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Match Day Thread Southampton v Swansea - Saturday 12/08/2017 3pm

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by jonny 'hasen' shuttle, Jun 14, 2017.

  1. Mostlymadeofwater

    Mostlymadeofwater Well-Known Member

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    For me it's tadic we need to take off. Redmond not as zingy as usual, but not terrible and has consistently released Bertrand well. An OK half of football, but we need confidence as those chances still aren't hitting the back of the net
     
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  2. VocalMinority

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    As Mauricio said, i think the main thing he has improved is the linking between the payers. Some of link up play between redmond, bertrand et al on that left side has been really good.
     
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  3. sotonsaint

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    Chase! We shoudnt be going behind to this lot at home! Swans have been pretty poor.
     
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    Sucker punch is well on the cards though.
     
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    Good point - getting frustrated with Tadic generally
     
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  6. Paddy Podped

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    WE ARE STAYING UP!
     
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  7. Puck

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    Well we did similar things often enough last year (and almost did again while I'm typing).

    I did say chase a goal though, not chase the game. I can easily imagine this still being goalless with 15-20 mins to go.
     
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  8. oldstocktonsaint

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    15 shots, 1 on target. No change there then!
     
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    We needn't have bothered with summer.......
     
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  10. Puck

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    Tadic and Gabbiadini break, Gabbiadini drops to the back post... and Tadic slides the ball along the floor straight to the defender Gabbiadini has peeled away from. <doh>
     
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    Tempting to get Austin on, but I imagine there's a danger of over crowding the danger area with wrong decisions.
     
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  12. Schad

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    Now I suppose we'll see if Pellegrino willing to make subs that change the shape of things. Could do with a goalscorer who does not replace a goalscorer.
     
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  13. oldstocktonsaint

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    If this ends 0-0 will all the anti-Puel crowd apologise to Claude?
     
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  14. Paddy Podped

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    Those trainig videos where we see them scoring goals - I wonder how many hours they have to film for to get enough footage to make the 20 seconds highlights clip
     
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  15. sotonsaint

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    No
     
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  16. Number 1 Jasper

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    I will .
     
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  17. Puck

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    Might be a game to get Boufal on early. Possibly in place of Davis, given how dominant we are.
     
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    I'd like to see Boufal on for Tadic
     
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    We need to throw some traffic cones and an artificial defensive wall on the pitch. It's the only time I've seen our players hit the target since March.
     
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