SOUTHAMPTON GAME THREAD

[nexum5me]

fucking hell gibbs needs to be careful tackling like that in our area

[Zimgooner]

Mark Clattenburgh must be the worst ref out there.........and his smug face makes me wanna kick him in the wotsits very hard.......I would pay to do that please........fucking sewer rat

[OneBardGooner]

Clattenburg's having a stinker And so is Arteta....is the Flamster on the bench???

[wibble]

Flamini suspended

[Zimgooner]

Our lead is fortuitous so we really have to turn up second half and wallop this team. To be fair Southampton are very strong & good on the ball too.

[Midz]

Clattenburg's having a stinker And so is Arteta....is the Flamster on the bench???

He's banned for this game.

[LDB]

That Wanyama is impressive although he does seem to have diplomatic immunity from conceding fouls..

[Midz]

Will we be seeing Theo on 70mins?

[Midz]

That Wanyama is impressive although he does seem to have diplomatic immunity from conceding fouls..

He's doing a brilliant job (unfortunately for us) in front of their defense.

[nexum5me]

That Wanyama is impressive although he does seem to have diplomatic immunity from conceding fouls..

he's being allowed to be very physical. he (and they) are definitely controlling the middle of the park though, we're getting nothing through there.
was a bit anoying to see the ref let him bully us all half, then give him a free kick for that 50/50 with giroud

[LDB]

That Wanyama is impressive although he does seem to have diplomatic immunity from conceding fouls..

he's being allowed to be very physical. he (and they) are definitely controlling the middle of the park though, we're getting nothing through there.
was a bit anoying to see the ref let him bully us all half, then give him a free kick for that 50/50 with giroud

Think that time when he charged into Wilshere on the edge of the box was a definite foul and once when he kicked Cazorla from behind. Neither given

[mcdowell42]

Think so far giroud has been our best player,never gave up for the goal & hes defended well for us in the few times we were under pressure from corners

[LDB]

Since gifting us a goal we haven't actually put the keeper under any pressure!

[northbank123]

Wanyama is doing very well although lucky to get away with shoulder charge and should have been booked for the tug on Cazorla which slowed him up enough to allow him to get the tackle in.

We played very well first 25 minutes and without quite hitting full stride we looked assured in possession and were creating chances. Since then we've sat back completely and if we continue it in the second half we'll more than likely get punished. We're not going to play at full tempo for 90 minutes but the habit we have of stopping playing for long periods is poor.

[p206ab]

70th cazorla off, theo on.