Southampton Rumours Archive December 16 2013

16 Dec 2013 16:38:46
Having sacked AVB, rumours circulate that Spurs have placed Pochettino's name on shortlist for their manager's job. Alongside the likes of Capello, Hoddle, Laudrup and Klinsmann.

Pochettino is soon going to be in demand from the "big" clubs, and if he wants a stepping-stone job before then, he'd stand a good chance of getting offered it.

Saint Etienne.

MoPo is pretty loyal, he's the type of person who'd rather make a smaller club into a big club than to have it handed to him. Besides, I have a pretty good idea where NC will tell Levy where to stick it if he comes knocking

I instantly thought this. I just hope the don tells levy where to go! Hoping poch has bought into our ethos and is as loyal as we all think/hope. Bit u never know in football anymore?

Spurs, well mr levy, consider themselves to be a much bigger club than they are in reality. I believe that mo will not be of interest to them they will want a a big manager for their big club.

In sacking AVB I reckon they have left themselves with a problem spurs have taken a couple of stuffings but are two points off the champion league place in the QF of the league cup and the last 16 in the eufa cup having won all their group games. So, let's sack the manager. Smart move. Who will want to go and work in this sort of dysfunctional environment.

Outside bet redknapp back from QPR!

Poch is a perfect fit for Spurs who are near champs league, £100m+ of talent and have an impatient chairman. What's different about Saints? £100M+ of talent and The Don will want serious compensation which Levy won't pay so Poch is staying so that's then end of that

Poch may be a perfect fit for Spurs, but I'm not so sure that he'd want to go. I get the feeling that he's fairly loyal. When he started at Espanyol, quite frankly he did a remarkable job under extremely difficult circumstances. I'm sure that he would have had numerous offers to go to bigger clubs during his first three years in charge there.

According to Poch, one of the main reason for choosing Saints, other than the Passion and ambition of the club, was the academy system, and the desire of the club to bring through a high percentage of academy players into the first team squad - That's something that Pochettino had a track record of doing at Espanyol.

Spurs have a totally different set of objectives - Fit the mass of newly purchased players into a winning side - hell that could take up to 18 months - and Levy isn't that patient.

You have to question the lack of wisdom by Spurs, and clubs of a similar ilk that buy so many players and expect them to just fall into place. Just like at Sunderland, a Director of Football buys too many players, and the manager pays the price.

For me, this just underlines how well Southampton Football Club is run. I'm not saying Pochettino won't go to Spurs, but I'd be astounded if he did.

''Poch is a perfect fit for Spurs who are near champs league, £100m+ of talent and have an impatient chairman. What's different about Saints? £100M+ of talent and The Don will want serious compensation which Levy won't pay so Poch is staying so that's then end of that''

Do spurs really have £100M+ worth of talent of have they just extremely over paid? I think the latter

16 Dec 2013 14:09:55
Well well. Fat sams after rickie lambert again lol whens he going to realize we won't sell him

Actually hate to say this but I can see us letting him go if we can secure one or two other striking options. He's not exactly on form this year and he's not getting any younger. Overcharge them and invest in future prospects.

Fat sam will be sacked before xmas
plus rickie to good for wet sham

Sad to say that I can see this happening, anytime in the next 18 months.

^ Rickie will have retired within 18 months, he's too big of an influence on the younger players to sell, like Kelvin

If you see him as retired within 18 months then you would have to look at what Sam is offering.

What are you all on about, Ricky is a key player for the team, he hasn't scored as many goals this year but has still had a big impact with his link up play and assists he's our best striker atm, Obsvaldo is to hot or cold, he's key to the team so it won't happen.

Seeing that we are being linked with a move for Quagliarella from Juventus today.

Could this be to play two up front as Rickie and Osvaldo are still not clicking, and Osvaldo is lost up there on his own.

Rickie is a key part of the team (but for how much longer) and Adkins was a bigger part.

Logically, this would be very unlikely. West Ham unlikely to want to spend more than a few mil on Rickie due to his age and for us he is worth more than that. Granted, he is not scoring as freely as last season but is still a big part of the team. They would not be willing to pay what he is worth to us.

Juventus only want 3 million for Quagliarella, so to get a few million for Rickie would just about cover it.

Would be a sad sad day though and i'm not sure at all it would work - but I said the same thing when MoPo joined.

Fat Sam is supposed to be after Rickie every window and it will not happen!

Fat Sam likes forwards who are good at falling over and gaining free kicks-suggest he should take a look at Ashley Young! Seriously, following recent comments coming out of West Ham United I would be surprised if Sam is allowed to make any signing in January.

Saint Martin

Why would rickie leave saints for a team in a relegation battle
not happening ever