Ralph would 100% have got more points than Jones, from those fixtures. For me it was a toss up between Redknapp and Jones. I’ve gone with Jones as I think it was the most ludicrous and suicidal appointment I’ve ever seen. At least Redknapp was actually a PL level manager, he just didn’t fit here because of his skate history. NJ, as mentioned above - zero redeeming features. Shocking
It’s true we declined under Gao, but we have nose-dived under SR. We’re rooted to the foot of the table and don’t look like climbing one place. Jones has to be the worst. Tactically inept, naive and arrogant. And he didn’t conduct himself well at all in the press. Branfoot days were miserable, but he kept us up and we were battling.
Jones isn’t the only reason we will go down. But he has to be the single biggest factor. Also worth remembering he came in during a vital period when we had time to regroup. Such a waste.
Pellegrino for me. 1 win in 17 and £20mil on Carrillo. His track record prior to appointment wasn't particularly good either. What were our board thinking?
I think they were trying to repeat the Poch success. He was the last one before Jones I actively wanted sacked from the job.
Two words...Ali Dia! But seriously I went for the managers with the lowest win percentage and his was under 30% plus he almost took us down.
I voted Nathan Jones purely because he was so personally disagreeable and of course the most recent. I really don’t remember Wigley & Gray from a football perspective. I don’t recall anything ugly about their football. It was probably more naive. Sturrock, Branfoot & Jones bought hoof ball and that’s always a big crime in my eyes. Branfoot is a close second for me and has usually always taken the number one spot. This is after all a man who inherited a team with two premier league and Southampton legends in Le God & Shearer, and somehow made them unwatchable and hopeless
If i remember correctly, Agent Rednapp left the flat fish, came to us and got us relegated, then returned to the flat fish and won the fa cup.
He also made some great signings too Egil O, Eyal B and Our Claus but still he's there to make up the 10 man poll.
Jan Poortvliet out of his depth in the Championship. The dumb thing was that Mark Wotte was a decent manager but Rupert Lowe in his wisdom put a manager who even had poor in his name in charge with Wotte leading the youth team I think. I think Harry Rednapp would be next for making a decent team monumentally unfit before quitting before we got relegated.
I agree, regardless of anything else, Branfoot’s stubbornness in not playing MLT, who was without doubt head and shoulders above almost every other player in the league and who was a guaranteed proven match winner, was absolutely unforgivable.
At the time it was outrageous, but playing devils advocate MLT did have issues with fitness and weight. Maybe he was trying to improve his discipline?
I do agree, but a fat Matt Le Tiss was still better than every player IMO in that position. A true football genius, that sadly has tarnished his reputation now with his mental theories about stuff. That said, I think a fat Matt Le Tiss at 54 could still do a job on the pitch, such is his level of genius and skill. Quite simply IMO the most talented footballer I have ever seen in the flesh.
