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Report | Liverpool v Southampton Your Report added at 17:21:50
I was marvelling at the playing out from the back, when we had sucked in 5-6 liverpool players we then passed it forward and invariable had a good position. The problem was that we missed our chances. Thankfully they also missed theirs when they caught us. The first half was really good by saints, but we couldn't bury the chances we made and the midfeild missed some runs by edozie and sulemana that would have be 1 on 1 if stu had been in the midfeild or Che at CF. Klopp had to make changes to deal with us, and they could as they are top of the Prem. that is high praise. The deflection for the first goal was cruel.
I agree with other posters that the subs did not work and weakened us, but overall the scoreline flattered them and the overall gave me alot if optomism. We went toe to toe with the carabou cup winners who are at the top of the prem until the subs changed the game. |
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Report | Swansea City v Southampton Your Report added at 16:49:27
After that first half of perfection, the 2nd was almost a disappointment. The midfield played brilliantly and the runs and passing was almost perfect at times. This is some team.
That first half was as well as I have seen any team play since Wales played Belgium in 2016, and it was our Saints...just fabulous. |
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Report | Southampton v Manchester City Your Report added at 06:15:02
That was astonishing. 2 fabulous goals and we bossed them. We bossed Man City! The tactics were perfect and I take my hat off to NJ.
Lyanco was pulling out full Mark Wright with a splash of Franny. He plays with passion. There is always a rick in there but I cant help thinking he listens to M&M One Shot before he steps on the pitch. He is brilliant. Caleta car was pulling out full VVD. Bazuna, Lavia and JWP were brilliant. We didnt allow them a shot on target. Man City!
With the spine secure the front players could play. Mara took his goal really well, Djenepo's was audacious and rediculous and I loved it. Even AA was having some fun and pulling out the tricks in the second half.
That was a game which should kick start the season. The new signings must be pretty happy with what they saw. This is going to be fun. I havent felt that way about this team since Koeman had us ripping up trees. |
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Report | Southampton v Newcastle United Your Report added at 09:57:21
It was a strangely enjoyable watch, missed first 5mins after long delay following car fire on M4. We i sat down Newcastle were on the front foot and we didnt really getting into gear until 15mins, Then the Mo/KWP axis starting ripping their right side apart, the midfield press started and the chances started to come. Broja took a touch, when he just needed to hit it, Che laced the bar and Stu dribbled one in off a handball (should the defender have been sent off?). Then newcastle came back and I was right behind the Shelvey cross. It was a goal from the moment he looked up and chose his spot.
2nd half started the same as first, Fraser, Bruno and Shelvey running the show and they scored a good goal. We were stale and couldn't break them down, but great subs from Ralph. Djenpo looked nervous at first, but tried to get round the back of their bank of 8 he did twice but couldnt get through the cover with the cut back. Adam Armstrong was a point of difference.
They defended, slowed the game and fell over with cramp, but we still got 4 good efforts on target and should have equalised.
I was sitting right at the front and got to see KWP close up in the 2nd half. He is an astonishing left back, always traking back and great in attack, off the scale skilled, his feet are like wands, he caresses the ball and dribbles past people, escapes from impossible situations so easily. Shout out to Sali as well, he is class. JWP looked tired and was playing as a CB for much of the game.
The Toon Army were great.
Got back at 1.15am. Pleased i made the effort. |
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Report | Manchester United v Southampton Your Report added at 19:34:22
Great game and we played brilliantly given our superb effort on Wednesday.
The high press was less evident, but the traps in midfield, especially when KWP, Stu and JWP or Orio combined against the touch line and then resultant fast transition were brilliant. Only Issue was Broja he is a force and bossed Maguire but that is 5 one on ones with the keeper that he has missed over the last 2 games. If he starts slotting those...OMG he will be good and worth a shed load!
Che was magnificent. What a team player....in fact who team has such a brilliant and varied series of game plans, that they switch through so easily and so well. We are a great team to watch and I am loving it. Coming across in a couple of weeks and i cant wait.
