Bluemoon geniuses said Southampton deserve to be up in the table ,are very good team back when we played them in October?You're offering a narrative that we've been playing well recently and today was somehow drastically different because of haalands inclusion. That's not remotely true, today in rhe main wasn't any different to those games in our approach.
You're defending Haaland by bringing up Pep's setup from the previous five games in which Haaland didn't even play... Could you make it make sense?This has nothing to do with Haaland, Pep unilaterally destroyed the setup from the previous 5 games, the man benched O'Reilly and Nunes who provided width, verticality and were a constant threat in attack, to add to that he played Doku who tried to break through the defense. Now there is nothing from that because Lewis and Foden are playing, two of the slowest players on the planet and with poor decision management
He’s just not a fit for this system at all. He can’t use his pace and doesn’t use his strength because he’s flat footed and probably bored of waiting for a ball to come in.
Nobody is on the same wavelength as those two wingers we have so when they do come on they may get the ball forward a bit more swiftly but when aimless, miss hit balls come into the box it’s difficult to read.
We need to change our style of play or sell him for me. Such a waste.
He was mate and it has happened far too often this season (and some of last) and he has to shoulder his portion of the blame like everyone else this season, but if we get the ball forward faster we have seen what he can do. In the right setup he can be as predictable as he wants because they can’t stop him.But for how much? Regardless of chances created for him, he was predictable and handled with relative ease today. Its a times like this, that you realise (when fit), how good Sergio was.
Just doesn’t fit the system put him in that PSG side and he wins the Ballon D’Or comfortablyI’m actually at the stage now where I don’t get excited seeing his name on the team sheet. He’s not going to change a game, very unlikely to get stuck in and work his arse off for the team. Defenders are now just taking him out of the game completely and we don’t have the players to find him. It just seems like a waste having him on the pitch unless we change the way we play, because it’s just not working atm, and hasn’t really for most of the season.
Wwll Pep leaves in 2 years. So i guess hed have at least 7 years with other managersJust doesn’t fit the system put him in that PSG side and he wins the Ballon D’Or comfortably
He was fucking nuts signing that 9 year deal to play under Pep
Pep needs to change his style to suit Haaland if not pep or Haaland needs to go
Wwll Pep leaves in 2 years. So i guess hed have at least 7 years with other managers
3 seasons of playing utter shite won’t be good for himWwll Pep leaves in 2 years. So i guess hed have at least 7 years with other managers
I sense Pep leaves at the end of this season or the next.3 seasons of playing utter shite won’t be good for him
when we play to his strengths he scores loads of goals but we never do any more so he must really be pissed off aswell . We need to build the team round him starting next season .He’s just not a fit for this system at all. He can’t use his pace and doesn’t use his strength because he’s flat footed and probably bored of waiting for a ball to come in.
Nobody is on the same wavelength as those two wingers we have so when they do come on they may get the ball forward a bit more swiftly but when aimless, miss hit balls come into the box it’s difficult to read.
We need to change our style of play or sell him for me. Such a waste.
I don’t really see how you play to his strengths in so many games where teams just sit back. Balls through for his pace are almost impossible. Yes yesterday the tactics were appalling but we still put shitloads of crosses in eventually. As a striker who naturally wants to play on the shoulder to use his pace he must be bored shitless most weeks.when we play to his strengths he scores loads of goals but we never do any more so he must really be pissed off aswell . We need to build the team round him starting next season .
For such a big unite his aerial ability is poor, his runs to the far post are not aggressive enough for me, almost an afterthought.If a player continues to run to the far post, wouldn't it make sense for another player to make his way to the near post? Gundogan and Sterling used to do it.
Agree. We are much more direct and dynamic without himI’m actually at the stage now where I don’t get excited seeing his name on the team sheet. He’s not going to change a game, very unlikely to get stuck in and work his arse off for the team. Defenders are now just taking him out of the game completely and we don’t have the players to find him. It just seems like a waste having him on the pitch unless we change the way we play, because it’s just not working atm, and hasn’t really for most of the season.