Steve Watts

Yeah, but at least with LJ he said it with emotion, unlike the great automaton that's currently in situ.

Genuine question... Is that England or the UK... Because if it's the former then Rangers and Celtic may well be circling.

Considering how economical with the truth they've been lately it's probably Seb returning from his loan in Wales.

It's a good point. However I guess it does allow for seat moves still, so someone can purchase your seat if they are an existing South Stand STH

Really? What on earth makes you think he'd find passion in his voice to commentate on horses? Cricket, perhaps.... As opposed to..........? You don't need the language to change for that!

Don't feel that you have to justify yourself Liam. You just keep doing you.....

Thanks for the summary. I switched off after 2:30 when asked "The last few weeks have seen results drop away..... Have you seen enough in our performances to assure you that results will turn around again?". I gave him until the second word of his answer, which started "Yeah, definitely...." and exited immediately because I knew that what would follow would be either dishonest or delusional. Another thing of note for me was that he's been banging on about getting the players "on the grass" to work on the processes and behaviours (), and so with an international break they've worked on getting the players fit physically and mentally and "done some work on tactics". Surely this should've been the ideal time to focus on the tactical side. There were no matches that the players had to recover physically from etc, so why, when given time to work on tactics does he relegate them to an "also" afterthought?!?

Well that would involve attacking, so I may stretch to he tries to not lose every game, I guess!

Do you think we could borrow them? Not being able to see a thing at the match is a really attractive proposition right now!

Depends if Man City were managed by Dumblebore.

When will they learn that you can't just throw a "catchy" slogan out there without a hashtag preceding it!

Saw the title and thought "Bloody hell they're getting desperate for season ticket renewals!"

Yep. Much more despondent now. We've gone from being on the cusp of something to whatever fresh hell this is. And it was all so unnecessary.

Whilst not untrue regarding the complexities of the charges brought against Man City, it's frankly reprehensible that these weren't dealt with as they occurred rather than more than a decade later. The Premier League have been massively negligent here and have effectively created a situation whereby "What about Man City?" is asked so often.

Absolutely no short memory in play here. Feelings are feelings, and like I said, I've never felt so despondent about the club. No, we're not likely to be relegated this season, but it's not even about that. You say about the academy players in the first team. None of those have been blooded by Dumblebore, and considering Tinnions comments a year or so ago about the next batch, then where are they? He's not even giving them matchday experience to fill the bench. The pride and belief has been sucked out of the players and the supporters. There's no expectation that we're going to win any match and there's no expectation that we'll be at least entertained by trying to. The whole club is rudderless. Communications are clumsy at best, season ticket price increases inflammatory and fans being told that we have to suck it up and support the club whilst being driven away in our thousands. The trouble with potential is that in it's current guise the club is stripping all of that potential away. Unless big changes happen then this club is only going one way.

Manning is doing a lot behind closed doors as well....sadly none of it is positive and the only thing this whole failed experiment has succeeded in is creating division between fans and the club and between fans and other fans. Supporting this club has never felt so difficult as it does now. Usually you can find some things to be positive about. Youth coming through, players playing with pride even if they're not getting the rub of the green etc, but right now there's literally nothing. Zero. Zilch. Nada. And it's bloody soul destroying it really is. I've given over 40 years of my life to supporting this club. Others have given even more. But I have never in those 40+ years felt as despondent as I do now.

I'm so glad you said that....I was about to post the same thing. The hypocrisy of moaning about others trying to silence peoples views on a thread they started that was trying to silence people's views is quality even for him! Pun completely intended, but the OP has (once again) had a gert mare here!

Almost absolutely spot on. And I agree with S'oD laying the foundations for what followed. Also a really interesting manager to read an interview with, even if he was dour to listen to. The only thing I'd disagree with is that for my money the football is even worse than Penis. And yes, that does take some doing, but for my money he's somehow managed it.

Tinnion is not our academy leader. We were far better off when he was. As for "current", as much as I'd hate Warnock anywhere near our club it's a discussion about replacing the manager who is currently failing miserably at his job. So as boring as you find the threads, they ARE current. Seeing as you're happy with how things are going I wait with bated breath for you to start an invigorating thread on current topics...

But by then he'd have spent a chunk of the nest egg. So this is a manager you already have doubts over being allowed to spend money on players the next manager possibly won't want... Seems a risky strategy that...

No, no and thrice no! And also, echoing the question as to what the point would be. He's not a long term option (I hope) and we should just about have enough to avoid the drop, so he's not saving the club from anything. Would much rather have Mannings permanent successor in place for the run-in to allow him to assess the squad ahead of the summer. I've always said that he'd be the reason I wouldn't renew my season ticket and that remains...though it already hangs in the balance with this plum in charge as it is!

As I've said elsewhere in this thread, I doubt very much that his contract would need to be paid up in full - my guess is there'll be provision for a year severance pay in the event of dismissal due to poor performance.

At least if we beat Leicester they'll shut up about Southampton! Sounds like a West Country Erling Haaland tribute act! I wouldn't put too much stock in that, as I doubt his contract entitles him to the remainder of his contract being paid up in full, especially in the event of performance related dismissal. Probably a year I'd imagine. (Though this is a guess, admittedly).

Manning would be safe if thrown under the bus... There's a whole team that he's thrown under it for the bus to get past before it reaches him. As for Tinnion. I'm sure he was quoted recently as admitting that going into management was the wrong career path for him. I'd be surprised if he manoeuvred himself into that role. The worry for me is that Manning resorts to more Nige style of play and keeps his job before reverting to type next season and getting sacked after spending all of the nest egg over the summer.