Shout out to Jack Stephens as well. He was faultless and played really well.
The coverage was awful. Hoddle winds me up!....on Wednesday Spuds couldn't kick it out as it was 2 passes. Complete bollocks and clear choice made on 2nd of 5 passes. Today, Ralph and JWP need to move to Manure! Also why no close up on Fernandes right hook at JWP? |
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Report | Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton Your Report added at 07:46:05
Off the scale. A game that makes a season.
We had no luck and a ref that was leaning to Spurs and through guts, determination, skill, effort and nous we won. First half we pressed and bossed it, pinning spurs into the final third for long periods, but there was a latent threat of the counter and Moura and Son looked really dangerous. It was so good.
2nd was more normal, we were still playing really well....thank you VAR (albeit the broja foul was wrong). That we came back and won after that. There is something really special in this team. Sadly the vultures will be circling
Tough to call a MOM Stu, JWP, Mo and Romeu all get 10's in my book, Perruad and KWP close behind but the real MOM was Ralph. To get a team playing like that, not letting their heads drop. Thank you Saints, |
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Report | Southampton v Manchester City Your Report added at 09:07:35
Once again, we are a team to be feared. Remember the 0-1 Tadic smash a grab. This was a perfomance to match that. Salisu was as good as VVD ever was. The whole defence (inc Romeu and JWP) played superbly and the transistion when we got teh chance was brilliant. Evert outfield player played well, positioning was perfect Forster is imposing and good when he can see where threat is coming from, but he does seems to stand still a lot when undecided.
Still that was a performance to build the rest of the season on, but sadly we have no hope of signing Broja. Enjoy him while we can. Chelski will want him back. |
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Report | Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur Your Report added at 23:15:59
Great game, Salisu was a monster, playing brilliantly, but at the edge, taking Ali and Kane completly out of the game until he mistimes a challenge by 0.1 seconds. Felt like the world had ended, we were stuffed, but then KWP, JWP Bednarek and FF had blinders. Holding on to the point and the introduction of Broja was perectly timed. He was always going to make a chance and so nearly slotted it. 1 on 1 with a defender he skins them every time. What a player... sell Tino for the 25 buy out clause and buy Broja fo 40 if we can. He is a world class striker |
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Report | Crystal Palace v Southampton Your Report added at 19:38:42
Good game, Brilliant free kick from JWP and strike from Broja. Defence was drawn to benteke for the second, and it was almost kept out...what a difference that woudl have made. Press was better and more controlled and I am moving to saturday with a bit more confidence.
Here is an idea...if Chelski buy Tino back for 25m at the end of the season, we sign Broja for 35 or 40...I think we would get him for that and he is one hell of a player. He looks like a proper striker and most importantly can hit the target. |
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Report | Southampton v Wolverhampton Wanderers Your Report added at 21:31:20
Tough watch. We must have one of the shot/goal conversion records around, but even saying that the only chance in the middle of the penalty area was longs at the end. I really think Danny would have let that come across him and slotted it behind teh defender rather than kicking it into him. I am sorry to say it but I dont think Long has a future at Saints. We have to move on.
Che is looking like a donkey. I can only assume that Broja and Armstong don't play well together. Romeu had a good game as did Salisu and of coyurse Tino.. Strangely I think we might beat chelsea. Of all the defenders who could stiffle Lukaku...I think VVD, Salisu and Connor Cody, and they will give us a chance to break and use the speed.
Raul is class and I grudgely applauled his superbly taken goal after all he has been through |
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Report | Southampton v Arsenal Your Report added at 22:49:26
sadly we are a team not a squad (midfield excepted) . Saka had Vokins on toast, Cedric his best game for arsenal and although we had our moments there was an inevitability about it. Even Che looked off colour. They learnt from saturday and pressed us hard. I will not call out the players that lost the ball for their goals as that is excatly what we have done to so many teams this season.
