Forester Posted 26 March, 2018 Share Posted 26 March, 2018 Sorry if posted elsewhere but just seen that RMT strike planned for Saturday. SWR say they are still planning to operate full service but urging you to check before travelling... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 26 March, 2018 Share Posted 26 March, 2018 Also, West Ham fans are planning another protest march on Saturday http://www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=171282&sid=135414f3e9fd85e5bedd6cc28bd613c9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 26 March, 2018 Share Posted 26 March, 2018 Also, West Ham fans are planning another protest march on Saturday http://www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=171282&sid=135414f3e9fd85e5bedd6cc28bd613c9 So they oscillate between celebratory river-boat rides and protest marches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted 26 March, 2018 Share Posted 26 March, 2018 Also, West Ham fans are planning another protest march on Saturday http://www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=171282&sid=135414f3e9fd85e5bedd6cc28bd613c9 Who is that Dorset saint on there slagging saints off at every chance ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 26 March, 2018 Share Posted 26 March, 2018 IIRC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPgOSX9FFzY 3 home wins on the spin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridge Saint Posted 27 March, 2018 Share Posted 27 March, 2018 Win this and we have a really good chance of staying up. Lose and it's not all over. Let's play without fear. 1-2 to saints, playing in a positive manner under Hughes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanimal Posted 27 March, 2018 Share Posted 27 March, 2018 Just can't see West Ham losing at home twice on the trot, just think it will be yet another draw. more important are Palace and Huddersfield losing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 27 March, 2018 Share Posted 27 March, 2018 Jonathan Moss is the ref apparently. Don't remember him being particularly awful for us so probably a good sign! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintLondon Posted 27 March, 2018 Share Posted 27 March, 2018 Where is everyone drinking before this game? I'm going on me tod so need to find the chaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 27 March, 2018 Share Posted 27 March, 2018 Where is everyone drinking before this game? I'm going on me tod so need to find the chaps. Frankie and Bennies? Nandos? Not sure if they have any pubs around there ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 27 March, 2018 Share Posted 27 March, 2018 Jonathan Moss is the ref apparently. Don't remember him being particularly awful for us so probably a good sign! He's a complete scatter-gun of weirdness but we usually do OK when he refs us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 27 March, 2018 Share Posted 27 March, 2018 Noticed that in the training video earlier in the week they very obviously included Hughes telling them to look for forwards diagonals rather than sideways when under pressure. Fine by me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 27 March, 2018 Share Posted 27 March, 2018 Where is everyone drinking before this game? I'm going on me tod so need to find the chaps. London Bridge/Borough Market and Liverpool St will be popular as usual, easy to hop on the tube to Stratford. Millwall are playing Forest on Friday so won't have to contend with any potential around LB...although Millwall will be kicking their hills on the Saturday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevy777_x Posted 27 March, 2018 Share Posted 27 March, 2018 Can anyone see McCarthy in the latest videos? Think i only saw Forster and Taylor in goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 27 March, 2018 Share Posted 27 March, 2018 London Bridge/Borough Market and Liverpool St will be popular as usual, easy to hop on the tube to Stratford. Millwall are playing Forest on Friday so won't have to contend with any potential around LB...although Millwall will be kicking their hills on the Saturday! 'heels' ...f'kin spellchecker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 27 March, 2018 Share Posted 27 March, 2018 Jonathan Moss is the ref apparently. Don't remember him being particularly awful for us so probably a good sign! Pretty near the top of a league table someone put together using points won with a referee x in charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shropshire Saint Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Jonathan Moss is the ref apparently. Don't remember him being particularly awful for us so probably a good sign! Wasn't he the ref in the home game that gave us that dodgy last minute penalty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Depressed of Shirley Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Jonathan Moss is the ref apparently. Don't remember him being particularly awful for us so probably a good sign! He's terrible usually, but terrible for both sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets B Avenue Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Wasn't he the ref in the home game that gave us that dodgy last minute penalty? No. That was the idiot, Lee Mason. Bournemouth away was our only game reffed by Moss this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon Saint Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Lanzini is struggling with an injury for Wham. Carroll, Reid and Obiang all definitely out - arguably three of their better players. Feeling confident ahead of this one, given that Hughes will have pretty much his full squad available. So we will definitely lose. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 https://amp.theguardian.com/football/who-scored-blog/2018/mar/28/southampton-premier-league-mark-hughes-west-ham?CMP=share_btn_tw&__twitter_impression=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasper57saint Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Lanzini is struggling with an injury for Wham. Carroll, Reid and Obiang all definitely out - arguably three of their better players. Feeling confident ahead of this one, given that Hughes will have pretty much his full squad available. So we will definitely lose. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Christ! I just love your optimism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 https://amp.theguardian.com/football/who-scored-blog/2018/mar/28/southampton-premier-league-mark-hughes-west-ham?CMP=share_btn_tw&__twitter_impression=true Cheers. Good article. Nervous about this one, the proverbial six pointer. Lose and we're in deep shit, win and things are really looking up. At least with the clown in charge there was the fallback that another dire performance could be compensated with his belated firing. Now that's actually happened (thank God) there's no such comforting blanket. Expectations are higher, and it's do or die time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guan 2.0 Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Lanzini is struggling with an injury for Wham. Carroll, Reid and Obiang all definitely out - arguably three of their better players. Feeling confident ahead of this one, given that Hughes will have pretty much his full squad available. So we will definitely lose. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I think we will win 4-0. Feeling positive about this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwsaint Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Think whoever scores first will win. I know that is usually the case but more so in this game. We score first and their crowd will turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 This one does seem to be entirely pivotal to our season...losing or even drawing would feel like a disaster and let’s face it, it would be. Not only because of the loss of points, but it would signify that Hughes has had little effect on the squad and that would likely be game over. Almost impossible to predict, but I would hazard a guess at 1-1...not what we need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 This one does seem to be entirely pivotal to our season...losing or even drawing would feel like a disaster and let’s face it, it would be. Not only because of the loss of points, but it would signify that Hughes has had little effect on the squad and that would likely be game over. Almost impossible to predict, but I would hazard a guess at 1-1...not what we need. If the stats show we had 60+% possession, 1 shot (off target) and we spent the game knocking it back/sideways then you'd have a point. But if we do lose or draw but we're seeing effort and drive then Hughes has had an effect. We're desperate for 3 points but so are WHU, a win is still a big ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainchris Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 If the stats show we had 60+% possession, 1 shot (off target) and we spent the game knocking it back/sideways then you'd have a point. But if we do lose or draw but we're seeing effort and drive then Hughes has had an effect. We're desperate for 3 points but so are WHU, a win is still a big ask. Agree, Hughes has already had a massive effect in his first game.... The job he has been dumped with is almost impossible so let’s not judge him too quickly ... He didn’t get us into this mess after all.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 If we contain Arnautovic we should win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 If we contain Arnautovic we should win. If ever a player was going to be up for a game........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 1 Agree, Hughes has already had a massive effect in his first game.... 2 The job he has been dumped with is almost impossible so let’s not judge him too quickly ... 3 He didn’t get us into this mess after all.... 1 Agreed. 2 He wouldn't have taken the job if he thought it was almost impossible. 3 Let's not make excuses before he's failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 If ever a player was going to be up for a game........ Austin more surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100%Red&White Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 Austin more surely? But unfortunately, one's more match fit than the other. Austin will be on the bench at best, but hopefully well up for it if he gets on. And hopefully, Hughesy made his effect count for the second half at Wigan, the first 45mins was shaking the Pellegrino dust off. I'd imagine both sides will be terrified of losing Saturday so I'm not expecting cavalier football, how the home crowd react to their present situation will have a big impact. Under Pellegrino if we went an early goal up I'd expect us to shut shop and eventually concede but an early goal on this weekend will probably be crucial to either side and will set the mood of the crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 2 He wouldn't have taken the job if he thought it was almost impossible. Don't you think £1m and no culpability for failure has had more than a little to do with it? Probably his wife didn't want him hanging around the house 24/7 either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 @adamblackmore: #saintsfc have Ryan Bertrand, Steven Davis and possibly Charlie Austin in contention for a place in Saturday’s squad at West Ham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 Redmond has a sly dig at MP today. Such a terrible manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shance Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 Austin to be assessed again today but looks likely to be fit in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 Great. Think Austin starts this one now... McCarthy, Cedric Stephens Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Hojbjerg Redmond JWP Tadic Austin GAME ON Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 Would be astonished if Austin started, personally. Good bench option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 Great news if Bertrand and Austin are available. Is Yoshida fit? I would pick: McCarthy Cedric Yoshida/Stephens Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Lemina Long Boufal Redmond Gabbiadini Subs: Forster, McQueen, Yoshida/Stephens, Oi-berg, Tadic, Austin, JWP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 Great. Think Austin starts this one now... McCarthy, Cedric Stephens Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Hojbjerg Redmond JWP Tadic Austin GAME ON Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Surely can’t leave Lemina out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 Austin and Gabbi upfront for me, although he may start with Gabbi and Carrillo first, then bring Austin on after a 0-0 half. McCarthy Cedric Stephens Yoshida Bertrand Boufal Lemina Hojberg Tadic Austin Gabbi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis17 Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 This is what I'd go for (if Austin is ok to start). Long starting to put a nervous West Ham defence under pressure from the off. ----------McCarthy Cedric Stephens Hoedt Bertrand Tadic Hojbjerg Lemina Boufal --------Austin Long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 I wouldn't start with Austin, let's go with Gabbiadini, let him tire out the defence with his running, and Austin can come on with 20 minutes left and punish them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 I wouldn't start with Austin, let's go with Gabbiadini, let him tire out the defence with his running, and Austin can come on with 20 minutes left and punish them. I agree, Austin would never last the full 90, probably struggle for 45 just back from injury, but would be more useful coming on in the second half. Hopefully the new boss has worked it out on the training field and now has Gabbi feeding off the right service. Quietly confident about this game but hard to call with so many factors involved that will influence proceedings. Their crowd will either be right up for it or toxic for them, if we start well hopefully the latter and there's already tension between different fans groups up there with rival marches/protests planned for this game. Could be a bit angsty in the Stratford area when their 'ISAs' and 'ICFers' come together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 I wouldn't start with Austin, let's go with Gabbiadini, let him tire out the defence with his running, and Austin can come on with 20 minutes left and punish them. Agree with this. Gabbiadini and 3 attacking midfielders for me. Yoshida back in too if fully fit for Stephens. Austin to come on and hit the winner with twenty minutes remaining! McCarthy Cedric Yoshida Hoedt Bertrand Hojbjerg Lemina Redmond (right) Boufal(10) Tadic (left) Gabbiadini Subs: Forster, Stephens, Romeu, JWP, Sims, Austin, Carrillo (or McQueen for another defensive option) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 Don't you think £1m and no culpability for failure has had more than a little to do with it? Probably his wife didn't want him hanging around the house 24/7 either A million is loose change in football today. But do tell about his mrs wanting him out of the house, I'm all ears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 I see a lot of people are in favour of dropping Stephens for Maya yet Hoedt is the one who keeps making the mistakes costing goals or near goals for the opposition! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintMB Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 Pretty nervous about this one. Not sure I'll get chance to see it on t'internet either due to family stuff. A win would give such a boost to us, but a defeat would kick us right in the nads. Why the hell didn't the board act sooner!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 Pretty nervous about this one. Not sure I'll get chance to see it on t'internet either due to family stuff. A win would give such a boost to us, but a defeat would kick us right in the nads. Why the hell didn't the board act sooner!?!? and our nads are already swollen from being kicked so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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