Pass the Dutchie Posted 26 August, 2017 Share Posted 26 August, 2017 This was the first game of the season last year, and ended 1-1 with a goal from Redmond. We can use the break that's coming up. Hopefully things will have settled down after the transfer window has shut, and everyone still here will work to get back to 100% motivation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 26 August, 2017 Share Posted 26 August, 2017 Play five strikers and get it in the mixer FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 26 August, 2017 Share Posted 26 August, 2017 Play five strikers and get it in the mixer FFS. Derry must have dirty thoughts about Troy Deeney and Stefano Okaka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 26 August, 2017 Share Posted 26 August, 2017 Watford are pretty good going forward and I can see them scoring at least once. That puts us under pressure to score one for the draw which I can't see happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 26 August, 2017 Share Posted 26 August, 2017 0-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 26 August, 2017 Share Posted 26 August, 2017 I don't want to wish harm on anyone but I wouldn't be upset if Tadic were to come back from international duty with a little knock or something that keeps him out of this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKD Posted 26 August, 2017 Share Posted 26 August, 2017 Given that, according to a few (Always) on here, Silva is a terrible manager because Hull went down, this should be an easy win... Shouldn't it? Out with Tadic, time to give Boufal a run and show some faith in him. Forster Cedric Yoshida Hoedt Bertrand Lemina Romeu Redmond (we literally have no one better atm) Davis Boufal Gabbi 0-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syd_barrett_saint Posted 27 August, 2017 Share Posted 27 August, 2017 Given that, according to a few (Always) on here, Silva is a terrible manager because Hull went down, this should be an easy win... Shouldn't it? Out with Tadic, time to give Boufal a run and show some faith in him. Forster Cedric Yoshida Hoedt Bertrand Lemina Romeu Redmond (we literally have no one better atm) Davis Boufal Gabbi 0-0 I'd go for almost the same side, but Long in for Redmond. Play Boufal on the left, Davis in the middle and Long on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingeletiss Posted 27 August, 2017 Share Posted 27 August, 2017 Given that, according to a few (Always) on here, Silva is a terrible manager because Hull went down, this should be an easy win... Shouldn't it? Out with Tadic, time to give Boufal a run and show some faith in him. Forster Cedric Yoshida Hoedt Bertrand Lemina Romeu Redmond (we literally have no one better atm) Davis Boufal Gabbi 0-0 Why oh why, would you want to persist with Davis, he is one of the reasons we never get in behind the opposition defence. Most of his passes are backwards. Play Boufal behind Gabbi, McQueen on the left, Redmond/JWP on the right. imho of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 27 August, 2017 Share Posted 27 August, 2017 Given that, according to a few (Always) on here, Silva is a terrible manager because Hull went down, this should be an easy win... Shouldn't it? Out with Tadic, time to give Boufal a run and show some faith in him. Forster Cedric Yoshida Hoedt Bertrand Lemina Romeu Redmond (we literally have no one better atm) Davis Boufal Gabbi 0-0 Should be now we've replaced a manager who was holding back a team of really good talented players with a manager who can get the best out of the team with exciting pressing football ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surman4no7shirt Posted 27 August, 2017 Share Posted 27 August, 2017 Why oh why, would you want to persist with Davis, he is one of the reasons we never get in behind the opposition defence. Most of his passes are backwards. Play Boufal behind Gabbi, McQueen on the left, Redmond/JWP on the right. imho of course. Do you really think our captain wont start the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 27 August, 2017 Share Posted 27 August, 2017 0-0. If am right, will be my third correct prediction out of 4. All made pre-season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFC-TID! Posted 27 August, 2017 Share Posted 27 August, 2017 This is a must win. Not in the context of relegation or anything like that but in the context of getting a good performance and win at home, to start to see some progression from Puel. We should be beating these teams at home. 4th game of the season, let's see some positivity.... Forster Berty Hoedt Yoshi Cedric Romeu Lemina Long Davis Boufal Gabbi. Boufal needs a run of games and to be told by the manger that he will be getting it, he will relax a bit then. Long did ok yesterday, he's no winger but he gives 110%, is decent in the air and can help Gabbi and for the love of god, stop taking Gabbiadini off on the hour mark every game!! I could even see McQueen starting as a winger soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingeletiss Posted 27 August, 2017 Share Posted 27 August, 2017 Do you really think our captain wont start the game? A captain in name only, there are others who can wear an armband. