Went to the game and it felt like a proper lower league ground and the Brentford staff were extremely welcoming! Brentford's played to wide men and gave us a tough time in the first half, our defence was rather porous and some of our players looked rusty. However we started the second half extremely well and we started to flow. Then all the changes late on led to Saints losing their momentum. I thought Steven Davis was our best player and Boufal put in a real shift and looked hungry. Interesting that Gallagher played wide right.
I thought their DM Sawyer was excellent until his own player kicked him in the guts which resulted in our first goal. a midfielder that looks to move the ball quickly to the attackers yes please
https://southamptonfc.com/news/2017-07-22/gallery-southampton-brentford-pre-season-friendly The gallery from the Brentford match....kept getting confused by their red stripes and thought we'd got new players. As if.
Different manager, same footballers, same style of football, same problems. I wasn't inspired. This team needs freshening up no matter what Les says.
The team move on to France now (a left over from Puel's reign). Perhaps we'll have a preseason in Argentina when Mauricio leaves. This will be particularly useful as all the players will be back in training.
Charlie looks a tad slimmer than he did last season, and before. Can't say that stripes are slimming because that's been the case throughout. Looks a trimmer lad to me. Away strip looks really nice. All-white socks, with nary a trace of hoop, look classy.
