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28 Feb 2024 21:49:38
So sick and tired of watching player after player giving the ball away cheaply, game after game.
No leaders on the pitch at all - no quality in the final third - no game plan at all.
Losing to effectively Liverpool U21's - RM and team, simply pathetic. Shame on you all.
1.) 28 Feb 2024 22:04:43
I learnt a few things tonight - I was wrong about Shea Charles - he’s even worse than I thought.
And as for Stephens, he never passes the ball, he only passes the responsibility.
Lumley, like Baz has been completely brain washed by RM - let’s play Russian roulette in our own box rather than clear to safety.
RM really isn’t Pep - his tactical substitutions failed to do anything other than weaken the side.
Not a lot else to say other than if you don’t take your chances you don’t win football matches.
Oh well - 3 points at Birmingham might lift the gloom
2.) 28 Feb 2024 22:09:21
We did compete but lack quality finishers. Liverpool knew that and just waited for us to give the ball away under high press which is exactly what we eventually did. 3-0 is harsh and unforgiving but so is the premier league. Really don’t think RM is the manager we need but don’t really see an obvious replacement.
3.) 28 Feb 2024 22:49:49
2408 - 100% RM is not the right man.
Would respectively disagree we competed tonight - and would also suggest that wasn’t the PL tonight, that was U21 level.
4.) 29 Feb 2024 08:59:43
We should have been 2-0 up in the first 15 minutes. It took Liverpool 30 minutes to work us out so I feel that we were competitive. Gomez dropped 10 yards to stop diagonal balls between centre and full backs. Elliot pushed forward 10 yards which sucked Aribo back and completely nullified his attacking threat. They hunted Charles and forced him into errors. Gakpo dropped 5 yards and pulled our centre backs out leaving our fullbacks square which allowed koumas and later Danns space in between the centre and full backs. In short, Klopp tweaked the shape and tactic, RM didn’t.
5.) 29 Feb 2024 15:20:55
Martin and his stubbornness will be his downfall and that of Southampton football club this season. I wish our run of games was not against lower opposition as it falsely bigged up his way of playing.
The subtle changes by Liverpool for the reason that Klopp is successful…. Martin continuously changes players not tactics. What an earth he thought Smallbone could bring the Team, I have no idea… Our last game is statistics were unbelievable… Zero tackles in 90 minutes, just one of them. I watched him last night, he neither tackled, nor attempted to get the ball, …
And what did Martin say at the end?, we will take that style into the next game…
Disappointed with Mara and Edozie . Half hearted, pressing, half hearted running…
Sadly, it was all a false Dawn for the Saints, which is only boosted Martin’s ego even more…
We were playing two and three meter passes in our own box? Dangerous passes!
Liverpool held the ball in defence for a matter of seconds, their transition play was accurate and fast.
Meanwhile, we continue to mess around with it at the back like we are some Manchester City. Who instantly move the ball from defence to attack in seconds.
Martin is simply not good enough, and his tactics are destroying us. we were passing back to the goalkeeper three nil down with two minutes to go
10 May 2023 21:16:40
So, like all on this site - absolutely gutted with how things have panned out this season. Copybook 'how not to run a PL club'. That said, was equally gutted in 2005 and 2009 with the relegations in those seasons.
However let's not forget, 2010 FLT winners and 2011 and 2012 promotions were fantastic times to be a Saints fan.
Has it been that much fun over the last few years, struggling for mid table survival. for me, no.
Swings and roundabouts.
Time to regroup over the summer, appoint a progressive manager and just maybe the feel good factor returns. here's hoping!
1.) 11 May 2023 10:35:17
Let’s hope so.
2.) 11 May 2023 13:25:51
A return to winning ways, scoring goals and playing exciting football .
3.) 13 May 2023 05:39:10
Considering all of the speculated Managers’ linked with Southampton fc. (as highlighted earlier by Nick) -Jon Dahl Tomasson (Blackburn Rovers) looks to have by far the most experienced and impressive CV.
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28 Feb 2024 22:49:49
2408 - 100% RM is not the right man.
Would respectively disagree we competed tonight - and would also suggest that wasn’t the PL tonight, that was U21 level.