Southampton lose 9-0 again

[larbert toffee]

Good to see a team going for the jugular. Hate to see when a team goes 3 or 4 up then go through the motions.

Unfortunately it seems like sometime ago since we were in a position to do that, I do remember one occasion, 7-1 v Sunderland, it was my youngest lad's first game.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

The look in the mirror and remember you’re Scottish forever?

He gave 20 notes to charity.
Never Scottish.....

 

[catcherintherye]

It's their style of play I think. When it works it can be really effective but when it goes wrong it goes very wrong. I didn't see the game but from what I heard they basically tried to play the same high energy pressing game as usual despite playing virtually the entire game a man down. There was already enough space for it not to work because of that and then by early in the second half they were just dead on their feet. I like what Hassenhuttl wants to do, but he seems to be very much a one trick pony.

I know you've been involved with cricket to a good level, not sure if you have with football too, but I'll go on the basis you have. What he asks them to do, is very very high risk. Every player to push up the pitch, when all your instincts say you won't be good enough to sustain pressure on the ball is really difficult for players. What you want to do, especially down to 10 at OT, is just drop deeper, and have them play in front of you.

I know Klopp is very much in vogue, but he has a wage bill of £300m+, maybe even £400m now. It is likely 2-3 times that of Southampton. They have the players who can do it successfully.

If you are Southampton as a fan, you kind of have to accept that on some occasions, when it goes wrong, it's going to go badly wrong. If you can accept that, there will be good performances.

Mentally though, it will be hard. Going into the next game, he will be saying to them to get up the pitch and press. If 1 player has doubts, and doesn't fancy doing it, the chain will break.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

Unfortunately it seems like sometime ago since we were in a position to do that, I do remember one occasion, 7-1 v Sunderland, it was my youngest lad's first game.

If Moyes wasn’t so negative it would have been 14-0 lol

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

I know you've been involved with cricket to a good level, not sure if you have with football too, but I'll go on the basis you have. What he asks them to do, is very very high risk. Every player to push up the pitch, when all your instincts say you won't be good enough to sustain pressure on the ball is really difficult for players. What you want to do, especially down to 10 at OT, is just drop deeper, and have them play in front of you.

I know Klopp is very much in vogue, but he has a wage bill of £300m+, maybe even £400m now. It is likely 2-3 times that of Southampton. They have the players who can do it successfully.

If you are Southampton as a fan, you kind of have to accept that on some occasions, when it goes wrong, it's going to go badly wrong. If you can accept that, there will be good performances.

Mentally though, it will be hard. Going into the next game, he will be saying to them to get up the pitch and press. If 1 player has doubts, and doesn't fancy doing it, the chain will break.

People were falling over themselves to laud him before. Surely a highly paid Premier League manager should be able to see that trying to high press the second top team in the league, who happen to favour playing on the counter is not a good idea? And then he fails to adjust after having a man sent off? An absolute muppet. Imagine the stick Rodgers would get if he did it!

 

[hktoffee]

Oh I remembered their manager tried to play mind-game on Carlo lol.