Match Thread Southampton - Coventry City Match Thread - Saturday 20th Dec (42 Viewers)

[Mucca Mad Boys]

Their players said as much afterwards.

What did they say? I’ve not long got in!

 

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[Macca]

Me neither. Beat Ipswich on the 29th and I’m fully convinced we’re champions elect.

It’s funny, in our ‘rough patch’, the lead at the top has gone from a 10 point lead to 6 points…

Also, the Hellberg bubble is potentially burst after 5 games. Sure, they’ll do well at home on Boxing Day and the 29th hit their run rate won’t surpass us over 10+ games imo.

And tbh the 11 point cushion to 3rd which is the real one for me, who is making that up over 24 games?

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

And tbh the 11 point cushion to 3rd which is the real one for me, who is making that up over 24 games?

Not many, Ipswich will break into the Top 2 imo but is their run rate better than ours for the rest of the season? Probably not.

 

[Macca]

Not many, Ipswich will break into the Top 2 imo but is their run rate better than ours for the rest of the season? Probably not.

My thought is. 40 points from 24 games for us which would be a downturn compared to 48 in 22 still gives us 88 points. That means even the closest to 2nd would need 52 points. Seems a big big ask

 

[StrettoBoy]

After picking up a lot of points this season by playing sublime attacking football it’s good to see that we can also grind out gritty performances when required.

Well done lads

 

[blunted]

This isn't the first time we've had people ill this season is it, or am I misremembering?

Might not be the worst idea for the club to start doing flu and covid tests and isolate people where needed.

Earlier it was the shits, looks like the flu this time.
Just got to hope our opponents over Christmas are in the same boat.

 

[quinn1971]

My thought is. 40 points from 24 games for us which would be a downturn compared to 48 in 22 still gives us 88 points. That means even the closest to 2nd would need 52 points. Seems a big big ask

Spot on, don’t have to beat Swansea, but to be on 51 points halfway is brilliant, we‘ll have played everyone and got the top teams left at home and if we beat Ipswich then brilliant, just keep that gap to 3rd, agree with you, can’t see a team going on a good enough run to get 52 points, at least 17 wins out of 23, nearest below 2nd have only won 10, it’s hard not to think we’ll do it

 

[blunted]

Mass brawl? Love it.

Which players for us are going to get suspended then for brawling?
Millwall v Bristol will set the precedent.
Edwards I'm sure will be banished to the stands.

 

[Macca]

Spot on, don’t have to beat Swansea, but to be on 51 points halfway is brilliant, we‘ll have played everyone and got the top teams left at home and if we beat Ipswich then brilliant, just keep that gap to 3rd, agree with you, can’t see a team going on a good enough run to get 52 points, at least 17 wins out of 23, nearest below 2nd have only won 10, it’s hard not to think we’ll do it

From here 12 wins 4 draws and 7 defeats which would be fairly unspectacular and well within the capability of this team

 

[quinn1971]

From here 12 wins 4 draws and 7 defeats which would be fairly unspectacular and well within the capability of this team

Trying not to think about what we need too much but you can’t help it agreed, it would have to be some drop off for that to happen, can’t see it, not getting too carried away just yet but this has to be the season, and we couldn’t have a better manager to get us through it,

 

[Otis]

Things like this fire up and motivate the squad more than winning 1-0 than coming with the 3 points.

It shows to the squad and the fans how together the squad is.

They will be absolutely full of adrenaline on that bus back

Adrenaline and snot

 

[MikeyMoo]

Well Da Silva will get a what, a 2-match ban? What are we going to do at Left Back? Bidwell, Brau, or one./both of them in a 5??

 

[jordan210]

Lampard has absolutely got in the heads of Southampton fans. Proper head loss from them

 

[blunted]

I love the entitled outrage of football fans who can scream blue murder at a manager for two hours and call him every offensive name under the sun but as soon as he sarcastically gives them a thumbs up their legs give way and they start dialling 999.

Cantona anyone?

 

[blunted]

Just such a strange thing for a team irrelevant to to either players to sing.

Woeful home support.

