Listening in the pub last night with one ear to Keys & Gray’s guests
Hughton set up Brighton to beat Arsenal by attacking them down the flanks.
Because Arsenal LIKE to try and play through the middle of you (similar to Citeh & Scousers tbh)
So DEFENSIVELY he set Brighton up to actually conceded space on the wings - he simply knew that was not the favoured route and that their striker/midfielders could be nullified by his lumps. They showed lots of examples and they (Arsenal) looked no different from Cedric or Betrand hoofing a hopeful ball in. But then when Brighton ATTACKED down the wings, they were lumping the ball in towards Glenn Murray. Not a system but in fact playing to the strengths of your players
Was interesting, we seem to at least TRY and play both ways - just never bloody execute it very well.
Equally it made me realise how fvcked we are that we keep playing to a system NOT to the abilities of our players.
Damn we need Chazza back
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We’re boring shite, we can’t score as we don’t have the confidence, talent and tactical nounce to change or do that now, we don’t have someone who is talented or confident enough to shoot, run passed a player or play a quality through ball.
We on viewing alone should be relegated already, what utter crap they serve up and I know at least 5 people not renewing next year as they have had enough, 2 seasons of woeful unispiring football is one thing but it is the propaganda and excuses that grind the gears, if they told the truth with some passion to why they are failing it would help, if we could see they were hurting (they arent they looking for moves already and will get some) it would placate the fans somewhat as this is easily as bad as it is under Branfoot as we’ve fallen from far higher reaches, they have to admit their system isn’t working and was always built on sand.
Name me one successful Chinese ownership in the Premiership?
Is it the chinese generally you don’t like or just our ones.
The Arabs seem pretty shit hot at football ownership. So to the Russians. The Americans aren’t doing so bad. So it cannot be foreign ownership that makes team suck. If fact some of our worst owners have been British.
Our ones? What does that mean?
You mean our owners who happen to be Chinese?
I mean all Chinese owners in the Premiership and I use the Chinese as an example as they own our club so it is totally relevant.
See Palace have a bit of character.
What, because they’ve scored the first goal in a game?
No, they have shown their character by having 28% possession
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Of course, how many have we scored lately? They’re up for a scrap.
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Accidental up vote there Barry. Sorry.
Why can’t we play with Gabbiadini AND Carrillo? Gabbiadini as a 10? We scored a goal against Burnley when the latter headed back for the former.
Literally what is the worst that could happen? We lose and go down? Given current and historical form, there is a pretty good fucking chance of that happening anyway.
Something has to change. Anything will do at this point.
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No dramas, I don’t down vote as its wet and pointless, you’re safe lad.
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Then we are also “up for a scrap”.
We have played 11 games this year.
In the ten games we have played this year, that have had at least one goal scored by either team, we have scored in 9 of them and first in 7 of them.
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Does that make any sense or any difference? How many games have we won? How many League games this year have we won at home?
Rhetorical.
2-0, character and guts, they have it and we don’t, its as simple as that and the Palace fans piss all over ours, they never used to, St Marys doesn’t help us win games.
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Are we playing Newcastle this evening or is all this bleating on the wrong thread?
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Upvote for the first bit.
2-0 to Newcastle and another game where we produce 0 clear cut chances, we’ll pass sideways and backwards in an efficient manner to keep personal stats are kept up but bollocks to the team and the club.
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Voted up for the personal stats bit. It kills invention. Pass it on, let someone else take the risk of an inventive pass.
Bazza.
Not going to comment on your thoughts about us, but I’ve become aware that “gutless” malaise seems to be wide spread these days (Arsenal for example.
Anyway, on the subject of gutless, this is a good OpEd piece on Chelsea and modern football in general. I think the EPL/Football in general is becoming turgid and is as big a problem to the world game than our own gutlessness at the moment.
Anyway, it is a decent opinion and the first paragraph you can substiute Chelsea for us which is kind of my point
Seriously? Alex Crook you utter pr*ck.
The LAST thing we need in the build up to the run in is negative press like this saying MP will go at the end of the season etc etc.
(Also - point of order for Bazza, WBA were going to sack Pardew. Have been unable to find ANY suitable replacement manager who would take the job or is available. Yes I know that is Les’s job, but then I have a job (just about) but even that doesn’t allow me to turn water into wine unfortunately)
Southampton manager Mauricio Pellegrino is facing the sack at the end of the season even if he leads the south coast side to Premier League survival.
The Saints board have already started drawing up a short-list of potential replacements for Pellegrino – who has won just five of his 29 league games in charge.
Fulham’s Slavisa Jokanovic and Ostersund chief Graham Potter are among those on the radar.
Pellegrino has fallen way short of the target he was set when he replaced Claude Puel last summer, which was to challenge for a European place via the league.
The Argentine could become the second Saints boss in as many seasons to lose his job despite leading them to Wembley.
Saints, who under Puel reached the EFL Cup final, face League One high-fliers Wigan in the FA Cup quarter finals later this month.
Many Southampton fans want Pellegrino fired immediately but vice-chairman of football Les Reed is reluctant to make a change before the summer and risk a panic appointment.
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