EFL Cup - Southampton (Second Leg) - Match Thread

[vlahka]

I've seen this same game for the past 2 months. Not going to bother watching the second half. Too early in the morning to be this bored and frustrated.

[Fosterbloke]

TAA's crossing has been excellent tonight

[Tribute]

Where has all our pace, speed of movement and quick counter attacking gone? Can't all be down to just Mane surely...?!

[gratziani]

TAA's crossing has been excellent tonight

cracking delivery,

[Ams12]

They're bloody sitting back & attacking on the counter! Most of our play is in front of their 8 bodies!!

That's twice now they've made a cut back and player has managed to get at least one touch on the ball in our box yet we can't get any touches in their box!

Get the ball wide, get a cross in and attack the ball either a direct header/volley at goal or head ball it back across goal and have midfield runners attack! I can't see us finding a way through their middle while they sit back.

[Kenneth]

Malaise in this team, they only need one pass to get thru us

It's the pace. They have it and are counter attacking with it (nightmare) and we don't have it so are having to feed the ball through a packed back 9. Classic home team dilemma against fast attackers.

[Maxiedge]

Go on...

It's just too linear. Need to be more flexible and find the pockets of spaces

[Roboklopp]

**** off with those chipped straight passes down the middle. They never work and we always squander possession.

Bag of **** this.

[Rich]

Jeez Emre Can. Rubbish. Utter rubbish

[Kenneth]

Where has all our pace, speed of movement and quick counter attacking gone? Can't all be down to just Mane surely...?!

They aren't committing enough forward to make counter attacking an effective option for us. They don't need the numbers with Redman's pace.

[PTP]

Dreadful half, no pace in the side, no idea to break them down, they've had the better chances and should be winning

[Glenn Hysen]

Get Can off please

[danperkins]

They've looked so comfortable, hardly troubled Forster and everytime they attack they look like scoring. Arnold done well goign forward but caught twice badly defensively & CB's have to keep shifting across to cover.

Another very average display.

[gratziani]

It's the pace. They have it and are counter attacking with it (nightmare) and we don't have it so are having to feed the ball through a packed back 9. Classic home team dilemma against fast attackers.

Earlier in the season when we counter pressed the opposing team didn't have the time to even find the pass.

We just let them have the ball so easily at the moment

[Leyton388]

Time for a rethink.