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Southampton (A) | PL | Post Match Thread
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simon23
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I think thats a bit of a fairy tale view of things....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.
Yes we have won the last 6 games but performances havent been very good and we have really rode our luck in some of them.....the opposition hitting the post/woodwork 3 times in one game, two times in another...
yes I agree with the other points in your post but the problem is the squad is nowhere near as good as some people think.....
Ignoring KDB who is going (but was shit).....I think there is questions around Savihno, bernardo, Kova (who was probably our best player) - one of those is past his best (Bernardo)...the other two Im not sure are up to standard..
Then there is lewis at right back....our best performances this season have been when he hast been on the pitch and he is a constant weakness defensively and offers nothing going forward
Also Dias is looking very questionable this season and seems to be hanging on by a thread
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Had a brunch this morning so just watched the match in full and I am admittedly confused by Pep’s setup in the first half.
It was odd that he would start with no wingers knowing full well Soton was very likely going to park the bus. Nothing against Gvardiol or Lewis, they did fine, but neither can really provide width with thrust, and our entire attacking setup, if you can really call it that, in the first half just played in to their tactics.
We looked much more threatening when Doku came on, with a bit less defensive coherence, but that is the trade off required to actually try to win matches these days.
I am probably missing something, though, as Pep was very frustrated in the first half despite what I thought was a fairly predictable outcome, and he obviously knows infinitely more about football and what he wants out of the lads than me.
His choices just seem strange at present, both in some of starting selections and tactics and some of his subs in matches. I personally thought Haaland was very sluggish this afternoon, which is expected coming back from injury, and he was largely ineffective against Soton’s low block, anyway. I would have thought we would have gone in to the match with a plan to take him off for Marmoush at 60 minutes, both to ease him back and to change tactics (giving Soton something new to defend).
Perhaps I am just being very harsh and I am usually much more positive. But it was honestly a slog to watch us today.
I am feeling slightly poorly at the moment, though, so maybe it was more that than our performance.
That said, I reckon this will light a fire with Pep and the players and we’ll play with far more intent and drive in the final, and finish the last two matches more strongly.
Up the blues!
It was odd that he would start with no wingers knowing full well Soton was very likely going to park the bus. Nothing against Gvardiol or Lewis, they did fine, but neither can really provide width with thrust, and our entire attacking setup, if you can really call it that, in the first half just played in to their tactics.
We looked much more threatening when Doku came on, with a bit less defensive coherence, but that is the trade off required to actually try to win matches these days.
I am probably missing something, though, as Pep was very frustrated in the first half despite what I thought was a fairly predictable outcome, and he obviously knows infinitely more about football and what he wants out of the lads than me.
His choices just seem strange at present, both in some of starting selections and tactics and some of his subs in matches. I personally thought Haaland was very sluggish this afternoon, which is expected coming back from injury, and he was largely ineffective against Soton’s low block, anyway. I would have thought we would have gone in to the match with a plan to take him off for Marmoush at 60 minutes, both to ease him back and to change tactics (giving Soton something new to defend).
Perhaps I am just being very harsh and I am usually much more positive. But it was honestly a slog to watch us today.
I am feeling slightly poorly at the moment, though, so maybe it was more that than our performance.
That said, I reckon this will light a fire with Pep and the players and we’ll play with far more intent and drive in the final, and finish the last two matches more strongly.
Up the blues!
Especially as he parted with the best part of 200 million.You’ll get pelters for asking a genuine question, think at the end of the season, HRH Sheikh Mansour will ask the same, when Pep goes to Abu Dhabi.
I can understand Reis not being in the match day squad but Khusanov should be on the bench.
Why González is now out of favour, who knows. But not to play our best forward currently in a must win game.
Axel Freed
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You have the critical thinking skills of a toddler.Forest and Newcastle for a start.
They are way better to watch than us.
Both those teams have accrued fewer points and scored fewer goals than us.
So they deserve it more than we do ?
Worst performance of the season. We’d hit on a formula and then abandoned it for the shit that got us in trouble earlier in the season. Absolutely baffling.
I fucking knew he wouldn't be able to help himself as soon as akanji and haaland were back - straight back into the side moving gvardiol away from CB where he was aiding our build up, drop oreily to the bench, Rico back as RB (and I'm a Rico fan), marmoush dropped.
spot onThe 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.
bladdered
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Didn't see the game today coz I couldn't get a decent online link. But from the radio commentary, sounds like we were poor. We've had a decent run up until today with a fair bit of luck. So not surprised when Marmoush hits the bar and we only draw. Rather get that luck next Saturday! And we're still well in it for CL. C'mon City!
A penalty away?"Last season was a touch watch"
We were a missed Bernardo penalty and a hangover away from consecutive trebles.
Leave it out, you WUM.
You're no Carol Vordermam.
We didn't get over itWe'd have won it if we'd beaten Real.
He needs his best players back on form; his injured players back & the summer transfer window.Come on, this season and a lot of last season was a very tough watch, this has been coming. It's garbage to watch and a few new players this summer isn't going to change anything. We need a new style of play which Pep can't or won't implement
So you didn’t enjoy watching us win 4 in a row last year. What does it take to keep you happy or do you live in a fantasy world where we win the league every year???
ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN
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Team should pick itself for the final
Foden, Lewis and McAtee should be benched
But who knows what is in Pep’s mind
Foden, Lewis and McAtee should be benched
But who knows what is in Pep’s mind
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Still in awe of how spineless that performance was.
oakiecokie
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26 shots and not a single goal speaks volumes. Don`t lets hide the fact that this was a very poor result today.
eyalluvitt
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City’s mOTM. Gundogan
jaiguruKun
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Since we decided KDB was no longer good enough we also decided that the best way of preparing for life without him was to play him for every minute of every game.Kev and Bernie playing 90 again too is baffling.
I think the chairman is the key player. HRH will do whatever Khaldoon says.You’ll get pelters for asking a genuine question, think at the end of the season, HRH Sheikh Mansour will ask the same, when Pep goes to Abu Dhabi.