coalman

Let's not forget Gav falling on his arse and gifting them a goal. Also, lovely to see a Saints player skinning his man and stretching play rather than stopping, turning ponderously and passing backwards.

If we start moving the ball with some zip and purpose I fancy our chances. I wouldn't be averse to cutting out some of the self harm from our gameplay too.

Was nice to have a lot of things go in our favour for once. Can we have that referee every week? Hopefully the win and clean sheet is something we can build on. My god it's hard watching us slowly trundle the ball about though. And keeping passing back into dangerous areas when there's a chance to break. We had so much more zip when Dibling came on, well briefly.

How is it only 4 minutes?

That never looked off side. Did they put the line on the wrong attacker?

Our passing is like a game of hot potato.

Is that Saints fading at the end of the game again?

Should've gone for that

Our passing has more zip since Dibling came on

Because they play at walking pace

We've got a really pacy forward in Archer. Need more balls for him to run onto

Can't fault his commitment though

This is not a game for the neutrals thus far

2-0 coyr

I agree with you we're a long way from the worst ever but it ain't pretty right now. Not sure whether playing some good stuff last season is relevant to that.

Obviously it's very flattering to be linked with a club like Manchester United. It shows how well regarded our approach is. But I've made it clear to the owners that I have unfinished business here.

Sounds about right. It's like someone had the bright idea "what our homepage needs is a chatbot" and that idea trickled down. Then they didn't give the person making the chatbot a clear brief or any kind of support but told them to do it on the cheap. Leading to them finding a hotel reservation chatbot and slapping some Saints branding on it. It keeps suggesting I type "GUEST SERVICES" for more help. The Saints chatbot really is our club in microcosm right now. Slow, ponderous and unable to answer the most basic questions put to it. Correction: the chatbot it's based on is used primarily for ticketing for sporting events and tourism agencies.

A little harsh on van Nistelrooy to lose the position after winning every single game and so the door closes on Russell Martin at Man Utd. I hear Sporting Lisbon are looking for a young progressive coach.

A lot of people expected me to be the first manager to get the sack

Let me quickly ask the chatbot...... Thinking.... Thinking.... Computer says I think you are looking for player information. I don’t have any information on that topic. If I misunderstood, please rephrase your question or reply with GUEST SERVICES for additional help. Which leads me to suspect we've repurposed a hotel reservation chatbot for our homepage which is an incredibly Saintsy thing to do.

I see the official homepage has a new ChatBot. I decided to ask some questions. It's less than helpful. why are Saints so bad at the moment? I didn't find specific details about the current performance of Southampton FC. However, the club is in a period of transition after their relegation from the Premier League in 2023. They appointed Russell Martin as the manager to guide a young team back to the top level, which can be a challenging process and may affect their performance. how well is Russell Martin doing as manager? I don't have a response for that at the moment. When are Saints going to win again? I don't have a response for that at the moment. How happy are Sports Republic with their investment? I didn't find specific information about how happy Sport Republic is with their investment in Southampton FC. However, Sport Republic acquired a controlling stake in the club on 4th January 2022. The club aims to achieve over 80% positive fan sentiment, indicating a focus on fan satisfaction and engagement, which might reflect positively on their investment strategy.

We also conceded 63 times last season in the league. This season if we were to extrapolate forward we'd score around 25 goals and concede around 80. Noting that's a very shonky prediction. Last season we got promoted and there were times where we looked incredible. When we came up against Liverpool's kids in the cup they beat us 3-0 despite us giving it a go with all the same failings we're seeing week in week out. What worked in the Championship doesn't seem to be working in the Premier League. The game is faster and teams have greater levels of intensity than the Championship and are more clinical so we get punished for a lot of things we got away with last season. Teams are much better without the ball than in the Championship because of the efforts that Guardiola and Klopp (and Ralph to be fair) put into their teams. What produced entertaining football in a lower league doesn't seem to be providing entertaining football this season. It's not a matter of what's changed. It's a matter of what needs to change. Also worth noting that Ralph's first couple of seasons produced some very entertaining stuff but, by the time he left was looking lifeless for long stretches as teams adapted to his tactics. We also failed to move it forwards with any urgency or play through the midfield. Under Martin last season we lost that press but gained more fluency in our passing. Now it seems we've lost the press and our passing is without a purpose. We rarely stretch play or break our opponents lines.

Getting ready for Martin's press conference today.

100% win record as well. It was those kinds of numbers that got Ole the job. Can't see the powers that be at Man United letting him go with that kind of record.

Liverpool's kids will be up for this one.