Fabrice29 Posted 3 December, 2020 Posted 3 December, 2020 22 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said: They are a possession based team. In a game of rock, paper, scissors... high pressing beats playing out from the back. Lol. What nonsense.
Turkish Posted 3 December, 2020 Posted 3 December, 2020 6 hours ago, SuperSAINT said: Lallana bottling it again against us 1
niceandfriendly Posted 4 December, 2020 Posted 4 December, 2020 10 hours ago, The Cat said: It's Monday again? FFS, I didn't realise. Such a joy isn't it 😒
VectisSaint Posted 4 December, 2020 Posted 4 December, 2020 11 hours ago, trousers said: Looks like a very bad photoshop job, you can still see the outline of the player they have superimposed Danny's image over 😉 1 1
The Curse of St Mary's Posted 4 December, 2020 Posted 4 December, 2020 Ingsy had first team training session yesterday. Will see how he reacts before deciding on Brighton game. He looks good atm.
hasper57saint Posted 4 December, 2020 Posted 4 December, 2020 Lallana has discovered that our midfielders and defenders are a lot more aggressive than in his days, and is suddenly feeling quite ill. We can win this one with the right approach and Ralph must not, under any circumstances, let Shane Long anywhere near the pitch.Bring on one of the nippers at least they will give it a go. Shane's faded of late (that's if he ever shone since his brace against Villa a million years ago) I never predict scores,I leave that to the well-paid pillock Lawro, but a win is on the cards and after the 'extra time' Fergie goal (again) lets wrap it up so there's no sitting on their heels like last week. If Danny and Nathan are available ,even after the break, bring them on. They will submerge Dunk! In saying that Armstrong will need to up his game. Stop the 'crab football' and put your laces through it.COYS
Avenue_Saint Posted 4 December, 2020 Posted 4 December, 2020 32 minutes ago, trousers said: McCarthy Walker-Peters Bednarek Vestergaard Bertrand Romeu Ward-Prowse Djenepo Walcott Ings Adams *Subs* Forster Salisu Diallo Armstrong Redmond N’Lundulu Long
Baird of the land Posted 4 December, 2020 Posted 4 December, 2020 i can’t see Stephens being dropped from the bench, not least because he covers fullback even if Salisu somehow makes bench.
Harry_SFC Posted 4 December, 2020 Posted 4 December, 2020 I'd be pretty surprised to see Salisu involved without getting any minutes under his belt for the U23's.
Totton Saint Posted 6 December, 2020 Posted 6 December, 2020 must be nailbiting watching us drop to 8th waiting for Monday evening game. Let's hope it is even more of an incentive, if needed, to win.
igsey Posted 6 December, 2020 Posted 6 December, 2020 Obafemi and N'Lundulu both played 90 mins on Friday for the U23s (Obafemi scored), though I guess this game being on a Monday probably doesn't cause so many issues with that.
kjurwi Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 Wouldn't mind starting Diallo at CM Monday night. Think it's about time we get to see him play.
Pamplemousse Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 Brighton really are not that great, poor quality team and will only stay up because other teams are far worse than them. Anything other than a win will be disappointing.
Dan Johnson Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 19 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said: Brighton really are not that great, poor quality team and will only stay up because other teams are far worse than them. Anything other than a win will be disappointing. watched them 3 or 4 times this season and think the opposite to be honest, their problem is scoring goals, though their approach play was good and they've some good individual players, they're the kind of team that will get 2 or 3 surprise results against the top teams this season, we definitely shouldn't be taking them lightly, it's going to be a tough game. 3
VectisSaint Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 8 hours ago, kjurwi said: Wouldn't mind starting Diallo at CM Monday night. Think it's about time we get to see him play. So you would drop Romeo or JWP, two of our best performers this season. Interesting idea. 🤔
Shroppie Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 8 hours ago, kjurwi said: Wouldn't mind starting Diallo at CM Monday night. Think it's about time we get to see him play. I can't think of any reason whatsoever for doing that. JWP and Romeu have been the pivot on which everything has been built. Ralph simply won't put new players in the team just because they're new.
Charlie Wayman Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Shroppie said: I can't think of any reason whatsoever for doing that. JWP and Romeu have been the pivot on which everything has been built. Ralph simply won't put new players in the team just because they're new. It's not necessary to exclude either of our defensive dynamic duo, bring in Diallo for Armstrong. Seems a smart idea to me, Armstrong needs a rest to rediscover his mojo and Brighton are there for the taking. Edited 7 December, 2020 by Charlie Wayman
S-Clarke Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 1 hour ago, Pamplemousse said: Brighton really are not that great, poor quality team and will only stay up because other teams are far worse than them. Anything other than a win will be disappointing. They're better than you are suggesting. They lack a killer instinct up top, no question - with an Ings in that side I reckon they'd be top 6 or 7 at this stage. Their lack of goals has kept them drawing games rather than winning. That will prob be their downfall, but they certainly play good football but just lack a killer threat. 1
VectisSaint Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 1 hour ago, Charlie Wayman said: It's not necessary to exclude either of our defensive dynamic duo, bring in Diallo for Armstrong. Seems a smart idea to me, Armstrong needs a rest to rediscover his mojo and Brighton are there for the taking. So you want to change our formation. You can't replace Armstrong with Diallo without fundamentally changing the way we play. Anyway, why drop Armstrong, he's had a couple of poor games but he will come good again. Diallo will get his chance eventually, meanwhile he seems a useful sub when we are trying to manage a game.
