Southampton Away Match Thread

[TonyN11]

8 minutes ago, OadbyBlue said:

Castañe

Yay 

[cityfanlee23]

Can we get Ricky Tomlinson in for a half time team talk? Sit Brendan down in the dressing room too. 

[foxfan92]

Get Nacho on.

 

He will press and force mistakes for Southampton at the back. 

[Dahnsouff]

Suppose Ayoze will have to come and score our next 8, but was hoping we could save him for the weekend 

[jmono84]

Again people criticising Lookman should also be sharing Barnes and Vardy, Lookman has done more than both of them put together. Soumare has a better game too but being slated.

 

The pressing has been awful again, way too easy for them to attack us.

 

Soyuncu for their second is unforgivable, looked like an amateur.

[Sunbury Fox]

3 minutes ago, foxes_rule1978 said:

Southampton 9 shots 6 on target, just too easy for them. And this is a team that struggle for goals themselves 

Before tonight they had scored 11 goals in 13 games, now 2 in 45 minutes against us. 

[Duquesne Whistle]

3 minutes ago, fox_up_north said:

Worst part about the whole thing is my mum repeatedly called just before Southampton's second and wouldn't get off the fuching phone. I thought it was something serious but it was to waffle. 

Give her my number. I'd rather listen to your Mum than watch another 45 like that.

[foxes_rule1978]

I love how all our players mark air for every set piece… it is working a treat allowing their attackers to move into the space with ease 

[blueharmie]

Can't defend, won't defend. 

 

 

[BoyJones]

1 minute ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

We just aren’t a team. Don’t work for each other. Don’t work off the ball. Leave players in the shit with possession. 
 

Those two set pieces are nothing about marking and all about desire. 

Maybe harsh, but both goals Kasper could have done better IMO. 

[wokinghamfox]

We are seriously poor.second best everywhere. I fear for us tonight if we don't massively change things and improve in the 2nd half. Our midfield is actually scaring me it so bad

[tetly]

As a unit we are poor.all the players seem so isolated on the ball and off the ball. It’s terrible it’s so easy for teams to get at us.

[Matt_Lcfc]

This really is terrible stuff. I cannot believe how bad we are at defending, it’s basic stuff at this point. That second goal was pathetic, letting Adams get in between the defenders like that was ridiculous - track your man. How hard is it? These are established Premier League players. 
 

I don’t even want to talk about Barnes and Lookman either. We look so slow and lethargic going forward, that goal came out of nowhere and we really didn’t build on it. The only consolidation is that we aren’t four or five down.

[StanSP]

Soyuncu at fault for the 2nd.

 

Never let a striker see your number on your shirt. He has fvck all idea where Adams is. 

[UniFox21]

Losing out on the wings, our best play is Maddison or Castagne on the overlap. We need to move the formation to suit that

[Guest StevieLynex]

Just now, cityfanlee23 said:

Can we get Ricky Tomlinson in for a half time team talk? Sit Brendan down in the dressing room too. 

Calm down, calm down

[Md9]

still haven’t had wilf concede a pen yet so we need at least 2 for a draw 😂

[VLC86]

I’m here to call us a bunch of cu nts and that only.

[CrispinLA in Texas]

It's not as if Southampton are playing great, more so that we are so rubbish that we are letting them have the ball

[Master Fox]

Give fat Lenny a beer and fag and some football boots and bring him on at half time. Can’t be any worse. 

[foxes_rule1978]

Just now, Duquesne Whistle said:

Give her my number. I'd rather listen to your Mum than watch another 45 like that.

And they deserved more than the two they have  

[copunk]

Our midfield get carved open time and again this season, Soumare and Ndidi can’t play together, if that 1st half doesn’t show Brendan that then I don’t know what will, my 9 year old daughter has had better showings on the wing this season for her team then Lookman in that 1st half, it’s actually painful watching us trying to defend, and in all honesty I have no idea how it’s going to improve, the only saving grace I have is that we still have Justin and Fofana to come back, and it goes against the whole “don’t rush them back” statement but as soon as they show any signs of match fitness put them back in the back line sharpish

[Guest StevieLynex]

1 minute ago, Duquesne Whistle said:

Give her my number. I'd rather listen to your Mum than watch another 45 like that.

Thought you were sat next to her

[CosbehFox]

1 minute ago, BigGibbo said:

Welcome to zonal marking.

 

The only teams that have ever made it work have had mentally and physically tenacious players, but when you have our lily-livered lot you just get a lot of lads pointing at each other.

 

The bystander effect is psychology 101 but for some reason it has passed Rodgers by even when played out repeatedly in front of his eyes.

It’s got nothing to do with zonal marking on the second phase. All about bollocks and desire. Lookman poor clearance. Only Evans spots the wider player and then there’s no pressure on the ball. Then Castagne and Cags show zero desire to get to that cross 

[NaijaFox]

2 minutes ago, Birkdale Fox said:

Live in Merseyside and my Everton mates warned me that Lookman was piss poor. Signings over the summer are proving to be appalling. 

Everyone knew Lookman was hit-and-miss, but it was a last-gasp signing on the last day after we couldn't get a RW the entire window.