Recent content by Imsaintsme

I think he's looked quite sluggish most of the season actually but his qualities are there for all to see. He tends to drift out of games a lot and some of his passing is laboured but so did Le Tissier and his contributions were vast. I think our setup does not help him. Especially when...

Watched the game live and the full match highlights on sky. The problem for me is that we play a high pressing game and Ramirez does not contribute to pressing high and Puncheon and Lallana can't tackle. We play a very high line, so if our attacking players leave the pressing to...

I'm a little shocked how some have reacted. Remember you support Southampton and not Adkins. Firstly, Without the financial has backing that Nige had we would not have got anywhere and secondly every one of us has questioned some of Nigels team selections, substitutions and tactics this season...

Our passing was woeful. Liverpool pressed us high so we needed to be on our game but were poor. Players looked tired, especially in midfield and Lambert was isolated and looked star struck most of the game. We gave Liverpool far too much respect. We should be taking note of teams like Swansea...

I agree with everything Fran stated. I now have renewed hope that we can turn things around. Newcastle were poor yesterday and have been off form for a few weeks. We need to capitalise on that and take all 3. Norwich are a funny side. They really raise their game against the big teams but...

Gazza - 5 he is young playing in a team shipping goals for fun - he will improve as he gains confidence. Clyne - 8 looks the real deal Yoshida - 7 Solid Fonte. - 8 won a lot of important headers Shaw - 9 class act. Cool calm composed. Puncheon - 8 Very good game for Punch however I thought he...

Nice sensible posting all round. I personally would not be happy with relegation. I can barely stand to lose a single match let alone drop a division again but that's more down to my own competitive nature. I want to win and that's ultimately what football is about. I happen to believe it...

Yeah Mulumbu is class but all successful premier league teams have that kind of player so that to me is a priority. If our back line had better protection we would not be in this position. West Ham got Diame in and he has been excellent for them. Arsenals biggest failure was selling Song to...

Hindsight is such a wonderful thing. I'm sure Adkins genuinely believed we would catch the league by surprise so he tried something different and got in attacking players assuming we would pick up enough points getting at teams. Yoshida looked like a panic buy to me but it did show that he...

Bring back Strachan and let him finish what he started.

Adkins tactics - 1 Gazza - 5 Clyne - 6 Fonte - 5 Yoshida - 4 Fox - 4 Ramirez - 5 Davis - 2 Schneid - 5 Lallana - 5 J Rod - 4 (but he did try) Lambert - 4 Me for watching that crap - 10

That's fine but we are not outscoring the opposition so something has to change. We are not Arsenal ! We can be adventurous and organised at the same time. We have also seen that we can play counter attacking football and be successful. (Leeds away last year is a prime example). As I said, we...

I agree with Trixter completely. West Ham are not exactly a boring team. They are playing to their own strengths and it works for them. You can't begrudge them that. We seem to be caught up in this belief that Saints are a beautiful attacking team that can play our opponents off the park and...

No brainer for me. We need more protection for the backline and to allow full backs to push on. We need a box to box midfielder to link the forward line and we need a blend of pace and industry in attack. Crucially we need to start playing players in the right positions. This is my...

We won't sack Adkins unless we have a suitable manager lined up. Will Cortese be looking? I think so. Every business has a contingency plan. Let's get behind Adkins for the foreseeable. If he's not delivered in the next 3 games then a change will be a must if we want to stay up as he will...