Southampton vs Aston Villa post-match thread

[ez]

Both sides were poor tonight but as i said in the match thread, the strikers were the difference tonight. They scored goals we are not capable of scoring.

[Exeter 77]

Both sides were poor tonight but as i said in the match thread, the strikers were the difference tonight. They scored goals we are not capable of scoring.

I thought that - it brought to mind something SGT said once a very long time ago about a defeat at ManUre before Ferguson started running the FA - 'We weren't out played, We were outscored'

[Ads]

I knew it was a waste of time the minute I saw that side. I have no idea what he was thinking.

[RussellC]

It's a good thing that Kevin McDonald doesn't want the job by all accounts.

Ayew? Sinclair? Kozak? Traore? Grealish? Gil? Veretout?

Nah, Westwood and Bacuna on their own will be enough to support a couple of barely-strikers.

The more I think about it the angrier I get. That's probably the dullest, least inventive line-up I've seen since McLeish used Hutton and Heskey as wingers at Spurs on a Monday night. For me, K-Mac was in a 'no-lose' scenario tonight, and managed to lose. Badly.

[Toronto Villa]

If we put a half ambitious side out tonight we could very well have won that. Instead it was so conservative. It's like a virus has infected the club and manager after manager is forced to play shit depressing football.

[ChicagoLion]

So again we see the same players getting beat, as someone on the match thread said,
still think the problem was just the manager?
It obviously is not, these players are not very good.

[Pete3206]

Imagine being one of those 3,000+ fans as they found out what shit soup of a side had been selected for the latest inevitable beating.

[Steve67]

I thought Clark could have got a hell of a lot closer to Pelle for the first goal, as well as the half hearted challenges. Crap team, poor result. I would have liked us to have really gone for it, knowing that Saints had picked a weakened side.

[Ads]

Coming down to watch the side he picked tonight reminds me of White Hart Lane under McLiesh. I got pinged for speeding coming back, I hope history doesn't repeat itself.

They had a quality spine; we brought Westwood back and had Gabby and Gestede up top. With Bacuna and a full back shunted into midfield. Unreal.

A chance to get some confidence back and we abandon it. The first goal was criminal, the second little better.

All our creative options on the bench, some of our best players not even in the squad. Moronic from MacDonald.

[rob_bridge]

It's a good thing that Kevin McDonald doesn't want the job by all accounts.

Ayew? Sinclair? Kozak? Traore? Grealish? Gil? Veretout?

Nah, Westwood and Bacuna on their own will be enough to support a couple of barely-strikers.

The more I think about it the angrier I get. That's probably the dullest, least inventive line-up I've seen since McLeish used Hutton and Heskey as wingers at Spurs on a Monday night. For me, K-Mac was in a 'no-lose' scenario tonight, and managed to lose. Badly.

It was in that Ball Park

[PaulWinch again]

Inevitable sadly. We badly need fresh ideas.

[RussellC]

If we put a half ambitious side out tonight we could very well have won that. Instead it was so conservative. It's like a virus has infected the club and manager after manager is forced to play shit depressing football.

That's the thing - in all seriousness I think that Sherwood would have put out a side that would have won that. If we really are now lumbered with McDonald for the next 3 games it's a monumental fuck-up by Fox et al. I was convinced by the timing of the sacking that a replacement was already in place, I should have known better than to assume any competence from the board.

[mr underhill]

what was the point in spending any money in the summer if these people never get a chance to play! We need someone in sharpish with some progressive ideas - like playing your best team

[olaftab]

 Probably best to lock this thread now as its not adding anything useful to the debate.

[SoccerHQ]

Only just realised we actually scored a goal as I turned off the radio dead on 90 minutes.

Sinclair continuing his act of somehow ending this on 15 goals despite doing fcuk all.