The nearest to it was the 4-0 defeat at Villa Park in 22-23. Much more comprehensive than the 5-1 the week before at Newcastle where we were competitive even at 3-1. Maybe also the 0-3 at home to Arsenal that season where they brought a 15 year old sub on at the end.
If it's any consolation I read your post and completely agreed, we are undefeated, by far the greatest etcHa, that's a yes then!
A case of rose-tinted glasses here then!
Nothing wrong with that.Ha, that's a yes then!
A case of rose-tinted glasses here then!
In some respects, though, the Southampton felt like less of a tonking and more a case of us simply being utter sh*t. And even then I think we got back to 1-1 (from absolutely nowhere) and had a few chances to score towards the end that might just have made it interesting.
We missed Raya in that Southampton game. We let in a couple of soft goals. Mind you he was partly at fault for the Newcastle 1-5. Passed straight to their forward as we were settling down just before ht.
Wasn't helped by Alvaro in goal appearing never to have played football before. And Toney wandering around like he'd got lost on the Covid ward
I was there and felt Villa were possessed on the day, let off the leash after getting Gerrard the sack. Yes, we were poor, but still normally manage to limit the impact.
Yes I remember them both being painful, not only for the above reason, but also the very gobby home fans next to the away sections taking the piss.
#loveVARAt least we've beaten Southampton 4 times in a row since and been able to throw "it's a long way back to London (Hampshire) when you're ****" back at them every single time. I'm pleased people do not forget!
Sunday midday kick off due to the death of the Queen and no atmosphere.Most comprehensively outplayed, regardless of quality of opposition - I think the Arsenal 3-0 in 2022 is the worst, felt like we were playing a team from at least one division above in the cup, barely had a kick all day. I've had that feeling for bits of hard games other times... but that feeling lasted all day that time. We only lost two home games all season.... so put that Arsenal performance in context. At least we robbed a point from the away game
Most comprehensively outplayed, regardless of quality of opposition - I think the Arsenal 3-0 in 2022 is the worst, felt like we were playing a team from at least one division above in the cup, barely had a kick all day. I've had that feeling for bits of hard games other times... but that feeling lasted all day that time. We only lost two home games all season.... so put that Arsenal performance in context. At least we robbed a point from the away game
"Robbed" was tongue in cheek, just used that word because I know how much it annoyed them. it was a procedural failure by VAR not to check the correct offside that allowed Ivan's goal to stand, though, rather than it being incredibly close. Still a great point against the odds and showed our character to stay in the game and have that opportunity. it allowed that pretty long unbeaten run to continue too.
