| Southampton At Preston North End The Verdict on 11:21 - Oct 26 with 1378 views | PatfromPoole |
Comical defence of Mara again; Bazunu has scored more goals than him this season, and I would expect that Mara will not overtake him by the end of this season.
James Bree was nowhere near bad enough for us to have missed Ryan Manning. |  |
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| Southampton At Preston North End The Verdict on 11:54 - Oct 26 with 1311 views | saints__fan__73 |
| Southampton At Preston North End The Verdict on 11:21 - Oct 26 by PatfromPoole |
Comical defence of Mara again; Bazunu has scored more goals than him this season, and I would expect that Mara will not overtake him by the end of this season.
James Bree was nowhere near bad enough for us to have missed Ryan Manning. |
Mara no worse than abject? I guess Nick has a point... |  |
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| Southampton At Preston North End The Verdict on 12:01 - Oct 26 with 1299 views | SP4Saint |
I'm not sure what is said at half-time but I'm pretty sure that the re-start was not part of the script. What a complete f**k up which nearly led to a bizarre goal after about 5 seconds! What followed in the next ten minutes was not a surprise.
I appreciate the style of football that Martin is trying to impose on the team and it can work when used at the right time in the right manner with the right players. Strange how last night our first goal came from a great direct run from the back by Janny B which set up a defender using his weaker foot to score and our equaliser coming from our goalkeeper. I will bet that neither scenario had been thought of in advance, yet hours probably spent tip tapping around in practice.
What Martin sees in Mara I do not know - the guy wouldn't get into any other team in this league. Thought Bree did ok albeit a bit short of match practice. Holgate did well against some tough old brutes.
I'm not sure what to think after watching that last night - I feel confused!! |  | | |
| Southampton At Preston North End The Verdict on 12:53 - Oct 26 with 1212 views | SaintNick |
| Southampton At Preston North End The Verdict on 11:21 - Oct 26 by PatfromPoole |
Comical defence of Mara again; Bazunu has scored more goals than him this season, and I would expect that Mara will not overtake him by the end of this season.
James Bree was nowhere near bad enough for us to have missed Ryan Manning. |
Pat where did I put any sort of "Comical defence" up of Mara, what I wrote was.
"The second half saw Che Adams off and Sekou Mara on and initially it looked comfortable for Saints, I have seen some criticism of this change, but truthfully Adams did little in the first half and Mara was no worse in the second, it didn't change the game either way."
All I said was that it didn't change the game one bit, where is that praising Mara of defending him.
James Bree gave the ball away for the second goal and was left floundering with Edozie having to chase the man back.
Sometimes your blind hatred for several of our players clouds the issues, if you thought James Bree had a swashbuckling game down the right hand side especially in the last 30 minutes when we had plenty of the ball but failed to use our advantage down their left and get in any telling crosses then I stand corrected.
Bree is a defender not a wing back, im not criticising him I am just telling you how I saw it, he isn't the type of player to create chances.
You need to check your facts before making comments, Mara and Bazunu are level on the goals tally, if you had said Ched Evans you might have had a point .
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| Southampton At Preston North End The Verdict on 13:13 - Oct 26 with 1166 views | PatfromPoole |
| Southampton At Preston North End The Verdict on 12:53 - Oct 26 by SaintNick |
Pat where did I put any sort of "Comical defence" up of Mara, what I wrote was.
"The second half saw Che Adams off and Sekou Mara on and initially it looked comfortable for Saints, I have seen some criticism of this change, but truthfully Adams did little in the first half and Mara was no worse in the second, it didn't change the game either way."
All I said was that it didn't change the game one bit, where is that praising Mara of defending him.
James Bree gave the ball away for the second goal and was left floundering with Edozie having to chase the man back.
Sometimes your blind hatred for several of our players clouds the issues, if you thought James Bree had a swashbuckling game down the right hand side especially in the last 30 minutes when we had plenty of the ball but failed to use our advantage down their left and get in any telling crosses then I stand corrected.
