Saints v Man City - Build up

[Thedelldays]

Shaw and clyne look to be training as normal

[trousers]

@NabilHassan79: Roberto Mancini: "They (#saintsfc) are playing very well at the moment, they have a new manager, defend better and tomorrow will be hard."

[Dig Dig]

Shaw and clyne look to be training as normal

 

Where did you see this?

[Thedelldays]

Where did you see this?

 

In the little vid a few posts up

 

It's only a few seconds but they are there with the rest doing normal stuff

[Saint Garrett]

@SouthamptonFC: Emmanuel Mayuka is looking to make up for lost time after returning home from the African Cup Of Nations http://t.co/5eDI0vE9 #saintsfc

[Dig Dig]

In the little vid a few posts up

 

It's only a few seconds but they are there with the rest doing normal stuff

 

 

Ah cool. I guess tomorrow may still have come too quickly but good that he's in training, can't be that bad an injury

[Saint Charlie]

Yeah Shaw, if he can't play this week, mustn't be too bad.

 

Fonte was with the main huddle but couldnt see ramirez anywhere on that video.

[Dig Dig]

Ramirez is in Flourence

[Saint Charlie]

Ramirez is in Flourence

 

Where?

[Dig Dig]

Phlorence

Edited 8 February, 2013 by Dig Dig

[Saint Charlie]

Florence

 

Nice WUM.

 

its quite hard to pick a starting team really with AL back fit. If Shaw and Clyne play then back four is settled aside from the Hooiveld situation.

 

Midfield and up front is tough though - Davis has made a big impact as a sub recently as has Lallana. Lambert a def starter but JR had his best game vs Wigan and Ramirez at home has been very good.

 

Better choices than a few weeks back anyway.

[Saint Garrett]

It's certainly nice to have options. I'm still struggling to see how J-Rod, Gaston and Lambert can all play in the same side though.

[Saint Charlie]

If I was picking I would go with:

 

-----------------------Boruc------------------

 

Clyne---------Yoshida-------Forren (Jos)-------Shaw

 

---------------Cork-----------Morgan--------------

 

----------------------Lallana---------------------------

Ramirez-----------------------------------Rodriguez

 

----------------------Lambert-------------------------

 

 

If Ramirez is out then Puncheon in. Davis unlucky but at home we need to attack and play our best players.

Plus subs have a key role.

Edited 8 February, 2013 by Saint Charlie

[Saint Garrett]

http://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=277234

 

Some half decent comments on here from them. Some are worried about playing us, some are not !

 

Would go with

 

Boruc; Clyne Yoshi Forren Shaw; Cork Morgan; Lallana Davis Rodriguez; Lambert.

 

Davis JWP Jos Puncheon Richardson Mayuka Gaston

[pingwing]

Would give this a go really.

 

-----------------------Boruc------------------

 

Clyne---------Yoshida-------Forren (Jos)-------Shaw

 

---------------Cork-----------Morgan--------------

 

Steven Davis---------------Lallana------------Rodriguez----

 

--------------------------Lambert---------------------

 

Get the 3 in behind Lambert swapping about a lot and they'll look confused. Would bench Gaston and Punch as both have really been poor for a couple of games (confidence would help but this isn't a game they'll pick it up in). Get Steven Davis a start in that going really far forward position and give Lallana a start to feed Rodriguez who is getting the hang of going everywhere and leave Lambert up front to power something home (fully expect him to rip the net out for this 100th).

 

Put Davis, Richardson, Forren/Jos, Punch, Gaston, Mayuka and JWP on the bench.

[Saint Garrett]

Would give this a go really.

 

-----------------------Boruc------------------

 

Clyne---------Yoshida-------Forren (Jos)-------Shaw

 

---------------Cork-----------Morgan--------------

 

Steven Davis---------------Lallana------------Rodriguez----

 

--------------------------Lambert---------------------

 

Get the 3 in behind Lambert swapping about a lot and they'll look confused. Would bench Gaston and Punch as both have really been poor for a couple of games (confidence would help but this isn't a game they'll pick it up in). Get Steven Davis a start in that going really far forward position and give Lallana a start to feed Rodriguez who is getting the hang of going everywhere and leave Lambert up front to power something home (fully expect him to rip the net out for this 100th).

