Fulham 2-1 Saints - Match Thread

[Chris cooper]

Midfield looks wank if that’s a 5 atb

[Delmary]

Midfield looks weak.

[tdmickey3]

Good to see Lavia back in the squad

[BallBoy]

Going to get overrun in midfield again. At least Lavia on the bench.

[Suhari]

Not sure about 3cbs. Let's see.

Just want a performance with effort, energy and some resemblance of a structure and plan.

[davefizzy14]

Hoping it's not a back five. We will see. Good to see ABK and Aribo starting and Lavia back on the bench. Why is Stuart Armstrong not starting and Caleta-Car also?

Edited 31 December, 2022 by davefizzy14

[Archers Road Stand]

DCC must be really shite in training if he can't get in the side over Lyanco or Salisu. 

That team 100% loses the midfield battle, once again. 

Edited 31 December, 2022 by Archers Road Stand

[captainchris]

Joke of a team selection again. 
What is this bloke on? 

[Master Bates]

No McCarthy then

[Sheaf Saint]

1 minute ago, Convict Colony said:

Perraud dropped completely (or is he injured), looks like 5 at the back, midfield looks like a student at a freshers fair, lightweight.

Perraud is on the bench.

Can't work out what the formation is from that. No Diallo, which can only be a good thing, but surely we're not playing with just JWP in CM?

[Saint86]

That midfield is horrific. Jwp, aribo, Ely, edozie.... Going to get absolutely destroyed. And ANM should not be playing over perraud unless he is injured. 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Jones starting Lyanco. Says it all really.

[Chez]

If AMN is playing as a wingback then JWP is our only central midfielder. 

[danjosaint]

Mitrovic v lyanco is going to be fun 

[Chez]

Just now, Master Bates said:

No McCarthy then

injured.

[Convict Colony]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

Not sure I believe it's three at the back with one CM. I know Moi plays CM for Norway (and looks good there) but would we suddenly be using him there out of the blue? More likely that AMN is CM.

yeah lyanco has covered the right back before, not really sure who's playing where - i just assumed AMN was playing right back to make it easier for him to reduce his passing options to the left only so hopefully his % completion goes up.

[derry]

The bench looks better than that selection. It's either Genius, Learned nothing, or another clusterfuck coming up.

[Sarisbury Saint]

He clearly doesn’t rate Stuart Armstrong for some reason.

[saintant]

That team will get outplayed comprehensively in midfield. Who is going to press, get their foot in, win headers or get the ball off Fulham? More of the same we saw against Brighton.

[whelk]

Shite team and will get easily beaten

[Convict Colony]

1 minute ago, derry said:

The bench looks better than that selection. It's either Genius, Learned nothing, or another clusterfuck coming up.

[Wade Garrett]

Absolutely fucking shite selection.  

[Miltonaggro]

1 minute ago, Sarisbury Saint said:

He clearly doesn’t rate Stuart Armstrong for some reason.

It’s likely because he’s our most technical player, intimidated. 

[captainchris]

1 minute ago, Sarisbury Saint said:

He clearly doesn’t rate Stuart Armstrong for some reason.

He must be blind not to pick Stuart Armstrong … Wtf 

[gammon cheeks]

5 at the back ...midfield 2 and 3 up top .....me thinks a lot of long balls to day !  Saints 1 0 win

[woodsaint1]

2 minutes ago, Sarisbury Saint said:

He clearly doesn’t rate Stuart Armstrong for some reason.

Neither did Ralph towards the end of his time here. Maybe the issue is with Stu

[niceandfriendly]

This manager is a loon. 

[egg]

4 minutes ago, davefizzy14 said:

Hoping it's not a back five. We will see. Good to see ABK and Aribo starting and Lavia back on the bench. Why is Stuart Armstrong not starting and Caleta-Car also?

Indeed. Personally I think DCC is our best CB, and Armstrong far and away our most creative player. Strange line up - it can only be a back 3 with a weak midfield; or a back 4 with a CB at full back and AMN in the middle, or a back 4 with AMN at full back and a CB in midfield. I'm not confident! 

