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Southampton v Swansea City : FA Cup Match day thread
at 18:44 12 Jan 2025

Someone didn't follow protocol, two quick throw ins down the line putting pressure on the opposition how dare they.

We might have got away with the chances they previously missed before the first goal, goalkeeper makes the wrong decision. Relying on journeys men to stabilise the team last season for the new incoming manager was acceptable , the inability to compete in games, even against a poor Premier league team is not.
Getting on top of games or even staying there has been a problem I was glad to see Grimes go off.
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Southampton v Swansea City : FA Cup Match day thread
at 18:16 12 Jan 2025

If the press is not on then you don't do it, you get back into shape but we have seen lone strikers trying to close down the opposition's back line, often the first players chasing down it is usually to isolate the player on the ball and bide time to getting back into a good shape but if you don't get the marking of their movement right then the space just opens, Grimes does not want to join the press, is he right at times not to, yes but his descions to mark a space and not a player has to be called into question, they were passing through our forward line because they could their was always someone spare players making themselves available from the midfield.
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Southampton v Swansea City : FA Cup Match day thread
at 17:22 12 Jan 2025

No point in the high press if all your midfield cannot enforce the press, why because Grimce does not commit to it, given he is scared to press up as Southampton are using their pace to take Grimes out of the game that means they have numbers running through the middle finding the spaces between the midfielders leaving the defence struggling once they have got between the lines.
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Southampton v Swansea City : FA Cup Match day thread
at 18:03 10 Jan 2025

Perhaps it didn't read properly as I intended so I added the person you were talk about to which I replied referring to.


t would be good to have other option(s) with him(Ginnelly), we shall see how he gets on, seem to have a quicker stream of balls to him with Key and Pederson on the left. Funny how out of position Key looked to get the ball forward quicker than he does in what is seen as his natural side of the pitch to play on. It will be nice to see him on the pitch if that is the case.
Sorry if it confused missing a "s" on options in the original text would not have helped
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Southampton v Swansea City : FA Cup Match day thread
at 15:47 10 Jan 2025

It would be good to have other option with him, we shall see how he gets on, seem to have a quicker stream of balls to him with Key and Pederson on the left. Funny how out of position Key looked to get the ball forward quicker than he does in what is seen as his natural side of the pitch to play on. It will be nice to see him on the pitch if that is the case.
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Brendan mentions us in his press conference
at 11:53 10 Jan 2025

Brendan's squad was built up over time. After relagation and failure to get promotion while also avoiding further drops has been a bit ofa juggling act with all the ins and outs
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Brendan mentions us in his press conference
at 11:12 10 Jan 2025

He had a chance to try something different in the middle in the League Cup but to fair Williams tried different players in both Defence and attack but not the very middle of the midfield.
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Brendan mentions us in his press conference
at 10:46 10 Jan 2025

Franco and Allen gets Grimes further up the park when they are missing he drops back indicates we need players to play at their standard to accommodate Grimes in the team or achange from Grimes.
Do think our set up expecting the fullbacks push high too early also encourages Grimes to drop too deep, we have seen on the right Franco drops into the fullback position to cover Key meaning the centrehalf Cabango doesn't get pull out wide all the time, there is an issue on the left which needs to be resolved that is why Steve Cooper ended up playing three in the midfield to help cover the flanks and the middle but that resulted in a less potent attack.
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Southampton v Swansea City : FA Cup Match day thread
at 10:32 10 Jan 2025

Cabango use to score quite a few goals at set pieces before Darling arrival, think they tend to get in each others way a bit, seems as if tjing have been sorted at our defensive corners(hope I haven't cursed that area now) but the main thing with our attacking set pieces now seem to be focused on not allowing Grimes take the corners and then making sure he is not the last man at them.

