Southampton Rumours Archive January 18 2013

18 Jan 2013 19:04:27
Horrible feeling that their will be mass exodus of players.
Rumours abound in Newcastle that they and one or two others will use change of manager to put bids in for players.
Shaw, Ramirez and Lambert come to mind

Ramirez can't leave, he's not eligible to play for another club until next season, Shaw won't go either after the long term contract thingy and Cortese's view on keeping him probably hasn't changed. Got a bad feeling you may have a point on Lambert though :(

You mean the Ramirez who has already played for two clubs this season (can't play for 3)?

Understand your grief-but don't panic. Cortese may have been silly regarding Adkins but he is no fool and will have covered this.

I've thought the same RE Ramirez.
You can be registered for 3 clubs but can only play competitively for 2 of them. Gaston did not play a competitive match for Bologna this season so can leave and play for another club :(

Lambert won't go! He has said on numerous occasions that he wants end his career with saints!

Ramirez played for two clubs?

I doubt Ramirez will be off now its been rumoured that NA's demise was hastened by Southampton's better players like Ramirez et al not buying into the NA way.

Ramirez was playing for Bologna in the first 1 or 2 games this season before his deadline day move.

Yes bologna and saints

Saints 7-0 Everton anyone? wouldn't be too surprised after today...

COYR

Not sure what all you haters are on. i'd still do anything to sit at st marys and watch every game, let alone away. disgusted that some apparent 'saints fans' have said about ripping up their tickets for monday, or going on protest! what's that going to bring? what's donw is done, its gone now. protesting is not going to change a multi million pound contract that managers are on nowerdays. so how about all of you 'saints fans' take you head from you backside and sing youre heart out for the lads! no matter what, 11 men out there need our help, Adkins or no Adkins! the man was a legend and cortese was wrong to dismiss him, but we can't change that now. we just need to focus on winning, starting with three points against everton on monday, a tough but achievable aim. COYR we are premier league and WILL stay there! COYR!!

Great post from whoever posted about getting behind the team. What will that achieve?

I'll tell you what it will achieve - relegation. We need to move together as one.

Rameriz hasnt played for 2 clubs this season .. he hasnt had a single game for bologna in this current season

NA did brilliantly, and the dismissal is almost as bad as the Chelsea fiasco with Benitez coming in. It's not good that there isn't an easy way for fans to say thanks to NA. He made the odd mistake, and sometimes was too full of business-speak, but it's pretty crazy that if he hadn't done so well with consecutive promotions he would still be in a job.
Best wishes to him for the future.
Listen to Fergie saying how crazy the world is.
But the players are still the players, the fans are still the fans, let's get behind the team on Monday and keep progressing up the table.
And thanks Nigel!

Ramirez won't go, he now has a fellow South American at the club who speaks Spanish so would expect him to be fairly happy with this.

Trust me, Ramirez won't be going anywhere now a Spanish speaking gaffer and the likely hood of quality South Americans Italians and Iberians joining the club. The club will never have felt so mediterranean. Plus as has already been mentioned it is believed on some internet blogs that Ramirez & co didn't wholly by into NA big dream and my have quickened his demise. So I don't think our big buys will leave but as for SRL I'm not so sure...........

He can only register for to 2 epl clubs in a single season so clubs can bid for him

We all agree NA has been treated shabbily, but given the decision was made weeks ago, he's left in the ascendant, not when stock at its lowest.
Had we employed Pochettino under different circumstance, we'd be saying it was an inspired choice. He might prove to be a bigger name to encourage signings (e.g. Verdu or Astori).
Back the side, COYR.

Any manager with intelligence will see that Lambert is a gem you have to keep hold of. Big, good in the air, potent shooting ability, totally nerveless, and great positional sense and layoffs - he is such a complete player that if he had more pace he would be world-class.
He's also got himself up towards le Tiss hero territory in just a few years.
Surely MP wouldn't alienate the fans and damage the team by thinking it's OK to let him go.

