Defeating Stoke City at home is not something to be proud of. However, in another game, after Chelsea played Manchester United 1-1 away from home, Southampton fans began to celebrate.
They have narrowed the gap with Chelsea to two points. Although the league has just started, it is also a matter of joy to be close to the opponent's points.
However, amidst the joy, there are also many media reports. The only hidden danger for Southampton now may be that Suarez is back. In the last round, Southampton's two forwards performed very well. Lukaku scored twice and Val
Di also scored a goal. After Suarez returns, will there still be a place for him?
If Noriya forcibly gives him a position, what will Vardy and Lukaku think, and what will the other substitutes think?
The boundary between Southampton's main players and substitutes has always been very clear. The substitutes were often promoted after the main players left due to transfers - for example, Casemiro and Luke Xiao clearly had the ability to play as the main players at that time, but Ji
Ya still only let them rotate out, and then after the main players Matuidi and Blind were spotted by other teams in the summer, he decisively sold the main players at a high position, and then let Casemiro and the others take over smoothly.
However, this kind of magical operation is mainly because the main player performed very well. Even if the substitute is not convinced, he knows that he cannot easily shake the main player's position.
What now?
Vardy is the main force. He scored 12 goals in nine games in the new season, and only failed to score in one game. What is rare is that except for a big four, he basically scored one in a game and occasionally scored two in other games.
Such a continuous goal-scoring ability is very valuable. No one will let him come on the bench at this time, because this will end his momentum of consecutive goals.
The same goes for Lukaku. He only scored five goals in the league, but he also scored four goals in the Champions League. At the same time, the state he showed was also quite outstanding.
This is a sufficient problem for Ji Ya, and it is also a problem that he has never encountered before.
If this problem cannot be properly handled, then Southampton, which has always been stable internally, will have big problems.
Regarding this issue, the Catalan media began to gloat. They believed that Ji Ya was too greedy and insisted on selling for 100 million pounds. As a result, Barcelona retreated, and now it is difficult to get off the ground.
When Suarez is dissatisfied with Southampton and wants to leave next year, will he still want 100 million pounds? Even if he doesn't give you 50 million pounds, maybe 50 million euros will be enough by then!
Noriya didn't comment on this, but he found it funny - my forwards performed well, but you are worried. I really don't know whether I am the head coach of Southampton or you are the head coach of Southampton...
However, Noriya is too lazy to argue with them. Whether it will be effective or not depends on the next game.
Midweek is a League Cup fourth round match, Southampton goes away to challenge Stoke City.
Just after playing at home, we immediately went to play against the same opponent away from home. This is not a particularly novel experience in the Premier League.
Noriya habitually sent out all his substitutes in this game.
The goalkeeper was replaced by Romero. In recent games, the main goalkeeper Ji Ya has used is Gulacchi. After all, he will play in the Champions League, so there is nothing to say about Romero's choice, and these few games
Southampton did not concede a goal in every game, and Gulacchi's performance was quite outstanding.
Compared with Romero, Gulacchi seems to be less passionate, but more stable, and now his attacks are also timely. In the competition for the main goalkeeper, he has some advantages.
Many media and fans have ignored this point. However, in fact, this season, Southampton has two places with extremely fierce competition for the main position. In addition to the center position, there is also the goalkeeper position.
But Ji Ya solved this problem very well.
Defenders Jenkinson, Rudiger, Bailly and Peters, midfielders Matic, Schneiderlin, Prowse, forwards Perisic, Dembélé and Suarez.
Except for Suarez, they are all Southampton's substitutes, but even the substitutes have very outstanding abilities.
Many people were paying attention to this game, but soon they became a little disappointed.
Because in this game, Suarez's performance was a bit mediocre.
He was still very active in running on the field, but he didn't catch the ball many times and he didn't shoot many shots. He only had three shots in the whole game, and two of them hit the goal frame, but he didn't score a goal.
The best performer in the game was Perisic. He scored twice in the game, coupled with Prowse's long shot, Southampton defeated Stoke City 3-2 in an away game and entered the League Cup.
Fifth round.
"Suarez's performance is mediocre... It seems that the four-month window period has a great impact on him. From this point of view, Ji Ya is determined not to sell him in the summer. It seems to be a mistake. No one knows that Suarez
Will Sri Lanka decline from this state? After all, he is also 27 years old. Although this age is the peak age, the number of players who start to decline at this age is not in single digits..."
Some media couldn't wait to comment.
But they seem to have forgotten that it is not wise to make such a hasty evaluation of a player who has just won the European Golden Boot.
Suarez himself was cheerful when being interviewed, saying that he was happy to be back on the court and that his condition was slowly recovering.
As for the reporter's deliberate question about the competition with Vardy, Suarez simply pretended not to hear it.
Three days later, in the tenth round of the league, Southampton challenged Hull City away.
Ji Ya once again sent out all his main players, and Suarez also returned to the bench. Many people were mentally prepared for this result, but when they actually saw this scene, everyone still exclaimed.
sighed.
This guy is so ruthless, he is really a substitute for a European Golden Boot.
But Suarez on the bench still had a smile on his face.
Hull City are currently ranked tenth. They have scored 11 points in the first nine rounds. This seems to be a good performance. However, since the beginning of this season, the competition for the top seven has been fierce, and the competition from other teams has also been very dangerous. They are ranked tenth.
Hull City are actually just three points ahead of the relegation zone.
So now for the Premier League team, every point is important.
Sitting at home, they launched a tenacious defense, which greatly affected Southampton's offense. However, Vardy's condition seemed to be getting better in this game. He kept running and looking for
Chance to score.
When a top shooter tirelessly seeks shooting opportunities, he can often create extremely outstanding situations.
