stknowle Posted 13 August, 2017 Share Posted 13 August, 2017 What's happened to Fonte? Reached the bottom of the hill he was already over when Wham bought him. Please let them go down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 13 August, 2017 Share Posted 13 August, 2017 Home games against WHU are almost always dire affairs no doubt Andy Carroll will crawl of his death bed to score against us before going back on the sick... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 13 August, 2017 Share Posted 13 August, 2017 KUMB view http://www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=169151 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 13 August, 2017 Share Posted 13 August, 2017 0-0. We are becoming the masters of the goaless draw. The Southampton Way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellman Posted 13 August, 2017 Share Posted 13 August, 2017 If it is true that we are the 0-0 specialists, why is there so much demand on this forum saying we need a new gk, that Yoshi full of mistakes and that Jack Stephens is not yet ready? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted 13 August, 2017 Share Posted 13 August, 2017 If it is true that we are the 0-0 specialists, why is there so much demand on this forum saying we need a new gk, that Yoshi full of mistakes and that Jack Stephens is not yet ready? Agree, excellent defenders, the only attribute they lack is height. The reason we lost the cup final was because late on, Mourinho shoved Ibrahima***** and Fellaini up front to take advantage. Our last game of last season, Crouch scoring a late winner with his head...it was so predictable and very annoying to witness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 13 August, 2017 Share Posted 13 August, 2017 If it is true that we are the 0-0 specialists, why is there so much demand on this forum saying we need a new gk, that Yoshi full of mistakes and that Jack Stephens is not yet ready? We tend to be masters of the 0-0 when opponents can't muster a shot on target. Often last season it seemed that a shot on target turned it into a 0-1 all too easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 13 August, 2017 Share Posted 13 August, 2017 Not to worry, this can't go on much longer. The Law of Averages is firmly on our side and will be champing at the bit to level the scales. Soon we will be drowned under a veritable avalanche of goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 13 August, 2017 Share Posted 13 August, 2017 We tend to be masters of the 0-0 when opponents can't muster a shot on target. Often last season it seemed that a shot on target turned it into a 0-1 all too easily. Not to worry, this can't go on much longer. The Law of Averages is firmly on our side and will be champing at the bit to level the scales. Soon we will be drowned under a veritable avalanche of goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 13 August, 2017 Share Posted 13 August, 2017 KUMB view http://www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=169151 Not many suggesting Fonte in their starting line up I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW5 SAINT Posted 13 August, 2017 Share Posted 13 August, 2017 Not many suggesting Fonte in their starting line up I see. I was thinking he(Fonte) must be injured or something. Still £10m isn't bad a transfer fee for a 33 year old who can't get in the first team.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 14 August, 2017 Share Posted 14 August, 2017 Not to worry, this can't go on much longer. The Law of Averages is firmly on our side and will be champing at the bit to level the scales. Soon we will be drowned under a veritable avalanche of goals. ... or posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 14 August, 2017 Share Posted 14 August, 2017 Id go with; Forster Cedric Stephens Yoshi Bertrand Romeu Lamina JWP Tadic Boufal Gabbiadini Davis and Redmond didnt do much at the weekend to warrant starting against WHU, JWP gets in for his industry and set pieces, not entirely sure what others saw at the weekend, I thought he had a good game. Lets hope we can actually get Gabbiadini involved properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansums Posted 14 August, 2017 Share Posted 14 August, 2017 I was thinking he(Fonte) must be injured or something. Still £10m isn't bad a transfer fee for a 33 year old who can't get in the first team.... Was talking to my West Ham supporting brother, they really don't rate Fonte. A shrewd bit of business on our part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tajjuk Posted 14 August, 2017 Share Posted 14 August, 2017 Hopefully West Ham will be a bit more adventurous than Swansea, though they still have players that can hurt is. Is Carroll fit? Cos I's worry about our defence against him, also Antonio is a threat in the air peeling on to the fullbacks. Knowing our luck we'll play them off the park, miss all our shots and they'll score one from a corner or a long shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren2 Posted 14 August, 2017 Share Posted 14 August, 2017 Not to worry, this can't go on much longer. The Law of Averages is firmly on our side and will be champing at the bit to level the scales. Soon we will be drowned under a veritable avalanche of goals. Oh, so we haven't been scoring???? I thought we'd changed our name to "Southampton Nil" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydie Posted 14 August, 2017 Share Posted 14 August, 2017 I think we need more scoring