what has drained the confidence out of out squad and is why Iād be very disappointed with Hughes.
Iāll also concede that perhaps the board had no real choice.
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I recall when Strachan was sacked by Coventry in whatās now the championship. We then sacked Stuart Gray and appointed WGS. I was so fucking pissed off that weād appoint someone seemingly so shite. Luckily it turned out OK.
The thought of Hughes doesnāt inspire at all.
I just hope he can scrape enough wins and that next season we can find out what happened to the real black box and appoint someone thatāll excite the fans againā¦
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If (and itās a big if) this appointment is for the rest of the season only, then I will hold my nose and accept anyone if they would keep us up. What I cannot accept is appointing someone like Warnock, him keeping us up and then giving him a three year contract.
there is a massive difference between galvanising a squad for a couple of games and managing them effectively for a whole season
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Thereās not many top class managers whoād take the job right now with us waist deep in shit.
Hughes needs this. He keeps us up then heāll get the Allardyce/Pullis saviour rep and will redeem himself.
Heās pretty much the opposite of the fabled southampton way head coach so I canāt see how unless we win every game how weād keep him beyond this season.
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It feels like an unimagnitive step, but we need prem experience at this time. Thing is, our previous four appointments have been pretty imagnitive and they have been either really good (in which we become victims of the managers success by losing them, end up being bad) or just plain bad.
Perhaps an appointment of perceived (not mine though, I would be happy with MH) mediocrity is just the thing we need for the time being.
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