hypochondriac Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 44 minutes ago, SNSUN said: Well done @Benthelegend And I thought to myself he was just so dominant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 9 hours ago, SNSUN said: Well done @Benthelegend They smashed it…..fair play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dman Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Play a strong side imo, with a few changes to protect most important players / give others (edwards / dibbling) a chance to shine. Should be no fatugie concerns this early on and we need to find something. McCarthy Suga THB Bednerak Edwards Taylor Lesley Fernandes Dibbling Archer BBD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSA96 Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 (edited) RM's presser Lallana available for selection Stewart in full training but not ready for this one Sulemana just got back into training and being monitored for these first few days Fernandes and Ugochukwu will both play in this game Edited August 27 by CSA96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSA96 Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Russell Martin on Tyler Dibling: "I don't want to build him up too much and create pressure but we love Tyler. He is probably unlucky not to be starting after his pre-season, he is a beautiful footballer. He is a special talent and needs to play well tomorrow." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 15 minutes ago, CSA96 said: Stewart in full training but not ready for this one I know it's tiresome and predictable but.... oh... go on then... one more time... 2 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M271 Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Where do people view the press conferences live? I go to both the Saints app and website but can never find it 😩 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SambaMaverick Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Any insight/reflection on wtf he was thinking on Saturday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvSFC Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 27 minutes ago, trousers said: I know it's tiresome and predictable but.... oh... go on then... one more time... Even got the famous number of weeks line in. "Adam Lallana is back in the squad for Cardiff tomorrow. Ross Stewart is in full training and will be playing in the next couple of weeks. Kamaldeen Sulemana training too but one to watch over next few days." Must be an in joke now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 22 minutes ago, M271 said: Where do people view the press conferences live? I go to both the Saints app and website but can never find it 😩 I follow the link on Saints official Twitter, which then opens in the app. You can still watch it back now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 34 minutes ago, HarvSFC said: Even got the famous number of weeks line in. "Adam Lallana is back in the squad for Cardiff tomorrow. Ross Stewart is in full training and will be playing in the next couple of weeks. Kamaldeen Sulemana training too but one to watch over next few days." Must be an in joke now. Does anyone have the date of the last time Stewart was just a couple of weeks away? Might be worth starting a timeline with quotes. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 2 minutes ago, hypochondriac said: Does anyone have the date of the last time Stewart was just a couple of weeks away? Might be worth starting a timeline with quotes. There’s an old joke: A doctor says to a man, “I’m afraid you’ve only got two weeks to live”. The man replies, “Oh dear. In that case I’ll have the last two weeks in December” 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Matty 76 Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Confirmed 11 changes on the Echo. Lumley Bree - Edwards - Wood - Taylor - Manning Fernandes - Ugochukwu Dibling - Archer - Edozie My guess at it, although I'd rather Dibling in midfield and SAA in for Manning at RW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 1 minute ago, Saint Matty 76 said: Confirmed 11 changes on the Echo. Lumley Bree - Edwards - Wood - Taylor - Manning Fernandes - Ugochukwu Dibling - Archer - Edozie My guess at it, although I'd rather Dibling in midfield and SAA in for Manning at RW. We shouldn’t be playing 5 at the back away at Cardiff. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke SkyWalker-Peters Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 I'm looking forward to seeing all the competitive starting debuts. It seems like it will be a complete change to the Premier League side to give squad players a chance: https://twitter.com/SaintsExtra/status/1828550115487031669 I think the only reason we will play 3 at the back is if we want to put ABK in the shop window after his injuries + failed medical. Larios doesn't look match sharp yet from his U21 appearances, I'm not sure that he will play with Manning and Taylor both needing minutes. Lumley Bree Edwards Woods Taylor Ugochukwu Dibling Fernandes SAA Edozie Archer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted August 27 Author Share Posted August 27 Ok, punt at the line up: Lumley, Breezy, Edwards, Wood, Taylor, Lesley, Dibling, Fernandes, AA, Archer, BBD. The more I look at our squad on Wikipedia the more I think we are so weak in an attacking sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Matty 76 Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 14 minutes ago, Appy said: We shouldn’t be playing 5 at the back away at Cardiff. Fully agree, that's why I said we shouldn't! After him doing it on Saturday however, I fear we're in that for the long haul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_SFC Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 7 hours ago, SNSUN said: Ok, punt at the line up: Lumley, Breezy, Edwards, Wood, Taylor, Lesley, Dibling, Fernandes, AA, Archer, BBD. The more I look at our squad on Wikipedia the more I think we are so weak in an attacking sense. RM said there will be 11 changes so no AA or BBD. Imagine Edozie and SAA will play and we'll see Lallana come off the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 I can foresee a defeat. Which will be greeted with us making the headlines for all the wrong reasons. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 I hope we go with the innovative 'U' shape formation. Even those not picked regularly need to learn this fascinating new system. Anything less than 78% possession will be as good as a loss for me. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 30 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said: I hope we go with the innovative 'U' shape formation. Even those not picked regularly need to learn this fascinating new system. Anything less than 78% possession will be as good as a loss for me. i remember stuffing the ball up my jersey to keep possession, have they tried that yet? 100% success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Anyone else a bit more interested in seeing the team for this than the forest game? 90% of the 11 for the last game we already know about their strengths and limitations and we knew roughly how they would perform. Quite excited to see the likes of Edwards, Dibling from the start, lesley, Fernandes, Archer etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Can’t see the game on Sky or other streamed services. Anyone found any links yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee On Solent Saint Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 32 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said: Can’t see the game on Sky or other streamed services. Anyone found any links yet? Sky showed all the cup games live last night. Assume this will be the same arrangement for our game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 43 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said: Can’t see the game on Sky or other streamed services. Anyone found any links yet? https://www.skysports.com/watch/football-on-sky/competitions/carabao-cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 (edited) 1 hour ago, hypochondriac said: Anyone else a bit more interested in seeing the team for this than the forest game? 90% of the 11 for the last game we already know about their strengths and limitations and we knew roughly how they would perform. Quite excited to see the likes of Edwards, Dibling from the start, lesley, Fernandes, Archer etc. I'm in two minds. Part of me thinks that playing a second stream team is a bit of a wasted opportunity to field our best 11 players (on paper) to give them chance to gel. Russ has stated that he's showing loyalty to the players that got us promoted at the moment, but that could change if/when any said players are struggling to maintain the same levels of form in the Premier League. So, with that hat on, I'd probably have gone for a line up along the lines of: McCarthy Suga - THB - Bednarek - KWP Downes - Ugochukwu Fernandes - Dibling - BBD/Armstrong Archer (Would that be our current strongest starting 11 on paper? MLG caveat: Yes, I know I've listed 12 players but can't decide between BBD and AA) But, as I say, I'm in two minds, so I also see the merits of playing all the fringe / new players too. Edited August 28 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 16 minutes ago, trousers said: I'm in two minds. Part of me thinks that playing a second stream team is a bit of a wasted opportunity to field our best 11 players (on paper) to give them chance to gel. Russ has stated that he's showing loyalty to the players that got us promoted at the moment, but that could change if/when any said players are struggling to maintain the same levels of form in the Premier League. So, with that hat on, I'd probably have gone for a line up along the lines of: McCarthy Suga - THB - Bednarek - KWP Downes - Ugochukwu Fernandes - Dibling - BBD/Armstrong Archer (Would that be our current strongest starting 11 on paper? MLG caveat: Yes, I know I've listed 12 players but can't decide between BBD and AA) But, as I say, I'm in two minds, so I also see the merits of playing all the fringe / new players too. Will we learn much from seeing Adam Armstrong score against Cardiff though? Or kwp tear them a new one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 (edited) 39 minutes ago, hypochondriac said: Will we learn much from seeing Adam Armstrong score against Cardiff though? Or kwp tear them a new one? No, but that wasn't the gist behind my thinking. As I say, it would give our "best" 11 players chance to gel as a unit. Arguably better to integrate new players in a cup game rather than in a league game? Anyway, as I say, was just me thinking out loud and I can also see the benefits of alternative approaches to this match. Edited August 28 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjurwi Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 2 hours ago, Weston Super Saint said: I hope we go with the innovative 'U' shape formation. Even those not picked regularly need to learn this fascinating new system. Anything less than 78% possession will be as good as a loss for me. I call it the Y formation. As in WHY. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 4 minutes ago, trousers said: No, but that wasn't the gist behind my thinking. As I say, it would give our "best" 11 players chance to gel as a unit. Arguably better to integrate new players in a cup game rather than in a league game? Anyway, as I say, was just me thinking out loud and I can also see the benefits of alternative approaches to this match. Fair enough. Personally I'm not sure that gelling was the issue in the previous match, it was the tactical setup. Maybe it would give them a chance to tweak things but I'm not sure how possible that is against Cardiff (and isn't that what preseason is for???). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjurwi Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Will be something like Lumley Bree, Wood, Edwards, Manning Ugochukwu, Smallbone Lallana, Fernandez, Edozie Archer. Maby Amo-Ameyaw for Lallana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_lambden Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 10 minutes ago, kjurwi said: Will be something like Lumley Bree, Wood, Edwards, Manning Ugochukwu, Smallbone Lallana, Fernandez, Edozie Archer. Maby Amo-Ameyaw for Lallana Manning, Lallana and Smallbone won't start. It'll be: --- Lumley Bree, Wood, Edwards, Taylor Ugochukwu, Fernandes, Dibling Sam Amo, Archer, Edozie 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 (edited) 1 hour ago, trousers said: No, but that wasn't the gist behind my thinking. As I say, it would give our "best" 11 players chance to gel as a unit. Arguably better to integrate new players in a cup game rather than in a league game? Anyway, as I say, was just me thinking out loud and I can also see the benefits of alternative approaches to this match. Absolutely it is the obvious thing to do which guarantees that Martin will ignore all our good advice and waste a valuable opportunity. Nothing at all to be gained from our youngsters and journeymen being humiliated 3 or 4 - Nil by Cardiff's second string. Only in Russland is that an important learning step. They will of course have been brave and have had 96% possesion and Russ will be very proud of his palyers and really. really love every one of them, what else matters? Edited August 28 by Charlie Wayman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjurwi Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 50 minutes ago, Saint_lambden said: Manning, Lallana and Smallbone won't start. It'll be: --- Lumley Bree, Wood, Edwards, Taylor Ugochukwu, Fernandes, Dibling Sam Amo, Archer, Edozie Forgot that Taylor hasn't started in the first 2 games. You are right, he'll start. Don't think Dibling will start, think russ will squeeze Manning in, maby as a DM. Think one of Smallbone or Aribo will start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 11 changes Russ said so I'm assuming it'll be: Lumley, Bree, Edwards, Wood, Taylor, Lesley, Fernandes, Manning, Lallana, Dibling, Archer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Just now, Bad Wolf said: 11 changes Russ said so I'm assuming it'll be: Lumley, Bree, Edwards, Wood, Taylor, Lesley, Fernandes, Manning, Lallana, Dibling, Archer Forgot Edozie. He'll probably slot in somewhere, maybe Lallana in midfield ahead of Manning and then Edozie wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 1 hour ago, Saint_lambden said: Manning, Lallana and Smallbone won't start. It'll be: --- Lumley Bree, Wood, Edwards, Taylor Ugochukwu, Fernandes, Dibling Sam Amo, Archer, Edozie Manning for Taylor who came on as sub Saturday and think that’s the team as will want Manning to get some game time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 3 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said: Forgot Edozie. He'll probably slot in somewhere, maybe Lallana in midfield ahead of Manning and then Edozie wide. Not sure Lallana will be fit enough to start. It'll probably be Edozie for Lallana. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 9 minutes ago, S-Clarke said: Not sure Lallana will be fit enough to start. It'll probably be Edozie for Lallana. I got the impression from the presser that Lallana is raring to go. Certainly more so than Sully or Stewart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notnowcato Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Fairly certain Lallana starts this, hopefully he gets 60 minutes but might only be a half. Likely to be in behind 2 strikers at the top of midfield diamond. Really looking forward to seeing Les start, options at are six crucial for us. Would also like to see Dibling alongside Fernandes in the eight rolls. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 (edited) N/t Edited August 28 by Give it to Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Mulgrew Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 1 hour ago, notnowcato said: Would also like to see Dibling alongside Fernandes in the eight rolls. I don’t quite know what to think about that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 4 hours ago, Bad Wolf said: 11 changes Russ said One less cup to worry about then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coalman Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 (edited) It's a classic Saints season. Start slow in the league, crush an opponent in the cup and build momentum before surviving by the skin of our teeth. Or start slow in the league, get outplayed by lower league opposition in the cup and set our sights on being relegated with 5 games left. Something like that anyway... Edited August 28 by coalman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefizzy14 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Hopefully we can get our first win of the season tonight in the cup and take the momentum into Saturday. As RM alluded to there will be eleven changes for this fixture: Lumley, Bree, Edwards, Wood, Taylor, Manning, Ugochukwu, Fernandes, Dibling, Archer, Edozie Lallana to get 45 mins along with Sam Amo. I'm pretty sure RM said last week that ABK might be in the squad too. 3-1 to us tonight with Dibling, Archer and Taylor scoring COYR 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haddock24 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 6 hours ago, Charlie Wayman said: Absolutely it is the obvious thing to do which guarantees that Martin will ignore all our good advice and waste a valuable opportunity. Nothing at all to be gained from our youngsters and journeymen being humiliated 3 or 4 - Nil by Cardiff's second string. Only in Russland is that an important learning step. They will of course have been brave and have had 96% possesion and Russ will be very proud of his palyers and really. really love every one of them, what else matters? To have a shot at goal? To score a goal? To win a match? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 (edited) O'Brien-Whitmarsh, Robinson, Moore and Akachukwu in the squad. Or there to watch. Edited August 28 by Master Bates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Looks like ABK involved tonight if his Instagram story is anything to go off 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefizzy14 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 5 minutes ago, Appy said: Looks like ABK involved tonight if his Instagram story is anything to go off Great news 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 We've got this 7 0..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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