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Reply | The first goal advantage
at 11:32 20 Feb 2024
Hi, ok losing is spelt with one o but the word choosing has two, so as far as I'm concerned loosing is what I'm choosing .
I will never understand why some people need to swear just to empathize a point, it's so contemptuous and frivolous.
I hope the Saints get that first goal and Leeds don't.
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Reply | The first goal advantage
at 16:59 15 Feb 2024
Ooooo, you said a naughty word Ref. give yourself a Yellow card for profanity.
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Thread | The first goal advantage
at 21:36 14 Feb 2024
Hi Guys, The team who scores first have a real advantage being that they are now in a winning position, the other team have to score two goals to be in that position. With the one goal lead that team can gamble on a high press and if their manager spots any weakness in the apposing team he will exploit it and get numbers in the box., the result is the loosing team are pinned in their half of the pitch for most of the match. Playing the whole team in the box whilst defending a corner is what you expect to see in a local non league football match.
The answer to a high press is to copy it and instruct your strikers to not come deeper than the centre circle. If the apposing centre halves back up or use a sweeper push up and go with him/ them. Defenders will not like to gamble with relying on the offside trap too often and they will have to push up to the half way line, the result being that then your players with pace will have a real chance of a break.
Using players who give the ball away to the other side too often should be rested or sent to Spec Savers and playing Walker Peters as a full back is nothing short of madness, he's a *******winger.
The unbeaten run had to end sometime and at an away game in the rain is better that loosing at home in sunshine, however I do hope the managers sees that other clubs are now noting with interest that a high press can beat us and he will radically change his game plan because to put it bluntly - we have been rumbled.
As for our manager; I personally would prefer Joe Tessum who's a match commentator on Radio Solent, he's an ex pro and spot on.
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Reply | The Ross Stewart Enigma
at 11:02 17 Dec 2023
Hi Guys, please allow me to clarify a few of my comments, I have heard on tv the expression spoken "The boy done good" it was said by Paul McCarthy whilst appearing on an American chat show, and on an other occasion it was said by another American and I assumed it was a showbiz expression.
It it always a gamble when you buy players whether they have good form or not, what the top club specialist look for is - potential, they can sometimes take an ok player and turn his into top class player with good motivation and playing him in the best position.
My suggestion was to play Walker Peters as a winger/striker just as Liverpool played Mane in a high press and a 442 formation , it would work even better had we not sold KWP, he wold love loved all the penalties we would have got.
Yes I agree Saints have bought a few players who were not up to the required standard but I'm still suspicious that Ross Stewart would not be available until January, still not to worry we still have Che Adams, how many goals has he scored. 
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Reply | The Ross Stewart Enigma
at 18:22 16 Dec 2023
Hi guys, will Ross Stewart be sold to one of the big clubs, only time will tell, if he is not sold and I'm am wrong so be it, but if I'm right will the person who had a such a low opinion of me please eat a large piece of humble pie.
Mane was played as an attacking midfielder by Saints and he was instructed to drop back (too much) to support the midfield and defence , and we often saw him in our box defending a corner.
Liverpool did not place as much reliance on previous form as you when they bought him, they saw his great pace and playing skills and played up front as a striker and as the Americans say "the boy done good". Walker Peters should be played every match as Mane did for Liverpool but he will have to wait until he is sold.
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Reply | Russell Martin does not want to get promoted
at 22:22 15 Dec 2023
PatfromPoole, you make a very good point, if Russell Martin got us promoted he would almost certainly get a golden handshake (the sack) and he knows that, doing ok at the top end is good way to stay employed next year.
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Thread | The Ross Stewart Enigma
at 22:04 15 Dec 2023
We need Ross Stewart now to have a real chance of promotion, we are told how great this player is and how he will be a real asset when he is match fit, now we are told he can't play through an ankle injury until the January window, does anyone else smell a rat.
You can call me a old cynic but I was once at one of evening meetings when the board invited questions from the fans, many hands were raised but the only ones picked belonged to people who were at the previous secret rehearsal. I recall one brave man got fed up of being ignored and stood up and shouted, "if anyone want's Mane tell them fifty million or get stuffed" the crowd cheered and the board looked very uncomfortable.
It would not surprize me one bit if he is sold BEFORE the January window to avoid a bidding war, you know like the Van Dyke farce, come to think of it maybe he is already a an earmarked Liverpool player. I wish somebody would tell the board that you can't fool all the all of the time.
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Thread | Strikers
at 20:02 23 Sep 2023
Hi Guys, who first characterized Che Adams as a striker, an attacking midfielder maybe I'll buy that but striker with poor pace, you having a laugh, now I hear remarks that Adam Armstrong is being regarded as more of an attacking midfielder. We need two strikers with pace and a 442 formation or dare I say we will face the R word again.
I asked Goole who were the Saints other strikers in the squad in the invent of CA and AA getting injured, apparently we don't have any senior replacements. 
I listened to Joe Tessem on Radio Solent and quite frankly I would happy if they gave the managers job right now, this guy knows what he is talking about. [ 
I have seen a lot of amazing blunders in football but a defender blatantly pulling back an attacker in the penalty box, wow! that's a first for me, can you imagine how forgiving Sir Alex would have been in the changing room. 
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Thread | They're not laughing now
at 14:44 18 Sep 2023
Hi Guys, when we were in the Premiership I tried several times to suggest that playing a 442 formation would result in more wins, that is providing that the two strikers have really good pace, or at least one of them has. Also that these two player must be told by the manager do not come deeper than the centre circle. The opposition are not too willing to push into your half of the field if you pose a constant threat to their own goal, you have to make them very nervous; and that is the best way to do it.
