Southampton (A) | Pre-Match Thread

[chesterbells]

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Cheers me’dears

 

[oldius]

Come on blue boys. From the Claremont Road chippy to my hair cut at Artie's when I had some, I am bloody willing you to win and my ancestors are shaking their rattles to urge you on.

 

[oldius]

Ederson
Walker Stones Dias Cancelo
KDB Rodri Phil
Gundo
Torres Gabby

 

[kaz7]

Just a reminder, we are on prime

 

[chickaroon]

They have a agreement to buy haven’t they for £10 million

Yes, I think so.

 

[chesterbells]

You think City's struggles come down to tactics? I

My solution would be to select players who play with the intensity associated with Manchester City. No one wins games in this league unless they work hard and our midfield is too often at snail's pace. Passes move faster than players but you also need players to have the power and speed to create space for themselves.

Agree with all that. But in addition our finishing seems to be dire, though it’s just a perception, I don’t have any stats. I appreciate we are often having to shoot through a very crowded penalty box, but nevertheless, the number of times we seem to miss the target or have shots blocked seems a lot

 

[BlueMoaner]

I'm gonna state the obvious here....all teams apart from say Liverpool and Spurs park the bus against us and now they have got it down to a T when done properly....We STILL have no answer to this....they literally neutralise us and we just go round in circles ...simple but effective. Pep has come up with nothing as far as I can see..it will take something drastic to get around this...If WE score in the first 5 mins we are in with a chance, otherwise draw or loss...no matter who is playing for us......

 

[chickaroon]

Yes, I think so.

Just looked it up. He is on a season long loan with Leeds.

 

[Blu3m00n91]

Elderson
Walker Stones Diaz Cancelo
Fernandinho
De Bruyne Gundogan
Torres Aguero Jesus​

Can you type out the line ups each week it’s satisfying

 

[chedinho]

I'm gonna state the obvious here....all teams apart from say Liverpool and Spurs park the bus against us and now they have got it down to a T when done properly....We STILL have no answer to this....they literally neutralise us and we just go round in circles ...simple but effective. Pep has come up with nothing as far as I can see..it will take something drastic to get around this...If WE score in the first 5 mins we are in with a chance, otherwise draw or loss...no matter who is playing for us......

Spurs did. And they were at home.