James Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 i agree, with everything that's gone on I'm looking forward to a reaction. 3-1 Saints.
lickierambert Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 I think we can all agree that the biggest news this week is Gaston's decision to ditch the cornrows. Oh, the game. Err.. 1-1
trousers Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 (edited) http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/10943990.Poch_plea_to_new_supremo Mauricio Pochettino believes it is important for Katharina Liebherr to attend tomorrow’s game at Sunderland. The Saints boss wants the owner and new non-executive chairman to be “visible” in the wake of Nicola Cortese’s departure. Liebherr was at St Mary’s yesterday afternoon, when she met briefly with Pochettino, but the Argentine does not know if she will be at the Stadium of Light tomorrow. “In the five minutes I spoke with her she did not tell me whether she was coming and she did not tell me whether she was going to speak to the players, so I do not know,” he said. Edited 16 January, 2014 by trousers
Saint J 77 Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 I see Gus thinks this weeks news has pretty much handed them 3 points. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/southampton-turmoil-affect-players-against-3030177
del boy Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 "Mauricio Pochettino believes it is important for Katharina Liebherr to attend tomorrow’s game at Sunderland" Coming from Switzerland to Southampton is one thing but venturing up to Sunderland might be expecting a bit much
Tom28 Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 Right then, back to normality. Boruc Clyne Fonte Lovren Shaw Schneiderlin Cork Davis Lallana Rodriguez Lambert Subs: Davis, Chambers, Yoshida, JWP, Gallagher, Guly, Ramirez
Shroppie Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 I see Gus thinks this weeks news has pretty much handed them 3 points. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/southampton-turmoil-affect-players-against-3030177 I think the opposite could be the case.
Window Cleaner Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 I see Gus thinks this weeks news has pretty much handed them 3 points. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/southampton-turmoil-affect-players-against-3030177 More the fool Gus for believing that the players and staff have only just found out about it all then. They knew for a while already. A Chairman and CEO resigning is not something that can be hidden from those most concerned. Now perhaps the date of his departure might have been in doubt, perhaps there were chances that it would be resolved otherwise but the players knew that something was up ...count on it.
trousers Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25738132 The news that chairman Nicola Cortese has left Southampton was a surprise because he was doing such a good job and it appeared Saints were an extremely well-run club. Now all of a sudden there is a lot of uncertainty around St Mary's because we don't know how this will impact on the long-term future of manager Mauricio Pochettino, or the Southampton players. I am hearing that some of them might put a transfer request in but I don't think that is necessarily the case. Pochettino's situation might be different, but we can only wait and see. If the manager stays, as he says he will, then it will probably not make a great deal of difference to the players that Cortese has gone. This is a tough game for Saints because Sunderland will be buoyed by last week's big win at Fulham. Adam Johnson scored a hat-trick at Craven Cottage and was outstanding for them but he needs to reproduce that sort of form on a regular basis, because he has got the ability. It's very difficult to know whether the Cortese news is going to affect the Saints players - or provoke a response from them - because Pochettino is still there, so I am going to go for a draw. Lawro's prediction: 1-1 Vic Reeve's prediction: 11-1
surrey1saint Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 crstig: Anyone want to give me a ticket for Sunderland tomorrow and pick me up on the way past the Midlands? Anyone? Guys? #saintsfc Can anyone help?
SB Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 Trying to figure out if the Cortese saga will affect this game positively or negativly..
sfc1976 Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 Loads of possession, play well, go down to a fluke goal. Sunday papers - 'club in turmoil' , and total forum meltdown.
Shroppie Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 I can see them giving everything for MP - or hope so. Would be good to put down a "business as usual" marker. Need lots of loud support for team and Poch. Sorry I can't be there.
trousers Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 Loads of possession, play well, go down to a fluke goal. Sunday papers - 'club in turmoil' , and total forum meltdown. This
trousers Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 I see Gus thinks this weeks news has pretty much handed them 3 points. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/southampton-turmoil-affect-players-against-3030177 15 all.... http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/sunderland-sack-director-football-roberto-3032729#.UtlEShBFDIU Sunderland have sacked director of football Roberto De Fanti. Ellis Short took the decision to axe the Italian who oversaw a raft of big-money signings under former boss Paolo Di Canio's reign. Owner Short has spent in excess of £200million on transfer fees and contracts and is clearly frustrated at some of De Fanti's deals. But it is understood that the decision to dismiss De Fanti was taken without manager Gus Poyet's knowledge. It is a strange time to dismiss a director of football midway through the January window, especially Sunderland are still pressing to sign Brighton midfielder Liam Bidcutt.
fez Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 Now Sunderland face management meltdown http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/sunderland-sack-director-football-roberto-3032729#.UtlEcxDFK1s http://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/di-fanti-sacked.863617/ You couldn't make it up...
