Southampton manager Will Still told BBC Radio Solent:
“We’ve been totally dominant and in control for the first half again, scored a great goal and created three if not four really big opportunities to kill the game off and win it.
“[We] come back out after the break, played really well for 10, 15 minutes, hit the crossbar, somehow missed from a couple of yards out.
“And to make things as worse as they can get a shot that’s going about six yards away from goal and gets deflected and hits the post, somehow falls into their feet and we concede.
“The last one you’re chasing the game again, trying to look forwards, pass it sideways and they’ve not had to do very much to win the game of football and we give ourselves a mountain to climb every single time.
“It’s just not going our way. You can talk about tactics, intensity, whatever, if you watch the first half as a whole, if we don’t make a mistake they’ve literally almost not come over the halfway line.”
Still, per Sky Sports:
“Again we have gifted our opponents points by failing to take numerous chances and paying for some defensive mistakes.
“Unfortunately, I can’t put the ball in the net for my players, much as I wish I could. What I can do is give them the right processes from which to work and I think our performances are showing they are working.
“In the first half we were in total control of this game, scored a great goal and just paid for one mistake.
“We started the second half well too and had great chances to go back in front before they had a bit of luck with a ball that hit someone’s backside and spun against a post to create their equaliser.
“I have been a football fan myself and I totally get that they pay their money and have the right to criticise. From the outside this will look like a poor Southampton performance, but if you analyse the game we did a lot right.”
This is how Twitter users reacted following boos from Southampton fans for Will Still and his players after 3-1 defeat to Bristol City…
@cw1uk2: Sports republic need to sell. Disaster after Disaster. No plan on the pitch, no passion, your football possession philosophy doesn’t work. Give it up . And please find coaches who can actually improve players .Constant decline. Not long before untainted players follow suit.
@tim1mooney: Will Still hasn’t got a clue. Negative back 5 but can’t defend. Zero ideas going forward. Totally out his depth. Another Sports Republic disaster.
@Nickyp72: Fucking appalling. I’ve had an ST for years… barely missed a game, but I think I’ll leave it for this season. 2 league wins in about a year is just the most appalling record. Maybe SR should stop with their little experiment with our club and appoint a proper manager
@CorkyMorris: Rotten top to bottom. Players are as weak as piss. Manager is arrogant & has seen us win 1 in 10 in the league. Owners have delivered 4 league wins in 17 months. Recruitment is appalling. Embarrassing!!
@TheExiledRobin: More than a few. Players seemed pretty pissed off and tbh I don’t entirely blame them. Thought they put a lot in, first half especially – I wasn’t quite sure how we were level at HT! But as good as the forward play was, they look so loose and easy to get behind at the back
@JacobSalter1: Out smarted, out manoeuvred and embarrassed by Bristol City! Times running out rapidly. 30 mins of good play in first half pointless and meaningless if you can’t manage the full 90mins. Interested to see what Still says about this #saintsfc
@Too_Jazzee: Literally no words. 4 wins in 18 months. This entire club is rotten to the core. Don’t worry though, you can play crazy golf at Level 1. Pathetic. #saintsfc
@Rusty_SFC: Through thick and thin. Highs and lows. I get it, I do! It’s just so hard when you’ve seen only 4 wins in 17 months and your club just looks so lost and confused. Poor ownership. Poor recruitment. It’s killing us slowly. #SaintsFC
@007Sutts: As a Bristol City fan there tonight, that’s Quality support for midweek night game when live on Sky & not in best form. No matter what, least you expect from the players is to show appreciation to the fans at end of the game. Poor very poor
@mrmarkpat: SR have been a fucking disaster. Bad recruitment after bad. We need a technical director in that knows the English leagues. Look how good Brighton and Bournemouth are doing. Both smaller clubs. It’s fucking criminal. We are now 4 points off bottom 4 #SaintsFC
— Luke 🔴⚪️ (@lagbo13) October 21, 2025
There’s a huge mental weakness in this squad. Take your chances and win the game!
We can’t kill matches, crumble under pressure, and get bullied far too easily.
Too many still here from last season’s rotten campaign and it’s rubbing off on the new signings.#saintsfc pic.twitter.com/H6iOpzaNNC
— Martin Sanders (@FootballMartin_) October 21, 2025
Just look at him, All seriousness here, this genuinely looks like a man struggling and out of ideas does it not?
He looks out of his depth and this picture speaks a thousand words unfortunately. #SaintsFC pic.twitter.com/9zLjs5CW9j
— Danny (@SaintsDanSFC) October 21, 2025
Dragan needs to wake up tomorrow and put the club up for sale another of this circus get some serious owners in who know what they’re doing #Saintsfc https://t.co/r6Ux9yXL5I
— Wigster (@Sir_Wigster) October 21, 2025
