simo Posted 2 December, 2014 Posted 2 December, 2014 Rooney missing tonight after colliding with the advertising hording last time out and Wilson starts , Touch wood it keeps him out Monday too !
Batman Posted 2 December, 2014 Posted 2 December, 2014 they have been ****e, have had god knows how many injuries and yet, find themselves in 4th place
S-Clarke Posted 2 December, 2014 Posted 2 December, 2014 Notice they've got Rojo back now, so they're not looking too bad at the back.
Matthew Le God Posted 2 December, 2014 Posted 2 December, 2014 (edited) Notice they've got Rojo back now, so they're not looking too bad at the back. Their defence tonight vs Stoke City is... Valencia Smalling Rojo Young ...that wouldn't fill me will confidence. Two wingers shoehorned to play fullback plus Chris Smalling who is out of his depth at Man Utd. If Smalling was at a mid table club I'd doubt he'd get remotely near the England squad, he is a disaster waiting to happen in every game as he is very limited technically. Edited 2 December, 2014 by Matthew Le God
Wiggles31 Posted 2 December, 2014 Posted 2 December, 2014 Is Di Maria out as well? Saw he got a knock on Saturday. I do fancy us beating them on Monday.
S-Clarke Posted 2 December, 2014 Posted 2 December, 2014 Their defence tonight vs Stoke City is... Valencia Smalling Rojo Young ...that wouldn't fill me will confidence. Two wingers shoehorned to play fullback plus Chris Smalling who is out of his depth at Man Utd. If Smalling was at a mid table club I'd doubt he'd get remotely near the England squad, he is a disaster waiting to happen in every game as he is very limited technically. To be fair, Valencia is pretty much a wing back these days anyway, SAF played him at RB a few times. Young I give you, horrific footballer played out of position. His pace will get him out of trouble though.
simo Posted 2 December, 2014 Author Posted 2 December, 2014 Is Di Maria out as well? Saw he got a knock on Saturday. I do fancy us beating them on Monday. Yeh Herrera in for him ?
Matthew Le God Posted 2 December, 2014 Posted 2 December, 2014 To be fair, Valencia is pretty much a wing back these days anyway, SAF played him at RB a few times. Young I give you, horrific footballer played out of position. His pace will get him out of trouble though. I'd rather have... Clyne Fonte Alderweireld Bertrand over... Valencia Smalling Rojo Young Its not really even a contest as to which is better defensively and actually offensively as Valencia and Young aren't even particularly great going forward compared to Clyne and Bertrand.
Turkish Posted 2 December, 2014 Posted 2 December, 2014 Mongboard etiquette is you don't start a build up thread until the previous game has finished. Massive tsk.
The Cat Posted 2 December, 2014 Posted 2 December, 2014 Mongboard etiquette is you don't start a build up thread until the previous game has finished. Massive tsk. People have been infracted for less. 2 week ban at least for this.
nta786 Posted 2 December, 2014 Posted 2 December, 2014 Young I give you, horrific footballer played out of position. His pace will get him out of trouble though. Their defence tonight vs Stoke City is... Valencia Smalling Rojo Young ...that wouldn't fill me will confidence. Two wingers shoehorned to play fullback plus Chris Smalling who is out of his depth at Man Utd. If Smalling was at a mid table club I'd doubt he'd get remotely near the England squad, he is a disaster waiting to happen in every game as he is very limited technically. Watch all these players now have the game of their lives on Monday Night.
The Cat Posted 2 December, 2014 Posted 2 December, 2014 Ashley Young hasn't had a good game for about 5 years.
whelk Posted 3 December, 2014 Posted 3 December, 2014 Di Maria and possibly Rooney out. If had free pick of players could have out would be them.
Coxford_lou Posted 3 December, 2014 Posted 3 December, 2014 Mongboard etiquette is you don't start a build up thread until the previous game has finished. Massive tsk. It's like shaking the hand of the opposition's manager before the game is over and you're winning.
