Burnley Build up

[Batman]

Are you seriously meaning about team selection and formation before the team has actually been announced?

 

I think he is doing it on every pre season friendlies this summer

[Faz]

I think he is doing it on every pre season friendlies this summer

 

No sh1t. I’d managed to work that one out by myself. My comment stands.

[InvictaSaint]

Weather looking fairly awful - rain pretty much constant from before kick off to after the final whistle...[emoji15]

[Avenue_Saint]

[Batman]

 

That formation would get destroyed against anyone half decent.

[DT]

Hoedt needs to be left out. Let V and Yoshi start forming a partnership in the middle. Ings should come on for the old club principle. Lemina and Romeu in middle for me. Gabbi up front with Long, not Austin.

 

 

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[ashnats]

That formation would get destroyed against anyone half decent.

 

Guess we can only use it for 26 games then...

[Shroppie]

Forecast has improved significantly. Hopefully showers now.

 

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[StDunko]

Forecast has improved significantly.

 

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Thought you were talking about Tommy for a moment there.

[Shroppie]

Scary. That midfield would have exactly zero control.

 

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[Shroppie]

Thought you were talking about Tommy for a moment there.

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[trousers]

"Team walk"... What's that all about?

 

[Gingeletiss]

"Team walk"... What's that all about?

 

 

Perhaps they are getting the 'walk of shame' in, pre-match

[LeBenali]

beats me.

 

At least he can beat someone.

[Saint Matty 76]

Are you seriously meaning about team selection and formation before the team has actually been announced?

 

Unless he randomly decides to play a completely different formation to the one we’ve played all pre-season, yes?

[shurlock]

Lemina with the bowfinger look.

[BARCELONASAINT]

Hope the boys can hit the floor running this afternoon and we get the perfect start to the season.

TBH i am not at all confident for the coming season.

I think our defence is made of glass and our midfield offer little protection.

 

I don't think confidence is running particularly high at all but i'm hoping that a win in our first match of the season will change that.

 

C'mon Saints!!

[Wimborne_saint]

"Team walk"... What's that all about?

 

 

Doing what a lot of other teams do - Players stay together at a hotel the night before home games now and arrive at St Mary's on the team coach. Bet a few fans were disappointed this morning after turning up the usual 4 hours before kick off to get autographs, only for the team to turn up 2 hours later than usual!

[nta786]

I am guessing a 3421 of sorts?

 

Cedric starts however.

[Greenridge]

[Suhari]

Umm. Where's Maya?

[LGTL]

Bit of a car crash that team

[Wimborne_saint]

McCarthy, Cedric, Stephens, Vestegaard, Hoedt, Bertrand, Romeu, Lemina, Armstrong, Redmond, Austin

 

Subs: Gunn, Bednarek, Hojbjerg, JWP, Elyounoussi, Ings, Gabbi

[James]

Not really sure what Redmond has gone to deserve a start over Moi or Gabbi to be honest. Disappointed with Stephens starting as well, don’t rate the guy at all.

[Holbury Saint]

Awful line up!!!! Hoedt stephens and redmond!!!!

[VectisSaint]

McCarthy, Cedric, Stephens, Vestegaard, Hoedt, Bertrand, Romeu, Lemina, Armstrong, Redmond, Austin

 

Subs: Gunn, Bednarek, Hojbjerg, JWP, Elyounoussi, Ings, Gabbi

 

As expected apart from Redmond. Would have preferred Yoshida to Hoedt but limited preseason doesn't help.

[Pamplemousse]

**** me, the Chuckle Brothers are back, I thought we'd seen the last of them.

 

Yoshida and Bednarek should be starting, instead we've got to look forward to a Hoedt-Stephens disaster waiting to happen.

[danjosaint]

Not much changes then, still **** line up

[Crab Lungs]

Jesus. How does Hoedt keep getting selected.

[Saints foreva]

Ahhhh Hoedt and Stephens in a back 3 is going to be comical.

[James]

**** me, the Chuckle Brothers are back, I thought we'd seen the last of them.

 

Yoshida and Bednarek should be starting, instead we've got to look forward to a Hoedt-Stephens disaster waiting to happen.

 

Agreed. Will have to score 2 as there will be at least one clanger from these two. You’d have thought, given their respective performances in pre season, that Hughes would have seen enough.

[trousers]

How does Yoshida not make the squad? Injury?

[washsaint]

Wonderful.....the totally immobile Austin and 3 CBs against a team that will sit back the whole game. A total c**t in Lemina in midfield.

 

Hughes as uninspiring as I thought he would be.

 

So we'll probably win 3-0!

[Viking Saint]

Redmond ffs.....

[doddisalegend]

Oh dear god Hoedt and Stephens....

 

I think Redmond got 2 goals and assist in pre-season, before picking up a knock, playing as a second striker so strangely I'm not that surprised by that one. I think Mo is going to be eased into it.

[Batman]

Going to have to score 2 to get points.

Hate this formation with our players

[Dr. Kucho]

My guess the line up it looks something like:

 

———————— McCarthy ——————-

—— Stephens ——Vestergaard—— Hoedt ——

Cedric ——————————————————— Bertrand

—————- Lemina ——————- Romeu ————-

——————————- Armstrong —————————-

——- Redmond ——————————- Austin —————

[saint lard]

Unless Armstrong is the cure....we look just as toothless up front with that line up.

 

And an accident waiting to happen at the back.

 

 

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[doddisalegend]

Going to have to score 2 to get points.

Hate this formation with our players

 

 

I think there is a place for it ( eg against the big teams) but at home to a generally negative Burnley side isn't that place.

[Bad Wolf]

Wow some real sadsacks on here.

[shurlock]

As long as we have little pace or direct running in the side, we are under pressure to play Redmond. That’s as clear today as it was in 2016. Hopefully Ings changes that dynamic but it’s not ideal.

Edited 12 August, 2018 by shurlock

[saintadam]

Ah the positivism are flowing in here..

[pimpin4rizeal]

What does gabbiadini have to do to get a game? Was awesome vs celta and now loses out to Redmond

[Saint Benali]

7 outfield defensive players at home to Burnley.... So repeating the same **** ultra defensive play of the last two seasons and expecting different results? Let's see.

[shurlock]

Ah the positivism are flowing in here..

 

Still fancy us to win this.

[Pamplemousse]

Vokes to come off the bench and get the winner. You know it'll happen folks...

[stug76]

Still fancy us to win this.

We'll win by 2 goals. Going to be a great season, looking forward to it!

 

Not sure I'd bother if I were like a lot of you with your negativity.

 

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[Saint IQ]

At least Stephens and Hoedt are playing against limited pace and skill if we played liverpool with that lineup we could be conceding double figures...

[Saint Pete]

Austin will score.

 

Strange that Yoshida is missing so assume he has an injury or is not considered fit enough yet?

 

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[doddisalegend]

At least Stephens and Hoedt are playing against limited pace and skill if we played liverpool with that lineup we could be conceding double figures...

 

 

Which suggests three at the back isn't really necessary for this game. Most likely we will have 3 CBs trying mark one isolated front man out of the game.