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2 stats I've just read that confirm our recent troubles:

 

- The two Premier League players to have created the most goalscoring chances without having assisted a goal this season are both Southampton players: Dusan Tadic [32] and Nathan Redmond [28].

- Southampton have scored only four goals in their last eight Premier League games, despite attempting 101 shots in total in these games.

 

Yikes!

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2 stats I've just read that confirm our recent troubles:

 

- The two Premier League players to have created the most goalscoring chances without having assisted a goal this season are both Southampton players: Dusan Tadic [32] and Nathan Redmond [28].

- Southampton have scored only four goals in their last eight Premier League games, despite attempting 101 shots in total in these games.

 

Yikes!

 

Lowest scorers in the division now as well after Boro's win yesterday. Long and/or JRod have got to step it up and do what they are paid to do, starting today.

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Better idea, sell them for any amount whatsoever in Jan and buy 2 good players. Revolutionary but plausible!!

 

Lowest scorers in the division now as well after Boro's win yesterday. Long and/or JRod have got to step it up and do what they are paid to do, starting today.
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I sure Puel will get the boys pumped up for this like caged tigers!

 

Haha, indeed.

 

2 stats I've just read that confirm our recent troubles:

 

- The two Premier League players to have created the most goalscoring chances without having assisted a goal this season are both Southampton players: Dusan Tadic [32] and Nathan Redmond [28].

- Southampton have scored only four goals in their last eight Premier League games, despite attempting 101 shots in total in these games.

 

Yikes!

 

Those stats are pretty damning yet unsurprising. I'd definitely take a 1-0 today.

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Better idea, sell them for any amount whatsoever in Jan and buy 2 good players. Revolutionary but plausible!!

 

Jrod yes, he's so far away from being a premier league player it's embarrassing.

 

I'd give Long until the end of the season, despite the fact Sims looked more deadly in his first 30 seconds than he has all season.

Saint Benali

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Just said on TV we are 2nd lowest scorers in the whole 4 divisions. Sort of puts it into perspective. Thank God we got a great defence. I got a feeling we will win this one 1-3. Unless prowse starts....

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The number of shots we've had suggest we're making chances, but our shooting is rubbish.

 

What do they say about a striker and confidence? Same goes for a team, maybe.

Mallagroth

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Still debating whether or not to watch this... I've had this one marked down as a loss since about 5 games into the season. But my predictions are still wrong far more often than I am right.

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The number of shots we've had suggest we're making chances, but our shooting is rubbish.

 

What do they say about a striker and confidence? Same goes for a team, maybe.

 

Just to play devil's advocate, it could also suggest that we are taking lots of shots from areas we're never likely to score from... and the reason why we're doing so is because we can't break down defences

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These stats all reinforce the point that Puel is doing a good job, getting performances and creating chances but is working without the requisite goods upfront. He needs help in January and did so even before Austin's injury.

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Just to play devil's advocate, it could also suggest that we are taking lots of shots from areas we're never likely to score from... and the reason why we're doing so is because we can't break down defences

 

Yep, good point. I also wonder how many of those 'shots' have been on target. There's probably a stat somewhere.

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Where you see that?

 

Blackmore on twitter...

 

Claude Puel & Jose Fonte having a lengthy animated discussion pitchside here -team news shortly....#afcb v #saintsfc

 

The pitch side manager-captain discussion has just ended. Was a good 10 mins or so... #saintsfc

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Blackmore on twitter...

 

Claude Puel & Jose Fonte having a lengthy animated discussion pitchside here -team news shortly....#afcb v #saintsfc

 

The pitch side manager-captain discussion has just ended. Was a good 10 mins or so... #saintsfc

 

Fonte has always enjoyed the derbyesque games, probably seething about it.

SuperSAINT

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Blackmore on twitter...

 

Claude Puel & Jose Fonte having a lengthy animated discussion pitchside here -team news shortly....#afcb v #saintsfc

 

The pitch side manager-captain discussion has just ended. Was a good 10 mins or so... #saintsfc

 

How have they waited until just before the match to sort this out?!

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Suprised no Tadic as he is calm on the ball and personally would always play Davis in our midfield.

 

But not sure Fonte can have too many complaints given his apparent desire to leave.

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no doubt we will sit deep, and hope boufal does some individual brilliance

 

 

as said, comfortable win for bournemouth with a few small periods of nice passing from us.

fonte not playing is a joke

Can only guess he is on the way out

Redmond keeps his place - SHOCK!!

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SuperSAINT

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Fonte confirmed dropped, which I find strange given that Wednesday was no effort whatsoever for him.

 

Pleased Reed gets the nod.

 

Not convinced by balance of front three.

 

There's balance in that both wingers have assisted a Jay Rod sitter in the last 2 games :)

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What a ****ing pathetic team , what's the point of rotating when we have no game for ten days ! If we get a spanking I'm done with this manager !

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What a ****ing pathetic team , what's the point of rotating when we have no game for ten days ! If we get a spanking I'm done with this manager !

 

There is of course the chance that we're not "saving" the players for the future, but responding to fatigue from the two games in the last 7 days.

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There is of course the chance that we're not "saving" the players for the future, but responding to fatigue from the two games in the last 7 days.

 

I have not looked, but very much doubt any other club has made 6 changes from this weekend compared to the midweek games

then again, we do have the best midfield options in the league lol

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There's balance in that both wingers have assisted a Jay Rod sitter in the last 2 games :)

 

JRod scored the best sitter ever, against Palace a few seasons ago. Keep the faith.

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No Fonte. Surprised & disappointed, hope it doesn't come back and bite us. Maybe Puel feels Yoshi has earned his place with recent performances?

 

Reed in, good. No Davis, bad.

Hojbjerg in, good. Redmond starting, bad.

Tadic on bench, understandable as he seemed slightly off the pace or out of sorts the other day - was still good, though. Hope he comes on later.

 

Rest of the starters? Yeah, I'll go with that. Bring Long on after an hour to give their defenders the runaround.

 

Still hopeful JRod will get that lucky deflection to trigger a goalscoring run. And Long. And Boufal. Hojbjerg... Redmond... VvD....

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Bournemouth only make 1 change from midweek (compared to our 6)

 

look forward seeing us bully them all over the pitch seeing how we will be far more 'fresh' than them

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I have not looked, but very much doubt any other club has made 6 changes from this weekend compared to the midweek games

then again, we do have the best midfield options in the league lol

 

Not many of those teams have played the amount of games we have though either. Get over it, back the team. The team picked is capable of winning, if it doesn't, it wont be because they aren't good enough...(It'll probably be because we've not taken our chances tbf).

 

JWP over Reed and Tadic over Redmond are the only two I'd change. We know the club doesn't think Fonte can play 3 games in 7 days and at 33 i don't think that's a ridiculous thought to have. Davis has not exactly been great all season has he? Hardly a must starter, and without Romeu then Reed is the natural step in. The game will be much more open than the last two as Bournemouth wont sit behind the ball all game so I can see the logic to use Redmond over Tadic.

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****ing joke. No Fonte, and a striker who can't score from half a yard. Terrific.

 

Yoshi has been easily as good as Fonte this season, who already played midweek.

 

The goals will come eventually for J Rod, I'm not sure who you'd rather play instead.

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