kwsaint Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 Not much of a rest until Wednesday's game. Never been to Stoke before so should be an experience. Will definitely be a tough game although they didn't look great against Arsenal. Predict 1 - 1. Suppose the question is, can Saints do it on a cold, wet, windy Wednesday night in Stoke?
SuperSAINT Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 They are playing very, very well. Puel's rotation will be interesting for this one: -------------Forster----------- Cedric Yoshida Virgil Bertrand ------------Romeu----------- ------Højbjerg--Davis-------- Redmond----------------Tadic --------------Long----------- (Prediction, not opinion)
Batman Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 hopefully, stop this mass-rotation bollix in the next week or so and stick to 4231 Forster Cedric Fonte VvD Bertrand Rom Clasie Davis Boufal Redmond Long
SuperSAINT Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 hopefully, stop this mass-rotation bollix in the next week or so and stick to 4231 Forster Cedric Fonte VvD Bertrand Rom Clasie Davis Boufal Redmond Long Puel said its not possible for players to play every 3 days.
markr27 Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 Romeu must be close to a suspension surely now?
whelk Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 hopefully, stop this mass-rotation bollix in the next week or so and stick to 4231 Forster Cedric Fonte VvD Bertrand Rom Clasie Davis Boufal Redmond Long And you propose rotating 5?
Batman Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 And you propose rotating 5? yep, get back to our better players and slow down the rotation from there
Gunnery Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 Stoke are a mixed bag, they lose to Bournemouth and Everton but beat the likes of Burnley Hull Swansea and Sunderland comfortably. To win this we will need more than 1 goal....
SuperSAINT Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 Stoke are a mixed bag, they lose to Bournemouth and Everton but beat the likes of Burnley Hull Swansea and Sunderland comfortably. To win this we will need more than 1 goal.... They've got quite a lengthy injury list.
doddisalegend Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 yep, get back to our better players and slow down the rotation from there The better players who were poor at Palace and against Beer and rotate out the players who actually won a game. If you don't like the rotation surely we should stick with the winning side from today?
Batman Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 The better players who were poor at Palace and against Beer and rotate out the players who actually won a game. If you don't like the rotation surely we should stick with the winning side from today? Nope. I think we are better in the long the the more Bertrand, Cedric play rather than Martina and McQueen. I also think Davis is better long term than JwP as I said, slow the rotation down
doddisalegend Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 Nope. I think we are better in the long the the more Bertrand, Cedric play rather than Martina and McQueen. I also think Davis is better long term than JwP as I said, slow the rotation down Personally think McQueen has been playing better than Bertrand recently.
Saint_clark Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 Personally think McQueen has been playing better than Bertrand recently. Absolutely, wouldn't be too fussed if Bertrand went anymore. In fact i'd rather sell him than McQueen.
saintant Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 Would like to see us come out of the blocks and have a go at sides in away matches. I get the impression this season that we set up to play for a point. With three points for a win we may as well have a go at teams and the odd win comes in very handy as it equates to three draws so why not go for it.
5string Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 hopefully, stop this mass-rotation bollix in the next week or so and stick to 4231 Forster Cedric Fonte VvD Bertrand Rom Clasie Davis Boufal Redmond Long This, but Hoj instead of Clasie imo - he's more attack-minded and more creative, which may benefit Long's goalscoring chances. We're strong enough in defence, we don't need another DM. Davis can always 'sit in' if necessary. Possibly even McQueen to start left side (instead of Redmond) - works well with Bertrand.
Roger Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 Absolutely, wouldn't be too fussed if Bertrand went anymore. In fact i'd rather sell him than McQueen. Wtf? Asylum beckons mate.
stknowle Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 Absolutely, wouldn't be too fussed if Bertrand went anymore. In fact i'd rather sell him than McQueen. Facepalm
Saint_clark Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 Wtf? Asylum beckons mate. Facepalm There's been talk of McQueen being sold, if someone has to go i'd rather Bertrand than someone from our academy who is much younger and playing just as well if not better. We have a surplus of good left backs, if we have to raise funds to buy then that's the best place to be trying to do so...
