Bring back four Saints players and a manager to save our season.

[norwaysaint]

Imagine you had a machine and could go back and grab a clone of FOUR past saints players while in their saints prime (So Bale/Shearer as they were for us, not later clubs).

 

Plus you could take a saints manager too, so that MP doesn't just put them on the bench...

 

The rest of the team have to come from players currently available.

 

What's your team line up to save our season and who's picking and coaching the team?

[Gingeletiss]

Now this is a thread to savour!

 

Chris Nicholl

 

Matthew Le Tissier

Mike Channon

Jimmy Case

Alan Ball

[Pilchards]

Pottychino

 

Mane

Lallana

Wanyama

Alderwald

 

Gone for the more recent footballers as I believe anyone playing football 15 years ago would not survive the pace of it today.

[norwaysaint]

Now this is a thread to savour!

 

Chris Nicholl

 

Matthew Le Tissier

Mike Channon

Jimmy Case

Alan Ball

 

So what would your eleven be?

[norwaysaint]

Pottychino

 

Mane

Lallana

Wanyama

Alderwald

 

Gone for the more recent footballers as I believe anyone playing football 15 years ago would not survive the pace of it today.

 

Change Lallana for Schneiderlin at his best and that would be pretty good, although I might be tempted by Lambert a his best instead of Mane.

[Greenridge]

Now this is a thread to savour!

 

Chris Nicholl

 

Matthew Le Tissier

Mike Channon

Jimmy Case

Alan Ball

 

No CB's?

[Gingeletiss]

So what would your eleven be?

 

Blimey!

 

.............................McCarthy..........................

 

........Stephens.......Yoshida.........Hoydt............

 

Cedric...................Lamina..................Bertrand

 

...............Case..................Ball.......................

 

..............LeTissier..........................................

 

.....................................Channon..................

[Gingeletiss]

No CB's?

 

No, because our issues are in attack.

[SKD]

No, because our issues are in attack.

 

Have you watched any of our recent games?

[SKD]

Pottychino

 

Mane

Lallana

Wanyama

Alderwald

 

Gone for the more recent footballers as I believe anyone playing football 15 years ago would not survive the pace of it today.

 

Swap Lallana for Jay-Rod (under Poch) and this would be mine.

 

McCarthy / Forster

Cedric Toby Hodet Bertrand

Wanyama Lemina

Mane Boufal Jay

Austin

 

With a decent manager is unreal. Goals, Pace and solidity at the back.

Edited 20 February, 2018 by SKD

[eelpie]

Now this is a thread to savour!

 

Chris Nicholl

 

Matthew Le Tissier

Mike Channon

Jimmy Case

Alan Ball

 

Shouldn't the best Ale House pub be part of this team?

[Junior Mullet]

Can only pick from my era really:

 

McCarthy

Cedric SVENSSON Yoshida Bertrand

Lemina WANYAMA

L MANE Tadic

BEATTIE

 

Would have to be managed by Potch - he's exactly what they need in terms of fitness, belief etc.

[Junior Mullet]

Can only pick from my era really:

 

McCarthy

Cedric SVENSSON Yoshida Bertrand

Lemina Romeu

LE TISS MANE Tadic

BEATTIE

 

Would have to be managed by Potch - he's exactly what they need in terms of fitness, belief etc.

 

oops, sausage fingers

[Noodles34]

Steve Wigley

 

Davenport

Le Saux

Camara

and the bloke who went down with every club he played for??

Nigel Quasie (just googled it)

 

and maybe Rudi Skatchel in reserve.

 

That would do it.

[Dr. Kucho]

Steve Wigley

 

Davenport

Le Saux

Camara

and the bloke who went down with every club he played for??

Nigel Quasie (just googled it)

 

and maybe Rudi Skatchel in reserve.

 

That would do it.

 

You wouldn’t want Olivier Bernard as LB?

 

Line up would have to be:

 

McCarthy

Cerdric - Alderweireld - Hoedt - Bertrand

- Lemina - Wanyama

Boufal - Mane - Lallana

- Austin -

 

Managed by Pochettino

[ashnats]

le tiss

+ any other 3

manager not important

 

would be sufficient.

