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Your Southampton v Aston Villa Match Reports

claus5 added 21:03 - Apr 12 Absolutely pathetic. That could well be the worst forward line i've seen since my first game in 1975. Can't believe what our team has become? Does anyone care about who stays or goes, i know i don't!
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dirk_doone added 21:11 - Apr 12 claus5. We should care because there is a very real prospect that next season we're going to be left with the worst of the worst: the likes of Cameron Archer and Will Smallbone, and you could see again today what a terrible liability they are. Then, instead of Ramsdale, who was once again our best player, we're going to be stuck with McCarthy and Bazunu.
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Bawdrip added 21:20 - Apr 12 Battled well but the gulf between the teams was huge. Fell apart as so often the case after going behind. The support from the fans was great until the match was lost and drifting to it's conclusion. Too defensive a line up for a home match.
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claus5 added 21:26 - Apr 12 Fair point dirk, but i believe virtually all of them are the worst of the worst. There is almost nobody i care if they leave/stay?
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SaintPaulVW added 05:01 - Apr 13 We played well in the first half. Good to see a bit of bite in our tackles. Team looked to be set up well. Second half - aside from Ramsdale's penalty heroics - the usual 3 goal collapse. Villa's strikers showed just how feeble ours are. Our lot seem better at contriving to somehow keep the ball out of the net than our CB's!
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KilkennySaint added 05:42 - Apr 13 Can't criticize these players anymore, what's the point, forget about talent, we have a mentally weak and broken team, I can't see how we can move forward. Get who we can out the door and try to rebuild. Apart from Ramsdale, KWP, Fernandes, Dibling, if any other player think they should be playing at a premier league level next season they are delusional.
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Block8 added 10:01 - Apr 13 A reasonably good first half in terms of defence but oh dear as far as the forward line was concerned. Every ball out came straight back, no one bullied their CB's, who won't have an easier game all season. And a glance at the subs bench told us that this wouldn't change. Thought, as did most of us, that the ref was very poor and the incident with the free kick that wasn't given (Dibling had his back to the ref when he waived play on) proved that. Had it been given they wouldn't have scored the first. I also thought Jack got a little bit of the ball for the second penalty?

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fubsy added 10:02 - Apr 13 I would just like to make 2 tactical points: 1. Villa were coming into this match after a tough game on Wednesday - we played a low block and let them play in front of us. I think we should have been pressing them hard. 2. Most of Villa's play goes through Tielemans - we should have had someone on his toes all the time.
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Bowlercow added 11:28 - Apr 13 Team was reasonably set up and competed well for the first 70 mins After the first goal we went into freefall yet again Whoever comes in has got to get them over a massive mental attitude problem When Dibling was fouled the ref waved play on thinking there was an advantage I'd like him to explain how you can have a clear advantage 10 yards inside your own half with 4/5 opposition players within 10 yards of you. Theat error just compounded the inconsistent decisions which looked an awful lot like a Villa bias Good to see Stewart and Robinson get game time Unfortunately we had no one capable of feeding the ball through to him so we couldn't

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Bowlercow added 11:28 - Apr 13 Judge him
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I_would added 14:19 - Apr 13 Three CB's hasn't worked since the start of the season so we can only deduce that the manager of the day is instructed about the formation by the board. Gotzepe play 3 CB's and Vallenciennes from time to time. We'll struggle to get 11 points if Farley doesn't ignore SR's orders as we are constantly overrun in midfield. Plus what's Stephens and Smallbone about?
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KilkennySaint added 15:06 - Apr 14 Agree it's strange about Gronbaek, Taylor & Fraser, they should be starting every game until the end of the season if available, Taylor and Fraser have experience at this level and could make us a little better. Can we see the starting eleven finish a game? Whenever we make a sub, the team becomes weaker. We have loss points this season with our substitutions. Five at the back just hasn't worked. Why are we still playing? I would go back to a four, take out Stephens, Bednerak, and THB. They can't play together, look clueless, and aren't up for the fight. Play ABK and Wood, what do we have to lose? Tiredness didn't contribute to all three goals conceded, we made three subs before they scored. Tielemans had the freedom of the St Marys midfield for their first goal, it was embarrassing how much space he had. We can't use tiredness as an excuse for lack of effort, fight and determination, these are supposed to be professional athletes. Players need to be held accountable.

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