JRM Posted 20 February, 2015 Share Posted 20 February, 2015 I still feel Elia is a bit soft, need him to rise to the challenge on Sunday, plus having Alderweireld and Bertrand out is a worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 20 February, 2015 Share Posted 20 February, 2015 I still feel Elia is a bit soft, need him to rise to the challenge on Sunday, plus having Alderweireld and Bertrand out is a worry. Yep not convinced by him at all yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Ash Posted 20 February, 2015 Share Posted 20 February, 2015 Yep not convinced by him at all yet. I am, I think he's great, get him running at defenders and they shiit it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goatboy Posted 20 February, 2015 Share Posted 20 February, 2015 I like Elia. I think in his first few games he has looked better than Mane did when he arrived. We need to get behind Elia. Has great potential IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 Don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to him fulfilling the definite potential there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 Do you think we will try to buy Elia if Rodriguez is fully fit and with us next season? I'm not sure to be honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 I like Elia. I think in his first few games he has looked better than Mane did when he arrived. We need to get behind Elia. Has great potential IMHO. He's not as good as mane nowhere near. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 He's not as good as mane nowhere near. Different player, fewer games for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 I still feel Elia is a bit soft, need him to rise to the challenge on Sunday, plus having Alderweireld and Bertrand out is a worry. I hope the Mofo didn't read that, he'll be over to put a cap in yo ass fo sure mutha! #gansta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 3 minutes to go. Liverpool player injured, Lovren comes on and does this. Please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelpie Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 He's not as good as mane nowhere near. Far too early to make sweeping judgements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobbysouth Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 completely agree, people just like criticising. it was the same with mane till he absolutely shut them up, looking forward to all the doubters saying they knew he was amazing all along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 Elia has been awesome for us ffs I wouldn't go as far as awesome, but hes a decent player, i like him. More consistent than Mane, but the unpredictable nature of Mane makes him more dangerous IMO. I'd sign Elia though as long as hes a good fit for the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 Far too early to make sweeping judgements I'm judging it on the football played before saints. Mane was superb at Salzburg and for us mane scored 5 in 12! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 I wouldn't go as far as awesome, but hes a decent player, i like him. More consistent than Mane, but the unpredictable nature of Mane makes him more dangerous IMO. I'd sign Elia though as long as hes a good fit for the club. More consistent than mane really? 5 in 12 from mane is v good. A lot of those not upfront too which is his best position and assisted 2 or. 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Tony Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 Feel this is more of a must not lose than a must win. It's vital we keep a decent gap between ourselves and Liverpool. I know they've improved but I haven't been overly impressed by them. Hopefully a decent rest will work for the likes of Pelle and Tadic. This could be the game that reignites their seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicestersaint Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 It would be nice for someone in the Saints side to score some goals tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 More consistent than mane really? 5 in 12 from mane is v good. A lot of those not upfront too which is his best position and assisted 2 or. 3. I dont mean goals, I just mean his overall play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 liverpool are stronger up front, saints arguably stronger in defence and midfield..... still think we aren't quite there yet, a narrow win to liverpool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
positivepete Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 Prowsey just neatly answered the returning player question on football focus. Very impressive young man when dealing with the media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 Hope our fans support our players. Give Lallana and Lovren a bit of stick, but remember how much we need the points. Atmosphere has been ****e of late so hopefully better tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 I see Morgan is linked with arsenal again today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 I see Morgan is linked with arsenal again today With him and Clyne there is a decent chance they know or will do quite soon where they are most likely to be next season. If we are still competing with the likes of Utd or Arsenal in the latter few weeks of the season then they will have two teams they hope are top 4 finishers. Would need to be tough mentally to block it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 I see Morgan is linked with arsenal again today Wow, that's a new one, 6 years and 8 months now he has been linked with Arse (maybe longer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 Wow, that's a new one, 6 years and 8 months now he has been linked with Arse (maybe longer). He will probably end up there in the summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasiak-9- Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 I still feel Elia is a bit soft, need him to rise to the challenge on Sunday, plus having Alderweireld and Bertrand out is a worry. Yep not convinced by him at all yet. I am, I think he's great, get him running at defenders and they shiit it. I like Elia. I think in his first few games he has looked better than Mane did when he arrived. We need to get behind Elia. Has great potential IMHO. Don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to him fulfilling the definite potential there. Do you think we will try to buy Elia if Rodriguez is fully fit and with us next season? I'm not sure to be honest Don't forget that in the past two matches where he's been fairly underwhelming, he's had to do a lot defensively in order to cover Yoshida, who's been playing out of position at left-back. Granted, Yoshida's done very well, but Elia's clearly been instructed to give him a lot of protection (which he's done so quite well, marked by the fact that Yoshida hasn't had to face a winger running at him one-on-one or have his lack of pace exposed.) He's only played four other games. One in which he did well and scored twice, another which was against Manchester United away, and the other two where the whole team did pretty poorly overall. Getting Schneiderlin into the team will make a big difference as well. One of the main reasons that we scored as many goals at the start of the season as we did was because we got the ball forward and wide very quickly after winning it (something that Schneiderlin does brilliantly). This enabled us to get Tadic and Mane in positions one-on-one with their full-backs and further giving Clyne and Bertrand the chance to fly past them on the overlap; something that the defending full-backs weren't ready for given how quickly Toby/Morgan are able to distribute the ball from deep. That's the main thing that we've been missing