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I'm not sure how many would genuinely support Ruud here next season in any capacity if in the unlikely even he did stay on for the Championship next season (it might still happen but doubtful) - given the hand he was dealt this (Cooper's dire signings) and bereft of confidence/quality at the time, then not being backed in January, etc, etc to level with his disastrous track record time of it here to date. Trouble is he has also been at times ruthlessly exposed this season too and the 17/19 defeats speaks for itself an everyman would say, as well as the fact we STILL haven't won since January! While it's obviously still been a steep learning curve for him, I'm not at all sure how he would fare next season with more supposed experience of this club under his belt by then and with a different team to now (ideally!), in a step down in league quality which is more rudimental (no pun intended!), that's all. Unfortunately for him though he can only be judged on this wretched season he's mostly presided here over to the present time. I can't see it happening here for Ruud next season personally....although we're all still clueless as to how else will be in charge if not him of course! Over to Clueso...

Thought that was a really strange move for him to Southampton after already suffering relegations with Bournemouth and Sheffield United before starring at Arsenal for a season until he was tossed out by Arteta effectively once D.Raya arrived. ,

The irony was he had a good run of clean sheets in the purple patch run up to the Qatar World Cup in 2022, up to mid November (aided by the defence being decent I'm sure) but when that season resumed again on Boxing Day v Newcastle at home we arguably saw the real Danny Ward - as well as in the two horror shows v Wolves and Newcastle in December gone.

Missing that sitter at Newcastle too!

If free transfers also count then you missed out another Saints reject from the 0-9 night, Bertrand!

It is just a matter of time before he leaves I think (most likely at the season's end now to avoid larger pay off). People have said if they were ever going to sack him he'd be long gone by now but on the other hand if they were going to retain him for next season's Championship slogfest then they'd have probably already said as much quite some time ago also. I would eat my hat (and the rest...!) if he was still here next season.

Not saying he'd be a "No More Mr Nice Guy" appointment but it will be interesting to see what happens to Daniel Farke at Leeds now. Might be a good fit for us, might not if he's harshly ousted from Elland Road.

Yes he's been great in his time here most obviously and was venting his anger in the media yesterday at our relegation/season of course but last season was the time to call it a day with his being a starting striker and he should have either left last close season altogether for pastures new or just been used as an impact sub this season - not a starting striker as he mostly has been. Service to him hasn't been great admittedly but neither has Vardy!

I recall the Forest fans taunted us in the infamous home fixture defeat in October with a reverse "straight back down, straight back down LCFC ..... playing football the Cooper way" chant - and they probably wouldn't have been far wrong with that, it's just that his successor was even more of the wrong appointment based on a whim at a superior team's then autumnal form. That fault is clearly the boards and nobody else's!

Indeed, a shame he didn't leave on a relative high still with his fellow title winning teammate Albrighton at the end of last season really rather than having had to be a failing part of this wretched one but having the benefit of hindsight would be priceless and all that.

Warming up for scoring two OGs for the same opposition again!

Bagsy...not going!

Yes, that damaging Danny Ward/Ruud related defeat to Wolves in December gave Wolves a springboard yet a month later we still managed to edge ahead of them out of the bottom three after that unexpected, last win to date at Spurs. That was a false dawn if ever there was though as we seriously regressed after that, whereas Wolves went totally the opposite way. Definitely agree with the prediction that we'd have needed 40 points or more this season to stay up......not with this team!!

There's a bit of mileage in what you're saying, given his decent record at Man Utd as interim in November. People say they only beat us twice but they also won their Europa Conference game and drew a game with in form Chelsea that they should have won under Ruud, was surprised he wasn't at least kept on there to be honest under Amorim. As for Cov., then didn't they turn him down?

Mo Salah would have done nicely had he not signed a new deal at Liverpool! Joking aside then he has scored two more league goals this season alone than the whole of our team! Unreal is one word that springs to mind but sadly it is real!