Due to the high press we seem to lose steam after 70 mins and from then there was no way back. We will come back. Before the end of the season the big dane will once again be spraying quality balls from defence for KWP and Bertand to feed Ings.. COYRs |
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Report | Fulham v Southampton Your Report added at 21:31:42
We were soild but missed Ings and JV badly and Ralph knew it. We set up for a 1-0 and ended with a 0-0. 7/10 it woudl have been 1-0. Both the goals ruled out where impressively clinical finishes and how was that not a handball. He clearly leant into it and that is listed in the rules.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55461681
Watching bednarek and stephens try to pass forward only made you miss the big Dane more! They tried, but he really has become one our our most potent weapons.
Finally why is Anguissa scoring so low. He was the best player on the pitch and bossed our midfield, tackling and cutting out pass after pass. Kudos to JWP for being everywhere, and Diallo was good second half. Armstrong was solid and had brief glimpses. Much as I can see the potentail in KWP, it is hand in the mouth time whenever he is pressed and other teams are starting to work that out. |
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Report | Southampton v Sheffield United Your Report added at 11:14:21
Dominant and if the King of the scummers was a bvit sharper it could have been a cricket score. I haven't seen Saints boss a side like that at home since the famous destruction of Villa by Mane et al.
Whatever Ralph has given Vestergaard, I want some. He was immense, last ditch defending, dominant in the air, incisive through balls, it was a VVDesque perfomance. The tactics were good, the passing excellent and Redmond actually got one on target.
Come on Saints, this could be an incredible year. I thought the 2nd Koeman season was unbeatable for excitment , but this one could be better. I love the fact that when my son says he supports saints in school, the others (Manure, Cardiff, Liverhampton) dont look down on it! We have pride, thank you Ralph. |
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Report | Brighton and Hove Albion v Southampton Your Report added at 09:45:53
Not the best game, but good tense watching and we came back from a losing position for the 2nd time this season after dropping points whjen ahead in the last 2. The defences/midfield blockers beat the attacks and the big Dane was immense. He could not have done anything else. Romeu and JWP had good games, but so did Bissouma and Gross. Hence the cancel out.
Djenpo tried things but so often ran into dead ends, or got to by-line when there was no one to pull back for. Walker Peters was good going forward, but he always seem to be the one who gets caught when the other team press. Something Ralph needs to sort out.
Theo (and Redmond) need to take a leaf from Ings and aim inside the post. Every shot seems to be a foot wide! If Redmond had been able to control his finish that would have been one of the goals of the season. Sheffield United next..... |
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Report | Brighton and Hove Albion v Southampton Your Report added at 09:45:52
Not the best game, but good tense watching and we came back from a losing position for the 2nd time this season after dropping points whjen ahead in the last 2. The defences/midfield blockers beat the attacks and the big Dane was immense. He could not have done anything else. Romeu and JWP had good games, but so did Bissouma and Gross. Hence the cancel out.
Djenpo tried things but so often ran into dead ends, or got to by-line when there was no one to pull back for. Walker Peters was good going forward, but he always seem to be the one who gets caught when the other team press. Something Ralph needs to sort out.
Theo (and Redmond) need to take a leaf from Ings and aim inside the post. Every shot seems to be a foot wide! If Redmond had been able to control his finish that would have been one of the goals of the season. Sheffield United next..... |
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Report | Southampton v Manchester United Your Report added at 19:09:40
It was a great game for the neutral but I am gutted, but having watched this fixture for long enough and seeing how brilliant McCarthy was in the first half (what a double save!) which was keeping us in it, I laid off my bet on us at half time.
What followed was painfull in its inevitablity. The subs didnt keep the energy levels and the press up. Long gives the energy but not the press. We commit so much in the first 60 we often seem to flag at the end and we did it again here. Their bench beat ours, but that is the way.
Walker-Peters had a really good game and the wolves will be circling for JWP in the summer. He is a proper player now and that free kick was just class. If his name was Beckham and he played for a big club he would be worth 50m+. I thought Djenepo had one of his best games for saints. |
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