Match Day Thread Saints v Fulham Saturday 13th May 3pm

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st_brendy said:
The two things aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. Wilcox could transpire to be a bad appointment, whilst still being better than Rasmus.

And we didn't think we could get any worse than Jones. Then we discovered Selles.
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I don’t think Selles is worse than Jones tbf. At worst, he’s equally ****e.
 
Ian Thumwood said:
I do not feel that this relegation is anywhere as near as emotional as the last time. We have been woeful all season and my feeling is that we have got exactly what we deserved. Watching the match this afternoon was a very detached experienced. The ground seemed devoid of atmosphere and the players never seemed to believe that the result would be anything other than a home defeat.

There is nothing tragic or unlucky about what has happened this afternoon. The directors seemed to have convinced themselves that they knew how to take the club forward and full of confidence although they have proved to be inept and incapable of running a football club at this level. Three manager have been employed this season with Hassenutl being the pick of the bunch yet still in a position nearly six months after he had effectively been exhausted and void of ideas as to how to take the club forward. Nathan Jones' appointment squandered the opportunity to recover the season and oversaw a transfer window which saw a group of players who ultimately played little part in the season post-January. Coupled with that, the appointment of Selles seemed tacit recognition that we were doomed and cofirmation that the management of the club had lost the confidence of those within the inner workings of the team who actually knew something about football. I am not sure that I agree with Adam Blackmore's perception that this filtered down to the playing staff and , although I really struggle to understand arhhhh what arrhhh Jo Tessum is aghhhhhhhhhhhhhh trying to say in the co-commentary, the point he seemed to be stressing is that the squad had too many players who are not Premieship quality.

The best two players today were Bednarek and KWP. As for the others, there were too many passengers and a disjointed approach to coaching in the first half where the wingers sat too deep leaving Big Paul's role as somewhat pointless in the absence of crosses. I think we have had the best of JWP and am not convinced that he would interest a club like Villa. I cannot see JWP's absence of presence in open play appealing to Emery. If I an honest, we should have sold him two seasons ago. I cannot see him being worth more than £10-15 mill on his current form. I think he will end up at a lower / mid-table club like Everton, West Ham or Fulham. Many of his team mates seem to have no interest in the club and I am not convinced we will be able to offload as many as most people in here would wish for. As I said previously., about 75-80% of this bloated squad will not be here next season. I think it is going to be a shock to discover the level of football most of them will be playing in 2023/24 as I do not see that many finding new employers in the PL.

All in all, I am not too upset about being relegated as it is fully deserved. I just hope lessons have been learned and someone comes in over the summer to fix the damage that SR have done. I do not feel that the necessary re-building process can behind without a new broom coming in and totally sweeping out the club and beginning again.
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I don't know enough about the inner workings of the club to be able to agree or disagree with your conclusion. However, your analysis is depressingly spot-on.
 
Andersen has invested in the club , so they can’t just get rid of him can they ?

From the BBC

Southampton were taken over by Sport Republic in January 2022 and the company issued a statement on behalf of investors Dragan Solak, Rasmus Ankersen and Henrik Kraft after relegation was confirmed.
 
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