Southampton (A) | Pre-Match Thread

[MillisleBlue]

Think this coming Saturday may be a great opportunity to buy money from the bookies.

 

[JONZMCFC]

Don’t see anyway back for us. Big signing needed in January. Get Aouar play Gundo as 6 , bin Rodri. Any ST is better than what we have (i like the sound of Ings) Haaland in the summer would be mint.

 

[JONZMCFC]

Definitely not expecting a win tbf. Imo the contract for Pep was so premature. Need new ideas ——-> Naglesmann is the man

 

[@BluePhil8]

Too many onion Bargies

I feel his pain , Too many onion Bhaji’s

Bargie or Bhaji? Is this the new muffin/barm? :)

 

[Akpowell]

Be brave , the back door is shut now

Pep has lost his nerve

The players hate it

IMO

Are you saying the players are blaming Pep for our decline

 

[kaz7]

Are you saying the players are blaming Pep for our decline

I am saying they are not comfirtable ,the lyon game being a case in point , i believe some blame was attached to the tactics for that one

Not able to break and move fast with the double pivot , leaving good players on the bench, not making subs early enough or at all , plenty to be pissed off about

Not saying they blame him as such but he is not helping them most of the time

 

[Lavinda Past]

Oh the excitement, I can’t wait

You misspelled excrement...

 

[Lavinda Past]

I am saying they are not comfirtable ,the lyon game being a case in point , i believe some blame was attached to the tactics for that one

Not able to break and move fast with the double pivot , leaving good players on the bench, not making subs early enough or at all , plenty to be pissed off about

Not saying they blame him as such but he is not helping them most of the time

To be brutally honest, we've not looked at all comfortable since we got turned over by Norwich last season. We had a bit of a 'spurt' when football returned after the lockdown but it was just another false dawn.

Guardiola's demeanour has changed completely since he threw the Lyon game away - He's been treading water for the last 18 months and is looking more and more like 'yesterday's man'. I still can't believe that he had the gall to sign a contract extension.

The buck stops with Guardiola and Bergiristain - Time to cut them loose before they try to piss away another fortune on Messi.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Hmmm.

Good side on a real high so I cant see these parking the bus at home.

Which might actually suit us as it'll unusually open for a fucking change.

First goal absolutely vital for us.

 

[Don Karleone]

Nice to see Walcott finding form just as they get ready to play us.

 

[Ric]

I know it’s not really Guardiola’s way, but would be nice to see us try something different in terms of formation, as doing the same thing week after week with little success is driving me mad. Think we should play two up front to try and address the lack of goals. Maybe a 3-4-1-2?

Ederson

Stones
Dias
Laporte

Walker
Fernandinho
Gundogan
Bernardo

De Bruyne

Jesus
Aguero

 

[Horlocksleftpeg]

Ederson

Walker
Dias
Stones/Laporte
Zinchenko

Gundogan
Foden
De Bruyne

Mahrez
Aguero
Bernardo

go for the fucking jugular.

press high up the pitch with purpose

have the widemen actually running at the fullbacks

have our striker showing the desire to get on the end of crosses.

 

[chickaroon]

Doesn’t matter what team.....blah blah blah
I doubt many of these posters spent much time on the Kippax.

I did!

 

[MAG]

Saints winning against Arsenal 0-1 at half time ... they'll be well and truly up for it on Saturday!

 

[Eccles Blue]

I am extremely sorry but I know that everyone is entitled to their opinion and I respect that. However I can’t accept that so many people are saying that our team, the Best team in the Land, in all the World are going to lose! No, no, no, no, NO!!
I never post a prediction because I don’t want to jinx them but I always say, in my head, that we will win.

THE BOYS IN BLUE NEVER GIVE IN, THEY FIGHT TO THE END! The fans in Blue are behind them surely? And they are saying the Boys in Blue never give in and neither will we!!!! Please have faith in our boys. Please. JMHO Sorry.



Stay safe, take care everyone. :-)

 

[FantasyIreland]

Perfect game for us IMO,the opportunity to show everyone we aren't a spent force.

This game will tell us plenty.

 

[city saint]

Saints winning against Arsenal 0-1 at half time ... they'll be well and truly up for it on Saturday!

getting some practice in against pep mark 2 btatics

 

[chickaroon]

Watching the Arsenal v Southampton game.
Southampton are full of energy play high press like Liverpool. In fact all the normal mid table teams seem to have more energy than we do. We do have to remember we played many games with no striker and we had rhe shortest pre season of any team.

 

[jrb]

I think we invite that style of play due to our slow,overly complicated,build ups.If we were that bit quicker and more direct,then the opposition would not be able to regroup and get behind the ball on every occasion we are in posession,and that would leave far more gaps and opportunities for us to exploit.

Exactly! If we can all see it, and Pep can also see it, why doesn't he change things?

 

[domalino]

Perfect game for us IMO,the opportunity to show everyone we aren't a spent force.

This game will tell us plenty.

I think we will learn a lot about the defence from this game if Southampton play like they have done so far this season instead of parking the bus like they did in June.

Southampton have a good striker, some inventive passers of the ball, supporting forwards in good form, it will be a good test for (presumably) Dias, Walker and Stones.