Southampton Vs City Pre Match Discussion Thread

[aguero93:20]

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.

boruc being out is a negative for us

 

[Blue Coop]

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.

boruc being out is a negative for us

Over on that's Saints forum in the build-up they are all praying for Boruc to come back. They say the new chap has hardly made a save yet and he's terrible, sounds like a bonus to me!

 

[TheSoulhunter]

I'd go for
----------------------Hart----------------------
--Richards--Vinny--Lescott--Clichy--
----------------Yaya-----Ferna--------------
--Milner---------Aguero---------Nasri--
--------------------Negredo-----------------

 

[aguero93:20]

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.

boruc being out is a negative for us

Over on that's Saints forum in the build-up they are all praying for Boruc to come back. They say the new chap has hardly made a save yet and he's terrible, sounds like a bonus to me!

Yeh but he keeps kicking the ball into touch too, you want someone like lloris or boruc who'll pass it to kun.

 

[the goats backside]

So many going for Micah, is Zabs injured.... Best 11 tomorrow a win is a must

 

[urmston]

So many going for Micah, is Zabs injured.... Best 11 tomorrow a win is a must

I agree.

Things have to continue to improve away from home.

We've gone from switching off when the opponents still have time to win to switching off when it is too late for them to win.

The next step is not to switch off at all.

 

[alanblue]

Zableta every time for me.
Just keep a clean sheet tomorrow and the three points are our's.

 

[carlos tevez is a blue]

Giving the injures they have this has went from a "not the end of the world if we draw game" to a "Must. Win. Game"

 

[without a dream]

If Schneiderlen (or however you spell it) is out that's a big boost for us, he's a cracking player.

 

[GX Blue]

Id go

Pants

Richards
Lescott
Kompany
Clichy

Navas
Yaya
Fernandinho
Nasri

Negredo
Aguero

Richards as he has good ability in the air and Southampton have 3 big lads upfront.
Kolarov is a massive no no for me as they have attacking fullbacks and he cant defend at all.

 

[waspish]

If Pellegrini looking to play a really strong team on Tuesday can see him resting Zab Clichy Fernandinho and even Aguero for this game

 

[aguero93:20]

If Pellegrini looking to play a really strong team on Tuesday can see him resting Zab Clichy Fernandinho and even Aguero for this game

if he rests all 4, especially after resting clichy midweek, I'll have to go on the mp thread and say some very unkind things about him and I don't want to do that.

 

[GX Blue]

If Pellegrini looking to play a really strong team on Tuesday can see him resting Zab Clichy Fernandinho and even Aguero for this game

That will never ever happen mate.

You seriously think Pellers will rest these players for an important premier league match and play them in a match that is pointless as we have qualified?

 

[waspish]

If Pellegrini looking to play a really strong team on Tuesday can see him resting Zab Clichy Fernandinho and even Aguero for this game

if he rests all 4, especially after resting clichy midweek, I'll have to go on the mp thread and say some very unkind things about him and I don't want to do that.

I'm hoping he plays our strongest team and play a weaker team on Tuesday and that will give our strongest team players a good rest ready for Arsenal..

This team tomorrow please Pellegrini.....

___________Panty____________

Zab__Kompany_lescot__Clichy

______Yaya__Fernandinho____

_______Navas___Nasri_______

______negrado__Aguero_____

 

[waspish]

If Pellegrini looking to play a really strong team on Tuesday can see him resting Zab Clichy Fernandinho and even Aguero for this game

That will never ever happen mate.

You seriously think Pellers will rest these players for an important premier league match and play them in a match that is pointless as we have qualified?

Just going of what he said in a press conference he wants to win the group so we don't come up against a Barcelona or a Madrid and to win at Bayern we need our strongest team fresh...

 

[adrianr]

If Pellegrini looking to play a really strong team on Tuesday can see him resting Zab Clichy Fernandinho and even Aguero for this game

if he rests all 4, especially after resting clichy midweek, I'll have to go on the mp thread and say some very unkind things about him and I don't want to do that.

Unfortunately this. That would be an absolute travesty, frankly.

 

[carlos tevez is a blue]

If Pellegrini looking to play a really strong team on Tuesday can see him resting Zab Clichy Fernandinho and even Aguero for this game

I'm going to Munich and baring in mind we have Arsenal on Saturday and we have already qualified I hope he puts out a reserve team and save them for Saturday.

 

[aguero93:20]

If Pellegrini looking to play a really strong team on Tuesday can see him resting Zab Clichy Fernandinho and even Aguero for this game

That will never ever happen mate.

You seriously think Pellers will rest these players for an important premier league match and play them in a match that is pointless as we have qualified?

Just going of what he said in a press conference he wants to win the group so we don't come up against a Barcelona or a Madrid and to win at Bayern we need our strongest team fresh...

going by that logic, dzeko and kolarov are in our strongest team. our best chance is we both play reserve sides, cause ours isn't much different to theirs

 

[GX Blue]

If Pellegrini looking to play a really strong team on Tuesday can see him resting Zab Clichy Fernandinho and even Aguero for this game

That will never ever happen mate.

You seriously think Pellers will rest these players for an important premier league match and play them in a match that is pointless as we have qualified?

Just going of what he said in a press conference he wants to win the group so we don't come up against a Barcelona or a Madrid and to win at Bayern we need our strongest team fresh...

I know but hes not gonna go into the press conferance and say he's not arsed if we win or lose against Munich.

Full strength tomorrow i think. If we win tomoz we can finally put the away curse behind us and crack on....

 

[waspish]

That will never ever happen mate.

You seriously think Pellers will rest these players for an important premier league match and play them in a match that is pointless as we have qualified?

Just going of what he said in a press conference he wants to win the group so we don't come up against a Barcelona or a Madrid and to win at Bayern we need our strongest team fresh...

going by that logic, dzeko and kolarov are in our strongest team. our best chance is we both play reserve sides, cause ours isn't much different to theirs

I want a strong team for Southampton so hopefully he is planning on playing this team on Tuesday

___________Hart____________

Mica_D/chellis_Lescot_Kolorav

______Rodwell__Garcia_______

_____Milner__nasri__lopez_____

___________Dzeko____________