New Manager Thread

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Someone suggested Black has been tainted for ever after his stint at Villa....so anyone employed at a failing business should never work again. May be true if you were the main reason for a complete failure, but he wasn't and isn't being named as our manager.

Have seen some totally over the top despair on other forums...the end of the world has arrived apparently. Firstly, Puel may be a great manager and, secondly, if he isn't, he will be replaced and Saints will move on.

The state Villa were in at the time, you could have had a combo of Wenger/Mourinho/Shankley in charge in their prime and it would have failed.
 
Clearly there are a few very tense people on here.
It would have been "nice" to have unveiled a new manager with a history of doing well, in the premier league, but even experienced EPL managers can't guarantee continued success and/or improvement. Plus they would, in all likelihood, want to do things their way, (Pellegrini maybe?) which would take us back to the days when every new manager changed our style of play, meaning constant change.
The board, having made it's decision, now need to support the new manager, and ensure that any other player sales are limited to the level they had planned for, had Koeman stayed.
There must be a danger of some players thinking, like the fans, "Who?", and there will also be a danger of agents interpreting this as a means of unsettling their client, and agitating for a move. The board really mustn't allow that to happen.
A lot has been said about the "Southampton Way", which enables smooth transition from one manager to the next. This may be the biggest test of how well this system actually works......or not.
I hope we, as a club, don't start to bring in too many French players en masse, simply because Pardew went down that rue, when at Newcastle, and look where Newcastle are now.
 
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