Sheaf Saint

Spors forecasts quiet January window for Southampton - https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c058863npnvo So, basically, we changed too many players from the squad that got utterly humiliated in the PL last season and that was why results weren't great under Still (nothing to do with him leaving all our best attacking players on the bench then). And so, to stop that from repeating, we're going to largely stick with the same players that have proven themselves to be crap time and time again. Makes perfect sense 😐

Leo actually played the full 90 yesterday for once, but we were appalling from the moment the second half kicked off.

It's crazy when you think that at the start of the 2022/23 season, he was packed off on loan to that tinpot club down the road because we thought we had upgraded the position with ABK. We all breathed a big sigh of relief at the thought that we wouldn't have to put up with his ball-watching and general crapness ever again. 3.5 years later and not only is he still here stinking the place out, he's been made captain and given a contract extension. And said tinpot club are now riding high in the PL while we flounder around in mid-table of the Championship after the second worst attempt at a PL season in its history. Nothing exemplifies our falling standards since the SR takeover more than this.

Even glossing over the fact that Norwich also missed some chances in the first half, our xG for the whole 90 mins was only 2.1. So I have absolutely no idea how you've arrived at this conclusion.

Been saying this for ages. He's so slow of thought. When the ball comes to him on in the edge of the box and he's decided he's gonna leather it, he's incapable of recognising better options and changing his mind. Same with penalties. He makes up his mind which way he's going, and even if the keeper telegraphs which way he's gonna go, like today, he can't do anything other than what he had already decided to do.

Actually I think the 1/5 that he's scored might stretch back further than the start of this season. I can't be arsed to go through the match reports of every game to check.

Can we please take him off penalties now? 1/5 this season is shocking.

That Stephens > Robinson sub was utterly bizarre. Everyone - literally everyone - assumes that he's decided to switch to a back 4 and get us competing up the pitch more. But then he goes and moves Wellington, who had not long come on for the hopeless Fraser, into CB and sticks with the same shape. I mean - what the actual fuck?

And Manning too. Just jogging about in the box marking nobody, like he does far too often.

Yep. Threw his hand out in desperation and got lucky it hit it.

Just like at Millwall, today perfectly highlights why many of us were deeply concerned about his appointment. When an opposition team susses out our gameplan, he's got no idea how to change things.

Makama basically admitting he cheated in his post match interview. How the fuck can he have the nerve to accept that POTM award? Prick.

I think he was referring to the manager.

I don't. We were awful.

And you were digging me out before KO for questioning if we had enough attacking options on the pitch and bench.