23 Feb 2015 05:10:17
Victory against the Saints was one of the best performance and best three points this season.The defensive display shown by the lads was very convincing for the rest of the season.The cracker by Coutinho, my goodness what a goal it was, a joy to watch. For me the MOTM was by far Skrtel, he was outstanding for the whole game and Mignolet also was superb.
{Ed001's Note - seriously? We were completely cut open on repeated occasions, Saints just don't have a cutting edge to make the most of the chances they got.}
23 Feb 2015 08:03:02
Disgaree with both. We weren't solid or cut up - they were walking through our midfield and down our wings but first 10 minutes aside, they couldn't find a decent pass cause either we were in good positions in the box, or they werent.
A match in weather like that is always going to be the same though - the person who picks the best line wins every foot race cause no-one can stop or turn, every high ball is a waste of time, keepers will have a nightmare trapping relatively simple shots, fouls will go unpunished due to it being impossible not to slide left right and centre etc. Nothing to be done really but it ruins games - two of the more exciting and attacking PL sides and both looked amateur
{Ed001's Note - Southampton are one of the weakest PL sides in terms of attack, do any people on here watch anyone but Liverpool so they actually have a clue what they are talking about? Saints are struggling to score goals, they have a lack of cutting edge. That has been their problem since people identified how to deal with their new signings that had caught teams out initially. I believe Pelle has yet to score this year. Ask on the Southampton site, they all thought it was a mistake not to buy a striker in January, as they desperately needed one.}
23 Feb 2015 08:40:00
Agree with Ed, they've not looked sharp on the attacking front this year. They've relied on Mane tadic and elija to get them out of trouble on several occasions. I was sadly unable to watch the match yesterday, but from what I can gather we were let off with several decisions and southampton missed some clear chances.
23 Feb 2015 08:53:40
I tend to agree with ED001 on this one. A fantastic result but performance wise not that impressive other than how amasingly and uncharacteristically clinical we were. Two goals from nothing which were more or less our only two serious attempts.
Defensively we lived very dangerously and with a different referree or with the likes of Aguero or Costa we could have paid heavily including with red cards. So in many ways it wasn't that different from the earlier meeting between the teams at Enfeild. In our best games recently we creatd many more chances and allowed the opposition less possesion and lrss options to attack near our box. We did improve second half with Moreno replacing Markovich and also with Sturridge replacing Lallana.
It is a bit of clishe but an indication of a good team or a team in a good form is that it wins also games in which it doesn't play well.
23 Feb 2015 09:11:23
All 3 players you mention Bobatron are very hit and miss.
Great one game then pants the next.
23 Feb 2015 09:16:46
Bobatron, how can you possibly comment on a match you didn't see.Do you normally listen to other peoples comments and take them as gospel It was sad that you couldn't watch the game but you can't really have an opinion on something you didn't see
23 Feb 2015 09:19:42
I do like the way we can grind it out when not playing well.
Sorry to the original poster but that was in no way a great performance yesterday.
It was a fantastic result though.
23 Feb 2015 09:28:36
I love the way you put Enfield instead of Anfield. Fanobip.
Not trying to take the mickey. just makes me laugh.
23 Feb 2015 10:06:57
Look this wasn't one of our best performances but after playing Thursday we did what we had to do.
23 Feb 2015 10:29:14
Where has Bob given on opinion on the game? He agreed with Ed001 about Southampton's general lack of cutting edge and said it sounds like we were lucky; which we were. A screamer and a deflected goal as well as 4 lucky referee decisions.
Nothing wrong with luck, but we certainly weren't good.
However, grinding out results when playing bad is the mark of a good team. I'm glad that Allen is proving me right and Rodgers is proving me wrong.
23 Feb 2015 10:51:51
My god we needed 3 points we got them by fighting hard for them we done great as a lot of our young players are playing huge amounts of football can coutinho have played how many matches ??? Ti dig deep is great you can not preform amazing and win every game we are right in the mix for top 4 now with a trip to thurkey and then to city confidence is high doesn't matter how we do it but once we do it for me as we are playing well in most games
23 Feb 2015 11:22:03
Thanks EMS for highlighting their ineptitude at reading posts.
23 Feb 2015 11:27:30
Yes Ed001 I do watch Soton and they are an attacking side. They try and move the ball forward, they make plenty of runs from deep and down the wings and they get the ball into the box plenty. The fact that after doing this good work there is no-one in the box waiting for the ball, or if there is they can't apply the finishing touch, doesn't make them less attacking. It just means that their finishing is poor.
{Ed001's Note - they are far from an attacking side. They don't create many, as well as not scoring many.}
23 Feb 2015 11:40:29
Why I find this performance one of the best is that after having played 5 very important game in 16 days (from Feb 4 to Feb 19)the lads are able to give such a brilliant display against the saints. Even if some here claim that they have not played well, for me it was an outstanding performance.
23 Feb 2015 13:38:06
In big games like that on the road, you need to fight and claw and hope a few breaks go your way which they did. For me, the perf is irrelevant because winning allows you to work on what you did not do well during the game. They put us under pressure but cannot score goals and that will eventually hurt them. We got the 3 points in a massive game vs a rival for the CL. End of story!