Southampton post match thread

[Macky]

We are a side devoid of confidence, belittled by our own supporters at home and only at liberty to play away from home, away from the booing twats.

We struggle from injuries and a paucity of talent - but most of all we struggle from the stranglehold of idiocy that runs rampant in the stands. How the fudge we are ever going to improve without "supporters" accepting that they have to restrain their vocal disapproval is beyond me.

"Oh, but Disco Bob, they get paid such large salaries they should play well or f*ck off" would say the retards. The politics of envy is not the solution to our ills - it just perpetuates a shaggy situation.

I suspect that most of them have barely grown pubes. For them it is some two-lager's right of passage that is carried out in their homo-erotic environment, bonding with their peers without a thought to the repercussions.

"Oh but Disco Bob, it was ironic. You are stupid and don't understand the humour"

Stupid? I'll hold my hand up, but hitting our team is moronic in the extreme.

"Oh but Disco Bob, I have paid for my ticket and I am very unhappy about..."

Just f*ck off then, no cnut will miss you. Trust me - I am a very big cnut and I won't bat an eyelid if you never turn up again.

Brilliant stuff DB, you even managed to get 'paucity' in there, fantastic.

 

[Boy Genius]

Hume cost us the game today!

Had he put away that awful miss in the first few minutes I think things could have been different. From then on we seemed to piss everything away. It was very strange the crowd didn't get on his back because of that dreadful miss, if MDV had done the same he would have been stoned to death. The twat at the back of me even moaned at Newton because of his following miss.
Hume had "another" one of his off days.


Most of the team played badly today, but I still cannot get my head around why the crowd clapped, cheered and booed Cort off. Don't the dickheads realise it affects the rest of the team as well when they do that. Yes critisise all you want after the match but not during it please.

 

[Macky]

Hume cost us the game today!

Had he put away that awful miss in the first few minutes I think things could have been different. From then on we seemed to piss everything away. It was very strange the crowd didn't get on his back because of that dreadful miss, if MDV had done the same he would have been stoned to death. The twat at the back of me even moaned at Newton because of his following miss.
Hume had "another" one of his off days.


Most of the team played badly today, but I still cannot get my head around why the crowd clapped, cheered and booed Cort off. Don't the dickheads realise it affects the rest of the team as well when they do that. Yes critisise all you want after the match but not during it please.

How can you say that?
It must be nonsense when his name is so easy to chant.

Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuume

or should that be humeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?

 

[foxin_oz]

Hume cost us the game today!

Had he put away that awful miss in the first few minutes I think things could have been different. From then on we seemed to piss everything away. It was very strange the crowd didn't get on his back because of that dreadful miss, if MDV had done the same he would have been stoned to death. The twat at the back of me even moaned at Newton because of his following miss.

True. Funny how MDV seems to cop more abuse than others. :icon_conf

 

[alex]

Why we haven't recalled MDV from loan is beyond me.

Great post DB. At the end of the day fans need to realise this is going to take time. Ollie sounded a bit bemused about our 'fans' today. That should resonate a bit I hope.

 

[DesertFox]

Anyone who boos a Leicester player during a game is a twat. FACT!

(and that includes fans of other clubs, who are all twats by definition)

 

[DesertFox]

Why we haven't recalled MDV from loan is beyond me.

I wonder if Max Gradel can be retrieved from his season-long loan at Bournemouth? Seems to be doing well down there and he must be worth a go on the right, seeing as we have feck all other options.

 

[alex]

I wonder if Max Gradel can be retrieved from his season-long loan at Bournemouth? Seems to be doing well down there and he must be worth a go on the right, seeing as we have feck all other options.

I get the feeling Ollie will be in the market-place come January. A right-sided midfielder, as well as everything else we need, is a must I would think.

 

[foxin_oz]

I get the feeling Ollie will be in the market-place come January. A right-sided midfielder, as well as everything else we need, is a must I would think.

Arguably our two best players are on loan, Fulop and John. I guess we'll need to sign them before we can even think about other players. I have the feeling the team isn't that bad, it just needs some tweaking. And we were really unlucky to have that penalty awarded against us. It seems it was a shocking decision. On another day we might have won that game. :icon_roll

 

[Redditch Fox]

I don't think we'll get relegated but promotion is starting to look more and more unlikely this year.

I would be interested to hear from anyone who has seen the team play and thinks that promotion is even remotely on the agenda this season.

If the crowd's reaction to the team is one of the factors in the particular dire home form - could it be that part of the reason is that unrealistic expectations have been stoked up - including Milan's insistence that promotion is a target this season?

I have seen good Leicester sides; bad Leicester sides and ordinary Leicester sides. I absolutely know that this is an ordinary to bad Leicester side.

