Match Day Thread Fulham v Saints. This Saturday. FA Cup 6/1/2018 3pm

We need a confidence boost so I would go with as stronger team as possible without risking anyone who is carrying a knock or injury

 

Not even a single bloody light sabre

 

In many respects it's irrelevant because he has to be sacked asap. That said if there is a shred of any belief left in the season we have to go with our strongest team just to give fans something to cling to. Mind you our strongest team will likely struggle anyway. Which takes me back to the start - he needs to be sacked.

 

I might have a spare. Won't know until Friday.

Edit- might have two!

 

Anyway, strong team for me, we could do with a nice cup run. Something to boost the confidence and offer a nice distraction from the league.

 

I notice a distinct lack of pelegrino apologists now. Are we all in agreement?

 

There are no tickets left for this game (OK, there are no tickets for Saints fans), so we should have a good following. What can possibly go wrong? Well, we could win, and worry about having distractions from our need to do well (do better, not no worse) in the league. Or we could draw, and face a replay, in between important league fixtures, or we could lose and make everyone even more depressed.

I think that covers the main options, unless we get another plague of frogs, or an earthquake makes Craven Cottage unsafe.

 

I think there are still two or three on here, who haven't quite yet converted.

 

Seriously; a good call Beefy.

 

Tricky one - I'd give the fringe players a go and see how they do....but only if we knew for sure they'd not get a top 6 team next round, no-one needs a repeat of last year's Arsenal game.

Forster
Pied Stephens Bednarek Targett
Hojbjerg Slattery
Redmond Hesketh McQueen
Gabbiadini

Bench: Taylor, Valery, Yoshida, Romeu, JWP, Long, Barnes

 

I don't think he has any supporters. If you randomly rotate your players then about every 6 games you'll pick the right team. Which statistically is what he's managed to do so far this season.

 

I live in London but can't be ar.sed and our strongest team will get beat as per

 

Things weren't going well and we tried using the force (you). It was a valiant but fruitless task. Now times are desperate. We may need to bring in the ultimate last defender of the mighty Saints. Captain Matt le Tiss Picard! Make it so number 7!

 

But but but, the rebels need to lose a battle to come back stronger. The Force isn’t strong in you I fear.

 

I predict that a blue tinted apparition will arise on the left defensive third, swing a foot and launch the ball down the wing in the path of another blue tinted apparition which will pick up the ball, cut inside and curl the ball deciliciously into the right corner of the net, leading to the Saints fans rising in ecstasy.
Sadly, the ref then disallows the goal due to the fact that there appear to be 13 players on the pitch and unfair use of the Force to influence the outcome of a game of association football.

 

'We are the spark, that will light the fire that'll burn the First Order down.'

 

nah I'm a Star Trek man!

 

If no.7 hadn’t stepped up, I was going to do a Muppets themed one.

I’ll save that.

 

Yes, that was the plan.