According to the latest media reports, Southampton have spoken to both Steven Gerrard and Chris Wilder about the vacant managerial position at St Mary's, but are not convinced that either are the man for the job.
There is a lot of hot air spoken by many media sources when a manager is sacked and a club is looking for his successor, so we have to take most of them with a pinch of salt, but after the news that talks broke down with former Leeds United boss Jesse Marsch, comes rumours that Saints have also discounted two other out of work football managers for the role.
Reports in the media claim that former Rangers & Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard is unlikely to get the job after holding talks with Saints, despite a decent track record at Rangers and also at Aston Villa were he had rather mixed results and lasted barely a year in the job.
At both clubs he had signed experienced names with allegations that at Villa his signings were more about his connections than what Villa were looking for and that would be far from the spec for any Southampton manager where it is about bringing in younger players and turning them into Premier League quality.
Chris Wilder who enjoyed success with Sheffield United before spending a short time at Middlesbrough and was of course a reserve team player at the Dell, was also a consideration, Scottish sources have said he has had talks at both Aberdeen & Southampton, but both links have gone cold and they also claim that Saints were once again unconvinced after talking too him.
So the hunt goes on for the next Saints manager, but the time and the number of suitable candidates is running down and Saints need to seen to be pro active and in control of the situation.
The truth is they probably are, some fans have berated the club for not landing Marsch, indeed some of those leading the fury were only days earlier in uproar about the fact that Saints were even considering him
But the fact that we have not just took him on, on any terms, but have held on for the right agreements shows that we are not panicking and hopefully have other contenders on our radar.