Batman Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 #SaintsFC XI to play #Boro: Forster, Pied, Cáceres, Yoshida ©, Bertrand, Clasie, Romeu, Højbjerg, Boufal, Rodriguez, Long. with Davis not playing deeper and no tadic, think we will do well with that side.
qwertyell Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Don't think Stephens deserved to be dropped to accommodate Caceras - Yoshida has been poorer recently. Curious to see what Pied brings.
Lighthouse Posted 13 May, 2017 Author Posted 13 May, 2017 You can see him on Saints FB video getting off the coach. Can see the point in resting him with such a packed end to the season but it'd have made much more sense to leave him down South. At least we'll have some sort of answer to the Caceres question.
CB Fry Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 A team sh it enough to grab an unlikely win. I still like Clasie. 4-1.
diggers Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 That's the team of a man that's given up and is just having a laugh.
whelk Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 A team sh it enough to grab an unlikely win. I still like Clasie. 4-1. Clasie was good against WBA Hojberg will score today. Boufal will play out of his skin. Easy win
Saint Billy Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Agree with Tadic and Davis not playing but Jay Rod and Long up front will hardly cast fear in the opposition wirh their records this season. Gabbi is surely injured otherwise I dont get it.
SuperSAINT Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Don't think Stephens deserved to be dropped to accommodate Caceras - Yoshida has been poorer recently. Curious to see what Pied brings. Maybe he's seen the the better centre back to rest.
BARCELONASAINT Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Personally believe Gabby is fit and being rested for Utd game....nothing more to it
Wimborne_saint Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Gabbiadini needs to start every game. So frustrating but been that way since he arrived, 2 goals in a cup final and Puel drags him off, while Utd leave a 35 year old zlatan on to stroll around and score the winner. Why does Puel think footballers are so unfit? Guarantee none of them WANT to get dropped. Just interrupted everyone's form and continuity all season and meant we've got nowhere. Caceres finally starts, not sure why now. If he does well he won't be here next season anywhere will he. Good to see Pied get a game but Cedric has been one of our better players. Midfield looks better with Clasie and Romeu but even less creative than usual. Then there's Long and Rodriguez. Maybe he thinks a game against a rubbish side will help them, but I'd be disappointed if either were still here next season. Neither have earned a place in that team. Gabbiadini was clearly knackered - Puel was right to take him off and put fresher legs on. Especially with the prospect of ET.
Lighthouse Posted 13 May, 2017 Author Posted 13 May, 2017 Maybe he's seen the the better centre back to rest. JS and MC together would be frightfully short of Premier League experience. Together with Pied, that would be a back 4 badly short of cohesion.
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Is this where we come to moan about the selection, tactics and individual players before a ball is kicked? Or should we wait an see what happens
ART Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 The players on the bench says it all. Puel has some immense options if he chooses. Alas he'll prove everyone right and screw it all up.
Manuel Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Austin on the bench. Expect to see him later then. Excellent!
Saints foreva Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Unsure where the goals will come from in that side.
Batman Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 if say, Clasie/Hoj/Long have a blinder today, wont matter as they will be dropped next game
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Keep Gabbiadini fresh for Man Utd Throat injury apparently, same as Tadic
SNSUN Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Tadic, Manolo, Cedric. Them 3 not in squad wow. Good to try the team without the future summer sales playing... Shows how we might fare next season without them. #joking
VectisSaint Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Gabbi not even on bench.....injured? Unless he picked up injury after he arrived. Wouldn't have travelled if he was injured.
Toon Saint Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Desperate line up from Claude. Last roll of the dice? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
hughieslastminutegoal Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Tadic missing all 3 of them? And he'd still fight someone over him taking a 4th.
Kingsbridge Saint Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Woeful team selection. Exactly what I have come to expect from the idiot Puel.
Matthew Le God Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Woeful team selection. Exactly what I have come to expect from the idiot Puel. Why is it woeful? Middlesbrough didn't have a game in midweek, Saints did. Saints also have another game in 4 days time. It appears many modern football fans aren't aware of recovery times of athletes and think they all recover instantly at the same rate as each other.
striker Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 We're winning this game, Gabbi needed a rest. I'd like to see Austin sooner rather than later, without Gabbi he is pretty much the only threat up front.
Causer Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Keep Gabbiadini fresh for Man Utd So he can run around chasing the United back 4 without another player within 60 yards....Anything he should play in games like today which we have a better chance of winning in and suit his style of play and play Long to do the headless chicken act against the big teams.
Colinjb Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Worth seeing how some of the fringe players do, this game is the very definition of a dead rubber, so why not?
Golac's Iron Gonads Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 I ummed and ahhed about keeping Gabbiadini in my fantasy team. Figured he'd probably get 20 minutes in one game and 60 in another. Puel has really wound me up this time, unless we win 3 or 4 nil.
Sidney Fudpucker the 3rd Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 I'd go for Forster Pied Yoshida Caceres Bertrand Rom Classie Long JWP J-Rod Gabbi Jeez. My prediction wasn't far off. :-)
Strangely Brown Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Why is it woeful? Middlesbrough didn't have a game in midweek, Saints did. Saints also have another game in 4 days time. It appears many modern football fans aren't aware of recovery times of athletes and think they all recover instantly at the same rate as each other. On that basis the one person who deserves a rest is Romeu!
Convict Colony Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Woeful team selection. Exactly what I have come to expect from the idiot Puel. Problem has been midfield not creating enough clear chances, I guarantee now with this line up we will create more but with long and jay up front they will miss loads knowing our luck, he just never seems to get the whole team right.
Lord Duckhunter Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Long & JRod (or at least his dad) appear to have a lot to say this season, time to do their talking on the pitch Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
mrfahaji Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 I think how we fare today will go a long way to deciding my verdict on Puel. It does seem strange to make so many changes for a game that we should be looking to win. If the players perform and we get a good result, maybe Puel knows what he's doing. Otherwise it raises too many questions in my book. Fingers crossed!
fanimal Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Gabba did travel and to be fair, PEH and JC played really well at WBA
Golac's Iron Gonads Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 http://www.vipbox.bz/soccer/399073/1/middlesbrough-vs-southampton.html
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 link to stream please http://www.vipboxtv.me/football/399073/1/middlesbrough-vs-southampton-stream.html
shurlock Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Caraces bails out Yoshida already great covering Dodgy touch Caceres.
nta786 Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 Is this where we come to moan about the selection, tactics and individual players before a ball is kicked? Or should we wait an see what happens thats boring
SNOWY Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 http://www.vipboxtv.me/football/399073/1/middlesbrough-vs-southampton-stream.html thanks
Shroppie Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 At the game. In control. Usual story, no final cutting edge. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 This is horrific It clearly is not brilliant but to say its horrific is wrong
SW5 SAINT Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 If Caceres is playing, they must be looking at him with an eye for next season!
Delmary Posted 13 May, 2017 Posted 13 May, 2017 http://www.sport365.link/en/player/5916bfd22adfb867880019/1/131/59171646193b2/MiddlesbroughFC-SouthamptonFC/768/432
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