Fulham 2-1 Saints - Match Thread

[Edmonton Saint]

Seeming nobody has started one yet. Not expecting much , Jones comments on Lavia seem a little bit vague.. So don’t think we will be seeing him either. 
 

Another nail in the Premier League Southampton Fc Coffin?

[AlexLaw76]

3-1 to Fulham.  Bazunu (if he plays) will be very dodgy, and we will look on in wonderment as we pump balls up to Che Adams

[mattspurling18]

McCarthy, KWP, DCC, ABK, AMN, Lavia(if fit), JWP, S.Armstrong, Edozie, Elyounoussi, Adams.

1-1 draw. 

[Edmonton Saint]

8 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

3-1 to Fulham.  Bazunu (if he plays) will be very dodgy, and we will look on in wonderment as we pump balls up to Che Adams

McCarthy is injured apparently. So it’s either a kid in Bazunu, or a 50 year old in Cabellero.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

9 minutes ago, Edmonton Saint said:

McCarthy is injured apparently. So it’s either a kid in Bazunu, or a 50 year old in Cabellero.

I wouldn't be adverse to starting Cabellero. Can't believe that I'm actually saying that, just demonstrates what a fuck up this season has become.

[LGTL]

Inevitable defeat. Could get interesting in the away end. Excited to see us pump it long to Che Adams whilst watching Mitrovic bully our shambolic defence and Goalkeeper. 

[saintant]

4-0 to Fulham. They are everything we are not and will put us to the sword.

[Miltonaggro]

Real Fulham 3 - 0 Southampton Alexandra

If we are right on it on training...

 

[fanimal]

Backs to the wall draw

[Pamplemousse]

Park the bus and hope they have an off day

[saints-cris]

If we have a really good weeks training, Jones is able to get more time to get his ideas across, actually picks the right team, we may only lose 2-0.

 

COYR

[AlexLaw76]

Not sure how we expect to compete with the likes of Fulham....

[saintant]

8 minutes ago, saints-cris said:

If we have a really good weeks training, Jones is able to get more time to get his ideas across, actually picks the right team, we may only lose 2-0.

 

COYR

Jones has had 8 weeks to get his ideas across leading to that shitshow yesterday. I doubt a few more days will make much difference.

[saintant]

8 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Not sure how we expect to compete with the likes of Fulham....

No, our CEO has already told us that.

[for_heaven's_Saint]

Our choice of midfielders without Lavia is terrible. An out-of-sorts JWP and either Diallo or AMN, who have both proven to be not good enough. 
 

JWP is going to have to start, preferably as the deeper lying midfielder. Then I’d rather we played Stu Armstong in there than Diallo or AMN. 

[Mr Nimbus]

4-1 Fulham. Back 5 to try and tighten up, we’re concede in the first 20 minutes and not know how to attack.

Mitrovic will run riot and give Lyanco a real hard time is my guess.

[Pamplemousse]

McCarthy

KWP DCC ABK Perraud

JWP AMN

Elyounoussi Armstrong Edozie

Adams

[Turkish]

After yesterdays wake up call JWP will have the boys firing on the pitch and Nathan will be working tirelessly to get the tactics spot on. Lots of positive shouting on the training ground will lead to much improved performance where we will end our run of 3-1 losses

fulham 2 Saints 0

[SotonianWill]

Fulham 2-3 Saints

Bazunu (og), Ream

Che x2, Perraud. 

[Wade Garrett]

Would actually rather have Reed in our side rather than JWP.  More tenacious and more forward thinking.

[Doctoroncall]

Hoping for a reaction. A glimmer that the players are willing to give it go. Nothing to lose. Less pressure playing away etc etc. 

[Suhari]

48 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Not sure how we expect to compete with the likes of Fulham....

Let's just be grateful for the opportunity to play them.

[alehouseboys]

I wouldn't think the boss will be that looking forward to this after his last visit to Craven Cottage back in May...

[Baird of the land]

2 hours ago, Edmonton Saint said:

Seeming nobody has started one yet. Not expecting much , Jones comments on Lavia seem a little bit vague.. So don’t think we will be seeing him either. 
 

Another nail in the Premier League Southampton Fc Coffin?

I thought the comment on not seeing lavia since Liverpool was mightily odd.

 

macca / bazanu

maitland-niles dcc lyanco salisu kwp

armstrong jwp aribo

adams edozie

[Chris cooper]

2 hours ago, Edmonton Saint said:

Seeming nobody has started one yet. Not expecting much , Jones comments on Lavia seem a little bit vague.. So don’t think we will be seeing him either. 
 

Another nail in the Premier League Southampton Fc Coffin?

Speculation on twitter and the ugly inside about lavia isn’t injured and has played his last game for saints as Chelsea transfer is a done deal and potter obviously doesn’t want an injured purchase ! 

[ally_uk]

https://ibb.co/2kWBH2M

I would take it back to basics and go with a 4-4-2 

I couldn't find Edozie in the database so swap Ely with him.

