Master Bates Posted 29 January, 2021 Share Posted 29 January, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 29 January, 2021 Share Posted 29 January, 2021 26mins Ademipo Odubek right footed shot from the centre of the box 1 0 West Ham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 29 January, 2021 Share Posted 29 January, 2021 30mins Chauke for Saints does well, outside the box STRIKES IT just wide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 29 January, 2021 Share Posted 29 January, 2021 34mins Otseh-Taiwo right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 29 January, 2021 Share Posted 29 January, 2021 38mins bit delayed Odubeko right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal 2 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 29 January, 2021 Share Posted 29 January, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disconnect Posted 29 January, 2021 Share Posted 29 January, 2021 Implies Ramsey, Jankewitz, Watts all in squad for tomorrow? The team seems to get younger by the week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 29 January, 2021 Share Posted 29 January, 2021 61mins Finnigan finds Olaigbe centre of the box STRIKES IT AND SCORES 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 29 January, 2021 Share Posted 29 January, 2021 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 29 January, 2021 Share Posted 29 January, 2021 Mitchell seems to have been a disappointment, certainly in terms of goals, considering the fee we paid for him at 16yo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SuperSAINT Posted 29 January, 2021 Author Share Posted 29 January, 2021 1 hour ago, Dusic said: Mitchell seems to have been a disappointment, certainly in terms of goals, considering the fee we paid for him at 16yo. Barely scored from what I remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 30 January, 2021 Share Posted 30 January, 2021 10 hours ago, Dusic said: Mitchell seems to have been a disappointment, certainly in terms of goals, considering the fee we paid for him at 16yo. He went off injured Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 30 January, 2021 Share Posted 30 January, 2021 This B league seems redundant to me as a competition, you either get the better u23s with the first team now they have NINE subs (ridiculous) or out on loan elsewhere, so what you have left in these games is just making up the numbers. The quality of games is not great and you hardly ever get the same starting XI. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumsaint Posted 31 January, 2021 Share Posted 31 January, 2021 Highlights are up on the website https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2021-01-29/b-team-highlights-west-ham-united-3-1-southampton-fc-premier-league-2-2020-21 Ferry looks good going forward, but not sure LB is his best position. Anyone think he has potential as left sided number 10? Overall, the defence didn't look too solid, but hard to judge on 5 minutes of highlights. What has happened to Ledwidge and Olufunwa? I thought they were supposed to be highly regarded, but haven't seen either feature this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 7 February, 2021 Author Share Posted 7 February, 2021 Playing Spurs today at 2pm. Should be an interesting team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 7 February, 2021 Share Posted 7 February, 2021 17 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said: Playing Spurs today at 2pm. Should be an interesting team. We lose 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhari Posted 7 February, 2021 Share Posted 7 February, 2021 Will we glimpse the mysterious Salisu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 7 February, 2021 Author Share Posted 7 February, 2021 Pretty young team! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsaint Posted 7 February, 2021 Share Posted 7 February, 2021 Really surprised Salisu isn’t featuring today - would he have even come in yesterday if say we’d lost Vest and Bednarek to injury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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egg Posted 7 February, 2021 Share Posted 7 February, 2021 38 minutes ago, bpsaint said: Really surprised Salisu isn’t featuring today - would he have even come in yesterday if say we’d lost Vest and Bednarek to injury? I wouldn't be surprised if he's still unfit and he just padded the bench with Ramsey the only actual defensive sub. Romeu could drop back and Chauke or Finnigan come into midfield if we'd lost 2 CB's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 7 February, 2021 Author Share Posted 7 February, 2021 1-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 7 February, 2021 Author Share Posted 7 February, 2021 1-1 @ FT. Got to be a good result considering the young side we played & the fact they are 2nd in the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 7 February, 2021 Share Posted 7 February, 2021 2 points dropped from a winning position 🙂 The young lads are matching up to the first team style (only good thing about last 2 first team matches, is that we haven't added to our total of points dropped from winning positions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyell Posted 8 February, 2021 Share Posted 8 February, 2021 (edited) https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2021-02-08/southampton-football-club-b-team-coach-lee-skyrme This sounds