S-Clarke Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 Guessing its Puel`s fault we are slow and ponderous in the final third Pretty much.
Convict Colony Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 Can we score a goal from our midfielders ? Will Long or Redmond score without 20 chances? Will Tadic stay upright and stop moaning for 5mins?
Pamplemousse Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 New manager required ASAP. Anybody who thinks we won't get dragged into a relegation battle with our current choice of defenders is absolutely delusional. Oh dear, here come the stupid knee jerk morons.
St.Patrik Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 The players can't say that they are tired since nobody played vs Arsenal : /
DT Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 They look directionless and devoid of inspiration. Which is down to the manager and backroom staff Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
John Boy Saint Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 Weird how we're pretty good at home but abject away. Boufal needs to come on pretty quickly, Sims too. Don't be daft it'll be PEH and Reed
Convict Colony Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 New manager required ASAP. Anybody who thinks we won't get dragged into a relegation battle with our current choice of defenders is absolutely delusional. I actually thought the defenders and goalie have not been the problem tonight.
LGTL Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 Worst 45 minutes this season, and that's saying something because 90% of the season has been utter garbage.
St Lej Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 The amount of times we are failing to score away from this season is beyond a joke. Pathetic set up again from the manager. You can write this one off already. If we don't sign a CB then Reed fully deserves to feel the full brunt of the fans in my opinion
Saints foreva Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 Guessing its Puel`s fault we are slow and ponderous in the final third His formation doesn't help. We basically play with 3 CDMs.
beatlesaint Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 By far the most boring Saints performance under Puel, which is saying something. bloody hell it must be effin awful then
Convict Colony Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 I hope Gabbiadini has signed before watching the game. Sorry Manolo
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SKD Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 Guessing its Puel`s fault we are slow and ponderous in the final third Who's is it then? As far as I was aware the manager picks team / tactics. No doubt it wasn't his fault for us putting out the reserves Saturday eh
Saint86 Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 Oh dear, here come the stupid knee jerk morons. February is knee jerk?
Pamplemousse Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 We need to sort out our away performances in the league. We looked so good against Leicester going forward, where has that gone today?
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 His formation doesn't help. We basically play with 3 CDMs. We could ideally do with a more attacking midfielder on the pitch but who?
SKD Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 Oh dear, here come the stupid knee jerk morons. It's not knee jerk, we've played like this all season other than a handful of games. People are sick of it.
Pamplemousse Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 It's not knee jerk, we've played like this all season other than a handful of games. People are sick of it. No we haven't. Stop making things up.
SNSUN Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 Is Les there? You think he'd be absent trying to find us a centre back! I echo what Allardyce said earlier, it's odd having a game on deadline day when managers are keen on strengthening their squads, but then I guess any manager worth his salt would have done his business already. As for this match - well I guess it can only get better. At least we have Boufal on the bench - I can only assume we'll see him sooner rather than later. I'll take a draw right now if you offered it (even though I think we are good enough to win.)
Saints foreva Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 We could ideally do with a more attacking midfielder on the pitch but who? Boufal is the only real answer from the bench but Tadic is having a poor season, it's like playing with 10 men at times. One of the biggest problems with us is that all our CMs offer little in attack.
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 Who's is it then? As far as I was aware the manager picks team / tactics. No doubt it wasn't his fault for us putting out the reserves Saturday eh Are you seriously suggesting he tells them to be like that... really? So when we played with much more purpose and speed against Leicester he told them the opposite
Useful Idiot Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 Our central midfield offers absolutely nothing going forwards. Long works hard but can't hold up the ball or bring other players into the game. Redmond and Tadic have lacked supply and when they do get it they're grnerally forced back away from goal. Overall, we deserve to lose against a physical side who defend deep and look to score from set pieces and counters, again. I like Puel, but his 4-3-3 tactics simply don't work against this sort of team. We have no creativity through the middle of the park at all and just end up cycling possession from side to side until we cross for either Long, Redmond, Davis or Clasie to try to score against a tall, set defense. Overall, I think the game could last for a week and we'd still not score.
Crab Lungs Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 The performance is solely down to the management and has been all season. Many examples of this all season. The problems are two fold; Imbalanced side; lack of defensive cover, asking players to play in roles that they're not suited to and lack of another CDM Tactics; slow, ponderous play, lacking in imagination etc. There are players there that are creative footballers, so lacking in imagination shouldn't be a problem if the tactics are correct. Instead, we're relying on individuals to pull something out of the bag to get us through games.... Right out of the de Boer/Mancini school of thinking.
