Expert: Eckert 'lucky' to avoid Southampton sack, dressing room key to U-turn

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Solak revealed on Monday that he is prepared to hand the manager a second chance, despite his misdemeanour, when many had expected that he would pay for the saga with his job. “Southampton obviously believe he is the right manager, and he’s a good manager.

He seemed to have got the squad firing very well,” he said.“A lot will have depended on the owner’s reading of the squad reaction. He’s got the interest of Southampton to be concerned about.

He’s a lucky boy, but he has. He owes the owner a debt of gratitude now.