And he still sticks the knife into Southampton the place , whenever he can . unprincipled turd that he is
Poortlviet was completely out of his depth and similar to Martin this season. It is interesting to see the names listed as we appear to have so many poor candidates. Martin should not be be that list although i think of the lack goals and wins shows he was out of his depth more than being useless. There are so many candidates from that list yet none inspired the hatred of Branfoot. I have never encountered anything like that since. I would nominate Branfoot purely for the long ball football he inspired. Saints were effectively down before Redknapp took charge . What makes a manager the worst ? Results, playing style, relegation, how they fitted the Saints culture, personality or tenure. For me, Branfoot was something else. Only Nathan Jones comes close. However, we have made some dreadful appointments since late 1990s.
Paul Sturrock should never had been appointed. I tjink he was a Rpert Lowe appointment but half of tbe then directors were hostile towards him. Never got a decent chance but he was mismatched with Saints.
O/T slightly , but wasn’t it Souness Who said something like “ How can you work for someone named Rupert “
I can’t believe that Branfoot is being polled as most fans won’t even know him but he was atrocious. His football was dire. Do you remember Terry Hurlock that signed. What a brutal thug he was
I think he said, “no one called Rupert should be allowed anywhere near a football club”. Turns out he was right
Probably, but I associate him with the beginning of our long decline after the optimism of the Strachan era.
Sturrock set off my PTSD from the Branfoot era, Apart from Selles I don’ any of them have managed any modicum of success since they got sacked
I’ve lived through all of them & tbh, forgotten them as various degrees of bad dreams, even mares. Unfortunately the only one I really remember is RM. As previous, king is dead …..
