St Chalet Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 Encouraging. Could be more clinical and not concede sloppy goals if being picky. But what a refreshing change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 With City losing, the title race is back on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 A decent win but need some more work defensively but I`m confident ralf will sort in time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 Love it. Such a difference already. Long term I can only see things improving as fitness levels improve and Ralph adds players he wants. Sent from my SM-J600FN using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Saint Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 Six points and six goals in two games. Happy days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 Lovely jubbly...Hammers next and they just lost at home! Feeling confident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tajjuk Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 Let's hope we get back to the days of us winning 3-1 all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5string Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 Excellent result. Good to see Obafemi scoring. More goals for Ings and Redmond. Saints strikers are scoring again! Thank you, Ralph. More please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katalinic Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemanson Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 So here it is, merry Christmas, Nathan Redmond's had some fun, Ings scored another, Obafemi his first one... I'll get me coat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint77 Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 We would of lost that 4 weeks ago that’s the big difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 Take a bow Ralph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyell Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpweySaint Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkeith Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tauro Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwaysaint Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 Up to 16th (hopefully the baby-faced assassin helps us stay there today). Newcastle now in the sights to pass next. Effing typical that Palace won, but BHA dropping fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 Three points clear of the drop. Heady heights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 (edited) 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 Edited 22 December, 2018 by Jonnyboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsaint Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 Any highlights available yet ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austsaint Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 (edited) 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? Edited 22 December, 2018 by Jonnyboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabbage_Face Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 Romeu also excellent. Covered so much ground and held it all together. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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 Heard you cleaned up with your Saints Leicester double too pal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obelisk Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 Shocking to only score three against that lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 Lemina will slot into Hoj’s spot, but when Hoj is back it could get interesting. Lemina to play in Armstrong’s place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 When is Bertrand back, or is it one of those? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 Shocking to only score three against that lot. In fairness we wasted a number of chances, could easily have been 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washsaint Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 Those unselected players must be desperate to get involved in this, if not we need to find a way to get rid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted 22 December, 2018 Share Posted 22 December, 2018 Heard you cleaned up with your Saints Leicester double too pal. My mates call me mystic Meg but even I didn't see that coming. Fair play Puel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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