Saints Fans Not keen On Eddie Howe To Succeed Ronald Koeman.

No disrespect to Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe, but most Saints supporters do not see him as the man to succeed Ronald Koeman as manager of Southampton.

News that Eddie Howe is one of the front runners to succeed Ronald Koeman has not been greeted with universal delight amongst Saints supporters, they do not see Howe as yet haing the experience for the task in hand at St Mary's.

Howe was approached to take over at St Mary's a little under six years ago when Alan Pardew left the club and although he has done a brilliant job with the Cherries, his career has not proceeded at the same pace that Saints standing in the football world has.

Two years ago when Mauricio Pochettino left the clun, the Saints board produced a master stroke in appointing Koeman, it was stormy waters and it needed someone with the knowledge of European football and the standing in the game to stand tall and dteer the club in the right direction.

Under Koeman Saints have moved on greatly and that is why Howe is not the man for the job, the waters are still choppy and Koeman is sure to try and sign some of his former players as are other clubs.

So like two years ago Saints need to make a statement of intent, they are in the position to appoint some of the best young managers in Europe, Frank De Boer, Unai Emery and Andras Villas Boas have ll been mentioned and this is the calibre of manager needed to keep going in the right direction.

Eddie Howe has done a brilliant job at Bournemouth, but hs standing in the game is not yet big enough to take on this task and I think from a personal view he would feel that he still has a job to finish at the club.

So no disrespect to Eddie Howe or indeed Cherries fans, but we need higher profile manager to take over the reins at St Mary's, perhaps Howe will manage Saints at some stage, but the tie and circumstances are not right at the moment.

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