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Next manager discussion (poll reset 21/05/2016)

Who would you want?

  • Frank de Boer

    Votes: 302 17.0%

  • David Moyes

    Votes: 56 3.2%

  • Manuel Pellegrini

    Votes: 152 8.6%

  • Ronald Koeman

    Votes: 286 16.1%

  • Other (please state below)

    Votes: 109 6.1%

  • Unai Emery

    Votes: 870 49.0%
  • Total voters
    1,775
  • Poll closed .
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EvertonRhys said:
Reasons he'd be a good catch:

1) We're about to go through a huge rebuild. Koeman has a good track record with Soton in selling players and bringing in good replacements. We need a stable type while we do that- would Emery be too much of a risk given no experience in the Prem?

2) May only be in it for a couple of years before Barca/ Arsenal come calling. Just what we need IMO- get someone in to get us back to top 6 material- steady the ship as it's all over the place. Then once Moshiri has confirmed he will take the club forward, we go out and fetch someone of the Simeone calibre.

3) City went through two managers and a couple of seasons before winning the league. We haven't got half the finances they have so it's not as if we have the divine right to go out there and get someone of the Mourinho class. Is even Emery in that league? Not so sure.

As I said, get some stability into the club. Martinez has left us a squad of overrated individuals who want out. It's going to be a turbulent summer, and for one, I'd like the safe choice right now to guide us through the next year or two. Then, with a stadium on the horizon, hopefully another, richer shareholder in place, we then go for the kill. Whatever we think, Martinez has taken us back over the past season, and we need a secure footing again. Reckon Koeman is good to achieve that, along with a Munchi/ Overmars type DoF.
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Les Reed is in charge of buying and selling players not Koeman.

Plus they have a fantastic scouting department/network at Southampton.
 
GrandOldTeam said:
Visit it mate.

You'd be literally taking money from them and giving it to us.

Fair play to them for effort (target football fans+liverpool), execution has let them down - just need to add us an exception. If EFC had any nous, they'd be bidding for the same space...
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Next time it pops up in gonna empty there wallets and make you very, VERY rich!
 
caught said:
It's like having to choose between two amazing birds this isn't it lads? One's from close by - Southampton, in fact - and is a fat headed ginger mess with an udder. The other one is continental and looks like Dracula. And your mum's trying to give you advice but then you realise every word she's said has come from a static IP address and you don't even see your eyes in hers anymore.

And then there's this third bird on the side - who's called Munchie for some reason that you're too scared to ask about and is completely bald - and is all like "yeah, you can have your bird and have me at the same time, like we do abroad" and part of you thinks it's great but another part of you is still wondering why she's called Munchie.

And your MUM'S BEEN SAYING SHE'S GETTING ON A PLANE LADS BUT SHE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A PASSPORT, AND LATELY IT'S LIKE YOUR HEAD'S BEEN FEELING REALLY LOOSE ON YOUR NECK LIKE ALMOST IT MIGHT FALL ON THE FLOOR OR SOMETHING A BIT LIKE THAT GINGER BIRD'S HEAD MIGHT IF IT DOESN'T EXPLODE FIRST, WHICH IS A WORRY OBVIOUSLY BUT NOT AS BIG A WORRY AS HAVING A GINGER BIRD IN THE FIRST PLACE AFTER THAT LAST ONE YOU HAD FOR ABAR 11 YEARS THAT EVERY TIME YOUR TOOK HER TO THE FEZZIE TO PLAY QUAZAR JUST SAID "NAR, LID, I DON'T NEED A GUN" AND JUST PULLED OUT A STANLEY KNIFE AND STARTED CUTTING KIDS, WHICH IS THE LAST THING YOU NEED RIGHT NOW WITH THE PO PO ALREADY ON YOUR CASE ABOUT ALL THOSE ANT FARMS YOU DIDN'T CORRECTLY DISPOSE OF AND ANYWAY THAT GINGER BIRD'S BEST MATE IS A THREE FOOT TALL KOPITE CHEWED-UP 73 YEAR-OLD SCROTE AND YOU JUST KNOW IF SHE STARTS GIVING IT LOADS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HIRE A LIGHT AIRCRAFT AND FLY IT RIGHT INTO HER DISGUSTING ROTTING ABSCESS OF A FACE JUST AT THE MOMENT WHERE THE FILTHY GINNER'S HEAD EXPLODES AND MUNCHIE FINALLY SHOWS YOU PRECISELY WHY EVERYONE CALLS HER MUNCHIE AND DRACULA TELLS YOU THAT ACTUALLY A STATIC IP ADDRESS CAN BE ATTAINED FROM A SIMPLE VPN FOR PERFECTLY INNOCENT REASONS AND YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LET YOUR MUM OUT OF THE FREEZER BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.


At least that's what it feels like to me.
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Bit early to be hammering the lemo isn't it, lad? :p
 
My blind faith has just caused me to stick another £20 on Emery at 6/1.

My gut feeling is that is Koeman was nailed on it would be suspended by now, and with Esk saying we haven't had the responses yet it makes the 6/1 good value in my eyes.
 
caught said:
It's like having to choose between two amazing birds this isn't it lads? One's from close by - Southampton, in fact - and is a fat headed ginger mess with an udder. The other one is continental and looks like Dracula. And your mum's trying to give you advice but then you realise every word she's said has come from a static IP address and you don't even see your eyes in hers anymore.

And then there's this third bird on the side - who's called Munchie for some reason that you're too scared to ask about and is completely bald - and is all like "yeah, you can have your bird and have me at the same time, like we do abroad" and part of you thinks it's great but another part of you is still wondering why she's called Munchie.

