Silva blew this, we really didnt need to rotate.
Playing Dowell and Stek was completely pointless.
My ratings for tonight
Stek - 4 awfull he missed a few chances to get us on the break by hesitating, could have done better with the goal
Baines - 5 wasnt terrible but didnt make much of imlact going forward, several misplaced passes and runs to No were.
Zouma - 7 won a lot of headers, seemed calm in possession and buried his penalty. Showed good pace when southampton tried to get inside
Keane - 6 solid enough, not as strong as zouma but didnt do too much wrong, got forward to put a header over the bar
Kenny - 3 tries hard and isn't awfull going forward, although he didn't create anything. Defensivly he was targeted as our weakness and he gets beaten often and lets players into the box and put crosses in.
Snides - 4 gave the ball away sloppy gifting a chance to southampton when they hit the post, could have prevented the goal and got a booking.
Davies -4 very wasteful in possession, lost the ball and kept slowing the game down when were chasing the game.
Guilty of never grtting forward so when Bernard or Walcott can stick a ball in they only have Tosun ehos heavily marked to aim towards.
Dowell -2 weak as a kitten, made no impact on the game not sure what he offers, would be suprised he plays for us again.
Lookman -6 pretty bright first half and was a threat, awesome little run and he shot inches wide, put a few balls in.
You could see southampton weee worried
Bernard -6 looked class when we got the ball to him, he has a knack for beating players.
Didn't create anything clear cut other than a shotnhe took hinself that saved. This is mainly due to the box being empty when hes in a crossing position.
Tosun -6 very isolated, won majority of headers when we went long to him, nearly fansioned out a few shots on goal in a crowded box when southampton had all 10 men behind the ball holding on.
Hes still our best striker and will score if we can get the ball to him around the 18 yard box.
Subs
Niasse -7 he ran about, pressured them won a few free kicks and injected a bit of urgency. His lack of quality in general is still obvious however he managed to slot wallcott in for the goal.
Richaerlsen -4 didn't effect the game or do anything meaningful. Pissed about with his penalty run up and skied it.
Wallcott - 6 only had 10 minutes but he scored ans had a decent run, poor penalty though.
Silva -5 he got his selection wrong, but got his subs right, he seeemed active in the tech area all night.
My man of the match was Niasse, his energy and passion to win gave the team a lift, he was so unpredictable southampton were unsettled by him.
