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Comment | Southampton V Fulham The Verdict
at 17:14:40
Part of the issue is we are playing a system with wing backs and we only had one on the pitch. Manning is the best left back for me but he is a woeful wing back as he has no pace and is only comfortable with the ball at his feet for a free kick. Why didn’t Welington play? We looked more of a threat at West Ham when he came on. If 4 at the back ok, Manning. Also we all knew that Traore would roast him but KWP has the pace, so at half time he should have swapped.
Going 6 at the back is what Potter did last week, went defensive and we equalised after dominating.. It only works to shore up the midfield to protect the back and we weakened it taking off Matty but it was his fault for the equaliser, lost his man ball watching.
I was very encouraged by Ross Stewart, his footballing body language suggests a fit version of him can be huge for us next year. I still think Leicester is an easier challenge than Fulham. If we play like we did at West Ham, we will get something out of it. Sulemana is due a game where his end product counts for something. I saw leadership until the end but they are a young side so individual errors and bad communication will happen when knackered. |
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Comment | Southampton V Fulham The Preview
at 17:12:50
Agree underweststand with all that except I want more than 1 point so we’re not 2nd worst either. I also put very little blame at the feet of Juric despite how odd some of his decisions were. Never have managers that we think do all the right things. Juric played Les much more which helped and had the squad stripped and given no help! Don’t understand why you keep digging at him like it’s mostly his fault. The club are more than 60% of the blame and the majority of the rest is Martin’s for me for his arrogant stubbornness with his ideology which basically gave us no chance when it was obvious the year before and to all pundits this year that he would destroy us with such stupidity of 100% possession. Van Dijk knows when you need to find row Z but our defenders weren’t allowed to. This is why we have f all points and the squad has such low confidence. Juric was on a hiding to nothing and had no English experience, not his fault.
We looked more dangerous when we went 4 at the back last week and dominated play. I agree with Archer in for TP tomorrow but I’d also like to see Welington in for Manning who has been great as a left back at times but has no real threat going forward.
I don’t think this is our best chance, I think they’re much better on the road than Leicester are anywhere..
I do like Simon Rusk and hope that he is involved in the next official management set up, I would consider giving him a go but he hasn’t really shown his hand in respect of what style he prefers to play, Spors wants a high pressing manager who is adaptable to all conditions. |
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Comment | Southampton At West Ham United The Preview
at 07:01:50
Of course you would drop the captain, despite us being more solid with him on the pitch.. the problem, as you say is our lack of potency up front and this is due to recruitment. Armstrong is never going to be good enough for the Prem and now the Championship is passing him by as he doesn’t even start for W Brom! Scored 1 penalty since Jan? Same with Diaz, was on the bench yesterday.. clueless recruitment has got us where we are today and we missed the red flags, blinded by the Wembley success in the playoffs. |
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Comment | Manchester United, West Ham And Leeds Circling Over Southampton
at 16:44:12
Does anyone still believe these paper stories? They all need several articles each day as click bait and it tends to work..
Rambo is obviously going to go, the other 3 are league 1 standard and we won’t be promoted if any of them are between the sticks. After McCarthy turning into a PlayStation keeper against Liverpool, I don’t see why we don’t move him on as well. Bazunu was nowhere near top level and part of the reason we ended 4th instead of 2nd.
The club have to get this summer right with personnel in and out and that includes keeping Fernandes and Dibling. There is no point otherwise, considering we will bring in enough for other players to stay afloat and competitive. |
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Comment | Can This Be The Dawning Of A New Era At Southampton FC
at 17:31:56
I agree with Ali, Martin got lucky with his style in the Championship and finished 4th with the 2nd best squad. It was obvious to all pundits and fans pre season that Martin would have to adapt if he wanted to survive and he stubbornly ruined us as the players were scared to find row z when in game management. Juric didn’t have the players. Selles out of his depth and no experience and Jones again had the wrong players for his style and also out of his depth, so Spors needs to get this next appointment right and the club have to be prepared to pay a good wage to get the right man in. But I agree with Nick to an extent, we have someone with experience and connections in the game and it is a chance to start on a new Liebherr like journey if we get the recruitment right.
We don’t need to sell everyone and can bring in good money for many of those we don’t want.
Keep Fernandes and Dibling and tell them we need one more season from them to go back up. |
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Comment | Southampton FC Issue Ivan Juric Statement
at 17:20:21
I actually really like him, perhaps the wrong man because he didn’t have the players to play his style which would have been an appropriate style to compete at the top level. There’s a lot I liked and stuff I didn’t like but that’s usually the way. He wasn’t given the chance to build his own team so it’s harsh to say he’s a poor manager.
Our squad just isn’t good enough and to be blunt many of them have not put in the effort that the fans and their wage merit. A real lack of passion to wear the shirt and that hasn’t helped, you shouldn’t need a manager to tell you to show pride and passion. |
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Comment | The Odds Are Out On The Next Southampton Manager
at 17:02:58
Yeah only the Birmingham mail starting the Gerrard click bait rumour for their advertisers..
I doubt Leroy Rosenior is in the reckoning but Liam Rosenior is. He and Rohly are my preferences, in that order. I think Rohl is most likely though, especially if the Owls chair makes more late payments.. breach of contract etc..
