SWINDON TOWN: Wilson slams Saints' managerial saga (From Swindon Advertiser)
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SWINDON TOWN: Wilson slams Saints' managerial saga
6:10am Friday 10th September 2010 in
DANNY Wilson has labelled Southampton’s on-going managerial saga as “absolutely crazy” - and heaped the pressure on whoever eventually takes over at St Mary’s.
Alan Pardew was sacked from the south coast club less than a fortnight ago on the back of a 4-0 win which brought chairman Nicola Cortese under fire from fans and pundits.
And as the sides face each other in League One action at the County Ground tomorrow, Wilson believes Southampton’s early-season struggles can be put down to their upheaval behind the scenes.
“It’s crazy - absolutely crazy,” Swindon’s manager told the Advertiser.
“If you’re going to make a decision then make it in the summertime.
“Why wait until this time if you’re not going to get on with your manager or whatever reason it was?
“What is the point in waiting around, because this is what happens - it unsettles them.
“This could go on longer and I hope it does - I hope it goes on a few more games and they don’t get wins.
“Certainly I think there is a better and more sensible way of doing things, but that’s the way some people work and it’s not my place to tell them how to run their business and their clubs.”
Scunthorpe boss Nigel Adkins appeared to be heading for the Saints’ hotseat yesterday until a dispute broke out over compensation, and it now looks as though caretaker manager Dean Wilkins will remain in charge for this weekend’s clash.
But Wilson warned Pardew’s eventual successor that they can not afford to make any mistakes at a club desperate to climb back up the football ladder.
“It is a fantastic football club, a big football club, and whoever goes in there will not only be in charge of an ambitious club but the expectation level is sky-high,” said Wilson of Southampton.
“There’s no room for mistakes quite honestly. They have to go in there straight away and get results. That is the pressure that comes with the size of that job.
“But with the squad they’ve got they are more than capable of achieving that.”
Comments(52)
NZ Red
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7:18am Fri 10 Sep 10
s/w part-lady!
the wizard
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7:33am Fri 10 Sep 10
I think Southampton will have been training very hard just for this game. Dean Wilkins will be looking for a result, as will the team, because who ever takes over is likely to be in the stands looking on.
Tirau Dan
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7:37am Fri 10 Sep 10
Comments after last nights Saints Chairman's forum.. Read it Mr Wilson instead of the anti Cortese crap the Newspaper chain have been spreading as Nicola Cortese intends taking Saints to winning The Champions League.. and NZ Red (Hi) he told me in last years forum when they do win they'll come on a down under tour....
From The Saints Mad Site.. cut and paste
"well just got back. people who see NC in a negiative way let me tell you how wrong you are, the guys ambition is faultless with the money to back his ambition.
financial backing.
its still there and nothing has changed as regards to when st marcus passed away and he's got full backing of the liebherr family.
manager.
when asked about AP? he looked down and smiled, looked at me and said lets just say i had no choice, it had to be done.
as regards to the new manager the list is very short and a descition will be made imminantly (dont listen to the media at all) i piped up and said please not phil brown and his reply way not a chance XD XD XD
payment plans for STHs.
will be introduced again. once the new swipe card system is installed. as it is to many people brought STs did'nt pay for them and theres no way they can stand on the turnstiles and examine every ST.
Sponsors.
the club are already in negotiations with various companys for next season already.
media.
he hates the media. he said no matter what you say they always turn it around. im not used to media attention and dont like it. someone else said but you need to like them because alot of saints fans dislike you for the mushroom effect you need to get your intention out in the open, he was not suprised at all. and is already in discusions to start a radio solent open saints forum. when asked about the press ban? they are not banned only photographers, journalists are welcome just not photographers (again the media getting crossthreaded).
one of the last face to face chats with marcus.
marcus said i want to get back in the premiership and be about a mid table team. NC said i cant do that i want to win the champions league. apparently marcus's eye widened and he said do what you got to do.
to sum up the evening he is a really ambitious family orientated guy and here for along time as he said this will be my last job. im glad he's at the helm of our club, it could be alot worse.
IN NICOLA WE WILL TRUST.
COYRs
sorry if its a bit bitty information overload
mentazm1974
Thanks Mentaz1974.... Brilliant!!
hamblesaint
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7:40am Fri 10 Sep 10
RedBrum
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7:52am Fri 10 Sep 10
http://www.dailyecho
.co.uk/sport/8382844
.Howe_turns_down_Sai
nts/
First posting is from a Saints Fan who says, (I quote) 'this is turning into a farce!'.
