Southampton (H) | PL | Post-Match Thread

[goalmole]

Is it part of the strategy to balls up great goal scoring oportunities.

That same accusation (that we are shit in front of goal) has bandied about for years now, including title winning seasons, record breaking seasons and when the sainted Sergio was leading the line. Truth is that, while ballsing up great goalscoring opportunities isn't part of the strategy, creating lots of chances is, and we do this usually with a crowd of 21 sets of legs in and around the penalty area making it less likely that the attacking players are going to get clean crosses into the danger area or clean shots at goal. The exception is when we attack on the counter but those counters are rare because we are the team that is usually camped in the opposition penalty area for 80% of the game.
Unlike some of our fans, I don't think we are shit, I just think the lower chance creation to scoring ratio is down to the style of football we play and the tactics other teams use to nullify the threat we pose, i.e packing their own penalty area and hoping for a counter.
We've seen this happening for years and it's going to keep on happening while we are the possession based attacking force that we are.

 

[Gray]

Having read most of the posts on here I am not going to change my mind - it was a bloody awful 98 minutes of turgid crap.

 

[MadchesterCity]

We have to buy a striker in January. We can't go all season with just Haaland. It's not fair on him. And if we don't do that, we won't win the title.

We have Echeverri coming in January

 

[Axel Freed]

Came across this video of some fantastic City goals at Soton, the first one sparks an absolutely mental celebration and a mini pitch invasion - Pete the Badge can be seen behind the goal - absolute scenes

 

[M23 Citizen]

I’ve only just noticed that both Ortega and Carson were listed as subs. Presumably the plan, in the event of an injury to the Viking, was to move Eddie to striker.

Ederson’s probably been more creative than most of our midielders this season, would be worth a go.

 

[M23 Citizen]

We have Echeverri coming in January

He’s a midfielder

 

[ancoats]

Having read most of the posts on here I am not going to change my mind - it was a bloody awful 98 minutes of turgid crap.

But did we win, YES

I wouldn't have cared if they scored an own goal to win us the game it's 3 points and a win, Sometimes you aim for the stars but hit the moon, I think we looked better and stronger in our defence today which was a plus and a clean sheet. Look I agree 100% it could have been better, but also it could have been 100% better and we lost, that's football

 

[i8rags]

3 that’s the magic number

 

[BlueMonkey79]

The novelty of winning isn’t doing it for you any more mate?

Never heard so much shite in all my life.

How can the novelty of winning wear off when the team you support is chasing league titles and other cups every year.

Yeah, let's fuck off winning for a 5-4 thriller either way.

What a bizarre comment!!!!

 

[Bluesince1979]

Came across this video of some fantastic City goals at Soton, the first one sparks an absolutely mental celebration and a mini pitch invasion - Pete the Badge can be seen behind the goal - absolute scenes

Always tickles me that pitch invasion. Maurizio gaudinio loving being in the middle of it