 

Put Davis, Richardson, Forren/Jos, Punch, Gaston, Mayuka and JWP on the bench.

 

Exactly the same as me then !!

[tajjuk]

Sadly we need them to be complacent but their recent form means too many points dropped and they basically have to win every game now so they won't be complacent.

 

Comfortable win for them i reckon.

[Thedelldays]

Sadly we need them to be complacent but their recent form means too many points dropped and they basically have to win every game now so they won't be complacent.

 

Comfortable win for them i reckon.

 

True

 

As someone said. Teams in 2nd place hardly ever go 3 games without a win.... Which is what we are trying to do

[Saint_Tony]

Exactly, it's like when we went into the Swansea game expecting a win after getting maximum points from the Newcastle and QPR games. It simply doesn't happen, Gazza's cock up was almost guaranteed to happen, it's very much the law of averages.

[Graffito]

Blog in the Guardian "Pochettino can prove himself against champions" as below. Note; double training sessions for fitness, players convinced by Barca trip that Pochettino is big time.

 

"You don't know what you're doing" is one of the most frequent taunts directed by supporters at referees, managers, directors and anyone else whose decisions meet popular disapproval. Oddly, you never hear crowds follow that up a while later with the admittedly less-catchy chant of: "Actually, sorry about that, it appears you do know what you're doing." Perhaps Southampton fans will be the first?

 

Then again, perhaps not. But what is clear is that three weeks and three matches after the hugely contentious sacking of Nigel Adkins, the club's new manager, Mauricio Pochettino, is winning admirers. Now all he has to do for the decision to hire him to be vindicated is, well, win matches. There are signs that his team will start doing that soon, perhaps even on Saturday against Manchester City.

 

Pochettino's team have already given the other Manchester side a mighty scare. In Pochettino's second match in charge, Southampton outplayed United for long periods, finishing the match with 57% of the possession and twice as many shots as the hosts – but as 2-1 losers.

 

Sir Alex Ferguson said afterwards that Southampton were the best opponents that his team have faced at Old Trafford this season. Wigan Athletic players expressed similar sentiments after scraping a 2-2 draw at the DW Stadium last weekend. So what has he changed?

 

The first part of the answer to that is: not that much, because not all that much needed changing at Southampton. The team had played quite well all season and the defensive problems that undermined their fine, attacking play early on in the campaign were already being eradicated under Adkins as he and the players adapted to the Premier League while retaining the qualities that had helped them achieve two promotions in two season.

 

So there has been no transformation. But there have been tweaks that have made a positive impact. The Argentinian speaks only sketchy English but has had no problem conveying his message, partially because all three of the coaches he brought with him speak English fluently and partially because his message is not that complicated.

 

The main change he has made is to make the team more aggressive without the ball, encouraging them to harass the other team into coughing it up as close to the opposing goal as possible and then, with the opposition ragged, Southampton are to use their forward flair to quickly take advantage.

 

"Our style of play is to win back the ball as soon as possible and then play it," explains the Argentinian. "We moved forward our lines and play more upfield. When we lose the ball we must have the mentality of winning it back as soon as possible."

 

That is how Espanyol played during the three and a half years for which Pochettino kept the club higher than their resources should have permitted, earning the admiration for his tactics from Pep Guardiola among others, before the consequences of continually selling their best players finally caught up with them.

 

Espanyol players nicknamed him "The Sheriff" and used to talk of training sessions that were fiercely "intense" yet "fun".

 

Southampton players have expressed the same view, which is just as well, as Pochettino has treated them to double sessions since his arrival. It is simply fitness work – but, in fact, Pochettino has no quibble with the level of fitness that he found and so far the focus has been on ensuring there is a solid structure to the way the team press.