Short and sweet!
Tirau Dan
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8:06am Fri 10 Sep 10
RedBrum wrote:The Echo and your paper are I believe in the same chain.. The chain are slating Nicola Cortese because he openly hates the press and has banned their photographers from St Mary's prefering to sell papers photos taken by in house media people.. Other clubs may soon follow suit.
Do we really need an essay on this page about how great Southampton's chairman is??? Surely the Daily Echo has a similar section. I notice they are also running an article about how a 'little' club like Bournemouth have a manager who has just turned down the chance of taking over as manager at St Marys!
http://www.dailyecho
.co.uk/sport/8382844
.Howe_turns_down_Sai
nts/
First posting is from a Saints Fan who says, (I quote) 'this is turning into a farce!'.
Short and sweet!
The piece above is a retort to Danny Wilson's diatribe. Fair I think.. Good Luck Robins.. Hope for a great game for all. Sure you'll make the play offs at least.
harrymorris
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8:07am Fri 10 Sep 10
Concentrate on the game and good luck to both clubs in the long run.
SAPFanSTFC
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8:16am Fri 10 Sep 10
MITTED
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8:31am Fri 10 Sep 10
bradley red 1
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8:48am Fri 10 Sep 10
Inky
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9:20am Fri 10 Sep 10
hamblesaint wrote:He probably is no doubt - rather a big headed comment 'overlooked for the Saints post' more like ducked the 'poison chalice' ....
I wonder if Danny Wilson is feeling the pressure himself. Overlooked for the Saints post after 3 wins on the spin and yet so far this season in the league Swindon have done worse than Saints. I think he is a very worried man. There are a lot of good managers out there !!!
Custodian
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9:20am Fri 10 Sep 10
Good grief.
Even Angrier Monkey
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9:36am Fri 10 Sep 10
back to your own site please.
Even Angrier Monkey
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9:36am Fri 10 Sep 10
SURACI
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9:47am Fri 10 Sep 10
the wizard
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10:00am Fri 10 Sep 10
harrymorris wrote:Everything Fitton does, takes a while, you only have to look at players signings to see that. However wasn't Wilson a free agent when he came here, having just been shown the door at Hartlepool.
Considering how prolonged it was to finally appoint Wilson, we are in no position to say anything. it would be calling the kettle calling the pot black.
Concentrate on the game and good luck to both clubs in the long run.
bagofsweets
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10:28am Fri 10 Sep 10
Custodian wrote:Spot on...At least one sane voice on here today then...
Wilson was asked a question and he answered it. I don't think he telephoned the Advertiser and said "I want a press conference because the Southampton situation is absolutely crazy".
Good grief.
phoenixfannz
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10:37am Fri 10 Sep 10
Plenty of talk about Plymouth rejects though!!
Has Wilson lost the plot and is he past his sell by date??
Med Red
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10:45am Fri 10 Sep 10
largey
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11:08am Fri 10 Sep 10
Custodian wrote:Unfortunately that simple concept seems impossible to understand for some people on here.
Wilson was asked a question and he answered it. I don't think he telephoned the Advertiser and said "I want a press conference because the Southampton situation is absolutely crazy". Good grief.
largey
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11:10am Fri 10 Sep 10
Med Red wrote:The adver care which is why they asked Wilson to comment because we play them next. I don't think it has any baring on how focused the team are.
Who care's about what's happening at Southampton. Wilson needs to stay focused and keep the team focused. Three points tomorrow is a must. Whatever it takes we need to win. If we have to ditch "pretty-pretty" football so be it! COYR!!
RedBrum
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11:14am Fri 10 Sep 10
Wait until next week and I guarantee that, because it is Walsall, there will be an interview with Super Sammy Parkin asking him about his time at the Saddlers last year!
You could go through the whole year writing headlines months before the matches happen.
Old-Stager, Hilperton
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11:39am Fri 10 Sep 10
Med Red
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11:43am Fri 10 Sep 10
largey wrote:"The adver care"... yer havin a laugh, it's just a news story for them.
Med Red wrote: Who care's about what's happening at Southampton. Wilson needs to stay focused and keep the team focused. Three points tomorrow is a must. Whatever it takes we need to win. If we have to ditch "pretty-pretty" football so be it! COYR!!The adver care which is why they asked Wilson to comment because we play them next. I don't think it has any baring on how focused the team are.
I happen to think it might have been better for Wilson to save his comments about the managerial saga at Saints, till after tomorrows game. But hey, that's just my opinion.
avo
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11:46am Fri 10 Sep 10
With regard to wilsons comments about it? I could not care less.
