Southampton away match thread

[W-S-M Seagull]

Kinda difficult to post my opinions without being accused of having an agenda by those that do have an agenda. 

BUT that 2nd half was painful. Came out and conceded and we had no plan B. We had no plan at all. We went from being well coached to not being able to string two passes together. 

Really disappointed as the 1st half was a positive half .

[Robin101]

Watched the second half in patches only. We looked ok but mostly I looked up to see one of our players just making a poor pass or give it away. Sounds like first half was better. 

[GrahamC]

6 minutes ago, AppyDAZE said:

'ere we go, the ******* fake injury

Time wasting was Preston like, kicked the ball away, deliberately took every restart from the wrong place & as you say pretend injuries.

Better side but some embarrassing stuff towards the end.

[Fordy62]

Standard City performance. Get you all Excited with a good 45 and completely unable to replicate it in the second half. 

[Ivorguy]

It was always going to be tough tonight, but this was a City team that we haven’t seen the likes of for some time

 

Well done the lads and the coaches, but especially LM who has now given us hope again.

 

[milo1111]

9 minutes ago, petehinton said:

Mehmeti

I’ve had a guts full of Mehmeti now. Offers absolutely f all for me. Cornick is ok coming on when we are defending a lead but he is woeful when we need a goal and a spark.

what a dreadful second half performance against a Southampton side who have good players but are underperforming due to their crap manager

Edited November 29, 2023 by milo1111

[IAmNick]

2 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

Weimann has touched the ball 6 times in 30 mins! 

Cornick 9 since coming on at the same time, Mehmeti 4 coming on 10 mins later. None of them really affected the game positively.

[Robin101]

Anyone see what the extent of Naismith and Sykes’ injuries were? It’s just impossible for us to build a team with so many bloody injuries.

[steviestevieneville]

Got to take your chances. Should have been leading half time. Got a bit ragged after the goal & injury . Good finish but how about closing him down lads . Very good first half though. Decision making poor in the final third. Plenty more to come though

Edited November 29, 2023 by steviestevieneville

[Dan Robin]

Saints one class above for most of the second half, but in the last 10-15 minutes we did better: shame we lacked something in accuracy/decision making (ex: Cornick's counter attack).

Anyway, more positives than negatives IMO.

Edited November 29, 2023 by Dan Robin

[cidercity1987]

Very annoying result against one of the weaker parachute teams in recent years. Very normal for us to go away to these teams and lose by one though. In fact you might say nothing has changed.

Too many players out of position for my liking so hopefully not Manning trying to be too clever, especially in the second half when the defence changed about five times.

 

 

[One Team]

Great first half, dreadful second. Hope a habit isn’t forming with these just after half time goals.

[The Swan and Cemetery]

1 minute ago, Jerseybean said:

We looked far more composed and comfortable with the ball throughout

First half yes, second half definitely not. Composure entirely lacking. Admittedly against a very good side at this level, so no shame in the overall performance. Composure in the final third has been a challenge for a long time, hope it can be coached, but think we need a bit more quality to push on. 

[Red_Alligator]

Disappointed with that tonight, especially the second half.

Top 6 Mr Lansdown??..........

[RedRock]

The fish rots from the head. Unless we can get our forwards firing my fear is sub-par performances will start to spread through the team. Sykes’s (my mom) frustration was clearly to see.

We’ve got to have buried at least two of those chances. 

 

[cellist]

First half looked great - disciplined, high energy, dangerous on the break. On another day could have been 2 or 3 up. Conway needs one to go in.

Second half about as big a contrast as you can possibly get, could barely string 3 passes together. Very sloppy.

They're a good side and we gave a very good account of ourselves for 45 minutes. I think if we hadn't been fed Crayola boy's nonsense about having a top six squad, we'd all be fairly content. 

 

[robin_unreliant]

Just now, Fordy62 said:

Standard City performance. Get you all Excited with a good 45 and completely unable to replicate it in the second half. 

