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Saint_clark

Saint_clark

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Love it. Such a difference already. Long term I can only see things improving as fitness levels improve and Ralph adds players he wants.

 

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tajjuk

tajjuk

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Back to back wins for the first time since April 2017, with home to West Ham to come next as well who have just lost 2-0 at home.

 

Shame there was no clean shot but aside that sounded like a deserved win.

Batman

Batman

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another 3 goals, should have got more

excellent pressing in the 1st half. Always making them play it back or us winning the 2nd ball.

 

Hoj good

Ings good

Redmond very good and my MoM

 

What a difference a competent manager makes in a short space of time

5string

5string

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Excellent result.

Good to see Obafemi scoring.

More goals for Ings and Redmond.

 

Saints strikers are scoring again!

Thank you, Ralph. More please.

Bad Wolf

Bad Wolf

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We were good but Huddersfield were utter dogsh1te. Particularly when they pushed their defence so high up the field. That's genuinely the worst defence I've seen us up against since Sunderland.

Katalinic

Katalinic

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Had a feeling we would win today and it has been an awful long time since I had any confidence in Saints winning a game - what a difference Ralph has made in under 3 weeks - get in!

striker

striker

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Have WHU on Thursday and City on Sunday. I think part the Obi on for Ings strategy was to keep Austin and Long fresh for Thursday. Probably see some other changes too.

 

Is 3 in a row too much to dream of?

Bad Wolf

Bad Wolf

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Have WHU on Thursday and City on Sunday. I think part the Obi on for Ings strategy was to keep Austin and Long fresh for Thursday. Probably see some other changes too.

 

Is 3 in a row too much to dream of?

 

Possible but if we get so much as a point against WHU (let alone three) that's 7 or 9 points from the last 9 available and takes all the pressure of us against City and with them looking a bit shaky, who knows?!

qwertyell

qwertyell

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Redmond MotM. Romeu very good. Even Vestergaard was decent. Nice cameos from Obafemi and Lemina.

 

Bank the points, ride the momentum, take the confidence from back to back wins.

 

Plenty of areas to work on, but at least we've now got a competent manager who relishes the hard work ahead.

 

 

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UpweySaint

UpweySaint

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Wow. So nice to so a clear plan executed well. Even the subs made sense - if honest I expected Long for Ings but happy to be wrong.

 

Areas to work on certainly but what a feeling after last week as well!

 

Obefami looks a little naive in his decision making but looks like he has plenty about him and, with young players getting real chances under Ralph, significant motivation for others on the fringes.

Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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Early days of course but Ralph Hasenhüttl showing the problems at Southampton since 2016 may not be player quality & recruitment instead that of poor tactics and man management from Pellegrino & Hughes.

 

A clear football style & organisation has got this squad winning!

redkeith

redkeith

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Great win, and great to look a threat again.

 

As some others have said , we should have been a lot faster and more clinical on the counter attack when it was 2.0, but that can soon be coached out of them.

 

Spot on substitutions as well .

 

Happy xmas boys and girls .

Tauro

Tauro

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Good result, 3 points.

 

Can't get carried away however! Our defending was absolutely abysmal, school boy in some cases. A decent team would have scored another 2 or 3. Really need to get a CB back in as a matter of urgency otherwise all the good things we're seeing going forward will be for nothing.

norwaysaint

norwaysaint

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You never know though, perhaps we would have won the last two matches and scored three in each if Hughes had stayed as well ;)

 

 

But seriously, it was pretty much accepted that our strikers were just no good in front of goal. We'd all see those stats of their records, they were all hopeless, and yet with this little coaching they get six in two? What the hell was the coaching before?

Jonnyboy

Jonnyboy

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Must admit I shat the bed when Cardiff beat us.

Surely no one else thought we'd then win the next two matches? Optimistic for a top half finish now :)

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bpsaint

bpsaint

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Really felt after the result last week that we would get a win today and I’m so chuffed that we did!! Under Hughes I really didn’t expect to win another game this year, so to win two on the bounce really relieves the pressure.

 

We look good going forward but still shaky at the back, I’ve got nice doubt though that Ralph will be taking action in the January window to sort that and if we can get there still outside the relegation zone I reckon we could make a good push for 10th-12th spot

shurlock

shurlock

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Early days of course but Ralph Hasenhüttl showing the problems at Southampton since 2016 may not be player quality & recruitment instead that of poor tactics and man management from Pellegrino & Hughes.

 

A clear football style & organisation has got this squad winning!

 

Disagree. It’s a combination of both pal. Management and recruitment have both been poor.

Pilchards

Pilchards

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Love the set piece setup as our three towering centre backs spread out and attack the hall rather than man mark.

Finally a manager that has some tactics rather than a dinosaur that wants huff and puff.

DT

DT

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another 3 goals, should have got more

excellent pressing in the 1st half. Always making them play it back or us winning the 2nd ball.

