First goal is always crucial for us, but especially against Cardiff; they burned us repeatedly on the counter in the first match, and if we go down and are forced to press people forward, we're liable to be in trouble. Need to come out of the dressing room strong, and need to avoid the lapses in concentration that killed us the last time. Going to say 2-2; a brace for Rickie, including one from a free kick (finally!), goals from Miller and Gunnarsson for Cardiff.
Saints Vs Cardiff. Davis. Richardson, Fonte(c), Martin, Fox. Puncheon, Cork, Schneiderlin, Lallana. Connolly, Lambert Lallana and Fonte return!
Id rather Lee play than Conolly. I know he hasnt had much time to integrate but this is a massive game
Very happy with the line up we'll have width and we have good options on the bench with Sharp to come on Saturday
Is guly injured must admit to not noticing he wasnt on the team sheet even though hes our second top scorer (hanging my head in shame!)
It's pretty close to the lineup that we used to great effect early in the year, though. Wonder if Guly is injured...shocked to see him dropped entirely.
Sibley's tweeted the lineup: Davis. Richardson, Fonte(c), Martin, Fox. Puncheon, Cork, Schneiderlin, Lallana. Connolly, Lambert Subs: Bialkowski, Harding, Hammond, Lee and Falque No place for Chaplow or De Ridder! Good to see Lallana in the side though, strongest team we've fielded for a while, hope we don't miss big Jos too much... Edit: Oops, didn't see this had been posted above.
Our squad is now looking seriously strong. Makes it very hard to tell whether guly, chaplow and de ridder aren't fit or there is simply no space for them in the side!
Courtesy of the Cardiff board, their line up: 01 Marshall 02 McNaughton 03 Taylor 06 Gerrard 25 Turner 07 Whittingham 08 Cowie 11 Conway 17 Gunnarsson 37 McPhail 09 Miller Substitutes 22 Heaton, 04 Kiss, 23 Blake, 15 Gestede, 20 Mason
