Southampton Vs City Pre Match Discussion Thread

[eversince 76]

Again the main priority is to get 3 points, no matter what. The WBA-way without the last 15 minutes. It would be the perfect base to go into a week with Bayern and Arsenal as opponents.

Southampton are a very good team and their (unknown) manager has done a great job over there. But the seem to be on a slide and maybe it's a good moment to play them. I would be very confident if it wasn't for these nightmares with Barry slotting in his own net. It was probably the most dreadfull leaguegame we've played in the last 2 or 3 years.

 

[ianw16]

They are a bit hamstrung (no pun intended) by injuries atm, as mentioned. Biggest miss, from what I've seen of him, is Scneiderlin. Very decent player.

Current injury situation

V Wanyama Calf/Shin Injury no date
N Clyne Hamstring Injury no date
G Ramirez Illness no date
M Schneiderlin Groin/Pelvis Injury no date
A Boruc Fractured Hand 5 weeks
K Davis Back Injury no date
G Do Prado Knee Injury 5 weeks

 

[celf]

time to bring hart back in IMO

hart

zabba
VK
DEM
clichy

yaya
fern
navas
nasri

negredo
aguero

3-1 with goals from negredo nasri and zabba

 

[aguero93:20]

teams really starting to pick itself isn't it?

 

[alib]

Southampton have half their normal team injured :-))

 

[Marvin]

Southampton have just had their pre-match press conference.

Source: Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC

Summary

Gaston Ramirez is recovering from a heavy cold and maybe available
Fonte will be assessed tomorrow

Kelvin Davis is still recovering, as are Guly do Prado, Danny Fox and Morgan Schneiderlin and @VictorWanyama and @Nathaniel_Clyne are out

 

[alib]

Southampton have just had their pre-match press conference.

Source: Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC

Summary

Gaston Ramirez is recovering from a heavy cold and maybe available
Fonte will be assessed tomorrow

Kelvin Davis is still recovering, as are Guly do Prado, Danny Fox and Morgan Schneiderlin and @VictorWanyama and @Nathaniel_Clyne are out

that's their entire central midfield out!!!

 

[The Pink Panther]

time to bring hart back in IMO

hart

zabba
VK
DEM
clichy

yaya
fern
navas
nasri

negredo
aguero

3-1 with goals from negredo nasri and zabba

I'd also go with this team, tell them to play at a really high tempo for the first half and try and put the game to bed early as we should have done vs WBA

 

[Marvin]

Southampton have just had their pre-match press conference.

Source: Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC

Summary

Gaston Ramirez is recovering from a heavy cold and maybe available
Fonte will be assessed tomorrow

Kelvin Davis is still recovering, as are Guly do Prado, Danny Fox and Morgan Schneiderlin and @VictorWanyama and @Nathaniel_Clyne are out

that's their entire central midfield out!!!

Two keepers. Schneiderlin is a key midfielder and Wanyama is the guy they got from Celtic. Think Danny Fox is a defender and do Prado is a reserve striker. Clyne is a right back.

Good news for us, but they still have some good players, and they thrashed us last season with similar injury problems.

 

[kunaguero10]

None of our players are at risk of a suspension. These are PL stats (Yel column):

OTOH, Jack Wilshere is on 4 yellow cards, so one against Everton and he misses our game.

Yaya is doing well to have only been booked once in the league, much improved on the last couple of seasons