Southampton are (or at least, have been) one of the best run football clubs in England. Their recovery from a third-tier outfit, to the side which finished sixth in the Premier League under Ronald Koeman, was impressive.
Yesterday they sacked the manager who took over from Koeman a year ago, Claude Puel, after a season which saw them finish 8th in the league, and reach the League Cup final. It looks like a bonkers move, but Southampton have a made bonkers-looking moves work before.
In 2013 they sacked Nigel Adkins, who achieved two promotions at the club, to replace him with little-known Mauricio Pochettino, who had been sacked by Espanyol a year earlier. What’s worse, Pochettino couldn’t speak to language. I’ve no idea what happened to him.
When bold moves come off, they embolden you. Risk-aversion reduces until you become an irascible gambler and are caught with insufficient chips. Southampton look like they are closing the book on an era.
The man who replaced Adkins with Pochettino, Nicola Cortese, left the club in 2014, his replacement also left last month. They are looking for both a manager and a chief executive. Your guess is as good as mine who will appoint the former.
All of this takes place which the club is preparing for a sale to Chinese investors, doubtlessly with the potential buyers approval. If it was Cortese placing these chips, I would hold my criticisms, but this looks like nothing more than a ludicrous punt.
Southampton fans didn’t cover themselves in glory on this one either, chanting “You don’t know what you’re doing” at Puel as his side ran out of steam at the end of the season. Football is so dysfunctional.
This episode tells us lots about the managers’ market in England, but the most relevant point is that it is an increasingly unpredictable environment, which Brendan Rodgers knew when he pitched his tent in Glasgow a year ago.
If you want to build a great football team, the Celtic job is a rare place you may succeed.
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Macjay
‘Ambulance Chaser’
Seriously.
I hope the mods delete your bigoted post.
You should be ashamed,coming out with shit like that.
Those people were murdered imo
Call yourself a Christian?
If you had any self respect you would email P67 and request that your insensitive post be removed.
Nothing to do with politics , everything to do with human dignity..
How Now Brown Cow
SFTB
Keep the kids stupid, then they cant challenge the lies.
Same thing here.
Make sure our kids are priced out of education.
Like the 19th century Tory values revisited, Workhouse, prison, transportation.
We need an social uprising.
And watch these tories today try to blame the residents….check out words of council leader.
I hope those poor people get justice.
If they dont….watch what happens.
HH
Blame shifting going on right now in media.
Its fecking disgusting.
That Theresa May needs sectioned
HH
Tenants of Grenfell told that they would be evicted if they didnt stop complaining.
This is the reality.
Paddy,
Come and play in a team that play attacking football, free flowing with a manager who has a proven record in developing players at the highest level, in front of 60000 fanatics who adore you. And win lots of medals.
Or, join Huddersfield on loan. Cannon fodder, who will be relegated. They are way out of their depth. You might even sit on the bench as they play with 9 defenders.
It’s not even a choice.
The Green Man
That individual has plenty of previous. Was on here battering his anti-immigration(*) lambeg before the bodies were even cold at Borough Market.
Best ignored – difficult as that may be at times.
* (I think this only applies if you look a bit dusky and might be a muslim)
If Sevco say they are Rangers,same old Club,then why are they not paying back to there creditors
Word of The Day(It’s just a great word ….)
fulgurate /ˈfʌlɡjʊˌreɪt/
verb
1. to flash like lightning
2. Medicine/Medical. to destroy (especially an abnormal growth) byelectricity.
Derived Forms
fulgurant (ˈfʌlɡjʊrənt) adjective
Word Origin
C17: from Latin fulgurāre, from fulgur lightning
KTF
TIM MALONE WILL TELL
The Mods seem to be able to censor posts telling him to GTF though.
For the last three days ive beeen slating him….more than a few posts got deleted.
Its beyond a joke now.
HH
I see Theresa May gave the residents of Grenfell Tower a wide berth yesterday electing to speak only to the emergency services. How can a person who is so averse to the public be allowed to run the country? This is how dictators act.
TIMHORTON on 15TH JUNE 2017 11:39 PM
tontine tim
fernie did not leave to pay for the lights.and when do you think they were installed.
Surely it was the Luftwaffe who paid for the flood lights
Pogmathon
A despicable wretch of a woman, seriously warped.
She should be in court with the rest of her millionaire cabinet.
HH
Mac Jay
Despicable comment, the real tragedy is that people like Sophie are required to fight the corner of the “little people”. I suggest you direct some of your venom towards our esteemed PM Who did not have the guts to speak to the locals on her site visit.
You really should take a look at you self.
Spoke last night to three sisters from Saltcoats whose great-uncle provided the footage of Lisbon Lion Bobby Lennox’s wedding for the recent video we have all watched,but,apparently did not get a mention on the credits!
Now rectified on CQN… step forward Peter Riley!
Presently in Cavtat in Croatia (very nice indeed).. where is Hvrastki (spelling) when you need him!
TheTimReaper
Hopefully Paddy has had a chat with Sincy as he has been there to a certain extent and after many years of switching clubs he has found a home.
It may not work like that for Paddy and he may well get a good move, establish himself and thrive but that certainly wont happen at the likes of Huddersfield!
