1. Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!

Match Day Thread Stoke City V Southampton 30.09.17

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by SAINTDON13, Sep 27, 2017.

  1. OddRiverOakWizards

    OddRiverOakWizards Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2011
    Messages:
    9,020
    Likes Received:
    3,002
    I guess teams must feel that if they get one & sit deep then they can win. Saints have played OK so far!
     
    #201
  2. SouthamptonFCroatia

    SouthamptonFCroatia Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 4, 2013
    Messages:
    3,607
    Likes Received:
    1,302
    I'm impressed how poor Davis is in no 10 position. First instinct always to look back or to the side. Never ever forward.
     
    #202
    Munson owns Fosse likes this.
  3. SaintsForTheWin

    SaintsForTheWin Any holes a goal

    Joined:
    Feb 18, 2011
    Messages:
    19,424
    Likes Received:
    9,254
    Forster should have caught it. #scapegoat
     
    #203
    Onionman likes this.
  4. Saints_Alive

    Saints_Alive Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 4, 2011
    Messages:
    31,378
    Likes Received:
    36,259
    I love Maya and Shane but we really should be picking our best players, Wesley and Gabbi should've started the game IMO. Shane will never be a natural goalscorer and we need at least one to be on the pitch at all times.
     
    #204
  5. Beef

    Beef Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 22, 2011
    Messages:
    35,745
    Likes Received:
    9,708
    Redmond off and get Gabbi on. Put Long on the wing and Gabbi in the middle.

    I would also be tempted to replace Van Dijk, he looks knackered.
     
    #205
    Paddy Podped likes this.
  6. Onionman

    Onionman Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 20, 2012
    Messages:
    6,037
    Likes Received:
    9,382
    C'mon Tom, I know you dislike Fraser but give him some credit.

    Vin
     
    #206
  7. Paddy Podped

    Paddy Podped Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 22, 2011
    Messages:
    5,994
    Likes Received:
    5,483
    This is exactly the front formation I'd pferer too.

    Long attacking off the right is the positio he played under Koeman when he did so well.
     
    #207
  8. OddRiverOakWizards

    OddRiverOakWizards Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2011
    Messages:
    9,020
    Likes Received:
    3,002
    Long is great at running the channels but then there is no-one in the box
     
    #208
  9. Beef

    Beef Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 22, 2011
    Messages:
    35,745
    Likes Received:
    9,708
    Forster having a good game so far.
     
    #209
    Saints_Alive likes this.
  10. st_brendy

    st_brendy Well-Known Member
    Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    Apr 13, 2011
    Messages:
    22,955
    Likes Received:
    11,561
    Please, please, please can we rip up this formation. Either at HT, or over the international break.
     
    #210

  11. garysfc

    garysfc Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    5,763
    Likes Received:
    3,840
    According to BBC, Saints had 68% possession first half but Stoke had 17 shots vs our 7 .......
     
    #211
  12. VVD

    VVD Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 11, 2011
    Messages:
    5,532
    Likes Received:
    2,326
    Poor quality from both sides. Very scrappy.
     
    #212
  13. Saintmagic

    Saintmagic Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 5, 2011
    Messages:
    22,836
    Likes Received:
    16,901
    Stoke have not had 17 shots.

    We do look toothless though
     
    #213
  14. Beef

    Beef Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 22, 2011
    Messages:
    35,745
    Likes Received:
    9,708
    Not going to happen. The formation isn't the problem, we haven't got the forward players. We need to get a forward who can hold play up and a number 10 in Jan badly. Then maybe a winger as well.
     
    #214
  15. Saintmagic

    Saintmagic Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 5, 2011
    Messages:
    22,836
    Likes Received:
    16,901
    Well if we haven't got the forward players to play this formation then we need to try a different formation to try and get something out of them.
     
    #215
    st_brendy likes this.
  16. saintsfcfan

    saintsfcfan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 2, 2011
    Messages:
    6,189
    Likes Received:
    3,493
    Right, game isn't lost. Feel the goal was against the run of play and would love to beat Stoke after Berahino missed that pen.
     
    #216
    OddRiverOakWizards likes this.
  17. garysfc

    garysfc Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    5,763
    Likes Received:
    3,840
    Just stating BBC - they're usually pretty good with that stuff? Ps. That's total of on & off target btw.
     
    #217
  18. ElliotMP

    ElliotMP Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 16, 2013
    Messages:
    2,773
    Likes Received:
    1,842
    It is the formation/tactics when there is no one in the box. Doesnt matter how good a player you are, you need bodies arriving into the box, which comes from tactics/how the manager wants his team to play.
     
    #218
  19. SouthamptonFCroatia

    SouthamptonFCroatia Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 4, 2013
    Messages:
    3,607
    Likes Received:
    1,302
    Don't even bother. :D
     
    #219
  20. st_brendy

    st_brendy Well-Known Member
    Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    Apr 13, 2011
    Messages:
    22,955
    Likes Received:
    11,561
    But until January, that is irrelevant. I spent the entire summer shouting my head off about us needing to sign forward players. But there's no use doing it since 1 Sep. Until January, we have to find a way to work with what we've got. And this formation, with one up front, and Redmond on the left, and Davis as a supposed no.10, simply does not work.
     
    #220
  21. ......loading......

    ......loading...... 25 undefeated

    Joined:
    Aug 31, 2012
    Messages:
    12,812
    Likes Received:
    13,306
    That is one of the most frustrating halves ever. We dominate the ball and play the worst final balls imaginable. Just utter dross. Some of those balls I would be embarrassed with if I had hit them drunk, with my arms tied behind my back, and one leg being eaten by a crocodile.
     
    #220

Share This Page