 

"It may seem like we are running more," he says. "But really we are just running in a more organised way."

 

One player who certainly looks like he runs more is Morgan Schneiderlin. The central midfielder has always been a dynamo and has made more tackles and interceptions this term than any other player, but under Pochettino he, like the full-backs, has also been ordered to attack more, a mission that is, of course, easier to accomplish if Southampton win the ball high up the pitch. His goal against Wigan, when he sprinted 50 yards forward before slamming in Gaston Ramirez's cross from close range, could become a regular feature.

 

"I like midfielders who cover a lot of ground and go into the opposing team areas," says Pochettino. "We ask players to do what they are capable of doing and both Jack [Cork] and Morgan have a great capacity in that respect so we ask them to use it."

 

With Adam Lallana now sufficiently recovered from injury to challenge for a starting position, City are in for a serious test. They are the sort of team that Southampton aspire to beating on a regular basis. Executive chairman Nicolas Cortese is unashamedly demanding with his targets and envisages achieving more than mere survival in the Premier League. To him the dismissal of Adkins is a reasonable form of ruthlessness, since he believes that while Adkins may have kept the team up, Pochettino can take them higher.

 

The new manager helped embed that notion before the United match when he took the squad to work out at Barcelona's training ground for a few days. Premier League players may have more wealth than they can dream of, but using the same facilities as Lionel Messi and Co. is one way they can still be wowed. It is clear from talking to Saints players that the experience helped persuade them that their manager is big time. They need to start winning to convince everyone else that he came at the right time.

[trousers]

Blog in the Guardian "Pochettino can prove himself against champions" as below. Note; double training sessions for fitness, players convinced by Barca trip that Pochettino is big time.

 

"You don't know what you're doing" is one of the most frequent taunts directed by supporters at referees, managers, directors and anyone else whose decisions meet popular disapproval. Oddly, you never hear crowds follow that up a while later with the admittedly less-catchy chant of: "Actually, sorry about that, it appears you do know what you're doing." Perhaps Southampton fans will be the first?

 

Then again, perhaps not. But what is clear is that three weeks and three matches after the hugely contentious sacking of Nigel Adkins, the club's new manager, Mauricio Pochettino, is winning admirers. Now all he has to do for the decision to hire him to be vindicated is, well, win matches. There are signs that his team will start doing that soon, perhaps even on Saturday against Manchester City.

 

Pochettino's team have already given the other Manchester side a mighty scare. In Pochettino's second match in charge, Southampton outplayed United for long periods, finishing the match with 57% of the possession and twice as many shots as the hosts – but as 2-1 losers.

 

Sir Alex Ferguson said afterwards that Southampton were the best opponents that his team have faced at Old Trafford this season. Wigan Athletic players expressed similar sentiments after scraping a 2-2 draw at the DW Stadium last weekend. So what has he changed?

 

The first part of the answer to that is: not that much, because not all that much needed changing at Southampton. The team had played quite well all season and the defensive problems that undermined their fine, attacking play early on in the campaign were already being eradicated under Adkins as he and the players adapted to the Premier League while retaining the qualities that had helped them achieve two promotions in two season.

 

So there has been no transformation. But there have been tweaks that have made a positive impact. The Argentinian speaks only sketchy English but has had no problem conveying his message, partially because all three of the coaches he brought with him speak English fluently and partially because his message is not that complicated.

 

The main change he has made is to make the team more aggressive without the ball, encouraging them to harass the other team into coughing it up as close to the opposing goal as possible and then, with the opposition ragged, Southampton are to use their forward flair to quickly take advantage.

 

"Our style of play is to win back the ball as soon as possible and then play it," explains the Argentinian. "We moved forward our lines and play more upfield. When we lose the ball we must have the mentality of winning it back as soon as possible."

