spyinthesky Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 I guess minimal interest in this game If we do manage to scrape through I wonder how many tickets would be sold for the Man City game when we would expect to get a hammering Possible team? Gunn Stephens The forgotten Pole The tall chap with blond hair Targett Ward Prowse Romeu Davis The Norwegian Guy who cost us £15m but is not very good Austin/Our new Irish striker Our Postman who is can really deliver and is fitter than most of our players This selection shows what a great in depth 'roster' we have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 Gunn Stephens Bednarek Vestergaard Targett JWP Romeu Davis Elyounoussi Obafemi Gabbiadini Would be my team for this to change things up a bit. I'd quite like to see Armstrong and Davis play together but I can't see it happening as Armstrong is probably a nailed on starter for League games following his brace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 Meh, I really can't be assed. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 If we hadn't drawn Man City then I'd be bang up for this but we're going to get beaten in the next round, if we do win, so it's all a bit pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 Unless Hughes is sacked beforehand I hope Leicester spank us. Last thing we need is him being given more time based on a meaningless cup win with city in the next round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 Defeatist bastards. Wigan somehow beat them last year. This is some new thing of tw ats regularly wanting us to lose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 Wishful thinking to hope that Jaidi is in charge for this one. If it still Hughes then the fans need to give him two barrels. Would be ironic if Puel puts the final nail in the coffin, he might go up in everyone's estimation here. I hope we win but I fear a win would justify the board giving him more time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 Would expect to see Vesterguarrd at the back, with maybe Stephens? Worth a try with that pair to see how immobile that can be for us. I'd say we can put someine else in at RB, but we don't have another one. Unless we move Targett there and bring Bertrand back. Romeu needs a go in midfield, then maybe Obafemi from the start. Bit of pace, which we don't have anywhere right now. Losing to Puel again will just be rubbing salt though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 Must start with Obefemi. We have nothing to lose and would be an opportunity to have a really good look at him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 Must start with Obefemi. We have nothing to lose and would be an opportunity to have a really good look at him. It would be nice to start a match with 11 and not 10 plus fat chaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkeith Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 I would go for Gunn Bednarek Yoshida Stephens Cedric PEH Lemina Bertrand Armstrong Gabbiadini Redmond A sort of old style Dynamo Kiev formation **** rotation, we need win a game, any game is a start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 Just put the reserves out, we won’t win and will just get tonked in the next round anyway. Zero interest in what happens Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurosaint Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 My brother is going to this one and expects his team to win ! Trouble is, he's a Leicester fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 Who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 We'll win this, keeping Hughes in a job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 Must start with Obefemi. We have nothing to lose and would be an opportunity to have a really good look at him. We could actually play Marcus Barnes in this one, he doesn't have to be in the PL squad to playin the LC. Front line of Obafemi and Barnes might be cool, at least they know how to score goals, even if it is against PL2 B division opposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 The team needs a win. Could be an opportunity for us, especially if Leicester put out a weakened side. Psychologically it could do us a lot of good. We can worry about City on another day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 We could actually play Marcus Barnes in this one, he doesn't have to be in the PL squad to playin the LC. Front line of Obafemi and Barnes might be cool, at least they know how to score goals, even if it is against PL2 B division opposition. Yes, I would be very pleased to at least see him in the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint in winchester Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 Gunn Stephens Bednarek Vestergaard Targett Lemina Romeu Barnes Armstrong Gabbiadini O'Bafemi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaptopSaint Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 I'll be there, but i did get my ticket before we drew Man City in the next round. Hey ho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedgeEnder Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 Defeatist bastards. Wigan somehow beat them last year. This is some new thing of tw ats regularly wanting us to lose Agree 100%. Even in the darkest days of Branfoot I never wanted to ever see Saints lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasper57saint Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 I also hate to see Saints lose but its becoming almost predictable now we are in the bottom three.Huddersfield have just proven the point we made after the Wolves loss.We just ain't very good any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madge Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 Depressing week to get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 I am going - I am expecting to be part of a protest if Hughes still there. Hopefully Obifemi gets a start and gives us some hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5string Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 Gunn Stephens Bednarek Vestergaard Targett Lemina Romeu Barnes Armstrong Gabbiadini O'Bafemi Good shout, although maybe JWP to start instead of Barnes (bring him on later). And if Ings is fit, give him a run out with Obafemi - drop Lemina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 I am going - I am expecting to be part of a protest if Hughes still there. Hopefully Obifemi gets a start and gives us some hope. Are you taking my "Goa-way!" banner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 Defeatist bastards. Wigan somehow beat them last year. This is some new thing of tw ats regularly wanting us to lose Short term pain for long term gain is loss on Tuesday and sack for Hughes Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 25 November, 2018 Share Posted 25 November, 2018 Defeatist bastards. Wigan somehow beat them last year. This is some new thing of tw ats regularly wanting us to lose Wigan may have been League 1 quality but they played for each other with desire and belief. I want us to beat Leicester and City but we all know our gutless bunch of losers wont do it. If by some miracle we do make it through on Tuesday, our players will just sit there trembling in the spotlights, let City go 2-0 up without any sort of fight and hope they go a bit easy on us after that. After the game is lost and they've taken their foot off the gas, we will start passing it around neatly without ever troubling their goal and Hughes will tell us all about how much we improved as the game went on and deserved a result because of the way we played second half (apart from the Hoedt o.g. and conceding another totally unmarked goal in stoppage time.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKD Posted 26 November, 2018 Share Posted 26 November, 2018 I posted back in January in the Fulham FA cup build up, that for the greater good a loss (resulting in the sacking of MP) would be good. I find myself thinking the same... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 26 November, 2018 Share Posted 26 November, 2018 Forgot we were playing... Would be tempted to experiment -----------------------Gunn----------------------- Cedric-Stephens-Vestergaard-Bednarek-Targett -------------JWP----Romeu----Davis---------- --------------Obafemi----Redmond------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanimal Posted 26 November, 2018 Share Posted 26 November, 2018 We should play the team we should play Saturday; go 4-2-3-1, with Stephens, Bednarek, Vestergaard Bertrand; (yes a cpmplete new back four) Romeu and Lemina; Redmond Hojberg Armstrong; with Obafemi up front or Gallager if fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint in winchester Posted 26 November, 2018 Share Posted 26 November, 2018 We should play the team we should play Saturday; go 4-2-3-1, with Stephens, Bednarek, Vestergaard Bertrand; (yes a cpmplete new back four) Romeu and Lemina; Redmond Hojberg Armstrong; with Obafemi up front or Gallager if fit. Would probably agree with you, and Obafemi up top. Only concern is : who has the pace to man-mark and out run Vardy? Yoshida is our quickest, yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 26 November, 2018 Share Posted 26 November, 2018 .. who has the pace to man-mark and out run Vardy? Stamp hard on his foot early on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 26 November, 2018 Share Posted 26 November, 2018 LCFC have a few injuries. - Harry Maguire, Rachid Ghezzal, and Daniel Amartey are out - Iborra doubtful. - Maddison suspended. Source: https://www.lcfc.com/news/922199/puel-provides-fitness-update-for-saints-tie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 26 November, 2018 Share Posted 26 November, 2018 This fixture isn't an inconvenience in a competition we're very unlikely to win, or a chance to give under-used players a run-out - it's a opportunity to start fixing the issues. From Saturday I would think (hope) that Hughes's faith in Hoedt must be crumbling. I'd go with a back four of Bednarek, Yoshida, Vestergaard and Bertrand. Yoshida didn't play well on Saturday but he had Hoedt alongside him, and - for me - he's the best "reader" of situations among our CDs; the rest are reactors, and slow ones at that. Sure, Bednarek is vulnerable to wide pace, but Cedric keeps getting done like a kipper anyway and is inept in the air. Sadly, I don't see Hughes leaving Cedric out at any point. Lemina and PEH are fine. If Ings is fit I'd play him and leave out Austin - Ings and Armstrong will need to figure out a dovetail. If Ings isn't fit, I'd give Obafemi another run - he was nippy in the box, or try Gallagher. That's an attacking line-up, but we would have a more solid back four - and Hughes needs to stress the need for Gabi and Redmond to track back earlier rather than later. We can't keep conceding goals from wide (even touchline) concentration errors. If Ings, Obafemi and Gallagher are unavailable I'd still leave Austin out and play with ten, as we did for most of Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabbage_Face Posted 26 November, 2018 Share Posted 26 November, 2018 Couldn’t care less about this game tbh. