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Comment | Brighton Alleged To Be Talking To Russell Martin To Replace Roberto De Zerbi
at 09:27:35
When Brighton appointed Graham otter he had just taken Swansea to 10th in the Championship, Roberto De Zerbi had been a bit of journeyman manager.
Brighton are a club who look beyond big names and look for the up and coming coaches.
Here at Southampton we as a fan base seem to want big names rather than up and coming coaches |
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Comment | Russell Martin Admits He Won't Change Tactics Or Drop Jack Stephens
at 14:48:39
Up to Saturday we were still scoring goals, 2 at Ipswich yet we still lost, that has been the case even in the two games we have won, the opposition still got two, we are the 3rd highest scoring team in the League, we create enough chances, we just let too many in |
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Comment | Southampton At Blackburn Rovers The Verdict
at 13:53:49
David Argyll Yes I did spend a large part of the article mentioning Jack Stephens because like it or not he is at the centre of the issue, as I say it is not his fault, he is not a central midfielder, he is not a left back, he is being played out of position to give him a game, that is the managers fault.
Kyle Walker Peters has been one of our most important players this season, yet he is dropped for the trip to Ipswich, on Saturday Jack was mostly employed as a central midfielder, yet we had two central midfielders on the bench.
Adam Armstrong is our top scorer but if he was suddenly played at Centre Half and Taylor Harwood Bellis dropped I would be asking questions of the manager.
At the end you say that I should consider the alternative view that perhaps they wanted to play a defensive game, yes I can see that, but given that the manager had been publicly saying that we had to win the last 8 games if we were to have any chance of promotion, then why didn't we go for it in this one, especially near the end. I might have mentioned Jack Stephens a lot but leaving him on and taking Rothwell off was negative when we needed a goal.
It was our worse performance because we had no motivation, we had no leadership and we played with fear, we were happy with a point as you seemed to imply |
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Comment | Southampton At Blackburn Rovers The Verdict
at 10:30:39
David Argyll I made it quite clear that it wasn't Stephens performance that was the issue"Captain Jack was far from being the only culprit, but this was a team playing with fear, the fear of making a mistake and getting caught out."
In this and other articles, I do not say Stephens has had a bad game, only that he is being played in the wrong position and ahead of others who deserve more, against Boro we dropped Bednarek to the bench, against Ipswich we dropped Kyle Walker Peters and against Blackburn we had experienced central midfielders on the bench and in the case of Rothwell on the pitch and taken off who find themselves dropped and Jack being employed in their position.
It is not about individual players it is about the tactics |
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Comment | Russell Martin Must Stop Shoehorning Jack Stephens Into The Saints Side
at 13:46:25
With regard to whether THB had played right back before, he seems to have done so 5 times before this season
September 2020 for Man City against Burnley in the League cup 24 mins as sub
April 2021 for Man City against Cheltenham in FA Cup 68 mins starting line up
February 2021 Blackburn V QPR Championship 28 mins as sub
February 2021 Blackburn V Barnsley Championship 90 mins starting line up
March 2022 Stoke V Millwall Championship 90 mins starting line up
So not a great deal of experience in this position, seems to be as a fill in when needed |
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Comment | Southampton At Rotherham The Verdict
at 11:32:46
Thank you for your kind words and for stating the obvious, although it is pedantically speaking not the team that gets the best results but that which gets the most points.
But the point that you missed is that quite often teams fall away Ipswich being a case at the moment, the first 40 games are when you build the foundation for promotion, but quite often it is the final 5-6 games that you actually win it.
We could be on the same number of points as Leeds or Ipswich after 40 games, nothing has been won at that point, so what matters then is those last few games, in fact at that point the first 40 games are now irrelevant, they are been and gone, all that matters is the last 6 games, you will win or lose a game and in doing so win or lose promotion |
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Comment | Nottingham Forest Mulling Over Move For Saints Star
at 14:11:16
I think this is a bit like the situation was with Sadio Mane, he has the potential to be a great player, but he needs to be at a club where they dominate most games and he can express himself |
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Comment | Southampton At Watford The FA Cup Verdict
at 12:37:41
joeegg, two things we got the same result at Watford as our "First" side did and i don't think Watford made as many changes as us, it was a case of too many changes in this one I am afraid, the likes of Holgate & Stevens did keep the score down to 1-0 and looked better when the subs came on, Alcaraz and mara also picked up.
With regard to an FA Cup run, but would iit be counterproductive, since the Premier League began only two clubs from outside the top flight have reached the final, Cardiff in 2008 and Millwall back in 2004, the chances of actually reaching the final are very small. |
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Comment | Russell Martin Take A Bow
at 15:01:48
Loisdeem, I dont disagree with what you say about those managers, I just stuck in the main to those who got top 10 finishes in the Premier League |
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