Southampton (H) | Pre-Match Thread

[phargrave]

10-0 lol

Naw Pep said 18-0

 

[PragueBlue]

decent side , not sure when sergio will get an opportunity , back to a false nine which has worked well in the past , obvioulsy KDB & Gundo cannot play in the same side so that will cause some piss boiling.

I think they don't work well as 8s together but I think they could be both in the same side with KDB either wide right or false 9.

 

[Airbags Optional]

What are we thinking - Kev as false 9 or Mahrez?

 

[Len Rum]

No!
FFS Kev!

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

11 that should have started the derby

With the exception of Stones, who was MotM

 

[G-Star Medium Rare]

I don't understand why KDB hasn't been dropped after Sunday v the Rags

 

[LesBleuMiserable]

Can someone add up the cost of the bench as I'll be watching with the sound off.

Thanks

Don’t forget to count currency in “ Arab oil money” whereas other teams just spend money.

 

[domalino]

KDB Picked again ffs
He stank the place out on Sunday

Its genuinely bizarre how many people think players should be dropped as a form of punishment.

We went through it with Bernardo for months, people batching every time he got picked because he wasnt in good form.

We have about 3 weeks to get Kevin De Bruyne back in peak form and match sharpness for the champions league quarter finals, League Cup final and FA Cup semi-final.

That isn't going to magically happen from the bench. He has to play and if the other 10 on the pitch can't pick up some slack when he's not 100% then we have much bigger problems.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Would have had stones in for Dias, Stones has been better and I think it might be a bit risky to continually rotate stones and laporte and not expect a drop in form from him if they're never playing more than say 2 games in a row. Wouldn't have played kdb either, he's not in the side based on form and we're shoehorning him in, nothing wrong ith him sitting on the bench for a bit and earning his spot. Other than that good side, glad to see Fernandinho and foden back in and sterling out and mahrez rightly deserves his place.

 

[mancity1]

Danny Ings couldn't make it for this one.