so the managers from the 2,3 best teams (title contenders) are automatically out of the competition for the manager of the season awards just because they're supposed to be there at the end of the season? bullshit. we lost only two games this season. and one of them is controversial, haven't lost a single game to a 'big' team so far...yada yada yada...we all now what we (mourinho) did this season. on the other hand. southampton sold some players and bought some players. from this perspective they aren't weaker now. they bought the right players for the positions they needed to. look at lovren now, or shaw, or lambert and lallana. they bought smart and that's why they are as good as last year. i would give it to koeman if they had these results without the players they bought or without some of them. if they lose 2 more games till the end of the season they will have 13 loses. that's every 3rd game as a defeat. 1>5. and btw, we should have even more points if it wasn't for the refs and fa.