1 minute ago, dansubrosa said:

That ball to George on the counter attack, my god I’ve really missed that football. Takes me back to Robben & Duff days.

Can we play on the counter attack again please?

One reason why I would take Ancelotti back is because he would have us taking advantage of these situations. Not just on the counter either, he loves to quickly move the ball forward and create chances. He won't have us have most possession in every game, but our attackers would be a lot more threatening.

23 minutes ago, Dr Gonzo said:

Honestly when did everyone become so convinced no matter what, that playing out from the back was more important than anything.

Management at the moment is absolutely in the gutter.

Research backed up the theory that by a keeper kicking long a team would lose possession too much leading to attacks. A percentage of these attacks resulted in goals. More goals than keeping possession and sometimes gifting the opposition an easy goal by trying to play out from the back.

The stats didn’t take into account having such poor keepers as Jorgensen and Sanchez.

31 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Has to avoid a yellow against Leicester. We don't want him suspended for Arsenal.

Easy rest him

Just now, POCH OUT said:

Easy rest him

We can't. We don't have the options in midfield, even against Leicester, and we must get 3 points in that game.

Can't recall another PL season where it was this tight in the top half .... 3rd to 10th is only 5 points

Never in doubt from the get go / KO 😂 once Nukuku planted his down real low and got it in the result was never in doubt

Palmer looks like he's over thinking it now, as opposed to his glorious casualness bagging the 14 EPL goals to date.

1 minute ago, Scott Harris said:

One reason why I would take Ancelotti back is because he would have us taking advantage of these situations. Not just on the counter either, he loves to quickly move the ball forward and create chances. He won't have us have most possession in every game, but our attackers would be a lot more threatening.

The conversation regarding the best managers in the modern game centres around Ferguson, Jose, and Pep. Certainly in England.

I’d have Carlo above all three.

Ferguson and Jose ruled with fear. Pep is all about sticking to the system but Ancelotti’s team are always adaptable and the players love him wherever he’s been. He also wins.

I can’t see him taking on another major club role. Still think he’ll end up managing Brazil.

Chelsea eye summer move for Aaron Ramsdale

Another quality keeper... 😀

Decent performance and nice win over an absolutely terrible team.

How dare they win and rob me of precious prediction league points 😡

And that is just how bad Southampton are, how can you fail to score against us? Even Astana did lol.

It will be interesting to see if this marks a turning point or we revert to back how we were.

Sometimes a win even against lower opposition can bring back the feel-good feeling I hope so though we all know we cannot be complacent as we have been too unpredictable this season.

52 minutes ago, dR3 said:

We've been sh*t, Southampton have been even more sh*t.

Still a good win, the players needed it, we all needed it.

The question is are the players and manager able to build on it. Let's hope so.

I think this is fair comment. Perhaps ignore the performance and take the result. Three more of these and hopefully we can get a bit of forward momentum going into Arsenal.

Getting Ramsdale wouldnt be the worst idea in the world, just need to find a way to shift another half dozens GKs.

A win is a win, even against the worst in the league, do it again and we looked healthy in top 4 chase again. 😅 But with all due respect, this Southampton team is probably one of the worst in EPL history.

Back in the top four and in the title race. What were we moaning about...

16 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

And that is just how bad Southampton are, how can you fail to score against us? Even Astana did lol.

Agreed. We fell well short again to tonight. A huge disappointment. A few weeks ago Tottenham stuck 5 past them without reply at St.Marys.

Tottenham!!!!

13 minutes ago, just said:

Agreed. We fell well short again to tonight. A huge disappointment. A few weeks ago Tottenham stuck 5 past them without reply at St.Marys.

Tottenham!!!!

I say this in complete seriousness.

Carlos title winners put double figures past this saints team .

Anything other than a win tonight would have been unacceptable. At least we boosted our goal difference.

Can't say that this is a turning point yet, but hopefully it's the start of finishing the season on a high.

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

And that is just how bad Southampton are, how can you fail to score against us? Even Astana did lol.

There were a few moments in the 2nd half when we were tippy-tappy'ing it about in front of our goal and trying to help them, when I thought they might!

2 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

Can't recall another PL season where it was this tight in the top half .... 3rd to 10th is only 5 points

To think we'd probably sat a healthy 2nd or 3rd had we not blown up over the Xmas fixtures, let alone the games after...all were winnable games and we sh*t a brick.

1 hour ago, loz said:

Back in the top four and in the title race. What were we moaning about...

a false dawn....😂

neto spending more time high and cristo out wide made them both better

4 hours ago, axman2526 said:

And that is just how bad Southampton are, how can you fail to score against us? Even Astana did lol.

They’re not bad, they’ve generously given us half of our goal difference this season. In my books that’s great 😀

5 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

One reason why I would take Ancelotti back is because he would have us taking advantage of these situations. Not just on the counter either, he loves to quickly move the ball forward and create chances. He won't have us have most possession in every game, but our attackers would be a lot more threatening.

I don't understand why you want Ance. The moment our result goes bad, he will get abused by fans who will say he is a dinosaur, doesn't understand tactic, can't coach. There will be article, video explaining our team bad structure, bad spacing.

7 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

Can't recall another PL season where it was this tight in the top half .... 3rd to 10th is only 5 points

Agreed. This has been a ‘crazy season’ regarding the top half of the table.