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Report | Southampton v Leicester City Your Report added at 21:54:57
What a disaster! 2-0 is always a dangerous lead as when the other team pull a goal back the whole momentum so often changes. We completely lost our shape in the second half. When the tide turned we weren’t up to battling it out for at least a point.
In the first half despite going 2-0 up we frequently gave the ball away especially from Ramsdale passing it out to players who seemed to play for the fouls every time. Some were fouls and which Anthony Taylor failed to give but the tactic was clearly not working. Ramsdale changed to kicking longer in the second half but the clearances were not finding our players.
Leicester deserved to win given their second half fight back but they were greatly aided by Anthony Taylor. At one stage the booking tally was 5-0 against us. In the first half he made a blatant mistake by not getting their player to leave the pitch after receiving treatment. He just waved away Saints protests.
Surely with the penalty the double jeopardy rule should have applied. A booking and a penalty not a red card and a penalty. Surely we should appeal this error. I understood the law was changed to prevent the double punishment.
As for the winning goal. I understand not blowing the whistle when one side is attacking but surely when the ball goes dead for a corner then you blow for full time rather than play on clearly benefiting just the one side.
I gave Anthony Taylor a score of two and that was generous.
Still we blew things big time even without his interference. As was said elsewhere the winner was like the Ipswich goal all over again. We seem incapable of learning from errors.
I’ve been against sacking Martin but something is going wrong if we don’t learn from previous mistakes.
The crowd were good and stuck with the team but we were all badly let down.
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Report | Arsenal v Southampton Your Report added at 20:53:30
First 10-15 minutes we were under intense pressure and looked like we could be in for a very heavy defeat. Not surprisingly there was a big gulf between the sides. To be fair we battled very well with Bednarek outstanding. Great goal by Archer but Arsenal well deserved their win in the end. Such a shame to see Stewart go off with what looks a nasty injury. I travelled up from Somerset by train and met an old friend (an Arsenal season ticket holder) for a drink so all in all a good day out with a battling performance and made Arsenal work for the three points. |
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Report | Southampton v Manchester United Your Report added at 13:39:26
Great first 30 minutes but fell apart after the penalty miss and poor in second half with no efforts on target and Utd controlling the game.
Ramsdale did well but Tyling really stood out. Great to see Ross Stewart back on the pitch. I have high hopes for him.
Walker-Peters was caught up field too often and we were outnumbered too often at the back.
Tactics seemed different partly as Ramsdale kicks long far more often and we tried to get some through balls but it all rather petered out
Felt the sending off was harsh at the time and partly brought on by the rolling around of the attacker but seeing the replay of it can have no complaints as foot was unnecessarily high and studs up.
Everton on Tuesday gives a good chance for experimenting a bit. Love to see Stewart start.
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Report | Leeds United v Southampton Your Report added at 08:17:26
Great day out. Tough game with few chances but great defensive performance.
Saints support was superb throughout.
Some great performances throughout the team. We wanted it more than Leeds and it showed. |
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Report | Leeds United v Southampton Your Report added at 18:16:19
A well deserved win. Picked our strongest side which was the right thing to do. Close game but we were in some degree of control throughout. Right to get Manning off before he got sent off. Stephen's badly at fault for their goal and fortunate not to concede a penalty. Downes was great and McCarthy did well in goal. Nothing really on the game but certainly raises the optimism a bit. |
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Report | Leeds United v Southampton Your Report added at 18:15:59
A well deserved win. Picked our strongest side which was the right thing to do. Close game but we were in some degree of control throughout. Right to get Manning off before he got sent off. Stephen's badly at fault for their goal and fortunate not to concede a penalty. Downes was great and McCarthy did well in goal. Nothing really on the game but certainly raises the optimism a bit. |
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Report | Leeds United v Southampton Your Report added at 18:15:37
A well deserved win. Picked our strongest side which was the right thing to do. Close game but we were in some degree of control throughout. Right to get Manning off before he got sent off. Stephen's badly at fault for their goal and fortunate not to concede a penalty. Downes was great and McCarthy did well in goal. Nothing really on the game but certainly raises the optimism a bit. |
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Report | Cardiff City v Southampton Your Report added at 19:52:06
Really disappointing against an injury hit Cardiff side. Missed so many chances again. Sums up our season, dominate games but can’t finish teams off and pay the price. Wicked deflection for their winner, can’t blame McCarthyism for the goals.
