| Have Saints lost their'Devil May Care'attitude ? 20:46 - Oct 11 with 356 views | grumpy |
When Saints played at the Dell we had this, particularly under Lawrie.
Under Lawrie we bought experienced players who were heading towards the end of their career and brought our best youth players through to play alongside them.
Who could forget the Shearer,Wallace's,Moran etc.
Now we play with too much caution,pass it sideways and backwards,play out from the back so we don't lose the ball,the joke of that is that's exactly what we do.
Why don't we play our young players more.
We are so afraid of losing that's exactly what we do.
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| Have Saints lost their'Devil May Care'attitude ? on 21:14 - Oct 11 with 292 views | Southamptonfan |
It's an utter mess all round. You're right, we have lost that brave, go for it attitude. It just looks like the players can't be arsed at times and yes, are scared to lose. Perhaps there is a lot of pressure, a toxic pressure, toxic environment within the club yes, which makes everyone on edge. But what can you do? Ofcourse there are expectations. It seems strange to me that players that are useless here, under various managers, often are brilliant at other clubs. There must be something wrong at the club. The environment just isn't right and hasn't been since Sport Republic arrived. I sense frustrations throughout the club, in the players such as the lack of a striker (again!!) and the continuous mistakes from above.
As for young players, Robertson is loved by the fans. I've not heard a bad word against him. I like him, he was brilliant at Ipswich. So what do they do, they drop him and play our other young player, who is absolutely useless. And the reason is all about money. They spent 7 million on Downs, so they are desperate to scramble that money back. That's all it is. There will be pressure on the manager to recoup that money and therefore play him. This then causes disharmony in the squad when players are picked purely for this reason, rather than form. Robertson hasn't cost us anything. This is how Sport Republic run the club. They make decisions based on what they will think will make money.
So basically the problem is the owners. I am certain of it. [Post edited 11 Oct 21:19]
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| Have Saints lost their'Devil May Care'attitude ? on 21:17 - Oct 11 with 281 views | kingslandstand1 |
Because Lawrie was his own man. He brought not only experienced players, but players who he could trust as well as revitalise their careers with his man management. The likes of Rodrigues and possibly Bally thought their careers were on the wain. |  |
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| Have Saints lost their'Devil May Care'attitude ? on 21:20 - Oct 11 with 277 views | Southamptonfan |
| Have Saints lost their'Devil May Care'attitude ? on 21:17 - Oct 11 by kingslandstand1 |
Because Lawrie was his own man. He brought not only experienced players, but players who he could trust as well as revitalise their careers with his man management. The likes of Rodrigues and possibly Bally thought their careers were on the wain. |
He wasn't a yes man. Sport Republic love appointing young, inexperienced, naive managers for a reason. | |
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| Have Saints lost their'Devil May Care'attitude ? on 22:05 - Oct 11 with 242 views | saintmark1976 |
| Have Saints lost their'Devil May Care'attitude ? on 21:14 - Oct 11 by Southamptonfan |
It's an utter mess all round. You're right, we have lost that brave, go for it attitude. It just looks like the players can't be arsed at times and yes, are scared to lose. Perhaps there is a lot of pressure, a toxic pressure, toxic environment within the club yes, which makes everyone on edge. But what can you do? Ofcourse there are expectations. It seems strange to me that players that are useless here, under various managers, often are brilliant at other clubs. There must be something wrong at the club. The environment just isn't right and hasn't been since Sport Republic arrived. I sense frustrations throughout the club, in the players such as the lack of a striker (again!!) and the continuous mistakes from above.
As for young players, Robertson is loved by the fans. I've not heard a bad word against him. I like him, he was brilliant at Ipswich. So what do they do, they drop him and play our other young player, who is absolutely useless. And the reason is all about money. They spent 7 million on Downs, so they are desperate to scramble that money back. That's all it is. There will be pressure on the manager to recoup that money and therefore play him. This then causes disharmony in the squad when players are picked purely for this reason, rather than form. Robertson hasn't cost us anything. This is how Sport Republic run the club. They make decisions based on what they will think will make money.
So basically the problem is the owners. I am certain of it. [Post edited 11 Oct 21:19]
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Yep, and as I posted earlier Dom Ballard scored a hat trick for Orient this afternoon. | |
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