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 27 August, 2017 Share Posted 27 August, 2017 I do not believe MP has the nouse to pick what we all can see..... Forster Cedric Yoshida Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Lamina Long Davis Boufal Gabbiadini McCarthy Stephens JwP Austin Tadic Redmond Hoj Tadic and Remond surely do not deserve to start. When the hell are we going to see Boufal get a run of games, ffs I would put long in their for his pace and directness, he will get closer to Gabbi going forward too. However, I am sure we will see both Tadic and Redmond start....as per Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon3737 Posted 27 August, 2017 Share Posted 27 August, 2017 I wrote this on Huddersfield thread after the match, but more relevant here... I think the biggest problem with our team is that our midfield is just too slow (since Puel). I think we have to always play Romeu plus one of Davis/JWP (never both). They are all slow, so, unless we buy faster versions of them, we need quick (thinking as well as running, so not Redmond) players next to them to support Gabbi. I think Lemina will be great and I'm sure Gabbi can score loads of goals if he gets support. Based on our current (not on strike) squad,. I'd play the following team (back-ups in brackets): -----------------------------McCarthy--------------------------- -----------------------------(Forster)--------------------------- Cedric-------------Stephens---------Hoedt-----------Bertrand (Stephens)-------(Yoshida)--------(Yoshida)--------(Targett) -----------------------------Romeu------------------------------ ----------------------------(Lemina)----------------------------- --------------Davis------------------------Lemina--------------- -------------(JWP)-------------------------(PEH)---------------- ---------Long-------------------------------------McQueen----- --(Boufal/Gabbiadini)----------------------(Tadic/Redmond)-- -----------------------------Gabbiadini-------------------------- ---------------------------(Austin/Long)------------------------ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syd_barrett_saint Posted 27 August, 2017 Share Posted 27 August, 2017 Why oh why, would you want to persist with Davis, he is one of the reasons we never get in behind the opposition defence. Most of his passes are backwards. Play Boufal behind Gabbi, McQueen on the left, Redmond/JWP on the right. imho of course. JWP passes backwards and sideways far more often than Davis. In fact, I'd say that unlike the majority of our side, the 1st thing Davis does on receiving the ball is either get his head up to pass forward, or try to drive forward with the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenue_Saint Posted 28 August, 2017 Share Posted 28 August, 2017 I do not believe MP has the nouse to pick what we all can see..... Forster Cedric Yoshida Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Lamina Long Davis Boufal Gabbiadini McCarthy Stephens JwP Austin Tadic Redmond Hoj Tadic and Remond surely do not deserve to start. When the hell are we going to see Boufal get a run of games, ffs I would put long in their for his pace and directness, he will get closer to Gabbi going forward too. However, I am sure we will see both Tadic and Redmond start....as per Agree with all of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfahaji Posted 28 August, 2017 Share Posted 28 August, 2017 (edited) Why oh why, would you want to persist with Davis, he is one of the reasons we never get in behind the opposition defence. Most of his passes are backwards. Play Boufal behind Gabbi, McQueen on the left, Redmond/JWP on the right. imho of course. Actually I see Davis looking for forward passes quite a bit, probably as much as any other player. Often against Huddersfield we were going sideways as per usual, until Davis tried to pick out a ball forwards. Unfortunately a lot of those times were difficult passes which had very little chance of making it through unless they were inch perfect (they weren't). Davis has faults, but not sure he is any more "sideways" than anyone else at the moment. Edited 28 August, 2017 by mrfahaji Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfahaji Posted 28 August, 2017 Share Posted 28 August, 2017 (edited) Forster Cedric-Yoshida-Hoedt-McQueen Lemina-Romeu JWP-Davis-Boufal Gabbiadini Would consider having Long on the right and JWP in the middle. Would also like to see Hojbjerg as part of a midfield three with Romeu & Lemina but doesn't look likely at this stage. Obviously I don't think McQueen is a better player than Bertrand, but he hasn't let us down there before and not sure Bertrand can be relied on to play anywhere near his potential atm. Even though I wouldn't pick Tadic, I still think at his best he would be in the first XI. I hope we see that level from him again, our side would be much the better for it. Edited 29 August, 2017 by mrfahaji Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKsaint Posted 28 August, 2017 Share Posted 28 August, 2017 Time to replace the useless triangle: Tadic, Davis and Redmond with Long, Austin and Boufal respectively. Long-Gabbiadini-Boufal Austin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurosaint Posted 28 August, 2017 Share Posted 28 August, 2017 Am missing this match due to being elsewhere in Europe so you can pretty much guarantee that we will win comfortably, scoring for fun :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukee Posted 28 August, 2017 Share Posted 28 August, 2017 Hopefully Boufal will start this one and hope we can score early. Some of the chances we get are good just need to put them away. Forster Cedric Yoshida/Stephens Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Lemina Boufal Davis Redmond Gabbiadini Don't understand the hate for Redmond if I'm honest. Direct runner and has a good shot on him. Will definitely come good and I think we will struggle to keep him in future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted 28 August, 2017 Share Posted 28 August, 2017 The shakey start to the season combined with the international break have killed my hype. Hopefully things get more interesting soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted 28 August, 2017 Share Posted 28 August, 2017 Don't get this. Have to play Davis to link midfield and attack. Have to drop Tadic and