JRM Posted 20 February, 2015 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.
Jonnyboy Posted 20 February, 2015 Posted 20 February, 2015 JRM said: 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.
Saint_Ash Posted 20 February, 2015 Posted 20 February, 2015 Jonnyboy said: Yep not convinced by him at all yet. I am, I think he's great, get him running at defenders and they shiit it.
Goatboy Posted 20 February, 2015 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.
Jonnyboy Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 Don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to him fulfilling the definite potential there.
Batman Posted 21 February, 2015 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
Roger Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 Goatboy said: 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.
Whitey Grandad Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 Roger said: He's not as good as mane nowhere near. Different player, fewer games for us.
ericofarabia Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 JRM said: 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
The Cat Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 3 minutes to go. Liverpool player injured, Lovren comes on and does this. Please.
eelpie Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 Roger said: He's not as good as mane nowhere near. Far too early to make sweeping judgements
cobbysouth Posted 21 February, 2015 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
Saint Garrett Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 Le Goddard said: 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.
Roger Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 eelpie said: 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!
Roger Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 Saint Garrett said: 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.
Saint_Tony Posted 21 February, 2015 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.
Leicestersaint Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 It would be nice for someone in the Saints side to score some goals tomorrow.
Saint Garrett Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 Roger said: 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.
Mr X Posted 21 February, 2015 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
positivepete Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 Prowsey just neatly answered the returning player question on football focus. Very impressive young man when dealing with the media.
Saint Charlie Posted 21 February, 2015 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.
Batman Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 I see Morgan is linked with arsenal again today
Saint Charlie Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 Batman said: 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.
VectisSaint Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 Batman said: 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).
Batman Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 VectisSaint said: 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
Rasiak-9- Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 JRM said: 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. Jonnyboy said: Yep not convinced by him at all yet. Saint_Ash said: I am, I think he's great, get him running at defenders and they shiit it. Goatboy said: 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. Jonnyboy said: Don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to him fulfilling the definite potential there. Batman said: 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.
SaintRobbie Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 Batman said: I see Morgan is linked with arsenal again today I see Clasie is linked with us again too.
ART Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 The Nuns re out in force and prepared for tomorrow's game
eelpie Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 Pelle will hit the post three times again. But this time they go in! COYR!
simo Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 Id like to see Forster Clyne fonte maya targett Victor Morgan Davis Tadic Mane Pelle
Graffito Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 Rasiak-9- said: 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.
RedWillie Posted 21 February, 2015 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
Manuel Posted 21 February, 2015 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.
Saint-Armstrong Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 SaintsWeb Preview: http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/content.php?578-PREVIEW-SAINTS-vs-Liverpool-Barclays-Premier-League
Supersubpuckett Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 i think we will lose this, they look very good and we're tiring
Matthew Le God Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 Supersubpuckett said: 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.
Saint_clark Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 I'll admit, i'm nervous for the first time this season.
Saint-Armstrong Posted 21 February, 2015 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
Coxford_lou Posted 21 February, 2015 Posted 21 February, 2015 Saint-Armstrong said: 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.
Wiggles31 Posted 22 February, 2015 Author Posted 22 February, 2015 Tadic is going to be vital in this game. This really is our biggest game of the season so far.
Kingsbridge Saint Posted 22 February, 2015 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.
Coastal Saint Posted 22 February, 2015 Posted 22 February, 2015 Don't post very often. Just want to say. COME ON YOU SAINTS!! this is the biggest game for years.
ericofarabia Posted 22 February, 2015 Posted 22 February, 2015 ART said: 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
ericofarabia Posted 22 February, 2015 Posted 22 February, 2015 RedWillie said: 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!!
davefizzy14 Posted 22 February, 2015 Posted 22 February, 2015 Wiggles31 said: 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
ericofarabia Posted 22 February, 2015 Posted 22 February, 2015 davefizzy14 said: 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.
Yuki Posted 22 February, 2015 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!
cellone Posted 22 February, 2015 Posted 22 February, 2015 Batman said: 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?
ericofarabia Posted 22 February, 2015 Posted 22 February, 2015 Stud mark of doom said: When Liverpool were good - or indeed this ....
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