Southampton’s supporters have been angered by Fraser Forster once again as they lost 1-0 at home to Burnley.
Southampton fans have taken to Twitter in the wake of their defeat to Burnley on Saturday to express their frustration, once again, at Fraser Forster’s recent form.
The Saints appeared to dominate the large majority of the game at St Mary’s, with Clarets goalkeeper Nick Pope making a number of hugely impressive saves to keep Sean Dyche’s men in the contest.
And the home side were made to pay for their inability to beat Pope with nine minutes to go as boyhood Southampton fan Sam Vokes scored the game’s only goal as he beat Maya Yoshida to a cross and managed to find the bottom corner with his header.
And the goal has seen Forster come in for plenty of criticism on social media. Last week, the Englishman was slated for being slow across his line as Glenn Murray equalised in the 1-1 draw with Brighton, and the Burnley clash has created a sense of deja vu for the Saints fans.
Forster seemed to react slowly to what arguably was not the most powerful of headers – though it was extremely well-placed in fairness to Vokes – and the fans have urged Mauricio Pellegrino to make a change following the international break.
The former Celtic man’s cause was probably not helped by Pope’s inspired display that saw the Burnley goalkeeper stake a massive claim to be man of the match – nor did it help that Vokes’ header was the Clarets’ sole effort on target throughout the entire game.
Here is the best of the reaction, which includes one Saints fan asking for Pope to be signed and some supporters defending Forster…
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