Shance Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 Our persistent failure to ensure we have GK cover is appaling.. We have two class keepers. They're both injured. Shall we sign 50 first team keepers just to keep the bed wetters happy?
InvictaSaint Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 How about we all calm down, and see how it goes before admitting defeat? Is that so unreasonable? Yes, weird lineup - partly enforced, partly through choice - but here's a thought: maybe the manager who got our highest ever finish last season knows what he is doing? If he's wrong, we'll give him what for at the final whistle; but let's stop the white flag waving before a ball's been kicked, eh?
Window Cleaner Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 Our persistent failure to ensure we have GK cover is appaling.. Gazza wasn't all that bad when he played last season, probably better than Davis anyway. Of course that's not to say he won't make howlers as per usual.
alpine_saint Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 Forster was hardly a sudden development / short-term issue. And we ran a risk with just him before that.
Matthew Le God Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 Our persistent failure to ensure we have GK cover is appaling.. How many first team keepers do you want Saints to have in their 25 man squad? Forster is very close to a return, Stekelnburg has done little wrong and Gazzaniga really isn't as bad as many on here like to make out. If Saints did as you suggest and have another keeper, what would the do with all of them once Forster returns relatively soon?
WealdSaint Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 If this works we will be praising RK's tatical awareness. If it fails then everyone will be yelling "You tried this before and we were sh*t" Lets hope it's the first
trousers Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 Ron did this last season when we were on a similar shyte run. went 3 at the back at home to everton with a fairly changed team and it worked ^This #meltdown
Saint Charlie Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 How many first team keepers do you want Saints to have in their 25 man squad? Forster is very close to a return, Stekelnburg has done little wrong and Gazzaniga really isn't as bad as many on here like to make out. If Saints did as you suggest and have another keeper, what would the do with all of them once Forster returns relatively soon? If we played a side with a keeper of Gazzaniga's track record named in the starting XI we would be licking our lips. He isn't PL quality as proven virtually every time he has played for us.
Shance Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 How many first team keepers do you want Saints to have in their 25 man squad? Forster is very close to a return, Stekelnburg has done little wrong and Gazzaniga really isn't as bad as many on here like to make out. If Saints did as you suggest and have another keeper, what would the do with all of them once Forster returns relatively soon? Gazzaniga is statistically the worst keeper the PL has seen if you count shots on target to goals ratio. I've seen nothing from him to convince me he's up to it, BUT i'd still rather him over Kelvin.
trousers Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 How about we all calm down, and see how it goes before admitting defeat? Keep calm? See how it goes? On the Saintsweb Forum?
InvictaSaint Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 Keep calm? See how it goes? On the Saintsweb Forum? Yes - I really should know better shouldn't I?!![emoji15][emoji23]
angelman Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 FFS - stop the whinging until the game is under way or finished, then you can bîtch about the selection.
Saint Charlie Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 FFS - stop the whinging until the game is under way or finished, then you can bîtch about the selection. Its the build up thread. What should be diacussed?
JackFrost Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 What position is Yoshida going to be playing?
Saint Charlie Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 What position is Yoshida going to be playing? Centre back - where he is ok IMO.
Golac's Iron Gonads Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 Gazza is back, Gazza is back Wo oh, wo oh
stknowle Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 Gazza wasn't all that bad when he played last season, probably better than Davis anyway. Of course that's not to say he won't make howlers as per usual. Sadly it is entirely possible to be a truly awful premier league goalkeeper and still be better than Davis. Gazza ticks the first box, jury's out on the 2nd.
VectisSaint Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 FFS - stop the whinging until the game is under way or finished, then you can bîtch about the selection. Why? Surely when discussing the line-up in the build up is when people should moan about the line up. If they are proven wrong, fine. More annoying are the ones who just meekly accept everything that is done and don't have a view on whether it is good or bad. The ones that come on afterwards and say that line up was rubbish are also annoying. Today's line up looks like a disaster waiting to happen, but then that's the problem with not having decent keeper backup when we knew we were only likely to have one first choice keeper available for most of the season (the news coming out of the training ground suggests FF may be back sooner than expected). It could have been worse, at least its Gazza and not Captain Slow. Guess that Yoshida is playing CB, that's fine, and dropping Pelle is something we should have done more often in the past.
Leo_ARG Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 What I see missing in that lineup is someone who can play an accurate long ball behind the defense. Maybe Davis can do it, but I'm not sure. If he is not on his "A" game I don't see Mane and Long creating problems all by themselves in the form they are right now.
ExSt Peter Saint Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 I have to say I thought that someone was having a laugh when I saw that line up. Let's hope the players out there are really on it today, because we need a result and a bit less negativity around!
angelman Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 Gazza Yoshida fonte Virgil Cedric Bertrand (as wingers) wanyama Davis Romeu Long Mane
Manuel Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 So is this the line up? Gazza Cedric - Fonte - VVD - Bertrand Yoshida Wanyama - Romeu - Davis Mane - Long Not really sure what Yoshida's role is today. Unless he's left back again and push Cedric midfield?
Saint Pete Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 Well, on the positive side, we've got a strong looking bench!
Batman Posted 12 December, 2015 Author Posted 12 December, 2015 So is this the line up? Gazza Cedric - Fonte - VVD - Bertrand Yoshida Wanyama - Romeu - Davis Mane - Long Not really sure what Yoshida's role is today. Unless he's left back again and push Cedric midfield? 3rd CB I reckon
angelman Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 Its the build up thread. What should be diacussed? Saying WTF is that, oh we are going to lose by 2 or more isn't discussing. It's whinging like a bîtch. Yes it is a strange formation - why not discuss rather than moan about it.
Saint Matty 76 Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 So is this the line up? Gazza Cedric - Fonte - VVD - Bertrand Yoshida Wanyama - Romeu - Davis Mane - Long Not really sure what Yoshida's role is today. Unless he's left back again and push Cedric midfield? He's playing CB. Yoshida - VVD - Fonte Cedric - Wanyama - Romeu - Bertrand Davis Mane - Long
VectisSaint Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 How many first team keepers do you want Saints to have in their 25 man squad? Forster is very close to a return, Stekelnburg has done little wrong and Gazzaniga really isn't as bad as many on here like to make out. If Saints did as you suggest and have another keeper, what would the do with all of them once Forster returns relatively soon? The point is that most clubs would not have Gazzanigga or Davis anywhere near their first team squad, especially when one of the senior keepers is out long term. No one is seriously suggesting having Gazza and Davis and Stek and FF.
angelman Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 Question is, if Long and Mané are up front, who is going to be the creative one?? Davis? Or rather who in the centre is the creative one as I reckon we have Cedric and RyanB as out and out wingers.
VectisSaint Posted 12 December, 2015 Posted 12 December, 2015 Well, on the positive side, we've got a strong looking bench! Although having 3 CBs in the starting line up/formation it is odd not having Caulker on the bench. It means any injury to any of the CBs means we will have to change formation.
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