Yeah I've no huge issue with him getting the job, just very weird timing and unnecessarily heaps the pressure on today's match when we could have given him another week. Hopefully we win today to take the edge off the nerves.
Blinded by hatred? How can you say there is no 'whiff of a plan', when they have given the job to the person brought in to eventually succeed Will Still. You may not like the plan, but it appears to me that Spors has followed the one he set out in summer to the letter.
True, but hopefully they thought Still would last more than 5 minutes so their succession planning is happening a couple of years earlier than expected and I'd imagine they pictured TE having more experience by the time he was due to take over... It's definitely a gamble based on that, but so is any manager appointment really so I'm happy to give him a go. He's had a good start, let's see how he continues.
I get that VAR is ****, and I certainly understand losing every week is boring, but it wasn't totally rubbish apart from the SR years
An experienced coach could get us promoted, Tonda won't. I noticed you picked Juric, Pellegrino and Redknapp rather than Koeman, Adkins or Poch. Either way SR have gone one better than appointing a manager with no experience of the league we're in to appointing a manager who's never managed before full stop. Inspiring stuff
Not saying it hasn't happened years early as Still was void of personality. But it is still a clear plan. The SR hate crew have completely lost sight of reality though. Tonda has an 80% win rate from 5 games. Anything close to that for the rest of the season and we go up.
Not having a pop but really hoping I can bump this at end of April. I just think, based on nothing, this guy has something maybe an inner steel. Guess we will know either way in the New Year
Or who is going to come in without any back room team of note and get 15 points from 18, scoring three goals a game.
People voted that we should only bring Tonda in if we go unbeaten for 12 games in the busiest period of the season. They exist on another ****ing planet!
Love what Tonda has brought in. Sure, it's not always been great but that's football. But he's getting the best out of our attacking players which Still, er, wasn't to put it mildly. He'll certainly get plenty of time from the fans because he's made St Mary's a fun place to watch football again. I did think the timing of the appointment last night was slightly odd but I wasn't concerned by it. He's changed the minds of lots of fans (including mine) about his suitability for the role. Also THB is back to his best - he's suddenly become a key player with his defending and his passes out from the back.
If I am honest, I think Still would have taken a season to settle the ship. I believe he would be a better prospect after a second season. However, I have to say Tonda has got us winning, playing better football, rejuvenated our players and pushing us towards the play offs. It is fun to watch football again. Just amazed that there are still people complaining about this !
Most impressive thing for me is how he's getting the best out of all our proven quality players who were underperforming early on. Fellows, Azaz, Downes, THB, even Armstrong to a lesser extent all look completely different players.
I so hope this works. I think this guy could be a top manager. I thought Azaz was joke buy of the year. Yet this guy has got him playing. Others have soared too. So pleased? Yes. My only concern is his lack of experience if things go belly up. He’ll need support and the current rag-tag lot at the top won’t offer that. As for the timing, maybe Liverpool were looking at him! Certainly one of the better manager appointments we’ve made.
