Southampton (A) - Post Match Thread

[Phil1]

Shit happens doesn’t it? By every single metric we deserved to win that but sometimes football kicks you in the bollocks.
A mixture of wrong decision making in final third and some poor play in same areas and what on another day would be a comfortable ends in a frustrating draw.
Not worth trying to find scapegoats today.

 

[vmsuhail]

2 red cards> The tackle on Laporte Id def agree with but what was the other incident?

None of them is a stonewall red. The contact on the thigh was more vertical than horizontal.

 

[Eccles Blue]

Poor attitude
Poor tactics
It’s time to sell on some players & get a real striker especially for games like this.

happy with a point well done away blues great voice

I’m assuming that you are being either a wind up merchant or sarcastic?

If not then reel yourself in you silly personage!! You are disrespecting the best team in the land in all the world if you meant it!!

I have never said our lads are perfect but I will always say they fought/fight to the end! So leave it out (wo)man!

 

[Coatigan]

Ah well, can’t win them all.

12 out of every 13 will do.

Doesn't matter in the slightest, no draw or loss here on in does. League was done 3 weeks ago, we declared ourselves champions, because we are billy big balls bigtimers, so all this is just for the small time chumps and means nothing, the remaining 17 games are irrelevant.

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

I won't quote it, but "Pep said some nice things about the opposition in the pressers means he is to blame for this loss" is one of the funniest and weirdest takes that crop up when we very, very rarely drop points.

 

[Marvin]

We would good overall. Sometimes you just don't get what you deserve. We took a point from the game and played well.

With players like that and such determination another run is inevitable.

 

[Dribble]

I had a feeling of foreboding about today. It made it all the worse when in the first 5 mins we were walking with the ball & showing no urgency. Ederson was walking with the ball & then just stood there & waited about 10 seconds for whatever reason, then he eventually passed it to Laporte, who then passed it the fuck back to Ederson when there was no one near them!

The last time we started like this was against Palace, & I just knew we were in danger. When we lost the ball around 5 mins, Foden strolled over to their player who ran off played a 1,2,3 then passed to KWP & I just knew he'd score. Even after that we were fuckin around as if in a training session!

Only in the 2nd half did we look back to our normal selves. We huffed & puffed but thankfully got the equaliser. We had em on the rack until around 78 mins, & then we seemed to tire. We just didn't have that extra gear to go to, & the minute or two when we waited for the KDB penalty decision seemed to finish us off as we lost our momentum & total control of the game.

Southampton gained their 2nd wind, & started flying into challenges, & we just couldn't find this mythical higher gear we're supposed to possess. We were the architects of our near downfall & we've GOT to stop fuckin around playing walking football at the beginning of matches.

Contrast & compare how we started against Chelsea, & tonight?? We literally got what we deserved for a shit first half, where it seemed we thought all we had to do was turn up & collect 3 points. It's the fuckin Premier League, & there are no totally shit teams anymore!!

The only plus was the point gained, which could be crucial come the end of the season. I'm fuckin pissed the fuck off! Rant over. :-(

 

[blueparrot]

True but Southampton are the sort of teams we should be beating? 2 points in 2 league games against them really isn’t good enough and we have given the dippers some renewed hope imo.

Why,sounds a bit entitled,all teams drop points against mid table teams like Southampton and Wolves. As will liverpool. Maybe even tomorrow. We drop less than others which is why we are clear at the top.

 

[OB1]

A point is better than nothing. I hope Pep sorts this all out. We never controlled the middle of the park for me and surely Rodri and Gundogan have to start as a midfield 2 in games like these.

Never controlled! We had 74% possession and 45% of the game was played in Southampton's defensive third.

 

[Pezzer2]

I think that its a good draw after the way it was looking at half time. I didn't think we played that bad to be honest. You have to give Southampton credit. All of their players had blinders. Sterling should have buried that first half though.
We rest,reset and go again after the break. I trust these players, especially with Pep at the helm. 12 wins and a draw after 13 games is phenomenal. Don't let a little hiccup detract from what we have done. Keep calm and I'm sure we'll be fine.