Batman Posted 3 December, 2014 Posted 3 December, 2014 Di Maria is out. Blind is out Shaw is out Rafeal is out Phil Jones is out Rooney could well be out I really fancy this one
S-Clarke Posted 3 December, 2014 Posted 3 December, 2014 Di Maria is out. Blind is out Shaw is out Rafeal is out Phil Jones is out Rooney could well be out I really fancy this one This has always been the game I've fancied of the 3. They're on a good run, but I may regret saying this, but I don't see them as a team who can go 5/6/7 wins on the bounce as yet, they're still growing and they're full of injuries....and as they won their 4th on the bounce last night, it makes you wonder if we can halt it on Monday...it'll be good to put a bit of daylight between ourselves and Utd again, as they're on our tail a bit. By all accounts, Stoke should have drawn last night, they didn't play particularly well at all....so although results have improved, I don't think their form in particular has.
slickmick Posted 3 December, 2014 Posted 3 December, 2014 Di Maria is out. Blind is out Shaw is out Rafeal is out Phil Jones is out Rooney could well be out I really fancy this one I thought the same about the Villa game when I saw their injury list.
Wiggles31 Posted 3 December, 2014 Posted 3 December, 2014 Reed must start if the injuries to Cork, Toby and Morgan remain. Also give Gardos a chance at CB. Never confident with Yoshida playing. Utd are getting a lot of media hype but were lucky against Arsenal and nearly threw it away against Stoke. The easiest of these hard games IMO. Don't believe the hype. Need to be more urgent in attack but squad depth is paying in dividends. Give some youngsters a chance. 1-1 for me.
Dalek2003 Posted 3 December, 2014 Posted 3 December, 2014 Could Cork and Morgan be ready for Monday ?
Saint_clark Posted 3 December, 2014 Posted 3 December, 2014 Need to get a win here really, however tough they are to go 3 games including 2 at home with 0 points would be very poor for us.
trousers Posted 3 December, 2014 Posted 3 December, 2014 Could Cork and Morgan be ready for Monday ? @bigadamsport: #saintsfc Injuries; Cork - recurrence of ankle injury, Alderweireld hamstring & Schneiderlin's hip problem not ready for #MUFC on Monday
The Cat Posted 3 December, 2014 Posted 3 December, 2014 About the same age as people that write Chelski.
Wiggles31 Posted 3 December, 2014 Posted 3 December, 2014 Oh bore off. Start your own build thread then you turnips. Perhaps post on the topic of Monday's game you miserable f*cks.
simo Posted 4 December, 2014 Author Posted 4 December, 2014 http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?52586-Too-early-for-a-United-thread#.VH_3tMlFDqA
There when Franny scored Posted 4 December, 2014 Posted 4 December, 2014 Rooney fit - http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/dec/04/wayne-rooney-fit-manchester-united-southampton
Golden Balls Posted 4 December, 2014 Posted 4 December, 2014 No Schneiderlin, Cork or Toby, we'll struggle here. I'm going for a 0-2 unfortunately.
Window Cleaner Posted 4 December, 2014 Posted 4 December, 2014 (edited) No Schneiderlin, Cork or Toby, we'll struggle here. I'm going for a 0-2 unfortunately. Mind you with the way our front men are playing we'll be lucky to score zero. It took the other sides black box departments about 10 games to suss them out, good while it lasted though. Edited 4 December, 2014 by Window Cleaner
Batman Posted 4 December, 2014 Posted 4 December, 2014 Rooney fit - http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/dec/04/wayne-rooney-fit-manchester-united-southampton that is that, then
Trout-Tickler Posted 4 December, 2014 Posted 4 December, 2014 If Reed plays I wonder who'll take his place on the bench? Presumably another youngster...
shirleysfc Posted 4 December, 2014 Posted 4 December, 2014 I'd go 4-4-2 for this: Forster Clyne Fonte Gardos/Yoshida Target Tadic Wanyama Davis Bertrand Long Pelle
david in sweden Posted 4 December, 2014 Posted 4 December, 2014 It doesn't need too much to hope that we will win on Monday....and my dislike of MU goes back to 1963 (!)...older fans will know why I say that ....BUT it would be nice if we do win, and I'm sure the lads would dedicate the win to Ronald.....(considering who is MU manager).
david in sweden Posted 4 December, 2014 Posted 4 December, 2014 I'd go 4-4-2 for this: Forster Clyne Fonte Gardos/Yoshida Targett Tadic Wanyama Davis Bertrand Long Pelle ..not such a crazy idea, either. Bertrand's attacking style also reminds us that Bridge and Bale also started at LB....
Crab Lungs Posted 4 December, 2014 Posted 4 December, 2014 It'll be.. Forster Clyne Fonte Yoshida Bertrand Wanyama Davis Long Tadic Mane Pelle I'm sure...
