A Hughes Match

[kirsikka]

Dour from both teams and lacking in quality all over the pitch. We really let him drag us down into a bitty battle and then they beat us with experience at insipid football. Lucky to get the point in the end but they all count.

 

[dragonm8]

He was doing cartwheels inside at the end after earning a draw.

He has a bit of a chip on his shoulder with regard to Eddie.

 

[Red_till_im_ded]

He should be charged with murder of football

 

[wallmth]

I know it’s a bit of a cliche to say this but imagine watching that every week . Soul crushing football ..at least they didn’t snatch a goal .

 

[Topfarrier]

Southampton's transformation into Stoke is nearly complete.

 

[fritter]

Was that Stoke?

 

[BillMcgarrycherry]

Strange anti- climax..but Fulham should be good...then there's the Brexi- thread to keep us going ...that's had me in stitches this week!
Put Saints on ignore for a few months !

 

[Topfarrier]

Was that Stoke?

It was a Stoke-Lite....

 

[red_house]

We looked tired, no surprise with so many key players on International duty.

That said Hughes did his best to suck the football out of that match.

 

[bigfatolly]

We were dire and Southampton are a terrible team.
Agree with the comments about International players looking a bit jaded,Brooks,Fraser,King all a little off the pace.
Saints had a good couple of chances to snatch it near the end.
One to forget,focus on Fulham now.

 

[Topfarrier]

Talking of Fulham....their fans are really not happy....manager could go.

 

[Hillviewred]

You reckon,so soon,crumbs

 

[billythekid]

He was doing cartwheels inside at the end after earning a draw.

He has a bit of a chip on his shoulder with regard to Eddie.

Because Eddie Howe is a better manager.

 

[lofty1971]

Hughes has done a great job of turning the Scummers into Stoke Mk2.

Managed to get a Live Stream and kind of wished I hadn’t - snorefest.

Only real positive was another clean sheet!

 

[langham]

Ugly ... ugly

 

[Garbo]

...I suppose it is up to us to break teams down...maybe some players were a tad jaded, we mustn't forget that they are relatively young and to come back into the game (especially as it was a derby match!)...was not going to be ideal...

anyway happy days we haven't lost any ground on Chelsea!

 

[Kudos]

We looked tired, no surprise with so many key players on International duty.

That said Hughes did his best to suck the football out of that match.

Are you being sarcastic? I think we had the fewest players on international duty in the Premier League.

I wonder how many lifetimes have been wasted watching Mark Hughes' poor excuse for football.

 

[red_house]

Are you being sarcastic? I think we had the fewest players on international duty in the Premier League.

Cook / Ake / Brooks and King ? ..all looked off the pace...even Ake was hanging (still had a great game ) when Eddie shoved him up the pitch towards the end. Brooks got kicked all over the place the other night as did King. The tempo wasn;t there, something up with the wee man as well, has looked a yard short for a few weeks. Did Lerma fly out, I know he didnt make the squad in the last friendly ..not sure ?

 

[afcdibby]

I don't want to be accused of fawning over the Saints by red_house, but Hughes has destroyed what traditionally has been a good footballing team.

 

[red_house]

I don't want to be accused of fawning over the Saints by red_house, but Hughes has destroyed what traditionally has been a good footballing team.

The only person who fawns over them is some poster called horndean exile....

They are in a slow Swansea style decline, Hughes is simply making the pain last longer...