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Panic stations

saints fans didnt like him, am suprised tho

WFT!?!

Surprised at this, from the outside it looked like he was doing OK there.

hahaha blokes a cunt

Alan 'If Swindon come here and get a draw they will celebrate like it's a win' Pardew as I will think of him for ever more 8)

In a way he was right though, any result at Saints is a good one and we would have celebrated it.  Ok we won even better but that was a very good result that, it surprised me a bit.

Im very surprised Pardew has been sacked, he did well last season considering the points taken off them.  He would have got saints up there im sure.  Now who do they go for  ??? I thought this was April the 1st . 

On the main screen, it comes up with a advert for 'Saints Player' but then it says this...
[url width=815 height=360]http://aka-cdn-ns.adtech.de/apps/427/Ad5456811St3Sz16Sq4658267V0Id2/Southampton.jpg[/url]

Still if Pardrew has been sacked with his record this season and last something must be going on behind the scenes.

Strange one. Gives us a tiny bit of hope for tomorrow now.

Will he be celebrating that sacking like a win?

He probably got a decent pay off, so yeah!

Very wierd one, even though he wasnt hugely liked they had a great result at the Brizzle Dogs Saturday.

My mate who is a season ticket holder there says they are going all out to get Martin O'Neill there, I can't see it myself though.

Saints fans are saying Pardew asked for permission to speak to Villa, so they sacked him.

Cheerio! Cheerio! Cheerioooooooooooooooo!

Tomorrow night;

WHERES YOUR PARDEW GONE!?

There was always huge expectation there, and the fans never really took to him.

Gonna be a difficult job for whoever comes in, the transfer window's about to slam shut so realistically they'll have to work with Pardew's squad. Still one of my favourites for the league though.

Why does the transfer window always, always have to 'slam' shut? Can't some one just close it normally?

It happens on sky sports news where nothing happens normally or quietly

Breaking news!!!!!!!
Port vale midfielder out for 2 weeks with an ankle injury.

You cant imagine people who use that sort of tone shutting a door quietly can you

The handle overlaps the frame. Poor design.

Just been chatting to my Saints supporting mate and hes absolutely gutted and he says 80% of the fans actually backed Pardew to do the job and is convinced as many are that he was told to leave after wanting to chat to Villa.

I asked him who is being mentioned and apparently Hoddle, Tisdale and O'Neill(no chance IMO) but the favourite is an Italian manager with experience is lined up by the board already, no names mentioned apart from Zola (not exactly experienced) but it aint gonna happen before tomorrows game so we may have an advantage if the Saints fans turn on their board as they may well do.

Pardew would like Villa....few years back on  a work thing I was given a ground tour of the Madejski....the home dressing room was painted claret and blue, apparently Pardew's favourite colours as a West Ham fan...

Heh! heh!



Very true 8)


This is my favourite Sky advert of recent times..typical example of Sky desperately trying to get people excited over fuck all...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSc10RVyYKw

"SKY SPORTS WILL NO LONGER BE PLAYING ON FREE VIEW....WHAT A STORY!!!!!!!!!"

WTF? Do I have to do anything? ???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF_uOgyBK1c

Fantastic :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Entitled to talk with a bigger club surely without the sack. Talking looking isnt going there.  This is surely a big mistake, Southampton are not gunna get that sort of loyalty.  If Danny  was eyeing up a role at a larger club, and wanted to talk with them im sure we would not sack him, would we, we know football is dog eat dog. Hes ( Pardew )  has just won 4-0 at City,  surely that should have earnt him another month in the job. Villa is a big job and if he felt he had a chance of it he had to give it a go, no one should blame him for that. Going by this Danny had better watch his step a bit, there must be other clubs looking at him,  and if he shows interest  :suicide: 


Bad day for football  :badmood:

 :clap:

tis football nature, by asking for permission to talk to a club means that you are not 100% happy in your own job and are looking for pastures new.

If Danny asked for permission to talk to a bigger club I too would expect him to be refused and possibly even sacked, its not unusual at all in football.

Where else has it happened then  :girlgiggle:

The Italian Chief Exec wanted to get rid of him a few months ago, and if he puts an Italian in charge it'll be like QPR a few years ago...and it really worked there didn't it !!

Current betting...