Any manager would keep lambert for if we need to hold the ball up alone, if that's not a trait he appreciates in a forward then he would keep him for his penalty taking alone

18 Jan 2013 16:48:49
Forren confirmed on Saints official twitter feed. Will be on OS later.

Fingers crossed now all you 'true saints fans' grow up and start supporting the team instead of complaining! ok, the whole football world is shocked. but that doesn't mean you shouldn't get of your backside and go support the boys on monday, sing your heart out, and watch Lambert score some goals!! The world hasnt ended, so lets keep our club where they belong, in the Premier League!!!
COYR!! Nigel = LEGEND

Totally agree with post above, however, let's not be assumptive here, the new manager may not play Lambert, who knows, what his thoughts are in relation to team selection!

Well said mate.

Not to be too disrespectful to Nigel he didn't play Rickie in quite a few of the games until we were behind at half time. We also had him playing on the wing quite often which I never understood. Give the new manager a chance we might find he uses Rickie more and uses his wonderful abilities to make him even more effective, then Premier League watch out. Nigel we really will miss you but the show must go on.

If Cortese touches Lambert's contract.......

'Deep Breath!!' COYR!!

Okay, so lamberts was a sub for a couple of games this year. but i'm sure nigel knew what he was doing! impact sub and it defo worked against city and chelsea!!

18 Jan 2013 14:45:11
So, now that NC so shockingly sacked NA today, what transfer targets will the new boss have? Any thoughts?

Well there was rumours at the start of january about coutinho he might prefer to como now as he work with him but not sure.

Forren has officially signed

Already signed Forren, implies Cortese is still running our transfer department. So I imagine we'll be back to the same old system of taking forever with whoever we go for.

Forren has signed officialy

Sacked.disgrace

Forren signed

Forren has signed

New manager has been researching Southampton for weeks. Nigel stated he wasn't the person to be asking who was joining the Saints during his last interview for Saints player.

I would bet that Forren and all the other players we have been linked with were the new managers transfer targets anyway.

I'm totally gutted. Seeing the new guys interview made me Feel like I have just caught the Mrs with another man.

Be very surprised if its NC who picks the players to sign, for me it's more likely that Les Reed is the fifth columnist at St Mary's. I also do not believe NC was picking the team as Gaston our marquee signing would never start on the bench and would play ever single minute of every single game. I'm not happy about it but I only hope when NA rules the world he acknowledges us the Southampton FC supporters who applauded cheered an chanted his name and doesn't as many today would quoting Oasis "look back in anger"

It is obvious that the transfers are not being decided by the manager but by the board. Specifically Nicola Cortese. He signed Ramirez. He signed Forren. He sacked Adkins, which is sad because he was a great manager but let's support the team and see if NC is vindicated.

18 Jan 2013 13:51:54
To all fans around the country, many thanks for your kind words.

We Saints fans are shocked and disgusted by this decision from Cortese, god knows what will happen now.
If we get relegated it will be Cortese's head we will be after .

Saying that we need to get behind the team on Monday but also show our appreciation of Mr Adkins and what he did for our club.

Good luck Nigel, it will not be long before you are at
another club.

Confused Saint.

Moan moan moan moan moan.

I bet you are one of the ones who moaned when Pardew was sacked and Adkins was appointed in the first place. We've spent in excess £30million, the 7th highest net transfer spend in Europe. We've hired a manager who is dubbed to be Real Madrids manager in the not too distant future.

Stop moaning and support Southampton FC. It's not Adkins FC. Cortese always does what is right for the club. This is progress. Get onboard or stop supporting Saints.

I would too like to pass my thanks and best wishes to Nigel, thank you for all your hard work and getting us back to the premiership, you for me will always be a living legend and very much appreciated by us Saints fans.Ty #gutted

Are you sure about the claim being
real next manager
have you looked at his record
it aren't all that

Spanish journalist said today he thinks he will be real madrid or man united manager within 3 years.

Not really the long term appointment we are being lead to believe if this is true then. This is a bad dream and I want to wake up now please!

Lol, man you or rm manager within 3 years, the blokes a rubbish manager

I heard that on the radio too. Guillerme Ballagué also had lots of good things to say about him. Looking forward to the rest of the window and the season. Sad to see NA go but I will support MP all the way. People like Perry McMillan and his SISA cronies who plan a protest on Monday should be denied entry to SMS. White hankies?! Really?! Mourn our loss over the weekend and get back to supporting the boys. I fully trust Cortese to keep us progressing, whether I agree with his methods or not, I can't deny they are working very well so far. Thanks Nigel and good luck.