[doddisalegend]

Antti Niemi for McCarthy

Killer in for Stephens

 

That should tighten up the defence.

 

Up front I'd be tempted to replace our strikers with 2003 vintage Beattie.

 

Final choice is between MLT for Tadic or Mane for Boufal. Can't decide if I want pace or a Legend.

 

Manager would probably WGS just because I like him Poch would be better obviously but I still think he is a bit if a ****

[Gingeletiss]

Have you watched any of our recent games?

 

Every one, you?

[Golac's Iron Gonads]

Matt Le Tissier

Steve Moran

Mark Wright

Peter Shilton

[SKD]

Every one, you?

 

And you don't think we need a CB?......

 

Les Reed, is that you?

[mrfahaji]

From the stories I hear from my Dad, I'd quite like to see John McGrath in the side for games against the big boys, assuming the ref is being extra lenient of course.

 

From my own time, I'd probably go for Michael Svensson, Matt Le Tissier, Ronnie Ekelund & Rickie Lambert. Frankie Bennett just missing the cut.

[waylander]

McGrAth would just be banned mot of the time if he played today. I'd have Killer back and Shilts in goal.

[saint si]

Pottychino

 

Mane

Lallana

Wanyama

Alderwald

 

Gone for the more recent footballers as I believe anyone playing football 15 years ago would not survive the pace of it today.

 

Agree about fitness and pace and pretty much agree with the selections.

 

Lallana I would probably live without as we have Tadic (can he also be turned in to the Tadic of 2-3 years ago?).

 

Torn between VVD to give an unbelievable CB partnership with Toby, or Pelle to give us the target man we've missed for 18 months (plus come to think of it he brings the best out of Tadic)

 

On balance then: Mane, Pelle (with bonus of rejuvenated Tadic), Wanyama and Toby

[aintforever]

…………………………..…………McCarthy…………………………….…………

Cedric..............Stephens..............Hoydt.............Bertrand

……………..…………..Lamina……………..Romeo……………………………

Mane …………….…..………. LeTissier ……………..…….…..….…. Bale

……………………………………… Shearer ………………..……………………..

[Gingeletiss]

And you don't think we need a CB?......

 

Les Reed, is that you?

 

Everything written on this forum about you, is true. You are a knob, you just think you're a very clever person, so I'll give you the benefit of doubt, and assume you are a clever knob. This thread was a bit of fun, but no, along comes one of the forum bully boys, and thinks his opinion is more valued than anyone else's. I stand by my thoughts, we need to score goals, that is what is missing in the team, or do you not agree?

[sadoldgit]

Killer. MLT, David Armstrong and Rickie Lambert. Killer will shore up the defence and all four will score you goals.

Manager Lawrie Mac.

[southamptonfc]

Le Tissier

Shearer

Fonte

Van Dyke

 

…………………………..…………McCarthy…………………………….…………

Cedric..............Van Dyjk..............Fonte... ..........Bertrand

……………..…………..Lamina……………..Romeo……………………………

JWP…………….…..………. LeTissier ……………..…….…..….…. Tadic

……………………………………… Shearer ………………..……………………..

 

We'd finish in the top half

[SKD]

Everything written on this forum about you, is true. You are a knob, you just think you're a very clever person, so I'll give you the benefit of doubt, and assume you are a clever knob. This thread was a bit of fun, but no, along comes one of the forum bully boys, and thinks his opinion is more valued than anyone else's. I stand by my thoughts, we need to score goals, that is what is missing in the team, or do you not agree?

 

your heads gone mate.

 

But to answer your question. I do partly agree. We clearly need to improve in the final 3rd (I actually think we have slightly over the past few weeks - L'pool aside), I'd argue what we actually need is some pace and creativity in midfield. But we are also an shambles at the back. If you were an opposing team playing against us, you'd play a big man up front (make him stick on Stephens) and whip crosses into him.

 

To think our issues are just in attack is ludicrous. We've not been good enough all across the pitch, all season.

 

Everyone is entitled to an opinion, it's a football forum, things are to be debated.... don't take it to heart, pet.

