Much closer game than I anticipated. Thought we played really well for the most part, such a shame to miss an open goal and then give a silly one away in the space of 40 seconds right before HT though. We were always up against it after that and didn't offer as much second half despite getting the goal. Our number 42 who came on Downs was utterly appalling. Chiesa your best player by a mile imo. Isak looks some way off full fitness understandably, should have buried that chance right at the beginning too. Overall gutted to lose it at the end with the defensive line not being anything like a line but happy with our performance. We just need to take that into the weekend now or it means nothing.
Slot looks absolutely fuming and rightly so. Imagine getting that excited by scoring against ****ing Southampton...
Thought defensively you were solid. Was very much a 5-4-1 and closed off all space in the middle forcing us wide and then doubling up on the Rio with Robbo offering no help. Worked well where we’d normally want to work it through the middle but gave no space. I guess far easier to do that when you’re the underdog than doing it in Champ where he’ll be expected to be on front foot. But other than keeper passing it to Chiesa, thought your passing and movement in midfield got around our half hearted press well.
Thought defensively Endo was brilliant as usual - excluding the goal - but on the ball got it’s a hard watch when usually watching Grav manc. Szobo wirtz. Was one moment ball was played to him edge of area just had to control and shoot or roll sidewards and first touch went about 5 yards ahead of him and turned it into a tackle.
Yeah most championship teams will sit off us so requires a different skillset to approach than we did tonight. For many years now we've had a habit of putting up a good fight and losing narrowly to a top side and then being ****e in the next game so will be interesting to see how we do v Boro on Saturday.
Very modest of you (especially as it's actually Soton reserves), but you score another late goal for the team in a cup tie, and you'd be excited even if it's against Braintree, Solihull Moors, or Man Utd. Utter dickhead to rip your shirt off though, even had he not been on a card.
Wouldn't really class it as our reserves mate. Most of us are wanting to see a similar team come the weekend. As I said earlier in this thread Still doesn't know what his best team is yet so it's hard to quantify what full strength/reserves actually are.
I'm kind of hoping they don't given how well they've played and how vulnerable we've looked but they'd be daft not to having watched tonight and our recent league games.
That press was woeful today. Nyomi is decent on the ball, but there was no press from any of them except Endo, and subsequently, they just played the ball around him.
Yeah - not like it's an exclusive club. Anyway, by the end of the season he'll probably have scored against most clubs.
Probably is, but I still agree with it. Edit: Seems he did say it, the quote is on the Beeb's match report.
The full thing But, speaking just after the game, his manager Arne Slot was left bemused by the incident. "It is not [stupid] because it was his second [yellow] - it's stupid even if you haven't had a yellow card yet," he said. "Maybe I'm a bit old-fashioned but I did score a few goals - not at his level but I did - and if I went past three players and put it in the top corner then maybe you can say 'this is all about me'. "But if I scored a goal like he did tonight, I would turn to Chiesa and say 'it's about you Federico - great assist, great run and I didn't have to do a lot'. Maybe that's me being old-school. "It was stupid, not smart in every sense. The good thing is that his team-mates helped him to get the win over the line, but the thing is he is now suspended for Saturday and that is far from ideal."
