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The average distance a player runs in a game was approx 8 to 10k. Be interesting to see our player stats. Bet its 4k with our walking possession stuff.

Don't we have a reserve team anymore? Used to watch reserve games on Tuesdays (free) at St Mary's with all the players getting back to fitness playing. Le Tiss and Berbatov in Sours game etc. If we don't how on earth are all our unfit and recovering from injury players going to get match experience? You cant chuck them in a real 1st team match.

If your employed as an outfield dribble then goal positioning and saving is not really a concern. Let's look at the positives like being able to wait till last second and pass in 6 yard box. Cross field passes, taking time to take goal kick and don't forget going up for corners. This is the role of the modern data keeper. If we had 2 or 3 players on the line half the shots wouldn't go in.

Hit nail on head. Most of our players cant play 60 mins. That's why the come off. Scienza also gets targeted and kicked but that's a coaching tactic teams have deployed since 70s. Any one too good we can catch just take him out. So out dribblers come off early and if get injured then next game we are tucked no attack option. The 5 subs makes it worse as players only need to train fir fitness for 40 or 50 mins. Saints have developed into a teo half team and 45 min players. I cant remember any game where one of our players has run around for 90 mins or even jogged.

I think fans away and at St Mary's are thinking tge same as you are. Oxford was very quiet apparently and I've noticed the football on the pitch is very dull resulting in fans just going to concourse, talking results checking table. The stewards taking fans out of Northam gets more attention than the sideways on pitch. Good job the stewards don't move sude to side 10 times before removing fans. Even vaping is move popular than watching boring football

“head coach”, good spot. Yes that's code for just coaching what's already decided as with spotting players and buying players, selecting squad.

I would call club as could collect at ground as Brum should be able to print your specific ticket.

Are there more advantages playing 3-4-3 or other Xmas tree formation than the basic simple reliable 4-4-2

No point in playing any games if you not interested in getting in top 6, then automatic or playoff. You then just playing for enough points to avoid relegation or mid table meaning lots of games are lost (thrown). May just have half season tickets only and just turn up at end season to see where we end up. Who cares if we go back down, the points of winning games is to go up. If players can be bothered then may as well drop to leaque 1 or leaque 2 then have an easy promotion with £100m squad. Just watched Winchester City beat Bashley and none of the subs who came on couldn't play football, couldn't keep pace or stopped thier team playing football. If Winchester City can make effective subs and not rely on one player at step 7-8 why cant Saints do it at step 2

Can we get players in on loan outside of Jan window up to end season? I don't think we will get any players in Jan. Just more take best players off as need them next game and hope we don't let goals in last 20 mins. I can't see us getting many points in next 2 months just enough to avoid relegation and that's going to be good enough for club. Unless it back fires then its loan players.

Bad decision to use him by manager and he's not watching the game either to see its just helping opposition. He should have subbed him back off.

We don't do tactical fouls and lose out as every other team does it. Could have just sat down in box in box in buildup. Anything. Saints are the softest team in leaque, not physical, not aggressive, just think sideways first not yellow card. Why on earth isn't Bazunu sitting down in box 3 of 4 times when opponents move forward.

I think since Tondas got the very good run of wins and team played decent football those points got us out of a certain relegation battle. And that has achieved the clubs target for this season, to avoid relegation. We should be able to scape another 20 points for mid table and to me that's exactly what we set out to do now. I'm convinced the managers target was safety and that's also the players. And that reflects the tactics and subs. Its not the winning that counts its taking part in the Championship 😁

The 2 I went to couldn't be more contrasting Charlton and Millwall. Admit Charlton were almost a leaque 1 side so that was an easy win but we executed the win very well. Millwall I thought we got completely out played even if scoreline looked close. Millwall missed 5 or 6 sitters. The subs completely ruin any game plan and is panic sit back mode. No one takes risks going forward and that's the issue we don't have a team, all 18 who are able to play front foot football. The 11 on the pitch varies so much its not a working unit from say 35 mins 1st sub, to 48 mins 2nd to 80 mins 3rd. 4th sub or any sub combination. We are totally reliant on Scienza, Fellows and a few others that football can only be played to how manger wants in best 11. Even with Ross out we lacking up front. Millwall added time we could of gone all attack but had subs that meant couldn't do that, making 10 passes instead of crossing ball in danger area. Saints cant play the basics of football as keep changing players resulting in strange indecisive football.

Birmingham 4-1. We were lucky at home and after Oxford shambles with subs and tactics cant see us not being out played. We will take Scienza off and play for a draw, put lots subs on and lose competiveness in key positions. Saints are too easy to defend against and teams have worked out we are a one man team. He goes off and they go in for the kill.

After the Oxford shambles it confirms we cant compete v bottom 3 once subs start. Any 5 will do as long as they are championship quality and can play for at least 60 mins without making 200 passes back and side and have experience in moving forward. Preferably able to dribble , not backwards.

Its only the lot at back of Northam from row X

All managers are obsessed with this its a squad game and insisting taking players off even if it means no chance of scoring from 40mis or earlier. That means Sub 1 playing with 10 Sub 2 playing with 9 We cant compete at any level when doing subs, no one has noticed which is a big concern if you don't want to end up backing bottom 6.

It just shows how bad football coaching badges are, we don't have RM but look at the football we play with a £70m squad. We keep getting managers with same tactics. Its a paradox the more new managers we have had the more possession nonsense we end up playing.

Its just a back up last resort as we don't appear to be able to play proper football for 90 mins. To me we are sliding back into directionless possession football. What's happened to the Charlton plus few games real football? Is Tonda confirming we are a one man team and he has to take Scienza off early to save him for next game. We then have little option for scoring. Then he takes more creative players off and its RM football

Get Russell Martin back Tonda needs his advice as he's trying to copy RM master class.

Saints are getting worse each game when we should be maintaining the level of football or getting better. The subs are just ridiculous coupled with no plan in 2nd half or as soon as Scienza goes off. We have just reverted to poor, uncoordinated panic possession football since a impressive run.

Get Russell Martin back. For someone getting the team playing Brazil style football v Charlton to now totally halting the 1st half football for 2nd half nonsense is baffling. Tonda can play a high level possession football like RM did during our promotion season. Stop copying RM as it not working, get your own tactics, the one applied v Charlton.

Have Saints really got a £183m Euro team. And we cant play football vs Oxford United, have no subs to maintain attack and just play for a draw or ultimately a loss. We are the Man United of the Championship. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-southampton/startseite/verein/180

Yes we were, as the football was much better, more attacking and playing to win. Now he's just trying to emulate RM and its not working. If the club wants RM championship play off win then get him back. Why on earth has Tonda left the wheel and stuck the car in reverse. How can you put Romeo on when he's not even fit and take off our best players.