We've been like this for years and years. Incapable of playing well for a whole game. If we have one good half you can bet the next one will be crap.

[GrahamC]

Just now, W-S-M Seagull said:

Kinda difficult to post my opinions without being accused of having an agenda by those that do have an agenda. 

BUT that 2nd half was painful. Came out and conceded and we had no plan B. We had no plan at all. We went from being well coached to not being able to string two passes together. 

Really disappointed as the 1st half was a positive half .

Whether we rate the coach or not, if Knight. Gardner-Hickman & then Williams when he came on are going to repeatedly give the ball away I don’t know what he can do about that.

The squad is too small (he knows that, he isn’t filling the subs bench) & we ended the game with a back four all of whom are right footed.

Conway’s miss was a killer, best chance of the game.

[redrob]

2 minutes ago, Ivorguy said:

It was always going to be tough tonight, but this was a City team that we haven’t seen the likes of for some time

 

Well done the lads and the coaches, but especially LM who has now given us hope again.

 

In what way? Please explain. 

[And Its Smith]

2 minutes ago, IAmNick said:

Cornick 9 since coming on at the same time, Mehmeti 4 coming on 10 mins later. None of them really affected the game positively.

Agreed. All poor. A few players hid second half 

[ProfitInMyPocket]

They didn't even look that good, disappointing to lose like that.

Some top players for this division in their squad but thought a few other teams have been better than them against us this year. 

Second half, didn't even look like we could pass a ball, what does he say at half time?

First half showed some real good signs, they made some tactical tweaks at the break and we just crumbled.

I don't mind getting beat by better teams but that second half is so deflating.

[Out of his pie crust]

Great first half , very frustrating second. Not too far off but lacking some real quality in the final third at the moment…..twelfth after tonight’s results which feels like our level and would be surprised if we finish much different. 

[Frenchay Red]

I think Yeboah offers a lot more than Mehmeti as an impact sub.

[The Journalist]

Remember when this is supposed to be a team capable of being at the top end of the Championship?

The quality just isn’t there. They run their bollocks off, just as they did for the previous manager, but the genuine consistent quality… it’s not there.

And, ultimately, also just like the previous manager Liam Manning won’t be able to fix that without signing better players.

[Sitrom]

I just don't want to see one upfront anymore.  

[bcfc01]

8 minutes ago, tin said:

Decent first half; dross after the break. Got to take our chances when we’re on top. Top six still on, JL? 

I wouldn't say dross second half, but they stepped up a gear.

Two great chances for Conway gone begging first half, stick them in and we are away.

Small margins, but the better team won as expected.

Lots of positives in that performance - but also a lot to work on (we can't keep spurning good chancees)

On to Norwich..

Edited November 29, 2023 by bcfc01

[CityCiderEd]

2 minutes ago, Jerseybean said:

We looked far more composed and comfortable 

Overall a tidy performance, which reinforced our weaknesses upfront in my opinion.  Bell and Conway both worked hard, but never really troubled Southampton. 

 

The weakness upfront is the reason we'll probably finish bottom half. Get a decent striker in (buy/loan) and we could be good for top 10. We had some great scoreable chances 1st half and didn't capitalise on it. 

[GrahamC]

3 minutes ago, Robin101 said:

Anyone see what the extent of Naismith and Sykes’ injuries were? It’s just impossible for us to build a team with so many bloody injuries.

Naismith was a hamstring, Sykes was just a tactical switch I thought.

[lenred]

Just now, robin_unreliant said:

We've been like this for years and years. Incapable of playing well for a whole game. If we have one good half you can bet the next one will be crap.

We’ve been told by the Leadership that the change was made to ensure we got better though, so hopefully this happens soon….. 

[Sheltons Army]

3 minutes ago, IAmNick said:

Cornick 9 since coming on at the same time, Mehmeti 4 coming on 10 mins later. None of them really affected the game positively.

But , but ... Weimann is the trending whipping boy , again