Southampton (A) Match Thread

[Foxy_jim]

Duck me I thought you were on about King. Ok you're (maybe) not a dweeb.

[Beechey]

Just now, adam said:

Bizarre team and bench selection. Surely no one can be that knackered that they need a rest already. Nailed on defeat with that midfield 

We played a worse midfield and smashed Man City last season

[TonyN11]

19 minutes ago, Mark said:

Ulloa ahead of Slimani and Iheanacho now as they don't even make the bench 

Ah yes but haven’t we got an important development squad match tomorrow?

[Gerard]

Just now, Deano79 said:

1-3. Kingy Simpson Okazaki 

 

Scenes on here and some embarrassed posters if we win 1-3 with King and Ulloa scoring all three between them. 

[foxfanazer]

1 minute ago, RumbleFox said:

I think you have had what the young folk call "a mare" here mate.  I was quite clearly talking about Ulloa if you actually read the thread rather than just comment without even putting in that much effort.  Great put down though and I haven;t heard the word dweeb since about 1997 so that was quite a nice walk down memory lane.  X

Yeah dweebs a classic 

[Mike Oxlong]

3 minutes ago, Strokes said:

I see he has picked the forums favourite scapegoat, I hope kingy scores and shoves it down your throats.

Is that one event or two?

[Kasey Keller]

[SheppyFox]

1 minute ago, Beechey said:

We played a worse midfield and smashed Man City last season

Occasionally people win the lottery too.

[RumbleFox]

1 minute ago, Foxy_jim said:

Duck me I thought you were on about King. Ok you're (maybe) not a dweeb.

Oh don't worry, I'm a Grade A dweeb aint no mistake. X

[09bballer]

We've just won 3 in a row. Puel might know what he's doing!

[HitchinFox]

Is this for real? King on for Iborra? No Gray? Chilwell and Fuchs both on?

 

Well, out of all the teams, Southampton is the one Puel should know the most about. Hope this comes off – could be ugly if it doesn't.

[GeorgeTheFox]

Iheanacho and Slimani are going in January I reckon. Don't mind the team but neither of them on the bench is surely telling

[Babylon]

Rotation at some point is to be expected, we can't play the same team week in week out. 

 

It's still a sickener even though you know it's coming. This is where not getting Silva can punish you 

[Foxy_jim]

2 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

I think you have had what the young folk call "a mare" here mate.  I was quite clearly talking about Ulloa if you actually read the thread rather than just comment without even putting in that much effort.  Great put down though and I haven;t heard the word dweeb since about 1997 so that was quite a nice walk down memory lane.  X

Yep, a mare indeed. Glad the retro put down was appreciated? 

[justfoxes]

Bugger why is he dropping Iborra to the bench we look calm with him in the middle ??

Still hoping for a win though 1-3 City ?

[Kitchandro]

Okazaki was good when he came on and Gray was frustrating, so I can understand that. But other changes are wrong for me.

 

Ok Iborra wasn’t great the other night, but King?

 

Dropping Albrighton is poor and putting Chilwell in his place is inexplicable. The boy is not comfortable with the ball at all, he just runs forward a few yards and then stops and starts thinking about where he’s going to kick it.

Edited 13 December 2017 by Kitchandro

[turtmcfly]

4 minutes ago, sishades said:

I am truely lost for words regarding this team selection..

every cloud and all that...

[Babylon]

Just now, HitchinFox said:

Is this for real? King on for Iborra? No Gray? Chilwell and Fuchs both on?

 

Well, out of all the teams, Southampton is the one Puel should know the most about. Hope this comes off – could be ugly if it doesn't.

Did you really think we'd play the same team all December? The manager literally told us he'd have to rotate so god knows why people are acting like he's lost his mind!

[Matt]

1 minute ago, Babylon said:

Rotation at some point is to be expected, we can't play the same team week in week out. 

 

It's still a sickener even though you know it's coming. This is where not getting Silva having staff capable of doing their job can punish you 

 

[MC Prussian]

The overreaction in this thread is astounding. Too many people with a diploma in moaning.?

 

Let‘s show some faith in the squad tonight and see how the Puel Battle Plan develops as the game progresses.

We need to allocate our power accordingly, with league, FA Cup and League Cup action dominating the following weeks.

Edited 13 December 2017 by MC Prussian

[Beechey]

2 minutes ago, SheppyFox said:

Occasionally people win the lottery too.

"Winning football matches are as likely as winning the lottery"

 

Laughable

[FoxinNotts]

Don't like it. Hope I'm wrong, but on paper, this looks uninspiring. Southampton look strong on paper. Let's hope things look better on the grass.

[urban.spaceman]

Don't get why people are so nonplussed about the selection. We all know how many games we've got coming up, and that Claude has told us he's going to rotate. Fuchs is back in postition, Chilwell has been given another chance to grow in a role he's already looked very promising in, and Shinji is back in the position we know Vards thrives off. King is the weird choice for some - but him coming in gives Iborra a rest and we don't have many more eligible central midfielders except for King and Amartey.

 

I'll reserve judgement until the second minute, THEN I'll start slagging Kingy off.

[foxfanazer]

Gray on at 60 minutes if things aren’t going our way

[Babylon]

**** me, the reaction on here is laughable. How exactly do you rest people without someone else taking their place?