18 Jan 2013 12:00:06
"Southampton Football Club has appointed Mauricio Pochettino as First Team Manager having relieved Nigel Adkins of his duties. #saintsfc"

We are bound to go down now! This is rubbish. Absoloutly rubbish.

I can't believe they have done this. 2 defeats in 13 games. 4 Points off 10th and easy upcoming games. I have lost all faith in Southampton and I expect us to fall in to deep troubles.

I am sure none of us agree with this but, come Monday, we have to get behind the boys. We don't want the same as what is happening at Chelsea's home matches. Absolutely disgusted by the treatment of Adkins though - he deserved a lot better than this after all he has done for the club.

What an absolute disgrace. P off Cortese. Liebherr wouldn't have wanted this.

Aussie Saint

Even as a Forest fan, I find this incredible. Feel sorry for you, best of luck to you for the rest of the season :(

Well done cortese.
New manager with a poor record.
New ideas. Time to bed in whilst the team try and re adjust.
What happens to new signings now. Is that it for them?

That's us relegated then.

For the love of god why! We have just found our feet, great results and we looked like we were on the up.

I would have expected this of Lowe but not Cortese.

This is coming from a celtic fan that is terrible adkins has did fantastic your 3 points above relegation and got a great chance of staying up this guy guided use to back to back promotions I think you will end up going down now because of this it will be shock to the players as well

I am a Newcastle fan, and I feel for the Southampton fans and Nigel, I really hope your season doesn't fall apart. But if I remember when Pardew was there he had nothing to work with almost got you promoted and was sacked for his efforts, your board mustr be as fickle as ours.

WOW what a fool your chairman must be, I saw Adkins here at Scunthorpe many times he's got something about him and after steering you third from bottom in League 1 to back to back promotions and the possibility of keeping you in the Premier League you treat him like this. Shame on you Southampton!

Sticks head above parapet - prepares to be flamed......

Have to admit to not being happy about this, but you have to believe that NC DOES have the future of Saints as his primary focus even though the decision may not seem logical, sensible or even sane right now.

I have been recently softening my opinion of NA, having thought of him as not having the tactical depth to find success in the EPL. Perhaps NC has different opinions to mine (no surprise, for me it's a 'game', but for him it's a business). You have to admit though, that sometimes our lads have seemed at a loss as to what to do next in a game and that's down to coaching.

Only time will tell if our new Coach is going to be a good 'un but, despite what we may feel about this and about NA, and he has my absolute respect for what he has achieved for us, we do have to move on and look forwards.

Mind you what would really hack me off is if this was another 'Lowe-type' "I'm in control, I am Southampton FC" excercise.

My missus is blazing right now, talking about boycotts etc - me, I say let's see what happens. Let's see if we do play 'better' or 'different'. Monday night is going to be 'challenging' though!

There is going to be a lot of pressure on our boys right now so let us show them that they have our support. Last thing I would want to see is for all this bad feeling to sink into a 'Chelsea boo'

We're here for the journey, wherever it may take us. We are all Saints fans now and I for one will ALWAYS be a Saints fan, irrespective of who the manager is, irrespective of what league we're in.

Block34

What on earth are we doing. We should be showing loyalty to Nigel after two promotions and good from now in the Prem. I am beginning to think Cortese is a psychopath.

Shell shocked, never saw that one coming ! Think cortese want s continental manager to attract cheaper and better continental players, love him or hate him cortese s got big plans and big ball s . I loved nige, but onwards and upwards sfc, three big signings coming our way !

Looking at your last six games and position in the league. I find it utter madness to sack Adkins. To then replace him with Pochettino given his successful track record seems clueless.

(Liverpool fan)

Pardew had plenty to work with mate.

As an Everton fan, may I also say what a disgraceful decision. Absolutely shocking. Saints fans deserve better than this. From physio to manager in a few yrs and League 1 to PL and doing a great job for you. Looked like he was keeping you up, now I'm not so sure. All the best for the rest of the season aside from Monday of course ;-)

Cortese can have my season ticket back. would rather go and watch bournemouth, eastleigh or even the blue few rather than be a part of this now.