Didn't our fans sing a similar song to the Stoke player. You're just a shit Sakamoto.

 

[blunted]

Few family members had it. Seemed bad

I have cold showers every day and notice get less colds than I used too.

Not saying that it's replacement for a jab before anyone kicks off lol

But give cold showers a go in morning for sure!

Well the players have ice baths.

 

[quinn1971]

Well Da Silva will get a what, a 2-match ban? What are we going to do at Left Back? Bidwell, Brau, or one./both of them in a 5??

Think it’s 3 for a straight red ?

 

[itsabuzzard]

I'd like to ask their manager how we managed to score, if this is the case:

"it's a good team and we managed to play the whole game in their half"

I think we would have won without the sending off from what I saw of us first half

I agree, but that wouldn't have put us 13 points clear.

 

[Gint11]

Think it’s 3 for a straight red ?

It will be 3. Straight red and violent conduct. A terrible challenge. How the lads leg isn’t broken I don’t know. Absolutely no need to fly in like that.

 

[Perennial Lurker]

It will be 3. Straight red and violent conduct. A terrible challenge. How the lads leg isn’t broken I don’t know. Absolutely no need to fly in like that.

Slight over reaction .
It was mistimed and late , he had won a lot of tackles first half doing exactly the same thing

 

[MikeyMoo]

OK, so what's the plan for Left Back? Lampard needs the brains trust here. Bidders? Brau? Or switch to 3/5 at the back? Home vs Swansea we'd stick with 4, surely, so which player?

 

[quinn1971]

OK, so what's the plan for Left Back? Lampard needs the brains trust here. Bidders? Brau? Or switch to 3/5 at the back? Home vs Swansea we'd stick with 4, surely, so which player?

It’ll be bidwell, Brau played further up came on for EMC I think

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Which players for us are going to get suspended then for brawling?
Millwall v Bristol will set the precedent.
Edwards I'm sure will be banished to the stands.

Edwards was great at stopping things escalating

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

It will be 3. Straight red and violent conduct. A terrible challenge. How the lads leg isn’t broken I don’t know. Absolutely no need to fly in like that.

Serious foul play not violent conduct but 3 games yep

 

[Captain Dart]

Just checking, we are top at Christmas and we will still be top into the new year.
(unless Boro can overhaul our vastly superior goal difference).

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

I'd like to ask their manager how we managed to score, if this is the case:

"it's a good team and we managed to play the whole game in their half".

The whole 2nd half, yes. 1st we were undoubtedly the better team so this Eckert is delusional to say otherwise. His bubble will burst imo.

Haji was 1 v 1 with the keeper and didn’t even get a shot off!

 

[TewkesburySkyBlue]

They might not want the jab - simple

Maybe but why would they not have it?Hope you are not in the Robert Kennedy camp?

 

[Balli001]

It’ll be bidwell, Brau played further up came on for EMC I think

We switched to a back 5 so he played LWB

 

[Viktor17]

If we are going to stay with 4 at back, I would play KKh left back/ wing back, Bidwell legs have gone to play left back now, centre half he’s fine.

 

[TomRad85]

Just watched again, our boys absolutely bullied them in the handbags at the end and we didn't even have the terminator twosome of Bobby and Kitch. Parachute pussies.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Just watched again, our boys absolutely bullied them in the handbags at the end and we didn't even have the terminator twosome of Bobby and Kitch. Parachute pussies.

Our squad mentality is just so far past anything we have seen before. No way we dont do this now.

 

[TomRad85]

Our squad mentality is just so far past anything we have seen before. No way we dont do this now.

I agree, it doesn't even seem to matter who plays all that much atm. To an extent of course. The teams mentality matches that of the manager.

 

[Bernie Rhodes Nose]

On a football thread

I know.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

That 'Shit Steven Gerrard' song is one of the strangest things I've heard.

Why would Southampton fans sing that?

To get a reaction out of Frank Lampard. Seemed to work tbf.

 

[Bernie Rhodes Nose]

Well EMC flu down the wing, ran inside his marker and got on the end of a great cross to score!

And Rusheorth flu across his left to jab the ball away from goal.