Southampton (H) Pre Match Thread

[bondsman]

Ederson
Danilo
Stones
Laporte
Mendy
Fernandinho
D Silva
B Silva
Sterling
Sane
Aguero

That’ll do for me

 

[GX Blue]

Ederson
Danilo
Stones
Laporte
Mendy
Fernandinho
D Silva
B Silva
Sterling
Sane
Aguero

Yep, I agree. Danilo played well last night and deserves another start. Walker been a bit off last couple of games so be good to give him a gentle kick up the backside that his place isn't certain. Would also like Leroy to start and let Mahrez sit this one out.

 

[Marvin]

Yep, I agree. Danilo played well last night and deserves another start. Walker been a bit off last couple of games so be good to give him a gentle kick up the backside that his place isn't certain. Would also like Leroy to start and let Mahrez sit this one out.

I think Guardiola sat down before this run of fixtures and looked at the two end games before the international break and decided that he wanted to optimise the group for the final two games Shakhtar and Man Utd. In the case of KDB that means accepting that KDB is at 90% and how do we get him to 100% for the big two games. It means putting in a maximal effort in the Fulham Cup game so he has time to recover fully and play in the CL game and Man Utd i.e. he'd play Fulham at his max. and not Southampton.

You could look at the Fulham game and wonder what the hell Guardiola was doing playing KDB for so long when we had Southampton in 3 days. How could a player who wasn't at 100% play both games and Shakhtar and Man Utd shortly thereafter? Well perhaps Guardiola has another plan, and it's not game by game. He is smarter than you think.

Certain players are in mind for Southampton.

I could be wrong but I bet there was a method in the apparent madness of leaving KDB on for so long.

 

[GX Blue]

I think Guardiola sat down before this run of fixtures and looked at the two end games before the international break and decided that he wanted to optimise the group for the final two games Shakhtar and Man Utd. In the case of KDB that means accepting that KDB is at 90% and how do we get him to 100% for the big two games. It means putting in a maximal effort in the Fulham Cup game so he has time to recover fully and play in the CL game and Man Utd i.e. he'd play Fulham at his max. and not Southampton.

You could look at the Fulham game and wonder what the hell Guardiola was doing playing KDB for so long when we had Southampton in 3 days. How could a player who wasn't at 100% play both games and Shakhtar and Man Utd shortly thereafter? Well perhaps Guardiola has another plan, and it's not game by game. He is smarter than you think.

Certain players are in mind for Southampton.

I could be wrong but I bet there was a method in the apparent madness of leaving KDB on for so long.

Was no surprise to me about KDB. Kev needs minutes and I was fully expecting him to play 90 against Fulham. The sit out Sunday (or maybe 20 min) then another full 90 against Shakthar and then he would be back fully. Gutted he came off. See today how bad it is.

 

[come-on-barney]

Would’ve thought Walker will start ahead of Danilo. Other than that, we’re good to go. Should beat these comfortably, but last two two home games against them have been tough from what I can recall?

If Danilo keeps up last nights form Walker might have some real competition :)

 

[Ric]

If Danilo keeps up last nights form Walker might have some real competition :)

Agreed, thought he as excellent last night and am sure he will start against Shakhtar if he doesn't play on Sunday. Real bonus to have him fit and available again.

 

[lionheart]

If Kevin starts on Sunday then I will eat my hat. Even without the injury, he should not be playing three games in a week. We will need him for the Scum.

 

[chesterguy]

Like many I thought Danilo grew into the game and was excellent last night but I dont see him able to play 2 games in 3 days after coming back from an injury. I fully expect to see Walker on Sunday but he must know that there is competition for his place.

 

[eversince 76]

Somehow Southampton at home seems to be a difficult game for us. More difficult than playing them away tbf.
Again, the starting 11 is not that interesting anymore as we seem to be able to field whoever on whatever position. This is how good our squad has become. And we really should take 3 points from this one. Prefer not to wait until the last minute of injurytime with Sterling curling one in though.

 

[Steve68]

I really want to see Foden and Diaz trusted to start a Premier game. Were are at home against opposition as easy as it gets. Both are ready and we need to start really showing that they are the players we will turn to when injury or age bring squad gaps rather than the transfer market.