[beatlesaint]

Pochettino as manager with the players being

 

Le Tissier

Van Djyk

Steve Williams

Channon

 

 

McCarthy

Cedric, Van Dyjk, Hoedt, Bertrand

Lemina, Williams, Romeu

Le Tissier, Channon, Austin

Edited 20 February, 2018 by beatlesaint

[Sevvy]

Le Tissier

Jimmy Case,

Mike Channon

David Armstrong

 

Manager Gordon Strachan, I don't remember us having a fitter team.

[Bad Wolf]

MLT, VVD, Channon, Schiederlin. That's assuming we could have them in their Saints prime.

 

Manager would be Poch.

[Super_Uwe]

Not sure about the whole team, but for a relegation special I would go for Monkou, Marsden, Le Tiss and Pahars - all of those guys delivered when we needed them to.

 

Manager...I'll go for Alan Ball, even in v2018 he'd still build the team around Le Tiss and we'd sail away from the drop zone!

[Lighthouse]

McC

 

Cedric - SVENSSON - Yoshida - Bertrand

 

Lemina - Hojbjerg

 

JWP - LE TISS - PAHARS

 

BEATTIE

 

A no nonsense CB, 2 creative/scoring AM and an aerial threat/finisher.

[CWD]

Lambert, Mané, Alderweireld, M Svensson.

 

Pochettino.

 

Line up would be:

 

Cedric - Killer - Toby - Bertrand

 

Lemina - Romeu - Højbjerg

 

Mané - Lambert - Tadic

 

With plenty of talent in reserve.

[salisbury saints1]

A fun but tough question! Where would the four players most improve the current team? For me our biggest issue is a reliable finisher - in my time Shearer edges Lambert (only saw Channon on TV). Difficult to look beyond MLT as the most creative player I've seen but he'd have to buy into modern day fitness regimes! Then is it's 2 from David Armstrong (edges Chris Marsden), VVD, and Tim Flowers (I only saw Shilton play for Forest). Manager Poch ahead of Strachan.

[Saint86]

Potential to chose the two best british players of the last 30years.... and they get 5 mentions in total out of all of these posts.

 

Default:

Shearer

Bale

 

Additions

Mane

Toby.

 

That is 4 players far above the current ability of our weakest squad areas.

 

Others (but not exclusively):

Morgan

Wanyama

VVD

Clyne

Oxlade

Le Tiss

Ball

Channon

Killer

Lallana

Lambert

Fonte

Keegan

Shilton

 

Team:

 

Alex

Bertrand, Toby, Stephens, Cedric

Lemina, Romeu, JWP

Bale Mane

Shearer

 

The possible change to this would be to drop Toby and stick Le Tissier in the middle for JWP/Lemina/Romeu.

Edited 20 February, 2018 by Saint86

[CylonKing]

Ohhhh, what a good thread idea!

 

Manager: Has to be WGS. As someone else has pointed out, he got our team to be the fittest in the league and we benefited from it with lots and lots of late goals. Also, always value for money in interviews and a firm fan favourite. Was gutted when it was announced he was going for health reasons.

 

Niemi: My wife would kill me if I didn't pick him as one of the four. Probably the best keeper to pull on the Saints shirt in my supporting days. Everything you could want in a keeper, did the basics perfectly and hardly ever made mistakes....Fratton Park the exception. Made saves that he had no right to make, great reactions and had a real air of authority and respect about him. No nonsense player.

M. Svensson: Would shore up our defense and be the perfect foil for either Stephens or Hoedt as the ball player of the 2. Great vision, wonderful tackler and such a tough player with pace. Would score his share of goals as well.

Pahars: Clinical finishing, pace and a joy to watch. Pahars at his peak was one of the best players in the league.

Le Tissier: How could you not? The BEST player to ever grace the top division in England (in my opinion). Had the skill and vision to set-up goals and score them. There is no way you couldn't include him to be honest. As someone else has already said, build the team round him and off you go.

