Kins gave a speech at the Play-Off Final dinner giving huge credit to Les for the work that he did and couldn't speak highly enough of him. He also let slip that Reed was heading off to the England set-up, which was meant to be a secret, but he had had a good few Guinness by then!!!
"The club believes the time is right to take constructive action and make a change that will provide new drive and direction to our football operations team and enable them to get results back on track."
(1) The phrase "constructive action" is rather clumsy given the fact that the Club is sacking Reed even if he has had a decent pay off
(2) As Hughes is in charge of team selection, coaching, motivation etc etc perhaps he is the one that should be leaving rather than Reed?
Uncle Les pays the price. How much has he contributed to Southampton over the years and how much has he made in transfer profit?? Hughes keeps his job. Nice.
Such a mealy-mouthed statement from the club. Les deserves much better than such treatment.
His 'discoveries' and development of them has made the Saints millions. Everyone in football management and scouting is vulnerable to the whims and wind of change. Les should get another role .. UNLESS his mode of working is considered nowadays to be old hat and outmoded .. we will see .. belated thanks again to Les Reed for all he did for our club working with Lord Llewellyn. I'll forgive him his disastrous spell in management, that was not really a role which suited him
Les should never have been appointed manager. It tainted his legacy from 1995-1998. Such bad luck that he followed Dowie just as RM's Midas touch turned to ashes.
I have just contacted the lovely lady at CACT who is organising the 9 Dec Anniversary Dinner to get in touch with Les asap to come as my guest. It might make him feel properly respected and honoured, at least by us.
I have just contacted the lovely lady at CACT who is organising the 9 Dec Anniversary Dinner to get in touch with Les asap to come as my guest. It might make him feel properly respected and honoured, at least by us.
this is a really nice gesture .. as we all know, Reed was a vital part of our success in the late 1990s
I have just contacted the lovely lady at CACT who is organising the 9 Dec Anniversary Dinner to get in touch with Les asap to come as my guest. It might make him feel properly respected and honoured, at least by us.
Was he not asked in the first place? Poor show if not.
How Hughes continues to steal a very good living is way beyond me.
One of the Moyes/McClaren/Pardew types who can fail in about 4 jobs in a row and still get work. Why clubs wouldn't rather take a risk on a younger manager doing well than someone proven not to be up to it, I have no idea.
Hughes has only ever done well at Blackburn, was average with Wales, Fulham and the first couple of years at Stoke and failed at City, QPR, the later years at Stoke and now is poor at the Saints.
They sell their best players. No matter how good your Academy, you will eventually go down if every year you sell your best player.
They've spent a decent amount on replacements though, just badly. Nearly £50m on Long, Carillo and Gabbiadini for a start.
I think their time in this stint in the Premier League is due to end. Narrowly avoided going down last year. Think their time could come by 2020. Could have another long stint out the Prem I reckon.
I remember a function after which my mate and I cornered Les in a corridor and we must have stood there chatting about football for at least thirty minutes and he was more than happy to do so. A more knowledgable bloke you’d be unlikely to meet, and such a nice one too. He was instrumental in our success under Curbs and his time with us has been unfairly tainted by his disasterous time in charge. Another Murray cock up. I’m sure Les won’t be out of work long.
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(1) The phrase "constructive action" is rather clumsy given the fact that the Club is sacking Reed even if he has had a decent pay off
(2) As Hughes is in charge of team selection, coaching, motivation etc etc perhaps he is the one that should be leaving rather than Reed?
Uncle Les pays the price. How much has he contributed to Southampton over the years and how much has he made in transfer profit?? Hughes keeps his job. Nice.
Such a mealy-mouthed statement from the club. Les deserves much better than such treatment.
belated thanks again to Les Reed for all he did for our club working with Lord Llewellyn. I'll forgive him his disastrous spell in management, that was not really a role which suited him
Les should never have been appointed manager. It tainted his legacy from 1995-1998. Such bad luck that he followed Dowie just as RM's Midas touch turned to ashes.
I have just contacted the lovely lady at CACT who is organising the 9 Dec Anniversary Dinner to get in touch with Les asap to come as my guest. It might make him feel properly respected and honoured, at least by us.
Doh!
Yes, Les was invited early but had to decline because of work commitments. Let's hope he can reconsider.
Hughes has only ever done well at Blackburn, was average with Wales, Fulham and the first couple of years at Stoke and failed at City, QPR, the later years at Stoke and now is poor at the Saints.
In all seriousness, this seems a daft descision.