22 Dec 2013 16:36:21
really unimpressed with team selection today.
not sure why hooiveld and fox made the line-up when there are more suitable cover options and better players available, they shouldn't be in the premier league ket alone near our starting 11. I felt they defended poorly for 2 goals both avoidable if not all 3. this was shown by lovren who was evidently angered at such petulant defending by the pair.
i hope this encourages pochettino to ask for funds in jan and buy a couple for squad strength and get rid of the dead wood, players that don't contribute and aren't really doing anything to add to the sqaud.
Fox
Hooiveld
lee
barnard
forte
martin

1.) 22 Dec 2013
Not sure why hooiveld and fox made the line-up when there are more suitable cover options and better players available

er? who exactly?

2.) 22 Dec 2013
Couldn't agree with this more. Hooiveld and Fox were the most negative players on the field and it effected every other players performance. I think many Saints fan will be disappointed if the club don't bring in some reinforcements during the transfer window, because when we're not at full strength the cracks are showing. What's more this is the best time to do it, being that it's the last opportunity for certain players to make their mark for the forthcoming World Cup.

3.) 22 Dec 2013
? Er exactly who? Apart from matty targett and Jose, fox is awful as is jos both mid championship players at best if this carries on we will be looking over our shoulder at the chasing pack, a must for 3 pts at cardiff

4.) 22 Dec 2013
(original poster)
who -
Cork is good RB cover as proven last season when he played in place of Clyne, why not shuffle chambers to LB and play Cork RB. Bring through Targett, and as for Hooiveld, Fonte was fit enough for bench.
Only positive to be taken is schneiderlin is back, Lallana was best player on the pitch and Ramirez actually looked good when he came on.
I agree we need to buy in january, but not panic, GK cover is impotant because Davis is 'past it', gazzaniga is a liability and inexperienced. Another positive would be Boruc with competition would become a much better keeper and cut out the errors. Furthermore I have previously stated we need a first choice CB I said Richards would be good but giving his wage and injury I think a move for someone like
De Vrij[Feyenoord], Mauricio[Sporting],
could be a good idea and if the budget is there a creative midfielder, davis does a job but if we are serious about europe we can't just rely on Lallana. Players that I think are attainable
Poli [Milan]
Ince [Blackpool]
Cabella [Montpellier]
Traore [Lorient]

5.) 22 Dec 2013
How do you know Targett is better? he was supposed to come up to the first team with Chambers but didn't cause MoPo deemed him not good enough, Fox is the best cover we have. Fonte is injured, so i'll say again, who exactly?

6.) 22 Dec 2013
Fonte isn't injured, he made bench and passed a fitness test therefore could have atleast played 60 mins. As for Targett he is a consistant performer for the u21's and is good enough for england u19's. chambers plays u19 and is good enough why should he not be. only issue is size with him and throwing him in at the deep end. I would still play him over fox but i'm not the manager. The issue is that any fan could have said we would ship goals as sson as we looked at the team sheet, f we can't pick a team that's strong enough then that's down to cortese.

7.) 23 Dec 2013
Chambers can't play left back, that would have been worse than playing fox there ffs and fit enough for the bench isn't match fit though, is it? playing 60 mins? that still leaves 30 mins with Hooiveld/Yoshida, then factor in the time it'll take them to settle into the side when everyone else would have done that at the start of the match, then again, playing fonte when he's not fully fit could have injured him again.

how is it down to cortese? are we supposed to buy 10 new players every window? the players are tightly knit, selling a load of them off and buying a load in risks upsetting the moral and we'd be worse off in the long run. Stick to Football Manager kid and leave the real world decisions to MoPo, Cortese and Reed

8.) 23 Dec 2013
Fox is unbelievably bad. Who is better than Fox at LB? Anyone else in the squad!