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Hughes may be the quick fix we need, but long term I’m not sure.
Since he took over from Pulis, at Stoke, you could see a gradual decline in their defensive solidity. I don’t think we have room for our defence to decline any further than it already has.
But should he come here, and should we survive, perhaps he could have a word with Shaqiri. There’s a player playing on the wrong side, but doing it effectively, someone who Tadic should be looking to emulate.
 
ChilcoSaint said:
My recollection of that final was that the team played brilliantly and were praised by all and sundry including Jose Mourinho. We didn’t deserve to lose, but I can’t see that being robbed of a cup win would render the team incapable of raising themselves for the subsequent league run-in.
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My recall was that it was all a bit flat, it's true, and missing penalty kicks didn't help. Even Aussie cricketers (my ultimate standard for **** off competitiveness) can have problems raising themselves in a dead rubber game unless they're playing England. It was a bizarre end of season where, no matter how much we screwed up, no team seemed capable of taking advantage and leapfrogging us in the league.

For me it was simple. Whatever the hell was going on, Puel took us to 8th and within a whisker of winning the League Cup. He had no luck at all with injuries to boot. But a manager of a club like Southampton should not have been sacked with that record.

On topic ... I'd take Hughes in a heartbeat. I know a few Stoke fans who'd agree with the assessment quoted earlier. I know some who thought Hughes was crap, but mainly they only see games on the telly.
 
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At the end of the day, Southampton is still a big job for a large majority of managers. Reasons to want the job:-

1. We are not in the relegation places with 8 games to go
2. Still have games against teams in relegation trouble (W'Ham @ Swansea)
3. Games against clubs hopefully with flip flops on (Leicester / Everton / Bournemouth) and hopefully Man City will be in champions league final, and no player will want to be injured before that. (Ok dreaming about beating city)
4. Still a talented squad of players, that with a little motivation and organisation, are more than capable of getting out of trouble.

[HASHTAG]#tryingtobepositive[/HASHTAG]
 
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Brixham Saint said:
At the end of the day, Southampton is still a big job for a large majority of managers. Reasons to want the job:-

1. We are not in the relegation places with 8 games to go
2. Still have games against teams in relegation trouble (W'Ham @ Swansea)
3. Games against clubs hopefully with flip flops on (Leicester / Everton / Bournemouth) and hopefully Man City will be in champions league final, and no player will want to be injured before that. (Ok dreaming about beating city)
4. Still a talented squad of players, that with a little motivation and organisation, are more than capable of getting out of trouble.

[HASHTAG]#tryingtobepositive[/HASHTAG]
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5. We're one game away from the semis of the FA Cup.
 
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fran-MLs little camera said:
Puel didn't fit with the fans and isn't a smooth media man, but I don't agree that he was a mistake. Nothing wrong with 8th and a cup final....and don't mention how close in points we were to being near the bottom of the table....the league is pretty similar this season and Puel managed to be 8th and not 17th. And he was given only one season!! He was supposed to have lost the players....well, apparently Pellegrino hadn't....and look what that got us. He should have been backed and the players told he is your manager....go and bloody live with it. And that goes for the fans as well. If he didn't achieve in his second season, it would have been fair enough to try with someone else.....but I would bet that we wouldn't be 17th or lower.
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I am and was completely pro-Puel, but we must also remember that Saints that season seemed to have a magical ability to remain 7th or 8th while winning no games for an age. We were helped by extreme incompetence behind us in the table. Burnley are doing the same thing this season (their win against Everton was their first three points since early December).
 
Not sure if been mentioned (and probably not related in anyway, shape or form) but Brendan Rodgers was down at Hungerford Town watching his son play yesterday, which is 40 miles (ish) from Southampton. On the day he was sacked.
 
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