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Reply | Southampton Summer Signings The Initial Verdict
at 11:34 6 Jan 2025
Spot on Grumps.
RM's method of being best mates with everyone has created a lazy mentality at the club.
But blame SR they appointed RM & kept him well past his expiry date.
None of our players have been physically or mentally fit enough for the Premier lge.
Added to the fact that they are not good enough is why where we are now.
It's a fact that you can make up for lack of quality by being fitter & more energetic than the opposition.
As for the Academy why do we spend millions on running the academy if its not producing young talent.
It's like any other business if the expenditure is greater than the income then it will fail. |
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Reply | Harwood Bellis not good enough to play ctr back in Premier lge
at 09:42 6 Jan 2025
You're right when you say it's the modern way of playing, I would say like every thing else in life its a " Fashion".
Fashions come & go & date very quickly, so the sooner this fashion goes the better.
Let's get back to basic, simple football.
I just don't get it, left footers trying to play on the right, right footers trying to play on the left.
Expecting goalkeepers to be good with their feet, they should concentrate on keeping the ball out of the net (eg. Peter Shilton , Peter Schiechel, Gordon Banks).
False nines, we used to call them inside forwards.
Inverted full backs, what's that all about.
All this jargon is just making a very simple game extremely difficult. [Post edited 6 Jan 9:43]
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Reply | Harwood Bellis not good enough to play ctr back in Premier lge
at 09:07 6 Jan 2025
Agreed.
Four at the back, full backs priority must be to hold position & defend.
Four in midfield, the two wide midfielders to get up & down the pitch keeping the width on.
The two central midfielders to do holding role & cover for wide midfielders when they get forward.
Two strikers, preferably a target man ( we only have Tall Paul) playing with quick player alongside him ( has to be Archer).
This formation won't keep us up but it might stop us getting hammered every week & regain some credibility. |
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Thread | Harwood Bellis not good enough to play ctr back in Premier lge
at 17:12 5 Jan 2025
Harwood Bellis is proving to be a bit of a liability, he shone in the Championship but
Is now making far too many mistakes with his positioning & defending, he's been guilty of making schoolboy errors.
He might get away with it if playing in a better team alongside better defenders than we have.
Same goes for Flynn Downes, he looked good in Championship but is far to lightweight & erratic in Premier lge.
I'm picking on these two because we spent Millions to get them in at start of season & they like most of our players just ain't good enough, albeit we might have to rely on them because we have no one better.
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Reply | Brentford Game Matchday Thread
at 21:05 4 Jan 2025
Agreed
RM instilled a lazy mentality into the players.
None of them have trained hard enough or been fit enough all season.
That's RM's fault.
What you lack on ability you can make up for with fitness & attitude.
We have poor fitness levels & poor attitude. |
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Reply | Brentford Game Matchday Thread
at 21:01 4 Jan 2025
Glad you mentioned Oriel Romeu because he had exactly what this team lacks.
Oriel had Skill + spirit + prepared to put his foot in + will to win.
We lack all of the elements now.
When Oriel left was the start of our downfall. |
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Reply | The problem is at the very top
at 18:24 4 Jan 2025
Why do people keep on praising KWP.
He might not be one of our worst players but he's grossly overated.
Yes he's good on the ball but he carries it too far & there's very little end product.
As for his defending, he's rubbish.
But he flatters in a very poor team, I'm not convinced he'd get regular games for any other Premier Club. |
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Thread | Ivan Juric brave (or crazy) team selected to play Brentford
at 14:02 4 Jan 2025
Ivan has made some very brave team changes for today's game against Brentford.
Preferring Bree over Sugawara at RB.
Bringing in Kamaldeen up front to replace Armstrong.
But I really like that he's sticking with Tall Paul & including the likes of Bella Kotchap, Charlie Taylor in the matchday squad.
Bit surprised that he's not giving Archer a chance to play alongside Tall Paul, I think that could work.
But at least Ivan is not shoehorning mates into the team like RM did.
Note. Slack Jack not anywhere near the squad since finishing his suspension. |
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Reply | Shea Charles On The Radar Of 3 Top Flight Clubs
at 10:22 2 Jan 2025
He's at probably better than what we have.
Downes is disappointing, too erratic.
Aribo is not good enough to play midfield in Premier lge.
Big Les (whatever his name is) doesn't want to be here & he's not impressed anyhow.
Smallbone injured but not good enough.
Lallana is more creative but not so good defensively & he's always injured.
Shea Charles having played regularly for Sheffield is at least if not a better option than any of them |
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Reply | Do Southampton Cut Their Losses Now On This Season And Cash In On Kyle Walker Pe
at 16:21 31 Dec 2024
I'm not convinced that they'll be too many Premier Clubs interested in KWP in this transfer window.
There's been talk of him going in every transfer window for the last few years, but he's still here.
As good as he is going forward everyone knows that he is very poor defensively.
The priority for any defender is to be able to defend properly.
It's more likely he'll go on a free in summer transfer window.
Despite his inadequacies defending he's been one of our best player since he's been here & he's too good for Championship football. |
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Reply | Nucleus of a fairly strong Championship side next season
at 08:51 31 Dec 2024
Not sure Ivan Juric will be with us in Championship next season.
There is a break clause in his contract at the end of this season which allows him or the Club to invoke.
I don't think the club would keep him when we go down, typical of SR they would look for a cheaper version. |
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Reply | Anybody still of the opinion that it was all Russell Martin’s fault ?
at 10:41 30 Dec 2024
Far too early to start criticising Ivan Juric.
He can only work with the squad of players he's got.
But I do like the fact that he's giving everyone a chance with no favourites.
ABK back in contention Tall Paul getting games & more to the point no sign of Slack Jack, not been involved since finishing his suspension.
But the bottom line us there is not a manager on the planet that can get the required results with the limitations of the squad. |
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Reply | Will Ross Stewart Ever Play For Saints Again?
at 10:34 30 Dec 2024
I think we got more minutes playing out of Ali Dia.
So we're are now responsible for the two most ridiculous signings in the history of the football lge.
As we have the unenviable record of
two 9-0 drubbing in 12 months. |
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Reply | Worst points total & goals scored.
at 10:21 30 Dec 2024
Not sure we'll ever have a team capable if surviving in the Premier while SR own the club.
Their principles & logic just don't fit with Professional football clubs.
Their style of owning multiple clubs & utilising players between clubs is more suited to owning a chain of pubs & restaurants.
Also their insistence on spending millions on quantity rather than quality is a recipe for failure. |
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Thread | Worst points total & goals scored.
at 08:40 30 Dec 2024
We currently have lowest number of points scored & the lowest number of goals scored in all of the 4 Football leagues.
This has now got very, very embarrassing.
It can't get any worse. |
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Reply | , K. Walker-Peters
at 20:18 27 Dec 2024
I agree, KWP technically good on the ball & a threat going forward but an absolute liability defending.(that's why he's still here with us, other clubs have sussed out his weaknesses)
I'm very surprised that we've never tried playing him in midfield or even on the wing.
We wouldn't have to worry about his defending then. |
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Reply | At last Tall Paul gets a start.
at 14:23 27 Dec 2024
Tall Paul might not of scored but he made a huge difference to the way we played.
We actually looked dangerous going forward, we looked like scoring goals.
He was a handful for the West Ham defence.
Who else have we got that can have that impact on a game, no one.
Give him a run of games & he'll score goals which is more than Adam Armstrong is likely to do.
I'd like to see Cameron Archer playing alongside Tall Paul, that would be our best set up. |
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