Dazza82 Posted 1 January, 2020 Share Posted 1 January, 2020 bangDoes he have any reply to this?? I doubt it. Bravo Sir Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted 1 January, 2020 Share Posted 1 January, 2020 Perhaps some credit ought to go to Kitzbichler, or at least to having an assistant again. Ralph lost his way, without an assistant (Rohl) to bounce ideas off, eventually Kitzbichler comes in and after a few weeks things start to turn round. Coincidence?Kitzbichler apparently is also an oposition analyst could it be that we are doing better homework on our opponents football style now? Sent from my moto g(7) play using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danjosaint Posted 1 January, 2020 Share Posted 1 January, 2020 Kitzbichler apparently is also an oposition analyst could it be that we are doing better homework on our opponents football style now? Sent from my moto g(7) play using Tapatalk He obviously didn't analyse West ham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted 1 January, 2020 Share Posted 1 January, 2020 He obviously didn't analyse West hamMaybe he did maybe his advice wasn't implemented but RH is listening now Sent from my moto g(7) play using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevy777_x Posted 1 January, 2020 Share Posted 1 January, 2020 Its laughable how you all think that now that Saints are doing well it must be because Ralph is listening to his new assistant. Looooooooool fuc king get a grip. Also now that we are doing well, sudddenly Ralph has an assissrant and it is no longer urgent to find a replacement to Rohl. Fickle fickle fickle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 1 January, 2020 Share Posted 1 January, 2020 Its laughable how you all think that now that Saints are doing well it must be because Ralph is listening to his new assistant. Looooooooool fuc king get a grip. Also now that we are doing well, sudddenly Ralph has an assissrant and it is no longer urgent to find a replacement to Rohl. Fickle fickle fickle. Laugh out out out out out out out out out out out out out loud. Moron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 2 January, 2020 Share Posted 2 January, 2020 Kitzbichler apparently is also an oposition analyst could it be that we are doing better homework on our opponents football style now? Sent from my moto g(7) play using Tapatalk It seems the assistants are contributing more as our set pieces have improved defensively and offensively. The substitutions have improved plus our overall formation. I doubt it’s all down to Ralph just changing the formation but actually having a good team around him on the bench and on the training ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangelyBrown Posted 2 January, 2020 Share Posted 2 January, 2020 It seems the assistants are contributing more as our set pieces have improved defensively and offensively. The substitutions have improved plus our overall formation. I doubt it’s all down to Ralph just changing the formation but actually having a good team around him on the bench and on the training ground.Also I think Ralph has finally worked out who his first choice team is (particularly at the back) and the team is massively benefitting from consistency. Sent from my HRY-LX1 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 2 January, 2020 Share Posted 2 January, 2020 not too long ago, he was apparently getting the most out of the team when we were 18th and that was the best it could get.. Glad Ralph didnt agree with the forum experts.... Not to long ago, Ralph was apparently a terrible manager, who didn't know what he he was doing, who needed replacing, when we were 18th, and only changing him would save us .. Glad the club didn't listen to the forum experts... Sent from my moto g(6) using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 2 January, 2020 Share Posted 2 January, 2020 Not to long ago, Ralph was apparently a terrible manager, who didn't know what he he was doing, who needed replacing, when we were 18th, and only changing him would save us .. Glad the club didn't listen to the forum experts... Sent from my moto g(6) using Tapatalk"Get in Fat Sam!! He will save us!!! Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 2 January, 2020 Share Posted 2 January, 2020 so, we can all agree that being 17th/18th was not Ralph getting the best out of this team/squad...and in fact, he was performing badly as manager. Otherwise, he would be no better than Mark Hughes, when it is clear, he is. the peoples thread, this. Unity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevy777_x Posted 2 January, 2020 Share Posted 2 January, 2020 Not to long ago, Ralph was apparently a terrible manager, who didn't know what he he was doing, who needed replacing, when we were 18th, and only changing him would save us .. Glad the club didn't listen to the forum experts... Sent from my moto g(6) using Tapatalk And now they are trying to save their faces by blabing out their latest expertise on the subject. Utterly utterly laughable. “It seems... maybe...” No one knows what happened, what was changed etc... Not you, not me only the people inside the club in the close quarters know this. Plus, lets just enjoy this period and stop trying to find culprits all the time. Even when we are winning people are trying to find something to moan or somebody to blame (Adams, Boufal etc...). They ll be complaining about the beer at the stadium next when there will be next to nothing to complain about on the playing field. Blame culture within the fanbase and the media is a fuc king gangrene. Congrats to the whole club, you are making us very proud!