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Southampton 1-1 Arsenal - Match Thread


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Just now, Lighthouse said:

Thankfully the case for staying up isn’t constructed solely on your performance against the team top of the league, with your five best players injured.

I agree. It is the fact we are one of the worst teams' in the league

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Just now, Saint Fan CaM said:

Our corners are dogshit considering we’ve supposedly got one of the best set piece deliverers in the country!

He puts them into very dangerous areas nearly all of the time.  We are being defended well enough against them.  Teams are weary of it.  Like highlight the last time we got a free kick 25-30 yards out, just left of centre of the opponents box?  

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1 minute ago, Lighthouse said:

Thankfully the case for staying up isn’t constructed solely on your performance against the team top of the league, with your five best players injured.

No its the results against Everton Wolves Villa but guess you forgot them

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1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

He puts them into very dangerous areas nearly all of the time.  We are being defended well enough against them.  Teams are weary of it.  Like highlight the last time we got a free kick 25-30 yards out, just left of centre of the opponents box?  

But that’s the point - they have apparently been practicing set pieces in training, so clearly that coaching is piss poor!

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I have never seen a player walk as much in a game as Aribo has today. Few minutes ago he did what I try and get away with at 5-a-Side, watched Saka run away from him and pointed it out to Perraud to sprint further to track him rather than running himself. He’s a quality player on the ball but we can’t carry his lack of effort at the moment.

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Just now, AngusHyd said:

At what point do we swap who is taking corners to mix it up a little? That or at least JWP could try a different type of delivery rather than the same old low ball near post. 

It's Ralph ball. We do it over and over again until we get it right!

He had the team watch Karate Kid last night to emphasise this. 

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I never expect us to beat teams like Arsenal, but the saddest thing is we're just crap at the basics. Our high press is so pathetic these days, we're always 5 yards too slow meaning we often give away moronic fouls. We give the ball away so much especially when playing out from the back. 

We're doing ok, it's only 1-0, but we are depressing to watch these days.

That was almost a shot on target from Stu! BOOM BOOM!

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Only positive is that we’re just one behind.  Ralph has to get more presence into midfield somehow - think get Edozie on for Aribo, put Larios in at RB and put Lyanco into CDM allowing JWP and Diallo a more forward role. I don’t know, its as likely to work as what’s happening out there so far. Otherwise we might as well hand them the three points now and have an early tea.

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Not the worst display by us. Good goal by Xhaka. Don't really feel we carry much threat though, even when we have a spell of decent passing.

Most disappointing thing is the set pieces. Zero Threat from the 6 we've had. Surely we should at least throw in the odd play it short or threat of it.

Also still dislike how we pull everyone back for their corners. Makes it difficult for ourselves when we win the first ball.

Perraud really struggling with Saka.

Also not sure how the ref only came up with 2 minutes added time. Though was sure he was going to give one of those penalty shouts, so positive from that point of view.

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2 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

What's happened to Stu Armstrong?

From one of the most important players in the team to a non entity.

he does his best work running off the ball. We never have the ball so his whole game is gone. You are right though. He really is a non entity these days.

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I looked at a stat on how many of our shots in the last two years have been blocked by defenders 

Staggered to read 84% of our shots hit the first defender, 40% more than any team.

Then you think unlucky or do we shoot at them standing in front of them? Why can’t they do a shimmy or something to make an opening. Stuart Armstrong used too while Adam always  hits the first defender every bloody time.

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