Southampton (H) | Pre-Match Thread

[dickie davies]

I think Pep will stick with Dias and Stones
Cancelo will be rested so it may be a rare start for Mendy over Zinchenko and Walker in at RB
Fern, Foden, Torres, Aguero, Bernardo and Gundogan all to start

..............Ederson
Walker Stones Dias Zinc/Mendy
Bernardo Fernandinho Gundogan
..........Torres Aguero Foden

I really think this is how we'll set up, but the issue is, if Mendy starts, that Walker and Mendy are not technical and won't play inside. They'll be outside which is where Foden and Torres will be unless Pep switches Foden and Torres to be inverted
Of course the above scenario is null and void if Cancelo or/and Zinchenko starts

 

[Esteban de la Sexface]

they beat us in July last year and we were pathetic the same day.

Wouldn't take anything for granted.

 

[chaddblue]

they beat us in July last year and we were pathetic the same day.

Wouldn't take anything for granted.

The only thing pathetic that day was our mistake that led to their goal and our finishing (sound familiar)

We had 74% possession and 32 shots

we could have played until midnight and not scored

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

Hopefully get back to winning ways to show that Sunday was just a blip. I'd like to see Bernardo & Foden get a start in this one.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Hopefully get back to winning ways to show that Sunday was just a blip. I'd like to see Bernardo & Foden get a start in this one.

Your second sentence is why it was a blip

 

[Gray]

Can not start with Mendy, too much of a liability.

 

[yeseye]

@MAG ,
Could you put the early KO in the title please as this early KO will no doubt catch a few out.
Thanks.

 

[The Black Shed]

A nervy 2-1 I reckon, hoping it all clicks and we thunder in 4/5/6 of the bastards but for all of those 21 wins in a row I still had a nagging feeling we're not clinical enough in most of those games, same for the United game, if we had put away three or four of them we'd have won having played shite. Or shiter, we've become accustomed to 95% pass success ratio and it's an extremely noticeable when the figures dip below that mark. Anyway, 2-1 for me

 

[shemnel]

After a defeat and after a European game the next game boils down to winning. Doesn't matter how really, the principle aim is to win. Winning comfortably, or even well, is bonus territory.

Get your best team out, and give Soton a hard time. Ward-Prowse is a genuine threat from any set piece, especially in shooting range, so it's press high and foul nearer to the half-way of you have to, and no sticking the boot in around the box. Che Adams is also a decent striker who'll just have a pop from anywhere so whilst Soton aren't great, they have some good players.

Foden and Bernie back in, Kdb stays. Sterling out, Aguero at lest half an hour. Laporte and Walker in.

 

[MeatnSpudsMCFC]

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