Southampton (H) Pre-match Thread - Sunday 22nd May 4PM

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

Most attention seeking tweet of the season is just in.

[Ric Flair]

Don't think any of the U23's are on the bench today, we'd have found out by now if they were.

[Ryy]

6 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Don't think any of the U23's are on the bench today, we'd have found out by now if they were.

Rodgers out 

[Guest Lcfc82]

13 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Don't think any of the U23's are on the bench today, we'd have found out by now if they were.

Disappointing if there aren’t 2 or 3 on there.

Would rather them over the likes of perez, Hamza and soyuncu who probably won’t be here next season.

[AjcW]

1 minute ago, Lcfc82 said:

Disappointing if there aren’t 2 or 3 on there.

Would rather them over the likes of perez, Hamza and soyuncu who probably won’t be here next season.

They’ll be getting their “send off” game though  

[KFS]

24 minutes ago, Chocolate Teapot said:

Most attention seeking tweet of the season is just in.

Why the **** does Brendan know who this weirdo even is 

[Shane]

15 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Don't think any of the U23's are on the bench today, we'd have found out by now if they were.

Thats a shame 

 

The youngsters will get a chance in pre season anyway, so hopefully 1 or 2 will shine. I am picturing Will Alves dribbling past all of Burton Albion’s defence but just as he’s about to shoot into an empty net, he turns around and passes it backwards. Brendan will love him.

[Dandy king]

7 minutes ago, KFS said:

Why the **** does Brendan know who this weirdo even is 

Cause he's leaked the team several times ?

[RoboFox]

37 minutes ago, Chocolate Teapot said:

Most attention seeking tweet of the season is just in.

Toe curling. 

[KFS]

5 minutes ago, Dandy king said:

Cause he's leaked the team several times ?

Go after the leaker then not this creep imo 

[sacreblueits442]

7 minutes ago, Dandy king said:

Cause he's leaked the team several times ?

....even so, why should Rodgers know who he is, unless it has been pointed out or he introduced himself as the person who publishes the leak!!!

[Guest Col city fan]

Btts and Leicester to win today I think.

Dependent on if we play our strongest side 

[Jattdogg]

Leaking team sheet?

 

Think it's obvious how we will play no matter the squad. Pass, possession and weak defend corners. Plan accordingly

[Gamble92]

The weekly moaning has begun in full force i see. I'll be glad to have a few months away from you cretins

[gw_leics772]

On 20/05/2022 at 09:23, Foxes96 said:

Don’t want to drag up the UECL loss again… but out of interest who would you have put on Abraham? 
 

We had: Fofana and Evans as decent headers of the ball, then followed by Justin and then Ricardo…. 

 

Whereas they had 3 tall CB’s to our 2 and Abraham. So if one of our CB’s had marked Abraham we would have left one of their CB’s free. We were always going to be out numbered at set pieces by their bigger players

Who is more likely to score, a central defender or their 9 star striker. Leave Smalling alone if necessary, just don't out a midget on Abraham ffs!

[Dahnsouff]

Deflate the ball just a little, no more powered headers, defence/Kasper will have a chance. 

[sacreblueits442]

7 minutes ago, gw_leics772 said:

Who is more likely to score, a central defender or their 9 star striker. Leave Smalling alone if necessary, just don't out a midget on Abraham ffs!

...we could also have used "blockers" in that situation!!!

 It is irrelevant how tall your blocker is, so long as you prevent the run, that is all that counts.

[The Year Of The Fox]

41 minutes ago, KFS said:

Why the **** does Brendan know who this weirdo even is 

He’s mates with Thomas

[los dedos]

25 minutes ago, sacreblueits442 said:

....even so, why should Rodgers know who he is, unless it has been pointed out or he introduced himself as the person who publishes the leak!!!

He might not, but I'd imagine Rodgers went round chatting to " fans" at the award ceremony.  He probably drunkenly told him how to sort corners out .😅

[KingsX]

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Edited 22 May 2022 by KingsX

[gw_leics772]

On 20/05/2022 at 10:14, fazzyfox said:

The focus has been on it possibly / probably being Tielemans last game. His recent performances seem to have been either a case of self preservation or mind elsewhere scenario and this has tarnished the kind of farewell it could / should have been. My question is, do any of you have any sentimentality for some of the others who we may not see again, including contributors to our one and only F.A.Cup Final win. Soyuncu defended bravely that day, Perez, somehow, was involved in the winning goal, Mendy had a decent spell last season involved in some great results and performances. There has been more column inches on Tielemans future than Soyuncu but has Soyuncu's mind been elsewhere this season or was Rodgers post-Forest blast a watershed in Soyuncu's relationship with Rodgers and the club? What I'm getting at is do you reserve a different attitude towards those parting because their time has come, tryers but not good enough, and those who have perhaps manufactured their departure by downing tools or at least becoming a diluted version of what we know they can be, which were players good enough to be a part of a positive future for us? And then maybe some we aren't certain will be here (but I'd want to be) such as Ricardo, Castagne, Kasper even . As for Vestergaard and Bertrand a lap of (dis)honour would involve a degree of effort and fitness so we can rule that out.

 

In the case of Tielemans I do think there's a couple of other factors, when he returned in December he looked rusty, it looked like it was a little too soon and he's never quite shaken off that rust since. Secondly, since the emergence of K D-H and following some shocking team performances it seems Tielemans is playing deeper in a double Pivot with Mendy rather than his usual role midway between Ndidi and Madison. I do get angry though at the amount of times he shakes his head and points "No, don't pass to me, pass to him". For your wages you should want the ball all the time or work your *** off to be in a better space, just seems wasted as a water carrier, I get the feeling he'll cite this after he leaves as a frustration.

Nahh, **** em all.

[mad biker]

9 hours ago, sishades said:

What total BS! Top half of the prem, semi final of a European competition and a round silvery thing in the trophy cabinet. Your sense of perspective is skewed at best.

That wasn`t my post !!!