promising. Say what you want about the England national team - their youth development in the last 8-10 years has become one of the best in the business. I assume Crocker has had a hand in this appointment, and probably worked with him at the FA in some capacity. Skyrme? How are we pronouncing that? Skur-me? Sky-urm? Skrime? These are the important issues. Edited 8 February, 2021 by qwertyell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 8 February, 2021 Share Posted 8 February, 2021 4 hours ago, qwertyell said: https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2021-02-08/southampton-football-club-b-team-coach-lee-skyrme This sounds promising. Say what you want about the England national team - their youth development in the last 8-10 years has become one of the best in the business. I assume Crocker has had a hand in this appointment, and probably worked with him at the FA in some capacity. Skyrme? How are we pronouncing that? Skur-me? Sky-urm? Skrime? These are the important issues. Does sound good. I'm quite excited to see how my son's friend gets on. He joined at the start of last season in the U14's and had been playing up a year quite regularly before this lockdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooney Posted 9 February, 2021 Share Posted 9 February, 2021 15 hours ago, qwertyell said: https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2021-02-08/southampton-football-club-b-team-coach-lee-skyrme This sounds promising. Say what you want about the England national team - their youth development in the last 8-10 years has become one of the best in the business. I assume Crocker has had a hand in this appointment, and probably worked with him at the FA in some capacity. Skyrme? How are we pronouncing that? Skur-me? Sky-urm? Skrime? These are the important issues. I would think Skurm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 9 February, 2021 Share Posted 9 February, 2021 17 hours ago, qwertyell said: https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2021-02-08/southampton-football-club-b-team-coach-lee-skyrme Skyrme? How are we pronouncing that? Skur-me? Sky-urm? Skrime? These are the important issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambtiss Posted 9 February, 2021 Share Posted 9 February, 2021 28 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said: That's what we need to toughen them up 😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 15 February, 2021 Share Posted 15 February, 2021 Todays game called off, frozen pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 15 February, 2021 Share Posted 15 February, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Master Bates said: Todays game called off, frozen pitch. At what temperature does water freeze up north...? MLG note: yes, I'm aware that frozen sub-soil water takes longer to thaw than surface water Edited 15 February, 2021 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 15 February, 2021 Share Posted 15 February, 2021 1 hour ago, trousers said: At what temperature does water freeze up north...? MLG note: yes, I'm aware that frozen sub-soil water takes longer to thaw than surface water I did a uni module on soil. 😜 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 15 February, 2021 Share Posted 15 February, 2021 https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2021/february/u23s-southampton-match-off/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 15 February, 2021 Share Posted 15 February, 2021 1 hour ago, trousers said: At what temperature does water freeze up north...? MLG note: yes, I'm aware that frozen sub-soil water takes longer to thaw than surface water They called it off as early as yesterday 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 16 February, 2021 Share Posted 16 February, 2021 Not B Team but I see the U18s were smashed 7-1 by Brighton today. That's not good is it 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 16 February, 2021 Author Share Posted 16 February, 2021 10 minutes ago, VectisSaint said: Not B Team but I see the U18s were smashed 7-1 by Brighton today. That's not good is it 😬 The mirroring of the 1st team is going well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 16 February, 2021 Share Posted 16 February, 2021 U 18s are 1 win in 11 this season B Team are 3 wins in 13 4 wins from 24 games is shocking for a club that places a lot of emphasis on the Academy. Something is badly wrong at the moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 16 February, 2021 Share Posted 16 February, 2021 53 minutes ago, Dusic said: U 18s are 1 win in 11 this season B Team are 3 wins in 13 4 wins from 24 games is shocking for a club that places a lot of emphasis on the Academy. Something is badly wrong at the moment. Do they have VAR in those leagues as well?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the colonel Posted 16 February, 2021 Share Posted 16 February, 2021 UNDER 18'S JUST LOST 7-1 AWAY TO BRIGHTON. I like to look on the sunnier side of things but something seems very wrong at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disconnect Posted 17 February, 2021 Share Posted 17 February, 2021 Haven’t seen the teams but is part of the problem that because we have to rely on some of the youngsters just to fill a match day squad that they’re taken from the B team (probably correctly), but then their places are filled by u-18’s (resulting in very young B team squads) and then the u-18’s have lots of u-16’s playing for them? I know that was the case with the B team for the past few matches. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 17 February, 2021 Author Share Posted 17 February, 2021 3 minutes ago, disconnect said: Haven’t seen the teams but is part of the problem that because we have to rely on some of the youngsters just to fill a match day squad that they’re taken from the B team (probably correctly), but then their places are filled by u-18’s (resulting in very young B team squads) and then the u-18’s have lots of u-16’s playing for them? I know that was the case with the B team for the past few matches. That is part of it, although Dusic’s point is still completely valid re: results. The B-team has also lost most it’s effective players over the course of the season — Sims / N’lundulu / Slattery etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 17 February, 2021 Share Posted 17 February, 2021 1 hour ago, disconnect said: Haven’t seen the teams but is part of the problem that because we have to rely on some of the youngsters just to fill a match day squad that they’re taken from the B team (probably correctly), but then their places are filled by u-18’s (resulting in very young B team squads) and then the u-18’s have lots of u-16’s playing for them? I know that was the case with the B team for the past few matches. I think that's been a significant factor this season. If I remember correctly, both the B Team and U18s have had a few really good results against good sides when they've had a full compliment of elegible players. So, whilst there are undoubtedly other contributory factors, I think the main problem has been the enforced inconsistency in team selection at every level. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 17 February, 2021 Share Posted 17 February, 2021 1 hour ago, trousers said: I think that's been a significant factor this season. If I remember correctly, both the B Team and U18s have had a few really good results against good sides when they've had a full compliment of elegible players. So, whilst there are undoubtedly other contributory factors, I think the main problem has been the enforced inconsistency in team selection at every level. I am pretty sure all the clubs have inconsistency of selection, thats nature of youth teams. There is no specific circumstance that Saints have that others don't. Recently we have had a younger first team bench but for most of that time there has been no U23 or U18 football so that has made no difference. Quite a few clubs have England players who are unavailable from time to time, we don't have that problem anymore. At the end of the day, the results are woeful and have been for a while. There are no excuses. To only win 16% of the games across over half a season just suggests the players generslly are not as good as the players they are playing against. And that doesn't bode well for thinking that in a year or 2 some of them will be gopd enough to play on our first team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 17 February, 2021 Share Posted 17 February, 2021 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Dusic said: I am pretty sure all the clubs have inconsistency of selection, thats nature of youth teams. Possibly / probably. I'm just going on what I've seen anecdotally. I've lost count of the number of times I've said to myself this season: "that's yet another totally different line up" whenever the B-team or U18s squads have been announced pre-match. I don't recall the line-ups changing so drastically from game to game in previous seasons. As I say, nothing scientific about my observations, just a gut feel that there has been significantly more inconsistency in line-ups this season compared to previous seasons. Happy to put my hands up if there are stats out there that prove my hunch to be wrong. As you say, maybe all other teams have had similar levels of line-up disruption and it's 100% down to us being rubbish. Who knows? Edited 17 February, 2021 by trousers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 20 February, 2021 Share Posted 20 February, 2021 Another defeat for the U18s (1-0 vs Leicester). Seems Kelvin's nipper made the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 20 February, 2021 Author Share Posted 20 February, 2021 21 minutes ago, Dusic said: Another defeat for the U18s (1-0 vs Leicester). Seems Kelvin's nipper made the bench. I noticed the team was full of players I've not seen mentioned before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vin Posted 20 February, 2021 Share Posted 20 February, 2021 34 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said: I noticed the team was full of players I've not seen mentioned before. Think there is a B team game tomorrow with a lot of the regular u18s. Looks like a very young side today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 20 February, 2021 Share Posted 20 February, 2021 2 hours ago, vin said: Think there is a B team game tomorrow with a lot of the regular u18s. Looks like a very young side today. Yeah 2pm, live on Derby TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 20 February, 2021 Author Share Posted 20 February, 2021 2 minutes ago, Master Bates said: Yeah 2pm, live on Derby TV Prediction: Lots of changes, dominate for large periods, probably lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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