Pamplemousse Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 We need to improve away from home, that's for certain. Hopefully we will play like we did at Arsenal rather than how we did at Palace.
saint77 Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 There's been talk of McQueen being sold, if someone has to go i'd rather Bertrand than someone from our academy who is much younger and playing just as well if not better. We have a surplus of good left backs, if we have to raise funds to buy then that's the best place to be trying to do so... Targets season is over so no surplus here
Saint_clark Posted 11 December, 2016 Posted 11 December, 2016 Targets season is over so no surplus here I'm not talking about ASAP.
Micky Posted 12 December, 2016 Posted 12 December, 2016 We won there last season, would like to think we can get something this year as well, will be a tough game though, they're no mugs and have some good players now. Sent from my Hudl 2 using Tapatalk
Verbal Kint Posted 12 December, 2016 Posted 12 December, 2016 There's been talk of McQueen being sold, if someone has to go i'd rather Bertrand than someone from our academy who is much younger and playing just as well if not better. We have a surplus of good left backs, if we have to raise funds to buy then that's the best place to be trying to do so... Targett should be sold in the summer. Third choice now and has never looked like being a PL player
skintsaint Posted 12 December, 2016 Posted 12 December, 2016 Stoke forums looking confident of a win, although they have a big injury list. Hard game to predict, going for a sneaky 1-0 away win.
doddisalegend Posted 12 December, 2016 Posted 12 December, 2016 Generally as rule we don't seem to perform up at Stoke and we are certainly better at home than away this season so this will be tough.
JRM Posted 12 December, 2016 Posted 12 December, 2016 Based On our recent away form, lack of goals and general despondency still being felt following last Thursday's disappointment I'm expecting a defeat in this one, I think we'll try and play for a draw and bore them into submission but Stoke will come at us. Perhaps if they do have a number of injuries we can get a 0-0. Looks like this will be our smallest away following so far this season, was told just 650 tickets sold as of the end of last week, hopefully a few more will go following yesterday's win and we can get close to filling the 1200 allocation.
Pass the Dutchie Posted 12 December, 2016 Posted 12 December, 2016 Battle of the Dutch international centre-backs: VVD vs Martins Indi. Stoke are also having some trouble scoring goals. I'll be optimistic and predict a 1-2 (Rodriguez and Romeu).
Chris27687 Posted 12 December, 2016 Posted 12 December, 2016 This game looks like it will be ****ing dull - scraping a win would excellent. I wonder when VVD gets his rest - can't see it being this one. Maybe home against Bompey. It's the time of the year where thin squads start getting exposed - hopefully are relative depth advantages over the lower have can start telling.
trousers Posted 12 December, 2016 Posted 12 December, 2016 Forster Cedric Yoshida VvD Bertrand Romeu Davis Hojbjerg Sims Redmond Long Subs: Taylor, Fonte, McQueen, JWP, Clasie, Boufal, JRod
ErwinK1961 Posted 12 December, 2016 Posted 12 December, 2016 Forster Cedric Yoshida VvD Bertrand Romeu Davis Hojbjerg Sims Redmond Long Subs: Taylor, Fonte, McQueen, JWP, Clasie, Boufal, JRod Poor lad will get the s**t kicked out of him!
lickierambert Posted 12 December, 2016 Posted 12 December, 2016 It feels like there have been a lot of freak goals scored in our trips there. Either brilliant/wind assisted/deflected. In all five visits both teams have scored. For that to continue, we'll have to actually score away from home which we're not great at
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 12 December, 2016 Posted 12 December, 2016 And you propose rotating 5? its not rotating when it suits him lol ,
SuperSAINT Posted 12 December, 2016 Posted 12 December, 2016 (edited) Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC Puel: "I'm disappointed to lose @chazaustin10 to injury, but it gives an opportunity to other players to show their qualities." #saintsfc Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC Puel: "I don't think it's time to speak about January possibilities. We have to focus on the next games." #saintsfc Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC Puel: "I was pleased with @JordyClasie's performance yesterday. I think it was his best performance of the season." #saintsfc Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC Puel: "#SCFC have some great offensive players. It's impressive, but we have to focus on ourselves." #saintsfc Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC Puel: "We need the points. It's important to have a good concentration against #SCFC." #saintsfc Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC Puel: "We have to find different solutions without @chazaustin10. We have possibilities in the squad." #saintsfc Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC Puel: "December can be decisive. We want to keep the same objective in the second part of the season." #saintsfc Edited 12 December, 2016 by SuperSAINT
Gunnery Posted 12 December, 2016 Posted 12 December, 2016 They've got quite a lengthy injury list.So did Palace...