 

That is how Espanyol played during the three and a half years for which Pochettino kept the club higher than their resources should have permitted, earning the admiration for his tactics from Pep Guardiola among others, before the consequences of continually selling their best players finally caught up with them.

 

Espanyol players nicknamed him "The Sheriff" and used to talk of training sessions that were fiercely "intense" yet "fun".

 

Southampton players have expressed the same view, which is just as well, as Pochettino has treated them to double sessions since his arrival. It is simply fitness work – but, in fact, Pochettino has no quibble with the level of fitness that he found and so far the focus has been on ensuring there is a solid structure to the way the team press.

 

"It may seem like we are running more," he says. "But really we are just running in a more organised way."

 

One player who certainly looks like he runs more is Morgan Schneiderlin. The central midfielder has always been a dynamo and has made more tackles and interceptions this term than any other player, but under Pochettino he, like the full-backs, has also been ordered to attack more, a mission that is, of course, easier to accomplish if Southampton win the ball high up the pitch. His goal against Wigan, when he sprinted 50 yards forward before slamming in Gaston Ramirez's cross from close range, could become a regular feature.

 

"I like midfielders who cover a lot of ground and go into the opposing team areas," says Pochettino. "We ask players to do what they are capable of doing and both Jack [Cork] and Morgan have a great capacity in that respect so we ask them to use it."

 

With Adam Lallana now sufficiently recovered from injury to challenge for a starting position, City are in for a serious test. They are the sort of team that Southampton aspire to beating on a regular basis. Executive chairman Nicolas Cortese is unashamedly demanding with his targets and envisages achieving more than mere survival in the Premier League. To him the dismissal of Adkins is a reasonable form of ruthlessness, since he believes that while Adkins may have kept the team up, Pochettino can take them higher.

 

The new manager helped embed that notion before the United match when he took the squad to work out at Barcelona's training ground for a few days. Premier League players may have more wealth than they can dream of, but using the same facilities as Lionel Messi and Co. is one way they can still be wowed. It is clear from talking to Saints players that the experience helped persuade them that their manager is big time. They need to start winning to convince everyone else that he came at the right time.

 

Great read. Cheers for posting

[tajjuk]

Blog in the Guardian "Pochettino can prove himself against champions" as below. Note; double training sessions for fitness, players convinced by Barca trip that Pochettino is big time.

 

"You don't know what you're doing" is one of the most frequent taunts directed by supporters at referees, managers, directors and anyone else whose decisions meet popular disapproval. Oddly, you never hear crowds follow that up a while later with the admittedly less-catchy chant of: "Actually, sorry about that, it appears you do know what you're doing." Perhaps Southampton fans will be the first?

 

Then again, perhaps not. But what is clear is that three weeks and three matches after the hugely contentious sacking of Nigel Adkins, the club's new manager, Mauricio Pochettino, is winning admirers. Now all he has to do for the decision to hire him to be vindicated is, well, win matches. There are signs that his team will start doing that soon, perhaps even on Saturday against Manchester City.

 

Pochettino's team have already given the other Manchester side a mighty scare. In Pochettino's second match in charge, Southampton outplayed United for long periods, finishing the match with 57% of the possession and twice as many shots as the hosts – but as 2-1 losers.

 

Sir Alex Ferguson said afterwards that Southampton were the best opponents that his team have faced at Old Trafford this season. Wigan Athletic players expressed similar sentiments after scraping a 2-2 draw at the DW Stadium last weekend. So what has he changed?

 

The first part of the answer to that is: not that much, because not all that much needed changing at Southampton. The team had played quite well all season and the defensive problems that undermined their fine, attacking play early on in the campaign were already being eradicated under Adkins as he and the players adapted to the Premier League while retaining the qualities that had helped them achieve two promotions in two season.

 

So there has been no transformation. But there have been tweaks that have made a positive impact. The Argentinian speaks only sketchy English but has had no problem conveying his message, partially because all three of the coaches he brought with him speak English fluently and partially because his message is not that complicated.