He knows what awaits him here and with him being so young, he can develop further under Brendan, gain another 3 or 4 years experience and get the chance to test himself in the champions league.
The move he perhaps wants would come as has happened with Virgil, Victor and Fraser and he would only be 23/24.
Hopefully he sees how things are for Moussa as well and he is as well advised!
My last hope is that he did not change his twitter# to 7 for nothing!
2nd last last hope is that Man City do not price us out the game.
COWIEBHOY on 16TH JUNE 2017 7:32 AM
‘Case settled out of court with a monetary award towards the Farmer’
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Could you clarify what you mean by ‘settled out of court’?
Because that doesn’t make a lot of sense in relation to a criminal prosecution.
COSY CORNER BHOY
Dober dan.
Hrvatski has been keeping an invisible profile for the last few days on here. I don’t need to explain why.
Never been to Cavtat but it looks lovely. It is 700km drive from Porec where I go. Just a bit too hot for me down at Dubrovnik in the summer but maybe in the spring/autumn. Hope you have a great time.
Sincy got about 50 games over 4 seasons from 2012 prior to joining us.
Averages about 12/13 a season.
Id say there were not too many great memories in that time.
Compare what he has just experienced in 1 year here.
You know it makes sense Paddy!
MACJAY 653
Canny hold world-weariness against you,mate. It’s getting us all like that.
And a good point re “SHOULD have nothing to fear”
I’ve been to Cavtat a beautiful coastal town. Home of Fr Jack
https://s13.postimg.org/sd5ytvo47/IMG_0029.jpg
Cosy Corner bhoy
Hail Hail to Peter Riley.Thanks.:-)
CCB
Is that the 5 min film showed at the dinner in lisbon?
I have been lookin for it?
Hope youv recovered from lisbon
HH
HRVATSKIJIM
Haw,did you just call my Dad a dober?!
Seriously,I dunno how it works that my parents are such sun-worshippers;my sisters and I dare not go out in it!
I get wabbit down here as soon as it hits about 70f…
Interesting and disgusting to note that the residents were Denied legal aid to pursue their campaign to improve the safety of the building.
‘There is no such thing as society ‘ said thatcher. Those who consider themselves her disciples will adhere to her scripture.
Me? I’ll detest and resist that mindset for as long as I have breath in me.
HH jamesgang
Good Morning Bhoys from an overcast Central Scotland.The worry about young Paddy is not the player himself but his agent he will be offered silly money to sign for an English club much more than Celtic can offer. His agent wont be advising him to come to Scotland you can bet your last pound on that. H.H.
POGMATHONYAHUN 945
PMSL…
Jamesgang
Its getting stage-managed by the tories and their lackeys in the media.
That KC tory council leader, what a fkn idiot.
Millionaires as per fkn usual trying to make life as hard as possible for working class and poor people.
Now they hide away.
If there is no justice pronto, there will be retribution.
London is very angry today.
Demo at 6pm tonight.
This inequality and tory criminality needs to be defeated by force.
And i believe it will be if nothing is done.
HH
I see the pennys begging to drop with some, re the resident troll….
Surprised it’s taken you so long.
Truly, best ignored….
F.A.O Cowiebhoy
I feel you pain m8 with regards to your dog situation……I really do hope your daughter exposes this to the press….get it out in the open as to what really happened….this WILL happen again with that farmer…cart blanche to do as he pleases this guy…..all the best with this ok…..
THUNDER ROAD on 16TH JUNE 2017 9:24 AM
At his age it’s about game time, he will know that. Even if we stretched to £8-9 million it would be a low risk investment. I would be amazed if he chose a Huddersfield type move over Celtic. As time moved on i have a feeling another 1 year loan may be a possibility.
Is this clown for real?
https://johnjamessite.com/2017/06/16/padlocks-at-john-james/
HRVATSKI JIM on 16TH JUNE 2017 9:32 AM
COSY CORNER BHOY
Dober dan.
*******
Is that another name for the mythical Green Hun?
Hi Bhoys
I haven’t read back yet but I just looked at the BBC website article predicting how Pedro’s team will line up next season. It’s no real FFS they have players listed in their team WHO DON’T EVEN PLAY FOR THEM!
Inspired by this HERE IS MY CELTIC TEAM FOR NEXT SEASON
Gordon
Lustig Jozo Boyata KT ( THE NEW KING AT CELTIC)
Armstrong Broonie
Forrest Griffiths Sinclair
Dembele
SUBS messi ronalaldo
Their desperation is comical. I nearly peed the couch.
KEEP THE FAITH
CQN Croatian language classes begin on Monday.
I’m sure for Celtic to get a decent run in the Champions League,then we need to add real quality into the team,I think Paddy wages and what Man City value him will be well out of our range,no doubt our scouts will have a dossier,ready for Brendan,and as someone mentioned earlier,why not try the American market,
HRVATSKIJIM
No offence intended,old bean-delighted you took the time to reply to my Dad.
Couldnae resist a comment on “dober”,though…
HH
There’s a petition here for an inquest into Grenfell Tower rather than a moody Tory public cover up sorry I mean enquiry..
https://www.change.org/p/uk-parliament-this-government-must-carry-out-an-inquest-into-the-grenfell-tragedy-not-a-public-inquiry