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Comment | Southampton Team To Play Middlesbrough Now Out
at 10:32:25
Sports republic are totally out of their depth as to running a football club.,Ramus Ankerssen and co goes from one disaster to another, when we needed a footballing brain last January to buy players to help us avoid relegation , ankerssen took it on himself to do the buying what a disaster that was, only one player in alcaraz was any good .their management appointments have also been a disaster from Jones, sellers, now Martin, we are void of any organizational skill, and our football at present looks more like schoolboy football,getting caught out at corners with only one man back, we are at present becoming a laughing stock and that's down to sport republic.
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Comment | Southampton V Arsenal The Verdict
at 10:29:53
Fantastic performance of grit and determination, Ok not a game of pure football, it’s was a game where the club had to show the fans a reaction from last week, the players that came in. certainly played their part in this rearguard action of a performance. I thought Ralph tactics were wrong last week, were we played too open to a team that had the talent to cut you to pieces when in possession, and so they did .this week we played in a defensive mode to contain , rather than try to take the game to the opposition, it worked because you have to adapt your game plan to match the opposition. So well done Ralph for getting it right this week, and it must be said although all the the team deserves high praise, there must be a special mention for the awesome performance from the big man Fraser Forster ,some have questioned his ability at this level this season, but this performance confirms he can still perform at the highest level |
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Comment | Saints Can Now Breathe After Fulham Defeat Ends Relegation Worries
at 07:06:08
In March I pencilled in a points total of 45, let’s see if we can achieve it. If I am honest this team
Is probably on par for that score. This season has been one that flattered to be deceived , the way the club is structured is one to aim for a mid tabled finish , to play a attractive blend of football on a limited budget ,to keep the fans relatively happy aim for one of the cup, and secure premier league safety. Well I suppose that is what we have achieved, and until we have a squad based on the same lines as Leicester city , then it will be more of the same next season. We need to strengthen the squad next season in areas that is needed, no more wasting money on players that are no better than we already have. The selling of targett to finance djenepo was a poor decision as Matt was a ready made replacement for Bertie and would have been invaluable as a utility player this season.so as money is tight we can only hope that some of the fringe players, like obafeni tella , Smallwood, can push for a starting place with additional signings then next season we can be in a better place when injuries come along. |
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Comment | Southampton V Leicester City FA Cup Semi Final Preview
at 21:09:36
Very disappointing ,I really thought we give it a good go today, but unfortunately we were more interested in containing them without taking the game to them. When you play a rearguard defensive Game you nullified any real threat going forward. Ings and redmond were mostly anonymous . In all honesty Leicester were not that great either, but the one clear cut chance they got they made us paid,And you knew it would be down walker peters wing, great player going forward, but gets caught out of position to often ,and benarek was no match for vardy pace even so we still made it easy for their scorer with a unlucky rebound of vestigaard. you have to believe you can win it, but too many of our players failed to turn up and give it a real go today, and our chance for cup final place was gone. |
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Comment | Southampton V Leicester City FA Cup Semi Final Preview
at 09:06:45
Good article nick if we stick with the same back four, then the only change would be for me, Adams or djenepo, I will still go with djenepo for Walcott because his work rate has improved, and we will need that extra commitment against the lively foxes. We can still bring Adams on say 70mins so he can make an impact. This is a one off game which could define our season, we have the ability to win this,but we need total commitment from everyone. Semi final are usually tight affairs , and it’s time for hero’s in 76 it was stokes, channon, Steele. Today we have ings,vestigaard,Forster, to fit the bill. Ralph needs to get their mind set right, forget Monday fiasco, this is the one that matters and we can do it. |
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Comment | In Ralph We Should Trust
at 20:30:22
From a football fans perception of the football that I want to see saints play, I am like any other fan who wants success for my club, I know there are limitations on how far we can achieve as a club. I am under no illusion that under the structure of how the club is run ,we have to be realistic .so to reach cup finals, and win it would be a high achievement for a club of our size, there are clubs bigger than ours like Newcastle,West Ham,Aston villa, who have not reach as many semi finals and final that we have had in recent years,so we must be grateful for that. We played good football at the start of this season, topping the table at one stage. But our squad is small compared to other clubs, and once the injuries started to mount up so our form dipped.whatever happens In the cup this season remains to be seen, we have played entertaining attacking football under Ralph this , season, sometimes to our detriment We will achieve premiership safety ,so we will be seeing top class football next season ,whether that enough for some of us remains to be seen. But on the other hand we could be playing dull unentertaining football like the season2016/17 under Claude puel where we finished 8th in the league,and a league cup final place at Wembley but still we were not satisfied and Claude was sacked ,unfairly in my opinion. So we the fans must make up our minds, entertaining football under Ralph with poor periods along the way, or defensive minded football, boring at times like under puel with relative success, I suppose we can’t have both ways.