good on set pieces though JWP is, he's not as good an out-and-out attacker as the others. Have to play our only out and out striker (Austin) for goals sake. I'd play Forster Cedric Stephens/Yoshi Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Lemina Gabbiadini Davis Boufal Austin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 28 August, 2017 Share Posted 28 August, 2017 I know what you mean, but we are undefeated and there are loads of teams who are struggling at the moment. Have to take the positives. Our new AM / striker will come in and take the No 9 shirt and we'll bed Hoedt in. Looking forward to the game where it all clicks. what have you heard about in comings? good enough to start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 28 August, 2017 Share Posted 28 August, 2017 It's Watford at home, easy'ish win, well should be anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenue_Saint Posted 28 August, 2017 Share Posted 28 August, 2017 Need to give boufal game time. Boy has obvious quality, and now with Lemina and Rom shoring up midfield that little bit of freedom is needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 28 August, 2017 Share Posted 28 August, 2017 In the safest bet of all time I predict we will not score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_lambden Posted 28 August, 2017 Share Posted 28 August, 2017 Hopefully Boufal will start this one and hope we can score early. Some of the chances we get are good just need to put them away. Forster Cedric Yoshida/Stephens Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Lemina Boufal Davis Redmond Gabbiadini Don't understand the hate for Redmond if I'm honest. Direct runner and has a good shot on him. Will definitely come good and I think we will struggle to keep him in future Yep, would go with that side (With Stephens over Yoshida). Redmond's a very important player for us, considering the lack of pace elsewhere in the team. Quite often, when he plays well, we do in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 28 August, 2017 Share Posted 28 August, 2017 Pellegrino will hopefully benefit from having a fair number of the squad available for training over the international break, we only have Bertrand in the England squad and I don't think we've got anyone in u21s any more. Hopefully a few players who haven't had game time will feature for the Saints u21s away to Peterborough on Tuesday night in the checkatrade trophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErwinK1961 Posted 28 August, 2017 Share Posted 28 August, 2017 Yep, would go with that side (With Stephens over Yoshida). Redmond's a very important player for us, considering the lack of pace elsewhere in the team. Quite often, when he plays well, we do in general. Stephens over Yoshida? Really? Personally think he's been one of our better performers this season and Stephens has shown his naivety. Plus think we need the experience next to Hoedt to help him settle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derry Posted 28 August, 2017 Share Posted 28 August, 2017 (edited) To Shurlock. I suppose you are happy with the sophisticated crap. 5000 passes, one goal from play which took 3 passes and a player running forward. It's no good playing one striker unless the three behind are a goal threat which they are not. I'd sooner see the three strikers on the pitch and at least have some hope we will score rather than no hope. Edited 28 August, 2017 by derry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derry Posted 28 August, 2017 Share Posted 28 August, 2017 I just don't get why people are continuing to put forward the same players time after time, just shuffling the pack but producing no goals. Doing the same thing time after time and expecting a different result is stupidity. We need to change the formation and maybe play the three strikers together with Long leading the line and the two goal scorers playing off him. Romeu and Lamina plus one in midfield. The problem is that Davis, JWP, Tadic, Redmond, Boufal etc freeze when presented with chances, would rather pass than shoot or run, and really don't want to miss. Tadic and his approach to penalties as opposed to Austin's clinical finishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 28 August, 2017 Share Posted 28 August, 2017 To Shurlock. I suppose you are happy with the sophisticated crap. 5000 passes, one goal from play which took 3 passes and a player running forward. It's no good playing one striker unless the three behind are a goal threat which they are not. I'd sooner see the three strikers on the pitch and at least have some hope we will score rather than no hope. A couple of observations: 1. Who's going to create chances for them -neither Long nor Austin can create chances for themselves? They're technically limited. With combo of Davis, Lemina and Romeu behind them, our side is painfully short of creativity. 2. Shoehorning Austin and Gabbi as wingers/insider forwards requires them to play slightly deeper. The risk is that Long is still isolated in this setup unless you're prepared to leave Austin and Gabbi up top. That in turn creates a massive gap between our midfield and forwards when developing attacks while leaving our midfield exposed when out of possession. Never mind that nothing in Austin's locker suggests he can play in such a position (Puel initially experimented with him in a similar position and the experiment was short-lived). Gabbi could play there, though his main strength is playing on the shoulder of the last defender and finding space behind defences, not off other strikers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarrettIvo Posted 29 August, 2017 Share Posted 29 August, 2017 Stephens over Yoshida? Really? Personally think he's been one of our better