Fan gives his end-of-year report for Southampton FC first team

First team attainment by subject:

Defence: could do better, tendency to drop off towards the end of the session with disastrous consequences.

Attack: good in parts, noticeable inability to take opportunities and all too often fail to hit target.

Midfield: plenty of concerted possession but little to show for it. Reluctance to pass forward and penetrate opposition.

Substitutions: tendency towards panic changes rather than in support of alternative tactics. Too often just scattergun.

General passing: commendable interplay, albeit utterly pointless most of the time.

Tactics: this subject seems to have been largely neglected, little or no thought to alternative options.

Learning potential: largely absent. Only a fool does the same thing expecting different results.

Head’s report: best summed up by wise sage Neil Warnock ‘if the team were in a restaurant they’d spend two hours looking at the menu and leave without ordering anything’.

Bob Barton
Chandler's Ford