Southampton (N) | FAC | Post Match Thread

[marpleman]

Just checking that you hadn’t forgotten Lee Bradbury…

Apologies

I stand corrected

 

[horlock_was_super]

That’s ( best Martin Tyler impression) payback for winning the last game at Maine Road you shandy drinking southern twats.

CTID.

As you were Blues.

 

[Gabriel]

Apologies

I stand corrected

And my apologies if that induces a sleepless night.

 

[Paul1970]

whats your job ?

Just an humble digital printer and not a manager on millions .

 

[Ajm1985]

Watched the game in The Dispensary in Liverpool. Proper enemy territory. We fully deserved the win and I love that Nico G scorer a banger to do it. Up the blues!

 

[southamptonblue]

Finalists again, ole ole!

Not impressive performance though. We look tired, and that's worrying.

Tired???? 90% of them had hardly played this season.....more accurately, some aren't fully match fit, and a few are just average players.

 

[Zenmanc]

We won't miss Kovacic
He's hardly played since arriving and has had very little impact

Try not to speak for others when you are wrong. He had a very good game today and hasn't exactly been available this entire season.

 

[IronsideKozuch]

If you go back and watch games, you’ll see that Haaland/Foden/Doku often got into positions but lacked the composure or understanding between them to finish. It’s one of the reasons we presumably brought Gundogan back, though injuries to others saw him drop deeper. The same was true last season, but with Savinho/Marmoush added to the combination, and this year with Cherki and Semenyo. They’re all highly talented individuals, true, but when on the counter they’re prone to making the wrong decision. It doesn’t mean we’re bad as a team, but it’s an aspect of our play we should be looking to improve.

Doku was not even here during the treble season. There were no better teams than us in terms of teamplay, even 2 seasons ago as I wrote to You - we been champions and extremely unlucky against Real in UCL. Nobodys been better in the final third in terms of understand between them or combinations in 2022/23, even in 2023/24 I would say. Its not a FIFA video game.

My problem to the point? You are setting an impossible standard and then bashing people for not meeting it, specifically our footballers in this case. I see it as 'cheap' criticism that results in unrealistic visions and arguments that just don't hold up in the real world.

 

[unicorn]

Watched the game in The Dispensary in Liverpool. Proper enemy territory. We fully deserved the win and I love that Nico G scorer a banger to do it. Up the blues!

Love the Dispensary, one of the great old Cains pubs. They're a lot of whingers those Scouse but they've got great pubs.

 

[NorCalBlue]

Can’t lose 3 finals in a row can we?

We do like to break records!

 

[Don Karleone]

No need for the sniping. We won, and we're in another final.

Enjoy your night, Blues.

 

[moomba]

Good game?? unfortunately Phil ain’t had one of them for about 18mth

Your memories not great.

Kid has won more trophies with is that I ever dreamed of seeing. And we'd have at least one title less if it wasnt for him.

So even when he doesnt play well, he deserves a hell of a lot more leeway yet.

FWIW I wasnt referring to Foden, but it applies to.him as well.

 

[Gabriel]

Doku was not even here during the treble season. There were no better teams than us in terms of teamplay, even 2 seasons ago as I wrote to You - we been champions and extremely unlucky against Real in UCL. Nobodys been better in the final third in terms of understand between them or combinations in 2022/23, even in 2023/24 I would say. Its not a FIFA video game.

My problem to the point? You are setting an impossible standard and then bashing people for not meeting it, specifically our footballers in this case. I see it as 'cheap' criticism that results in unrealistic visions and arguments that just don't hold up in the real world.

Then we’ll have to beg to differ.

 

[come-on-barney]

Back in the hotel, never ever understand why you don’t start strong and then rotate. Much more effort expended today doing it the other way around. Hard watch but we are in the final again. That game took it out of me but good to be there again.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Got the job done, that is literally all that matters. Wasn't even a bad performance though. First half wasn't great but it was only the front 3 that didnt turn up, the rest did their job. Game changed when doku and savinho came on, we had a very good second half we were just up against a very well drilled side that played well themselves.

 

[heslops barnet]

And the mighty Marmoush

Can’t be finished when he’s never ever started

 

[Chappie]

Got the job done, that is literally all that matters. Wasn't even a bad performance though. First half wasn't great but it was only the front 3 that didnt turn up, the rest did their job. Game changed when doku and savinho came on, we had a very good second half we were just up against a very well drilled side that played well themselves.

Your first sentence is the only thing that you have got right.

 

[Gray]

That winning goal was a thing of beauty, I will never tire of watching it.

 

[Bill Walker]

Got the job done, that is literally all that matters. Wasn't even a bad performance though. First half wasn't great but it was only the front 3 that didnt turn up, the rest did their job. Game changed when doku and savinho came on, we had a very good second half we were just up against a very well drilled side that played well themselves.

We won a Wembley semi final, we were the better team, I don't understand why our players are being slagged off in this thread.

Well done Pep and the team. Another final, we're being spoiled....

This must be pissing off the swamp dwellers :-)

 

[chaddblue]

Could see their goal coming from a mile off

The match definitely had Wigan 2013 vibes