Turkish Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 2 hours ago, S-Clarke said: They're better than you are suggesting. They lack a killer instinct up top, no question - with an Ings in that side I reckon they'd be top 6 or 7 at this stage. Their lack of goals has kept them drawing games rather than winning. That will prob be their downfall, but they certainly play good football but just lack a killer threat. Agree, they're a decent side, got some very good defenders and it wont be easy, it's a game we should be looking to win but could easily lose if we dont get at that them like we did Newcastle, Everton etc. Ings will probably start on the bench, if Redmond is fit be inclined to start him ahead of Djenepo on the left, then you've got two good impact subs to come on if we need to change things up a bit.
skintsaint Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 Lets hope Ryan has a shocker.....his save from Vestergaard was annoyingly good last time out.
kjurwi Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 3 hours ago, VectisSaint said: So you would drop Romeo or JWP, two of our best performers this season. Interesting idea. 🤔 Yep. I probably would. They have both been great, but i would like to see Diallo play where he is at his best. I know there's no reason to do that when Romeu and JWP have been playing so well, and i know Hasenhyttl won't.
cloggy saint Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 Underestimate Brighton at your peril. I'd be just about satisfied with a point. 2
saint lard Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 2 hours ago, VectisSaint said: So you want to change our formation. You can't replace Armstrong with Diallo without fundamentally changing the way we play. Anyway, why drop Armstrong, he's had a couple of poor games but he will come good again. Diallo will get his chance eventually, meanwhile he seems a useful sub when we are trying to manage a game. Diallo would be the perfect sub when managing a game....unfortunately he’s brought on far too late in a game to show his worth. He should’ve been brought on against Man U to do exactly that. but once again Ralph leaves it way too late,by which time the game is getting,or already gotten away from us.
woodsaint1 Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 14 minutes ago, cloggy saint said: Underestimate Brighton at your peril. I'd be just about satisfied with a point. Not sure why we should be just about satisfied with a draw. We've beaten them at the Amex last two seasons (good value for both wins too) and would say we've improved more than they have since we last met them 1
igsey Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 Brighton played very well against Liverpool, very effective pressing. We struggled against Utd's pressing so let's hope Ralph has had a chance to fix that area of our game.
Totton Saint Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 Let's hope the degrading and humiliating act of subservience ,that taking the knee is, has been discontinued. If folks have not got the anti racism message by now they never will. I worked in Ghana once and found the people wonderful. 1 1 1
Convict Colony Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 On 03/12/2020 at 15:19, Fabrice29 said: Lol. What nonsense.
LeBizzier69 Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 i'm just thankful that Glenn Murray has moved on...
gsweet87 Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 On 03/12/2020 at 21:25, Turkish said: Lallana bottling it again against us Lallanas first game back at St Marys will live long in my memory, even though we got battered. Never heard an atmosphere like it down there.
trousers Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 Anyone fancy having a chit-chat about tonight's game...? 1
whelk Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 21 minutes ago, trousers said: Anyone fancy having a chit-chat about tonight's game...? Do you think there will be booing of the taking the knee?
Toadhall Saint Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 7 minutes ago, whelk said: Do you think there will be booing of the taking the knee? Couldn’t give a flying one tbh. I see a draw
SaintZamboni Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 Theo to bag a late goal and go a give the big celebration in front of Lallana
steve green Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 25 minutes ago, whelk said: Do you think there will be booing of the taking the knee? Only if it's Ings. 3
Avenue_Saint Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 5 minutes ago, steve green said: Only if it's Ings. Underated post
Avenue_Saint Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 2 hours ago, LeBizzier69 said: i'm just thankful that Glenn Murray has moved on... This!
egg Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 1 hour ago, trousers said: Anyone fancy having a chit-chat about tonight's game...? There'll be game. Ings may play. Or may not. I hope we win. We may do. Or not.
Lighthouse Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 1 minute ago, egg said: There'll be game. Ings may play. Or may not. I hope we win. We may do. Or not. So you’ve ruled out a pre-match tsunami which moves the shattered remains of the Amex halfway to Gatwick. How very presumptuous.
DT Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 5 hours ago, cloggy saint said: Underestimate Brighton at your peril. I'd be just about satisfied with a point. Me too. Bit nervous about tonight. They're a good team IMHO
davefizzy14 Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 Will be a tough game tonight for us but I can see us winning this 2-0 - Theo and Danny COYR
egg Posted 7 December, 2020 Posted 7 December, 2020 11 minutes ago, DT said: Me too. Bit nervous about tonight. They're a good team IMHO Ditto. They're better than their league position imo. It'll be a good game. Head says a draw, heart says 2-3.
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