Turkish Posted 5 December, 2014 Posted 5 December, 2014 It'll be.. Forster Clyne Fonte Yoshida Bertrand Wanyama Davis Long Tadic Mane Pelle I'm sure... Funny how you're hardly seen on here when we're doing alright yet in the summer you couldn't shut up and koe you've reappeared.
Mallagroth Posted 5 December, 2014 Posted 5 December, 2014 Funny how you're hardly seen on here when we're doing alright yet in the summer you couldn't shut up and koe you've reappeared. Crab Lungs you been rumbled
del boy Posted 5 December, 2014 Posted 5 December, 2014 Looking back I wish we'd played the reserves against Man City and the Arse, lost anyway and now be ready to face Man Ure with a fully fit first team. But that would be rather defeatist and who knows, if things had gone differently we could be 6 points better off by now - lovely thing hindsight
Window Cleaner Posted 5 December, 2014 Posted 5 December, 2014 Looking back I wish we'd played the reserves against Man City and the Arse, lost anyway and now be ready to face Man Ure with a fully fit first team. But that would be rather defeatist and who knows, if things had gone differently we could be 6 points better off by now - lovely thing hindsight What and have people going on about not trying to win every game and harping on for ever about Sunderland in the FA Cup last season. We have overtaxed our quality players, probably not being aided by having an entire first team of internationals with endless international breaks and different training systems. We have a team,a very good one but we don't have a homogenous squad and probably never will have, never mind we've 40 or 50 million in the bank that we can harp on about from time to time. Trouble is money in the bank is useless when you can't afford (under FFP) to pay the players that you could buy with it.
trousers Posted 5 December, 2014 Posted 5 December, 2014 Southampton FC LIVE: Ronald Koeman will speak to the media from 3pm GMT to preview Monday's visit of Manchester United. Watch here – #saintsfc [video=youtube_share;zeawlmIDftA]
trousers Posted 5 December, 2014 Posted 5 December, 2014 (edited) Koeman: Cork out for at least 6 weeks (ankle ligaments). Morgan is "doing well" but is not fit for Monday. Toby hasn't got a hamstring injury but is still a doubt for Monday. Tadic is OK. JWP will be back in full training at the end of next week. Edited 5 December, 2014 by trousers updated the quote on Morgan
S-Clarke Posted 5 December, 2014 Posted 5 December, 2014 Gutted for Cork, bit suspect about Morgan. Hope this isn't going to be another one of those injuries that's quite bad, but the club keep under wraps! Sounds good on Toby and Tadic at least....luckily midfield is our strongest area!
James Posted 5 December, 2014 Posted 5 December, 2014 I suspect Morgan is badly injured but they don't want to disclose it to damage morale. Good(ish) news about Toby hope he makes United. If he doesn't who plays? I can't believe we've had so many injuries in such a short period. Literally identical to last year.
SNSUN Posted 5 December, 2014 Posted 5 December, 2014 Tough to name a side for this one. I'd assume we either play Reed or resort to that formation we played against Villa. So: Forster Clyne Fonte Yoshida Bertrand Reed Wanyama Davis Tadic Pelle Long or like Villa with the Reed out the team above and Mané in. FWIW I'd go for the latter. United's defence is suspect and I'd attack the crap out of it at home, with Wanyama as the brick ****house protecting our defence. Oh, and I've picked Yoshida above Gardos as that's the substitution Koeman has gone with lately.
trousers Posted 5 December, 2014 Posted 5 December, 2014 @bigadamsport: #saintsfc fans of @jackcork1 will be pleased @RonaldKoeman just told me he's let the club know he'd like to keep Cork beyond the summer
Trout-Tickler Posted 5 December, 2014 Posted 5 December, 2014 Gutted for Cork, bit suspect about Morgan. Hope this isn't going to be another one of those injuries that's quite bad, but the club keep under wraps! Sounds good on Toby and Tadic at least....luckily midfield is our strongest area! May be wrong but I thought Morgan sat in the dugout during the 2nd half of the City game. Surely he'd have been getting medical treatment in the dressing room if the injury was serious? He was also on the Saints advent calendar wrapping presents (badly I might add) and certainly didn't appear to be hobbling about. FWIW I think he may have returned to early from the injury he got whilst away with France. It may not have healed properly and now it's flared up again.
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