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Arizona

Arizona

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Tough opposition today. Saints haave failed to win in six attempts since relegation. Last season's fixture resulted in one of our 5 - something thrashings. 5-1 with a goal from Saga/o.g. The last meeting was at SMS with 90 minutes of dire football followed by an injury time sucker punch.

 

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Mean looking opponent...

 

 

Team News: Pulis still injured, Gasmi apparently not fit enough for first team action yet, Lallana out with ankle injury, Surman faces late test, Skacel has a slight hamstring injury, but should play. Svensson played 45mins behind closed doors but isn't ready. Perry, Mills and Pekhart apparently have an illness, although Perry is training. Robertson may feature, as might Pearce.

 

I'd pick:

 

 

Davis

 

Cork - Pearce - Perry - Mills

 

Gillett - MS - Surman -Skacel

 

Robertson - DMG

ALWAYS_SFC

ALWAYS_SFC

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No idea who will play but like most of the games we play now,

i am dreading it as i have very little confidence that the

system we play will win many games.:(

 

I hope i am wrong.

saintjay77

saintjay77

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not sure who I would go for. Would be nice if the same team that started against Cov IMO as apart from some kamakazi defending I thought they did pretty well. These injurys donthelp though.

 

-----------KD-------------

James--Olly--Perry--Skacel

------Morgan--Surman----

Thomson------------Smith

---------Euell-------------

----------Robertson-------

 

Left wing is the dodgy position for me, dont think Mills is good enough there so maybe swap him with Skacel and drop Smith.

Arizona

Arizona

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but JP says we are gonna thrash someone soon........

 

Jan also said he was aiming for 6 wins from 10 games, which is now 6 from 7 I think.

VectisSaint

VectisSaint

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I'd pick:

 

 

Davis

 

Cork - Pearce - Perry - Mills

 

Gillett - MS - Surman -Skacel

 

Robertson - DMG

Would be surprised if Euell was dropped, but then again nothing surprises me with team selections at present.

 

I suspect team is more likely to be Davis, Cork, Lancashire (or Pearce), Perry, Skacel, Spiderman, Gillett, Surman, Davis, Euell, McG (though personally I would play Wotton instead of Gillett, sadly that puts the average age of the team too high and so unlikely to be sanctioned :))

Saint Garrett

Saint Garrett

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Would be surprised if Euell was dropped, but then again nothing surprises me with team selections at present.

 

I suspect team is more likely to be Davis, Cork, Lancashire (or Pearce), Perry, Skacel, Spiderman, Gillett, Surman, Davis, Euell, McG (though personally I would play Wotton instead of Gillett, sadly that puts the average age of the team too high and so unlikely to be sanctioned :))

 

Who??

It's There

It's There

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Gentlemen...after last year..surely the result can't be worse in terms of goals against! I, for one, would be more than happy with a goalless first half...please don't concede quickly...then I think confidence will begin to grow. I don't expect it to be pretty, but a point or 3 is achievable with a little luck.

COYR

St Marco

St Marco

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Lets hope those with an illness feel a little better today and can play because if not i feel another 5-1 type game on the cards. Today is a must win game for me. We have the potential to either be on the same points as Barnsley and maybe get out on goal difference or we could go to 5 points adrift. Big big game where we have to win. If we lose and results go against us and we are 5 points adrift going into 3 tough games against teams who are 1st,4th and 8th could increase that points gap further which lets pray doesn't happen. Saints must win. It will be a tough game, no games are easy.

If Jan has done his job and the players realise what is at stake and put in a display of effort then i think we could snatch it 1-2. I would be very happy with that. 4 points from the last 9 would not be so bad. However if Jan is Jan and plays people in the wrong place and plays a defensive system we will get stuffed something like 5-0. If that happens 1 point from the last 9 and 13 from 45 in total is awful and we cannot go on like that. So it is a game that depends on what Jan does i think. Either we win by a goal or lose by many i think.

saintjay77

saintjay77

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not sure who I would go for. Would be nice if the same team that started against Cov IMO as apart from some kamakazi defending I thought they did pretty well. These injurys donthelp though.