The adver running a story like this? Predictable.
Will it have any bearing on tomorrows match? Of course not.
Get a grip people.
the wizard
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11:49am Fri 10 Sep 10
I think that you are very correct, Saints will be very much on the UP for this game. Its not going to be as easy as many think, and for more than a few anything less than a win will not be acceptable. Wilsons words could come back on him, I really hope they don't though, we need this win, badly.
Mr_Spunk
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12:02pm Fri 10 Sep 10
scollenstfc
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12:42pm Fri 10 Sep 10
avo wrote:seconded avo, lets concentrate on getting the result!
With regard to saints situation - I could not care less about it. With regard to wilsons comments about it? I could not care less. The adver running a story like this? Predictable. Will it have any bearing on tomorrows match? Of course not. Get a grip people.
amadeus
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1:50pm Fri 10 Sep 10
WiltshireLeppard
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2:04pm Fri 10 Sep 10
WE care about SWINDON TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB - nothing else. The important thing to us is climbing the table and pretty sharpish too. Ok, the loan market may be slow but we need cover in defence - Morrison has done very well but he's a young lad and we'll need cover for him. Maybe young Thomas Cruise of Arsenal - he's said he'd consider a loan deal (http://www.goal.com
/en/news/9/england/2
010/09/04/2103072/th
omas-cruise-wants-to
-leave-arsenal-on-lo
an-deal-to-gain) and here's some more info on the young defender (http://en.wikipedia
.org/wiki/Thomas_Cru
ise_(footballer)). Notice he's quite versatile too - can play at left back or left midfield too!
graham81
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2:21pm Fri 10 Sep 10
avo
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2:50pm Fri 10 Sep 10
the wizard wrote:Sorry gotta disagree this time, where have you picked up on others here thinking tomorrow will be easy?
Med Red, I think that you are very correct, Saints will be very much on the UP for this game. Its not going to be as easy as many think, and for more than a few anything less than a win will not be acceptable. Wilsons words could come back on him, I really hope they don't though, we need this win, badly.
I for one think tomorrow will be a very tough game for us, but I thought that before any of this rubbish was printed.
I also believe it has no bearing on the outcome tomorrow. If we are at our best, we will win. If we are not, I don't think we will, but Idoubt we'll lose because of what is written or quoted through media outlets.
Anyone who suggests that life is now harder for us because of this is wrong imo.
So given the mickey mouse way the manager hunt has gone this week, should I expect their squad to be in turmoil and dejected tomorrow?
I still predict a 2-1 win for us, but we will see.
the_gloves
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3:41pm Fri 10 Sep 10
As for the article, I don't care about Saints enough to know anything other than what I read in the main media. I'm also sure that Danny doesn't care enough to go and find out every detail. He is clearly offering his opinion on what has been written and the adver has gone with it because it was highlight of usual pre-match press conference. Agree with it or not but football would be a lot less interesting if the adver didn't ask these questions and Danny didn't answer them.
stfclondon
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3:43pm Fri 10 Sep 10
Let's hope our tendency to raise our game against the better sides is evident again tomorrow and we get the win we need to kick-start our season. But talk of 'must win' games at this stage of the season is a bit dramatic - we could lose or draw tomorrow and then go on a ten game winning run.
zznewyork
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5:26pm Fri 10 Sep 10
Wow,whoes warning Wilson?
The thing is if he was asked a question about Southampton, he should say no comment,I,m manager of Swindon
WiltshireLeppard
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5:31pm Fri 10 Sep 10
A Charlie Austin double for us and I think Rickie Lambert will get one for Southampton (although a clean sheet would be great!)
Oi Den!
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5:46pm Fri 10 Sep 10
zznewyork
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5:51pm Fri 10 Sep 10
"Certainly I think there is a better and more sensible way of doing things, but that’s the way some people work and it’s not my place to tell them how to run their business and their clubs.”
glasred
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5:54pm Fri 10 Sep 10
Grimreaperswifesboyfriend
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5:59pm Fri 10 Sep 10
glasred
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6:12pm Fri 10 Sep 10
TownEnd D.Romain
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6:31pm Fri 10 Sep 10
Not looking 4ward 2 the saints game as i can see STFC get a hammering...
