Southampton (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

[jimharri]

Pep lost us the game with his decisions.

We lost? Damn; it's worse than I thought!

 

[SWPISHOME]

Not being funny but he walks into our midfield that’s how bad we are in the middle

Oscar Pistorious would walk into our midfield "without the running blades".

 

[Micky Blue]

Come on, Southampton had 11 points before today.

Fans have a right to be unhappy at that performance and should be able to call out what they perceive to be not good enough.

Making out fans are ungrateful or have short memories for calling a spade a spade is a bit silly.

Sarcasm - lowest form of wit.
Short memory fans are coming out of the woodwork

 

[skillman]

‘Wingers’ yet only brought one on at half time then waiting until the 76th to bring another one on.

 

[mac]

Kdb stunk the place out today apart from his pass to Haaland his passing and crossing was very poor.

Only today I dint think so.

 

[come-on-barney]

At the station and train cancelled. Thats all on Pep. Changing a winning side ffs. Lewis needs to be binned off asap. Nunes a much better player. Haaland added nothing. Why you would change a winning side beats me. The last time they kept a clean sheet was 22 games ago. Let that sink in.

 

[ancoats]

Kdb stunk the place out today apart from his pass to Haaland his passing and crossing was very poor.

I think that what has gone from his game, that passing and vision are his major setup and what makes the team tick. when you look at what makes KDB, 100%, it's his passing, the brain is still there, but that split-milliseconds message to the leg has gone,

 

[LongsightM13]

Rather than fly back on a private jet, the team should be made to take the Titanic back from Southampton

They should collectively be refunding the fans who travelled to watch that shite

 

[paulchapo]

Maybe rather than that point being really important .. it’s probably more likely that the two points dropped are disastrous

I agree. I have no idea how he thought Southampton wouldn't defend so deep.

 

[N1985]

Oscar Pistorious would walk into our midfield "without the running blades".

At least he's not afraid to shoot

 

[decmancity]

Fucking disgraceful. End of.

Complete shit from start to finish. Starting line up was a carabao cup game standard.

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

Oscar Pistorious would walk into our midfield "without the running blades".

At least he would take a shot

 

[Withnail]

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

Stupid to play a not match fit Haaland from the start, Pep should have played Marmoush and brought Erling on later in the game.

 

[Keeper!]

Oscar Pistorious would walk into our midfield "without the running blades".

As long as he brings his cricket bat to break down the "low Block"

 

[SWPISHOME]

You say that like he wouldn't be a massive immediate improvement on all of our midfielders.

He would be an improvement on what we currently have but that doesn't automatically mean that it's a good thing...

My granny would improve our midfield and she's dead.

 

[KS55]

But if they'd started and we still hadn't scored then they'd have either come off when we needed them or they'd have been stuck on the pitch for 90 mins. That starting XI and system should have been good enough to beat Southampton and it's on the players that they didn't get it over the line with the chances we had.

Yeah, an old dilemma to which there is no right answer.

 

[Keeper!]

Stupid to play a not match fit Haaland from the start, Pep should have played Marmoush and brought Erling on later in the game.

He was fit, scoring apart he is simply not a very good striker

 

[bluelol]

Another Pep masterstroke today, yes he is the greatest manager we've ever had, but he fucks about when fucking about isn't necessary.
So many changes to what has been our best spell of the season, absolutely no pace in the starting eleven, it was slow, turgid shite.
Whoever decides our corner routine needs fucking shooting, how many high hanging over hit corners does it take to realise it ain't working.
I fear those lost points will stop us getting top 5, which is imperative for financial reasons.

Playing Haaland, and we are playing with 10 men, and this isn't the first time either. Why does this situation remind me of the days when we played Rodney Marsh and turned City from a team to a one-man band?

 

[CC1]

I reckon we've both come through tougher times but today we desperately needed younger/quicker legs in that midfield and he just never saw it.
Top 3/5 masks where we really are imho

Think he thought McAtee & Foden were the “younger legs”?
Should have played Doku & Marmoush

 

[come-on-barney]

Not being funny but he walks into our midfield that’s how bad we are in the middle

I’d take Kalvin at this stage