Southampton (H) - Sat 26th Oct, 15:00 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[Harrilew]

...........Ederson

.....Akanji Dias gvardiol
..............Stones
............Kova. Bernardo
.................Foden
Savinhio..................Nunes
...............Haaland

 

[ninjamonkey]

Team picks itself really. Only got enough players to fill half a bench even with 2 keepers. Ake can't start again yet, gundo is due a rotation out so there's only really 1 debatable choice at the back with 3 from the 4 of Lewis, stones, dias and akanji.

Ederson
Lewis
Stones
Dias
Gvardiol
Kovacic
Bernardo
Foden
Nunes
Savinho
Haaland.

These are poor and very naive, anything but a really comfortable win will be a major disappointment, I wouldn't necessarily expect a big scoreline though, just get to a comfortable position early with a couple of goals lead and see it out with as little energy expended as possible.

 

[M23 Citizen]

Southampton play very good football. Russell Martin has stuck by the football philosophy he believes in and they have only had less possession this season than City, Spurs, Lpool, Brighton and Chelsea. They have averaged more possession than their opposition across their 8 games so far.




To do that with the players he has at his disposal is brave, some may argue stupid as they haven’t won a game yet but it could pay off come the end of the season. I admire a coach who wants to play that way. He’s someone who would do well in the league with a competitive bunch of players.

However, unless he sees Saturday as a free hit (and maybe he will?!), I think he will completely discard his philosophy and my words will mean nowt as he’ll likely camp his team in his own box for the game and try and frustrate us.

I’m hoping not through and I’d love to see a good game between two good possession teams.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Team picks itself really. Only got enough players to fill half a bench even with 2 keepers. Ake can't start again yet, gundo is due a rotation out so there's only really 1 debatable choice at the back with 3 from the 4 of Lewis, stones, dias and akanji.

Ederson
Lewis
Stones
Dias
Gvardiol
Kovacic
Bernardo
Foden
Nunes
Savinho
Haaland.

These are poor and very naive, anything but a really comfortable win will be a major disappointment, I wouldn't necessarily expect a big scoreline though, just get to a comfortable position early with a couple of goals lead and see it out with as little energy expended as possible.

I think the only debate will be whether Akanji plays. Pep likes Akanji!

 

[Fordyboy46]

Ederson, Lewis, Dias, Stones, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Nunes, Bernardo, Savio, Foden, Haaland

City 2 Soton 1

 

[hoodyeezus]

Just hope for a comfortable win tbh. Recent PL games have felt like a grind and I’m hoping a stretch of good form starts as players keep coming back.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

Just hope for a comfortable win tbh. Recent PL games have felt like a grind and I’m hoping a stretch of good form starts as players keep coming back.

Our squad is switching to Gear 2 now.fitness wise.
They are all up for it. They are getting into the groove.
Southampton should be worried.

 

[Fred_Quimby]

Stones won't play.

 

[Withnail]

A win, clean sheet and no injuries please.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Saturday is a game where the result should be over by HT and we can time manage the second half.

I'd love us to go 100% for 90 mins but a thread bare squad etc.