Southampton post match thread

[worsleyweb]

On the bright side

Nacho - what a fucking player he will be under Peps guidance

We won't have too much longer to put up with Pellegrini

Half of those playing today won't get to where the new badge

Wear

 

[mosssideblue]

So was your man the manager!

where have I said this?

 

[stevemcgarry]

Some of the players getting slated and probably rightly so ... but it's Manuel's ineptitude that drives me crazy. Even if the notion that he doesn't really care about next season has some truth to it, that still doesn't explain why he clings to these ludicrous tactics? He deliberately set us up to get beat today by playing a 442 with Bony up front. A 4231 with Nacho leading the line and Nasri in the hole would have put us right in the frame. I'm genuinely baffled as to why he puts out such dopey formations. It's like some fuckwit in the casino doubling, tripling, quadrupling down at the roulette table because he is certain the wife's birthday is going to come good at some point.

 

[Benarbia]

Disgusting

 

[manimanc]

Hart 6 Zabaleta 1 Kolarov 0 Mangala 3 Otamendi 1 Delph 0
Fernandinho 1 Sterling 0 Nasri 2 Iheanacho 6 Bony 0

Attitude: shite
Pellegrini: asleep
Prospects: teetering
Real Madrid Scouts: confused

Conclusion - city go to Madrid and draw 1-1 and get slated for being negative.

 

[BobKowalski]

I think it's more about his bonus. I would think he stands to collect a very nice pay day should we get to the CL final, human nature dictates that he will prioritise in this regard, so not sabotage but selfishly motivated nonetheless and some wouldn't blame him ....(I'm not one of them though)

I doubt it's the bonus but more the glory of getting City to our first CL final. So yeah it gets priority. But by Christ Pellers hasn't half screwed up this league campaign. I don't mind him prioritising the CL but there is no excuse for flushing the league down the toilet. If we showed a fraction of our CL game management in the PL we wouldn't be shitting it over a top 4 spot right now.

 

[simon23]

I disagree, we're two games away from winning the Champs League. I wouldn't even have dared to dream that we'd even be in the Champs League just a few short years ago. If todays team selection helps us get a result in Madrid, and I think it will, then it will be a price worth paying. Just my opinion.

you think getting to a final is more important to finishing as high in the league as you can? ok..i disagree (we should really be doing both and i think we would agree on that...and Mp's poor management of the season has led us to this point.

For our long term progression being in the comp next year is more important than getting to a final (where the other two opponents are vastly superior to us anyway)....fail to gt top 4 and are progression as a team will be halted and a year of Pep's manaagmet will be wasted in the europa league and struggling to attract the best players who want champs league

 

[chesterbells]

Ah our old friend the 4 goal stuffing is back. One thing I won't miss when Pellers is gone is these wide open games where we decide not to dig in and go home empty handed. Can't say I am surprised with RM looming large but seriously how difficult is it just once to set up nice and tight and grind out a result?

Agreed. Would've taken a draw today with so many players rested

 

[crmcfc]

Terrible performances from our new signings Otamendi, Mangala, Sterling and Bony. They have been such poor value for the 150M spent.

Makes you wanna weep...£150 million.

 

[mosssideblue]

He didnt do much riht, and he did a lot wrong. But thats a very black and white way of looking at it. For me, delph and dinho had worse games, as did kolarov and ota. They were directly at fault for the goals conceded

the difference here though is that no one is defending them on here.

 

[abu13]

Can anyone explain to me why Aguero was on the bench? Given that Kompany and DeBryune were completely omitted from the squad I can only assume he was on the bench in case things were going wrong and we needed a goal. That being the case then surely you would bring him on when we went 2:0 down, if not then certainly at half time otherwise what is the point of him being on the bench?
As for his substitutions the less said the better, he may be a charming man but he is also a fucking clown at times.