Match Day Thread Saints vs Wrexham - Saturday, August 9 - 12:30 KO

Hoping for a bit better. Whatever the outcome we need to give the team until October before making judgement.

 

oh… you’ve done it now!

 

You must have done well last season
How much were you up?

 

I’m not convinced the majority will share your patience

However, maybe we won’t need it???

 

3-4-3 then. Armstrong starting striker. Downes starts. Matty on bench.

 

Kiefer Moore starts for them, which is potentially annoying.

 

That bench is ridiculously good

 

Solid but surprises me Armstrong playing through the middle.

 

Apart from Fraser. I think that's not and bad lineup

 

That team looks easy to defend against

 

Combined height of our front three is 5ft 6.

 

Put your mortgage on Kiefer Moore scoring against us, then being absolute pony for the rest of the season.

 

Mixed bag for the first line up of the season then. Pretty defensive with 3 CB's and two DMs. Surprised that Downes is starting as I assumed Fernandes would be fitter to start having only missed out through illness rather than injury. We've seen Armstrong fail as the central striker too many times for me to be happy about that one too. Particularly with Stewart AND Downs on the bench. Going to be pretty reliant on Robinson providing the creativity and spark. Incredibly attacking bench.

 

Only thing i'm not sure about is Baz and Jack starting but maybe their performances will be better this season under Still they will have to be.#
Oh, and 3 CBs, I expect it'll revert to a flat back four at some point.

 

Really looking forward to watching the Downes-Charles pivot

 

True, but that bench screams ‘options’ if things aren’t working as hoped.

 

Hopefully we will see tactical flexibility, switching to 4 at the back early half if we need a goal.

 

Pre match mood stabilisation.