Pretty confident that’s agent talk. Although you’d think we might speak with him if he is truly interested Will Still is represented by the same company as Archer, Harwood-Bellis, Edozie, Lumley and recent Saints such as Adams and Cornet. There was a concerted effort to get him a job in England last year but the potential Sunderland move broke down I’d suggest Crook potentially asked someone there for an update on THB (or a non Saints player) and got fed the Still line That’s just a theory, although I did used to work in that world and Crook did always like to come sniffing around the agents for crumbs, whether they were true and well-sourced or just chatter, he always seemed to run with it anyway
Find it interesting the quote the other day that we had a list of 10 potential managers and now have whittled that down. And Spors has spoken to a number of candidates. Given the time of the season I’d be surprised if anyone he has spoken to is in a job as most teams’ season didn’t finish in October like ours. Managers like Lampard, Rohl and Rosenior I’d be very surprised if they had spoken to Spors given that their teams are very much still playing for something this season. If any of them had chatted to Spors at this point I’d actually put that as a negative against them tbh So that leaves managers out of work really as the only ones Spors would’ve realistically talked to. Wagner probably one as his name has been bandied about and seems a bit random if there wasn’t any truth to it, maybe Cooper. Not sure who else is out of work, that Danish guy we were linked to before Juric? Hjulmand?
Yeah, I’m just saying that it specifically said Spors had already spoken to some candidates. I’d be very surprised if Rohl or Rosenior would speak to us at this moment in time. With the new head of talent maybe the unknown is Wagner. He would’ve worked with her before so maybe he recommended her to us
That really depends what "spoken to" means. Technically I spoke to someone about a job two weeks ago but it was a maybe 20 minute phone call where we had a few minutes of small talk before he asked if I'd be interested in a role and I said no, not at the moment.
True but what would Rohl/Rosenior have to chat with Spors about apart from a job? He might be mates with Rohl I suppose as they loosely worked together previously
Possibly nothing. My point is more that "speaking to" someone doesn't necessarily mean they had a long, in-depth discussion about the job or anything approaching a full interview that might distract them from their current job. It may just be him checking whether people are theoretically interested in taking the job. I also don't think Wednesday are really playing for anything much at this point. They've got 5 games left and they're 11 points clear of the relegation zone and 9 points off the play-offs. Strasbourg and Coventry are obviously different but the board have said Rusk is in charge until the end of the season so it's not like they have to book interviews in over the next few days and appoint someone ASAP.
Starting to have a gut feeling that Rohl will not be our manager next season. Rumours of Leipzig, Leicester etc being interested is either true or being used as a “Southampton, make a decision “ tactic? So I’ve read quite a bit about Will Still, and the more I think about it, it does become quite clear that he would fit into Spors’ way of playing. Likes to play an attacking 4-3-3 formation though teams are comfortable in a 4-2-3-1. Loves the counter press, and aggressive style of winning the ball back, putting his teams at the top for tackles and interceptions etc. Happy to play out from the back through CB’s if the opposing team are not pressing, but won’t be Russball and commit suicide. Few rumours in France saying there is a strong possibility of Still coming to Southampton, with Lens keen for him to stay after stabilising the team after big departures like Khusanov, Wahi, Samba and Danso etc. Lens are playing tonight, and may have a watch as nothing else on, sad I know
Leipzig seem to be creating a shortlist right now. They're also targeting Fabregas according to the same journo who linked them with Rohl. As for Leicester, not sure why they would appeal to him over us.
Bild in Germany are reporting now, that Rohl is a serious contender for the RB job as it appears that Glasner and Hurzeler, are not that keen on the vacant position.
I doubt it's exactly like that. I think it's more likely that if a club has a preferred style of play they only approach/interview managers who generally play that way.
I think we will dip out in Rohl and just feel his future is with a far bigger club than Saints. If Klopp rates him , i feel that he will want to step up to a level above Saints. I love France and probably know it better than UK. I have seen a few matches over in France during previous holidays and think that the matches i have watched with smaller teams like Auxerre and Troyes have been seriously lacking in quality. The level of these clubs is akin to lower championship / top of League one. We may recognise the names of their teams yet i think we over estimate the quality of the French league. This us why i am concerned about Will Still. I have heard of his club but feel his appointment would be truly inspired if was proved that he could get a team promoted to the PL. I am a little bit underwhelmed. It would be like unearthing the next Graham Potter .
Not sure I'd be underwhelmed if we unearthed someone at Potter's level. He's done alright... (Still isn't exactly unheard of either. Learned his trade on FM!)
That's a bit of an urban legend that follows him around. He worked his way up through the usual route of doing analysis and assistant managing before getting a very lucky break and taking over a management position early on. He came out and said he'd played a lot of FM and it turned into a story that it was his main qualification. He's most famous for not having his pro licence and paying a fine every game he was inn charge. I'm assuming that he's got the badges now?
Lens lost 2-0 tonight to his old team, but god knows how. They had 37 shots with 14 on target with Reims 2 shots on target being goals. 51 touches in the opponents box, 574 successful passes compared to 207. Sounds like a perfect Southampton manager to me
Obviously not a contender now, but while there's no updates to speak of... Glad to see Carlos Corberan is doing well in Valencia. Didn't really get the negativity towards him when he was linked to us, I've always liked him, especially as he's a pragmatic and flexible coach (what are those, I hear you ask...) Valencia up from 20th to 12th in La Liga, winning 10 out of their last 18 games and only losing four of those