Saint Charlie Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 Poyet probably pleased not to have the guy there.
trousers Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 Poyet probably pleased not to have the guy there. Quite probably, although he's unlikely to be chuffed that key footballing decisions are (supposedly) being made without his input, whether he agrees with them or not.
skintsaint Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 Now Sunderland face management meltdown http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/sunderland-sack-director-football-roberto-3032729#.UtlEcxDFK1s http://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/di-fanti-sacked.863617/ You couldn't make it up... And I thought a number of posters on here were thick...saw someone want NC to come in as a new DoF.
torsaint Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 Anyone remember the old song "Anything You Can Do We Can Do Better". As someone said: you couldn't make it up.
trousers Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 So, back to footballing matters.... the squad for tomorrow pretty much picks itself again.... although a bit of a question mark as to whether or not MP will reinstate Ramirez to the starting line-up after his decent 2nd half performance vs WBA..... Maybe a cheeky cameo appearance from Wanyama off the bench too? Boruc Clyne - Fonte - Lovren - Shaw Cork - Schneiderlin Lallana - Ramirez - JRod Lambert Subs: K Davis, Chambers, Yoshida, S Davis, JWP, Wanyama, Guly
Andy Durman Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 Was Ramirez decent last week? True he unlocked WBA, but also left the door open for alot of pressure in the last 15 minutes without Cork on the field. Davis to start.
James Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 Was Ramirez decent last week? True he unlocked WBA, but also left the door open for alot of pressure in the last 15 minutes without Cork on the field. Davis to start. I thought he did pretty well when he came on, we certainly wouldn't have made the breakthrough had he not come on. Yes we looked more exposed but that usually comes with the territory when you take off a defensive mid and put on an attacker. I thought GR actually carried out his defensive duties pretty well and looked more eager to get stuck in. I'd give him a run if he has his confidence back.
skintsaint Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 True he unlocked WBA, but also left the door open for alot of pressure in the last 15 minutes without Cork on the field. Davis took Corks role so blame him.
Window Cleaner Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 Davis took Corks role so blame him. Although I'm not sure that it wasn't more to do with WBA going to 3 strikers away from home against a tiring side. They needed a point at least and went for it, we held them off and they got f*ck all. It's football. However we needed to be more efficient in front of goal when we dominated in the first hour or so, it's our main failing. Look at that volley that Rickie got all wrong, now Aguero or someone of his ilk would have just dropped to one side and sunk that with a sort of scissors kick. Rickie just doesn't have that sort of action in his kitbag so he got underneath it;..
skintsaint Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 Although I'm not sure that it wasn't more to do with WBA going to 3 strikers away from home against a tiring side. They needed a point at least and went for it, we held them off and they got f*ck all. It's football. That an' all.
BARCELONASAINT Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 Would obviously love us to get a positive result after the turmoil of the last few days.....but totally ****ed off with whats happened and feeling totally negative about the clubs future.Predict a 3-0 loss.
VectisSaint Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 So, back to footballing matters.... the squad for tomorrow pretty much picks itself again.... although a bit of a question mark as to whether or not MP will reinstate Ramirez to the starting line-up after his decent 2nd half performance vs WBA..... Maybe a cheeky cameo appearance from Wanyama off the bench too? Boruc Clyne - Fonte - Lovren - Shaw Cork - Schneiderlin Lallana - Ramirez - JRod Lambert Subs: K Davis, Chambers, Yoshida, S Davis, JWP, Wanyama, Guly No sign of Kelvin the training pictures
Roger Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 Was Ramirez decent last week? True he unlocked WBA, but also left the door open for alot of pressure in the last 15 minutes without Cork on the field. Davis to start. He win game for us.
