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Yahoo
19-05-2025
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Would Saints job be too big for Still?
English coach Will Still has left his role at French side RC Lens and is now linked to the vacant managerial job at Southampton. BBC Radio Solent's Adam Blackmore spoke to the Goin' Home with Adam and Jo podcast about his concerns with the 32 year-old, stating: "This is another risk. It might be a great young manager, he has done well for a young man, but the Championship is a beast. "He has not managed there before and he did not play at a high level. He started on Football Manager, became an analyst and has done well from there, but I think it is easier to do it at a lower level in football or in different leagues. "Still would be another young and progressive appointment - but what is he going to do when things are going wrong at Blackburn on a Tuesday night? How is he going to react when players don't agree with him? He hasn't played or managed at a level that tells us he can cope at a big club like Southampton in the pressures of the Championship. "I don't think the club need to gamble on another 'trendy' appointment. If he does get appointed, I do believe he will adapt his game, but it is a risk." Listen to the full discussion on Still
BBC News
19-05-2025
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- BBC News
Would Saints job be too big for Still?
English coach Will Still has left his role at French side RC Lens and is now linked to the vacant managerial job at Radio Solent's Adam Blackmore spoke to the Goin' Home with Adam and Jo podcast about his concerns with the 32 year-old, stating: "This is another risk. It might be a great young manager, he has done well for a young man, but the Championship is a beast."He has not managed there before and he did not play at a high level. He started on Football Manager, became an analyst and has done well from there, but I think it is easier to do it at a lower level in football or in different leagues. "Still would be another young and progressive appointment - but what is he going to do when things are going wrong at Blackburn on a Tuesday night? How is he going to react when players don't agree with him? He hasn't played or managed at a level that tells us he can cope at a big club like Southampton in the pressures of the Championship."I don't think the club need to gamble on another 'trendy' appointment. If he does get appointed, I do believe he will adapt his game, but it is a risk."Listen to the full discussion on Still
BBC News
18-05-2025
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- BBC News
🎧 Is Still the right man for the job?
The latest episode of the Goin' Home With Adam And Jo podcast has landed. BBC Radio Solent's Adam Blackmore is joined by former Saints player Jo Tessem to discuss Sunday's defeat against Everton and the emerging managerial links to Will Still. Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds
BBC News
14-05-2025
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- BBC News
Q&A: Do Southampton require a squad overhaul?
In the final part of our special Southampton Q&A, BBC Radio Solent's Adam Blackmore looks ahead to a busy summer and a potential squad overhaul following relegation to the Can you see a total player clearout happening during the summer? There are a lot of players still there who were relegated two years ago, and again now. Their confidence must be totally shot and I can't help but feel like this is something we will need to do to have a chance of bouncing back I agree with you that there is a lot of scarring in the Saints squad from the two relegations, and it would make a lot of sense to overhaul the the flipside, there are also a lot of players with the experience of getting promoted from the play-offs in the Championship. When I think of it like that, I do wonder if maybe Saints would be better keeping a core of the squad together, players who can bring new signings in to the club and set standards. In reality, there will be a number of players sold to pay for the relegation, there will be some who want to leave and stay in the Premier League, and then there are players who will leave because they are out of contract. So inevitably, we're going to get another fairly big overhaul of the squad. But there is enough quality in it now to compete in the Championship. The key for me is keeping as many players as possible that you think will contribute 30+ games next season, and also reducing the size of the squad drastically. It's way too big and Of the current squad, how many of the players are good enough to cut it in the Championship and at least be competing for the play-offs?Adam: I could generalise and say lots of them, but we know that a lot of this squad, despite how bad they've been in the Premier League, have shown they can cut it at Championship level.I do not believe Adam Armstrong and Ben Brereton-Diaz, for example, would want to stay now, but they could score goals to get Saints promoted, as could Cameron Archer if his head has not been turned since January.I think if they have Ryan Manning and Wellington at left-back, they are set. Same with Bree and Sugawara at right-back. Nathan Wood, Ronnie Edwards, Jan Bednarek and Jack Stephens are all good enough to do well in the Championship. Joe Aribo, Will Smallbone, Flynn Downes and Matheus Fernandes (if they can keep him) give you a top midfield four, wile along with the forwards I mentioned before, if nobody buys Kamaldeen Sulemana and Paul Onuachu, they suddenly have great options up top. If, and it is a big if, Ross Stewart can stay fit, then he becomes a good live option in the Championship. In reality, I am expecting Aaron Ramsdale, Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Tyler Dibling all to be sold to raise funds to pay for me, holding on to Matheus Fernandes could be the difference between challenging for the play-offs/promotion and dancing up automatically.
BBC News
14-05-2025
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- BBC News
Q&A: Would it have been better to stay in the Championship?
On Wednesday, BBC Radio Solent's Adam Blackmore has been answering your questions in a Southampton Q& part two, he reflects on the 2024-25 season and is asked whether a new boss will be able to turn things around next Would Southampton have preferred to stay in the Championship if they had known what this season was going to be like?Adam: I vividly remember many conversations with the great Dave Merrington on this theme. You know, when people say better to go down from the Premier League and regroup to come back up stronger? Dave would say that's rubbish. He said you never want to get relegated, and staying in the Premier League and being in it goes above every other to answer your question, I think it's always better to go up and take the extra status and income the Premier League brings. Going up to the Premier League hasn't been the problem - being bad at recruitment We really are in a mess! To what extent do you think a new manager will be able to turn round our current squad? I'm not particularly looking forward to next season at the moment, other than no VAR!Adam: We are all hoping that he will, Luke! And to be honest, your question is tough to answer without knowing who that manager is. I do believe that with his two years of experience in the Championship and his previous coaching at the highest level, Danny Rohl would be a great progressive appointment if they can keep him away from other whoever it is, it has to be a rock-solid appointment for me, an appointment that smacks of experience and authority, not a manager whom the owners gamble yes, there is a hell of a lot to like about no-VAR-football. It's how the game should be played - you can all celebrate when the ball hits the back of the net, and I can commentate on goals without us having our excitement and moments taken away from back to this page later for the final part
