Post-Match Reaction: SAINTS 4-0 Arsenal

Cuco Martina

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Would like to know how Cuco performed throughout. Did he get forward much? What about defending? Ball distribution?

 

He played well throughout, and covered plenty of turf. His defensive positioning and covering was good, and he pushed up high whenever he could.

Absolutely disgusted with tonights line-up.

 

What the hell is Wanyama doing there again and why is Gazza dropped.

 

Just how can Koeman blabber on about changing things and getting tough and aggressive and name the side he has. Martina is the aggressive option Can see us down to 10 men before half time

A true miracle. One of the best Saints performances in many a year.

 

Under pressure Ronald Koeman finally had the guts to roll out the "long" awaited PLAN B.

 

Congratulations. What a difference a day (in football) makes!!!!

So chuffed after that result I was worried after Spurs game about our heart. Well done Saints

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I predicted we'd win 3-1 and wqs accused of being ******ed....well i am a bit ******ed but we seem to have baģged 4!! Love it.

so no interview on BT Sport with Ronald, yet they show LVG's from earlier. Brilliant.

Good summary. The other noticeable difference in our game was the effectiveness of Mane in the 10 role and Tadic late in a similar position - keeping the ball on the deck more and the pace and movement of Long and Mane really exposed Arsenal's CBs.

Mane has always looked dangerous with a free role,Long is also very mobile so the two of them up front will always give defenders a headache.

A player like Remy up front with Mane would be lethal imo,Long did a job tonight as Mertasacker is slow,up against a quicker CB he is not as effective.

Today has shown me that Pelle might not be the answer up front,we have seen in recent years that we play a great pressing high intensity game and everyone has to play like that Rickie did that and that's why we had great success like that,Pelle is not always so keen to play that way and slows down the play.

What the **** was that? There I was saying I'd take a draw against possibly the best team in the country on paper and we ****, utterly **** them 4-0. Win against West Ham (as we've now proved we're capable of) and the season will start looking pretty decent again.

Kicking myself for taking ever present Fonte out my dream team too for this game. Very unexpected result all round. I've got a lot of Arsenal mates that will be hearing about this for a while.

Martina WTF?

Today the workers played and boy did they work. Better finishing and this could have been an incredible result.

This is the Southampton Way. Hard work. Intensity.

This wasn't fantasy football good old 4-4-2, sometimes 4-2-3-1, physical and fast.

Welcome Cuco Martinez.

Ice baths, recovery and let's go again against West Ham.

Well done Ronald and team tactically brilliant today.

He played well throughout, and covered plenty of turf. His defensive positioning and covering was good, and he pushed up high whenever he could.

Thanks Badger, appreciate the reply. Good to hear Cuco stepped up and delivered. Tonight I raise a drink to Cuco.

My beer tastes so much better! Cheers everyone!! : D

Absolutely superb, the polar opposite of the Spurs game. Great credit to RK and the players - tactically excellent executed perfectly.

Think we'll get something tonight.

Although delighted at the win I am pretty ****ed off with the players. They put in a performance like that tonight and you realise they've not been at the races for the past six weeks.

We are better set up to counter-attack without Pelle, and his injury forces us to play better football.

Hopefully a springboard, similar work rate Monday please.

If you want to teach a striker how to play centre forward watching Shane Long today would not be a bad idea.

Playing on the shoulder of the centre backs staying in an offside position, only coming onside for the pass.

A master class of power, pace, work and gamesmanship.

squad rotation is the only thing that will help Pelle keep his place.

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Lol

Lots of posters must feel like right arseholes tonight (at least they should do) but hey, ho, we stuffed the Gooners 4-0 !

Only proves two things in this league a) anyone can beat anyone and b) we are nowhere near as bad as some make out !

COYS

1. Mane miles, miles better centrally. Keep him there where he can be an influence.

2. Long ideal for these kind of games. Thought he had let the chance go when he spooned over just before half time, but he knew he had the beating of their CBs in behind. You couldn't play like at home every week but it works against a possession side that come to win.

3. Wanyama was excellent and showed his best attributes

4. Clasie also looked good although a concern he cannot last the pace for a whole game

5. JWP very, very easy to run beyond. Closes down but doesn't get close enough to the opponent

Final thought: Good atmosphere. Obviously helps when the team are good but clearly drives the players on.

Fair play to the team and management tonight.

After the lineup I was expecting the worst bur they've proven me wrong massively.

What a fantastic night. A great atmosphere at St. Marys and a quality performance.

Martina - why the feck was he signed? Complete carp and waste of a squad place!

Schlong - lets sell him and reinvest the money. Completely useless!

Fonte - been good, well past his best!

Classie - why the heck did we sign him? Not fit to lace Morgan's boots!

Wanyama - completely useless, with his head in north London!

Etc, etc, etc.....

Even better, go look at the match build-up thread; especially AFTER the starting line-up was announced!

All in all, an excellent match and a performance which was always on the cards. Maybe a few player selections were enforced, but such occurrences are rife in football.

