pommpey
THE FUTURE ... AS IT USED TO BE
- Banned
- #1
Not getting any better is it? With any change in lineup, you'd imagine he's doing it to see marginal improvements. Today, outpassed, outmanoeuvred, outclassed and outthought by Southampton there were no improvements, anywhere. Three fucking nil. We only played this lot at St Mary's a few months ago and were bummed then by the same score by practically the same team.
Wilder is either tactically clueless or incredibly thick skinned. Again, 3-5-2 (or 5-3-2) and we fail to control any areas of the pitch. The left side is still horribly exposed, the central three working very hard to throw themselves in front of everything Southampton chucked at us but still they lack the conkers to defend consistently against a well-built attack and midfield who found it all to easy to suddenly go through the gears and punish our lack of team ethic. Stevens was incredibly poor today and his invisible link with Jags was never there. Fleck also seemed to be marking empty space at times as Walker-Peters, Walcott, Ward-Prowse and Armstrong made basic work of putting us on the back foot and getting round or past us. The central three were absolutely shocking, with nothing creative to show and when wilder changed it - 5-3-2 to 4-3-1-2 then 4-3-2-1 it made not a scintilla of difference. Fleck-Ampadu-Berge still didn't control and take the ball up the pitch and contributed to the disorganised, panicked stupidity shown out there. The front two or three were so badly starved of anything of a chance - so how are we supposed to score? We might as well have take McB and Sharp off and played with nine and just defended our way through 90 minutes. Defended badly as well.
As for Wilder's staring eleven - please Chris, change it now. Commentator mentioned he was at the Gillingham game when he went from the 4-4-2 to 3-5-2 and we remember it well and how it has served us. It is now over and if Wilder doesn't change it, so is he and so is Sheffield United as Premier League outfit. People need to be aware that any team manager from any division will now be watching how our famed system is now falling apart and how to beat us easily - even Bristol Rovers. Watch this space.
Wilder's changes were baffling. Why take Basham off? Why not Ampadu who was struggling at this level and put Bash into central midfield?
Ramsdale - 6/10: Thought he had a decent game and pulled off some good one-on-one stops, Schmiecel-style. Needs to work on his diving though and was hesitant for their first
Baldock - 5/10: One of our better players but was largely swamped out wide
Basham - 5/10: I think he's feeling the pain. What the fuck was he the sacrificial lamb? Basham has more footballing nous than anyone in midfield
Egan - 5/10: May have got half a point more, were it not for his hesitation for the first
Jagielka - 4/10: Time's up Jags
Stevens - 2/10: Completely outrun and skinned for much of the game. Seems to be going backwards, quickly in his form and output
Berge - 4/10: Tries, but fails. A poor game for him. He was completely outclassed in midfield by Romeou and those around him who basically passed him out of the game
Ampadu - 1/10: Really, really weak and lightweight. I have seen him play in three different positions and struggle to think what he is here for. He was meant to play pivot today and basically did fuck all of worth.
Fleck - 3/10: I watched Flecky marking empty space in the first half whilst behind him both W-P and Walcott were waiting to receive a Verstergaard missile and gang up on the hapless and helpless Stevens. In the second half he was just ineffectual
McBurnie - 1/10: Pub footballer. We did the 'let's bounce it of McBurnie's head six times in the first quarter of an hour, each time the ball turned over to them and they came back at us. Outside of chucking himself on the deck and getting injured, wat the fuck has he got to offer? Our signings have been disastrous and he is one of the main failures
Sharp 2/10: It's all over, Billy. Thanks mate, but the Premier League isn't your playing space any more. You've served the club well, but unfortunately the team doesn't play your game any more.
McGoldrick - 5/10: I still like Didsy, but he's in a place way above where he belongs now. Works hard as much as his legs will have him do - and gets some or other foot in or tackle. But he's not got the Premier League class or wisdom to make any real effect on the game. Odd flashes - Arsenal and Chelsea aside, he's basically a wilting rose amongst the thorns.
Brewster - 3/10: Poor kid
Mousett - 2/10: Touched the ball about three times, each time with zero effect. Another real waste of money.
