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Thread | Bmuff 3 Brighton 0
by Bridders2 at 19:49 28 Apr 2024
This sounds familiar. Brighton have 70% possession but lose 3-0, and a quote from a fan...
'Brighton are without doubt the most boring team I’ve ever seen. Backwards, sideways, backwards, sideways….lose 3-0.
What is the actual point other than curing insomnia'. |
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Report | Southampton v Stoke City Your Report added by Bowlercow at 15:05:50
McCarthy made some important saves yesterday and for a change was NOT beaten at his near post Unfortunately the defence in front of him has got used to having Bazunu as an extra defender playing the sweeper/keeper game.Mac is not comfortable playing that role and can make his centre backs nervous
Our second choice mid field failed to step up and we're over run If this had ended 0-0 we would probably have called it atypical end of season game with nothing to play for me
Hopefully RM and his team will be able to get us back on track with a whole week's training in front of them
I do suspect that Sports Republic will replace RM if we are not promoted Personally I think that would be a massive mistake as the experience they have gained this year will be invaluable next season if we are still a championship team |
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Report | Southampton v Stoke City Your Report added by StRipper at 13:38:49
If most of our fans think that McCarthy was the best player yesterday, we really are in trouble. Awful distribution and, as usual, easily beaten at his near post to lose us the game, when that was the only place he needed to protect. There wasn't a lot good out there, I admit. But the same old tired rotation of places by RM, meaning there is no longer any credible competition for getting an appearance, with a bull headed determination to never give any of our youngsters a chance, means it's hard for any player to shine. Our Midfield is totally ineffective and its left to our forwards to come back and try and create some build up. No hope of that when so many bang average signings and loan players who no longer care surround them |
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Report | Southampton v Stoke City Your Report added by StRipper at 13:21:24
If most of our fans think that McCarthy was the best player yesterday, we really are in trouble. Awful distribution and, as usual, easily beaten at his near post to lose us the game, when that was the only place he needed to protect. There wasn't a lot good out there, I admit. But the same old tired rotation of places by RM, meaning there is no longer any credible competition for getting an appearance, with a bull headed determination to never give any of our youngsters a chance, means it's hard for any player to shine. Our Midfield is totally ineffective and its left to our forwards to come back and try and create some build up. No hope of that when so many bang average signings and loan players who no longer care surround them |
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Report | Southampton v Stoke City Your Report added by SanMarco at 13:05:07
The record run is now a stick to beat RM and his hapless players with. The truth is that we weren't superb in all of those games. Many were won right at the end and one or two we probably deserved to lose. Interesting to compare Cardiff away with, say, Norwich away. Both we should have won easily and in both we failed to put the opposition to the sword. Norwich did NOT fluke a winner at the end so our run continued, Cardiff was different. "The table doesn't lie" has more truth in it than many cliches, especially at this time of the season. Even out the up and downs and we have been the 4th best side.
The problem going into the play-offs is that something else seems to be happening. Yes, we are 4th over the whole season but we weren't during our first 'four in a row including an abject 5-0 ' fiasco and we aren't now (I assume defeat at Leeds). We are getting all the usual 'lost the dressing room' and 'players not trying' comments but none of us (beyond perhaps injuries) really know the truth.
I share misgivings about a RM led Saints in the prem but I can't make myself not want us to get through the play-offs. I have never wanted Saints not to win a game in my long life and I am not starting now. Promotion and RM then goes to pastures new is my best (and probably quite slender) hope. Then, of course, we would face SR's abysmal record in managerial appointments. They'd probably go for the Derby bloke who most of their supporters see as someone who nearly prevented promotion rather than achieved it. |
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Report | Southampton v Stoke City Your Report added by saint901 at 11:18:51
Dear oh dear.
Stoke turned up and we did not until the subs started to arrive. Stoke could and should have won this by a bigger margin.
All the faults we have seen this season were present. No shape, intricate passing at the back inviting trouble, no ability in the forwards to hold the ball, too many players not interested or not good enough.
Going to be hard to get this team back to the one that was in a record beating run of wins/draws. |
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Report | Southampton v Stoke City Your Report added by Block8 at 11:00:27
In what was in effect a meaningless game, in terms of result, we could have given a couple of kids a run. All that has been learned from this dreadful performance is that we have far too many wingers, a pretty lightweight midfield (without Downes) and complete lack of cover centrally in attack.
I feel a bit sorry for Mara as you can see there is ability there but the drive and enthusiasm is missing. We have witnessed some great forward runs across the front line, all season, go wasted due to, either instructions to keep ball or lack of vision from midfield. And the keep ball style of play means the majority of passes require the receiver to turn back towards his own goal, when collecting the pass as a safety measure. I've enjoyed most of this season, home and away but have also been incredibly frustrated at times in the knowledge that a bit more adventure would have secured the points that we needed for promotion!
Lets get the selection correct for the paly offs please?
COYR |
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Thread | Crowd of less than 25,000 looming for play-off semi home leg
by PatfromPoole at 09:16 28 Apr 2024
Unless the Club do something bold with pricing (£15 or less).
The play-offs were always my favourite week of the season to watch games on TV (as a neutral); often so much excitement in games with big atmospheres.
However, the feeling I get is that a lot of fans just want the season to end now, and extending it by another couple of weeks is just prolonging the angst.
A real shame. |
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Thread | The only saving grace from yesterday’s dire performance…
by davidargyll at 07:52 28 Apr 2024
…was that the head of SR, Dragan, was there to witness it.
And if he has only the minutest amount of knowledge of English football, surely he must have seen how utterly terrible we were, with all our pointless tippy-effing tappy?
Of could it just possibly be that the players were doing it on purpose so that they could show him what a cr*p team they’ve been turned into by you-know-who…? |
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Thread | Broken again ..
by darthvader at 00:06 28 Apr 2024
So .. 10 or so days ago during the Preston game at home i got my mojo back (after thinking we were out of it ), at halftime in that game 3 nil up thinking we would get another 3 in the second half .
I said actually said out loud we look unbeatable..i dont think anyone will beat us ! I was in dreamland
We were on fire and i genuinely thought we would go on and win the league on the last day after that performance.
But like that girlfriend that you kept going back to who continud to fook you over, the saints break your heart again .
The hope was genuine the pain even more , despite everyone telling you to let it go .
Yet i know ill be back for more heartbreak in the stupid bloody playoffs .
Like that MASK bloke once said -Somebody stop me |
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Thread | Martin
by WestEndBoy at 20:33 27 Apr 2024
Get that useless c#nt out.who picked his team today his mate Eddie izzaard?? |
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Report | Southampton v Stoke City Your Report added by janecook at 19:22:17
What a load of rubbish, out played by a team fighting relegation!! We don't have a hope in the playoffs
We need to get rid of all the deadwood in the summer and start from scratch at building a new team.
We also need a good manager not this clown! |
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