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Your Southampton v Leicester City Match Reports

codge added 17:11 - Oct 19 Really another loss this was very hard to take,there winning goal deep again into extra time and the same result man loose on the edge of the penalty box shades of Ipswich all over again.We we’re actually playing well but this is a 90 minute game and if you switch off for just a few minutes then you are going to get beaten.The referee one of the worst l have seen for a long time,that’s no excuse for but he was very one sided,overall a better team effort but still the same result.COYR

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davidargyll added 18:15 - Oct 19 The buck for this absurd debacle stops at our appalling manager. MARTIN OUT NOW
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davidargyll added 18:16 - Oct 19 The buck for this absurd debacle stops at our appalling manager. MARTIN OUT NOW
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davidargyll added 18:17 - Oct 19 The buck for this absurd debacle stops at our appalling manager. MARTIN OUT NOW
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I_would added 18:20 - Oct 19 Manager killed the game with absurd subs. You're rubbish at your job RM. Go.Now. !!!!!
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DPeps added 18:28 - Oct 19 Probably an unpopular viewpoint but I think getting rid of Martin will make no difference. The team isn't strong enough mentally or skills-wise for the PL. There's also no point in us splashing any cash in Jan seeing as we've almost exclusively bought dross in the past in Jan. Derby County points total?
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tttdcs added 18:49 - Oct 19 Agree with you DPeps
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Boris1977 added 18:56 - Oct 19 F##k, this is going to be a Billy Davies style embarrassment of a season. But with some decent players in this squad which derby county didn't have when they came up at our expense
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Bowlercow added 19:29 - Oct 19 This was a terrible display by the referee I have never rated him but today he went beyond even my poor assessment of him Four first half yellows all to Saints players Did no one in a blue shirt commit a foul? I am begining to see why Arsenal where prepared to let Ramsdale leave He really doesn't command his six yard box or boss his fenders When Sugawara was subbed Manning and then Taylor went to LB It's no coincidence that all 3 goals came from that quarter A lot of rumours about Moyes replacing RM so be prepared to be bored into the championship

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UgandaSaint added 19:43 - Oct 19 You are winning 2-0 and Leicester bring on Fatawu, a tricky right winger who scored a hatrick against you 6 months ago. Do you bring on Taylor, an experienced left back, or Fraser, a winger who has lost his pace and cannot tackle? You are winning 2-1 and losing the midfield battle. Do you bring on Lallana, an experienced Premier League player to steady the ship, or bring on Smallbone, a player who has dismally failed to command midfield in his 4 Premier League appearances? Sorry Russell, I will not defend you any more, that proved you are not a Premiership manager.

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NewburySaint added 20:30 - Oct 19 As poor as the ref was (up there with 1 of the most inconsistent refereeing performances seen at St Mary’s) Martin’s performance was also appalling - his substitutions, and tactics in the 2nd half, all were unfathomable, and he has probably now lost his job, whether that happens rapidly or in the not too distant future…..
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Bawdrip added 21:54 - Oct 19 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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bartley41 added 22:03 - Oct 19 Just read the BBC comment "Can Saints survive with Martin's style of Football" the comment contains a lot of figures regarding his management style at MK Dons and Swansea.
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sandywelsh added 10:26 - Oct 20 Has Martin gone yet?
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Block8 added 11:13 - Oct 20 The second time we have lost an important game, by not marking at the edge, of the box is a big schoolboy error! When the opposition bring on a very tricky winger, surely you bring your best defender to look after him? Pretty p*ss poor refereeing didn't help but in the second half we didn't help ourselves either, I'm afraid we have a very soft underbelly, particularly when pressed. And whether RM is prepared to admit it, & I know I don't see them train, we have better players on the bench than on the pitch every game!

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allsaint54 added 11:21 - Oct 20 It's 11.00 Sunday, why the hell hasn't RM been sacked. I said after 3 games the writing was on the wall, we've just wasted 5 games. 1 point from 2 home games against the promoted sides says it all. His substitutions yesterday were nothing short of criminal. His tactical nous is either naive or just plain useless, I know which one but do SR. Everyone bar them can see it.

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janecook added 12:00 - Oct 20 Martin as the Moody Blues once sang GO NOW!!
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harrapuk added 12:58 - Oct 20 You have to say that there were signs that we were moving in the right direction. We seemed to be getting the ball forward a lot quicker and creating more chances. This was a distinct change from the ultra slow build up with absolutely no end product. I think Leicester helped us as they tried to play out from the back several times and gave the ball away. The shirt pull on tall Paul going unpunished is just scandalous and so unjust. If Ayew was trying to prevent a potential danger then why bother to pull the shirt. A shirt pull anywhere else is a booking! I still believe that we have some good players capable of doing the job in the Premier League but unfortunately for RM we desperately need some fresh ideas and a new face to inject some hope. When you haven't won all season and cannot hold on to a 2-0 lead then you have to change direction and management because if we don't try something different then it's got to be more of the same. Said it before RM is a decent bloke and I admire his principles but we need a bounce and it just ain't happening with him.

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AmericanSaint added 14:16 - Oct 20 So I have been a defender of VAR but this game lost me. I watched the shirt pull on Tall Paul, and in "real time" it was over 2 seconds. At 6'7", he could cover the 2 yards and probably beat the goalie to the ball - whether he scores or not is irrelevant. VAR looked at it and said no - clown show. You give that penelaty, then it is maybe 3-1 and Leis lose their confidence, we man doesnt pull Vardy - it is 3-2 and we have 11 men. Then when Paul was pulled down on the free kick, VAR even stated that the "pulling" was not significant. WTF - You admit the pulling but it wasnt enough. I also watched Vardy tackle on Sugawara and his boots were up and hit Sugawara right below the knee. Even the commentator said that was a reckless challenge. Once he left due to that injury, our whole back line lost its shape and then the problems begin. How is VAR not looking at that? So pissed right no about VAR.

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sandywelsh added 19:59 - Oct 20 The ref yesterday was the worst Ive ever seen and he cost us the game. 1/ If he sent Vardy off for that reckless tackle we would have won. 2/ If had given us a pen for the tall Paul pull back we would have won 3/If had sent Ayew off for the pull back we would have won.
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ericofarabia added 21:35 - Oct 20 In answer to the..... "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" I thought this too, but as pointed out to me by a mate, this only applies if a genuine attempt to get the ball is made. The corner kick fiasco was sickening. RM saying someone was designated to stand on pen spot but didn't. But surely someone must have noticed the lack of cover beyond the 6 yd box? The guy taking the corner did! 2 home games in a row we have now coughed up 3 pts in the last minutes ofva game in identical fashion!

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