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted 2 January, 2020 Share Posted 2 January, 2020 I'll readily admit my faith in him wavered with some of his bizarre tactical choices earlier in the season. Happy to see us playing with more of a plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnersaint Posted 2 January, 2020 Share Posted 2 January, 2020 Somewhere in the back story of 'pundit world' preseason was an idea that Saints would struggle at the start and it would be around half a season before RH had the team playing the way he wanted. Just looked at a couple of prediction sites one of which has us only getting another 13 points this season and winning no more home games. Happy New Year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 2 January, 2020 Share Posted 2 January, 2020 And now they are trying to save their faces by blabing out their latest expertise on the subject. Utterly utterly laughable. “It seems... maybe...” No one knows what happened, what was changed etc... Not you, not me only the people inside the club in the close quarters know this. Plus, lets just enjoy this period and stop trying to find culprits all the time. Even when we are winning people are trying to find something to moan or somebody to blame (Adams, Boufal etc...). They ll be complaining about the beer at the stadium next when there will be next to nothing to complain about on the playing field. Blame culture within the fanbase and the media is a fuc king gangrene. Congrats to the whole club, you are making us very proud!!! Well the beer is terrible....freezing cold gassy ale yuk when they have a brilliant brewery a few hundred yards away Unity. Is that ok? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 2 January, 2020 Share Posted 2 January, 2020 I'll readily admit my faith in him wavered with some of his bizarre tactical choices earlier in the season. Happy to see us playing with more of a plan. Yep, me too. He looked like a broken man earlier in the season, but we now seem to be back to the kind of performance level we saw when he first came in last season. I simply don't know enough about what goes on behind the scenes to say whether or not having an assistant is the main factor in our recent upturn in performance, but it would seem to fit. We're much more disciplined defensively now, and that has to be down to the coaching. We've also got Matt Crocker due to join in the technical director role very shortly as well, but he may well have been having some degree of influence already. I think another big factor is the inclusion of Armstrong in midfield - he's been a revelation and is now putting in the kind of performances that he was always clearly capable of but never quite managed on a regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinhard Posted 2 January, 2020 Share Posted 2 January, 2020 And now they are trying to save their faces by blabing out their latest expertise on the subject. Utterly utterly laughable. “It seems... maybe...” No one knows what happened, what was changed etc... Not you, not me only the people inside the club in the close quarters know this. Plus, lets just enjoy this period and stop trying to find culprits all the time. Congrats to the whole club, you are making us very proud!!! I think RH figured it out be himself. Out of necessity. He stated in recent times frequently that he had wanted to make step two before step one was fully done. So he returned to implement step one again (pressing, defending from attackers onwards etc.) to keep it on a continual basis. Only when this step 1 is really really part of the team, mentally and physically, they will start to (hopefully carefully) implement more sophisticated tactics - if ever necessary. By the way - I believe that only Liverpool and MC are stronger than we are in the moment (and they nevertheless will have a hard time trying to defeat us). Leicester, having seen them angainst Liverpool, are not stronger than we are. I expect on or threee points from that match. Everton can be an issue - their coach is very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 2 January, 2020 Share Posted 2 January, 2020 I think RH figured it out be himself. Out of necessity. He stated in recent times frequently that he had wanted to make step two before step one was fully done. So he returned to implement step one again (pressing, defending from attackers onwards etc.) to keep it on a continual basis. Only when this step 1 is really really part of the team, mentally and physically, they will start to (hopefully carefully) implement more sophisticated tactics - if ever necessary. By the way - I believe that only Liverpool and MC are stronger than we are in the moment (and they nevertheless will have a hard time trying to defeat us). Leicester, having seen them angainst Liverpool, are not stronger than we are. I expect on or threee points from that match. Everton can be an issue - their coach is very good.That's mad Leicester have been cracking all season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinhard Posted 2 January, 2020 Share Posted 2 January, 2020 That's mad Leicester have been cracking all season. Not against Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 2 January, 2020 Share Posted 2 January, 2020 Leicester, having seen them angainst Liverpool, are not stronger than we are. I expect on or threee points from that match. That's mad Leicester have been cracking all season. Not against Liverpool. Did you watch them at St Mary's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 2 January, 2020 Share Posted 2 January, 2020 Not against Liverpool.Yes the best team in the league by miles. If we had played them we would have been spanked too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinhard Posted 3 January, 2020 Share Posted 3 January, 2020 Yes the best team in the league by miles. If we had played them we would have been spanked too. Yes. But we did not loose 0-4 as far as I remember against Liverpool. Southampton performance is now different than the 0-9. Leicester has problems with our pressing, you will see. I bet 50% draw or 50% win in Leicester. