SotonianWill Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 1 hour ago, Tommy Mulgrew said: We played the first half with one DM who is young, inexperienced and misplaced several passes. Curse him for f*cking up our percentage of passes completed stat. The other day we were on par with Man City, Real Madrid et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 (edited) 6 hours ago, chownie20 said: I dont think this was thattttt bad. We hit the bar in the first half and had 2 or 3 other very good chances. One of those goes in and its another win. Brooks I thought was creative as was Edozie. Smallbone does frustrate me as he recycles so much, Rothwell at least drives forward. Didnt think Charles was that bad - broke up play well once or twice. Sulemana didnt have a great night when he came on but kept losing his footing on the crap pitch! As long as I've been watching football... (more than 60 years now).. hitting the woodwork doesn't count for anything, neither do missed chances in front of goal, ignored penalty shouts or goal-line clearances. They are merely pointless statistics we use to try and comfort ourselves for the fact that we finished the game ...pointless. Whether we play well, or badly and just get lucky, scoring one goal more than the opposition is the only manner of getting all 3 points. Last night we failed on several counts, but at least the continuation of the record number of games is no longer a burden to worry about. We must get back to square one and start counting..... Edited February 14 by david in sweden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 A tremendous run that was bound to come to an end. A bit of a damp squib. I do wonder that 4 changes to the starting line up was a bit much. I know 2 were due to injury. Perhaps play the strongest starting 11 and then bring on subs once the game was safe 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Couldn’t watch the game - glad of that. The bits I snatched a quick look at confirm much of what I’ve read on here….Manning was his usual shit self and we lost possession too many times. Sad that the unbeaten run comes to an end like that, but it had to happen sometime. So perhaps best to get it out the way now. Generally I feel this exposes the weaknesses of RM’s system (encourages slow build up play) and his knack of playing favourites (Manning) even when performances don’t warrant it. Think these things will ultimately consign us to the play-offs. Big game against WBA now in terms of re-setting squad mentality. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 The run was always going to end and losing one game after like 25 isn't exactly bad, however it's how we react to this loss. The manner of the loss was concerning though as 3-1 flattered us it could easily have been 5 0r 6 nil! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 1 hour ago, Mr X said: The run was always going to end and losing one game after like 25 isn't exactly bad, however it's how we react to this loss. The manner of the loss was concerning though as 3-1 flattered us it could easily have been 5 0r 6 nil! Have a word with yourself - it really wasn't that bad FFS. Yes we were well off our normal game, but despite the obvious deficiencies we still had the better chances to score before they got the first goal (which had a large element of fluke about it thanks to the deflection off Smallbone). If either of those had gone in it would have been a totally different game. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 (edited) 1 hour ago, Sheaf Saint said: Have a word with yourself - it really wasn't that bad FFS. Yes we were well off our normal game, but despite the obvious deficiencies we still had the better chances to score before they got the first goal (which had a large element of fluke about it thanks to the deflection off Smallbone). If either of those had gone in it would have been a totally different game. Yeah, but you're not allowed to take into account what might have or nearly happened.... #saintsweblaw Edited February 15 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dman Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 1 hour ago, Sheaf Saint said: Have a word with yourself - it really wasn't that bad FFS. Yes we were well off our normal game, but despite the obvious deficiencies we still had the better chances to score before they got the first goal (which had a large element of fluke about it thanks to the deflection off Smallbone). If either of those had gone in it would have been a totally different game. What's more concerning is that 2 weeks running, teams have found a way to have sucess against us. Pressure our midfield, press us high and attack the channels and you'll have sucess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca155 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 On 14/02/2024 at 14:24, trousers said: There were 3 players younger than Bragg in yesterday's squad... #ifyouregoodenoughyoureoldenough Didn't realise that, a better option on the bench perhaps, rather than multiple wingers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca155 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 On 14/02/2024 at 14:34, Smirking_Saint said: Stephens is terrible as a proactive defender so Id imagine putting him in a position where you need to be even more tactically astute is suicide Bit harsh imo, I doubt he'd do much worse. However remains a valid point. Got to do something otherwise teams will waltz through our midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee On Solent Saint Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 23 minutes ago, Dman said: What's more concerning is that 2 weeks running, teams have found a way to have sucess against us. Pressure our midfield, press us high and attack the channels and you'll have sucess. If it was easy as that, why doesn't every team play like that against us? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 (edited) 35 minutes ago, macca155 said: Didn't realise that, a better option on the bench perhaps, rather than multiple wingers Indeed.... I posted at the time (when the squad vs Bristol City was announced) that we didn't have any holding / defensive midfielders on the bench. On reflection, it does seem somewhat of an oversight (by Wilcox & co) that we've got decent squad depth in most positions but seemingly not in the 'No.6' position... Edited February 15 by trousers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 1 hour ago, Dman said: What's more concerning is that 2 weeks running, teams have found a way to have sucess against us. Pressure our midfield, press us high and attack the channels and you'll have sucess. It's not as if other teams' managers have only just sussed that out. The reason they have been so much more successful at it in the last two games can be ascribed overwhelmingly to the absence of Downes in midfield, who is infinitely better under pressure than either Smallbone or Charles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldandtired Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 6 hours ago, Sheaf Saint said: It's not as if other teams' managers have only just sussed that out. The reason they have been so much more successful at it in the last two games can be ascribed overwhelmingly to the absence of Downes in midfield, who is infinitely better under pressure than either Smallbone or Charles. If we really are that dependent on a single player then quite honestly we don't deserve to do well. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 On 13/02/2024 at 22:32, John B said: But do you really think this squad is good enough to finish in the top 2 I do not think it has the quality of players that Adkins had and will struggle in the PL but they have done really well so far Clearly at the moment the squad is not going to finish in the top two and I cannot see how it would not be relegation fodder if it did get to the PL It would be nice to see Ipswich in the PL for a season at least 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 I see Bristol City who brushed us aside quite convincingly about 10 days ago lost at Sheff Weds today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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