No, I'm not for sacking at the moment. I would stick with Koeman for the season, and then we can see. I'm not really fussed about this slump in results. We're a good team with good players and we'll turn it around eventually and I don't think for a second that we'll get relegated. This season will probably prove to be a bit of a letdown after the two successful seasons before, but no big deal. We're certainly not entitled to be 7th or 8th on the table, it's a very competetive league and there are many strong teams and they all have a say. It's a game of small margins. We have a somewhat weaker squad and our manager has some trouble getting his decisions right, and of course we've ended behind a number of teams that are on a similar level as us. I don't see it as a major issue. As we sort some of our problems, we'll get better, and higher on the table.
And also, what happened with sticking with your manager? Year and a half in the seat, and we're talking about the sack at the first sight of trouble. Give the man more time, he deserved it.
That being said, I'm very unhappy about Koeman's unwillingness to give minutes to youth players. I can see that the board would be unhappy with that as well, like Guan says. If it continues for the rest of the season, I would sack Koeman because of that, and not because we had a bad season. Southampon FC is based around certain principles to which the manager must adhere to, and the promotion of academy players is very much one of those principles. If the manager won't do that, we'll find the one that will.
