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Will Still OUT

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by tomw24, Sep 20, 2025.

  1. Le Tissier's Laces

    Le Tissier's Laces Well-Known Member

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    I think he has shown signs of being fearless in his team selection. He's not afraid to drop "big names", which is good to see. Personally it might sound a bit mad, but I'd be tempted to switch out Adarma for Fellows next game, but let's see (Adarma annoyed me a bit today with his shoot on sight regardless policy).

    Was just thinking (and I know this will annoy the SR Out crew), but we need to appreciate that Still is learning his way in this league and in this country too. It'll be interesting to see how quickly he gets better as well (presuming he does, but ceilings and all that...)
     
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  2. Libby

    Libby Derby County, we're coming for you

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    For me I'd like to see 4 attackers on the pitch at both Bristol/Blackburn and them being Archer, Scienza, Azaz, and one of Fellows/Arma.

    Happy with either of the latter but I think Fellows is more likely to have an impact off the bench than Armstrong and carries less of a goal threat so lean towards Arma.
     
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    The 3 CBs and 2 DMs have been negative overkill in very winnable matches at SMS imo.

    Plus he kept them on for virtually the whole game today.
     
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  4. Le Tissier's Laces

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    Kind of, though all the chances in the first half were with that system. Where he failed a bit today was not changing the system when given the chance in the second half.
     
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    We weren't really feeding Archer though, he had the two chances, a shot from outside the box and a rebound off of the post. His game is to play on the shoulder of the last defender and get in behind.
     
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    Yeah, agreed on that.
     
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    To reiterate from the match thread, I think Still did everything that could be expected of him as a manager today.

    His set up provided our forwards with the opportunity to take this game by up to 4 goals and Swansea rarely troubled us at the other end.

    I can't blame him for professional footballers missing multiple chances in the 5 yard box and an open goal, its just ****ing absurd how bad our players are at finishing.

    His set up (and Scienza's work rate) handed that game on a plate to any competent striker of the ball.
     
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    100%. He needs balls played in behind, on the ground, and he almost never gets that. I think he cleans up in the right system but Still doesn't know how to get the best out of him
     
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  9. Libby

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    He made quite a lot of good runs in the first half today but he was ignored almost every time. One time he was played from deep in he held it up well and then fed Scienza out wide.

    It's why I'd like to see Azaz get more game time.
     
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  10. LincolnSaint

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    -He's 3 points behind Nathan ****ing Jones.
    -He's got us below the skates for the first time in a gazillion years
    -He's absolutely no clue on his starting XI
    -He doesn’t know his best formation
    -He spends more time slagging off his predecessors than addressing the problems he has
    -Even Juric beat Swansea

    But............

    It's genuinely pointless binning him. I mean that as **** knows who the clowns in charge would appoint. Until they go we're totally ****ed. Today's Swansea will be us in 2 seasons. Don't forget to clap them off at the next home game though <applause><applause><applause>
     
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