 

Hoj good

Ings good

Redmond very good and my MoM

 

What a difference a competent manager makes in a short space of time

 

Romeu also excellent. Covered so much ground and held it all together.

 

 

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Batman

Batman

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Disagree. It’s a combination of both pal. Management and recruitment have both been poor.

 

agree.

Look at the cost of players not making our bench today who we bought in the last couple of years.

incredible really

 

 

Clasie

Boufal

Gabby

Mo

Hoedt

Carrillo

 

 

Forster on the basis of his bizarre new deal

OttawaSaint

OttawaSaint

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Excellent in midfield (defending and attacking). Defensively (from the defenders) we still need a bit of work with a few slips and mistakes back there. Both Yoshida and Vestegaard headed the ball straight up and put us under pressure. Forwards were very good with quick closing down and counter attacks. A little more composure needed though from Redmond, he’s playing extremely well and sees many chances but made a few odd decisions in front of goal (as did Obafemi). He was excellent though so it really is nit-picking but he could have helped himself to another and laid on another two goals if he’d chosen better.

Pamplemousse

Pamplemousse

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Early days of course but Ralph Hasenhüttl showing the problems at Southampton since 2016 may not be player quality & recruitment instead that of poor tactics and man management from Pellegrino & Hughes.

 

A clear football style & organisation has got this squad winning!

 

The recruitment has been terrible.

 

A competent manager plus terrible recruitment got us to 8th, but two poor managers plus poor recruitment is a recipe for disaster.

 

Get both right and we can get back to competing regularly for European places.

austsaint

austsaint

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Redmond MotM. Romeu very good. Even Vestergaard was decent. Nice cameos from Obafemi and Lemina.

 

Bank the points, ride the momentum, take the confidence from back to back wins.

 

Plenty of areas to work on, but at least we've now got a competent manager who relishes the hard work ahead.

 

 

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Redmond was very good, but I thought the first two players Ralph went to at F/T were the best on the pitch - Hoj and Romeu,absolutely controlled the midfield and provided the pivot for quick counter attacking. Yoshida and Vestergaard played well. Targett and Armstrong were both disappointing; Armstrong might get better but Targett is not going to be a consistent Prem LB. Valery showed some promise but we will be so much stronger with Bertrand and Cedric back. Ralph's subs were spot on - Obafemi to provide the speed forward as Ings had picked up a knock; Lemina for a largely ineffectual Armstrong and Stephens for Valery to stabilise the defence. The intensity, spirit, organisation and strategy Ralph has brought to this side is amazing. He has also very quickly summed up the wheat from the chaff - he can see Long and Austin aren't starters; he sees the weaknesses of Hoedt, the underwhelming impact of Moi and of course our academy poster boy Ward-Prowse who must surely now be moved on.

Heisenberg

Heisenberg

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Delighted with that. Missed the game as golfing today.

 

First time I've backed us to win for a longtime and that money will feel a little sweeter than the normal insurance bets

 

Ralph :adore:

Jonnyboy

Jonnyboy

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agree.

Look at the cost of players not making our bench today who we bought in the last couple of years.

incredible really

 

 

Clasie

Boufal

Gabby

Mo

Hoedt

Carrillo

 

 

Forster on the basis of his bizarre new deal

 

What's to say Ralf won't get these performing well soon as well?

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Cabbage_Face

Cabbage_Face

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Great result. Redmond, was his biggest critic but my god he is immense at the moment. Lemina also a class above when he came on. Valery was solid also.

 

Always said we had the players and hadn’t had the manager

 

 

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OttawaSaint

OttawaSaint

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Delighted with that. Missed the game as golfing today.

 

First time I've backed us to win for a longtime and that money will feel a little sweeter than the normal insurance bets

 

Ralph :adore:

 

:lol:

beatlesaint

beatlesaint

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Romeu also excellent. Covered so much ground and held it all together.

 

 

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He was good most of last week too, went a bit when he made the mistake for the second but overall good to see him back

shurlock

shurlock

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Delighted with that. Missed the game as golfing today.

 

First time I've backed us to win for a longtime and that money will feel a little sweeter than the normal insurance bets

 

Ralph :adore:

 

Heard you cleaned up with your Saints Leicester double too pal.

washsaint

washsaint

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Why on earth slag off Targett? He was excellent today: a lot of these players have not had game time in some time thanks to that p***k of a dinosaur Hughes and will only improve with more game time.

 

We are still not a good team but Ralph will have us comfortable mid-table of that I have no doubts. What a change to actually look forward to matches and be entertained. By lord, well overdue for the long suffering fans.

 

Loving the passion from Ralph and how we managed to get him as manager is way beyond me. He is too good for Saints

shurlock

shurlock

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Lemina will slot into Hoj’s spot, but when Hoj is back it could get interesting. Lemina to play in Armstrong’s place?

 

Lemina can easily play further up the pitch as he showed today as well as carry the ball from deeper positions. Been calling for Romeu-Hoj-Lemina for ages. Hopefully that’s the case after Hoj returns from suspension.

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