To get promotion from the second tier you generally need to have a couple of goal scorers who are banging them in - and you need to win most of your home games.

Holloway has a lot of work to do for next season and the difficulty is going to be accepting that and lowering expectations whilst he rebuilds.

 

[The Old Fox]

This is why I get frustrated and confused at times. It's hard to know what's going on when everyone has different opinions or views of the same game. :icon_conf

But, surely it's a bit like reading this board; you read it all and then see who's information/views turn out to be accurate and who just spews drivel. (Please DO NOT tell me into which category I fall!!!):icon_lol:

 

[foxin_oz]

But, surely it's a bit like reading this board; you read it all and then see who's information/views turn out to be accurate and who just spews drivel. (Please DO NOT tell me into which category I fall!!!):icon_lol:

Ummm... ok ....

 

[spionfox]

I suspect that most of them have barely grown pubes. For them it is some two-lager's right of passage that is carried out in their homo-erotic environment, bonding with their peers without a thought to the repercussions.

You talking about the fans or the players

I agree with the overall sentiment of your post. In an ideal world and all that...

 

[spionfox]

Holloway has a lot of work to do for next season and the difficulty is going to be accepting that and lowering expectations whilst he rebuilds.

Let's just hope he is given the time he needs.

By the fans as well as Milan.

 

[Disco Bob]

Brilliant stuff DB, you even managed to get 'paucity' in there, fantastic.

There was no paucity of gin last night.

Oh no.

 

[newtonfox]

Hume was piss poor today, people will blame Newton for missing the open goal in the first half, but he should never have had the opportunity as Hume had all the time in the world to score a moment before but just took too many touches.

Correct. Fulop kept hoofing the ball upfront and bypassing what midfield we had.

And on the evidence of the last two games, Clemence is NOT a classy midfielder - very poor again today.

I agree with the sentiments expressed by Ollie - it is pretty poor to jeer Cort. But he can't have it both ways, Cort is 6 foot whatever but can't even get off the ground to try for headers.

Sorry Ollie, if that was a player really trying then Teddy Bear help us when he decides not to bother.

sum's it up well for me

 

[foxin_oz]

To get promotion from the second tier you generally need to have a couple of goal scorers who are banging them in - and you need to win most of your home games.

Holloway has a lot of work to do for next season and the difficulty is going to be accepting that and lowering expectations whilst he rebuilds.

I don't think we're creating enough chances to have strikers banging them in on a regular basis. At present we're three wins (9 pts) from the top six spot. But only five points from the relegation zone. There are enough games left for us to achieve promotion but it's looking unlikely. I think the ref made a dodgy decision which cost us a draw. Unless we start a winning run of six or seven in a row we're looking at midtable I'd say. Holloway needs to look at creating more chances from general play. If we can reproduce the Watford game every week we can achieve Milan's ambition. Personally I don't see that happening.

 

[Redditch Fox]

. Unless we start a winning run of six or seven in a row we're looking at midtable I'd say. Holloway needs to look at creating more chances from general play.

The squad isn't capable of winning 6 or 7 on the trot.

Anyone of us who has managed a football team at any level - juniors or seniors - knows only too well that it isn't managers who create chances.

You can want to create as many chances as you like from the touchline - but the difficulty is that you are not allowed to go on the pitch and kick the ball.

I am NOT being sarcy - just making the point that all managers can do is bring in the right players (Holloway has not had a chance yet) and instruct them how to play (but we don't have the right offensive players to put things into practice).

 

[Redditch Fox]

Let's just hope he is given the time he needs.

By the fans as well as Milan.

I sense a sea change at The Walkers.

The fans will be turning much more now on the players than the manager. I guess the penny has finally dropped and people have realised that changing managers is not necessarily a quick fix. I think that the Leicester crowd will always be sympathetic to young kids who are giving of their best - but the old lags like Cort and Newton etc etc are in the firing line - whether this is fair or not.

As for Milan - quite apart from his own little local difficulties at the moment - I suspect that we won't be hearing much more from him about 'promotion this season' still being the target. Holloway is now in a very strong position to tell him in a nice way that it simply isn't going to happen like that - and tell Milan to get over himself.

 

[homer]

I'm beginning to suspect you may be right about some of our so called "supporters". They seem very quick to put the boot in when someone's having an off day. Holloway has noticed it already. It can't be helping team morale when the players are under pressure from their own fans.

Our team has an 'off day' lasting three feckin' years

So the fans have every right to 'vent their spleen' if they want to

They will be here long after Cort and Holloway are distant buried memories

Fact is that performance was total shit, and I would have liked the manager to come out and say it was simply unacceptable.

Fat chance