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Match Day Thread Brentford v Saints, Sat 7th May 3pm

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by thereisonlyoneno7, May 4, 2022.

  1. st_brendy

    st_brendy Well-Known Member
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    So without JWP's FK right on HT at the Amex, we'd be going in at HT 2-0 down away to all three of Burnley, Brighton and Brentford in the past month.

    That's horrific.
     
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  2. thereisonlyoneno7

    thereisonlyoneno7 Well-Known Member

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    Lol “Blindly Moaning” - that should have been his user name when he lost that bet but never followed through last year.
     
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  3. Itchen Masack

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    Its the same against all of the "lesser" teams. They know if they sit back defending we have no idea how to get past them and then they can charge at our defence when the team is forward. Cant really see much point in us having 2 strikers on, we move the ball forward so slowly they are surrounded the whole time.
     
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  4. Le Tissier's Laces

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    I think Broja has responded to Ralph’s comments well enough - he’s been working hard. Despite the finish, can also see why Adam Armstrong hasn’t been picked recently. I’d bring Che on second half - at least he can shoot directly at the keeper from two yards out.
     
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  5. tomw24

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    It started to turn toxic in the away end after the second goal.
     
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    Struggling to understand how Brentford have kept clean sheets in their previous 3 games, because I am seeing plenty of space for exploiting, with better passes and finishing.
    KWP, with the free header, and Broja with the underhit left foot shot just before halftime, could have got us back into this.
    Brentford, on the other hand, going forward, have pace and power and utilise , without being derogatory, route one football very well.
    Toney is a good player and is taking the piss out of us with his movement off the ball and his ability.
    Considering the comments Ralph made about height defending set pieces, I would like his take on Diallo being the nearest defender to Toney for the first goal.

    https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/2...nnot-remember-supposed-armstrong-frustration/
     
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  7. Saints_Alive

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    Even if we manage to get something from the game from now it would only mask our real problems in defence, you can't keep defending so poorly as we have apart from the Arsenal game in the last 2 months.
     
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  8. tomw24

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    TBH I'm very slightly starting to lose patience with Ralph. We keep making the same mistakes.
     
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  9. st_brendy

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    On another day, Arsenal put 4 or 5 past us. We kept a clean sheet because of Fraser.
     
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  10. Le Tissier's Laces

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    Score early in the second half, we’ll get at least a point in this game.
     
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  11. Saints_Alive

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    You watch what Salisu does at the corner for their first, he just stands on the penalty spot marking nobody and then is too slow to close down the pass to the scorer, very poor.
     
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  12. Le Tissier's Laces

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    Agreed. That was a band-aid, weird game.
     
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  13. thereisonlyoneno7

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    I’m sticking with my 5-4 prediction.
     
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  14. Le Tissier's Laces

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    Poch might be free again soon :cheesy:
     
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  15. sfc

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    Big Sam anyone ? (and maybe not for just a stop gap)
     
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  16. Paddy Podped

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    Well to be fair it was a poor time for you to tell them all you thought the ref was having a good game so far . That’s on you, Tom
     
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  17. thereisonlyoneno7

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    I’m not Ralph out yet.

    At the “oh come on FFS” stage.
     
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  18. st_brendy

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    I'm still struggling to get over Bednarek deciding to mark Romeu for the corner which Burnley scored from. I can't deal with focusing on any more dodgy corner defending yet.
     
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    We won't score 4 in our remaining games, let alone in 1 :emoticon-0100-smile
     
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  20. thereisonlyoneno7

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    Bedders for the first was wrong side of the player and the second just fell over.
     
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