I only saw the last half hour but that was surprisingly enjoyable. Quarshie looked much more assured and Ekitiké getting sent off for that goal celebration was one of the funniest (and stupidest) things I've seen for a while. Downs looked poor. I'm quite surprised Stewart isn't getting more game time. Wow, I've just seen their first goal. Ridiculous pass from McCarthy. Full-on Martinball nonsense.
Downs has a first touch like a trampoline. I wouldn't trust him to keep a year 5 disco under control!
This is saints all over though. Been doing it years. Impressive performance but loss against one of the big teams. We all sit here and say yeah that was good, if we play like that we'll be fine. Lose the next game 2-0. That's the true Southampton Way.
It’s a moot point, but I don’t get how we didn’t get the corner at the end. Surely physics says if Gomez won the ball, it’s a corner. If the ref and lino think it’s come off Charles, Gomez has to go through him and it’s a pen. Obviously it was a great tackle, but I’m baffled as to how this can’t be the case for the officials, it’s clearly a corner.
So we spent £12m on a striker who has hardly played through injury in three seasons and £8m on a player we don't want to play and £6m we hope never plays unless against us. Brilliant!
Wonder if tiredness might have had an impact on that goal at the end. Defensive line all over the place.
Definitely on side on the first ball - Wood keeps him on. Looked like Chiesa passed it forward though. Never understand the rules. Isn’t that only ok if played back?
By the time Chiesa touches it, the line is all over the place. But at the point the ball leaves Robertson's foot, Jelert, Edwards, Quarshie, and Manning all look fairly in line. The problem is that Wood is behind them all.
I'd be happy to see any combination of Wood, Ronnie and Josh against Boro (and yes that includes in a 5!)