 

The main change he has made is to make the team more aggressive without the ball, encouraging them to harass the other team into coughing it up as close to the opposing goal as possible and then, with the opposition ragged, Southampton are to use their forward flair to quickly take advantage.

 

"Our style of play is to win back the ball as soon as possible and then play it," explains the Argentinian. "We moved forward our lines and play more upfield. When we lose the ball we must have the mentality of winning it back as soon as possible."

 

That is how Espanyol played during the three and a half years for which Pochettino kept the club higher than their resources should have permitted, earning the admiration for his tactics from Pep Guardiola among others, before the consequences of continually selling their best players finally caught up with them.

 

Espanyol players nicknamed him "The Sheriff" and used to talk of training sessions that were fiercely "intense" yet "fun".

 

Southampton players have expressed the same view, which is just as well, as Pochettino has treated them to double sessions since his arrival. It is simply fitness work – but, in fact, Pochettino has no quibble with the level of fitness that he found and so far the focus has been on ensuring there is a solid structure to the way the team press.

 

"It may seem like we are running more," he says. "But really we are just running in a more organised way."

 

One player who certainly looks like he runs more is Morgan Schneiderlin. The central midfielder has always been a dynamo and has made more tackles and interceptions this term than any other player, but under Pochettino he, like the full-backs, has also been ordered to attack more, a mission that is, of course, easier to accomplish if Southampton win the ball high up the pitch. His goal against Wigan, when he sprinted 50 yards forward before slamming in Gaston Ramirez's cross from close range, could become a regular feature.

 

"I like midfielders who cover a lot of ground and go into the opposing team areas," says Pochettino. "We ask players to do what they are capable of doing and both Jack [Cork] and Morgan have a great capacity in that respect so we ask them to use it."

 

With Adam Lallana now sufficiently recovered from injury to challenge for a starting position, City are in for a serious test. They are the sort of team that Southampton aspire to beating on a regular basis. Executive chairman Nicolas Cortese is unashamedly demanding with his targets and envisages achieving more than mere survival in the Premier League. To him the dismissal of Adkins is a reasonable form of ruthlessness, since he believes that while Adkins may have kept the team up, Pochettino can take them higher.

 

The new manager helped embed that notion before the United match when he took the squad to work out at Barcelona's training ground for a few days. Premier League players may have more wealth than they can dream of, but using the same facilities as Lionel Messi and Co. is one way they can still be wowed. It is clear from talking to Saints players that the experience helped persuade them that their manager is big time. They need to start winning to convince everyone else that he came at the right time.

 

Yep nice read, anyone spot the mistake in it though?

[Window Cleaner]

Yep nice read, anyone spot the mistake in it though?

 

80 yards if it was an inch and of course JRod put in the cross.

[pingwing]

Yep nice read, anyone spot the mistake in it though?

 

Gaston Ramirez = Jay Rodriguez now...

[100%Red&White]

Yep nice read, anyone spot the mistake in it though?

 

Was a good read, Nicolas will be pleased.

[tajjuk]

80 yards if it was an inch and of course JRod put in the cross.

 

Gaston Ramirez = Jay Rodriguez now...

 

Indeed.

[paris]

Thnks nice read , is Nick Harvey still at SFC or did he leave wth Adkins & co ??

[trousers]

http://www.foxsportsasia.com/home/news/detail/item932082/

[sussexsaint]

Ramirez is in Flourence

 

 

lucky girl

[trousers]

@MrSimonWilliams: Currently working on a gallery of images from training this morning #saintsfc http://t.co/hqaPJFdd

 

 

Shaw looking ok there?

[tajjuk]

@MrSimonWilliams: Currently working on a gallery of images from training this morning #saintsfc http://t.co/hqaPJFdd

 

 

Shaw looking ok there?

 

And Clyne

[Saint Garrett]

Gaston still nowhere to be seen though...

[Appy]

Gaston still nowhere to be seen though...

 

What's the bad news?

