Southampton (A) Pre Match Thread

[Deleted member 81382]

Operation win by as least 7 to give Swansea a chance.

The only manager to concede 7 goals to City this season... Mark Hughes.

 

[willipp]

With the players that were given the night off last night likely to play, that means
Ederson, Walker, Stones, Otamendi, Delph, KDB, Sterling will all start and almost certainly Jesus too, that just leaves 3 spots between Fernandinho, Bernardo, Sane, Foden, Mendy I guess, with Diaz on the bench and maybe Muric instead of Bravo.
I don't know why, but I got the impression last night was Zinchenko's last game too?

I thought exactly the same as well. When he was subbed he gave a very longing look around, almost a goodbye. May well of been just last home game of the season thanks, but it was the first thing i thought as well.

 

[aguero93:20]

Ederson

Danilo
Ota
Laporte
Mendy

Dinho
De Bruyne
Gundogan

Sterling
Bernardo
Sané

 

[ken tali]

Ederson

Danilo
Ota
Laporte
Mendy

Dinho
De Bruyne
Gundogan

Sterling
Bernardo
Sané

I hope tht Meny starts and we will get 100 points, others i ont care that much, Foden should get 20-30 minutes playing time aswel.Nmecha looked quite lost yesterday ,didnt know what to do or how to press, you need to be ready 100% if you get the chance in this kind of club ,you dont get them many

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Ederson

Danilo
Stones
Laporte
Mendy

Gudongan
Kdb
Foden

Bernardo
Nmecha
Sterling

 

[Easy]

Ederson

Danilo
Ota
Laporte
Mendy

Dinho
De Bruyne
Gundogan

Sterling
Bernardo
Sané

Stones for Ota and that’s my team.

 

[vmsuhail]

Full strength team required for this game. Hopefully once we have put the game to bed bring on Foden and Diaz. Got to get to 100 points!

Also, most away wins and most away points. 50 points at home and 50 points away would be a dream scenario.

 

[kaz7]

No mucking about,full first team and NO bravo just give him a medal anyway

 

[leth]

----------------------Ederson----------------------
Walker-----Otamendi------Laporte-----Mendy
-------------------Fernandinho-------------------
----------De Bruyne---------Foden--------------
Bernardo-----------Sterling----------------Sane

Bench: Bravo, Danilo, Delph, Stones, Gundogan, Diaz, Jesus

It's a difficult selection to call for this game. It's such an unique opportunity to get to 100 points so we surely have to play something close to our established first choice XI. However, I would like to see Mendy start. He'll want to prove his fitness ahead of the World Cup and he looked sharp last night. It'd be great to give him 60 minutes to whip those crosses in.

I don't think he will, but it would cap an amazing season for Foden to be handed his first Premier League start and i don't think he'd let us down if he had a strong team around him. I'd love Foden and Diaz to feature in order to officially become Premier League champions. Set them on the road to chasing down Giggs' record of 13 titles nice and early! Semi-joking aside, i do think it's vital that we keep giving them minutes for their development in these end-of-season games and both players have slotted in very well when we have called on them.

Jesus' form is all over the place at the moment. Having been rested when in great form, Sterling has to come back into the team and both Sane and Bernardo did well enough to keep their places too. I'd be tempted to drop Jesus to the bench and go with a fairly interchangeable front three from the start.

 

[ken tali]

----------------------Ederson----------------------
Walker-----Otamendi------Laporte-----Mendy
-------------------Fernandinho-------------------
----------De Bruyne---------Foden--------------
Bernardo-----------Sterling----------------Sane

Bench: Bravo, Danilo, Delph, Stones, Gundogan, Diaz, Jesus

It's a difficult selection to call for this game. It's such an unique opportunity to get to 100 points so we surely have to play something close to our established first choice XI. However, I would like to see Mendy start. He'll want to prove his fitness ahead of the World Cup and he looked sharp last night. It'd be great to give him 60 minutes to whip those crosses in.

I don't think he will, but it would cap an amazing season for Foden to be handed his first Premier League start and i don't think he'd let us down if he had a strong team around him. I'd love Foden and Diaz to feature in order to officially become Premier League champions. Set them on the road to chasing down Giggs' record of 13 titles nice and early! Semi-joking aside, i do think it's vital that we keep giving them minutes for their development in these end-of-season games and both players have slotted in very well when we have called on them.

Jesus' form is all over the place at the moment. Having been rested when in great form, Sterling has to come back into the team and both Sane and Bernardo did well enough to keep their places too. I'd be tempted to drop Jesus to the bench and go with a fairly interchangeable front three from the start.

Yeah ,Jesus has looked rather poor in those last matches.