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Comment | The Rumour Mill Suggests Southampton FC Are Up For Sale
at 08:36:23
Pretty good article Nick, what quite a few of the dissenters fail to realise is that we are not a big club with a massive fan base & loads of potential. So the big money boys will always look elsewhere and we could end up in a far worse situation.
I was made aware of this rumour a couple of weeks ago & know Solak has been very disappointed with how it's gone but hopefully he feels he can put it right. Still think we need some changes in the boardroom and a decent public relations appointment would be a good start! |
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Comment | Southampton At West Ham United The Verdict
at 16:10:48
I'm not sorry St Michael as I gave you a thumbs down and as a Saints fan home & away my experience of it isn't very pleasing!
The passing game played with pace (Arsenal) works very well but look who's walking the league? Liverpool don't fanny about and move the ball forward with pace as do Newcastle and Forest even City are not adverse to a long ball. Whilst I really don't have a problem with a passing style of football and would think most Saints fans feel the same but unless it's progressive it really is boring! You are obviously either a die hard passing game fan or you never attended many Russel Martin games!
Any way a better feeling Saturday than for a fair amount of time and Rusk is playing a style that suits this squad, we are overloaded with defenders, desperate to pass 11 points hence the way we play. |
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Comment | Manchester United, West Ham And Leeds Circling Over Southampton
at 16:22:40
Get an experienced (Decent) keeper in and let Baz go out on loan again. He's put in some very good performances for the Repulic and needs time to develop, we've nothing to lose getting him more game time. It also allows us to monitor his progress, or lack of as some suspect! |
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Comment | Forgotten Men Could Play Crucial Part For Saints Next Season
at 16:07:02
We need a striker that can win and hold the ball like Adams used to, even in the Championship we can't have the ball keep coming back at us when trying to form attacks.
We tend to forget his contribution to our promotion! Larios will probably be gone as he still has potential and is attracting interest. Edozie will have learnt from his time at Anderlecht, although he missed quite a few games with a hip injury. Edwards looked to me the most promising of all our signings and personally I would have kept him here.
We have Matsuki at Goztepe, who has had a good season and hopefully can maybe swap Onuachu for Romolu from Goztepe as well? Never rated Frazer and wouldn't have re-signed him. Baz, Charles & Edwards will be like decent new signings and once we see who comes in to manage we will see who goes and work out what we need.
COYR |
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Comment | Southampton V Aston Villa The Verdict
at 10:14:55
To be fair to Rusk he set up to try to paly on the break but to do that you need to hold onto the ball! We couldn't keep the ball anywhere apart from at the back, fans around me were getting frustrated with the continual backward passes but where was the pass? Tall Paul is very very slow and Archer is too easily bullied but what options do we have? Tyler should have been told to stay reasonably close to their back four and look for gaps, we expect him to track back and tackle but that's not his game, so play him where he is best.
The bottom line is that we have a very big squad but not enough where we really need it, perhaps thats why we frequently have 6 or 7 defenders on the pitch! |
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Comment | Who Wil Return From The Cold For Southampton After Juric Exit
at 11:18:31
Not sticking up for either ex manager but we don't see how these guys train. If the effort isn't there then, will it be there on the pitch?
That and the fact we have a very large squad might partly explain the omissions, as those that were selected have hardly covered themselves with glory! |
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Comment | Saints Set To Offload Striker In the Summer
at 10:35:04
Might be worth trying to swap him with Romulo Cardoso at our sister club Goztepe?
23 years old from Brazil with 11 goals this season from 21 starts, he's 6ft 3ins so maybe worth an ask! |
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Comment | Sky Sports Reports Ivan Juric Sacked
at 12:25:45
Good he's gone but now the work starts, first find a win from somewhere to lift a bit of confidence. Then start to plan for next year, perhaps introduce a couple of the promising youngsters into the first team squad to gain experience, particularly a striker. And as Nick mentioned, in the Spurs verdict, bring some of the exiled players back.
We need to sort out this very large but mediocre squad ASAP! |
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Comment | Southampton V Crystal Palace The Verdict
at 09:55:46
A pretty good performance & shows what can be done if the side has structure and balance.
The two defensive midfielders were excellent, allowing the full backs to push on with impunity. Only downside was lack of support for Onuachu and his lack of pace. Strange that with all the stick Jack gets every manager has played him and if he could concentrate for 90 minutes would be a very good player. He actually had a good game, making less errors than his two other CB's. (I can take the markdowns, I'm a big boy now)
I think many of us also forget that Tyler is still a very young man and does really need to be brought on slowly. His return from Chelsea after such a short time says something about his maturity and confidence, if we want to see a future star we need to give him a chance. Also can't believe someone earlier had Le Tiss and work rate in the same sentence 😂😂😂😂 |
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Comment | Southampton V Crystal Palace The Preview
at 09:53:53
Nope, been sat here trying to think of a positive reply but it's bloody hard to conjure one up!