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted 3 January, 2020 Share Posted 3 January, 2020 That's mad Leicester have been cracking all season. Well the team should certainly be fired up to get revenge - can not see a better motivation than revenge, certainly Ralph will have a very easy team talk, "Lad's let's' make it up for our fans and dignity". Would not be surprised to see a red card or two in this game. One thing is for sure, we will not lose 9-0. Think/hope we will get a deserved draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomosaint Posted 3 January, 2020 Share Posted 3 January, 2020 I was in the car on the way home after the palace game and listening to Berties interview on radio solent he mentioned something of note, he said "after the Everton game the manager has made a few tactical tweaks and is playing players in their preferred positions, asking them to do what they are good at and what they are comfortable doing" seems like Ralph has learned from his early season blunders and is now reaping the fruits of sensible decisions. Long may it continue, we have looked mustard the last few weeks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 3 January, 2020 Share Posted 3 January, 2020 Yes. But we did not loose 0-4 as far as I remember against Liverpool. Southampton performance is now different than the 0-9. Leicester has problems with our pressing, you will see. I bet 50% draw or 50% win in Leicester. What do you think?Yes we have improved since losing to Leicester but it's absurd to suggest they aren't generally a lot better than us. I think we will most likely lose to them. You never know if we catch them on an off day and play well but I don't think we can use their loss to Liverpool to suggest they still aren't one of the best teams in the division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurosaint Posted 3 January, 2020 Share Posted 3 January, 2020 Have always been an admirer of Ralph and only wavered slightly (never wanted him sacked) but I think we all realise that he was making some bizarre team selections, formations and subs for a while ! It is no coincidence that since we have had a settled team with players in their natural positions, our fortunes have risen dramatically ! Whether he has had help from within or he just woke up and smelt the coffee, none of us really know but something definitely happened, thank you Lord ! COYS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinhard Posted 3 January, 2020 Share Posted 3 January, 2020 Yes we have improved since losing to Leicester but it's absurd to suggest they aren't generally a lot better than us. I think we will most likely lose to them. You never know if we catch them on an off day and play well but I don't think we can use their loss to Liverpool to suggest they still aren't one of the best teams in the division. You are right, Leicester is a top team, no doubt. What I mean is that right now they will have a hard time playing against us; taking into account our preformances against top teams recently. Even if Leicester has a good day it will be difficult to defeat us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenue_Saint Posted 3 January, 2020 Share Posted 3 January, 2020 You are right, Leicester is a top team, no doubt. What I mean is that right now they will have a hard time playing against us; taking into account our preformances against top teams recently. Even if Leicester has a good day it will be difficult to defeat us. I agree [emoji1360] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 3 January, 2020 Share Posted 3 January, 2020 You are right, Leicester is a top team, no doubt. What I mean is that right now they will have a hard time playing against us; taking into account our preformances against top teams recently. Even if Leicester has a good day it will be difficult to defeat us.Yes but that's a bit different from using their Liverpool performance to suggest they aren't better than us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinhard Posted 3 January, 2020 Share Posted 3 January, 2020 Yes but that's a bit different from using their Liverpool performance to suggest they aren't better than us. OK, maybe I was not quite clear with my statements. Generally I think - PROVIDING we can continue with our performances - that every team will have a hard time trying to defeat us. This will also apply to Leicester, and they are not on the level of Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie May Posted 3 January, 2020 Share Posted 3 January, 2020 You are right, Leicester is a top team, no doubt. What I mean is that right now they will have a hard time playing against us; taking into account our preformances against top teams recently. Even if Leicester has a good day it will be difficult to defeat us. Leicester will beat us easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinhard Posted 3 January, 2020 Share Posted 3 January, 2020 Leicester will beat us easily. Let's see :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 3 January, 2020 Share Posted 3 January, 2020 Leicester will beat us easily. Perhaps they will, but you did say this in the Spurs build up thread... They will hammer us im afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintmonkey1979 Posted 3 January, 2020 Share Posted 3 January, 2020 Leicester will beat us easily.The same was said recently of Chelsea and Tottenham. We're not the finished article, by a long stretch, but I kind of feel you are being more than a little dismissive of recent improvements. They may beat us, but "easily" is wide of the mark in my opinion. If I'm wrong, I'll hold my hands up and apologise, but I really don't think I am. Guess we'll see after the match Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenue_Saint Posted 3 January, 2020 Share Posted 3 January, 2020 Leicester will beat us easily. Skate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 3 January, 2020 Share Posted 3 January, 2020 Well the team should certainly be fired up to get revenge - can not see a better motivation than revenge, certainly Ralph will have a very easy team talk, "Lad's let's' make it up for our fans and dignity". Would not be surprised to see a red card or two in this game. One thing is for sure, we will not lose 9-0. Think/hope we will get a deserved draw. Not very often that a team does the double. I’ll go for a draw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 3 January, 2020 Share Posted 3 January, 2020 Well the team should certainly be fired up to get revenge - can not see a better motivation than revenge, certainly Ralph will have a very easy team talk, "Lad's let's' make it up for our fans and dignity". Would not be surprised to see a red card or two in this game. One thing is for sure, we will not lose 9-0. Think/hope we will get a deserved draw. Hope one is for crocking Vardy and ruling him out of the Carabao Cup Semi - Final Second Leg, and Final then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 3 January, 2020 Share Posted 3 January, 2020 Leicester will beat us easily. The may indeed beat us, but it won't be easily*. We're playing well and full of confidence. *Unless it's raining cats and dogs, and Bertie gets sent off early in the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 3 January, 2020 Share Posted 3 January, 2020 Hope one is for crocking Vardy and ruling him out of the Carabao Cup Semi - Final Second Leg, and Final then... Nice thought. Is half a season enough for revenge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinhard Posted 3 January, 2020 Share Posted 3 January, 2020 The may indeed beat us, but it won't be easily*. We're playing well and full of confidence. *Unless it's raining cats and dogs, and Bertie gets sent off early in the match. Great answer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tajjuk Posted 4 January, 2020 Share Posted 4 January, 2020 Leicester are very good but I don't think they have been in as good form recently as they were for the first 2-3 months of the season. Granted they have played Liverpool and Man City recently, but they were poor in both games not really in them at all, plus they drew at home to Norwich, drew away to Everton in the cup throwing away a 2 goal lead, narrowly beat a terrible West Ham (with a changed team) and even their 3-0 against Newcastle flattered them as Newcastle gifted them all the goals and had 4 players injured in the game. They will still probably beat us but if we play like we have against Chelsea and Spurs then we have every chance of causing them problems and at least picking up a point IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Shall we keep him now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Sack the manager! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Ralph out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Arguably the best Saints performances for 3 years now, coming from a bunch of players most were writing off as Championship quality. It's all about Ralph. Gao needs to back him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefoggy Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Ralph has proved himself over the last couple of months, its been an incredible turnaround and the best man for the job by far. But the board simply MUST back him in the current and next transfer window. Europe here we come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 glad Ralph knew he should have been doing better and 17-18th is not the best we can hope for. brilliant turn around from him. Superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenridge Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Fast becoming one of my favourite SFC managers for many reasons. Hope we can keep hold of him for a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 He's turned it round and clearly the changes have been effective. Fantastic performance and result today and since December. We were, however, utterly dreadful at the start of the season. Let's hope we can get through the season without that form and those behaviours returning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Would like to see RH given a contract extension 'now' rather than wait until the usual 'will he, won't he?' period kicks in from this summer onwards. Yes, I know contract extensions are largely arbitrary and/or token efforts as managers can still be sacked and/or poached regardless, but it sends out the right symbolic signals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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