punch. I don't buy into the mantra that yesterday was just a "one-off", we saw the same movie too many times last year with the same players. We have a whopping 2 guys who have proven they can score with some regularity, Gabbi and Austin, so I propose switching the formation to accommodate them. We can't tie our way to the top, but we can tie our way to the Championship. How about the dreaded 3-4-1-2: Forster Cedric- Yoshida-Bertrand Romeu-Lemina Tadic Redmond Boufal Gabbi-Austin We would get thoroughly bummed if we played that formation/team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfahaji Posted 14 August, 2017 Share Posted 14 August, 2017 West Ham were just as crap last season, yet contrived to easily turn us over at St Mary's in one of our worst performances under Puel. Best not count any chickens. Who even knows if we'll ever score another home goal? We weren't actually that bad vs West Ham, people just got annoyed about the result. Randolph pulled off a few good saves, Gabbiadini missed a great chance after his amazing goal, yet at the other end West Ham's first was sloppy from our CBs, and Forster was terrible for the other two (as well as them being a little lucky). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted 14 August, 2017 Share Posted 14 August, 2017 Oh dear. JWP isn't fit to tie Davis boot laces..they are miles apart in creativity, linking midfield to attack and even pace. Actually, you would find it hard to find a slower midfield player in the premiership.. he makes Surman look quick. +1 for the ignore list it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 14 August, 2017 Share Posted 14 August, 2017 Oh god Lee Mason is the referee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 14 August, 2017 Share Posted 14 August, 2017 Oh god Lee Mason is the referee Isn't our record with him as referee ****ing abysmal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteCampbell Posted 15 August, 2017 Share Posted 15 August, 2017 Pete, as a matter of interest - are there any circumstance - eg JWP's second half display yesterday - where you wouldn't include him in you starting eleven? He looked very good to me and I agreed with those confused why he was the one coming off. I think he has to be playing games this season to continue the growth he showed last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 15 August, 2017 Share Posted 15 August, 2017 Very nearly another sell-out looking on the official website, good going. Although the Swansea game was meant to be sold out and there were rows of seats dotted around the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 15 August, 2017 Share Posted 15 August, 2017 Very nearly another sell-out looking on the official website, good going. Although the Swansea game was meant to be sold out and there were rows of seats dotted around the place. The ticket numbers include STs though wouldn't be surprised if a few ST holders are actually away on holidays this time of year but still get counted in attendance figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 15 August, 2017 Share Posted 15 August, 2017 The ticket numbers include STs though wouldn't be surprised if a few ST holders are actually away on holidays this time of year but still get counted in attendance figures. I'm sure a fair few were, but there were a few empty rows dotted around. Good going anyway. Looks like we've slightly increased the away allocation as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_lambden Posted 15 August, 2017 Share Posted 15 August, 2017 Oh god Lee Mason is the referee Oh for f*cks sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted 15 August, 2017 Share Posted 15 August, 2017 Unless something changes in either team dynamic or tactics we'll lose this one. Wet Sham have goals in their team...at the moment it's not obvious where ours will come from. I would give Lemina a go next to Romeu with the instruction one of them holds back if the other attacks. Save Davis for later when we need a more steady hand. I would also start Boufal ahead of Redmond who went missing 2nd half last game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 15 August, 2017 Author Share Posted 15 August, 2017 Oh god Lee Mason is the referee Oh what joy, They may claim he is from Bolton, but he was born in p*rtsm*th!!!! Explains much................ the lengths those slippery sods down the road will go to!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridge Saint Posted 16 August, 2017 Share Posted 16 August, 2017 Forster Cedric, Yoshida, Stephens, Bertrand Romeu, Lemina Boufal, Davis, Redmond Gabbiadini Far too many of our attacks break down with Tadic. Even the penalties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 16 August, 2017 Share Posted 16 August, 2017 Forster Cedric, Yoshida, Stephens, Bertrand Romeu, Lemina Boufal, Davis, Redmond Gabbiadini Far too many of our attacks break down with Tadic. Even the penalties. This for me, though maybe harsh on JWP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 16 August, 2017 Share Posted 16 August, 2017 4-0 Saints everyone happy. Bilic moves to one game away from the boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 16 August, 2017 Share Posted 16 August, 2017 Forster Cedric-Virgil Van Frigging Dijk-Hoedt-Bertrand Lemina-Romeu Redmond-Vietto-Tadic Gabbiadini Subs: McCarthy, Yoshida, Stephens, Davis, JWP, Boufal, Austin. We can dream! (Or unchanged line up, whatevs.) The only prediction I'm making is that I think we'll banish our