Formations that rely on a lone striker with no real pace is a clear invitation for the other side to push up and their midfield will reinforce their attack, this is precisely why we are getting hammered and everyone assumes it's a poor manager and/or defence, its actually the formation we play and lack of real pace in our central strikers.
The best way to proceed now is the same as I told you when we were in the Premiership, and some guys laughed back then at my suggestions and dire prediction if vital changes were not made, well here we are back in trouble again and they're not laughing now.
Write to the manager and ask him pretty please to play a 442, you never know he might even consider trying it.
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Thread | The Forgotten Hero
at 21:48 10 Apr 2023
Hi Guys, did anyone else notice how good Dejenpo was in and around the penalty area, he got past several players with his great dribbling skills, he should be playing as a centre forward with another striker in a 4 4 2, I know JWP would agree with me.
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Thread | Attack is still the best sefence
at 23:23 26 Feb 2023
Hi guys, I can understand why the new manager wished to play a 4411 system in an away match but no way can anyone call it a 442. It is great to have a good tall centre forward upfront but he needs a striker with real pace right up there partnering him and both continually pushing forward, our other striker was playing too deep and that invites trouble.
If any team constantly attack they worry the opposing team from wanting to risk making counter attacks on the break. Look at the way other teams play their centre halves ten yards back deep like sweepers, the only way counter that defensive move is to constantly push up your strikers up, the other sides defenders will then have to push forward to the half way line, that's were your players with pace have a real chance. Attack is still the best defence.
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Reply | A life line for Mr Jones
at 18:38 7 Feb 2023
Hi Dorsetian, We are not talking the old guy who made a talking puppet , we are talking about a classy ball player who can cause havoc in the box and make defenders look like muppets, do try to keep up.
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Reply | A life line for Mr Jones
at 18:23 7 Feb 2023
Hi Matt we need cooperation not castration, a great Union man once said words to the affect "if you have them by the short and curlies their hearts and minds will follow.
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Thread | A life line for Mr Jones
at 21:40 6 Feb 2023
Will somebody who has ear of Mr Jones please twist it painfully until he agrees to play a 442, with the two new strikers, if he agrees twist again for Djenepo as left winger, Stuart Armstrong central midfield with JWP.
You might have to twist a more sensitive part of his anatomy if you want him to rest Che Adams and Adam Armstrong but then there's no gain without pain.
If Mr Jones does not want to go home with his tail between his legs he will adopt a 442 system from now on as his last life line when he is so obviously out of his depth and the fins are circling.
Ambition is one thing but you should never bite off more than you can chew Taff.
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Reply | How to win games
at 21:50 22 Jan 2023
Hi guys, I am not convinced that Adams should ever be used as a striker , he might more suited to a midfield role but then with his lack of pace I doubt it. I personally think the lights are burning late in the board room, they know we need two good strikers with pace but its not easy to attract quality when we are sitting at the bottom and every club raising their asking price because of it. I think the board will be sending the scouts all over the world with a real sense of urgency so don't panic. I suggest that in the short term that the board sign the best two new strikers they can get and then play them as centre fowards in a 442 formation - very soon would be nice.
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Thread | How to win games
at 13:54 22 Jan 2023
Hi guys, this a message for current manager who is not raisin our our confidence and moral much, why don't you try that old fashion 442 formation with two strikers who have real pace and don't let them come deeper than the centre circle, you might be surprized how well it works.
Because in the past of we have sometimes had to rely on managers who don't comprehend the difference between Adept and Inept we have suffered the frustrating consequences, if we want to attract better players then the team we have to scape up some wins by playing a 442 system, then we have at least got a fighting chance, playing one slow striker up front is suicide.
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Reply | Where there's a will - there's a way
at 14:31 5 Jan 2023
Yes Newcastle United have have a huge stadium and supporter base but not so long ago they were where we are now, - in trouble . They've now got a good manager who the players respect and he has motivated a few average players to be great, and with their financial backing in addition they can buy success like all the top clubs do.
It's no brainer that the Southampton FC cannot match the big clubs with deep pockets but over the many years that I've supported them I have enjoyed seeing many of our great players for as long as we could keep them. Yes we have often sold our best players because we HAD to and we mostly wished them well, if we are honest who among us would turn down a chance to change jobs for triple our wages.
Twelve million for a player would seem peanuts to the top ten clubs but it's a lot to lower placed clubs, so I would ask the board to please consider this, the next time the poachers come in for our best players if you HAVE to sell them don't get a player exchange deal; and double the asking price, they can afford it.
I think the lights are burning late in the Saints board room now and I would say to the Saints supporters don't despair it's early days, and remember; Matt once scored the finale goal at the Del which kept us up.
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Reply | Where there's a will - there's a way
at 00:10 5 Jan 2023
Hi Grim, you are quite right some improvements are required but once a team starts getting into the the habit of scoring and winning matches every player is motivated to raise their game and moral soars and your team could go on a roll, look at Newcastle United
Remember the old saying "Attack is the best form of defence" 442 and two fast strikers is the way, if your defence is week you score more goals it's as simple as that.
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Thread | Where there's a will - there's a way
at 23:38 4 Jan 2023
Hi guys, It pointless to think and talk negatively, there is still time for the manager to get it right and for the the board buy two fast strikers to avoid the drop.
It may be true that the new manager is out of his depth but let's be fair he was chucked in the deep end, for him its really a case of work in progress and for the board should urgently spend wisely to help him. As the old saying goes " You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear" or to put it another way successes don't come cheap - or Premier survival.
I keep on saying a 442 formation with two very fast strikers would win us more games and maybe Premiership survival, the fans could take a poll requesting this and maybe just maybe the board will listen and send out the scouts, the requite ingredient is - real pace.
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