Wiggles31 Posted 17 January, 2014 Posted 17 January, 2014 Massively up for this game now. After the hammering the press have given the club in the last 48 hours I hope the players can put a show on, especially on tv. Surely the squad will want to give a reaction to show their support to the manager and the club. COYR.
Appy Posted 18 January, 2014 Posted 18 January, 2014 He win game for us. Lallana and Boruc helped a tiny bit.
RonManager Posted 18 January, 2014 Posted 18 January, 2014 The easiest 3 points we'll get this season. They'll be lucky to get 0.
John Boy Saint Posted 18 January, 2014 Posted 18 January, 2014 Shut up the Doomsayers I say with a tasty win!
BlakeySFC Posted 18 January, 2014 Posted 18 January, 2014 Definite loss, we never perform well up in that part of the country and they're on a good run of form.
70's Mike Posted 18 January, 2014 Posted 18 January, 2014 was going to be difficult game anyway, so a lost would not be unexpected. still if we do lose it will give all the doom and gloomers chance to blame it on the last weeks events and i bet their fingers are poised to start typing their negative thoughts.
pangy Posted 18 January, 2014 Posted 18 January, 2014 I cane believe the negativity from some of you,the same people thought Cardiff would hammer us and we took them apart,Sunderland are 2nd from bottom for a reason and we are pretty much full strength 2-0 saints
Toadhall Saint Posted 18 January, 2014 Posted 18 January, 2014 North East is always tough for us but I fancy our chances up there after all the ******** that's been going on this week.
alehouseboys Posted 18 January, 2014 Posted 18 January, 2014 http://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/35-600-tickets-sold-for-southampton-on-saturday.861889/ They're expecting a big crowd today up around 40k by kickoff...got to be up for this one. Seems they appreciate how TV has dumped on the travelling fans. Again.
Saint_Tony Posted 18 January, 2014 Posted 18 January, 2014 Will there be a decent stream available seeing as its on BT sport?
Saint Garrett Posted 18 January, 2014 Posted 18 January, 2014 Will there be a decent stream available seeing as its on BT sport? Would expect so.
Berkshire Saint Posted 18 January, 2014 Posted 18 January, 2014 Yep! I've had to move the 0811 to Sunderland to the 0900 to Newcastle. Grand Central tried to get it allowed so that we could use our advance tickets on here but East Coast refused. Now going to cost silly money and will struggle to make kick off! Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk
shurlock Posted 18 January, 2014 Posted 18 January, 2014 Yep! I've had to move the 0811 to Sunderland to the 0900 to Newcastle. Grand Central tried to get it allowed so that we could use our advance tickets on here but East Coast refused. Now going to cost silly money and will struggle to make kick off! Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Tried the 9.00 (surprise, surprise, also delayed) -was told the Grand Central was departing, got off only to find out it was still stuck and the East Coast was pulling away. Cut a long story short, on the 9.30 East Coast, going to Durham where we'll get a cab. Damage limitation. They are now allowing our Grand Central tickets, at least on our East Coast train. So if you haven't had to buy a new ticket yet, if I were you, I'd push my case and be a tricky ****.
Whitey Grandad Posted 18 January, 2014 Posted 18 January, 2014 I dreamt last night that we won 3-2. Mind you, we were playing on a local park pitch so make of that what you will.
Berkshire Saint Posted 18 January, 2014 Posted 18 January, 2014 Tried the 9.00 (surprise, surprise, also delayed) -was told the Grand Central was departing, got off only to find out it was still stuck and the East Coast was pulling away. Cut a long story short, on the 9.30 East Coast, going to Durham where we'll get a cab. Damage limitation. They are now allowing our Grand Central tickets, at least on our East Coast train. So if you haven't had to buy a new ticket yet, if I were you, I'd push my case and be a tricky ****. All a complete farce but thankfully the train manager on the 0900 let me and all the other Grand Central passengers off without buying a new ticket! Just stopped at Darlington now. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk
shurlock Posted 18 January, 2014 Posted 18 January, 2014 All a complete farce but thankfully the train manager on the 0900 let me and all the other Grand Central passengers off without buying a new ticket! Just stopped at Darlington now. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Good stuff.
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