Saints 1-1 Brighton - Match Thread

[Teddeer]

3 minutes ago, Pilchards said:

Southampton have dropped 71 points from winning points in the Premier League since Ralph Hasenhüttl’s first game in charge in December 2018 – 15 more than any other side.

That is a statistic to shame him and he shows no sign that he is learning any lessons. people can blame the players and yes, they are culpable but any manager worth his salt knows how to manage a game when his side is in front. It might go wrong occasionally but with Ralph is is time after time with the same pattern and it's predictable. He's a nice guy but I don't think he's quite savvy enough at this level.

[Lord Duckhunter]

[benjii]

Rubbish game management as usual.

Should have strengthened CM instead of putting the useless Elyounoussi on. Romeu and JWP must be asked to do more than pretty much any other 2 players in the league and it's no wonder they get overrun as games go on. I expect we'll be right in the relegation scrap by January after these last two results. At least Romeu gets a rest in the next match.

Livramento needs dropping. Terrible on the ball today. You can't play predictable, head-down, schoolboy football in the PL unless you're built like Antonio or Lukaku.

On the plus side, Lyanco was ok, although he will defo give away a pen or two through being too tight.

The ref was poor. Elyounoussi and Salisu were each booked for nothing, whilst the Brighton centre back should have been off first half.

 

[TWar]

1 minute ago, egg said:

If he's playing regularly and not so desperate to impress, he's taking those chances. Armstrong wouldn't have. 

No way you could know that. He should have finished them and didn't. Armstrong misses a lot too but it's not like Broja is suddenly our answer.

[Saint_clark]

2 minutes ago, cloggy saint said:

 

Such a stupid stat'. If a team scores in the first minute and ends up with a draw or a loss is it really dropping points from a winning position? Technically yes but it's very unfair.

Don't think you can claim that accounts for being the league leader for dropping points from winning positions.

 

[Dr Who?]

Bet they will not mind their walk home now. 

[Dr Who?]

The rest of December is massive. The games come thick and fast and I seriously think he will be shown the door,  if our points to games ratio drops to negative at new year. 
 

It will time to change. Fingers crossed we will pick up a couple of wins. 

Edited 4 December, 2021 by Dr Who?

[saint lard]

19 minutes ago, Nemi said:

For all of Ralph’s faults, these capitulations happened well before him.

Saying that he’s totally incapable of fixing it, but it’s probably not an easy issue to solve when these players’ whole careers have been consistent big bottlejob

Since the beginning  of his tenure here,we’ve lost 71 points from leading positions. 
disgraceful.And no sign of letting up either. 
let that sink in…71 points. 
Its farcical. 
And fingers need to be pointed at Ralph. 
 

Edited 4 December, 2021 by saint lard

[Baird of the land]

Personally thought we played ok for most of the second half.

the problem is instead of taking advantage of them going down to 10 we froze and hit the self destruct and the manager just watched them freeze.

 

[egg]

1 minute ago, TWar said:

No way you could know that. He should have finished them and didn't. Armstrong misses a lot too but it's not like Broja is suddenly our answer.

Of course, that's what opinions are for. Armstrong has done next to fuck all the whole season but despite that your opinion is that Armstrong "has a higher ceiling" than Broja. I doubt even Armstrong shares that opinion. 

[Wade Garrett]

RalphBall is fucking boring.

I just don’t enjoy games any more.

[vin]

Sounds as though McCarthy did his hamstring in towards the end of the game. Probably why Ward-Prowse dropped back to the goal line on the free kick.

[TWar]

Just now, egg said:

Of course, that's what opinions are for. Armstrong has done next to fuck all the whole season but despite that your opinion is that Armstrong "has a higher ceiling" than Broja. I doubt even Armstrong shares that opinion. 

Have your opinion. I don't care about it to be honest. Broja missed two important chances, JWP made two massive errors, and we lost because of it. I'm not interested in what ifs about if Armstrong had had those chances.

[CanadaSaint]

I’m at the point where the only change I want Ralph to make at the half time whistle is to take himself out. I still want him to start, though. For now.

[redkeith]

That was in the bag until injury time

Yes Brighton had loads of possession,  but weren't really hurting us with it, but once the board went up, Saints, almost to a man, turned into Sunday League players. A 50p head header from Salisu,  that crappie  corner that ended up with Ely getting booked, Jwp not playing it up the channel and finally Jwp decides to be the first Saints player in years to stand on the post at a set price and blows the offside trap!

We should be comfortable in mid table, but stupid decisions are killing us.

[John B]

7 minutes ago, Sarisbury Saint said:

Come on then, explain why it’s not Ralph’s fault yet again against 10 men ?

17 minutes ago, Sarisbury Saint said:

Come on then, explain why it’s not Ralph’s fault yet again against 10 men ?

Well he was not on pitch doing stupid things and he has not got a top PL striker like Ings to score goals and the clubs does not believe in getting in experienced players to assist the young players.

 

He could have brought on Stephens I suppose but I felt we doing OK for 95 mins but I doubt we can stay up with our current strike force.

