Puel marked Long out for praise in his post-match judgement.
http://www.eatsleepsport.com/southam...e-2258693.html
I didn't see Southampton's game against Crystal Palace last night, nor any highlights, but Shane Long was reported to have missed a number of "gilt-edged"chances: http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-35597860.html
Originally Posted by Nick Purewal
Puel marked Long out for praise in his post-match judgement.
http://www.eatsleepsport.com/southam...e-2258693.html
I saw the game highlights on MOTD2. He missed a chance in the first minute, a good effort with his left foot that missed the far post by a couple of feet but given the angle the keeper would have been favourite to save anything that didn't go in off the far post. The highlights showed no other miss by Long so they can't have been that bad. They scored two lovely goals actually.
Just watching Goals on Sunday. Long did extremely well for Clasie's goal yesterday. Long ball up from Forster and he controlled it well. Put it out to space on his first touch having eased I off the defender and came back in slightly with a great second touch with a few defenders surrounding him. Lovely pull back to Tadic for his third touch who laid it on for a great strike from Clasie.
Kamara did a nice bit of analysis on how there was havoc among the West Brom defence which was caused by Long's movement I think.
He's a more well-rounded player than Rodriguez. I can see why Puel prefers him.
Shane Long was taken off yesterday against Manchester City only 20 minutes after being subbed on. However, it appears this was all as a result of some confusion on the part of the Southampton bench: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/sai..._substitution/
Long seemed to share some heated words with his manager and assistant manager as he passed them on his way down the tunnel after being taken off. Video of it here: https://twitter.com/Sean_McMahon89/s...46855266258952Originally Posted by Claude Puel
'Southampton manager Claude Puel says Shane Long's future will be decided in the summer': http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/152...mains_unclear/
Originally Posted by Claude Puel
Not exactly a ringing endorsement.
Very much a 'if we can improve on him, and we'd like to, we'll move him on' kinda vibe.
Wouldn't mind seeing Long tear it up at some decent Championship club where he'd be the main man. He'll always be in and out of the side at PL level it seems.
If you were a Soton fan, I don't think you'd be keen to him to stay. Goal return this season been very poor
Its a bit late in the day for him to start adding to his game but perhaps that's the only hope for him to sustain a premier league career.
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Long is supposedly on West Ham's summer wish-list: http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/foot...-a3535106.html
Originally Posted by Ken Dyer
Long started for Southampton today away to Middlesbrough, but missed a penalty in 64th minute. Southampton still won the game 2-1. Long was replaced by Charlie Austin after 87 minutes.
On SSN Phil Thompson said it looked like a bad injury
They were discussing Long's Southampton situation on Newstalk yesterday. I think it was Nathan Murphy who said he tried to interview him in the tunnel after the Liverpool game last weekend and the Irish lads would normally stop for a few words. On this occasion, however, a seemingly frustrated Long said (something like) "not today, I might get myself I trouble or a fine".
I think they said he's only scored six goals in his last fifty-five games for club and country also, granted a lot of them would have been from the bench.
They also discussed the possibility of him playing wide of the front three as opposed to through the middle, highlighting Mandzukic and the job he's doing for Juventus at the moment. They seemed unaware that Long has played this role plenty of times previously. Even Kilbane was saying he doesn't think he's technically good enough, that's it pretty much through the centre or nothing.
Sweet ball for Rodriguez from wide right yesterday nonetheless. Any word on his injury?
Nothing major it seems - http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/sai...pdate/?ref=rss
Originally Posted by Claude Puel
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