Southampton (A) | Pre-Match Thread

[mikemcfc]

------------------eddie
-----------stones--------dias
--walker-------------------------laporte
------------KDB---------Gundy
Sterling-------------------------Foden
------------Aguero----Jesus

modified 442, raz and phil staying out wide opens it up, ensures they can't surround a lone striker,
and might open up passing lanes that have hampered our through ball game and is frustrating Kev.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

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.

True , we have had a good run a decade of hoovering up trophies , there are at least 3 or 4 better and more exciting teams than us in the Premier league , maybe we will have to take stock let Pep do his magic and challenge next year The defence is sorted , we need a world class defensive midfielder and another top striker. If it costs £200m i cant see UEFA trying it on again with FFP ,they have had their lesson.

 

[SWP's back]

We really need to win this game, a draw will not suffice.

Not sure I agree. Both Burnley and Sheffield United dropped points this week which takes the pressure off a little bit.

 

[citytill1die84]

For a start... the petty stubbornness has to stop.. get Laporte back in the team

FFS.. apparently we didn’t win the league cos he was out last season and now for some unknown reason he can’t get in

also Bernardo needs to be given a chance and a run so he can build up his form and confidence

Get Laporte back in for who? Why does either of Stones or Dias need to be dropped?

I'd play Laporte at LB tho.

 

[Gray]

Get Laporte back in for who? Why does either of Stones or Dias need to be dropped?

I'd play Laporte at LB tho.

Three at the back, Dias, Laporte, Stones? It works for Wolves.

 

[chaddblue]

Get Laporte back in for who? Why does either of Stones or Dias need to be dropped?

I'd play Laporte at LB tho.

In for Stones. Would be a bit harsh on him. But for me a Laporte / Dias partnership is potentially the best in the league.. but it has hardly happened yet and needs to be established

 

[waspish]

A good old 4-4-2

__________ederson____________

Walker___Stones__Dias___Cancelo

Sterling___kdb_Gundogan__Ferran

________Foden__Laporte_______

 

[Withnail]

We need players and the formation to start scoring goals and not to get a certain player back to form. Hopefully Aguero can get some 20-30 minutes at the end in some of easier games, if there any like that. Bernardo...he doesn't deserve to be in 16, he's been horrible for 18 months now.
I would really like him abandoning 4-3-3 with a false 9, it just doesn't work. The more he stretches the pitch, the more other teams play compact defence and we end up bombing all those futile semi-long box to nobody. I would like to see him going back to 4-1-4-1 with Raheem at the top and Jesus and Foden just behind and then Gundo and KdB behind them. And then we depend more on one of our CBs coming out with some through balls, Otamendi was excellent in our first title winning season under Pep, Laporte as well. One of those blokes sitting behind Pep need to tell him stretching the pitch doesn't work any more.

Sterling is stinking the place out at the moment and doesn't work as a no 9 his finishing is awful. Aguero has looked lively when he has come on in the last few games and as I said I would start him and bring on Jesus after 60 mins.

 

[blue for life]

Not Sterling. Put Bernardo in. Sick of seeing Sterling losing the ball and missing sitters.

 

[MAG]

Can’t remember the last time we had the poll going this way ... Lose winning by a long way and even Draw has almost as many votes as Win ??

This just means come tomorrow we’re gonna win convincingly now ...