| southampton away...match thread... 21:36 - Oct 28 with 31001 views | qpr_1968 |
sorry no pun...
couldnt think of one...
its just a bit of fun...
so, one one...
scorer...jimmy dunne... |  |
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| southampton away...match thread... on 22:15 - Oct 31 with 715 views | ViewFrom165 |
| southampton away...match thread... on 21:37 - Oct 31 by Hooping_Mad |
Every Senior outfield player on the bench bar Cirkin and maybe Saito was returning from Injury. None of them had 45mins in them as was proved by more injuries.
We had 1 defender reserve (after Cirkin was used, edit)in Clark Salter and no option at all for RB
Only chance we had was to hit them early and we were too wasteful.
Fitness is as always the problem here. Not the manager [Post edited 31 Oct 21:40]
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Correct me if I'm wrong but if you're responding to me talking about changes from HT onwards I'm talking more specifically about tactics rather than personnel. Southampton didn't make any substitutions, just tactical tweaks that had an immediate impact. In my opinion Stephan and his staff failed to identify and react to them at all and our first 2 subs were only like for like changes on the 60 minute mark that didn't alter anything in our favour. The only small detail I noticed after those first 2 subs was Saito drifting in to more central spaces to create overloads but we failed to get him on the ball.
I think once we scored we needed Kolli up top to try and do a better job of holding up the ball and linking play that Kone couldn't, and Alemayehu in the 10 could have helped the midfield but also provided energy in supporting attacks. I imagine he thought Lloyd could stretch them in behind but Smyth struggled to do that all game anyway so it wasn't like that was hurting them and just needed some fresh legs. Cirkin coming on for Kemper was purely managing minutes but the need to do that prevents us making more changes in attacking areas, Chair for Kamara felt like sentiment and just getting him back on the pitch.
Stephan has definitely got more things right than wrong so far this season but Eckert got the better of him in the second half today and he didn't have an answer for it, regardless of who was on the Bench.
Edit - Forgot to emphasise that Stephan has perhaps been too hasty to bring on players returning from injury like Lamptey and Lloyd, and he done it with Burrell last season only for them all to immediately break down and leave us with 10 men. [Post edited 31 Oct 22:20]
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| southampton away...match thread... on 22:28 - Oct 31 with 610 views | wombat |
| southampton away...match thread... on 22:15 - Oct 31 by ViewFrom165 |
Correct me if I'm wrong but if you're responding to me talking about changes from HT onwards I'm talking more specifically about tactics rather than personnel. Southampton didn't make any substitutions, just tactical tweaks that had an immediate impact. In my opinion Stephan and his staff failed to identify and react to them at all and our first 2 subs were only like for like changes on the 60 minute mark that didn't alter anything in our favour. The only small detail I noticed after those first 2 subs was Saito drifting in to more central spaces to create overloads but we failed to get him on the ball.
I think once we scored we needed Kolli up top to try and do a better job of holding up the ball and linking play that Kone couldn't, and Alemayehu in the 10 could have helped the midfield but also provided energy in supporting attacks. I imagine he thought Lloyd could stretch them in behind but Smyth struggled to do that all game anyway so it wasn't like that was hurting them and just needed some fresh legs. Cirkin coming on for Kemper was purely managing minutes but the need to do that prevents us making more changes in attacking areas, Chair for Kamara felt like sentiment and just getting him back on the pitch.
Stephan has definitely got more things right than wrong so far this season but Eckert got the better of him in the second half today and he didn't have an answer for it, regardless of who was on the Bench.
Edit - Forgot to emphasise that Stephan has perhaps been too hasty to bring on players returning from injury like Lamptey and Lloyd, and he done it with Burrell last season only for them all to immediately break down and leave us with 10 men. [Post edited 31 Oct 22:20]
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Lloyd looked like he sloop;ed for the injury today so guessing hamstring injury , no fan of cycling Ben but not sure he can be blamed for that one , as yes at;Eshan didn’t do much to stop what was happening. Today but with the midfield Aval there’s no surprise , hopefully we get some cash for varanne and invest in a def wide cm who can sit and clear up in front of the back four |  |
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| southampton away...match thread... on 22:29 - Oct 31 with 612 views | rottcodd |
I thought Adamson did pretty well considering what he was up against. Particularly in the first half. I don't think he was helped much by Poku defensively down his flank who also seemed to ignore Adamson's overlapping runs repeatedly. | | | |
| southampton away...match thread... on 05:44 - Nov 1 with 76 views | numptydumpty |
| southampton away...match thread... on 17:39 - Oct 31 by RuislipHoop |
Saito,who ever thought he was good enough for the Champ,same goes for Kone,Vale and Poku |
Sorry chap.
Think you said this in haste.
But you saying it about Kone, who got our quickest hat trick in history in the last game and scored a cracking goal in this one. If other elements of his game failed, remember he is a centre forward.
Saito, Vale and Poku are all inconsistent, but on their days, they are certainly decent.
Apart from that?....... [Post edited 1 Nov 5:45]
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