I'd play Stuart Armstrong and Aribo from get go with Aribo instructed to run and support the strikers. 

Prowse on the right wing, Edozie on the left whip the balls into the box.

I would also start Mara up top with Adams why? Because Armstrong is useless and I think Mara technically has something about him. 

Conclusions Jesus our squad is weak how the hell did we end up in this predicament? Desperately crying out for a tough tackling ho nonsense def mid.... oh that's right we had one 🤣🤣🤣

[Bakovnetski]

2 hours ago, Pamplemousse said:

Park the bus and hope they have an off day

Definitely a case for 5 at the back

[Micky]

Shows just how bad its got, deep in the mire, in desperate need of points, yet most can't see us getting anything at newly promoted Fulham.  Surely, at some point, one of our strikers has to score a goal, surely at some point we have to 'play well', surely at some point we have to win a game.  Nope, I can't see it either,  Fulham 2 Saints 0.

[JRM]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

After yesterdays wake up call JWP will have the boys firing on the pitch and Nathan will be working tirelessly to get the tactics spot on. Lots of positive shouting on the training ground will lead to much improved performance where we will end our run of 3-1 losses

fulham 2 Saints 0

Think you're right mate, the players will be fired up for this one after the wake up call. 

[Wiggles31]

I only hope that for things to get so bad they can only start to get better. Yup that false optimism. 

[Turkish]

5 minutes ago, Wiggles31 said:

I only hope that for things to get so bad they can only start to get better. Yup that false optimism. 

We need Glasgow saints famous momentum curve.

[adrian lord]

1 hour ago, Chris cooper said:

Speculation on twitter and the ugly inside about lavia isn’t injured and has played his last game for saints as Chelsea transfer is a done deal and potter obviously doesn’t want an injured purchase ! 

Makes sense, Shields would have told Chelsea that he’s the only player worth signing from Saints. 

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, Chris cooper said:

Speculation on twitter and the ugly inside about lavia isn’t injured and has played his last game for saints as Chelsea transfer is a done deal and potter obviously doesn’t want an injured purchase ! 

the speculation on the ugly inside is from a known WUM, it's a bit like saying there is speculation on here because Glasgow Saint started a thread saying he's off

[woodsaint1]

2 hours ago, Wade Garrett said:

Would actually rather have Reed in our side rather than JWP.  More tenacious and more forward thinking.

He has definitely upped his game since Fulhams last PL stint where he looked lost. In fact quite a few of Fulhams players have been revitalised. Silva doing a fantastic job there

[bpsaint]

5 hours ago, Chris cooper said:

Speculation on twitter and the ugly inside about lavia isn’t injured and has played his last game for saints as Chelsea transfer is a done deal and potter obviously doesn’t want an injured purchase ! 

The thing with that, whilst not unheard of, is why would Saints agree to that and put ourselves at a disadvantage? Unless there’s an agreement that somebody is coming the other way as part of the deal.

Can’t imagine City would willingly forego their buy back clause after such a short amount of time so that we could sell to a rival of theirs.

Edited 27 December, 2022 by bpsaint

[Saint Garrett]

We will probably lose. I don’t have a clue who is best to play as most of them are shit. Midfield is a big problem for us, Diallo is shit, and AMN is also shit and doesn’t want to be here. We will be over run. Do we have any options in the youth team in midfield ? 

Macca/Caballero

KWP ABK Salisu Perraud

JWP AMN Elyounoussi 

SArmstrong Adams Edozie

Not sure why I’m bothering going tbh, lose this one and the fans are going to turn if they haven’t already. I want to see some effort, some sprinting, some kind of Tactical nous from Jones, and some actual football rather than “boot it to Adams”. Maybe even a few passes to each other. Happy new year ! 

[saintant]

2 hours ago, Chris cooper said:

Speculation on twitter and the ugly inside about lavia isn’t injured and has played his last game for saints as Chelsea transfer is a done deal and potter obviously doesn’t want an injured purchase ! 

That would be my guess.

[saintant]

1 hour ago, Micky said:

Shows just how bad its got, deep in the mire, in desperate need of points, yet most can't see us getting anything at newly promoted Fulham.  Surely, at some point, one of our strikers has to score a goal, surely at some point we have to 'play well', surely at some point we have to win a game.  Nope, I can't see it either,  Fulham 2 Saints 0.

Newly promoted Fulham are a very competent, organised side.

[SotonianWill]

17 minutes ago, Saint Garrett said:

We will probably lose. I don’t have a clue who is best to play as most of them are shit

Exactly this, I was happy seeing the team sheet yesterday due to Armstrong and AMN being dropped but when you realise the players replacing them it makes no difference. 

[Saint_clark]

54 minutes ago, bpsaint said:

The thing with that, whilst not unheard of, is why would Saints agree to that abud put ourselves at a disadvantage? Unless there’s an agreement that somebody is coming the other way as part of the deal.

