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Tonda Eckert named new Head Coach

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

    8 vote(s)
    11.3%
  2. Yes, if we beat Leicester

    5 vote(s)
    7.0%
  3. Yes, if we beat Leicester and Millwall

    14 vote(s)
    19.7%
  4. Yes, if we are unbeaten until January

    5 vote(s)
    7.0%
  5. No, we need an experienced manager

    3 vote(s)
    4.2%
  6. Until the end of the season, then re-assess

    36 vote(s)
    50.7%
  1. Libby

    Libby Derby County, we're coming for you

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    Yeah I've no huge issue with him getting the job, just very weird timing and unnecessarily heaps the pressure on today's match when we could have given him another week.

    Hopefully we win today to take the edge off the nerves.
     
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  2. timatoketchup

    timatoketchup Well-Known Member

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    **** promotion, the PL is absolutely rotten.
     
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  3. EasyBreezer

    EasyBreezer Well-Known Member

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    Blinded by hatred?

    How can you say there is no 'whiff of a plan', when they have given the job to the person brought in to eventually succeed Will Still.

    You may not like the plan, but it appears to me that Spors has followed the one he set out in summer to the letter.
     
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  4. Schrodinger's Cat

    Schrodinger's Cat Well-Known Member

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    True, but hopefully they thought Still would last more than 5 minutes so their succession planning is happening a couple of years earlier than expected and I'd imagine they pictured TE having more experience by the time he was due to take over...
    It's definitely a gamble based on that, but so is any manager appointment really so I'm happy to give him a go. He's had a good start, let's see how he continues.
     
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  5. LincolnSaint

    LincolnSaint Well-Known Member

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    I get that VAR is ****, and I certainly understand losing every week is boring, but it wasn't totally rubbish apart from the SR years
     
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  6. Archers Road

    Archers Road Urban Spaceman

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    Was pretty **** in the Gao years too for the most part.
     
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  7. LincolnSaint

    LincolnSaint Well-Known Member

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    An experienced coach could get us promoted, Tonda won't.

    I noticed you picked Juric, Pellegrino and Redknapp rather than Koeman, Adkins or Poch.

    Either way SR have gone one better than appointing a manager with no experience of the league we're in to appointing a manager who's never managed before full stop. Inspiring stuff
     
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  8. LincolnSaint

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    Fair point
     
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