AUDIO: Ralph Krueger interview

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How annoying....was enjoying that, paused it and it won't restart. The interesting bit was how they arrived at the decision to sell Chambers...he was 2nd behind Clyne and the money raised enabled us to not only sign a couple of players, including Mane, but cover their 3 years wages, so making it a risk free decision. And he seems to think we have a simplified management system which enables us to make decisions faster than other PL clubs....interesting.
 
fran-MLs little camera said:
How annoying....was enjoying that, paused it and it won't restart. The interesting bit was how they arrived at the decision to sell Chambers...he was 2nd behind Clyne and the money raised enabled us to not only sign a couple of players, including Mane, but cover their 3 years wages, so making it a risk free decision. And he seems to think we have a simplified management system which enables us to make decisions faster than other PL clubs....interesting.
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Around about 40 minutes, Ralph starts talking about winning. He may be wordy, but by goodness does he know what that is all about. I totally get it.

Also, he shows a bit of the difference between Him and Nicola.
 
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Heard the rest by going over to Saintsweb....I knew DTLW would have put it over there as well. Excellent interview...gives an insight into the goings on behind the scenes. Glad to hear that the rumblings evident last year amongst the players has not been repeated this year...players appear to be more settled. I think we have to get used to the idea that things are not set in stone...transfers are judged case by case and the clubs position may change as it did with Chambers. The ambition the club is showing is breath taking...exciting times.
 
fran-MLs little camera said:
Heard the rest by going over to Saintsweb....I knew DTLW would have put it over there as well. Excellent interview...gives an insight into the goings on behind the scenes. Glad to hear that the rumblings evident last year amongst the players has not been repeated this year...players appear to be more settled. I think we have to get used to the idea that things are not set in stone...transfers are judged case by case and the clubs position may change as it did with Chambers. The ambition the club is showing is breath taking...exciting times.
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That was actually very interesting. I'm not going to give a transcript but the most interesting bit was when Ralph talked about postseason i.e. next week. They will sit down with Morgan and make the best decision for the club and for Morgan. So we'll see...
 
Gucci Mane said:
After last night I don't think I ever want to hear him speak again
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Were your there? Difficult to judge from you tube as audience reaction does not get picked up. Most of these players awards up and down the country have cringeworthy moments. We need to remember how important Ralph is to Kat and cut him some slack. He is doing some great work in USA raising our profile and fan base. His speech when the training centre opened was second to none and, as others have said, his leadership skills are excellent.
 
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That was actually very interesting. I'm not going to give a transcript but the most interesting bit was when Ralph talked about postseason i.e. next week. They will sit down with Morgan and make the best decision for the club and for Morgan. So we'll see...
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Yes, I thought the same and it leaves both outcomes acceptable really. Last year, Morgan's desire was not for consideration but this year we need to acknowledge how he buckled down and became a key member of the team (yet again).
 
It's one thing selling a fringe player to re-invest in the squad. It's another selling your best player to re-invest, but if he is not going to sign a new contract, then selling this summer will give the best return.

What I have come to like about Ralph is behind the extreme positivity he is not a dreamer(which you would stereotypically expect).
When he talks about the club he accepts the financial realities and our profile on the world stage.
It was fascinating hearing about his ambition for the club in North America. It wasn't just let's go and play some friendlies and see how many shirts we can shift. It was, what's our strength? Great coaching. So that's what we're going to bring across the Atlantic and I look forward to hearing how that will manifest itself. Whether that be the rumored tie in with Seattle or various academies.
 
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I like his honesty when asked what his greatest problem was at Saints and he answered, 'My accent.' It is true... almost impossible to take anyone with a North American accent seriously when talking about football. Very astute of him. And noticeable that the chap interviewing him was English, so NBC realise it as well.
 
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I like his honesty when asked what his greatest problem was at Saints and he answered, 'My accent.' It is true... almost impossible to take anyone with a North American accent seriously when talking about football. Very astute of him. And noticeable that the chap interviewing him was English, so NBC realise it as well.
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Yeah, I looked up the details of interviewer Roger Bennett. He is, of course, the chap who did the Saints documentary a few months back. He's British-American. Born in Liverpool, [Everton fan, so likes an underdog] grew up somewhere in the UK [obviously, from that accent] and now lives and works in the USA. Mind you, so does Robbie Earle. :)
 
I do get the feeling that rather than a huge marketing on success programme similar to the Big Boys, that Saints will be looking to get a significant foot in the USA market by setting up academies training new coaches and American kids.
If quality kids are discovered they can be shipped over to Staplewood but more importantly everyone will be sold The Southampton Way and hopefully become a supporter buying merchandise, trips over to watch games, TV rights etc
Sounds sensible to me
 
Kreuger mentioned helping set up academies as our major selling point in one of his first speeches after he joined us. At the time, we all thought he was talking piffle so that message got lost...but seems he meant it.
 
On a marginally related note. Should a movie ever be made about the rise of the saints i demand Woody Harrelson play the role of Krueger

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