[Saint Garrett]

Well regardless of him having a few dodgy games away from home, he's still really talented and was fantastic first half vs Everton. Plus it's better he's fit and atleast on the bench than not even in the squad surely ?

[Pilchards]

@MrSimonWilliams: Currently working on a gallery of images from training this morning #saintsfc http://t.co/hqaPJFdd

 

 

 

Danny Fox keeping them onside again

[Saint Garrett]

Danny Fox keeping them onside again

 

[Thedelldays]

Can see shaw and clyne being fine but no gaston

[Saint Garrett]

@SouthamptonFC: Check out our gallery of images from today's First Team training session at Staplewood: http://t.co/AI1ciPrK #saintsfc

 

Gaston not in any pictures. Definitely out then.

[Tokyo-Saint]

Jose in the last pic as well.

[Saint Charlie]

Fonte is also training which is good.

 

Gaston is a miss because his home form has been excellent. Hopefully with a two week break he will be ok.

[Window Cleaner]

@SouthamptonFC: Check out our gallery of images from today's First Team training session at Staplewood: http://t.co/AI1ciPrK #saintsfc

 

Gaston not in any pictures. Definitely out then.

 

 

 

Fonté back soon then.

 

Perhaps the Uruguayen federation have asked for the 5 day rule to be applied; Then again perhaps he was just off making the tea. Don't think Puncheon figures in any of the pics either, could be wrong there though.

 

Ref picture 31 isn't that Gaston in the background ?

Edited 8 February, 2013 by Window Cleaner

[Saint-Armstrong]

Fonté back soon then.

 

Perhaps the Uruguayen federation have asked for the 5 day rule to be applied; Then again perhaps he was just off making the tea. Don't think Puncheon figures in any of the pics either, could be wrong there though.

 

Ref picture 31 isn't that Gaston in the background ?

 

Looks like Tadanari and Jos to me.

[Nexstar]

Fonté back soon then.

 

Perhaps the Uruguayen federation have asked for the 5 day rule to be applied; Then again perhaps he was just off making the tea. Don't think Puncheon figures in any of the pics either, could be wrong there though.

 

Ref picture 31 isn't that Gaston in the background ?

 

Think Punch is in picture 12? near the back?

[DT]

Blog in the Guardian "Pochettino can prove himself against champions" as below. Note; double training sessions for fitness, players convinced by Barca trip that Pochettino is big time.

 

"You don't know what you're doing" is one of the most frequent taunts directed by supporters at referees, managers, directors and anyone else whose decisions meet popular disapproval. Oddly, you never hear crowds follow that up a while later with the admittedly less-catchy chant of: "Actually, sorry about that, it appears you do know what you're doing." Perhaps Southampton fans will be the first?

 

Then again, perhaps not. But what is clear is that three weeks and three matches after the hugely contentious sacking of Nigel Adkins, the club's new manager, Mauricio Pochettino, is winning admirers. Now all he has to do for the decision to hire him to be vindicated is, well, win matches. There are signs that his team will start doing that soon, perhaps even on Saturday against Manchester City.

 

Pochettino's team have already given the other Manchester side a mighty scare. In Pochettino's second match in charge, Southampton outplayed United for long periods, finishing the match with 57% of the possession and twice as many shots as the hosts – but as 2-1 losers.

 

Sir Alex Ferguson said afterwards that Southampton were the best opponents that his team have faced at Old Trafford this season. Wigan Athletic players expressed similar sentiments after scraping a 2-2 draw at the DW Stadium last weekend. So what has he changed?

 

The first part of the answer to that is: not that much, because not all that much needed changing at Southampton. The team had played quite well all season and the defensive problems that undermined their fine, attacking play early on in the campaign were already being eradicated under Adkins as he and the players adapted to the Premier League while retaining the qualities that had helped them achieve two promotions in two season.

 

So there has been no transformation. But there have been tweaks that have made a positive impact. The Argentinian speaks only sketchy English but has had no problem conveying his message, partially because all three of the coaches he brought with him speak English fluently and partially because his message is not that complicated.