recently. Its why Tadic looked so good at the start of the season and why Elia has had a tougher time joining when he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRobbie Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 I see Morgan is linked with arsenal again today I see Clasie is linked with us again too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ART Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 The Nuns re out in force and prepared for tomorrow's game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelpie Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 Pelle will hit the post three times again. But this time they go in! COYR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 Id like to see Forster Clyne fonte maya targett Victor Morgan Davis Tadic Mane Pelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graffito Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 Don't forget that in the past two matches where he's been fairly underwhelming, he's had to do a lot defensively in order to cover Yoshida, who's been playing out of position at left-back. Granted, Yoshida's done very well, but Elia's clearly been instructed to give him a lot of protection (which he's done so quite well, marked by the fact that Yoshida hasn't had to face a winger running at him one-on-one or have his lack of pace exposed.) He's only played four other games. One in which he did well and scored twice, another which was against Manchester United away, and the other two where the whole team did pretty poorly overall. Getting Schneiderlin into the team will make a big difference as well. One of the main reasons that we scored as many goals at the start of the season as we did was because we got the ball forward and wide very quickly after winning it (something that Schneiderlin does brilliantly). This enabled us to get Tadic and Mane in positions one-on-one with their full-backs and further giving Clyne and Bertrand the chance to fly past them on the overlap; something that the defending full-backs weren't ready for given how quickly Toby/Morgan are able to distribute the ball from deep. That's the main thing that we've been missing recently. Its why Tadic looked so good at the start of the season and why Elia has had a tougher time joining when he did. All good points. I'd add that with the ball moving forward quicker and more space expected against Liverpool we should see Elia receiving the ball looking forwards rather than with his back to goal as has happened quite a bit recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedWillie Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 Get behind the team tomorrow, give the ex pats some stick by all means but we need to be on top form ourselves. Right from the off get at 'em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 Back to third if we win, and if we're up for it we will. 2-1 Saints Mane, Clyne to score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-Armstrong Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 SaintsWeb Preview: http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/content.php?578-PREVIEW-SAINTS-vs-Liverpool-Barclays-Premier-League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersubpuckett Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 i think we will lose this, they look very good and we're tiring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 i think we will lose this, they look very good and we're tiring We last played on 11th February! How will Saints be tired? Liverpool have played 2 extra games in that time, one of them on Thursday evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 I'll admit, i'm nervous for the first time this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-Armstrong Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 Le Tissier and Koeman look ahead: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/southampton-vs-liverpool-i-knew-it-wasnt-assetstripping-says-matt-le-tissier-10061850.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxford_lou Posted 21 February, 2015 Share Posted 21 February, 2015 Le Tissier and Koeman look ahead: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/southampton-vs-liverpool-i-knew-it-wasnt-assetstripping-says-matt-le-tissier-10061850.html Fair play, Le Tiss. I doubted him a bit when he critiqued Saints under Cortese, but he's persistently stuck by us. Hard core respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiggles31 Posted 22 February, 2015 Author Share Posted 22 February, 2015 Tadic is going to be vital in this game. This really is our biggest game of the season so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridge Saint Posted 22 February, 2015 Share Posted 22 February, 2015 This is the one. If we don't make Europe this season I will still take massive satisfaction out of playing a big part in stopping Liverpool from getting to the Champions League. A point would do them a great deal of damage at this stage of the season. Three would be magnificent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastal Saint Posted 22 February, 2015 Share Posted 22 February, 2015 Don't post very often. Just want to say. COME ON YOU SAINTS!! this is the biggest game for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 22 February, 2015 Share Posted 22 February, 2015 The Nuns re out in force and prepared for tomorrow's game Ninja Nuns ..... excellent!! They'll stop any cheeky scally scamps nicking milk bottles, wheel hubs and SFC players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 22 February, 2015 Share Posted 22 February, 2015 Get behind the team tomorrow, give the ex pats some stick by all means but we need to be on top form ourselves. Right from the off get at 'em Oi ... don't try giving us expats a bad name, or else we'll send The MELTS (Middle East Looney Toons Squad) over to sort you aht!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefizzy14 Posted 22 February, 2015 Share Posted 22 February, 2015 Tadic is going to be vital in this game. This really is our biggest game of the season so far. Agreed. Tadic is going to be massively important to us in this game. Hopefully he can tear them apart. COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 22 February, 2015 Share Posted 22 February, 2015 Agreed. Tadic is going to be massively important to us in this game. Hopefully he can tear them apart. COYR It is a good sign, that because of the options we have, Tadic isn't even assured a place in the line up. Needs to impose himself more, but we have choices of his guile; pace and maverick-like what is going to happen next of Elia and Mane or more direct stronger running of Long at our disposal to feed off Pelle. . Midfield needs to weigh in with more meaningful shots on target though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stud mark of doom Posted 22 February, 2015 Share Posted 22 February, 2015 When Liverpool were good - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuki Posted 22 February, 2015 Share Posted 22 February, 2015 Goooò Maya (and Saints)! Will be a hard game but the team has the qualities to win and plays out of a good organisation. Will be plenty of us Japan Scrumboys watching the game in groups over here. Go well, Southampton FC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellone Posted 22 February, 2015 Share Posted 22 February, 2015 He will probably end up there in the summer That's a bold statement. If it happens then we can all say Batman was right when no one else had an inkling. P.s. WTF has that got to do todays game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 22 February, 2015 Share Posted 22 February, 2015 When Liverpool were good - or indeed this .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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