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1 hour ago, eurosaint said:

Ings himself has stated that playing alongside Long is a pleasure as he takes defenders away and creates space for him...

Ralph on many occasions has used SL for this purpose and unlike you, seems to value his contribution ! For sure, the Watford match was not his best but in the wider scheme of things he still has a role to play and a lot to offer, hence his new contract !

 

Plus the interview with PEH a while back where he said the two fastest players he played with were Sané and Long.

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1 hour ago, eurosaint said:

Ings himself has stated that playing alongside Long is a pleasure as he takes defenders away and creates space for him...

Ralph on many occasions has used SL for this purpose and unlike you, seems to value his contribution ! For sure, the Watford match was not his best but in the wider scheme of things he still has a role to play and a lot to offer, hence his new contract !

Absolutely. I struggle to understand how anyone who watches Long play, especially alongside Ings, cannot see how him being on the pitch helps the team. 

 

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On 29/06/2020 at 12:05, SaintBobby said:

We're big underdogs for this one, obviously, but i'm quite tempted by the 10/1 avialble on a Saints win. I put our chances of a win at higher than 9%, I think!

Really?! With our home form I’d probably not even give us a 0.9% chance!

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14 hours ago, eurosaint said:

Ings himself has stated that playing alongside Long is a pleasure as he takes defenders away and creates space for him...

Ralph on many occasions has used SL for this purpose and unlike you, seems to value his contribution ! For sure, the Watford match was not his best but in the wider scheme of things he still has a role to play and a lot to offer, hence his new contract !

 

You expect him to talk sh*t about a team mate? Players say all sorts of unlikely things bigging up their colleagues. As for PEH,  I guess he must never have been on the field at the same time as Arjen Robben, who could run as fast or faster than long with the ball under control.

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4-0 v Liverpool. Looks like City intend to start next season on the front foot by humiliating their only rivals at the end of this one.

Let's not be stupid enough to assume that the Bindippers took their collective feet off the gas - "nothing to play for" crap - City looked good and we could be in for a torrid time on Sunday.

Ralph has been so focussed on getting to 40 points that some players might assume that the season's goals have been met.

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2 hours ago, LaptopSaint said:

Hopefully now they've done the Dippers they'll be fully focussed on the FA Cup and the Champions League. 2-0 Saints (Long, Adams).

Anything is possible of course, though I'll be happy of we can keep a defeat down to a two goal margin.

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A game like this is absolutely a free hit and a heavy loss wouldn’t make a blind bit of difference to our season... however it’s Prime Time on Sunday on the Beeb. We’ve already been spanked once on live TV this season at home, let’s hope for a closer game against City. 3 tough games now, all 3 are in form.

 

Just have to hope City rotate their team a bit and lack cohesion. 3-1 loss though IMO.

 

 

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We have more to play for than they do...namely league position.  City are only playing for pride now.  

I think they turned on the gas against Liverpool to prove a point.  Hoping they will be a bit more relaxed against little old Saints.    

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Fair to say we don't have much to lose on Sunday bar a spanking in front of a worldwide TV audience.

RH has a few games to figure out some youngsters though unsure if a home game vs a rampant Man City is a fit 

Would still give Che and Will some game time, they deserve it and seem ready - maybe give Ingsy a little run out from the bench and unleash him at Everton.  

 From the injury reports, looks like we're going to be light on seniors anyway. Front four of Redmond, Amstrong/Moussa, Adams and Long might make for an entertaining game 

COYS

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49 minutes ago, ButtikonSaint said:

 

 From the injury reports, looks like we're going to be light on seniors anyway. Front four of Redmond, Amstrong/Moussa, Adams and Long might make for an entertaining game 

COYS

Not looking to score any goals then ?

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1 hour ago, ButtikonSaint said:

Fair to say we don't have much to lose on Sunday bar a spanking in front of a worldwide TV audience.

RH has a few games to figure out some youngsters though unsure if a home game vs a rampant Man City is a fit 

Would still give Che and Will some game time, they deserve it and seem ready - maybe give Ingsy a little run out from the bench and unleash him at Everton.  

 From the injury reports, looks like we're going to be light on seniors anyway. Front four of Redmond, Amstrong/Moussa, Adams and Long might make for an entertaining game 

COYS

I wish I could understand this mentality.  We have 6 games to play in 3 weeks and Ings is in the form of his life and in the running for the Golden Boot.  He's had a week's rest since our last game and he looks the fittest player on the pitch.  Do you seriously think he'll want to make do with a little run out from the bench?

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Looks like

McCarthy

KWP Stephens Bednarek Bertrand

Romeu/Smallbone JWP

Armstrong Redmond

Ings Long/Obafemi

Gunn, Danso, Vokins, Smallbone/Romeu, Adams, Long/Obafemi, Djenepo plus random two from Academy.

 

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Decided on balance to include a keeper.
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4 minutes ago, Pip said:

I wish I could understand this mentality.  We have 6 games to play in 3 weeks and Ings is in the form of his life and in the running for the Golden Boot.  He's had a week's rest since our last game and he looks the fittest player on the pitch.  Do you seriously think he'll want to make do with a little run out from the bench?

Agreed, madness to not play Ings if he’s available. 

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Ralph did brilliantly at his press conference, absolutely outstanding. No wonder hacks are queuing up to hear what he has to say and to ask questions.

Good natured, never bristles  and never ducks awkward or clumsy questions.

We are very lucky to have him. Moments to savour.

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33 minutes ago, saintquin said:

We're going to get hammered aren't we! 

No! This is the first time, and probably the only time, that Saints will play a Premier League match on my birthday. And it's televised! So I am fully expecting to see a spectacle to match the most memorable of games in our history. Something like the 6-3 victory we handed out to their neighbours all those years ago (which I was fortunate enough to be at the Dell to watch). A hatrick for Ings and one apiece for JWP, Armstrong and Adams. 

 

You heard it here first! 

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We will lose and in the process set a record for most home defeats in a season. 

But if we somehow manage to achieve a miracle and win at home that will make us mathematically safe? 

Will be nice to avoid conceding too many. 

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3 minutes ago, JRM said:

We will lose and in the process set a record for most home defeats in a season. 

But if we somehow manage to achieve a miracle and win at home that will make us mathematically safe? 

Will be nice to avoid conceding too many. 

Why be bothered about being mathematically safe?

We were safe in Feb.

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I'm normally the most optimistic Saints fan before games, but after the Liverpool game I really can't see anything other than a defeat here, and lots of City goals. If we can keep the City goal tally below 2 then I'll be a happy man. Obviously I'd love to be proved wrong! Danny will need good service to get shots against them but City are so strong in the midfield, Redmond and Armstrong (or whoever plays wide) will need to be really on it today to get anything forward. My prediction is a 3-1 loss with an Ings goal. Please prove me wrong Saints!!

UTS

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I think people are forgetting that they would have been a lot more motivated for the Liverpool game. We'll still most likely lose, but don't forget we gave them a tough time at their place shortly after we were destroyed by Leicester when City were still actually in the title race, so no reason to write us off from the word go. 

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Expect us to have a good game but if we're in contention with 15 minutes to go, they have the sort of bench to bring on a couple of world beaters that our tired legs won't be able to handle.  

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4 minutes ago, Dr. Kucho said:

McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Stephens, Bednarek, Bertrand, Ward-prowse, Armstrong, Romeu, Redmond, Long and Ings starting in a 4-4-2 line up. According to LiveScore 

Adams for Long, otherwise this is correct.

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