Millwall 0 Saints 2

[pangy]

A lot of space down Clynes side for Milwall,what formation have we gone with ? is Long supposed to be covering down this side

[Tokyo-Saint]

The Southampton way seems to have changed.

[Mr X]

Who said they were struggling? 7 points from 4 games so far, one defeat, hardly struggling.

 

i meant they only narrowly avoided relegation last season

[washsaint]

Early days but based on WBA and now this game we seem to have lost all style and panache from the ga,me and, quite frankly, are now very tedious to watch. Nothing exciting about this so far.

[DT]

Not looking very likely to score

[washsaint]

Is Shane Long playing? How did we ever pay 12 million for him?

[John Boy Saint]

i meant they only narrowly avoided relegation last season

Different page in the book now, they dinged relegation due to early form before Ollie rocked up, we looked exciting and tidy all last season.

Funny old game!

[Saints foreva]

Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooof.

[Saint Charlie]

This near first choice team would have been our 9 or 10 cup change team last season.

[saints1988]

Early days, but Pelle is woeful

[OttawaSaint]

Pelle should have bust the net with that one...low confidence..snatched at it..

[ART]

This is p i s s poor. Long is pathetic and doesn't merit being on.

[DT]

Blimey. That Pelle bloke isn't very good, is he?

[SaintSteve]

we look like a team with no clear strategy.. poor

[Mr X]

Different page in the book now, they dinged relegation due to early form before Ollie rocked up, we looked exciting and tidy all last season.

Funny old game!

 

agreed we look boring and devoid of ideas and gutless up front

[washsaint]

One word for this (apart from s***e).........................HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

 

No style, no teeth up front and sadly lacking in every aspect. If they don't raise their game soon it truly will be a very long, hard season. Can't think of a single ball played into the box that has been dangerous so far.

 

Pelle and Long look absolute garbage.

[VectisSaint]

Isgrove hurt, replaced by Tadic

[Jonnyboy]

I'd like to see Ramirez 2nd half.

[Killers Knee]

Good job Millwall are playing a reserve back four, or we'd struggle to impose such an emphatic scoreline.

[Saints foreva]

Lucky not to be 1-0 down. ****ing hell, this is ****.

[DT]

Shocking defending

[Mr X]

lucky there!!!

[SaintRobbie]

We look poor. Pelle is not good at the moment.

[pangy]

Pelle looks awful,looks totally uninterested

[Secret Site Agent]

Come on Saints.....woeful, wasteful,worrying.

[saintsmike25]

I think Pelle is improving as this game is going on. The switch to a back three is helping, although I worry about Yoshida without cover. Tadic is already changing the game, Shane Long looks lively. I think we're turning the screw now, I'd like to see Taggert and Clyne get forward to the by-line a bit more.

[saintbob40]

I am glad Millwall put their reserves out tonight...... Otherwise our first team would have really struggled.

[washsaint]

Sure hope we get a proper striker in......Pelle looks like he couldn't hit a barn door from 5 yards out and Long is totally non-existent. looking like 20 million+ not well spent so far.

[VectisSaint]

Pelle looks awful,looks totally uninterested

Too soon to judge, you have to wait until Christmas to make such observations.

[IOWSaintDaz]

aimless passing and hoofing same as Saturday.....very worrying considering it is close to our 1st 11

[Killers Knee]

Pelle backpass or looked too far to run?

[Jonnyboy]

You're not Le Tiss son.

[Saints foreva]

Commentator is tearing Pelle a new one.

[Secret Site Agent]

Good pass to their goalie, Pelle.

[saint michael]

I don't think we will be singing to wham we are Southampton we play on the floor this year

[Greenridge]

I think Pelle is improving as this game is going on. The switch to a back three is helping, although I worry about Yoshida without cover. Tadic is already changing the game, Shane Long looks lively. I think we're turning the screw now, I'd like to see Taggert and Clyne get forward to the by-line a bit more.

 

Have you been drinking Mike? I've just trawled through the other posts of doom and gloom and you come up with this positive stuff?!

[DG]

"Pelle definately not Pele" we will be hearing this a lot this season.

[DT]

Only takes one of those bad tackles on Tadic and our creativity will be gone

[Shroppie]

MK beating Manure

[trousers]

MK beating Manure

Nicely set up by Ben Reeves

[SaintRobbie]

Cant believe how poor Pelle looks. We must - simply must - buy another striker.

[Baird of the land]

I don't think we will be singing to wham we are Southampton we play on the floor this year

 

Really don't get why we've abandoned it.

[mulletsaint]

We've been poor in the 20mins I've seen. Pelle has been worse (and I've been sticking up for him).

[pangy]

Could be worse.....we could be Man U

 

 

Actually it probbly couldn't,this is our starting 11 pretty much against a Milwall team that has made 9 changes,we have £20m of strikers up front and we have not created a single chance

Edited 26 August, 2014 by pangy

[saintsmike25]

I expect the game to be a slow affair that will not jump to life, look at the other results against lower league teams and Premiership sides, not many are full of goals. This is being treated as a training and tactics exercise. I believe our problem is the players are clearly not gelling immediately and it is so different to what Poch played.

There's alot of hoofing up towards Pelle, but when we play with a bit of thought and inter play we look tidy.

[SO16_Saint]

Pelle is getting ripped apart by the commentator.

[jamesfp1]

Pelle tonight reminds me of Torres at the peak of his drought. Looks fuming with himself and lacking any confidence.

[VectisSaint]

Pelle is getting ripped apart by the commentator.

Is the commentator winning the aerial battles, or just taking the mic?

[SO16_Saint]

At what point does Koeman start to get flack

[saintsmike25]

Well, rather than jump on top of him after three games we should be supporting him. We were understandably expecting fire-works but it hasn't worked out that way. I expect with one goal a few more will follow. He's probably banging them in on the training pitch. He cuts a frustrated figure. But he was worse against WBA.