| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. 11:13 - Nov 2 with 2637 views | saintmark1976 |
Look at the facts from the owners point of view :-
1. The Guy who owns 80% of the club allegedly has financial problems to the tune of £250 million.
2. The other owner with 20% appears to be nowhere to be seen.
3. The club’s director of football is suggested to be head hunted by a major Italian club.
4. The club invested ( not sure if that’s the correct word ) £50 million in players during the last window.
5. The team is three wins and a draw away from the sixth placed team with nearly a third of the season completed, so promotion whilst not impossible, appears to be very unlikely.
6. With the quality of the squad assembled, even with Mr Still’s obvious current ineptitude, there is every likelihood that the team will finish lower mid table and just about avoid relegation.
Given the above, what possible benefit to the owners is there in replacing Mr Still given the additional cost to them in so doing ?
In summary, this season from a fans perspective is over and I fully expect the owners to now tough it out until next season, and in the upcoming Summer they will probably sell any decent players left and thus attempt to make a profit.
I genuinely hope I’m wrong but that’s how I see it. Other opinions are of course welcome.
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| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 11:32 - Nov 2 with 2532 views | Centurion |
Agree, i said a while back I think the Board will 'tough it out'.
They are so deep in their bunker that they have actually lost reality of what is going on.
Probably have an alternative XG league table that they are working on and we are top. | | | |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 11:48 - Nov 2 with 2473 views | Ifonly |
The 250m is a red herring. Solak lost control of his business in a legal dispute. He did not lose the 250m that was awarded to him in a separate settlement. It is what BC Partners owe him for the controlling stake they bought from him that they then used to throw him out. Obviously they don't get that stake for free and a court decided that the value according to the deal meant he was owed 250 for it. | | | |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 11:55 - Nov 2 with 2436 views | DorsetIan |
We don’t need to speculate.
It took a determined fans campaign to shift Jones.
It took being 5-0 down at half time to shift Martin.
Selles and Juric they allowed to see out the seasons!
They have no f*cking idea how to either hire or fire managers. | |
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| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 11:58 - Nov 2 with 2425 views | saintmark1976 |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 11:48 - Nov 2 by Ifonly |
The 250m is a red herring. Solak lost control of his business in a legal dispute. He did not lose the 250m that was awarded to him in a separate settlement. It is what BC Partners owe him for the controlling stake they bought from him that they then used to throw him out. Obviously they don't get that stake for free and a court decided that the value according to the deal meant he was owed 250 for it. |
Thanks for the additional information.
So in broad brush terms, he lost one of his businesses and the current owners were told to pay him £250 million compensation.
Has the £250 million now been paid to him ? | |
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| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 12:12 - Nov 2 with 2364 views | Ifonly |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 11:58 - Nov 2 by saintmark1976 |
Thanks for the additional information.
So in broad brush terms, he lost one of his businesses and the current owners were told to pay him £250 million compensation.
Has the £250 million now been paid to him ? |
No idea, but if he needed cash flow he would be able to borrow against it.
He still owns 36% to 42% of the business which he could also sell, but BC Partners own 55% and they wanted to get him out of the management team, which they've now achieved. | | | |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 12:23 - Nov 2 with 2312 views | DorsetIan |
Wolves owners showing Solak how it is done. | |
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| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 12:27 - Nov 2 with 2295 views | GRIM |
But it wouldn't cost them anything if they replaced WS with Adam Lallana.
They might have to increase Lallana's salary to encourage hime to take on a thankless task.
I'm not saying that I'd like to see AL in charge but right at this moment anything is better than what we currently have.
To be honest nobody could do any worse than WS. | | | |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 12:47 - Nov 2 with 2196 views | saintmark1976 |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 12:27 - Nov 2 by GRIM |
But it wouldn't cost them anything if they replaced WS with Adam Lallana.
They might have to increase Lallana's salary to encourage hime to take on a thankless task.
I'm not saying that I'd like to see AL in charge but right at this moment anything is better than what we currently have.
To be honest nobody could do any worse than WS. |
I think you would find that it would cost them Grim, simply because they would have to settle Still’s contract if they sacked him.
Could put him on gardening leave I suppose but would still need to pay him.
As for Lallana taking over. Personally I’d rather continue with Still given the way Adam left us for Liverpool. | |
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| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 13:22 - Nov 2 with 2111 views | mushinexile |
They are making money. All is well. The "football club" is just a front. Still will stay. Changing the manager hasn't worked before, Why should it this time? | |
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| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 13:32 - Nov 2 with 2072 views | saintwizzler |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 13:22 - Nov 2 by mushinexile |
They are making money. All is well. The "football club" is just a front. Still will stay. Changing the manager hasn't worked before, Why should it this time? |
Only replace Will Still with someone better.