Disgraceful, but agree with earlier comment we saw what happened to Chelsea and all the furore with Benitez replacing di matteo they can no longer play at home and can feel the pressure. We need to get behind the team and not the board

We Southampton FC should have died in 2009. Was the price for PL football really worth our souls?

"Liebherr wouldn't have wanted this." - and you speak with the dead do you? Remember Markus had every faith in Nicola Cortese so I suggest we do likewise.

Cortese your a fool. Things start to work and go in the right direction and you go and rock the ship. Nice one knob. Right at a critical time. So will the new players coming in play as the new manager wants them to do? Or did that not even cross your mind? Go back to banking or won't they want some one as stupid as you back?

Firstly I wish Nigel all the best, and though I am shocked at his sacking, we need to get behind the team and the new manager just the same as if adkins was still there

Fans up and down the country can not understand this good luck nigel a good man hopefully in work soon (A FOREST FAN) good luck saints fans

Liebherr had high ethical and moral values when it came to business so it is fair to say that he would not have wanted this. Not only the sacking of Adkins but also the way it has been handled. Cortese has been with Pochettino for the last week - the results against Villa and Chelsea were irrelevant

Bankers are generally far stupider than Cortese. This from having worked with a few of them a while ago. Cortese has made an appalling decision but we can't go blaming the team for this. It's not Lallana's fault, or Lambert's, or Shaw's or any other one of our players. We can't go booing them for Cortese's decision. Cortese has been unbelievably foolish though. Adkins was poised to guarantee us survival, if we go down I hope the Leibherr family sack Mr. Cortese!

Not a Saints fan but I thought was doing a great job in building a team that could hold its own in the prem, I hope now that it comes to bite the greedy owners on the arse and the club goes into meltdown..instant success > it don't exist..pity these fools in charge can't see it !

I spoke to billy sharp at just as he was heading to forest and he said cortese wanted him gone and wantwd a foreign manager in. I thought it was him being a little upset having to leave but I guess he was right. Gutted.

I find it absolutely disgraceful that Adkins was sacked and Cortese already had someone lined up! This is a terrible day and I feel so sad for Nigel. Did Cortese not hear all the fans singing "theres only one Nigel Adkins" at every game. Cortese may be the next Rupert Lowe i'm afraid

I have to say I am as shocked by this as everyone else. Most of us enjoyed our Bus ride with Nigel, and will be eternally grateful for everything he has managed to achieve.

To coin a phrase from our beloved NA though, we need to 'Draw a line under this, and focus on the next game'

My wife (who has worked in management all her life) has had a sneaky feeling that this was coming - indeed we had a row about it only last week. She believed that Saints was struggling to bring in the right type of player, and we would do far better in the transfer market with a more established manager.

Some people are saying this chap has an awful record, but they aren't seeing the whole picture, and this chap has been widely reported that he is one of the brightest managerial candidates in Europe.

Every thing that Mr Cortese has said he will do, he has done, and while I'm not happy that Nigel has gone, I don't think there are any Saints fans out there that can say that Nicola has made a bad managerial appointment yet.

I wish Nigel all the best for the future. One thing for sure is that he won't be unemployed for long, and will probably come back to bite us in the future.

For now we need to get behind the team. They are probably more shocked than we are, and we need to show the players that we are behind them!

Agree with all you say, I just hope he learns to speak good English very swiftly otherwise I won't be a fan (of him that is)

At Newcastle fan, I'm pretty sure Pardew was sacked for some naughty business behind the scenes.

ChrisMiz

Also heard that Pardrew was sacked for naughty business which I why I find it amusing when I hear Lambert is going to Newcastle, not unless they sack their manager

Yes Adkins looked to be 'keeping us up' but the fact is the chairman expects more and why shouldn't we.

Genuinely rate NA and sincerely wish him the best. Lots said about NC buying the players but more likely positions in need of strengthening are identified and the identification left to Les Reed and the buying only to the chairman.

18 Jan 2013 10:49:12
Some Norweigen media have announced Southampton have agreed a £3.5M deal with Molde for Vergard Forrn and the player has agreed a 4 1/2 year deal at St Marys.

English media are reporting the same thing. Forren will be unveiled as a Saint today.

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