Southampton (A) Premier League Match Build Up/Match Day Thread

[PuntsWolf]

Why is Donck backing off to the pace of Stuart Armstrong. As soon as he’s going down the line he needs to be getting tight to him. He isn’t running round the outside of you so you don’t need to shorten the running angle. Gets across and we give away a corner at worst.

 

[Freddeno]

really hope we continue the higher pressure and we will create a lot

 

[Jinky]

Pope saves that...

Can we stop this? It’s absolutely tedious and not funny.

(not just your comment, BMB, there have been probably 10+ in this thread already)

 

[The Bear]

If I’m Nuno, I would change to a back 4 immediately. We are creating nothing, offering nothing and we also look like conceding every time they go forward.

Just fuck off the extra defender and try to score.

Pathetic so far after we threw the cup game in the week too.

Agreed. Donk off for MGW and go 4-2-3-1.

 

[NicholasG1973]

Moutinho is again, absolutely awful today.

We won’t see him second half.

 

[broughtonwolf]

That's nothing to do with line, or approach, or pressing or intensity. That's down to Semedo and Traore (and donk tbf) being really quite shit at defending.

Replay of lead up to goal is horrible to watch

 

[Wilf Wolf]

So looks like it's up to Neto to get us back into this, absolutely nothing else going forward. Three seasons in the PL and we're almost totally reliant on one player going forward.

 

[The Bear]

Moutinho is again, absolutely awful today.

We won’t see him second half.

We absolutely will though.

 

[jd1981]

There’s a huge hole in the middle of the park I’m afraid it’s allowing Southampton to cut through us at will.

 

[prawnking]

Neves’ tracking of Ings was poor too - 4 chances to stop that goal.

Trust me, full blame will be whittled down to Adama (who hasn't played well generally) by the verdict thread

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Moutinho is again, absolutely awful today.

We won’t see him second half.

Bet we do!

 

[Del Woppio]

Thankfully now we've got a proper target man, the ball will start sticking and we'll fly again, as that's all that's been missing this season

 

[prawnking]

So looks like it's up to Neto to get us back into this, absolutely nothing else going forward. Three seasons in the PL and we're almost totally reliant on one player going forward.

I love Neto as much as anyone but atm he runs down as many blind alleys as the other fella

 

[Freddeno]

There’s a huge hole in the middle of the park I’m afraid it’s allowing Southampton to cut through us at will.

I think Neves and Mout are too similar im afraid

 

[Freddeno]

I love Neto as much as anyone but atm he runs down as many blind alleys as the other fella

he needs options

 

[carl0s]

We are rank.

We're lucky Shef, WBA and Fulham are even worse than us this year otherwise I'd fear for our EPL status.

Don't even have words for what is going wrong.

 

[Jinky]

This is absolutely SHIT. I’m sorry.

Zero redeeming factors.

 

[PuntsWolf]

Trust me, full blame will be whittled down to Adama (who hasn't played well generally) by the verdict thread

It’s Doncks fault. It’s shit before that but he’s still got sooooo much to do. Donck bizarrely allows him to do it.

It would be like backing off Moutinho in the channel as your worried he’s going to run round you and then you give him chance to pick a man rather than simply getting alongside him and taking the ball off him. Doncks not even slow, so strange.

 

[Freddeno]

Bad from Jonny there not meeting the ball just standing and waiting

 

[Nando]

There's been a lot of competition recently, but this might just top the lot. This is a fucking abomination of a performance.

Hiding from the ball and backing out of 50/50s is inexcusable.