 

I probably bore everyone by saying that our current strike force of Armstrong Adams Broja and Long is the worst strike force I have seen whilst supporting the Saints for the last 60 years

 

Some say our top prority is a GK and getting rid of Ralph but without a consistent goal scorer we are in real trouble because the whole team can hardly be relaxed defending a 1 0 lead for the last 15 mins

[DG]

Tom Leach reporting McCarthy is injured along with FF, this will get ugly.

[Saint_clark]

1 minute ago, saint lard said:

Since the beginning  of his tenure here,we’ve lost 72 points from leading positions. 
disgraceful.And no sign of letting up either. 

 

20 minutes ago, Nemi said:

For all of Ralph’s faults, these capitulations happened well before him.

Saying that he’s totally incapable of fixing it, but it’s probably not an easy issue to solve when these players’ whole careers have been consistent big bottlejob

The only way to know for sure if Ralph is to blame is to compare this record of 72 points dropped in X amount of games since he took over to how many points we dropped in X amount of games before him.

I mean, we already know it's worse than anyone elses in the league - and to be honest after that long in the job, you've had the chance to mould the squad to your liking.

 

[Saint_clark]

Just now, DG said:

Tom Leach reporting McCarthy is injured along with FF, this will get ugly.

Lewis getting a game could be a blessing in disguise. 

[Baird of the land]

2 minutes ago, Dr Who? said:

The rest of December is massive. The games come thick and fast and I seriously think he will be shown the door,  if our points to games ratio drops to negative at new year. 
 

It will time to change. Fingers crossed we will pick up a couple of wins. 

I’m struggling to care. This team has zero backbone. 

[Sarisbury Saint]

5 minutes ago, TWar said:

No way you could know that. He should have finished them and didn't. Armstrong misses a lot too but it's not like Broja is suddenly our answer.

1 in 13 games says it all.

Your defence of Ralph is getting weaker by the week.

[SaintZamboni]

2 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

RalphBall is fucking boring.

I just don’t enjoy games any more.

This is a ridiculous statement. We were dominant again for 45.

nobody enjoys the second 45 though, I’ll give that

[derry]

10 minutes left. We need to send these players back to school. Against 10 men. Stick the ball into the corners. We are so into the tippy tappy that we don't know that now it's play it long and pin the opponents into the corners. Today WH v Chelsea, Rice with seconds left stuck the ball into the back of the stand. that virtually finished the game. There were a load of under hit passes and give aways before JWP's stupidity rolling the ball to an opponent. Romeu and Salisu are out of the next game to cap it off. JWP running back out of the defensive line was a real panic over organisation. Everybody else held the line. anybody goalside was offside. JWP showed so little leadership as captain.

[Dr Who?]

Just now, Baird of the land said:

I’m struggling to care. This team has zero backbone. 

I’ve seen worse, much, much worse. 

[Micky]

23 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

Come on. Brighton did fuck all in that game. They were shite.

People keep posting comments like this.  If they were shyte, what were we? 

[Lord Duckhunter]

12 minutes ago, TWar said:

 if Armstrong had missed those chances he would have been blamed.

 

2 minutes ago, TWar said:

I'm not interested in what ifs about if Armstrong had had those chances.

You’re all over the place mate. Stop digging. 

[Billy the Kidd]

11 minutes ago, Sarisbury Saint said:

How many games ago was the Everton game ? Think it’s more than 13.

Yeah, i guess it was. Still similar output of goals for him and Broja though. Not that it matters, we should have won today. And I still say that is on Ralph.

[niceandfriendly]

Generally speaking I'm a fan of Ralph but anyone who refuses to blame him for our 2nd half performances since he has taken over is living in cuckoo land. As someone else said, as soon as it was 1-0 at half time we knew what was going to happen. History repeats itself with this team and manager.

[TWar]

Just now, Lord Duckhunter said:

 

You’re all over the place mate. Stop digging. 

I didn't bring up Armstrong, I was responding

[Dr Who?]

Just now, Micky said:

People keep posting comments like this.  If they were shyte, what were we? 

But again, they held the ball better than us and had just as many shots on and off of target. Some might say they deserved a point. Granted we had the better couple of chances. 

[niceandfriendly]

11 minutes ago, cloggy saint said:

 

Such a stupid stat'. If a team scores in the first minute and ends up with a draw or a loss is it really dropping points from a winning position? Technically yes but it's very unfair.

Not such a stupid stat. It shows how many times we've gone ahead and thrown it away. I agree the game isn't won before the final whistle blows but it's still damning.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

1 minute ago, Micky said:

People keep posting comments like this.  If they were shyte, what were we? 

Once again we've made the opposition look terrible with our organisation and work rate, but not been able to sustain it for the full 100 minutes

[Micky]

2 minutes ago, SaintZamboni said:

This is a ridiculous statement. We were dominant again for 45.

nobody enjoys the second 45 though, I’ll give that

No point being dominant if you're not going to score goals. 

