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#SaintsFC side to face Bristol City: Davis, Clyne, Fonte, Hooiveld, Fox, Ward-Prowse, Schneiderlin, Lallana, Puncheon, Rodriguez, Lambert.

 

#SaintsFC subs vs Bristol City: Gazzaniga (GK), Richardson, Seaborne, Hammond, Sharp, Guly, Chambers, S. Davis, Cork, Chaplow, De Ridder.

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Nice strong side. Interesting to see that JWP is starting in the stronger XI, ahead of Davis and Cork.

 

I'd imagine it's to do with easing Cork and Davis back in.

 

I'd still expect one of them to start against City instead of JWP>

 

Could be wrong though.

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I think JWP has played his way in.

 

Mmm....maybe, but pre season friendlies are all about fitness of the regulars ...and the chance for new and fringe players (like JWP) to impress. If they don't ...they'll be on the bench for most of the early season games.

 

Looking at the start XI for the Brizzle match, it doesn't seem like NA needs to be impressed by last seasons regulars, but the second half (sub.) performances will be most interesting to analyse.

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We do seem to go behind alot after dominating....need to start converting our chances. Wakey, wakey lambo. He's been dead this pre-season!

 

Because he's come back unfit for some reason. Against Ajax he looked much bigger than any point in his Saints career.

 

Anyway I suspect the starting line-up tonight will be similar to the one that starts against Man City.

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Jon Stead is only 29, who'd have guessed? Thought he was about that age when he nearly sent us down in 2007-08, before Stern John's heroics.

 

Will never forget when he scored.

 

Mate of mine said when he came on, "Oh don't worry he is ****"

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Because he's come back unfit for some reason. Against Ajax he looked much bigger than any point in his Saints career.

 

Anyway I suspect the starting line-up tonight will be similar to the one that starts against Man City.

 

I think it was just the kit, it made a few of our lads look a little on the chubbier side...when in fact they aren't. I doubt Rickie would have been unprofessional in the summer of the biggest season of his life.

 

But he hasn't been involved much at all in many of the games, starting to wonder if that's more to do with our new setup than anything.

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We do seem to go behind alot after dominating....need to start converting our chances. Wakey, wakey lambo. He's been dead this pre-season!

 

Rickie looked out of form in the match against Ajax, hope he picks up his form soon, I have a bet on Lambert being top scorer of the English players this season.

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Rickie looked out of form in the match against Ajax, hope he picks up his form soon, I have a bet on Lambert being top scorer of the English players this season.

 

I thought he looked overweight and lethargic that game, hopefully Adkins can get him "Saints fit" in what remains of pre-season.

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cue mass hysterie about how woefully short we are in defence and of we dont sign rio ferdinand in the enxt 13 minutes we will be doomed.

 

I don't know about the mass hysteria you're clearly making up, but it'll be thoroughly disappointing if we can't turn this around. Especially given our pre-season last year and how that translated into a running start from the first kick off of the league season.

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I don't know about the mass hysteria you're clearly making up, but it'll be thoroughly disappointing if we can't turn this around. Especially given our pre-season last year and how that translated into a running start from the first kick off of the league season.

 

Agree...think we are still crying out for another wide threat. Don't think we ever replaced AOC and we were ok last season but the wide options this season won't cut it.

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15mins to go

 

lots of subs for both sides, game seems to be petering out now.

 

We had a great pre-season last year in terms of the setup, but the results were as mixed as this years (so far)

 

I seem to remember a 1-1 with Yeovil the week before the season started.

 

and an early defeat to Eastleigh.

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