Classie was my mom until he was forced off; Shane gets it with his (non) hat-trick and strike against the post. And Martina currently has my goal of the season.

Well done to Koeman, his staff and all players involved!!

I've had 4 different Arsenal supporting mates text me saying Long was brilliant. FOUR.

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It is great when you think your side has no chance and this result happens.

Happy to be very wrong tonight

Barry Gale told him to play 4-4-2. See, Koeman out, Gale in.

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No you're wrong. Sell Long to reinvest. Cuco Martina is the worst player ever to pull on a Saints shirt. Clasie is terrible.

Excellent!!

4-4-2..............

I have criticised Wanyama recently, but excellent tonight. Wonder if that is a coincidence??

Third goal from a corner too!! Who took it?

I was so relaxed at kick off. I just knew we would get hammered I didn't even care.

But as we scored our first and then the second I got more and more nervous. Only when the 4th went in did I go back to being relaxed

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Excellent!!

4-4-2..............

I have criticised Wanyama recently, but excellent tonight. Wonder if that is a coincidence??

Third goal from a corner too!! Who took it?

Bertrand.

Well, I said it needed to change and goals needed to be scored. Perfect reaction from the team to Koeman's comments last week.

More of this please. Mane and Lomg up front looked a lethal combination, keeping the defence off balance. Sterling work in midfield to keep Ozil quiet all game.

Now the trick will be to keep it up.

Bertrand corner from the right. Unmarked Fonte scored.

Best of all...... first on MOTD!

Best thing was nobody played badly, everyone put in a shift. Long gave them a nightmare at the back! Clasie also looked quality in the first half, kept Ozil anonymous. Was Giroud even on the pitch?? Absolutely buzzing here! Watched it with my three little boys and a night to remember! Probably a flash in the pan, but at least we know the quality is still there.

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Will koeman take heed of the lesson today? or start pelle upfront on his own against west spam?

Long and Mane were our best combo last season at Chelsea. Wonder why it's taken do long for Ronald to see the light ?

Martina was 25-1 to score the first goal good night for the bookies. That was a great performance and was totally unexpected by most of us everyone put in a 8 out 10 performance Long man of the match for me.

Icing on the cake was the cameos from Tadic and Juanmi. There is a player within Juanmi.

My future step son in law is an arse fan . He gave me a retro saints shirt as a Crimbo present and some beer , Shame had to go back south on the ferry earlier this afternoon , it would have been an awesome experience the two of us watching the game on BT here in Orkney .

Martina was 25-1 to score the first goal good night for the bookies. That was a great performance and was totally unexpected by most of us everyone put in a 8 out 10 performance Long man of the match for me.

It was a screamer, but 25/1 was massive unders.

All about Arsenal in the post-match discussion.

 

Sigh.

What do you expect I have not seen any of it I suppose it was how bad Arsenal were and not how good we were.

Bed wetters the bloody lot of you

Football, eh. That was all work rate and, after the crucial first goal, confidence to go and play. Arsenal were really, really feeble and we shouldn't be surprised the media will focus on that.

Wanyama was man of the match. And while he used to play like that every week, he wasn't the only one to pick up the energy tonight.

Loved the 442 with Davis and Ward-Prowse covering and getting out to the ball - something we could work with in future. Should we start with it at West Ham?

Long - Found beast mode today.

Martina - What a goal. WHAT. A. GOAL!

Koeman - Tactically outclassed Wenger today.

Brilliant response from Koeman and the playing staff.

My god there was some brilliant performances tonight.

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Arsene Whinger "All 4 goals were 'discussable'". Of course, so were all of Arsenal's.

1. Mane miles, miles better centrally. Keep him there where he can be an influence.

 

2. Long ideal for these kind of games. Thought he had let the chance go when he spooned over just before half time, but he knew he had the beating of their CBs in behind. You couldn't play like at home every week but it works against a possession side that come to win.

 

3. Wanyama was excellent and showed his best attributes

 

4. Clasie also looked good although a concern he cannot last the pace for a whole game

 

5. JWP very, very easy to run beyond. Closes down but doesn't get close enough to the opponent

 

Final thought: Good atmosphere. Obviously helps when the team are good but clearly drives the players on.

So humble SC.

If that's what happens when I predict we will lose 6-0 in the prediction league - yes it was me - then I'll do that every week.

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Trousers, just stop it will you, enough is enough:)

Can somebody text Alpine and tell him the score was four nil? ;-)

Arsene Whinger "All 4 goals were 'discussable'". Of course, so were all of Arsenal's.

The two goals we had disallowed were 'discussable' as well

Was that his bird standing just to the left of him?

Just another one of his misses.

Just another one of his misses.

Can somebody text Alpine and tell him the score was four nil? ;-)

Yep and funny how Dalek has only posted once since the final whistle, by this time after the Spurs game he was up to about 20. So obvious.

I'm already on the comedown now.

If we go another 7 matches like November/December we will be back in the relegation mix.