performers this season and Stephens has shown his naivety. Plus think we need the experience next to Hoedt to help him settle. Agreed. More than once already this season we've seen Stephens completely lose track of his man in the box, who then had a basically free attempt at goal. Abraham at home, and at least once at Huddersfield. I prefer Maya for now. Yes he's not flash, and yes he also has major issues with physical attackers, but he won't just let them run around unmarked. Stephens may be slightly better on the ball, but Maya keeps things simple, and provides more threat going forward. He may miss his headers more often than not, but at least he's attacking them. Until such time as we have the two Dutchies playing together, Yoshida-Hoedt would be my preferred pairing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabrice29 Posted 29 August, 2017 Share Posted 29 August, 2017 Why oh why, would you want to persist with Davis, he is one of the reasons we never get in behind the opposition defence. Most of his passes are backwards. Play Boufal behind Gabbi, McQueen on the left, Redmond/JWP on the right. imho of course. Evidently he was one of the few players who created a proper chance for us Saturday. By passing forward and by getting us in behind the defence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris27687 Posted 29 August, 2017 Share Posted 29 August, 2017 Change of widemen for me. Forster Cedric Stephens Yoshida Bertrand Romeu Lemina JWP Davis Boufal Gabby Probably just be 1 change in the end though and redmond will keep his place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintBitterne Posted 29 August, 2017 Share Posted 29 August, 2017 Forster ,Cedric ,yoshida, stephens ,Bertrand, lemina, Romeu , boufal, jwp, redmond, gabbiadini 1-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 29 August, 2017 Share Posted 29 August, 2017 Forster Cedric Yoshida Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Lemina Gabbiadini Boufal Redmond Austin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 29 August, 2017 Share Posted 29 August, 2017 Just pepper Gomez with hard long range shots and make sure at least 2 players are steaming in to mop up his usual parries, job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErwinK1961 Posted 29 August, 2017 Share Posted 29 August, 2017 Just pepper Gomez with hard long range shots and make sure at least 2 players are steaming in to mop up his usual parries, job done. That's based on the assumption we'd actually hit the target in the first place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarrettIvo Posted 29 August, 2017 Share Posted 29 August, 2017 Just pepper Gomez with hard long range shots and make sure at least 2 players are steaming in to mop up his usual parries, job done. They'll be doing same for Forster. Or just lobbing balls around the six yard line knowing he won't take a step to get them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Ash Posted 29 August, 2017 Share Posted 29 August, 2017 I want Boufal to start in the no 10 role behind Gabi. Forster Cedric Stephens Yoshida Bertrand Romeu Lemina Davis Boufal Redmond Gabi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordic Saint Posted 29 August, 2017 Share Posted 29 August, 2017 Change of widemen for me. Forster Cedric Stephens Yoshida Bertrand Romeu Lemina JWP Davis Boufal Gabby Probably just be 1 change in the end though and redmond will keep his place. 10 of them look OK but playing Ward-Prowse would just guarantee another Southampton Nil reult and I expect Pellegrino has realized that by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted 29 August, 2017 Share Posted 29 August, 2017 10 of them look OK but playing Ward-Prowse would just guarantee another Southampton Nil reult and I expect Pellegrino has realized that by now. Do you not realise that Ward-Prowse is one of the best crossers of the ball in the PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 29 August, 2017 Share Posted 29 August, 2017 Why oh why, would you want to persist with Davis, he is one of the reasons we never get in behind the opposition defence. Most of his passes are backwards. Play Boufal behind Gabbi, McQueen on the left, Redmond/JWP on the right. imho of course. Thank you!!!!!!! I thought it was just me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfahaji Posted 29 August, 2017 Share Posted 29 August, 2017 Hopefully Boufal will start this one and hope we can score early. Some of the chances we get are good just need to put them away. Forster Cedric Yoshida/Stephens Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Lemina Boufal Davis Redmond Gabbiadini Don't understand the hate for Redmond if I'm honest. Direct runner and has a good shot on him. Will definitely come good and I think we will struggle to keep him in future Did you watch the Huddersfield game? That should/would have given you your answer. Also he's not a direct runner, he cuts inside and usually makes a simple 5 yard pass. Not always, but most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfahaji Posted 29 August, 2017 Share Posted 29 August, 2017 Do you not realise that Ward-Prowse is one of the best crossers of the ball in the PL Statistically? Or in your opinion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKD Posted 29 August, 2017 Share Posted 29 August, 2017 Do you not realise that Ward-Prowse is one of the best crossers of the ball in the PL yet we score from little to none of his crosses? IMO JWP is too slow and weak and brings little to the team. There's a reason that he's still with us and that is because he's bang average. If he hadn't come through our academy he wouldn't have half the support he gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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