It’s that simple.
Unfortunately Sport Republic continually employ crap managers.
It’s Lallana’s job. |  |
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| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 13:40 - Nov 2 with 2042 views | 1885_SFC |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 12:23 - Nov 2 by DorsetIan |
Wolves owners showing Solak how it is done. |
Wolves owner statement:
"Unfortunately, the start to this season has been a disappointment and, despite our strong desire to give the head coach time and matches to find an improvement, we have reached a point where we must make a change."
Sounds all too familiar... |  |
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| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 13:45 - Nov 2 with 2032 views | GRIM |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 12:47 - Nov 2 by saintmark1976 |
I think you would find that it would cost them Grim, simply because they would have to settle Still’s contract if they sacked him.
Could put him on gardening leave I suppose but would still need to pay him.
As for Lallana taking over. Personally I’d rather continue with Still given the way Adam left us for Liverpool. |
Putting WS on Garden Leave would not cost us any more than it is at the moment.
At least if he was sacked he couldn't do any more damage.
The bonus being we wouldn't have to tolerate his Boring / Bland pre match & post match interviews.
I know it's difficult to be upbeat about the performances & results at the moment but it would help if we had a coach that had a positive attitude. | | | |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 13:46 - Nov 2 with 2025 views | grumpy |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 13:32 - Nov 2 by saintwizzler |
Only replace Will Still with someone better.
It’s that simple.
Unfortunately Sport Republic continually employ crap managers.
It’s Lallana’s job. |
What has Lallana done since he has been here? |  | | |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 13:50 - Nov 2 with 2005 views | 1885_SFC |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 13:45 - Nov 2 by GRIM |
Putting WS on Garden Leave would not cost us any more than it is at the moment.
At least if he was sacked he couldn't do any more damage.
The bonus being we wouldn't have to tolerate his Boring / Bland pre match & post match interviews.
I know it's difficult to be upbeat about the performances & results at the moment but it would help if we had a coach that had a positive attitude. |
Even worse, Still says that he “doesn't have a fix“ for his team in a post-match interview yesterday.
He was clueless from the start & even more so 13 games in. | |
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| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 13:52 - Nov 2 with 1997 views | GRIM |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 13:46 - Nov 2 by grumpy |
What has Lallana done since he has been here? |
We really need a tough talking disciplinarian to shake the players up but just like centre forwards, where do you get them from. ? | | | |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 14:18 - Nov 2 with 1899 views | saintwizzler |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 13:46 - Nov 2 by grumpy |
What has Lallana done since he has been here? |
His coaching badges. | |
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| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 14:21 - Nov 2 with 1890 views | Heisenberg |
Still didn’t bring a coaching team with him so it’s just a case of paying him off. The likely scenario is Paul Trollope who managed before will be appointed until the end of the season with Lallana as his Assistant. Trollope will improve things enough to keep us in the league. Still has to go. He is completely out of his depth. |  |
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| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 14:43 - Nov 2 with 1820 views | saint22 |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 13:52 - Nov 2 by GRIM |
We really need a tough talking disciplinarian to shake the players up but just like centre forwards, where do you get them from. ? |
I would take Gerrard right now | | | |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 14:47 - Nov 2 with 1808 views | kingslandstand1 |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 14:43 - Nov 2 by saint22 |
I would take Gerrard right now |
It's unlikely he'd take us though! In fact, who would noting the owners record?? |  |
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| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 14:48 - Nov 2 with 1801 views | kingolaf |
They can keep him if they like but they can’t force people to watch.
Attendances will continue to slide. I will probably stop using my season ticket. | | | |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 15:00 - Nov 2 with 1763 views | 1885_SFC |
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| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 15:20 - Nov 2 with 1701 views | Ron11 |
There is absolutely no point in keeping Still on in that role. It will all end in relegation because it's painfully obvious he's lost the dressing room completely and because he won't fu cking listen, he's lost any support that might be forthcoming from Trollope or Lallana.
Just tell him to go home and await further instructions in May next year. | | | |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 19:36 - Nov 2 with 1376 views | Chesham_Saint |
This thread aged well… 😀 |  |
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| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 19:43 - Nov 2 with 1334 views | saintwizzler |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 19:36 - Nov 2 by Chesham_Saint |
This thread aged well… 😀 |
I blame Tony and Saint22 | |
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| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 19:44 - Nov 2 with 1330 views | DorsetIan |
| I suspect that Mr Still won’t be going anywhere soon. on 19:36 - Nov 2 by Chesham_Saint |
This thread aged well… 😀 |
My sources tell me that Solak read this thread, and it was the main reasons he pulled the plug on Still. | |
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