Gianfranco Zola 4/1
Paul Tisdale 5/1
Eddie Howe 6/1
Glenn Hoddle 7/1
Gareth Southgate 8/1
Phil Brown 10/1
Tony Mowbray 10/1
Ian Dowie 14/1
Jim Magilton 14/1
Alan Shearer 16/1
Chris Coleman 16/1
Paul Jewell 16/1
Dean Wikins 16/1
Steve Clarke 16/1
Dennis Wise 16/1
Alan Curbishley 20/1
Paul Ince 20/1
Gary Megson 20/1
Kevin Blackwell 20/1
Micky Adams 22/1
Steve Coppell 25/1
Kevin Keegan 25/1
Chris Wilder 25/1
Alan Knill 28/1
Jim Gannon 28/1
Martin O'Neill 33/1
Jeff Kenna 33/1
Dan Petrescu 40/1
Carlton Palmer 66/1
Matthew Le Tissier 100/1

Some names there that would never actually even apply let alone become manager!

I hate Saints with a passion, but i think they have made the right move.

Hes a poor manager who couldnt even get Saints into the playoffs last season.  Couldnt see them making the top 2 this season, but with a decent manager in charge, they probably will do now

Please no!

Shefield United are probably the only club outside the Prem he'd go to anyway. Strange to see him on that list of celebrity managers.

off topic, but does anyway know if the ticket office is open today to get tickets for tomorrow night?

To be fair without the 10 point deduction they would have.

dont be daft.its the paint pot trophy, and today is a bank holiday.

Are you serious?

I thought pardew did alright there given the circumstances at the time

The spin is similar to Middlesbrough's excuse for letting Southgate go last season.

I was never bothered about Pardew until his comments before our win at St. Mary's last season. Knobhead.

The Saints board probably remembered the time he screwed Reading over by walking out to join West Ham, no loyalty at all.

I did like Pardew when he did that though.

OF seems to have caught the contagion rife amongst scummers that they're in fact a massive club, just a couple of seasons away from European football...after all they did finish 95th in the English football pyramid last season.

Why manage Ipswich, Norwich, Leeds, Nottm Forest, Derby etc when you can manage the Scum. If Town went in for him he'd sign on the dotted line in a hearbeat.

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Plymouth fans said similar when Leicester came sniffing around Holloway a couple of years back and then....

Chris Wilder will go if the Championship calls, not saying that to wind a rival fan up, it's just ambition.

I really really hope Poyet gets the job.

Hahaha... First signing Gordon Greer?

Coincidence that the owner who rated Pardew dies and then a few weeks later Pardew is sacked ?

I think Pardew would have always been 'on the brink' as long as they were failing to win week in/week out.

The 4-0 win over Bristol Rovers would have been an inconvenience for the Southampton board.

Discussed this on Saturday on the way back from Plastic land.

I commented that the Rovers result should keep the Monkeys off Pardews back. I agree with Rich.....the Saints board must of sighed at that result.

Kick off the season tonight with a win on pens then two league wins on the bounce....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw32fiasUSs

"According to Sky Sports, Southampton are looking to appoint Paul Hart as their new manager."

Laughable appointment that would be.

Very odd considering.

That will not go down well with Saints fans having an ex scummer in charge.

Probably a good fit for Saints actually.  Hart didn’t mind Flavio Briatorre picking the team when he was QPR so he probably won’t mind working for this dictator either.

Ha, ha Saints fans - O'Neill, Hoddle, Zola..................................Hart.

Martin O'Neil has been found out....

Stefpol are you mad.  They had a big points deduction last season and were coming back from administration. Pardew did very well.  This was a big big mistake.  Few in the list could do a better job.   Hoddle ( GOD)  could but hes fallen out with them, or them with him.  Others on the list  are not better than Pardew, so why change.   :girlgiggle:

We beat them 3-0, maybe not had Pardew been there. Fortunate time to play them, papers over our own cracks a bit. Blimey Pericard scored 2  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: 

He pissed me off when he had the chance of thumping Wenger and in the end walked away, what a waste of a golden opportunity to thump 'Old Specsavers' and be in the right.

What's funny?  ??? Pericard did score 2. Good for him.

This is the third time we beat Saints "at the right time"

1-0 @ CG - Finding it hard to adjust to League One
1-0 @ SM - Focusing on the JPT Final
3-0 @ SM - The felt down because they'd sacked their manager

 ::)

Can't we just enjoy a victory when it comes and encourage/praise struggling players when they do well (considering the amount of abuse us fans throw at them when it's not going well).