Bree is a defender not a wing back, im not criticising him I am just telling you how I saw it, he isn't the type of player to create chances.
You need to check your facts before making comments, Mara and Bazunu are level on the goals tally, if you had said Ched Evans you might have had a point .
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I don't have a blind hatred of players.
It just pains me to see them on the pitch when they are obvious weak links and they hold the team back.
Any player can have an off-day, it happens to the best of them; but when you consistently see the same players fail to deliver any quality or notable contribution, this has to be called out.
Being as high as 5th in the table is despite the likes of Manning and Mara, not because of them.
Mara does next to nothing to help us in an attacking sense. Manning consistently has to be bailed out by our CB's as he is so weak defensively and very slow. How he got in a "Team of the Championship" last season is completely beyond my comprehension. | |
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| Southampton At Preston North End The Verdict on 13:28 - Oct 26 with 1158 views | SaintNick |
| Southampton At Preston North End The Verdict on 13:13 - Oct 26 by PatfromPoole |
I don't have a blind hatred of players.
It just pains me to see them on the pitch when they are obvious weak links and they hold the team back.
Any player can have an off-day, it happens to the best of them; but when you consistently see the same players fail to deliver any quality or notable contribution, this has to be called out.
Being as high as 5th in the table is despite the likes of Manning and Mara, not because of them.
Mara does next to nothing to help us in an attacking sense. Manning consistently has to be bailed out by our CB's as he is so weak defensively and very slow. How he got in a "Team of the Championship" last season is completely beyond my comprehension. |
That is a reasoned opinion of players rather than just slagging them, but you have to ask why Manning and Mara are playing, perhaps because there is no real replacement if they don't play.
Adams was non descript last night and as I said Mara was no worse, I am not sure where Alcaraz or Sulemana's best positions are but I dont think they are centre forwards. | |
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| Southampton At Preston North End The Verdict on 13:34 - Oct 26 with 1144 views | PatfromPoole |
| Southampton At Preston North End The Verdict on 13:28 - Oct 26 by SaintNick |
That is a reasoned opinion of players rather than just slagging them, but you have to ask why Manning and Mara are playing, perhaps because there is no real replacement if they don't play.
Adams was non descript last night and as I said Mara was no worse, I am not sure where Alcaraz or Sulemana's best positions are but I dont think they are centre forwards. |
Yes, we are short of LB's with Larios seemingly permanently missing.
I rather suspect that Argentina's management have a firmer idea of Alcaraz's best position than our management. Martin's quote of not trusting him would reinforce this.
I would personally prefer him playing just behind the striker, though with Che Adams off-form, that limits options.
Whenever I have seen Sulemana on the left-wing since his sending-off v Leicester, he has looked pretty lively, and no defence can cope with his pace. Certainly far more of a threat than Edozie, who is below Sam Amo in effectiveness to my mind.
The complete non-inclusion of Sam Amo from the squad is something else which has me scratching my head. | |
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| Southampton At Preston North End The Verdict on 15:13 - Oct 26 with 1062 views | saint22 |
| Southampton At Preston North End The Verdict on 13:34 - Oct 26 by PatfromPoole |
Yes, we are short of LB's with Larios seemingly permanently missing.
I rather suspect that Argentina's management have a firmer idea of Alcaraz's best position than our management. Martin's quote of not trusting him would reinforce this.
I would personally prefer him playing just behind the striker, though with Che Adams off-form, that limits options.
Whenever I have seen Sulemana on the left-wing since his sending-off v Leicester, he has looked pretty lively, and no defence can cope with his pace. Certainly far more of a threat than Edozie, who is below Sam Amo in effectiveness to my mind.
The complete non-inclusion of Sam Amo from the squad is something else which has me scratching my head. |
Why are we not calling Perraud back?
I am sure our managers ego is one of the main reasons | | | |
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