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Is Ronald Koeman Telling The Truth As To Why He Left Southampton
at 12:25:14

SaintNick, I believe Koeman talked about his Southampton departure because he was asked directly in an interview about it - as he has been several times previously. Presumably, the reason he keeps getting asked is because the Southampton fans are still bellyaching about him leaving.... despite now having a 'better fit'.

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Is Ronald Koeman Telling The Truth As To Why He Left Southampton
at 13:54:51

I have read with interest this article and do not agree with many of the sentiments expressed.

First and foremost, you ask if Koeman 'can realistically take Everton beyond 7th'?

What short memories football fans have. Everton, under Martinez, finished 5th but then had two poor seasons finishing in the bottom half. Before Martinez, David Moyes had Everton regularly competing in the top six, and even got the Toffees into the top four.

So why, backed with Moshiri's millions, will the Merseysiders struggle to get back to where they where just three seasons ago?

You claim that Koeman 'clearly only left for the money'.

Clearly, that fits your agenda, so you and most Saints will run with it.

Again, with the short memories, Southampton fans must have erased from their minds the fact that every season under Koeman, he had to rebuild after seeing the Saints' best players sold from under him.

Maybe, the thought of it happening again this season (remind me what players you lost this season) coupled with the prospect of not having a sufficient budget to keep finding replacements who were better, or at the very least like-for-like, was a bit wearing for the Dutchman.

Couple that together with the fact he had an offer from a club historically better and bigger in every way, shape and form, with the prospect of a shiny new stadium on the horizon, the ability to keep their best players (Lukaku, Barkley, Coleman, Baines etc) and have guarantees of a sizeable transfer kitty with which to improve the squad and the ability to take backroom staff from the Champions and the likes of Man City, then it doesn't exactly take some mammoth leap of faith to work out why he might be attracted to the challenge. But no, let's just call him greedy and have done with it.

Also, the tone of the article indicates that Saints fans are happy with the replacement (well stop harping on about Koeman then), believing Puel to be a 'better fit', conveniently overlooking the fact that Southampton have won one Premier League game in five, yet Koeman's record of one win in six makes him at a 'crossroads'.

No doubt when Koeman and Everton rock up at St Mary's the Everton manager will be subjected to howls of derision and boos aplenty. Well, we are approaching panto season, I suppose. Oh yes we are...

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