Can’t imagine City would willingly forego their buy back clause after such a short amount of time so that we could sell to a rival of theirs.

Double loan deal with Mendy or Bettinelli in goal and a striker or DM coming the other way? 

[Crab Lungs]

Can he be registered for 3 clubs in one season? Lavia that is

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Crab Lungs said:

Can he be registered for 3 clubs in one season? Lavia that is

He wouldn't have been registered in Citys squad as we signed him before they were submitted. You can sign for as many clubs as you want, you just can only be registered in a squad twice. 

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

47 minutes ago, Saint Garrett said:

We will probably lose. I don’t have a clue who is best to play as most of them are shit. Midfield is a big problem for us, Diallo is shit, and AMN is also shit and doesn’t want to be here. We will be over run. Do we have any options in the youth team in midfield ? 

Macca/Caballero

KWP ABK Salisu Perraud

JWP AMN Elyounoussi 

SArmstrong Adams Edozie

Not sure why I’m bothering going tbh, lose this one and the fans are going to turn if they haven’t already. I want to see some effort, some sprinting, some kind of Tactical nous from Jones, and some actual football rather than “boot it to Adams”. Maybe even a few passes to each other. Happy new year ! 

Got to agree. We need someone in midfield who can do what Lavia was doing at the start of the season. Atmosphere at Leicester was fantastic. Then Chelsea. Instil that positive collect from defence idea and move forward through midfield and we've a chance, but like Saint Garrett said, who can do the job in midfield? Lyanco? Stating the obvious but we need to avoid relegation. Forget the nostalgia about going down and playing in the Championship/League 1. It was fun walking on the hallowed St Mary's turf after beating Walsall to get promoted but if we get relegated this time, I sense could be playing in the lower leagues for many many years.

[macca155]

Got to take what positives we can from the last 2 games.

Mccarthy should play but if injured Bazuma will get another chance.

AMN looks way better at RB so a defence of AMN ABK Salisu KWP is probably the best we have at the moment.

Midfield is desperate. JWP, S Armstrong, and hopefully Lavia in the middle, with Edozie and Mara playing behind Adams. Keep it narrow and hope our players have learnt how to run again.

If Lavia isn't available then Lyanco has to play a defensive midfielder role. He has the skills just needs to control his recklessness. JWP and S Armstrong simply cannot influence a game without somebody doing the grunt work.

Not sure about Aribo, hopefully there's a role for him.

Sp looking forward to this one.

 

[Pamplemousse]

2 hours ago, Saint Garrett said:

We will probably lose. I don’t have a clue who is best to play as most of them are shit. Midfield is a big problem for us, Diallo is shit, and AMN is also shit and doesn’t want to be here. We will be over run. Do we have any options in the youth team in midfield ? 

Macca/Caballero

KWP ABK Salisu Perraud

JWP AMN Elyounoussi 

SArmstrong Adams Edozie

Not sure why I’m bothering going tbh, lose this one and the fans are going to turn if they haven’t already. I want to see some effort, some sprinting, some kind of Tactical nous from Jones, and some actual football rather than “boot it to Adams”. Maybe even a few passes to each other. Happy new year ! 

Yeah don't really want to go either tbh. Luckily it's local for me and I'll be back home within an hour or so.

[saintant]

1 hour ago, macca155 said:

Got to take what positives we can from the last 2 games.

Mccarthy should play but if injured Bazuma will get another chance.

AMN looks way better at RB so a defence of AMN ABK Salisu KWP is probably the best we have at the moment.

Midfield is desperate. JWP, S Armstrong, and hopefully Lavia in the middle, with Edozie and Mara playing behind Adams. Keep it narrow and hope our players have learnt how to run again.

If Lavia isn't available then Lyanco has to play a defensive midfielder role. He has the skills just needs to control his recklessness. JWP and S Armstrong simply cannot influence a game without somebody doing the grunt work.

Not sure about Aribo, hopefully there's a role for him.

Sp looking forward to this one.

 

Lyanco as a defensive midfielder would see red before half time. He'd be steaming into anything that moved

[OttawaSaint]

We're going to get fucking ducked. Mitrovic is going to have a field day against our clueless defence.

[woodsaint1]

Injuries permitting....

                      McCarthy

KWP         ABK          DCC      Perraud

                 Lavia        JWP

 Aribo           Armstrong         Edozie

                        Adams

On paper that is a decent side, but obviously void of confidence. We need as much creativity on the pitch as possible and to me thats the best front 4 we've got. Also need to deal with the threat posed by Mitrovic. Perhaps Lyanco wouldnt be so bad in this game, could end up with both being sent off 😂. ABK and DCC for me. 

We badly need to start grinding out results, even if its ugly, and obviously stop making defensive mistakes. Going with 1-1, but will likely be another 3-1 loss.

 

[Saint Garrett]

I’d have Elyounoussi over Aribo personally. Aribo is too lazy. 

[Saint_clark]

What about sticking in Ballard or one of the other lads, get some fearless enthusiasm in attacking midfield.