We have rotated Key, Tymon, Ronald and Eom as the last men, think Ronald is a big enough unit to cause more problems in the box than on the edge would have Grimes move to the edge during the set play given he could take more advantage as the ball drops loose with his strikes while always remembering to have another two players ready in case of counter attacks.
Like to see players from the opposite side of the pitch coming across to take inswinging corners but don't want the see the amount of work needed for the fullbacks to do it, especially with the amount of work including sprint in attack and defence of which is expected of them.
New and nippy left footed winger in the xfer window would help in that department. Please.
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Southampton v Swansea City : FA Cup Match day thread
at 09:28 10 Jan 2025

Slow lofted corners into the six yard box for goalies and tall defenders to easily defend. We haven't got the tall players to load the box with so the loft ball to the back post is a good option if not used too often so it becomes predictable.
The low ones into the box need at least one player getting in front of the near post defender with a late run across them whipped in balls are harder to defend plenty of goals have been scored with glancing headers, balls to feet at the front post have to be a bit slow to enable our player to control them so they can lay them of back to the corner taker continuing into the box or laid off to a players late run to the edge of the box. We need to use different options
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Southampton v Swansea City : FA Cup Match day thread
at 18:37 9 Jan 2025

How do you feel about different players having different training routine, faster players having lighter speed training compared with slower players working on their speed.
Notice the beginning of last season Piroe seemed to have worked on his headering, a case of players needing to work on their weaknesses while augmenting their strength, one size fits all or not?
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at 16:54 9 Jan 2025

Does he look fitter and leaner than before he got injured?
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Southampton v Swansea City : FA Cup Match day thread
at 14:10 9 Jan 2025

There has to be a question as to why some players are out so long after injuries, yes relapses happen and other injuries seem to happen as a player and medical team concentrates on the original injury; bad practices that lead to further issues or is it just a case of some injuries are impossible to recover from?
Bodde and Michu spring to mind.
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Brendan mentions us in his press conference
at 13:39 9 Jan 2025

Against QPR passing across the back was a lot quicker most noticeable was the ball went to Ronald without Key getting in the way, then as need Key was in a position to support with good movement from himself, Ronald and Franco quickly opening spaces.

One little point about moving the ball across the backs is the player receiving the ball must be aware of the players around both his own team and opposition not once as the ball is order to go from one side to the other to switch the point of attack do we look to switch it back to the side the ball original came from because as the opposition shift to the point of defense on the other side, same can quickly open up on the original flank the ball came from.
We are far to rigid in set movements.
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January Transfer Thread
at 15:22 8 Jan 2025

If any of our loan players are not playing then as you say a recall is needed. Look at Nelson Abbey did he only have one appearance wasn't that against Wycombe left foot centre half being played on the right of the two.Rightly called back was only brought here as a stop gap and then wasn't used.

Josh came on in one of this seasons friendlies and an instant impact adding an assist to Rebuns assist to Grime's goal.

I do question the justification of loaning players out at times.
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January Transfer Thread
at 12:42 8 Jan 2025

Do you know what is happening to Josh Thomas?
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Is Peart Harris available to buy,?
at 11:49 8 Jan 2025

At what point do you start trusting these youngsters to do the job they have been developed for?
Not including Pearl-Harris in that question considering he is only on loan.
Is it a case we are pushing for Premiership football but will be totally unprepared to play in it.

We cannot rely on the likes of Grimes, Fulton , Cullen, Cooper and Allen in the midfield(even Key and Tymon if we can find players to cover their fullback roles)
Franco makes a noticeable difference so does Allen(doesn't last 90 minutes)they get the best out of Grimes, something has to change to enable the midfield to function properly in both a defensive and attacking
capacity.
If it means trying Abdulai in the midfield against Southampton instead of Grimes I wouldn't be unhappy, at least it was tried but maybe the cup games against lower opposition was the place for that to be done and there we changed the whole back four didn't we?
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January Transfer Thread
at 10:24 8 Jan 2025

It is the little things that add to the possibility of seeing light at the end of the tunnel.
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Is Peart Harris available to buy,?
at 10:16 8 Jan 2025

Think we may see him come on again for Cullen instead of out on the wings if we are behind in games.

Having said that it does seem as if when we are ahead in games we make changes for change sake, instead of seeing games out maybe feels the necessity to match opposition ones, may have a point when the opposition team ends up full of giants.
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Is Peart Harris available to buy,?
at 08:54 8 Jan 2025

That could well be the case I'm sure he has had some stick on the touchline from our own supporters, I ended up complaining that on the touch line he tried to control an almost head high ball to bring it down instead of just flicking a headed ball onto one of our runners just ahead of him which would have meant we would have got in behind their defense.
Not the finished article and needs developing, whether he has the willingness to do it remains to be seen.
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