What is 'The Southampton Way'?

[oddbod]

Whenever Les or Ralph issue a statement or make comments in the media, they preach on and on about 'the Southampton way'.

 

To me, that used to mean the high tempo, quick passing, pressing style of play of the Pochettino/early Koeman eras, with home grown youth a key part. The recent managerial changes has resulted in the current slow, predictable, defensive play of play that's boring us all to a slow death on match days, with overpriced, under performing players, half of whom don't look like they want to be on the pitch.

 

What does 'the Southampton way' mean to you?

[Appy]

Getting near the penalty area and stopping.

[Pilchards]

To sky our shots 30 feet over the bar.

[LGTL]

Pass backwards and sideways.

[ally_uk]

Isn't a Southampton Way..... The club currently is rotten to the core it's like they want relegation..... So that club will be stripped. Owner gets back initial investment.... Reed gets another Liverpool payout when he gives them Lemina..... Him and Kruegar walk away with a nice pension / pay off.....think fans need to wake up down tools and stop attending games the whole setup is shambolic.....

[Batman]

There never was a Southampton way

We had a couple of good years and good managers. The PR team were all over it

[Trout-Tickler]

The Southampton way? Sadly it seems to be believing your own publicity.

[SuperSAINT]

Taking ridiculous risks with centre-backs in January.

[Saint Billy]

Being content with a bore draw.

[hackedoff]

To stay in the prem and milk all the income whilst spending the minimum required and not giving a toss about the quality of the product,same as Rupert Lowe.

It ended well then,and it will again.

[Badger]

Taking ridiculous risks with centre-backs in January.

 

Not signing proven strikers.

 

Persevering with a inept GK.

[gordonToo]

Complacency.

[Wade Garrett]

PR bullsh*t.

[K,Billy's supersound]

To be champions league ready 2021.

[Badger]

Pass backwards and sideways.

 

A trait handed down from the boardroom, the art of dither.

[Saint Billy]

The very very flexible 5 year plan.

[Noodles34]

To stay in the prem and milk all the income whilst spending the minimum required and not giving a toss about the quality of the product,same as Rupert Lowe.

It ended well then,and it will again.

 

Pretty much this

[SW5 SAINT]

Just boardroom/management hype to sucker the gullible( potential investors, fans, sponsors) into thinking Southampton were a well run organisation. Where in reality the evidence is now that Saints are the worst run outfit in the EPL.........

[Guan 2.0]

[Dellman]

In the days of the dreaded NC we were well run and that gave us the Southampton Way, others coudn't follow it, now look where we are. Come bacl NC and rescue us again

[the colonel]

I don't pretend to be ITK, as I'm not. Just speaking 3rd hand, a friend that works in the club tells me that everything behind the scenes is top class and built for regular qualification for Europe.........where we are failing is on the pitch and that comes down to one person responsible for the ins and outs of the players and manager. Whether the owners see it that who knows?....or apparently not.

[SaintMB]

I don't pretend to be ITK, as I'm not. Just speaking 3rd hand, a friend that works in the club tells me that everything behind the scenes is top class and built for regular qualification for Europe.........where we are failing is on the pitch and that comes down to one person responsible for the ins and outs of the players and manager. Whether the owners see it that who knows?....or apparently not.

 

That will soon change when we get relegated. Can't afford to keep all the staff going when the income goes down.

[berkshiresaint]

Buying cheap & selling high, believing all the hype about how good a job you are doing, not having the ability to realise when you have made a mistake, changing a system that has proved fruitful in the recent past & not investing properly in the club.

[Saint Pete]

A dithering inability to take decisive action, on and off the pitch.

[jasonb]

The moment we allowed managers to change our system was the end of the Southampton Way. The ethos before that seemed to be that the coach agreed to play our way as it was the way all age groups played.

 

That was an ethos that gave the club an identity. That pathway to the first team etc.