Southampton (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

[Mr. Shush]

What an embarrassing game. Simply embarrassing. 72% possession. Nothing. 34 touches in opponents box. Nothing. McAtee, Debruyne, Bernardo, Lewis and Foden starting? Its baffling.

 

[Marvin.]

Serious problem in the team if you train all week for that and turn in that kind of performance. Careless.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I'd say that was a bag of shite but that would be disrespectful to bags of shite.

 

[Blueknows]

I am the last person to come on here and slag off Pep. Or the players. Anybody who doubts it — check my post history.

But there is completely justified anger on here tonight. Southampton have been abject all season, one of the worst teams ever to play in the Premier League. So let's cut the shit about “fanny wipes”, “entitlement” and all the rest of the usual insults.

1st clean sheet in their last 23 games , haven't won in their last 15 games , and with that point they're officially not the worst side to play in the prem , we don't deserve CL football this season , Peps loyalty to the old guard.may cost us

 

[Mcfc1.9.8.0]

No way we win another league or CL under Pep that style of football is dead and he won’t change

 

[Aba452]

There were players there not coming near for the ball, hiding further away, shocking. Lewis gets hammered most games but for all his faults never hides.

Kovacic constantly trying to get forward, play through balls, clearly not got the memo to pass side to side and backwards. Marmoush had a better 10 minutes than many others 90s, poor tactics and game management.

We should still get CL qualification, but not looking forward to either the Cup Final or CWC. Which means next season will be a similar long slog.

 

[KS55]

One season without winning the league or CL doesn't mean his race is run, lol.

If he's retiring (no idea if he is or isn't) it's cos he's had enough, not cos he can't do it anymore.

Ask their president.

 

[MichaelBBack]

Beyond shite.

 

[eyalluvitt]

The reason we are poor is the endless rotation.
The back four we've had success with the last 6 games. Nunes Dias Gvardiol and O'Reilly.
Today only one played in the same position. 2 didn't start
Marmoush has been our best attacker during this period. Doesn't start. Foden has been out of form but today gets to start.

Haaland not played for a while shouldn't automatically get straight back in.

For me today was on the manager.

Play the team from the Wolves game and we cement our CL spot today and focus on the cup final, now CL qualification is up in the air and the final looks more daunting.All on Pep

 

[Groke]

That's not on Pep today. Not for me. The system worked perfectly, the lads just couldn't get it done.

He should maybe have put Marmoush on earlier, but otherwise the usually reliable old guard let him down.

Respectively, that's bollocks - Pep should have stuck with the team that dug us out of this mess in the first place. Haaland should have,been the one coming on for 10 mins at the end, not Marmoush.

 

[Keeper!]

Look to Spain and Ancelloti. The guy is weighed down with trophies but his race is run. Is Pep in the same boat?

Shagging about, a broken marriage and arrogance?

 

[City Raider]

The worrying thing is Haaland against a low block without peak KDB

 

[mac]

Hoping this style is just to get us over the line because fuck me it's a chore watching us. Been some pathetic performances this season and this one is up near the top

The last 8 or 9 although not great we have had a steely determination about us. Then change the fucking team to this today. All our new signings must be thinking why have we come.

 

[homerdog]

A lot of toys are being thrown out of the Bluemoon pram tonight.

Rightly so, by the sound of it!

 

[SWPISHOME]

Haaland coming back in stopped the fluidity in the team.
We look rigid with him in the starting 11.
Marmoush should have started.

Agree to a certain extent.

Leaving your better players and in form players on the bench didn't help either.

Rico and McAtee are nowhere near good enough, Phil has barely kicked a ball in months along with Akanji and they are also thrown in.

We missed Marmoush movement massively, Then again when he does play Marmoush he fucks him out wide left or like Wolves wide right which is fucking ludicrous.

Pep got it incredibly wrong today.

 

[Bluewonder]

Ask their president.

He isn't known for being rational

 

[The Norfolk Blue]

A reunion with Midtjylland next season it is!

:)

Bodo Gimp in the freezing rain on an artificial pitch looks a belting trip too.

 

[Marvin.]

No way we win another league or CL under Pep that style of football is dead and he won’t change

We play careful possession football because our midfield is shot. Rodri is out and KDB is 33. Pep has said this so many times.

 

[chickaroon]

Penning teams in like we have done today, and have successfully done in the past does not suit ANY of our current crop of players or the signings we’ve been making.

Savinho, Doku, Haaland, Marmoush, Foden, Kovacic, O’Reilly and so on would all suit playing with more space to run into.

System needs to change. Playing like this is pointless. Pep needs to change.

We don't choose to play this way. The opposition make us play this way. There was no point in the game where we could break on them. They kept to many players back. We just needed a lucky break in the box.

 

[burning blue soul]

Fulham are a bunch of pussies.

Have you seen Southamptons form? We are literally capable of losing points to anyone. And I mean anyone, in any half decent professional league. We are that troubled.