We need to change the format. We played slightly better when we broke out of the 5-3-2 (okay, we conceded the two goals but ... ) but again we are simply not utilising anything anywhere to actually take firm control of the game and make the passes, moves and execution which gives us the goal chances and goals themselves which ill make any difference. Southampton were not under any pressure at all at any period - even just after half time - which had them committing to errors or not reading us. That period where we looked promising seemed to me like many teams do with us - let us push forward, mop up our piss weak advances until our heads drop then kill us off with simply better football. Front to back we look completely lost and bereft of ideas and beaten from the kick off. Either Wilder changes it or he's gone. We need to stop this sentimentality and face what is really happening now. And here's another thing that I think is affecting the situation -
If the unclean weren't doing so pleasingly shit at the moment and were looking like being promoted, would we have such a rosy, philosophical view of the failings and shortcomings and imminent relegation with what is looking like a record low number of points?
pommpey
Wilder is either tactically clueless or incredibly thick skinned. Again, 3-5-2 (or 5-3-2) and we fail to control any areas of the pitch. The left side is still horribly exposed, the central three working very hard to throw themselves in front of everything Southampton chucked at us but still they lack the conkers to defend consistently against a well-built attack and midfield who found it all to easy to suddenly go through the gears and punish our lack of team ethic. Stevens was incredibly poor today and his invisible link with Jags was never there. Fleck also seemed to be marking empty space at times as Walker-Peters, Walcott, Ward-Prowse and Armstrong made basic work of putting us on the back foot and getting round or past us. The central three were absolutely shocking, with nothing creative to show and when wilder changed it - 5-3-2 to 4-3-1-2 then 4-3-2-1 it made not a scintilla of difference. Fleck-Ampadu-Berge still didn't control and take the ball up the pitch and contributed to the disorganised, panicked stupidity shown out there. The front two or three were so badly starved of anything of a chance - so how are we supposed to score? We might as well have take McB and Sharp off and played with nine and just defended our way through 90 minutes. Defended badly as well.
As for Wilder's staring eleven - please Chris, change it now. Commentator mentioned he was at the Gillingham game when he went from the 4-4-2 to 3-5-2 and we remember it well and how it has served us. It is now over and if Wilder doesn't change it, so is he and so is Sheffield United as Premier League outfit. People need to be aware that any team manager from any division will now be watching how our famed system is now falling apart and how to beat us easily - even Bristol Rovers. Watch this space.
Wilder's changes were baffling. Why take Basham off? Why not Ampadu who was struggling at this level and put Bash into central midfield?
Ramsdale - 6/10: Thought he had a decent game and pulled off some good one-on-one stops, Schmiecel-style. Needs to work on his diving though and was hesitant for their first
Baldock - 5/10: One of our better players but was largely swamped out wide
Basham - 5/10: I think he's feeling the pain. What the fuck was he the sacrificial lamb? Basham has more footballing nous than anyone in midfield
Egan - 5/10: May have got half a point more, were it not for his hesitation for the first
Jagielka - 4/10: Time's up Jags
Stevens - 2/10: Completely outrun and skinned for much of the game. Seems to be going backwards, quickly in his form and output
Berge - 4/10: Tries, but fails. A poor game for him. He was completely outclassed in midfield by Romeou and those around him who basically passed him out of the game
Ampadu - 1/10: Really, really weak and lightweight. I have seen him play in three different positions and struggle to think what he is here for. He was meant to play pivot today and basically did fuck all of worth.
Fleck - 3/10: I watched Flecky marking empty space in the first half whilst behind him both W-P and Walcott were waiting to receive a Verstergaard missile and gang up on the hapless and helpless Stevens. In the second half he was just ineffectual
McBurnie - 1/10: Pub footballer. We did the 'let's bounce it of McBurnie's head six times in the first quarter of an hour, each time the ball turned over to them and they came back at us. Outside of chucking himself on the deck and getting injured, wat the fuck has he got to offer? Our signings have been disastrous and he is one of the main failures
Sharp 2/10: It's all over, Billy. Thanks mate, but the Premier League isn't your playing space any more. You've served the club well, but unfortunately the team doesn't play your game any more.
McGoldrick - 5/10: I still like Didsy, but he's in a place way above where he belongs now. Works hard as much as his legs will have him do - and gets some or other foot in or tackle. But he's not got the Premier League class or wisdom to make any real effect on the game. Odd flashes - Arsenal and Chelsea aside, he's basically a wilting rose amongst the thorns.
Brewster - 3/10: Poor kid
Mousett - 2/10: Touched the ball about three times, each time with zero effect. Another real waste of money.
We need to change the format. We played slightly better when we broke out of the 5-3-2 (okay, we conceded the two goals but ... ) but again we are simply not utilising anything anywhere to actually take firm control of the game and make the passes, moves and execution which gives us the goal chances and goals themselves which ill make any difference. Southampton were not under any pressure at all at any period - even just after half time - which had them committing to errors or not reading us. That period where we looked promising seemed to me like many teams do with us - let us push forward, mop up our piss weak advances until our heads drop then kill us off with simply better football. Front to back we look completely lost and bereft of ideas and beaten from the kick off. Either Wilder changes it or he's gone. We need to stop this sentimentality and face what is really happening now. And here's another thing that I think is affecting the situation -
If the unclean weren't doing so pleasingly shit at the moment and were looking like being promoted, would we have such a rosy, philosophical view of the failings and shortcomings and imminent relegation with what is looking like a record low number of points?
pommpey
