yes and no. do i trust any decision that they are going to make, knowing their track record and knowing, unlike certain owners, they have the best interests of the club at heart? absolutely. are they ever going to make mistakes and get those decisions wrong from time to time? also absolutely...
saints just look very average. as did swansea. possession above all else, and a fairly talented squad who haven’t obtained the result they should have. put it this way, can i see a russell martin team come close to breaking down a low block away at somewhere like west ham, or everton? absolutely...
obvious in recent months he didn’t really want to be here. what’s bizarre is the recent media pieces were angled towards him staying. naylor’s article yesterday that he was ‘adamant’ about staying, saying he wanted lallana to sign for another year, taking about what positions he wanted to...
out of the 13 listed there, we won 5 of those games….
(granted yes that requires context with regards to the time during the game those red cards were shown)
i think it was far from the worst he’s played for us but you can still see the immense flaws there. he’s not good enough to be our starting RB. he’s lost loads of his pace, isn’t a particularly good crosser and doesn’t offer that much going forward. he’s a nightmare defensively, very physically...
final thoughts:
really good game. annoying result for obvious reasons, though they clearly had the better quality up front
welbeck should’ve been on much earlier. our best presence and he wasn’t on the pitch during the period when we were putting the best crosses into the box.
i’ve watched...