Southampton (H) | Post-Match Thread

[Cornish_Blue]

We created some lovely chances and were gifted a couple which we couldn’t put away.
Foden non penalty is a disgrace.
Great to see Berni and Foden back in their places. Kev proving he still has it, but needs some more minutes. Laporte and Walker were off tonight. Dias seemed to be losing his patience with them both.
Onwards blues.

 

[Stoned Rose]

The first 20 minutes were fucking abysmal with no discernible shape / idea.

After that some individual excellence papered over the cracks.

The penalty / VAR decision was yet another clear example of outright cheating. There literally is no other possible explanation.

3 points and back on the horse.

 

[malg]

Go on souey good lad

What's he said?

 

[Blue Til Death]

I never think Ederson will save any

He should just stay put, he would save half a dozen each season doing that

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

so shocking from andy hinchcliffe and the bitterness spilling over would he be saying its a dive if it was rashford

proper bitter twat , he earned £10k a week then he looks at Mendy earning ten times as much , that must wind him up , he missed the bandwagon , and now he has to rim Sky sports for a living , c*nt

 

[Dax777]

Just heard Pep after game talk. I'm now ready to move on :) He said all I needed to hear.



Also Klopp Junior is an Aight Manager. :)

 

[bert38]

Strong words from Pep. Penalty and also about only picking players who think about the club.

I wonder who he meant?

 

[Semper aggressus]

I dont get the point of VAR if incidents like that are not going to get picked up, it's fucking ridiculous.

Probably because it was brought in to try and help rags or Liverpool or whoever happens to be challenging us that season. Similar with those var decisions against us in that CL against Spurs.

It only goes our way when it won’t affect the result so they can argue that we do get var decisions. But never when they matter.

 

[Cellarite]

Class from Souness. You can struggle to argue with some decisions like the penalty that Salah “earned” at Klanfield. Tonight though, no words are needed.

 

[Bluemoon115]

Best way to bounce back from a run ending?

Go on another one.

 

[hertsblue]

I never think Ederson will save any

You can only imagine IF we ever practice them what happens in training with us not being able to take a penalty to Eddy never saving one

 

[kaz7]

Phil Foden: "I'm an honest guy, and I never like to dive, but I thought I’d try to stay on my feet, and I thought it was 100% a penalty. I don’t know what happened there

 

[Muttley59]

well that was a veiled threat pep - directed to those on the bench tonight or those on the bench from now on ? Are we talking performances or stubborn contract negotiations ?

 

[OB1]

Well, I'm going to go against the grain and say that I didn't think it was a strange game but it was entertaining.

Southampton are a side that always have a game plan under RH that makes like difficult for us. They can really press well when they are at it, and they were early on.

City needed some time to get a grip on what Southampton were doing and get The Rag game out of their system. I thought it was mailed on for us to score with our first attempt after that start to the game.

They got back into it with a soft and I still think debatable pen but our quality told; nothing strange in that. Only strange thing is a team actually coming out to play.

Words fail me on VAR but it looked bent today.

 

[55yr old teenager]

Nowhere near our best. We were lucky we were clinical. Fair play to Southampton for playing proper football. Thought they were excellent for the most part, barring their errors.

All this is moot as we should have had a penalty and playing against 10 men for over an hour.

I don’t criticise refs often, but Moss was absolutely shit tonight. Loads of free kicks missed as well as the blatant penalty.

Moss missed nothing, he just chose not to give us anything, the bent prick. Think we need to get used to this type of ref decisions now until the end of the season. Pigmol will give us fuck all, but bend over backwards to give decisions for our opponents.

 

[kaz7]

 

[Blue Til Death]

Anyone got the transcript of the pep interview, I’ve no access to sly spots.... :-)

 

[chaddblue]

From BBC

"For all Man City's success and wealth (just look at that squad!) their club lacks the most important thing, a soul. People may laugh but the reason other clubs like Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal amongst others come through hardships is because of a real fan base that helps to push the club on coupled with genuine principles that these clubs live by. Money is part of the modern game but aside from this what do City have? A belief in the academy? Loyalty from players? Or fans? I don't think so. Would Pep stick around if they were still at Maine Road without the wealth? They can't even fill their own stadium at the best if times. Yes they'll win the league but they won't win the hearts of football fans."
Alex, Yatton

1. Of course the bbc post this on the match feed.
2.We should start a collection for Alex so he can buy some books, get some internets and realise History started a lot fucking earlier than 2008. FUCKING MARDY ARSE ****.

BINGO ... Full house

 

[chesterbells]

From BBC

"For all Man City's success and wealth (just look at that squad!) their club lacks the most important thing, a soul. People may laugh but the reason other clubs like Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal amongst others come through hardships is because of a real fan base that helps to push the club on coupled with genuine principles that these clubs live by. Money is part of the modern game but aside from this what do City have? A belief in the academy? Loyalty from players? Or fans? I don't think so. Would Pep stick around if they were still at Maine Road without the wealth? They can't even fill their own stadium at the best if times. Yes they'll win the league but they won't win the hearts of football fans."
Alex, Yatton

1. Of course the bbc post this on the match feed.
2.We should start a collection for Alex so he can buy some books, get some internets and realise History started a lot fucking earlier than 2008. FUCKING MARDY ARSE ****.

That’d be Yatton just outside Bristol. Wonder if Alex supports Rovers or City? Bound to be one of those two teams.

 

[give it to gordon]

Southampton manager comes across well