Avoid relegation this season. Don't care which manager achieves it, or how much they have to rely on other clubs being worse than us. Then appoint Rafa in the summer when he inevitably leaves Newcastle at the end of his contract.
Quote from the thread when we took Hughes on: I was wrong about the relegation but here we go again. Vin
As great as staying up was last season, my concern was Hughes getting the job full time out of a sense of duty, but even with that pessimistic attitude, I still didn’t think things would be so desperate so quickly. I find myself consistently mystified with his team selection. Only one of his signings is a regular. He ****ed up pre-season by working on a formation which was abandoned after 45 minutes. I will be the king of wishful thinking, but the board have to act quickly and appoint someone for the long term before it gets past January. Either a successful manager from a championship club or abroad, but definitely a manager who is on the up
If Hughes is given the push, I wonder about Kelvin Davis? Would he have the backing of the players? If Hughes did have the players support, then SFC would not have caved in so spectacularly at the City of Manchester Stadium.
Martino Fonseca (These would take a forward thinking and ambitious board who can see past their own wallets though).
Martino 100%. I'll talk to the son in law to have a word and get a flight sorted Been watching a lot of ATL and they are the Saints of 2-3 years ago
Southampton manager Mark Hughes could be sacked if Saints fail to beat Watford on Saturday, with Sam Allardyce set to replace him. (Mirror) This will be hilarious! Even you lads must appreciate that the Wum Gates of Hell will be opened to their fullest, yeah?