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted 26 November, 2018 Share Posted 26 November, 2018 I have a bad feeling we'll scrap thru this match giving Hughes more time to not turn things around ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle04 Posted 26 November, 2018 Share Posted 26 November, 2018 I think our best chance would be an early red card for Leicester, which will balance out our 10 men when Austin inevitably starts.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted 26 November, 2018 Share Posted 26 November, 2018 Leicester will put their reserve reserves out & we will scrape a narrow one nil win & everyone will rejoice in hughes cos we've turnt a corner! .... Then we will wake up Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintZamboni Posted 26 November, 2018 Share Posted 26 November, 2018 Hughes has said he’ll rotate which I don’t like. Stick out the best 11 you can, maybe with a couple of tweaks (Hoedt and Austin) and get these guys going and try to get the winning feeling back. If we win we’ll end up with someone like JWP or Romeu playing OK and winning a place against Utd which theyll invariably **** up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurosaint Posted 27 November, 2018 Share Posted 27 November, 2018 Hughes has said he’ll rotate which I don’t like. Stick out the best 11 you can, maybe with a couple of tweaks (Hoedt and Austin) and get these guys going and try to get the winning feeling back. If we win we’ll end up with someone like JWP or Romeu playing OK and winning a place against Utd which theyll invariably **** up. The big question is : what is our best 11 ?? For sure Hughes doesn't know it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 27 November, 2018 Share Posted 27 November, 2018 Couldn’t care less about this game tbh. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Thats my feeling too, however if we win then I fear Hughes stays on as manager and if we lose against United too then he’s toast surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted 27 November, 2018 Share Posted 27 November, 2018 Turns out I’ll be in Leicester on business, so wondered if I could get a ticket at the stadium. Anyone know what the chances are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adkins' Bus Posted 27 November, 2018 Share Posted 27 November, 2018 I would just make a few tweaks in the hope of finding a formula that works. Wholesale changes will do nothing for us. Gunn Stephens Vestergaard Yoshida Bertrand Hojbjerg Lemina Gabbi Armstrong Redmond Obafemi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasoneuelllfanclub Posted 27 November, 2018 Share Posted 27 November, 2018 I think he will make wholesale changes. I can only see possibly target and Redmond keeping their place in side. Gunn Stephens Vestergaard Bedenak Target Romeu JWP Elynoussi Redmond Davis Obafemi Be interesting to see if we try and utilise Obafemi pace and get him in behind there defence or will be put aimless crosses into box like usual? Sent from my SM-A320FL using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints-cris Posted 27 November, 2018 Share Posted 27 November, 2018 Can't say I give a monkeys about this game, add to the fact that if we win we get the pleasure of getting slaughtered by City in the 1/4 final. Give some people a chance to make a case to start on Saturday. Gunn Valery, Stephens, Vestergaard, Targett Romeu, JWP, Davis El You, Obafemi, Redmond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersonic Posted 27 November, 2018 Share Posted 27 November, 2018 Turns out I’ll be in Leicester on business, so wondered if I could get a ticket at the stadium. Anyone know what the chances are? Can't imagine it'll be anywhere near a sellout, might be worth ringing them and getting them to put one aside for you if you're that worried. Plenty of seats left in the home end, you might be your best chance of seeing a home win that way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 27 November, 2018 Share Posted 27 November, 2018 Turns out I’ll be in Leicester on business, so wondered if I could get a ticket at the stadium. Anyone know what the chances are? Chances would be very good, neither the home or away end are sold out. Pretty pointless match with Man City waiting in the next round but I’m actually looking forward to it. Pressure is off we might see n open game and Hughes will have to give some other players a try. We’ve sold 1200 not bad really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyinthesky Posted 27 November, 2018 Author Share Posted 27 November, 2018 1200 sold for what may be a reserve team fixture and bearing in mind our pathetic form, is a decent turnout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 27 November, 2018 Share Posted 27 November, 2018 Is there likely to be a stream? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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