UpweySaint Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 I'm not quite ready to join the Puel out crowd yet. We have played an absurd amount of games which no doubt has had an impact, we are having a mini injury crisis and the recruitment has been below par of late but jesus wept we are frustrating to watch at times this season! The Tadic/Cedric link up down the right looks decent but we lack anybody to hit in the box from our crosses while nobody in the midfield three drives beyond, or at least gets up with, Long. Playing keep ball is fine in itself but without direct movement to take advantage of the gaps when they are found it is rather sodding redundant. Oh well, cup final, new Italian, Boufal back and a second half that cannot be much worse!
stknowle Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 Yet again we have plenty of the ball with zero penetration, creating nothing and then fall behind. Familiar pattern. You could see it going that way. I'd love to say I'm confident we can turn it round but frankly I am not. At all.
ohgulydoprado Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 No we haven't. Stop making things up. Why are you so in denial? With the exception of a few games which were a combination of us on a 'good' day and the opposition being absolutely toothless (Arsenal in the cup, Leicester, West Ham, Liverpool games), we have looked absolutely dreadful.
Crab Lungs Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 Why are you so in denial? With the exception of a few games which were a combination of us on a 'good' day and the opposition being absolutely toothless (Arsenal in the cup, Leicester, West Ham, Liverpool games), we have looked absolutely dreadful. Correct. Leicester and Wham were a shambles when we played them, an absolute embarrassment. Turning them over was no achievement.
deadpanmatt Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 No we haven't. Stop making things up. Yes we have.
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 Why are you so in denial? With the exception of a few games which were a combination of us on a 'good' day and the opposition being absolutely toothless (Arsenal in the cup, Leicester, West Ham, Liverpool games), we have looked absolutely dreadful. I happen to agree with him
S-Clarke Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 No we haven't. Stop making things up. TBF I'm one of the most positive people on here, but we are boring the life and soul out of every man and his dog this year. Absolute bore-fest.
SKD Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 No we haven't. Stop making things up. Name the games we've performed well & you've been excited by then (ignore Liverpool away as semi final always exciting)
John Boy Saint Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 Back on the other side Mané on the bench went for a warm up just sat down and had a strap put on his knee, think he felt the heavy rain and thought "sod that why did I miss that penalty".
Manuel Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 It was great for 10 mins. Yes and even that I think that was down to Swansea tactics...sit tight for ten minutes while they come at us, then start playing.
Pamplemousse Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 Why are you so in denial? With the exception of a few games which were a combination of us on a 'good' day and the opposition being absolutely toothless (Arsenal in the cup, Leicester, West Ham, Liverpool games), we have looked absolutely dreadful. Why are people so desperate to make excuses for other teams when we play well? Anyway, I'd say, on our day, we're a very, very good team. But we have been too inconsistent this season, particularly away from home. It's only half time, there's still 45 minutes for us to turn it around.
eelpie Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 We need to sort out our away performances in the league. We looked so good against Leicester going forward, where has that gone today? 'Oh dear, here come the stupid knee jerk morons.'
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 Why are people so desperate to make excuses for other teams when we play well? Anyway, I'd say, on our day, we're a very, very good team. But we have been too inconsistent this season, particularly away from home. It's only half time, there's still 45 minutes for us to turn it around. This
SKD Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 Are you seriously suggesting he tells them to be like that... really? So when we played with much more purpose and speed against Leicester he told them the opposite I have no doubt in my mind that the manager sets the team up to be defensive and to keep the ball. Fortunately against Leicester we had a number of player who had a good game (Redmond, PEH, JWP) and they (Leicester) are absolute pony.
Saint Billy Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 If we lose tonight that makes the Arsenal rotation a bigger joke than it already was.
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 We really miss VVD on defensive corners and might struggle against Carroll on the week end
SKD Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 Why are people so desperate to make excuses for other teams when we play well? Anyway, I'd say, on our day, we're a very, very good team. But we have been too inconsistent this season, particularly away from home. It's only half time, there's still 45 minutes for us to turn it around. Unfortunately 'our days' are far to limited.
St Marco Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 Why are people so desperate to make excuses for other teams when we play well? Anyway, I'd say, on our day, we're a very, very good team. But we have been too inconsistent this season, particularly away from home. It's only half time, there's still 45 minutes for us to turn it around. Sorry mate but we are playing poor. If we play the 2nd half like that it will be 5 defeats in our last 6 pl games. To have a go at people and question their opinions after a run like that is quite frankly unbelievable. Maybe it's time to admit your blind faith is nothing but blind.
DT Posted 31 January, 2017 Posted 31 January, 2017 We really miss VVD on defensive corners and might struggle against Carroll on the week end Bit negative Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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