StrangelyBrown

Southampton's version of the Bermuda triangle... The ball goes in and somehow vanishes from our possession

I thought they looked shit, then I watched us....

THB and Wood are good players in this division, but that's it....

Same boring shite players at the core: Baz, THB, Stephens, Manning, Downes, Armstrong. We need a clearout

Manning really is spectacularly shite. He literally can't carry the ball and beat a man. This on top of not being able to defend makes me wonder how he gets in the side. Stephens literally adds nothing, just slows us down in the same way that Quarshie does but has no recovery pace. Anything resembling a shot that goes near Baz is a goal. Armstrong looks like he's got a hangover. Downes can't do anything other than play the ball backwards. Azaz and Fellows not playing at all well either. This is shite.

Good to see that shoehorn has won another club competition to have the best spectator's position in the stadium. Between shoehorn, bas and manning we really try our very best not to win. Hopefully I'll be proved wrong! Up the saints

I'm not sure we even have 1! Give it to a winger and hope for the best isn't really a phase

I get where you are coming from, but I guess it all depends on how you setup your team. Personally I prefer a 4-2-3-1 with fullbacks playing almost as wing backs and a narrow 3, but I understand the logic of a back 3 when it is applied well. Speaking from my own experience I've found it really hard to coach the "spare" CB in a 3 unless they "get it" naturally, i.e. having the intelligence to step up into midfield, but I might just be a shit coach! Watching us we seem to have a problem with the CBs being too happy to sit defensively almost all of the time, which means we are often short of an option in midfield - I'm not sure if this is deliberate or the players being a bit limited? I suspect the latter.

It's pathetic - journos should ask difficult and uncomfortable questions. Alfie House is just as guilty as Blackmore - both of them should take a look at themselves and up their game.

I don't think we're set up to get the best from him, but my god is he lazy. You would think he would have something to prove...

Sounds just like Stephens....

This thread is all getting very tedious... Tonda strikes me as a lucky manager (which is no bad thing) - things seemed to click for him very quickly without much of a change. For instance the Coventry game was lucky - without the red card I think Coventry would have won. We've played some awful football (particularly in the second half) and have managed to scrape some wins again riding our luck. But... Tonda is also a young manager learning his trade. He will make mistakes. The big question for me is whether he can learn from them? So far the jury is out.

Ok the basis that's a penalty we should have had 2... Lampard is a classless twat. End of.

Our opposition seem to have realised that if the CBs are pressed and that others cut off the supply to our midfield 2 who are usually outnumbered then we really struggle to get out. To me the lack of a target man means we can't easily bypass the press which in turn just keeps the pressure on us. We also desperately need another body in midfield, but I can't see how we do that without sacrificing either one of the CBs or Azaz who naturally plays further forward. Fundamentally it's the same 2 problems: formation and lack of a proper striker

Manning is absolutely shit - what on earth was he doing to stop the cross that led to the goal. Wellington is no better - miserable excuse for a footballer.