[Football] Has Nathan Bitten Off More Than He Can Chew? - Sacked 12/02/2023

[Bowers-sfc]

Hard to see how we move forward really. Stuck between a rock and a hard place.

The gamble on appointing him just hasn’t worked.

His interview yesterday baffled everyone.

You can’t come in, and 3 months later say you listen to other people and that’s why we are Shit.
Shows complete lack of leadership.

Take some responsibility.

If anything, this has united our fan base all wanting a change.

We have a fan forum Wednesday with our owners, and bizarrely, Nathan Jones was scheduled to attend.

Could be interesting if he’s still in position. Wouldn’t surprise me to see it cancelled.

With the greatest respect, I hope he is out of our club asap.

 

[Ghost of Killer Reeves]

Didn’t they do that on Boxing Day too when we tore them a New Hampshire hole?

I have vague recollections of our first match back in Div 2, at The Dell in ‘77.
I’m sure it was held up due to their fans fighting themselves.

 

[Originunknown]

I'd want him gone too to be fair to Stains. He's like a more unhinged Potter, it was always going to be a big jump with a sink or swim outcome.

You can sink quickly at the top level.

 

[pb21]

Listened to the interview, TBH he sounds a bit unhinged to me, is he actually OK?

 

[Muzzman]

His interviews remind me of Artie Fufkin from Polymer Records.

 

[WhingForPresident]

Not saying this in a nasty way- it does genuinely sound like he needs help.

 

[jcdenton08]

Not saying this in a nasty way- it does genuinely sound like he needs help.

It is one of those situations where he is so out of his depth you end up feeling a bit sorry for him. I felt like this with us under Jeff Wood.

The difference here is that Jones is coming across very… unstable at the moment. That interview was a train wreck.

 

[Stato]

Washing dirty linen in public? Throwing fans / players under the bus?

As a wise man once said: "Eh, Jonesy, I thought you were bigger than that."

 

[Beach Hut]

Bizarre interview, as good as admitting he's in over his head. I think he's had enough of it all now, and just wants to be sacked. This is his opening salvo to achieve that.

Extremely bizarre, he gave that impression to me that he was owning up to being completely out his depth and clueless at managing at the top level

 

[herecomesaregular]

Hard to see how we move forward really. Stuck between a rock and a hard place.

The gamble on appointing him just hasn’t worked.

His interview yesterday baffled everyone.

You can’t come in, and 3 months later say you listen to other people and that’s why we are Shit.
Shows complete lack of leadership.

Take some responsibility.

If anything, this has united our fan base all wanting a change.

We have a fan forum Wednesday with our owners, and bizarrely, Nathan Jones was scheduled to attend.

Could be interesting if he’s still in position. Wouldn’t surprise me to see it cancelled.

With the greatest respect, I hope he is out of our club asap.

I'm not sure listening to other people shows a complete lack of leadership?

I took the impression from his interview that he's given some players a chance and from now he's playing hardball and will drop these non performing players and do things differently.

I wouldn't want him here, surprised he returned to the Premier League but he was manager of the year in the championship so can't say he's a bad manager as such. Hope he continues though as I bet on Soton going down!

 

[nicko31]

If he stays Stains are going down, simple as

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Not saying this in a nasty way- it does genuinely sound like he needs help.

To me he sounded like he alwyss wanted to set up like a Dyche team but bowed to his perception of a desire by the locals to be "cultured". Let's see how it goes next time. Like the new Everton or the old Stains.

(I would take Ward Prowse if they go down, TBF. And he wouldn't have to move house. Win-Win)

 

[el punal]

I have vague recollections of our first match back in Div 2, at The Dell in ‘77.
I’m sure it was held up due to their fans fighting themselves.

I was at that match. It was Portsmouth fans that infiltrated the Dell’s East Stand and decided to be complete knobs by attacking Saints fans. All the Brighton fans were in the Archers Road end just looking on with bemusement.

 

[smiler]

Washing dirty linen in public? Throwing fans / players under the bus?

As a wise man once said: "Eh, Jonesy, I thought you were bigger than that."

I have never forgiven him for his antics at Yeovil

 

[Algernon]

I thought he came across a bit "Begbie" in his interview.

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

Just watched the MOTD interview, got to be a dead man walking now, might even be up there as the shortest managerial tenure in EPL history?

That honour goes to Les Reed, who was Charlton manager for just 41 days.

 

[kevo]

I have vague recollections of our first match back in Div 2, at The Dell in ‘77.
I’m sure it was held up due to their fans fighting themselves.

That was my first ever away game. Remember it well. There was a lot of fighting in the stand to the right (not in our end behind the goal). We'd sold out, so maybe some of our fans got in their section?

 

[casbom]

Rumours of a brawl involving Jones at the training ground today. Could be gone tomorrow.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

The moment he says near the end “normally my teams are top of the tree when it comes to basics”
he covers his mouth inadvertently with his jacket, because his body language knows he’s lying.

He is sadly out of his depth, he is obviously someone struggling, which is never pleasant to see.

however, it’s Southampton struggling, so

 

[jackalbion]

What a mess, but boy, does that lad love god! Learnt this weekend he went out with Helen Chamberlain for a few years. He’s lost the plot, back to Luton soon.