And your MUM'S BEEN SAYING SHE'S GETTING ON A PLANE LADS BUT SHE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A PASSPORT, AND LATELY IT'S LIKE YOUR HEAD'S BEEN FEELING REALLY LOOSE ON YOUR NECK LIKE ALMOST IT MIGHT FALL ON THE FLOOR OR SOMETHING A BIT LIKE THAT GINGER BIRD'S HEAD MIGHT IF IT DOESN'T EXPLODE FIRST, WHICH IS A WORRY OBVIOUSLY BUT NOT AS BIG A WORRY AS HAVING A GINGER BIRD IN THE FIRST PLACE AFTER THAT LAST ONE YOU HAD FOR ABAR 11 YEARS THAT EVERY TIME YOUR TOOK HER TO THE FEZZIE TO PLAY QUAZAR JUST SAID "NAR, LID, I DON'T NEED A GUN" AND JUST PULLED OUT A STANLEY KNIFE AND STARTED CUTTING KIDS, WHICH IS THE LAST THING YOU NEED RIGHT NOW WITH THE PO PO ALREADY ON YOUR CASE ABOUT ALL THOSE ANT FARMS YOU DIDN'T CORRECTLY DISPOSE OF AND ANYWAY THAT GINGER BIRD'S BEST MATE IS A THREE FOOT TALL KOPITE CHEWED-UP 73 YEAR-OLD SCROTE AND YOU JUST KNOW IF SHE STARTS GIVING IT LOADS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HIRE A LIGHT AIRCRAFT AND FLY IT RIGHT INTO HER DISGUSTING ROTTING ABSCESS OF A FACE JUST AT THE MOMENT WHERE THE FILTHY GINNER'S HEAD EXPLODES AND MUNCHIE FINALLY SHOWS YOU PRECISELY WHY EVERYONE CALLS HER MUNCHIE AND DRACULA TELLS YOU THAT ACTUALLY A STATIC IP ADDRESS CAN BE ATTAINED FROM A SIMPLE VPN FOR PERFECTLY INNOCENT REASONS AND YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LET YOUR MUM OUT OF THE FREEZER BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.


At least that's what it feels like to me.
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Not been on GOT for 2 weeks, come back for a bit, see this.

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DownSouthBlue said:
Les Reed is in charge of buying and selling players not Koeman.

Plus they have a fantastic scouting department/network at Southampton.
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Les Reed is not the one solely responsible for signing players. This is a myth.

He sets in place a structure that the manager adheres to.

Koeman identified targets, as well as the long-term ones identified by the scouting department.
 
caught said:
It's like having to choose between two amazing birds this isn't it lads? One's from close by - Southampton, in fact - and is a fat headed ginger mess with an udder. The other one is continental and looks like Dracula. And your mum's trying to give you advice but then you realise every word she's said has come from a static IP address and you don't even see your eyes in hers anymore.

And then there's this third bird on the side - who's called Munchie for some reason that you're too scared to ask about and is completely bald - and is all like "yeah, you can have your bird and have me at the same time, like we do abroad" and part of you thinks it's great but another part of you is still wondering why she's called Munchie.

And your MUM'S BEEN SAYING SHE'S GETTING ON A PLANE LADS BUT SHE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A PASSPORT, AND LATELY IT'S LIKE YOUR HEAD'S BEEN FEELING REALLY LOOSE ON YOUR NECK LIKE ALMOST IT MIGHT FALL ON THE FLOOR OR SOMETHING A BIT LIKE THAT GINGER BIRD'S HEAD MIGHT IF IT DOESN'T EXPLODE FIRST, WHICH IS A WORRY OBVIOUSLY BUT NOT AS BIG A WORRY AS HAVING A GINGER BIRD IN THE FIRST PLACE AFTER THAT LAST ONE YOU HAD FOR ABAR 11 YEARS THAT EVERY TIME YOUR TOOK HER TO THE FEZZIE TO PLAY QUAZAR JUST SAID "NAR, LID, I DON'T NEED A GUN" AND JUST PULLED OUT A STANLEY KNIFE AND STARTED CUTTING KIDS, WHICH IS THE LAST THING YOU NEED RIGHT NOW WITH THE PO PO ALREADY ON YOUR CASE ABOUT ALL THOSE ANT FARMS YOU DIDN'T CORRECTLY DISPOSE OF AND ANYWAY THAT GINGER BIRD'S BEST MATE IS A THREE FOOT TALL KOPITE CHEWED-UP 73 YEAR-OLD SCROTE AND YOU JUST KNOW IF SHE STARTS GIVING IT LOADS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HIRE A LIGHT AIRCRAFT AND FLY IT RIGHT INTO HER DISGUSTING ROTTING ABSCESS OF A FACE JUST AT THE MOMENT WHERE THE FILTHY GINNER'S HEAD EXPLODES AND MUNCHIE FINALLY SHOWS YOU PRECISELY WHY EVERYONE CALLS HER MUNCHIE AND DRACULA TELLS YOU THAT ACTUALLY A STATIC IP ADDRESS CAN BE ATTAINED FROM A SIMPLE VPN FOR PERFECTLY INNOCENT REASONS AND YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LET YOUR MUM OUT OF THE FREEZER BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.


At least that's what it feels like to me.
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I like the mad cut of your jib sir!
 

DownSouthBlue said:
Les Reed is in charge of buying and selling players not Koeman.

Plus they have a fantastic scouting department/network at Southampton.
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Maybe but guessing Koeman has quite a lot of input. Not as if a DoF works in complete isolation from the manager. Same with regards to the scouting department at any club really!
 

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