Don’t want Gerrard, not because he’s a Scouser, I just don’t think he’s got it as a manager.
Please not a bottle job like Southgate, we need someone with courage and a history of winning something! |
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Comment | Southampton V Crystal Palace The Verdict
at 19:44:59
Btw Dibling is just a nipper, he clearly has a bit to learn and really would benefit from a season in the Championship, not just saying that to keep him. He’s potentially a £80m player but he’s nowhere near that yet, we would gain more of a fee by keeping him for another year, despite the contract running down to 1 year. Keep him and Fernandes, we can win the Championship title. |
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Comment | Southampton V Crystal Palace The Verdict
at 19:38:28
Pretty good verdict. I would agree that the m27 accident had some say in the lower attendance. I agree that Jack should have got closer to his man for the goal but his first full game back.. No idea what THB was doing for the goal though, dreadful defending heading it straight to the crosser. So we were caught napping a bit. I thought Downes was actually motm, magnificent, brave, used the ball well. Fernandes his usual brilliant self and with Les, that is the best midfield 3 for me.
My only criticism was how static we were at times, when we passed and moved we looked brilliant but other times you wondered what invitation they were waiting for to support a run, so we ended up turning round and going backwards. But this was a much better performance all round, we didn’t have holes all over the pitch like in recent months and for me the main reason for this was capt Jack. It isn’t a coincidence for me that, although he may have his shortfalls, we have had better, shape, organisation and balance when he’s been on the pitch so he brings something less obvious. All of our centre backs have been guilty of errors which make them look out of their depth in the Prem but they all have attributes which on their day are very useful. Fine, you can all mark me down for that but Jack does bring a togetherness and spirit which is vital. Juric and Martin see this and they are chalk n cheese. |
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Comment | Back To Reality For Saints On Wednesday But Sadly Nothing Has Changed
at 16:29:52
Palace won’t be resting any players. Say what you want about Juric but he’s the second manager with a completely different style to go into games with no centre forward, so I would half expect Rusk and Lallana to do likewise.
I don’t see them ridding of Juric before the middle of May as there’s no financial logic to it. If Juric stays on for next season then Solak will not be a popular figure. I suppose it’s down to Spors and he has worked with Rohl.
I would like Rosenior if not Rohl. |
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Comment | Ross Stewart Could Feature Against Crystal Palace
at 16:20:02
This is all guess work, assumptions and context. If Juric hasn’t even spoken with Stewart, then I agree with you that this is awful and speaks volumes. But I’m not sure of the context on this comment when the question surrounded the point that players would be returning to the team. At this point he states about not speaking with him, but I don’t think he meant ‘at all’. His English is average and I’ve seen misunderstandings in press conferences throughout his time here.
The Echo are just jumping to a conclusion because he’s back in training with first team it seems.
This is a bit of a nothing burger but a chance to rant at Juric. Yeah I’m not his biggest fan but his style would have been better than Martin’s if he had the players to do it. I don’t think you can add the fact that Stewart is training to the mounting pile of Juric poo. |
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Comment | Could Saints Throw In A Promising Youngster To The Attack
at 16:09:55
Robinson looked good in a couple of the preseason friendliest, I’d give him a go. Haven’t seen Udoh but the other lad back from loan is most likely to be ready if he’s fit. His name escapes me atm but he came back injured, scored at Newport in the cup under Ralph.
I don’t understand why Archer hasn’t been given a long run in the side, he’s by far the best finisher, we just haven’t done anything to supply him with the bullets. Basically due to the eternally unsuccessful obsession of 5 at the back.
I still can’t understand why we let Charles and Edozie go out on loan and watched inferior players in their place. |
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Comment | Southampton To Play £100 Million Hardball With Manchester City & Spurs
at 17:06:23
I think it’s worth more than 100m for us to be promoted back to VAR hell, so it’s just as much about how much we gain with him in the team next year, same with Fernandes. If we are promoted again next year and they wanted to leave, we’d still get a substantial sum for each because of bidding wars. We are going to let Rambo move on and with Sugawara, Bednarek having interest for another 20 million between them to make 40-45 already. Then the likes of Sulemana and Onuachu who might bring in a few more quid and THB, etc, we’ve got 80 million or so there..
So I totally get why we say 100m for our best asset, we won’t need the money. |
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Comment | Danny Rohl Might Not Be Arriving At Southampton After All
at 16:54:25
He will arrive but will be sent to Northampton first..
Sounds like one of those quota hires.. probably tell people that they work in Bramall Lane..either way, to get those two mixed up is ridiculous.. clearly someone who knows nothing about football. Well done the wise owls..
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Comment | Ivan Juric Positioning Himself To Continue In Southampton Job
at 16:44:55
Not sure they’ve done any practice at set pieces. At the weekend we had Manning curling balls in which arrived with snow on them.. Terrible corners and nowhere near the step ladder..
He has inherited a weak team which lacks pace, so it’s not his fault we’re in this position. That said, some of decisions have had a detrimental effect on our chances of results so although I don’t blame Juric, and actually quite like how he comes across, I just don’t see him bringing us back up next year. Are we really going to change ten out of squad to bring in his sort of player? I doubt it.
I wouldn’t read into the words in the Echo interview too much. What is he supposed to say? No we don’t see eye to eye..? |
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