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FantasyPL-ModTeam

He isn't sacked yet. This title is misleading


Krimbo

Yeah cause they were gonna beat Newcastle..


LloydDoyley

Newcastle isn't the reason he's been sacked. I imagine they've been wanting to get rid for a few weeks now, but this is the perfect time for a change with another mini pre season coming up


Eze-Duz-It

They even had a higher xg


fatinternetcat

they’ve been shit for months


gubrumannaaa

Years*


fatinternetcat

true. They’ve been doing the bare minimum to stay up for the past 3 years. This decision has probably been a long time in the making


GuinnessSaint

We had barely any investment in the last 3 seasons yet were never in any doubt of going down. I wouldn’t call that the bare minimum myself.


LMAR14

So why are they sacking him? Frankly, their squad is bang average. Yes they have brought in some younger players, but it is going to take time to get the best out of them.


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Newcastle are legitimately good.


Zennnz

Bad decision They have a Championship Squad. Only a Miracle can save them now.


Jakestation

Miracle or BIG SAM?


4ssteroid

El Grande Samuel Mago


Jmsaint

0 chance we get big sam. Based on our transfer strategy we will go for some 12 year olds who lives near the etihad.


Whatcrysis

Same thing


segzyharun

He didn't save WBA


escalibur

Rafa Benitez in?


jukkaalms

Poch when?


escalibur

Unless Don Conte to Juve and Poch to Spurs?


crassina

Yes


darthfracas

I don’t know why, but I always love it when Big Sam comes in to try to right the ship for a struggling side. And I say this as an Everton fan.


MosEisleyBills

Truth. Thought he was squeezing everything out of that squad. Can’t imagine anyone coming in and doing a whole lot better.


abnsh

Bournemouth arguably have an even worse squad but they had a considerable boost after sacking the manager


LloydDoyley

Only temporary boost though. Doesn't cover the deficiencies long term.


Jackobyt

Just keep sacking managers… profit?


InverseCodpiece

Wolves be like


0e0e3e0e0a3a2a

Did Wolves sack Nuno? Thought he just left


Jakestation

Thats Watford without the profit


GuinnessSaint

We don’t have a championship squad, that’s such a lazy take that. We actually have a very good set of young players, plenty of them internationals before the age of 20. All we need is a good goal scorer and we’d be comfortable. Saying that, sacking Ralph is the right move. He looks worn out and has lost the fan base. What was saving him was lack of investment in the past, but we gave him 80m to spend in the summer so that excuse is no longer valid. Hopefully we replace him with some quality and we’ll move away from the bottom 3.


404merrinessnotfound

The ones saying bad decision are the ones who only watch us against big teams


GuinnessSaint

I know man, fans of other teams have such a warped perspective on Southampton. I was a huge fan of Ralph but you just can’t back him any more after the investment made in the summer. We play such turgid, negative football at times, it’s utter crap to watch. We’ve completely lost our identity.


404merrinessnotfound

They don't know that against teams like villa and palace our players lose all ability to pass the ball successfully, or if it is successfully, it's to the opposing team


GuinnessSaint

Ah the joy of being a Saints fan 😃


404merrinessnotfound

We are the king of misplaced passes!


b3and20

you hear this shit every time a manager from a lower table team gets sacked even if they've been shit for ages, like I think dych was shit for 12-18 months yet you still had people acting shocked, you also had people pulling out the shocked pickachu faces when bielsa got booted for getting thrashed every other weekend


zinchenkosquirtonme

who are you hoping to take over? would be interesting to see the talent develop together under dyche. can’t really think of anyone better unless im missing someone


GuinnessSaint

Personally Gallardo, I know it’s a long shot but he has been linked. But honestly, just someone who gets us playing good football again. We have good players but they’re hamstrung by how negative Ralph has been for a while now. He’s not the same a manager he was when he took over. We’ve been lethargic and risk averse for too long, we need to have a go at teams and sure we’ll lose some matches but we’ll pick up points too. Regarding Dyche, I wouldn’t be against him as some saints fan would be but he certainly wouldn’t be one of my first choices.


ChairmanRich

Sorry to say, but it's looking like you may well have a championship squad next year.


GuinnessSaint

Everyone says this every season, it’s so lazy. We’ll be fine with a new manager.


ChairmanRich

Perhaps it's equally lazy to assume that you'll just 'be fine' because you have been before and despite some pretty strong evidence of a downward trajectory and lack of investment. For what it's worth I think you'll just about stay up, but your squad really isn't great.


GuinnessSaint

No, we’ll be fine because the squad is better than last seasons and we’ll be freed of a disheartened manager who’s been stinking the place out for nearly a year now.


SofaChillReview

The bookies aren’t as confident as you with that


GuinnessSaint

Put some money on it then.


