Smirking_Saint

For me, of the major talking points; - Edwards probably should of been sent off - The Wrexham handball was pretty stonewall, if that was under a VAR challenge in the prem its given - The Quarshie pull was probably a pen, I try to look at things in balance and if it was given against us Id of been annoyed at the guy pulling him The ref was horrendous though, giving Wrexham benefit of the doubt, there was plenty of play acting from both sides but the ref only seemed interested in rewarding the visitors

It was one of the other circumstances, he pushed him with no attempt to play the ball We got away with one

He played with wide men though in JR and RF, his idea is basically for them to pull inside allowing for a pass on the overlap which is exactly how we scored the 2nd goal But yeah wingers the wrong word to use really

Still will want wingers because he likes to create wide overloads with his FBs

Yeah I thought he’d be ok, I was also ok with him being more defensively fragile because I assumed, wrongly, he could have KWP levels of creativity and drive down that right flank Unfortunately was very wrong, he is just a bit of a nothing player really

Having slept on it Im quietly impressed with yesterday, especially when you look at it in the same prism as Brighton… very early days but Southampton sides of old had a real tendancy to roll over and die with any level of pressure levelled against them.. against both Brighton and Wrexham we dug in, turned the screws and did what needed to be done.. some of that I think was down to Will’s positive substitutions, that has to install belief, instead of a Russell Martin, or even Ralf tendancy to ask for more of plan A Match thoughts; Started slowly, I wasn’t a huge fan of how we tried to attack Wrexham but it’s clear AA isn’t a No.9, if it wasn’t already, we really struggled to maintain possession in key areas and felt like a battle of the counter attacks Keifer Moore had a good game for them, a real focal point, Edwards wasn’t as bad as many made out, he was constantly available as a pivot between defence and midfield but defensively had a bad time against Moore, understandable to a degree with KMs height and physicality but id of liked to see Quarshie or Stephens take over Fraser had a great game, full of work and availability, he really does have a good footballing brain snd a lot of his good passes just weren’t seen by his teammates Robinson looks a talent but he’s not there yet, Id say he’s on the same level as Dibling though, possibly why we aren’t as worried to let TD leave. More of a winger than TD, but he’s has a great touch, good feet and his direct play is exactly what we need Charles looks a class above, clear why he was Wednesdays POTS, strong, good on the ball, accountable… hopefully we can keep hold of him Quarshie looks an inspired signing, reminds me of VVD so far, although not at the same level of course, but tall, strong, quick and he has that way of defending where he retreats before committing A lot of credit needs to go to Baz too, thought he was great at what he needed to do, seems more mature now, talking to his backline, as always good on the ball and the 1 on 1 save effectively won us the game Downs and Fernandes dissapointed me a tad, just couldn’t get into the swing of the game, I like the look of DD though, he seems to have some excellent attributes, may take him a while to get going.. MF just didn’t get into the game at all yesterday, clearly wanted the ball but he’s was just a bit off Final thoughts - Definitely gives me hope for this season, the squad depth is ridiculous and talent in key areas, especially in regards to opposition is definitely there. Will Still seems to be a manager we’ve all wanted for a while, with a dynamic tactical playbook, we won’t keep hold of him unfortunately. I think we need one or two signings to be really effective. A right back is looking more and more needed, then obviously a creative 10 and probably another winger.. not sure what we do with our depth of talent in the front line though… BBD, AA, CA, RS, DD is just too many options

Cheers Mr Reynolds

Feel a bit for Edwards today, he’s clearly a talented ball playing CB but Moore absolutely battered him about today Wrexham knew what they were doing putting him on him

Great assist that from Downs

Never doubted Stephens

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I literally just said out loud ‘you’re not that guy pal’ reverse psychology 101

GET IN THERE MY SON

Key takeaways (cba to wait) - Quarshie is our best CB - If we’re not careful teams are going to beat us on the counter (again) - Downes/Charles somehow failed to control midfield - Armstrong has a lot of qualities, finishing is not one of them - Fraser still has it at this level

No We are not

Shit…. We’re going to win the league aren’t we

Got a feeling we’ll see our resolve change around Dibling, if only to get our targets through the door

Mental what the club did recruitment wise with Martin and Juric… the two were absolute polar opposites We switched from Martin, wants to be everyones mate to an uber authoritarian in Juric…. Glad we’ve, by the looks of it, found a good fit

Posted this previously and I think we might start with it, swap Downes with Sesay to start I think its good enough to be more than competent against Wrexham with the likes of Downes and Fernandes on the bench Arguably I’d like to see Fernandes start but I doubt it The only change I’d make is Edwards RCB and Stephens central

My favourite type of fan is those that have done zero background research on a person and then spectacularly write them off Ive never seen Will Still show much emotion anywhere, even during his podcasts/shows around his coaching etc

lovely stuff

Fairly obvious Hopefully that means Fernandes features

I think you’re reading too much into it, he literally explained how squad planning takes you deep into the window I imagine the tension is because previous DoFs here did a terrible job or just went AWOL

Yes you can you plum Its a negotiation, it goes both ways