1. Saints overconfidence. After running out 2-1 winners against a largely reserve side in a competition the Italian giants have little interest in, they were brimming with confidence and thought all they had to do was turn up. 2. Saints disjointed. Puel likes to tinker, they made 5 changes for the visit of Inter Milan and a further 6 changes today. That was evident in the disjointed and unsettled manner in which they played. 3. Charlie Austin. He converted the penalty granted, but otherwise he couldn't hit a bus on a bandstand with a biscuit barrel. He found himself with the ball in numerous dangerous areas to add to his tally but failed to make any half decent attempt to actually score from them. 4. Complacency. Closely linked to point number one, given Hull City's turgid run of form and injury record, Southampton were so cock sure of themselves, all they had to do was turn up wasn't it?
This is exactly what the papers will report. What the beautiful sarf did wrong, rather than telling everyone about a courageous fight back. **** em.
I think we were helped by circumstance - Keane getting injured when he did forced Phelan into playing the way we should have been from the start. Plus, Snodgrass.
5. Snodgrass 6. Cracking two minutes 7. Marshall (showed what a good goalie he is, for those doubters where would Jako's confidence be if he had similar run of games)
i believe the thread title was based on this headline on newsnow: Four reasons why Southampton will smash Hull CityFootballFanCast.com 20:11 Sat, 05 Nov
Gotta say I agree. The three points are great, and the spirit was great, but we were played off the park from start to finish!