[Convict Colony]

Seriously though we all know that the midfield is weak, its been blatantly obvious for a while, will see how we set up but based on last weeks performance i am expecting max pain.

 

[saintant]

2 minutes ago, captainchris said:

He must be blind not to pick Stuart Armstrong … Wtf 

Absolute madness to leave out our one player with a bit of drive in midfield. Clueless.

[hypochondriac]

I don't understand how Lyanco starts in that team. Bizarre. 

[Saint Matty 76]

What a funny team.

If we're playing a midfield pivot of JWP and Elyounoussi then we truly deserve to be relegated.

[saintant]

Wet and windy conditions just what our warriors enjoy and thrive in 🙂

[charliemiller]

2 minutes ago, gammon cheeks said:

5 at the back ...midfield 2 and 3 up top .....me thinks a lot of long balls to day !  Saints 1 0 win

four at back AMN playing RB , Lynco playing DM in front of the back four and told not to push forward .....JWP + ELY midfield edozie and aribo wide adams in middle

 

Im guessing but that might work maybe 

4 1 4 1

[saintant]

1 minute ago, hypochondriac said:

I don't understand how Lyanco starts in that team. Bizarre. 

Jones likes characters and he's the only one in our squad.

[Turkish]

4 minutes ago, egg said:

Indeed. Personally I think DCC is our best CB, and Armstrong far and away our most creative player. Strange line up - it can only be a back 3 with a weak midfield; or a back 4 with a CB at full back and AMN in the middle, or a back 4 with AMN at full back and a CB in midfield. I'm not confident! 

Be confident. This is the team god helped Nathan pick 

[Disco Stu]

We might see Lavia after the inevitable formation change when it's clear this shape isn't working again.

[saintant]

They'll surprise us...God willing 🙂

[sandwichsaint]

The old ‘front sweeper’ trick.

[egg]

5 minutes ago, gammon cheeks said:

5 at the back ...midfield 2 and 3 up top .....me thinks a lot of long balls to day !  Saints 1 0 win

I think that's most likely. Hit the channels quickly, get the wing backs supporting and hope for the best. Pub football in the premier league. 

[Midfield_General]

What the fuck is that 😂

[egg]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

Be confident. This is the team god helped Nathan pick 

God help us whoever picked it 🙏🤞🙏

[Manuel]

2 minutes ago, saintant said:

Wet and windy conditions just what our warriors enjoy and thrive in 🙂

Ha ha, I was wondering this earlier.  The weather could be a bit of a leveller.  If we can't be competent, well drilled and organised, perhaps we can at least pounce on some mistakes.  

[davefizzy14]

5 minutes ago, saintant said:

Absolute madness to leave out our one player with a bit of drive in midfield. Clueless.

Absolutely this. Cannot understand it.

[Miltonaggro]

Nat clearly happy to put the mental in experimental! 

[LGTL]

This bloke is a proper idiot.

[Convict Colony]

1 minute ago, hypochondriac said:

I don't understand how Lyanco starts in that team. Bizarre. 

If its not 3 at the back i agree with you.

But if it is a 3 maybe i saw something different but last week he played the QB role out of defence ok and did quite a few penetrating passes out of defence (as well as some shit ones) and i think he also played the pass to Edozie who then won the pen.

Think Lyanco is a easy target but i try to judge players contribution per game and the bloke gives 100% at least and is a shit house to match Mitrovic, I expect Sali and ABK are there to pick up the fast runners behind Mitrovic.

We have bigger problems than defence especially since we can either replace him with DCC or go 4 at the back.

[markr27]

Maybe Salisu is at LB of a back 4.... or I guess they could switch it to that during the game.

[Verbal]

2 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

What the fuck is that 😂

It's a team, general, but not as we know it.

[egg]

3 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

We might see Lavia after the inevitable formation change when it's clear this shape isn't working again.

Sweepstake on first formation change.

I'm going for 25 mins.