Ralph Krueger Interview Incoming

Talking about Mark:

"...we sort of had a trial period for both sides, and I don’t like saying that really, but it was pretty intense.

“You couldn’t have gone through anything much more intense than we went through.

“Because of that you got much deeper, much quicker..."

 

Bit inappropriate for Ralph to bring up his sex life with Mark.

 

"The Southampton Way was lost for a while"

"I agree. Two losses defined that, the 3-2 against Arsenal and the 3-2 against Chelsea. We were having fun and we shouldn't be having fun from losing" OH **** OFF AND TALK SENSE MAN.

"You must play to win in the premier league or you end up in a situation like we were" - finally some sense.

"How does being the man at the top of the tree work? Are you looking to change personnel at the top of the tree too....."

"We have our management team in place, it's strong and solid. I don't want to say everything will stay the same. We will change processes, we will try and create something special. Our knowledge base has increased with this experience and I see no reason for change. We have reacted in our key position with the change in management. The soldiers around Les Reed and Ross Wilson are outstanding. We take responsibility for a season we're really disappointed in. The people responsible for the process will take that experience with them"

TL/DR - didn't answer the question.

 

That's a masterclass of not answering the question. Finishing it off with "you just read my mind" while giving an answer that was in no way connected to the question is a nice flourish.

 

If Les Reed is staying , Then BEEF is right .

He has to much power .

 

In short then.

We realise it was a crap season

We need to be more transparent

Mark Hughes is getting the job

There's not going to be any extra investment from the Gao family

Les Reed is staying

We appear to have hired some soldiers

Ralph still talks bollocks.

 

This stuff is making me very angry.

 

Are you going to reinvest all of the VVD money and actually use the TV money as well ( like every other club does) on buying quality players that will improve the first team and not just recycle transfer funds from sales, Ralph?

 

No.

In short.

 

Well, why not just do an interview in which you reveal we are planning on relegation next season?

 

“Our knowledge base has gone up through this experience.”

= Gao has told us he doesn’t like losing.

 

Don't be silly. Clearly, the problem had nothing to do with the quality of our players, but rather the fact that we kept too many good players, which resulted in unhappiness. Therefore, we are going to remedy this by selling all of the players, and replacing them with golden setters, because those dogs are always happy. We will thus have a top-quality dressing room atmosphere, and combined with our excellent executive staff, we expect that to be enough to see us to Europe.

 

Our only hope is that Gao puts the club up for sale again !

No , I'm not joking .

 

"Bales of bollocks"

 

Thank you very much for making me spray my drink all over my laptop.

 

I still like you, Ralph.

 

At least they're intent on keeping Hughes.

 

I think this may be one of the most cack-handed interviews ever. I read Batman's summary over on Saintsweb and it doesn't seem so bad, but in Ralph's own words it sounds awful!

 

He is a professional PR man who is **** at his job and nothing more. This bollocks is absolutely meaningless. I would much rather hear from Reed, but it seems like he has bottled the interview side and just uses waffling Ralph as bait.
At least Reed wouldn't use hilariously unformed, incoherent sentences and wild tangents that create a load more questions on his understanding of management rather than answer the simple questions he's been asked.

 

May 15th 2018 and we’re doomed next season already. Strike me, just as Ralph hits new levels of bullshit, the fans hit new levels of negativity.

You deserve an award.