"Since Wham he hasn’t lasted more than a year at any of the 5 jobs he had." He could've been talking about Andrew Ridgeley to be fair.
We went for him Last Christmas apparently. He said there were too many Young Guns in our team and he wouldn't have the Freedom to play, especially on set pieces as he was keen to try A Different Corner. He really thought I'm your Man and he could Take us To The Edge of Heaven, but it was not to be. A bit of a Wham Rap.
Staying up was something that happened to Hughes that season. I think keeping us up is too active a phrase. Very lucky in that match against Swansea - Gabbiadini did more to keep us up than Hughes. That's why the club should have cut ties as soon as we survived. Think he only oversaw a handful of wins in his tenure.
Hughes win percentage was 18.5%. Selles is currently 15%, so not much in it. edit: Hughes got 10 draws and 12 losses. Selles has 3 draws and 8 losses. Hughes got 25pts in 27 games, Selles has 9 points in 13 games. Hughes probably had a better squad though.
Sadly Selles just doesn't have the experience we need!! Add to that the players we have are just not experienced enough for the premier, with few exceptions. We will need a couple more fully experienced players to get the team going in the right direction. Should be a more exciting season next year when we are in the championship especially if we get the right manager and the experienced players. However will the management put the right kind of money into the club. Sorry to say I don't think so........we will see.
The continued selection of Adam Armstrong is totally baffling. I agree that Selles could have tried introducing a number of players who have not had the chance to shine, especially as Armstrong has been given so many chances over two seasons and never looks like scoring. Selles should bury the hatchet with Orsic and give him a go as he have a provne track record. I feel Edosie has been unfortunate too. My impression is that Selles has a core of players he trusts and he has no faith in those outside that group. Unfortunately, none of these players seem to know where the goal is and it is unfortunate that Adam Armstrong has shown he is never going to improve or cut it at this level. I am far from convinced he is good enough for the Championsip either.
I agree he hasn't done much for us but this would suggest he would be ok in the Championship: Adam Armstrong has been named in the PFA's Championship Team of the Year for 2020-21. The hitman thumped home a career-best 28 league goals during the campaign, which included hat-tricks against Wycombe Wanderers, Huddersfield Town and Birmingham City.
I am surprised by these statistics as the way in never seems to run in the right positions in the opposition's penalty box issuggestive to me that he does not have a good footballing brain. I am struggling to recall a less effective forward who has been given so many chances by Saints.
In previous season we have been successful in stealing a Celtic player or two off of The Hoops, so this time why don't we steal their manager Ange Postecoglou off of them instead. If Sport Republic had any ambition they would make Postecoglou an offer he can't refuse. Knowing Rasmus though, we will probably end up with Alan Curbishley.
Isn’t the ‘Saints Playbook’ all about 4-2-2-2, and how we played (at times) under Ralph? If so and we stick to that, then presumably we would be looking for a manager who is experienced with that system. Unless Rasmus creates volume 2
I don’t understand why people are still speaking as if SR are financially tight, they really really aren’t. They have spent way above what we could possibly have expected since coming in. The problem is how they spend the money.
