Chez

shut up S-C, don't you know how much broadband costs these days. There's copper and fibre too.

no, you do.

no he didn't. He said, in reply to Lighthouse saying `he didn't bother watching it on TV': "You watch or go to an FA Cup Semi Final no matter how you feel about your club at this moment in time".

What the fuck are you talking about? He chose not to watch it on TV because we've been a bit shit recently. What bearing does the cost of going to watch the game have on his decision to watch it or not on TV?

we're Southampton FC, not Man United.

fuck off.

this is is second season (and to be far he was unlucky with injuries last year), and he's 22, so I don't want to write him off, especially as he is the closest thing we have to a `goal out of nothing type', but where are those moments? Need many more of them next season or we are fucked. I can't stand his crying when not even touched. Hate it. He has a trick, but he falls over his own feet too often. He works pretty hard going up and down, but we need much more when he has the ball. I get the feeling that workrate is Ralphs only cup of tea. He seems to be coached only to do that. I want to hear Ralph shouting at him to take players on not pass it safely.

Good description. we really are. Boy do we need some real talent carrying the ball. We need some pace, flair and `goals out of nowhere' types too. Maybe even a big target man. And a left back and....

cheers. Maybe you can let us wallow in our fa cup semifinal defeat misery before delivering the second barrel.

Absolutely this. Contained them at the expense of attacking threat due to our lack of quality attackers. Redmond did nothing and nor did Adams and Djenepo. Individually and collectively we dont have `it' going forward.

We are looking for Moussa to kick on to be Mane II. We are so desperate for a Saint-Maxin or our own, but he has failed to do that so far. There is still time, but in addition to allour other issues, flair is a major one. Redmond can dod it against shit like Bournemouth, but out him up against better Prem defenders and he hasn't got the pace and he knows it. We need to invest in this area, among others.

that's the player I saw on tape before he signed too, but Fonte used to be the same back on the day. Bednarek is a trier, but thats all. The bigger issue is the attackers. We get left short at the back because the attackers reply on KWP doing their jobs. If we had better players up front, he could hold his position more often and we'd be more solid and score goals. It's one or the other at the moment.

without question I'd of have an extra man in the middle today. As soon as you see their 5-3-2 teamsheet you shuffle it, but we don't seem to ever want to do that.

two slow CBs and fullbacks that play as wingers, but without the extra man in midfield to cover the holes they leaveIts bloody madness and teams like Leicester know how to beat it.

They did step it up. They really pressed, got tight, closed every space down, kept the ball brilliantly. Don't get me wrong, we weren't good, but Leicester did a number on us after they go their lead just like they did at their place earlier in the season. Very good side without the ball.

don't get between the lines, don't get round the back, with this rigid 4-4-2 formation, what is the fucking plan...keep it tight seemed to be the order of the day today?

I keep saying this, but there is no lack of effort. The issue is what we do when we have the ball, the positions and shape of the side, and the quality of individual players. Players work hard, very hard, but chasing shadows doesnt earn kudos from fans.

Leicester certainly have. They played 5-3-2 and the game was up before it started

Leicester played well after they scored. They pressed well, they kept the ball well, their shape was spot on and the looked a threat on the break. They strangled us, just as they did at their place. Our shitness was not all down to us. They helped make us look even shitter.

Our lack of quality up front is a problem. it forces us to bomb players forward which leaves us exposed. When we play tighter we then have nothing going forward. Got to get better players.

our problem is we don't have forward players that can create enough on their own. We have to chuck fullbacks forward and that leaves us exposed and we lose. Ply more solid and we create nothing

Get Vestagaard up front...

not enough movement from the forwards.

not sure why we started 4-4-2. add that extra man in midfield for me.

about fucking time