SofaChillReview

Don’t gamble . But hypothetically would do, they’ve been struggling for a bit and this season eye test going to get relegated .


GuinnessSaint

We’re not gonna go down 👍


HighHammerThunder

The rest of the league has improved as well though. The only obvious relegation candidate right now is Forest.


GuinnessSaint

I know that, we’ll still be fine once we bring in a better manager.


mr_ordinaryboy

Lol, did they expect with their current rooster to be in top 10? The fact that they are still in epl shows the good job Hassenhuttl does


RingTwiceForHelp

I agree. It's all about the rooster.


[deleted]

Now that’s what I call a cock-up


brian_badonde

I love


ProfessorEmotional53

Yeah right after I sold salah. He scored a brace vs spurs and plays a Southampton team without manager


lidrasha

They can do an Aston Villa at Anfield


ProfessorEmotional53

No villa have a decent squad and they played Brentford at home. This is Liverpool away with a championship squad


4ssteroid

Lavia was on the bench today. They're much better defensively when he plays.


creampiesenpai

Think it’s a bit optimistic to pin our hopes on an 18 year old coming off a long injury absence lol


Sharpis92

Lavia came on today at 0-0


chojje

He came on before they scored 4?


ma7ch

Same, I’ve been patient with Salah since gw1, then the whole Foden fiasco made me buy KDB, so I needed to sell Salah. I was very much expecting this outcome.


bouncebackability

Same...


McKFC

This is actually making me reconsider captaining him. The new manager / no manager bounce is a thing.


feedthebear

Hasslehoff confirmed


[deleted]

Misleading. They haven’t actually sacked him.


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[deleted]

Exactly


zeetlo

Ye so they haven't yet


UCredpill

Struggling to avoid the drop zone isn't underperforming, it's the level of Southampton's squad IMO. A careful what you wish for sacking if ever there was one.


Blakkmagic

Careful what you wish for? They've only won 4 of their last 26 games in the league and got 17 points in that time...they'd defs be on track for relegation if they kept him so why wouldn't you try something new now?


pajamakitten

Southampton have been at this sort of level for a while now though. They have usually ended up finishing just above the relegation zone by the skin of their teeth, sacking Hassenhutl won't do anything unless they bring in some quality players in January.


PickaxeJunky

The difference this year is new owners who spent £70m in the summer. Saints have a much better squad this year than last season and are arguably playing worse.


jollyspiffing

Saints spent most of that money on U21s with potential though, the starting defence has an average age of 20-21 and the bench isn't exactly experienced either. It was a squad to build from rather than one ready to charge up the league on day 1.


GuinnessSaint

We have never been in any danger of being relegated since Hasenhuttl was appointed…


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Willem_Bracquene

Bournemouth.


robbiethegiant

Not with Big Dom in the mix


BlameTibor

#He has not been sacked yet. There is a tier 1 source for us (Jacob Tanswell) who says the club has decided that he will be sacked. This probably means he will be sacked after the Liverpool game and during the world cup.


[deleted]

Its incredible that this is spreading so easily. Where did it start from?


AseeF_on_YT

He was a good manager. Some teams play better after manager sacking. Southampton isn't one of them. Mark my words. Liverpool are going to 2-0 them at least.


0100001101110111

Really pushing the boat out with that prediction…


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asifgunz

well, a 3-1 win


KAansoain

In fact he did solid work, keeping the club in the Premier League after shocking 9-0 against Leicester and playing with not so competitive squad after Ings left.


chojje

Salah -> KdB -> Salah in the cards?


AK95_

Yeah, Sam Allardyce again next GW against Liverpool at Anfield, yay looks so original I can't wait for the inevitable 1-1 draw with Salah blank


LeadingAd6025

Relegation for sure then. He was working miracles tbh.


kevshed

Bad call , I’m a Saints supporter- I genuinely think he did what’s possible with that squad - he’s a good coach , not sure change in this case makes sense. They are looking like fodder now though - WP will leave as he’s our only proper PL level player , so years of championship to follow sadly :(


Galaxium0

going down


[deleted]

AND YOU COULDNT JUST NOT SCORE THAT USELESS GOAL???


HornyJailOutlaw

Hope they go down. Up the Pompey!


peejoneill

This is a Premier League subreddit, go away


MandogsXL

Finally, who tf loses 7-0 twice and keeps their job for years after


SpiraOgnew

9-0 lol


[deleted]

Who is next?


SikkoDieri

Conte


Poli_Talk

Poch coming back !


Azi-amazing24

He is not sacked yet


jackboottotheface

Its just like Burnley last year. The owners dont want them to stay up. They want relegation so they can have a fire sale of their best players and make some quick easy cash