But remember saints fans be careful what you wish for especially in Claude puel case we didn’t know how well off we were. |
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Comment | A Year On Time For Some Deja Vu At St Mary's
at 22:15:31
Now we are in the semi finals, can we avoid having either Andre marriner or Martin Atkinson as the referee as I will never forget the poor decision by marriner ruling out gabbadini goal against Man Utd in the league cup final which should have counted, and probably costing us the cup. In the other semi final v Chelsea whether or not Charlie Austin disallowed goal ,when the Chelsea keeper drop the ball, would have change the result is open for debate, the goal should have stood . Just another poor refereeing decision going against us in a vital match that could have change the history books In our favour |
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Comment | Southampton Find Out FA Cup Semi Final Opponents
at 19:35:51
Well it’s leicester ,they are a very good side, but if all our first eleven are available we have a chance of beating them. On our day we are a match for anyone. With Walcott and ings fit to play,
They will be foolish to under estimate us, we have beaten Liverpool,Everton, arsenal, and drew with Chelsea twice , so we can raise our game to beat the best side in the premiership .the game at Leicester earlier in the season was a close affair at 1.0 until being caught out in last five minutes,When a bad pass from defence let Leicester in for their second which flattered them.so let’s go there in a positive mood , yes we can do this. |
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Comment | Southampton V Brighton The Verdict
at 10:50:08
I agree with all the above, and it’s time to roll up their sleeves and show some commitment and passion, which was sadly lacking yesterday.the pretty possession football is fine when your winning and in control of the game, but with time running out on the clock ,we needed to get the ball in the the box and put Brighton under pressure. Brighton manager managed the game much better than Ralph, and putting in walbeck was a master stroke he and lallana was the catalyst behind their victory. Maybe we needed to get young n lundulu on earlier, this could have change the pattern and more direct balls in the box. I think we need to change our style in the coming weeks,get tough and win ugly. Put young n’lundulu in from the start at Bournemouth and see how he get on with Adams, be more direct and use him as a target man, I think Adams could benefit from it and a more robust style in our play might change our fortunes also. |
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Comment | Could This Weekend Be The Start Of The Greatest Ever Season For Southampton FC
at 20:11:42
Yes saints fans are everywhere around the world, I have seen saints shirts in Times Square New York
And they were American supporters. I remember my late father taking me to my first match at the
Dell. It was an evening game in the old league cup. I was very excited to see a live football,and being amongst the crowd .as we made our way away from the ground my father said to me son you
Are now a saints supporter they will be your team forever now, players and managers will come and go but you will always support them to end. And many years later I am still supporting them through highs and lows they are the only team for me .they are unique, Southampton till I die.
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Comment | In Ralph We Trust !
at 20:06:20
The way I see things that being a saints fan is being a realist, the way the club is structured we are never going to be a top five club, to be that we need a large investment from our owners, and that not going to happen .kat and GAO have made it clear this club need to be self financing , in order to buy we need to sell as with the van dyke money which finance the ings deal. Also Matt target
Sell financed the djenepo deal. Other adjustments with loaning out players and the the selling
Of holberg and Harrison Reid have loosen the purse strings allowing us to purchase diallo and salisu
So that my take on the situation, you have to speculate to accumulate, we have had managers who wanted to take us to another level in poch, and koeman but that ambition was not shared. So I believe we should stick with Ralph because no one could do a better job with the restraints he has to work under. I also believe there is at least three wins in this team to get us to safety, with a couple of draws along the way, and maybe as fans our ambitions will never be that of the club, so a top ten finish should be regarded as a successful season, with hopefully a FA cup final appearance. |
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Comment | Difficult Times For Saints ! But Not Disastrous
at 15:18:03
It’s only a matter of time and our luck will change, pre Christmas we were a top six club,
Then our luck change a combination of injuries, and bad decisions going against us, then all of a sudden we have lost six on the bounce. Apart from the disaster of old Trafford and arsenal at home, we have been unlucky not to have picked up points against villa home Newcastle away wolves home ,all games we should have come away with something the performances deserved.although the record of defeats looks poor another eleven points Makes us safe, I believe a mid table position is still achievable .
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Comment | Southampton V Wolverhampton Wanderers The Verdict
at 08:15:03
On the question of handball in the area, I believe the FA must make it clear whether it deliberate
Handball or not. When a player deliberately using his hands to gain an advantage it must be a penalty, but when he turns his body to block a shot and it hit his arm, then that is not deliberate.they must change the rules to rule out the inconsistency of referees. On that basis
Bertie arm ball was not a penalty, but cash of Aston Villa was , and I will repeat myself by saying if cash was standing on the goal line, mason would have given a penalty no question. So to cut out the inconsistency of the opinion of referees and that of VAR if a hand is outstretched that is deliberate then it must be handball ,but if it hits his arm while blocking a shot then it is not.
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