Match Thread Southampton v Everton Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[Ibby]

Awful it was.

 

[diggerdestroyer]

I think Gomes is just an easy target. He was no worse than anyone else.

That's on lampard I'm afraid. Gomes cannot play in 2 man midfield and can be waltzed past by anyone in the premiership. Mad that he was put in there. Donny dropping back in there and bringing dele on would have been a better call to gain some possession.

 

[JammyP]

He’s having a big dig at Benitez there, with his comment about missing out the midfield.

Joe Edwards in his interview in the week was talking about not just passing aound our penalty area, and going forward. I guess it takes time. Hopefully we will have enough

 

[Evri]

We just have crap players and before we except that it will be easier for our mental health, it will get worse and worse , I honestly don’t want to see any post or any tweet from finch farm, I don’t want to see any photo of those losers , I feel sorry for Frank , he must to think what a pathetic group of players he found

 

[Dublin blue 75]

Today is a reality check for the blind. Alex Iwobi was a flash in the pan last weekend, Keane and Holgate remain as tragic as they have been the last three years and Coleman still needs to retire.

And that’s really only our defensive set up and a bit player midfield player.

We are deep deep in the relegation do do. The sooner those in denial realise it the better

 

[efcforever]

Why is it so much harder for the players to perform away from home?

Been a fan long enough to know a crowd can lift the players but what other factors cause our players to be so poor away from home?

 

[Curtis]

I dont really fault players for their underwhelming performance, they were probably hungover from a weeklong bender reveling over their last league win in over a month. A major achievement for sure.

 

[Cameron Manning]

By being awful.

I never saw the game but on the vote here for best player Gomes got more votes than nine other players out of the fourteen who came on the field, are those who voted for him taking the pxss? I’d never ever play him myself to be honest but we are stuck with him until his contract is up unfortunately.

 

[Caolam]

I think Frank is starting to realise the scale of the job he now has on his hands. The players he has are not good enough to compete in the Premiership. This is compounded by the fact that they don't know they are not good enough so they don't roll up their sleeves and put in a shift. Hopefully Frank will realise that he can't turn them into players but hopefully he can them into battlers. If only he can keep the club up and then sell the lot of them with about 4 or 5 exceptions. The players currently turning out for the club are bringing shame on those royal blue shirts. If any of them give an interview to the papers spouting the usual platitudes we normally get after a defeat I would drop them for at least a month.

 

[Andy Gray Diving Headers]

I never saw the game but on the vote here for best player Gomes got more votes than nine other players out of the fourteen who came on the field, are those who voted for him taking the pxss? I’d never ever play him myself to be honest but we are stuck with him until his contract is up unfortunately.

Believe me, it is a sarcastic vote. Yep, he was that bad.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Can't get in opposition faces like we can do at home. That's down to personnel, need a few more like Allan, or Rooney with long metal studs as in the desire to win... Too many are coasting!

 

[parkendkev]

Our outfield players, played like they were all wearing lead boots, second to every ball, not acceptable.

 

[bluejohn66]

On the plus side I can swerve Jug Ears on MOTD tonight !! and probably Frank's seen enough of Gomes to never put faith in him again.

 

[windymiller]

Check my previous posts mate, I'm a very positive fan and it's quite disappointing that the one time I'm slagging the team off I get plebs like you thinking you can have a go!

Lol, "pleb", thinking I can have a go. Sorry your majesty, I must've imagined you talking about Liverpool results whilst we're sinking into a relegation dog fight.

 

[Death]

I think Frank is starting to realise the scale of the job he now has on his hands. The players he has are not good enough to compete in the Premiership. This is compounded by the fact that they don't know they are not good enough so they don't roll up their sleeves and put in a shift. Hopefully Frank will realise that he can't turn them into players but hopefully he can them into battlers. If only he can keep the club up and then sell the lot of them with about 4 or 5 exceptions. The players currently turning out for the club are bringing shame on those royal blue shirts. If any of them give an interview to the papers spouting the usual platitudes we normally get after a defeat I would drop them for at least a month.

We said that when Slomes stank the gaf out v Newcastle and he brought him on at half time today.

Its been 15 managers and they all seem to do it. Give bad players we all know are bad countless chances.

Course its early days for Frank but using Gomes. And also one too many serial bad players miraculously simultaneously had thier 1 in 20 good game last week. I was hoping Frank would not have went with the same team and actually used some critical thinking. Rather than 'ye don't change a winning side' brain cruise control thinking.

But anyway. Still have faith in Frank waaay too early. Just he's making reactive decisions like all the managers before him rather than intelligence independent ones.