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Who Could Be the Next Manager

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by SteveO 74, Nov 2, 2025.

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Should Tonda Eckert be given a permanent contract?

  1. Yes, immediately

    7 vote(s)
    10.1%
  2. Yes, if we beat Leicester

    5 vote(s)
    7.2%
  3. Yes, if we beat Leicester and Millwall

    14 vote(s)
    20.3%
  4. Yes, if we are unbeaten until January

    5 vote(s)
    7.2%
  5. No, we need an experienced manager

    3 vote(s)
    4.3%
  6. Until the end of the season, then re-assess

    35 vote(s)
    50.7%
  1. StJabbo1

    StJabbo1 Well-Known Member

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    Is that Fanny Sepp Batter's daughter?
     
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  2. TheRealSaints

    TheRealSaints Well-Known Member

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    I’d pay good money to see it <laugh>
     
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  3. Lemons and Oranges

    Lemons and Oranges Well-Known Member

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    I'm getting fonder of Tonda. It's beyond-a joke
     
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  4. Shandy_top_89

    Shandy_top_89 Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for the win, but I will still* be absolutely raging if they give Eckhart the job based on results from QPR and (hopefully) Sheffield Wednesday.

    *pun not intended.
     
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  5. Che’s Godlike Thighs

    Che’s Godlike Thighs Well-Known Member

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    Yeah based on today’s performance, it’s a hard pass from me.
     
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  6. - Doing The Lambert Walk

    - Doing The Lambert Walk Well-Known Member

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    Tonda giving Johannes three points to ponder...
     
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  7. TheRealSaints

    TheRealSaints Well-Known Member

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    …in a Honda over yonder with Jane Fonda.

    (Well, if you’re gonna do it…) ;)
     
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  8. RedandWhiteManofKent

    RedandWhiteManofKent Well-Known Member

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    Ah come on , whilst he is overseeing things, we can at least try and get a fishy pun type thing out of him.

    A fish called Tonda.
     
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  9. SteveO 74

    SteveO 74 Well-Known Member

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    Read a link somewhere to the current Germany U20 manager Hannes Wolf.
    Pretty unspectacular to be honest. Has had a crack at being a first team manager with a couple of clubs without much success and seems more suited to youth development, but could be one of Spors’ boys?
    Hope not
     
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  10. saintlyhero

    saintlyhero Well-Known Member

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    I understand not changing too much in so little time and at least he had four attackers on the pitch.

    If Tonda wants to get the fans doing the Conga he’s got to switch to a back four on Saturday and get us setup with attack as the priority
     
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  11. Che’s Godlike Thighs

    Che’s Godlike Thighs Well-Known Member

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    It wasn’t so much the formation, but the instructions to the players. If they’d have sat back any deeper, they'd have been in the crowd behind the goal. If it were only five or ten minutes, fine. But it was the majority of the second half after scoring.
     
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  12. Deserana

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    Honestly anyone expecting anything other than an experimental appointment is probably reaching. Every single appointment so far has been experimental or finding a new rising star, hiring the German U20 coach is probably the exact thing I'd expect these dumb ****s to do.
     
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  13. Le Tissier's Laces

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    Yeah, if we can’t manage a 4 against Wednesday, we never will.
     
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  14. Saints FC 76

    Saints FC 76 Well-Known Member

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    Where’s the link? I can’t see anything other than a speculative suggestion on X.
     
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  15. Billy Bates

    Billy Bates Well-Known Member

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    I wonder if we would approach Russell Martin about a deal until the end of the season.

    Wouldn't be surprised if they did that.
     
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  16. saintrichie123

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    Zero chance IMO, thank goodness.
     
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    Adam doesn’t think so.
     
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  18. Le Tissier's Laces

    Le Tissier's Laces Well-Known Member

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    I don't like it when things happen like Gary O'Neil's odds suddenly shortening...
     
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  19. Saintmagic

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    Doesn’t take much to move the odds in a manager market, but agree it’s a bit odd that anyone would be betting on him given his links with Portsmouth as a speculative punt. So the fact they are may mean something
     
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  20. Che’s Godlike Thighs

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    Would rather O'Neil than some obscure Bundesliga 2 manager, all day long. Really don't care that he played for Pompey tbh.
     
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