[Saint_Jonny]

Mark Wotte

 

Ricardo Fuller

Ryan Doble

Lloyd James

Romain Gasmi

[doddisalegend]

Potential to chose the two best british players of the last 30years.... and they get 5 mentions in total out of all of these posts.

 

Default:

Shearer

Bale

 

Additions

Mane

Toby.

 

That is 4 players far above the current ability of our weakest squad areas.

 

Others (but not exclusively):

Morgan

Wanyama

VVD

Clyne

Oxlade

Le Tiss

Ball

Channon

Killer

Lallana

Lambert

Fonte

Keegan

Shilton

 

Team:

 

Alex

Bertrand, Toby, Stephens, Cedric

Lemina, Romeu, JWP

Bale Mane

Shearer

 

The possible change to this would be to drop Toby and stick Le Tissier in the middle for JWP/Lemina/Romeu.

 

 

I guess you missed this part in the OP

 

FOUR past saints players while in their saints prime (So Bale/Shearer as they were for us, not later clubs).

 

So Bale and Shearer aren't automatic choices based in that criteria.

[aintforever]

I guess you missed this part in the OP

 

FOUR past saints players while in their saints prime (So Bale/Shearer as they were for us, not later clubs).

 

So Bale and Shearer aren't automatic choices based in that criteria.

 

But I would include them, easily good enough to keep us up in their Saints form and worth a fortune in a few years time.

[jamesfp1]

Poch

 

Pelle

VVD

Mane

Lallana

[Chez]

What a terrific question. I'd love to see Svensson next to Toby or Mane and Camara in the same side, but I find it hard not to select Bale, Toby, Shearer and Le Tiss if you can have them at their absolute best (i.e. after they left us). If that is not the case then the additions of Le Tiss, BT, Camara and Toby might see us survive.

Edited 20 February, 2018 by Chez

[Bit of a plonker]

Ron Davies in for Guido, Le Tiss for JWP, Jimmy Case for Romeu and VVD for Hoedt. Goals, strength and leadership.

[Ivan Katalinic's 'tache]

Great question! Tough to answer too...

 

Manager - Big Lawrie

 

G - McCarthy

RB - Cedric

CB - WRIGHT

CB - Hoedt

LB - Bertrand

CM - Lemina

CM - Hojbjerg

RW - LE TISSIER

AM - KEEGAN

LW - WALLACE D.

CF - Gabbiadini

 

Plan - outscore the opposition & hope Wright can help keep their score down!!

[Cabrone]

Manager = Chris Nicholl

 

Tiss

Rod Wallace

Dave Armstrong

Steve Moran

 

Let's have some entertainment.

[southamptonfc]

I guess you missed this part in the OP

 

FOUR past saints players while in their saints prime (So Bale/Shearer as they were for us, not later clubs).

 

So Bale and Shearer aren't automatic choices based in that criteria.

 

Shearer scored a hatrick on debut so I'll take Shearer from that game

[egg]

Good fantasy football thread.

 

Manager = Poch

 

Alderweireld, Case, Mane and Shearer for me. Would improve us all over the pitch.

[vivasadio]

if we're talking about saints peak, vvd was better than toby for us

[Toomer]

From the stories I hear from my Dad, I'd quite like to see John McGrath in the side for games against the big boys, assuming the ref is being extra lenient of course.

 

From my own time, I'd probably go for Michael Svensson, Matt Le Tissier, Ronnie Ekelund & Rickie Lambert. Frankie Bennett just missing the cut.

 

I was lucky enough to watch big Jake play and get to know him as he was freinds with my late father, he was a beast on the pitch who would not fit into todays non contact sport, but he was a gentleman in every sense of the word off the pitch.

Edited 21 February, 2018 by Toomer

[Saint86]

I guess you missed this part in the OP

 

FOUR past saints players while in their saints prime (So Bale/Shearer as they were for us, not later clubs).

 

So Bale and Shearer aren't automatic choices based in that criteria.

 

Shearer was better than any current saints striker when with us.

 

I would argue that Bale is better than our current wingers. Plus he was 17. Not entirely sure what you are taking so much issue with. Toby, Mane, Bale and Shearer would all walk into our current side?!?!