26 Sep 2016 18:17:46
Well I guess I am referred to as one of the haters (by the way I have been right behind the various southampton incarnations from division 3 south days) for being sceptical at the style of Puels system.

Far from being apologetic I feel vindicated. My critisism has been passing around for the sake of passing and lack of incision up front. Resulting in attacking against prepared defences, puel seems to have adopted his tactics. while posession still plays an important part his players are now drawing defences then striking swiftly through wing play and adept forward movement. long may it continue

Also I am very happy to see the development squad is playing in mirror image to the First team squad. Probobly a spin off of a more integrated training regime with the youngsters training much more with the first team It is great to see the manager taking development seriously.

We can thank Adkins for his efforts developing youngsters. Pochetino just took advantage of what Adkins left and Koeman didn;t seem to care about development,
Abby.

1.) 26 Sep 2016
26 Sep 2016 21:08:43
Abby, don't you think it more likely the squad are now starting to play as Claude wants rather than him adapting his tactics?

Suggest you listen to the players comments more closely.

I just hope they can continue to perfect his style. If so, we will see some great football.

2.) 26 Sep 2016
26 Sep 2016 22:24:10
Saint Martin; cruel comment to someone who admits to having their tail between their legs. CP tactics is totally different and without the player fear of Koeman and he has to contend with Europe, with an incredibly young inexperienced Europe squad. At least the playing of youth philosophy is being adhered to! I agree long may it continue and I would expect this season to be the learning curve of top 10 teams.

3.) 27 Sep 2016
27 Sep 2016 08:51:30
Maybe hater was the wrong terminology, but the negativity on this site after loosing/ drawing a few games early season with a new manager was sort of sad. Happens every year.

4.) 27 Sep 2016
27 Sep 2016 14:54:56
Not being cruel but I just believe that when 14 players (max) are on the field starting to play a new system, some will take to it immediately, some will take longer and some may never master it. So, to make immediate judgements will reflect that rather than what the "finished article" will be. I believe the Board and the players should be trusted and recent evidence indicates the new system could be exactly what we need.

5.) 27 Sep 2016
27 Sep 2016 22:48:09
Clearly obvious that a new system, new ideas, new manager and new players were going to take a while to gel, add to that the injuries we had (particularly to Bertrand) and that Cedric and Fonte had about 45 mins of pre season time, it's easy to see where the problems may come from.

Now we've got a relatively fully fit squad and the players have adapted to how Puel wants to play the results are coming.

6.) 28 Sep 2016
28 Sep 2016 10:21:20
Correct me if I'm wrong but haven't we basically won the last games reverting to a 4-3-3 for most of the matches especially in the second half. I believe that the return of Ryan Bertrand has made an incredible difference in link up play and playing a higher line, Not having a go at Targett as he was probably playing to orders but I rarely remember him crossing the half way line in the matches he played. So are we playing a new system or a mix of old and new?

7.) 28 Sep 2016
28 Sep 2016 13:19:26
learning is made up of the following in ascending order

you acquire the skills
you become fluent at the skills
you maintain the skills
you start to generalise the skills
and then once generalised, adapt the skills
only then can mastery be said to have occurred

So any changes to a new system will take time and practise along with a smidgen of belief.