Farke is probably of the correct view that Rodon should not have been sent off. No way was that a foul for the second yellow. So it serves no purpose and is detrimental to the team to exclude him from the lineup. It will also signal support for a player wrongfully dismissed.
Issue is can you change a winning side when we played so well against Watford? I would like to see Rodon back in but personally think he’ll want to have one of Cooper or Ayling at the back for the leadership. Anyone dropping James in their teams is on a mad one after his goal contributions, not the most skilful but end product over skill everyday of the week.
Good morning from Zakynthos mixed weather today. Game is on sky so plenty of bars will have it on. We can do these southern upstarts who have had some hard fixtures so far and may finish higher than current position.
HAHA My Southampton mates are not so confident now, their forecasting a 0-3 defeat , hope their right . Good morning everyone.
Think this is going to be one of our toughest games of the season but I still think we are a better side. it's all about doing the basics and doing things right. if we do that we have every chance of winning this game. Rodon comes straight back in for me he's the best CB at the club I'd take out Coops he's just come back from injury give him a bit more rest after a couple of quick games. buzzing all week but things can change with a click of the fingers I'm confident but not over confident they still have players who can hurt us and they've lost 4 in a row they be hurting and desperate to get back on track. we need to get their crowd straight on their backs get a early goal make their players nervous which could lead to doing stupid things. got my prediction correct last week lets see how close i get it today 0-2.
These early kickoffs tend to be really poor games and throw up freakish results. Not sure why but I’ve seen very few entertaining matches in the 12.30 slot
Only going to catch first half today. Grandsons birthday party kicking off At two so I’m In charge of pouring the beer for the kids
Southampton play a good style of possession based football as we do we so maybe we'll cancel each other out a bit. Tough game but hopefully we can keep the unbeaten run going.