Southampton (A) | Pre-Match Thread

[marco]

Wouldn’t bank on it.

im not holding my breath mate but you never know we just might hit some sort of form to get us on a run,if we were to turn up at anfield as we are we would get stuffed,, fingers crossed pep earns his wages over the next few months,talking of pep i'm quite convinced if there were no Covid he would not have extended, just my opinion that he would have moved on to whatever is in his sights,in other words 'might as well just stay here until its over'

 

[Gray]

Carry on as we are and we wont finnish in the top 4.

We wouldn't finnish in the top four in the Swedish league playing like we did on Tuesday.

 

[hcblue95]

Plenty have suggested this and I fully agree, we need to try Kev deeper so he can get involved more. That way we also don't need to play both Rodri and gundogan. Gundogan is one of our only in form players at the moment so I'd go with a midfield 3 of gundogan, Kdb and Bernardo.

 

[OccupiedPalestineBlues]

We wouldn't finnish in the top four in the Swedish league playing like we did on Tuesday.

If we were finish then we’d be playing in the Veikkausliiga
league.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

i predicted 0-0 against the Rags and this will be the same , we set up not to lose games and if we score its a bonus against the usual ten man defence, we were unlucky against West Brom a deflected shot cost us two points. If we win that game 1-0 we have seven clean sheets on the bounce , best defence in the league , five points off top place with a game in hand and one defeat in sixteen games.
West Brom get a scabby deflected goal and its all doom & gloom and the media go into a frenzy , we are not going to win the title with our tactics and the amount of chances we miss , missing 90% of your opportunities will make you pay in the end. But a top four finish will not be an issue and just maybe the new Pep masterplan will be more suited to a Champs league run if we can keep Aguero fit and taking some of those chances.

 

[Airbags Optional]

Can’t see anything but a loss here. We are just not creating enough to win a game and I don’t see how we can change it with the way Pep has us set up this season.

 

[Scottish Cityzen]

I'd play Cancelo instead of Mendy, butt other than that, - that's what I hope to see.

I liked the look of that team too bar left back.

To be fair I’d put anybody there other than Cancelo and Mendy - both of them were terrible the other night.

Ake or Laporte for me and the wins in the bag ;-)

 

[blue b4 the moon]

i predicted 0-0 against the Rags and this will be the same , we set up not to lose games and if we score its a bonus against the usual ten man defence, we were unlucky against West Brom a deflected shot cost us two points. If we win that game 1-0 we have seven clean sheets on the bounce , best defence in the league , five points off top place with a game in hand and one defeat in sixteen games.
West Brom get a scabby deflected goal and its all doom & gloom and the media go into a frenzy , we are not going to win the title with our tactics and the amount of chances we miss , missing 90% of your opportunities will make you pay in the end. But a top four finish will not be an issue and just maybe the new Pep masterplan will be more suited to a Champs league run if we can keep Aguero fit and taking some of those chances.

Your first paragraph sounds great but, we all know we've been poor(ish) for a season & a half now and steadily getting worse.

I really hope there's a corner to turn, just one, to put us on the right road to recovery.

 

[Cornish_Blue]

Pep will no doubt be playing for a draw against ‘a tough tough top side’
Coward

 

[simon23]

if he starts with any two fot he 3 of Gundogan, Rodri or Ferna together as a pair in midfield the same problems will resurface. Slow one paced football, lack fo creativity and lots and lots of sideways passing, KDB isolated, Jesus droppping deep, working hard but offering no goal threat nd our wide men coming narow and running into a 10 man southampton defence.