Still be there though if I can get home in time! |
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Comment | Ross Stewart Could Feature Against Crystal Palace
at 17:40:11
Lets ensure he is fully fit and not risk a set back. Regardless of all the negativity since his arrival. And to be honest it was pure folly to sign a long term injured striker in the first place. However if he is firing on all cylinders by the start of our Championship restart then he could be vital to our season. Providing we have a manager that knows how to set up a team to get the best out of the forward line? |
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Comment | Could Saints Throw In A Promising Youngster To The Attack
at 17:31:30
Colburn, couldn't agree more we've not had the best strikers in the PL but we have had two managers that didn't utilise them at all!
We have some decent youngsters but I feel playing under this manager could do more harm than good. |
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Comment | Southampton Supporters Enjoy A Rare Happy Weekend
at 12:13:45
We didn't all have a good weekend Nick, my mate and I were so desperate to see another victory, at St Mary's, that we went to the ladies game!
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Anyway one final point, if Juric is still here for the new season, I'm seriously considering not renewing.
It'll be bad enough, under Sky sports +, playing on every day of the week across the season, without knowing we will as disorganised a rabble as we are now too!
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Comment | Sport Republic Can Be A Big Success For Southampton Says Spors
at 15:08:20
It's a start, we've had no-one that can even talk a good game so far this season!
Hopefully planning for next season is already underway and if he is up for the task, we should be prepared. Lets be honest it'd be pretty difficult to fark it up to the extent they are currently! |
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Comment | Southampton V Wolverhampton Wanderers The Verdict
at 12:20:57
So we play a back four at Liverpool and put in a reasonable performance, not great but most of the game it looked like we had an idea of what we were doing. One week later we're back to the 1-5-5 formation or whatever it was supposed to be???
We were playing the fourth worst team in the league, who were missing their top goal scorer and we start without a striker? I know we had a false nine at Liverpool but that was Gronbaek, who was probably our best player on the day. While also disproving the stupid theory that he and Fernandes couldn't play together. But no he (Ivan) had to fiddle and change both personnel and tactics, difficult to try to fathom how this fella's mind works but the chants of Get a striker on the pitch showed how we all felt!
Get him gone now! |
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Comment | Ivan Juric Sacking Rumours Surface
at 10:07:53
We've shipped 29 goals in 10 games it's time for him to go. We need to get someone in to prepare for next season now, start looking at who is staying and build a team around them.
Our current tactics and deployment of players is dragging confidence, both on and off the pitch, to an all time low.
Come on SR, it's difficult to admit to mistakes but surely it is not in your interests to fail as badly as you are and if things remain like this we are league one bound! |
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Comment | Southampton At Chelsea The Preview
at 16:45:47
I fear the worst but hope for the best tonight and would also like to see us a bit more solid. I'd be surprised, given his choice of lack of game time, if ABK can manage two games in four days.
So if a 4 - 4 - 2 it will probably be Stephens or, with this manager, maybe Lumley at CB.
What is a concern is a defensive midfielder, tonight, Downes is obviously elsewhere mentally and although Aribo does his best, CM is not a position for such a one footed player.
The bit I'm confused by most, is that Juric or anyone else at St Mary's seemingly doesn't understand that if you don't score many goals, you really need to stop conceding them? |
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Comment | Southampton V Brighton The Verdict
at 10:25:50
We have had no continuity in manager since Ralph (Selles was just a stand in) and have gone for the exact opposite of who was in charge every time. This current incumbent makes the Nathan Jones appointment look sensible? Almost everyone in the ground knows that we are inferior to most teams we face and yet we set up in a way that hands them even more advantage.
We have defenders that can actually defend, given they play in their best position. We have a couple of reasonably good defensive midfielders, who given the right instruction can help protect those defenders. We also have some reasonably good attacking players who given the same decent level of instruction can perform reasonably well. What we don't have and haven't for a while is a focal point up front and even if we had, currently he'd probably be played at the back.
Agree with most of this post Nick and yes if not for Ramsdale we would have been truly stuffed.
I also agree with the post on the forum where the fans were questioned for the ridiculously over the top response when Bella-Kotchap came on. Most of the reason for him not playing was because he refused to? |
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