home goal scoring hoodoo. West Ham will click at some point, hopefully not this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 16 August, 2017 Share Posted 16 August, 2017 Hopefully West Ham will be a bit more adventurous than Swansea, though they still have players that can hurt is. Is Carroll fit? Cos I's worry about our defence against him, also Antonio is a threat in the air peeling on to the fullbacks. Knowing our luck we'll play them off the park, miss all our shots and they'll score one from a corner or a long shot. Pretty sure Carroll is out. Antonio is back. Hopefully Lanzini misses the game as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwbu Posted 16 August, 2017 Share Posted 16 August, 2017 Ward-Prowse has to start for me. I was often one who wasn't sure what his purpose was, but we seem to always play better when he plays, so for that reason he gets in for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 16 August, 2017 Share Posted 16 August, 2017 Bertrand went off injured vs Swansea, but was in training today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 16 August, 2017 Share Posted 16 August, 2017 Forster Cedric, Yoshida, Van Dyke, Bertrand Romeu, Lemina Tadic, Davis, Redmond Gabbiadini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danjosaint Posted 16 August, 2017 Share Posted 16 August, 2017 Why on earth would u put yoshi in front of stephens , is it because hes a nice guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted 16 August, 2017 Share Posted 16 August, 2017 Ward-Prowse has to start for me. I was often one who wasn't sure what his purpose was, but we seem to always play better when he plays, so for that reason he gets in for me. Think the opposite. He's not improving imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 16 August, 2017 Share Posted 16 August, 2017 Why on earth would u put yoshi in front of stephens , is it because hes a nice guy for his free kick ability...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris27687 Posted 17 August, 2017 Share Posted 17 August, 2017 Someone has done a West Ham Era twitter thing - that club is literally insane, i had forgotten about so much of the craziness. Scroll down on the twitter till you find this post - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 17 August, 2017 Share Posted 17 August, 2017 Why on earth would u put yoshi in front of stephens , is it because hes a nice guy Probably because he's a better defender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 17 August, 2017 Share Posted 17 August, 2017 Manuel Lanzini still injured, but Michail Antonio and Cheikhou Kouyate could return for West Ham against Southampton: https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/manuel-lanzini-still-injured-but-michail-antonio-and-cheikhou-kouyate-could-return-for-west-ham-a3613786.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeham_69 Posted 17 August, 2017 Share Posted 17 August, 2017 If it's another 0-0 surely it's time to start calling the boss Puellegrino? I reckon once we get the first one in and break the hoodoo we'll score a hatful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonb Posted 17 August, 2017 Share Posted 17 August, 2017 If it's another 0-0 surely it's time to start calling the boss Puellegrino? I reckon once we get the first one in and break the hoodoo we'll score a hatful. Those plucky 'ammers are convinced they will oblige and assist in ending our goal drought. Much the same as any football fan I guess, you always think your team will bare the brunt of another's backlash. Here's hoping... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 17 August, 2017 Share Posted 17 August, 2017 If it's another 0-0 surely it's time to start calling the boss Puellegrino? I reckon once we get the first one in and break the hoodoo we'll score a hatful. Well having watched most of Wesr Ham's game on Sunday I'd think that if it's another 0-0 what we'd need to be a calling was the next manager on our list. They were awful and not beating them would be simply shameful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 17 August, 2017 Author Share Posted 17 August, 2017 Well having watched most of Wesr Ham's game on Sunday I'd think that if it's another 0-0 what we'd need to be a calling was the next manager on our list. They were awful and not beating them would be simply shameful. I would give that White Witch another go first, seemed to work all those years ago when we first moved into SMS.......... we might be in need of a recharge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 17 August, 2017 Share Posted 17 August, 2017 I would give that White Witch another go first, seemed to work all those years ago when we first moved into SMS.......... we might be in need of a recharge! Is she still a going concern then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 17 August, 2017 Share Posted 17 August, 2017 Hopefully Wham won't be as negative as Swansea, which will leave a bit more room in the final 3rd to operate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 17 August, 2017 Share Posted 17 August, 2017 Hopefully Wham won't be as negative as Swansea, which will leave a bit more room in the final 3rd to operate. I don't think they'd even know how to be a particularly negative. Did no-one else watch them then? It was a public rec side really. Couldn't string 2 passes together, aimless punting most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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