Away from home they seem 2be a very different team
Redhouse Red
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7:00pm Fri 10 Sep 10
And because we are bottom of the league you expect him to turn round and say. "I can't really comment as were bottom of the league, so clearly it should be out of a job, not pardew"
Hardly!!!!!!!
didntshedoswell
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7:56pm Fri 10 Sep 10
Keep the faith
COYR
old town robin
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9:20pm Fri 10 Sep 10
On another note I bought one of my grandson's a ticket for tomorrows match, the Arkle stand where I have my season ticket is sold-out both for us and SCM, they have already taken additional 1,000 for Stratton Bank, but I was told by ticket office they will also be allowed to but tickets on the day. IMO they are some of the better visitors to the CG, so I'm looking forward to both teams playing the game in the right spirit, would expect something in the region of 13,000 - 14,000 tomorrow.
On another point bought my concession £5 for the Torquay game, free for my grandson (under sixteen), fantastic value, would urge as many as possible to take their kids, should be a good game as Torquay are playing very well so far this season. (by the way if memory serves me right, we had luck on our side against them in round 1 or 2 of the 1969 league cup triumph), was it 4-3 we scrapped through or was that Bradford. Come on O@Den help me out
Richmondrobin
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9:35pm Fri 10 Sep 10
old town robin
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9:51pm Fri 10 Sep 10
Richmondrobin wrote:are you in a time warp, we do not have a player called Mcnamee. Agree with the rest of your post, it would be hard to drop Morrison, Sheehan will be first choice LB, Prutton may still prove to be an assett, but IMO he will not automatically win back the shirt as long as Ferry does the business. Rose has blown his chance at LB, he'll either go back to the North or convert to left mid-field
Mcnamee poor on wet pitches, awesome on dry. Pericard likely to enjoy the heavier pitches as is dossevi and Morrison. Dw great manager, fit ton is the kiddy too. To me only two mistakes, that's all. Playing and persisting with prutton and rose. Now we have sheehan , Kennedy and super ferry animal we will be difficult to break down again. Whether u like it or not Morrison is the future....
Oi Den!
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11:14pm Fri 10 Sep 10
old town robin wrote:2-1 win I think. Played on a lovely late summer's evening. I think the Bradford City game was 4-3
I'm finding it hard to understand why so many on the forum being concerned as to Danny's response to the South Coast team's manager situation. he is in the union and obviously doesn't like to see fellow managers sacked, albeit on this occassion he would seemed to be mis-informed As one of the Saints posters mentioned, most of us were not aware he was sh****g his players partners and the team refused to play for him. Even before this knowledge many of our posters said he was a sleeze-ball, now it's confirmed, it's SCT problem not ours, IMO their chairman took the correct action, there is no place in any business for that type of behaviour. On another note I bought one of my grandson's a ticket for tomorrows match, the Arkle stand where I have my season ticket is sold-out both for us and SCM, they have already taken additional 1,000 for Stratton Bank, but I was told by ticket office they will also be allowed to but tickets on the day. IMO they are some of the better visitors to the CG, so I'm looking forward to both teams playing the game in the right spirit, would expect something in the region of 13,000 - 14,000 tomorrow. On another point bought my concession £5 for the Torquay game, free for my grandson (under sixteen), fantastic value, would urge as many as possible to take their kids, should be a good game as Torquay are playing very well so far this season. (by the way if memory serves me right, we had luck on our side against them in round 1 or 2 of the 1969 league cup triumph), was it 4-3 we scrapped through or was that Bradford. Come on O@Den help me out
mancrobin
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1:32am Sat 11 Sep 10
Yes, Danny is under pressure, as is a good deal of the players. They have a chance on Saturday to make a statement and move the season on. I'm travelling down from Manchester to watch it. If the performance (not necessarily the result) is crap, I'll have something further to say.
avo
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6:37am Sat 11 Sep 10
Old-Stager, Hilperton
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10:47am Sat 11 Sep 10
avo wrote:I also think a 2-1 scoreline, but unfortunately in Southampton's favour. Let's all hope that I am wrong !
Blimey, 2-1 is a favoured prediction among fans, including me, let'shope we're all right, come on town!
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mallorca says...
7:01am Fri 10 Sep 10
Like many of us we want our team to win and start playing again the football that will ensure survival let alone promotion.
In one breadth I think DW's recruiting methods are a bit naff as to time it takes to actually get bodieis on the playing staff. Yet he has proved us wrong many many times. My only fear is come mid/end Oct he has not brought in decent players who he is targeting we will suffer.
The team we have aint that bad but it's the old story the CB and striker were never really relaced.
Make no bones I want the Town to succeed but many of us I guess winge on mainley out of frustration.
All we need now is for AF not to have confidence in DW then we would have major problems
Good luck sat Town