Saint Fan CaM

Fuck me Manning is so shit. Bree should be playing.

Everyone getting their tails up a bit now. They can sense we’re not going to score this side of next Christmas.

But getting striped by their midfield on pace.

Trouble is if our players have a lesser capacity ‘tank’ when it comes to fitness they can be at 100% and still be less than a more athletic oppo.

To be fair he is 47 yo!

I reckon Russ tells the lads “don’t worry, we only need one chance”. So that’s what they deliver…one chance.

It makes no fucking difference - we’ll still be pedestrian and Dibling will be told to take no chances.

Southampton: 0 attempts, 0 shots on target. At home - let that sink in. Disgraceful!

Commentator - Southampton always backwards to go forwards. FFS.

Wide open in midfield. Giving away freekicks in dangerous areas because we’re so good at defending set pieces. Fernandes decides not to shoot in our best chance so far.

Prepare for another shitshow of a game.

Very likely indeed. It’s a case of filtering out the same old bullshit and finding some actual; meaningful content!

When is RM’s presser?

Should’ve asked if anything needs breaking.

I see BBD in the same light as all our strikers tbh - no consistency in playing time, often played on a wing and so isolated, no consistent strike partnership to form a firm understanding of play style, lack of service from a slow predictable midfield. Lastly, all of our strikers are proven Championship players with little or no Prem experience/ success and although BBD could claim some modest success in the Prem, he’s not shown any sign of being able to repeat that for Saints with Russball. The team and indeed the fans have been badly let down by 4-5 years of awful recruitment when it comes to strikers.

There’ll be more outs than ins, that’s for sure.

I’m not sure this is the worse ever football I’ve seen from Saints, but it runs close. I think the dichotomy is that there are periods when we can look good, but it’s not clear whether that’s to do with basic raw player talent or as a result of the system. The key issue of course is that despite glimpses of good football and indeed some nice goals, it’s not nearly enough to win a game of football. The team is crying out for (a) better defensive coaching, (b) better final third idea's and (c) a system that plays to the strengths of a primary first team that only sees changes enforced by injury to get a modicum of consistency and understanding across the various zones. At the moment the players look like strangers sometimes. While he undoubtedly has the ear of influential players such as Capt’n Jack, Russ doesn’t seem to able to improve the team week after week.

How scary is it that there’s an element of truth in that plan?!

I presume you mean 10 league games? What is the criteria for making a decision about which way you will fall… possession > %50, more than 0 points gained, a beautifully brave display by the players, Stephens and Manning on the bench, or a combo of all those?

0-2 Everton. Russball will reign supreme once more.

Yup, normal service resumed. Even if we’re somehow winning the officials will find a way of making us lose - Liverpool must prevail at all costs. But we won’t be anywhere near good enough. We’ll sleep walk to a humiliating defeat and we’ll all be thinking we can now concentrate on the league and survival. Oh.

Also, Bree once again had a very good game - looks as good as any of our other fullbacks. Now watch him get sidelined by Russ again.

I actually thought big Les had an ok game with some nice touches and turns with the ball. He gets compressed high up in midfield because we recycle the ball along the CB’s so much and it’s very easy for a loose pass to be pressed resulting in lost possession. Our two CM’s should be feeding the forwards breaking lines, but they don’t … it’s all recycle, recycle, then get it out to the wings.

Amazing eh? What has happened to the lad - at one time he looked a quality, exciting player. Now, not so much.

Gotta say Les;ey looks good value at this level.