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Comment | Southampton At Everton The Verdict
at 08:04:17
What a week for the Saints and Nathan Jones . The players seem to be buying into NJ’s front foot aggression and he seems to have worked out 4231 is our best shape with the option to shift into the 352 to see out a game . Pushing JWP up the pitch , getting Lavia back , playing Caletta car and getting some better luck have all contributed to the about turn in fortunes . Beat the Villa and add a Centre forward this week and we can really start to believe the great escape is very much on.
For the Villa game I’d like to see Orsic starting instead of Moi and we need to have a plan to deal with Bailey . Keep the rest of the team that started at Everton and we can win 3-1 . |
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Comment | Southampton V Brighton The Verdict
at 10:23:52
Like most Saints fans , I felt the Nathan Jones appointment was very underwhelming and a big risk from SR. I’d have preferred someone like Dyche who knows the Prem and could stabilise the leaky defence and grind out the results we needed to move up the table . Accepting that we now have to back NJ , the least I believed we would see is a new manager bounce where the players step up their effort to impress the new boss . As many have commented already , we actually managed to look worse than under RH and with less effort and organisation in the last two games .
What did we learn from the Brighton match ?
1. Bazuno has great potential but is still inexperienced enough to make game changing changers .We need the experience of Mcarthy or Cabellero back betweeen the sticks for a relegation fight .
2. Edozie should start each game as a winger/wide midfielder but not a striker . He can dribble but he can’t shoot as evidenced by the easy miss vs Lincoln and the blast over the bar vs Brighton .
3. 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 is our best formation , these players are not good enough to adapt to 3 at the back .
4. Diallo is not a number 6 pivot in the 4-3-3 as his passing isn’t quick enough or smart enough to set us up with front foot ball . Get Lavia fit or play 4-2-3-1 with two DM’s .
5. We have to buy or loan a striker if have any chance of staying up .
6. Sell or loan Adam Armstrong the bloke is shot and isn’t good enough at Prem level. Give his place to a recalled Nathan Tella or one of the youngsters coming through . They can’t do any worse .
7. Stop the pointless long balls out from the back . When did we last score from that tactic and we don’t win the second ball enough for it to be an effective way of moving up the pitch .
8. Tell NJ to watch the video of us beating Spurs last season and seek to replicate that way of playing . That was SFC at our best with most of the players we have right now.
9. Get ABK back in defence and experiment with Caleta Car partnership as Salisu looks less than bothered these days .
10. Sort the bloody corners out , they are consistently rubbish from Ward Prowse. Let’s try someone else or put more practise in to beat the 1st man .
All is not lost yet . But , the next 5 games need a minimum of 10 points or it looks like we should prepare for life in Championship . I’m hopeful but not optimistic .
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Comment | Southampton At West Ham United The Verdict
at 08:17:00
I hope Ralph starts using the 4-1-4-1 formation as standard from now on as it gives us more strength in the midfield . Broja is the key to making it work in attack as he has the power and pace to be a handful for most defences . The only change i’d make to that 11, is to give Theo his subs cushion back and swop Stu Armstrong in now he is fit. Although Bednarek was ball watching for the 2 West Ham goals , so perhaps Lyanco in for him would make sense .
I do worry about Salisu being out for the AfCon , as he is the Rock in our defence . Even more reason to make the 4-1-4-1 formation our go to for the foreseeable future. I’m hopeful against the Spuds but realistic that they have caught fire and stopping Kane and Co will be difficult . A draw would be very good and then a must win against Newcastle would be a strong return from our Xmas period .Need to manage Broja workload carefully , he is becoming invaluable and we don’t need him out injured plus Salisu at AfCon to show up the cracks . |
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Comment | Southampton V Arsenal The Preview
at 17:25:50
Is the person who wrote this review actually a Saints Fan ? Salisu and Romeu both suspended following 5th yellow in the last game ? Did you not watch that game , read the post match review or look at Saintsfc twitter feed in the last 6 days ?
Really , what’s the point if the level of journalistic knowledge on your chosen subject is this bad , why bother ? |
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