According to one of the national journalists who are close to Southampton Football Club, the first steps have been taken towards reversing the appointment of Ivan Juric, this will please many Saints supporters.
footballfancast.com is reporting the words of TalkSport's Alex Crook, a man who has worked on the South Coast and has close connections to both Southampton & Portsmouth.
Crook is quoted as saying:
"I would be amazed if he's still the Southampton manager for the start of next season. They've already appointed Simon Rusk as a more senior member of management. I think that could be the first step towards Ivan Juric being forced out of the club. And I think it's a disastrous appointment.
"He's playing an attacking midfielder in Joe Aribo as centre-half when he's got better centre-backs on the bench. Tyler Dibling is clearly their most talented outfield player.
"His confidence has absolutely gone through the floor since Juric - who is a bit of an old school disciplinarian manager - came in. I think Sport Republic have made a right shambles of it, to be honest."
Interesting words and ones reflecting the opinion of many Southampton supporters, who feel that Juric has not got the best of the squad, has upset key players and perhaps more worryingly seems to think it can be solved by shuffling players into positions that they don't normally play in.
The appointment of Rusk to the first team coaching staff, can be seen as as a step forward, in that it is preparing the ground for the departure of Juric, when it will also see the coaches that he brought to the club also leaving.
Rusk is not going to be seen as his replacement, but should Saints make the decision sooner than later, ie before the end of the season, then they will still have coaches in place to keep the training sessions going.
It would be highly surprising if Juric survives to the end of the season, the likelihood is that he will be put on gardening leave until Saints can instigate the break clause in place.
The hope is that the arrival of Johannes Sporrs to the club will bring the leadership that the club has lacked since Jason Wilcox left almost a year ago and that now we can move forward again.