Match Day Thread Southampton v Arsenal Sunday 16th December 2018 13:30.. the Welcome Ralph Thread

It is a shambles, especially as whenever I watch streams from other countries their pundits are all a lot more insightful than ours.

They actually went into our pressing style today which was quite good though, credit where it’s due

 

Great result, but arsenal were pretty dreadful all in all and we still look very fragile at the back too often.
However, wonderful to see the passion return, very impressed with Pierre and (he says quietly) the big Dane ....... and the whole team.
We are still prone to mistakes but the pressing of Arsenal was good to see and I really loved the way Ralph went over to Charlie after the end and have him a huge hug!
Onwards to Huddersfield now ..... we need a good result there or we’ll all be forgetting this one ...

 

That match of the day analysis was incredible.

 

Well based on the little I know and now have seen about Hassenhuttl I am guessing he is going to be a bit of a media darling if he is successful. Has the ****y classless touchline antics like Klopp which gives them good clips/headlines and plays an attractive style which is good to watch. From the couple of interviews I've seen he seems a good person for soundbites as well. So wouldn't surprise me to see us start to get more coverage

 

It was basically what me and TLL were saying earlier about high pressing...

 

I thought Osvaldorama was being sarcastic ?

 

And what a corner.
When I saw Maya lining up away from the others, I thought he would be the target and boy did Matty find him well.
Shame it didn’t go in, but then Arsenal would have had longer to find an equaliser.
I was half expecting them to smuggle Giroud along the coast, from playing at Brighton, to play out the last few minutes.

 

Great clip of Hasenhüttl at the end of the MOTD2 coverage where he’s walking around the pitch at the end acknowledging the crowd. You can see him saying “Passion, passion, passion”.

 

Loved it. Pressing like we meant it. 3 goals from open play. Not going all park the bus when we were leading. Best atmosphere at St Mary’s since Koeman. Shane did well. So many positives.
And did I mention the three points and being out of the bottom three. No? Well I figured you had all heard.
Great, great Sunday.

 

Oh jog on. Huge portions of that match were poor. Go spend a bit more time looking at my post history if that's your idea of an enjoyable Sunday night

 

Probably heard there were loads of free vouchers to free beer so was keen to end the game quickly

 

I thought that to when I heard it

 

I was really impressed with him

 

Touch wood - who’s?

 

Full press conference here. Seven and a bit minutes of Ralph with the media.

 

Sounds like I'm spoilt for choice. Havent seen the forum this aroused for years.

 

It is always great to beat Arsenal. I used to love it particularly because Wenger always seemed a bad loser. With Emery in charge, I wasn't sure that victory would be quite as sweet but got to admit that the manner in which we did it made it even more enjoyable.

I wonder if , for the icing on the cake, someone could post a link to that comedy black chap with big glasses who always goes on Gunners TV about Arsenal expecting to beat "little" clubs like Southampton. He was priceless after we tonked Arsenal a few Boxing Days ago. It would be great to see if he was in form again after last night!

 

When I left the ground yesterday; I did come across Arsenal TV. But I left it well alone.

 

It really wasn’t poor.

 

You must be feeling low today Magic, what with no negativity to dwell on ....