benjii Posted 12 December, 2016 Posted 12 December, 2016 I would choose: Forster Cedric Fonte Van Dijk Bertrand Romeu Clasie Davis Boufal Redmond Long Subs: keeper, Yoshida, Hojbjerg, McQueen, Tadic, Rodriguez, Sims You'd hope that Long's pace and Redmond's pace would give Stoke's meathead defenders some issues. If Long is having a frustrating night again then throw Rodriguez on quite early instead. I like Tadic, and would generally prefer him to Redmond, but he seemed a little tentative yesterday and I think he is slightly worried about his injury. For this match, I'd give Redmond a chance to build on his second half performance, which I thought was actually one of his best of the season. Clasie seems to be finding some form after his displays against Arsenal and yesterday and Davis is Mr Reliable.
SuperSAINT Posted 12 December, 2016 Posted 12 December, 2016 STOKE TEAM NEWS Mark Hughes hopes to have the likes of Jonathan Walters and Ryan Shawcross back for Stoke's home meeting with Southampton. He said: "We've got a few bumps from the weekend. Muniesa got a bang on his knee so we'll get that checked. Johnson's got a bit of a problem with his eye and other than that, we don't anticipate we'll lose any more players."
Baird of the land Posted 12 December, 2016 Posted 12 December, 2016 Carry on the rotation Forster, cedric, fonte, van dijk, Bertrand Romeu hojberg Davis Redmond long tadic
The Cat Posted 12 December, 2016 Posted 12 December, 2016 I fear for the worst in this game... The bookies don't share your fears, our odds are shorter than Stoke's for the win.
scotty Posted 12 December, 2016 Posted 12 December, 2016 The bookies don't share your fears, our odds are shorter than Stoke's for the win. ....only because the stokies can't afford to bet as much as southerners.
Saint_Tony Posted 13 December, 2016 Posted 13 December, 2016 ....only because the stokies can't afford to bet as much as southerners. They do seem overpriced at 2/1, thought they would be favourites being at home. Especially as it may be a cold wednesday night in Stoke Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk
nta786 Posted 13 December, 2016 Posted 13 December, 2016 Play this game with a mate before every interview A shot/or double shot of vodka every time he says possibilities or solidarity
SuperSAINT Posted 13 December, 2016 Posted 13 December, 2016 Play this game with a mate before every interview A shot/or double shot of vodka every time he says possibilities or solidarity My new favourite is 'Lucidity'
whelk Posted 13 December, 2016 Posted 13 December, 2016 They do seem overpriced at 2/1, thought they would be favourites being at home. Especially as it may be a cold wednesday night in Stoke Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk yep incredible value for a home team against not the most prolific of oponents
ericofarabia Posted 13 December, 2016 Posted 13 December, 2016 This game looks like it will be ****ing dull - scraping a win would excellent. I wonder when VVD gets his rest - can't see it being this one. Maybe home against Bompey. It's the time of the year where thin squads start getting exposed - hopefully are relative depth advantages over the lower have can start telling. Bloody Hell ..... No rest until April 1st ...... poor lad will be totally knackered by then
Jez Posted 13 December, 2016 Posted 13 December, 2016 Forster Cedric Yoshida VvD Bertrand Romeu Davis Hojbjerg Sims Redmond Long Subs: Taylor, Fonte, McQueen, JWP, Clasie, Boufal, JRod Quite a few people in this thread have neglected to include Tadic (you're not the only one trousers) - I assume facemask aside he is fully fit and no new injuries? Puel did not mention him from the little I've seen of his interview. We've missed him massively in recent games, I'd be starting him.
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