verlaine1979

The decision-making seems to be almost universally poor tonight.

Saints' style of attacking play reminds me of nothing so much as the woefully underachieving Liverpool sides of the early/mid 1990s - there's that same hesitancy and lateral flow to the passing, the same sense that the fluency and skill is ornamental rather than devastating. There's unquestionably a lot of talent in our players, but there's a lack of urgency, a kind of meandering to their play which means they never really appear to slice into the defence, just pick their way around it. That said, Surman just scores from a fluke even as I'm whining, so there's always hope...

-------------Davis------------- Cork--Svensson--Perry--Surman ----Schneiderlin--Gillett-------- -----------Lallana------------- --DMG--Pekhart/John--Holmes-- From what I saw, DMG isn't a leader of the line, and would be far more effective as the right side of a front three with a stronger presence through the middle - this might be Pekhart if he's any good in training, or it might be John. Either way, both halves against Blackpool the right side looked ineffective both in defence and attack and needs attention, and there's no question in my mind that DMG is a more nimble and intelligent footballer than Dyer. Lallana looks excellent to me and would hopefully profit from any additional space opened up by DMG and Holmes pulling wide and a more robust centre forward occupying the centre backs.