Huge loss to see Armstrong looking to be ruled out for the rest of the season.
Despite missing a hatful of chances I thought we didn’t play well and failed to control the game.
The play offs it is then. |
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Report | Southampton v Preston North End Your Report added at 22:41:57
Great win. First half performance was great and comfortable in the second. Could have been more. Given Preston are a good side and the pressure to win this game it was an excellent result. A change of keeper for the rest of the season is worrying though. |
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Report | Southampton v Watford Your Report added at 21:54:20
We made hard work of it again but great to win it so late on. Watched in Portugal whilst on holiday thanks to Saints Player. If we can beat Preston it sets up an interesting last few games. I'll be at Cardiff and then Leicester with my Leicester supporting son in law. Play offs still look most likely but you never know. Beat WBA again then Leeds or Norwich at Wembley. Rode our luck a bit today but came strong at the end. |
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Report | Blackburn Rovers v Southampton Your Report added at 17:32:14
Listened to Radio Solent commentary. Sounded an awful game with some very poor performances. An away point but all seemed very slow and pedestrian. Adam Armstrong and Kyle Walker Peters in particular both had poor games. |
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Report | Ipswich Town v Southampton Your Report added at 20:13:55
Once again we dominate the match, play some great football and then collapse. Very unfortunate to lose but once Ipswich equalised you could sense our heads drop in what was a 'must win' match. Like Saturday and many other games we controlled the game and looked solid but then fell apart. I thought the sending off was very harsh. I think there was a covering defender. We now coast to the play offs and rotate the squad I guess. WBA v Southampton looks nailed on now. Beaten them twice this season but counts for nothing now |
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Report | Southampton v Middlesbrough Your Report added at 20:08:54
After missing so many great chances it felt inevitable that we'd concede right at the end. Should have won comfortably. The play off beckons unless we can somehow win the matches at Ipswich, Leicester and Leeds. I can see us doing OK in these matches but fear we'll continue to drop other points elsewhere. |
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Report | Birmingham City v Southampton Your Report added at 21:26:10
What a great game to watch. Long drive from Somerset through lots of snow but well worth it. Really engrossing 90 minutes. Saints showed a huge amount of character to win. The first two Birmingham goals were such quick breaks and terrific finishes. I was in line with both of them and they were unstoppable. Armstrong’s goal was great. Superb flick by Adams and a great ball from Brooks. All a bit chaotic in the first half but wrestled back control aided by the sending off. Two good goals saw us in the lead for the first time but all credit to Birmingham to come back again with ten men. Eventually they tired as we passed the ball really well and wore them down. Deserved the 96th minute winner after all the pressure. 78% possession, 25 shots, 10 on target and 16 corners to 6 was a fair reflection of a hard won victory. With Leicester losing and Leeds drawing not a bad day! Subs all contributed to the win. Let’s please not mess up the next two home games. |
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Report | Liverpool v Southampton Your Report added at 22:12:56
Did well but failure to take good chances cost us dearly. Had we played a slightly stronger side we could have seen a different outcome but I guess we have to focus on the league. Saturday at Birmingham will be tough. |
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Report | Southampton v Millwall Your Report added at 21:08:56
Should have been a second yellow for the Millwall player for an awful tackle but ref completely bottled it. I thought the ref was very poor. 5 mins injury time after loads of subs, a number of injuries and blatant time wasting was a joke. |
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Report | Southampton v Millwall Your Report added at 21:08:54
Should have been a second yellow for the Millwall player for an awful tackle but ref completely bottled it. I thought the ref was very poor. 5 mins injury time after loads of subs, a number of injuries and blatant time wasting was a joke. |
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