According to a number of media outlets, Johannes Spors has decided who would replace would Still at St. Mary’s. He is scheduled to make that decision prior to Saturday’s match against Birmingham City, and he may be the new Nigel Adkins.
A number of media sites are beginning to report that they have been informed of an impending appointment at St. Mary’s, and the rumor mill is poised to turn.
They assert that Saints will be searching for a player who can follow in the footsteps of Nigel Adkins, who helped Saints get promoted to the Premier League and subsequently laid the groundwork for a mid-table return to the top division.
However, it is unclear who is the best candidate for the position. According to footballfancast.com, Michael Carrick may be the answer because, when all is said and done, Carrick’s experience as a manager and player will be more valuable to the Saints than the qualities Tonda Eckert has demonstrated in his brief tenure as manager.
Additionally, they state that the team will be looking to the Premier League, so if he can get Saints promoted and has the experience to keep them up, he will be a man to carry on the good work.
Saintsmarching.com, however, asserts that Tonda Eckert will be chosen over experience as the squad’s manager and that the person leading the team against the Blues on Saturday will be more familiar.
According to them:
“A two-year deal might be the most likely, although the specifics of his contract might take some time to become clear. In order to get the squad as close to the top six as possible before expectations build, Eckert might be given the rest of the season to become settled in. He would be expected to lead Southampton back to the Premier League in two years, whatever.
This will infuriate some Saints supporters who have grumbled that the team has taken this path far too frequently under Sport Republic; their first hiring of Nathan Jones was a complete failure, and things didn’t improve much when they trusted Ruben Selles.
The squad was promoted under Russell Martin’s third appointment, which went rather well at first. However, he struggled in the Premier League, and Ivan Juric, despite his expertise, was a complete failure.
Then came Will Still, who ended his brief term like a rabbit in the headlights, and Simon Rusk, who couldn’t really be held accountable for relegation because we were already down.
Johannes Spors, who is in charge of just one permanent manager, was mistaken about Sport Republic’s poor record.
So, on Saturday, everyone is looking to see if the white smoke will appear over St. Mary’s on Thursday or Friday. This time, it will be for the announcement of a new manager, not like it was two years ago when the warehouse adjacent to the ground burned down.
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