SaintTex

after 24 matches 2019/2020 - 31 points | 09th place Hasenhüttl 2018/2019 - 23 points | 16th place Hughes/Hasenhüttl 2017/2018 - 22 points | 18th place Pellegrino/Hughes 2016/2017 - 27 points | 13th place Puel 2015/2016 - 34 points | 07th place Koeman

Spurs - 3 points Leicester - 3 points Wolves (H) - 0 points Palace (A) - 3 points LiVARpool (A) -? 9 points! 9th place! Outstanding!

most have said it.. Players 1. Ings on fire. 2. Dropping Vestergaard (convinced he can still be a good player though) 3. Dropping Romeu (and i like Romeu) 4. Armstrong's influence (has great instincts) 5. Shane Long's energy (i know it is a cliche at this point - but it makes a difference) 6. JWProwse's workrate Managing 1. settled formation 4-4-2 2. settled Starting XI 2. no more tinkering 3. better substitution strategy (of late)

Our first 6 second half matches (matches 20-25) have been/will be all Top 10 teams: 20. Chelsea (4) W 21. Tottenham ( W 22. Leicester (3) W 23. Wolves (7) ? 24. Palace (9) ? 25. Liverpool (1) ? ...and have taken all 9 points from those matches so far. Incredibly, we are in pretty good shape going forward. It was looking dire.

Nope. And i was hoping for 5 points from this. glad to be wrong.

Hopefully, they are a tired team. They haven't had a proper full week off between matches in long time. basically, they have had a match every 3 or 4 days for the last 8 matches.

Can we just be direct please? How many stupid errant back heels have been attempted so far? Do our players think they can afford to be this cute?

if you had asked me before the Spurs game, i would have said i would be happy with 5 points from that lot; essentially keeping pace with a point per match. So, if we can get another win or two draws in the next 4 that would be brilliant.

sorry.. i am excited... that is 10 points earned, not 13!

sorry.. i am excited... that is 10 points earned!

13 points earned during the holiday match season! That's how you do it! COYS!

Does this ever work? I would reckon loaning him out would destroy his confidence. What players in the past (last 10 years) have come back to the squad from a loan spell with guns a blazing?

Between the big 5 European leagues (Premier League, La Liga, Series A, Bundesliga, and Ligue 1) : only Mainz has given up more goals -38 than Southampton Saints are tied second to last with Toulouse at -36 Woeful.

Our first 12 matches - 8 points Our last 3 matches - 7 points We have a very winnable game next Sunday, but Newcastle is no pushover. Let's keep the momentum going! - we need 5 more points in the next 4 matches to be at 20 points at the mid-season point. Newcastle (A) West Ham (H) Villa (A) Chelsea (A)

We need to substitute about 8 players right now. Is that allowed?

not a clue what the lineup is going to be from match to match. have we had the same starting lineup more than once so far this season? no wonder the players look like they have no idea know what they are doing.

I am not sure exactly what I just watched there. didn't look like football.

also worth noting... this was published on the Tuesday before the Leicester Friday debacle. god knows what the ratings are now.

Leicester 73% | 27% Southampton Man City 77% | 23% Southampton --- Leicester 25(15) | 6(3) Southampton Man City 19(9) | 5(2) Southampton i didnt get to see the match, but i can i assume they took their foot off the gas - point diff meaningless in the Cup.

considering we don't get points at home, we needed more than just an away point.

something i hear at least 10 times from announcers during a Saints matches... "what a chance!!!"

We’re given gifts (Loris howler + 10 men) and still couldn’t get points. We are not a very good team, but fortunately there are a few worse in the league. This team has 15th place on 44 points written all over it.

how was our defensive backfield set up once Valery was taken off... was trying to figure that one out

didn't play well, but got the 3 points. We have been on the other end of that story, so this was a nice change. substitutions made all the difference.. we need pace up front. The Ings-Adams pairing is not working.

teams like Burnley? i am getting tired of seeing good performances against great teams proceeded/followed by dreadful performances against average teams. it all amounts to **** all. 0 points. it's a pattern. i feel like i have been reading the same exact game reaction posts every Saturday evening for years now.