 

The main change he has made is to make the team more aggressive without the ball, encouraging them to harass the other team into coughing it up as close to the opposing goal as possible and then, with the opposition ragged, Southampton are to use their forward flair to quickly take advantage.

 

"Our style of play is to win back the ball as soon as possible and then play it," explains the Argentinian. "We moved forward our lines and play more upfield. When we lose the ball we must have the mentality of winning it back as soon as possible."

 

That is how Espanyol played during the three and a half years for which Pochettino kept the club higher than their resources should have permitted, earning the admiration for his tactics from Pep Guardiola among others, before the consequences of continually selling their best players finally caught up with them.

 

Espanyol players nicknamed him "The Sheriff" and used to talk of training sessions that were fiercely "intense" yet "fun".

 

Southampton players have expressed the same view, which is just as well, as Pochettino has treated them to double sessions since his arrival. It is simply fitness work – but, in fact, Pochettino has no quibble with the level of fitness that he found and so far the focus has been on ensuring there is a solid structure to the way the team press.

 

"It may seem like we are running more," he says. "But really we are just running in a more organised way."

 

One player who certainly looks like he runs more is Morgan Schneiderlin. The central midfielder has always been a dynamo and has made more tackles and interceptions this term than any other player, but under Pochettino he, like the full-backs, has also been ordered to attack more, a mission that is, of course, easier to accomplish if Southampton win the ball high up the pitch. His goal against Wigan, when he sprinted 50 yards forward before slamming in Gaston Ramirez's cross from close range, could become a regular feature.

 

"I like midfielders who cover a lot of ground and go into the opposing team areas," says Pochettino. "We ask players to do what they are capable of doing and both Jack [Cork] and Morgan have a great capacity in that respect so we ask them to use it."

 

With Adam Lallana now sufficiently recovered from injury to challenge for a starting position, City are in for a serious test. They are the sort of team that Southampton aspire to beating on a regular basis. Executive chairman Nicolas Cortese is unashamedly demanding with his targets and envisages achieving more than mere survival in the Premier League. To him the dismissal of Adkins is a reasonable form of ruthlessness, since he believes that while Adkins may have kept the team up, Pochettino can take them higher.

 

The new manager helped embed that notion before the United match when he took the squad to work out at Barcelona's training ground for a few days. Premier League players may have more wealth than they can dream of, but using the same facilities as Lionel Messi and Co. is one way they can still be wowed. It is clear from talking to Saints players that the experience helped persuade them that their manager is big time. They need to start winning to convince everyone else that he came at the right time.

To be fair, Nicola writes very well...

[Saint Charlie]

Puncheon was in the video from training yesterday.

[Window Cleaner]

Looks like Tadanari and Jos to me.

 

evidently you weren't a spot the difference buff in your infancy then.

 

Jos image 20 shorts, the player in 31 is in tracksters and gloves.

[tajjuk]

Fonté back soon then.

 

Perhaps the Uruguayen federation have asked for the 5 day rule to be applied; Then again perhaps he was just off making the tea. Don't think Puncheon figures in any of the pics either, could be wrong there though.

 

Ref picture 31 isn't that Gaston in the background ?

 

Think it's jay rod, he doesn't seem to appear anywhere in those pictures.

 

Also I think Puncheon is in 27.

 

Also I'm sure at some point Rickie is wearing gloves with no 10, on them which is Gaston's number isn't it?

[Window Cleaner]

Think it's jay rod, he doesn't seem to appear anywhere in those pictures.

 

Also I think Puncheon is in 27.

 

Also I'm sure at some point Rickie is wearing gloves with no 10, on them which is Gaston's number isn't it?

 

Yep Rickie's nicked Gaston's gloves........

[Saint Garrett]

Punch is also in #12

[Saint Charlie]

The player in the last photo doesnt match the gear Jos or JR have on in earlier pics but it does look more like Jos.