Ditch the diamond

[simo]

There's probably already another thread on this but our system is shocking , no pressing at all ,players looking lost and far too much space in midfield ! I was prepared to give it a chance but I can't anymore its gotta go !

[Marching Halos]

no one can kick a ball, fraser cant even save a pen, fonte is **** sell him NOW!, sack the manager and sell all the players and buy bale back and get ronald back and play 5 at the back and wont win in 9 games in a row and everything will be great again...

[ringwood]

Moyes worked us out after 10 minutes and the game changed, we no longer made instinctive decisions

 

J Rods goal masked a poor performance, we have the players its the tactics that are wrong

[wild-saint]

would be interesting to see if it worked with pelle, mane and wanyama in the side.

[70's Mike]

no shape, no width , you get what you paid for

[Heisenberg]

Diamonds are forever

[adrian lord]

Diamonds are a Puel's best friend.

[Whitey Grandad]

Whatever you call it there are more holes than a slice of emmental. Particularly wide on the wings just in front of the fullbacks and just back from the front line.

[S-Clarke]

It seems way too easy to blame a tactic, when more than anything it seems that we lack sharpness and are a bit rusty. We also lack a bit of star quality/xfactor in the attack, which the club are closed to addressing.

 

Way too early to ditch anything or reinvent anything.

[Mowgli]

There's probably already another thread on this but our system is shocking , no pressing at all ,players looking lost and far too much space in midfield ! I was prepared to give it a chance but I can't anymore its gotta go !

 

Thank you for your patience

[Pengi]

There's probably already another thread on this but our system is shocking , no pressing at all ,players looking lost and far too much space in midfield ! I was prepared to give it a chance but I can't anymore its gotta go !

The players look fed up and then there was VVD's interview on Solent. Needs a clear the air talk - and quickly

[saintant]

You can't polish a turd and I don't believe we can make this diamond sparkle. it's clear that the players do not buy into it - if in doubt watch VVDs interview after today's tepid affair. Last season Saints gave the impression that they could give any team a run for their money and beat most of them and so it proved. I fear this is going to be a season where we wonder where the next win is coming from and we go into matches not expecting wins. It is evident that confidence is not high and we look beaten almost before we kick off. Where are the smiles, the swagger and the team spirit?

[shurlock]

Jesus wept. Let's see how things look once Bertrand returns (given the importance of the fullbacks to the system) and Puel brings a few players in.

[shurlock]

You can't polish a turd and I don't believe we can make this diamond sparkle. it's clear that the players do not buy into it - if in doubt watch VVDs interview after today's tepid affair. Last season Saints gave the impression that they could give any team a run for their money and beat most of them and so it proved. I fear this is going to be a season where we wonder where the next win is coming from and we go into matches not expecting wins. It is evident that confidence is not high and we look beaten almost before we kick off. Where are the smiles, the swagger and the team spirit?

 

You mean like Sunderland at home, pal.

[Golden Balls]

I'm usually really positive but this system, the subs and the whole demeanour isn't right.

[saintant]

No pal, was thinking of the 18 games we won, plus the draws and even some defeats where we could easily have taken three points given the rub of the green.