[LGTL]

Pathetic to have not won that. Brighton were absolutely diabolical and we managed to concede in the 98th against 10 men. 
 

JWP at total and utter fault for the goal. If that moron hits the corner flag, we win the game. Don’t get me started on the game management though. Bringing Elyonoussi was just bizarre in the extreme. 
 

I said in August we’d go down after selling Ings and I still stand by it. Not good enough. 

[Chris cooper]

The laughing and joking with potter at the end got me !! Should have been dejected 😞 like all of us but nope Ralphy loves his job and refuses to be down dropping 72 points from winning positions .. let that stat for the cult sink in for a minute.. on top of that Romeu and Salisu suspended for arsenal !! 

[badgerx16]

4 minutes ago, SaintZamboni said:

This is a ridiculous statement. We were dominant again for 45.

nobody enjoys the second 45 though, I’ll give that

The problem is that the matches aren't 45 minutes long.

[Simster]

On 02/12/2021 at 12:37, Simster said:

You'll be booing Maupay.  He will miss a sitter early in the first half, then get kicked and one of your players will get booked as a consequence.  You will then open the scoring despite having 7% of the ball all game, but Maupay will equalise in the 74th minute with just his 7th presentable chance and cup his ears to the home fans before celebrating in front of ours and then being booked himself.  

I do love Neal Maupay.  The game itself has draw written all over it.

😄😄😄

Told you!  I just wish I had the balls to suggest he'd score at the death rather than the 74th minute!

Anyway, we were crap today.  Very poor, but then we have injuries piling up now.  I hope Southampton have similar excuses because if either club plays like that in a regular basis then they might yet be in trouble.  All I can say is that this level of performance wasn't really standard for us, even if the result was.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

5 minutes ago, LGTL said:

Pathetic to have not won that. Brighton were absolutely diabolical and we managed to concede in the 98th against 10 men. 
 

JWP at total and utter fault for the goal. If that moron hits the corner flag, we win the game. Don’t get me started on the game management though. Bringing Elyonoussi was just bizarre in the extreme. 
 

I said in August we’d go down after selling Ings and I still stand by it. Not good enough. 

It must have been a tactical instruction for JWP to do that. I see the logic of getting an extra body in the line but it has cost us big time.

Edit: maybe he was covering McCarthy as mentioned

Edited 4 December, 2021 by Ex Lion Tamer

[JustinSFC]

24 minutes ago, Billy the Kidd said:

I bet you jizzed yourself when they equalised.

Just so you could come on here and say how much of a great point it was.

 

[Billy the Kidd]

Just now, JustinSFC said:

I bet you jizzed yourself when they equalised.

Just so you could come on here and say how much of a great point it was.

 

[AlexLaw76]

I guess JwP went to the goal line as McCarthy was buggered?

[S-Clarke]

1 minute ago, JustinSFC said:

I bet you jizzed yourself when they equalised.

Just so you could come on here and say how much of a great point it was.

 

I wish you'd piss off from these forums, you're a right nasty piece of work.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

1 minute ago, badgerx16 said:

The problem is that the matches aren't 45 minutes long.

The thing you have to factor in is if we'd pressed less hard in the first half, would we have scored the one goal we did get. It's gutting to drop points like that but you also have to take the rough with the smooth. The fact is we should have scored more in the first half but we lack cutting edge

[Baird of the land]

1 minute ago, Ex Lion Tamer said:

It just have been a tactical instruction for JWP to do that. I see the logic of getting an extra body in the line but it has cost us big time

Then why are the rest of the team standing like muppets and not dropping back.

[Micky]

2 minutes ago, Ex Lion Tamer said:

Once again we've made the opposition look terrible with our organisation and work rate, but not been able to sustain it for the full 100 minutes

But what's the point in that if you're not going to score? I would much rather we parked the bus, scored goals on the break, and won the bloody game.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

1 minute ago, Micky said:

But what's the point in that if you're not going to score? I would much rather we parked the bus, scored goals on the break, and won the bloody game.

Maybe we wouldn't be good enough to do that. It's easy to assume the alternative would be better

[SaintZamboni]

6 minutes ago, Micky said:

No point being dominant if you're not going to score goals. 

I agree but that wasn’t the point

[Billy the Kidd]

4 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

I wish you'd piss off from these forums, you're a right nasty piece of work.

To be blunt, and not playing the waving of a red card, but I dont understand how he hasn’t been removed from the place.

Near on every post is angry, twisted, confused, and beggars belief.

I mean, I may be a cunt, but he didn’t have to tell me so, the other day 😂

Edited 4 December, 2021 by Billy the Kidd

[niceandfriendly]

10 minutes ago, benjii said:

Rubbish game management as usual.

Should have strengthened CM instead of putting the useless Elyounoussi on.

 

Agree with you about Ralph but Ely came on and made a cracking challenge to be fair to him. Got booked for it of course.

[The Kraken]

4 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

I wish you'd piss off from these forums, you're a right nasty piece of work.

Classic small man syndrome.