 

-----------KD-------------

James--Olly--Perry--Skacel

------Morgan--Surman----

Thomson------------Smith

---------Euell-------------

----------Robertson-------

 

Left wing is the dodgy position for me, dont think Mills is good enough there so maybe swap him with Skacel and drop Smith.

 

From the OS squad that has traveled I am going to go for

 

-----------KD-------------

Cork--Olly--Pearce--Skacel

-------Gillet----Morgan----

Gobern-------------Surman

---------Euell-------------

----------McGoldrick------

 

Gobern could be swapped with Smith or Thomson but JP likes to blood the youth before the previous youths get settled so it wouldnt surprise me if Gobern gets the nod.

 

No idea on the score but praying for today to be the day we finish a few more of our chances.

saintjay77

saintjay77

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OS says Mills, Pekhart and Perry haven't travelled because of illness. What happend to the "Killer fit for Preston" story? Obviously not!!

 

OS say he played in the closed door friendly and wasnt happy with his own fitness so guess he has declared himself not fit.

 

I know we need to treat him with some kid gloves and he will probably make himself work harder than anyone else can but after so many disapointments I think he might need someone above him pushing him to the finish line.

SaintRobbie

SaintRobbie

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10604.jpg

 

'We're due to thrash someone soon'. JP; Lowe's m(p)uppet

 

I hope we pull something out the bag but... I doubt it VERY much.

 

I feel for the 350 hard core fans... but lads and lasses do us proud and sing the songs loud - especially 'Swing Lowe!'

ExSt Peter Saint

ExSt Peter Saint

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I really can't see us getting anything out of this. From the illness and injuries the already weak defence is creaking even more. No experience there unless Wotton plays, but JP doesn't seem to fancy him as a CB much. Hope Rudi's fit or we are stuffed for LB. I'll be amazed if we score and just hope we keep the number of goals conceded to something respectable.

Saint Martini

Saint Martini

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OS say he played in the closed door friendly and wasnt happy with his own fitness so guess he has declared himself not fit.

 

I know we need to treat him with some kid gloves and he will probably make himself work harder than anyone else can but after so many disapointments I think he might need someone above him pushing him to the finish line.

 

If only you knew Swedish and you could read the interview with him in the last issue of offside. You'd know that Svensson pushes himself more then anyone and if someone from above needs to push him its a backwards motion and not forward.

Window Cleaner

Window Cleaner

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Put them in the right order yourselves

 

Southampton: Davis, Skacel, Surman, Euell, McGoldrick, Schneiderlin, Lancashire, Thomson, Cork, Smith, Pearce. Subs: Wright-Phillips, Wotton, James, Bialkowski, Gillett.

 

OK for me, BWP and Gillett on the bench and we'll see how we are without Lallana.

Already a result for me.

Rasiak-9-

Rasiak-9-

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Saints: Davis, Cork, Skacel, Lancashire, Pearce, Surman, Schneiderlin, Thomson, Smith, Euell, McGoldrick. Subs: Bialkowski, Wotton, James, Gillett, Wright-Phillips.

 

From OS

 

Another total fudge-'em-together mish-mash of a back four.

Window Cleaner

Window Cleaner

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Just more wasted money for a loan

 

Nah not really, he scored against Norwich and they might not have taken Dyer off our hands otherwise.

 

Our side actually looks good today, plenty of experience, no blatant gaps in defence, I expect us to get at least a draw. I like it when Euell is in the side.

ottery st mary

ottery st mary

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Perhaps he's on appearance money;);)

 

You are so in the know about most things. But in my humble opinion, probably

not quite good enough. Although he was worth the punt in someones view. (Not you, I mean Robertson. You will always be good enough in my eyes as your heart is in the right place eventually, I hope.)

 

Lets hope the lads surprise us to-day as whatever happens we want this somehow to turn round. If not I hope you have something up your sleeve before we reach the edge of the cliff.

You know you can do it Mikey.

dannysfc

dannysfc

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Is there a radio link like last Tuesday and the Tueday before? Works a treat that, should have saved it really.

 

I'm listening to BBC Radio Solent but I'm sure there are other links doing it aswell!

NickG

NickG

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Another total fudge-'em-together mish-mash of a back four.

 

they are all playing in there best positions.

Probably also best for each position available.

 

what's wrong with it? (from current squad)

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