That would be nice, think we'll have to earn all the decisions, lets hope we are putting the right pressure on the ref.
Even though a large part of me is secretly confident about tomorrow, I am going to go for a 2-1 West Ham. Just can't quite bring myself to put it in black and white that I think we'll get something. Same team as Saturday for me, although I really wouldn't be surprised if Hammond and/or Puncheon started - and I wouldn't be against either of them starting (just so long as Cork keeps his place). Will be interesting what XI West Ham go with, especially considering Nolan's absence and their vast array of strikers.
Loving the optimism on this thread. I also have a good feeling about tomorrow when I'm normally a nervous wreck going into any game. I think we may just shock the Championship tomorrow with a 2-0 win. Need to keep the crowd quiet early doors with a goal and not let Carlton Cole dominate in the air. I would normally say I'd be happy with a draw, but we are capable of winning so let's go at them!
This will be3 a great game as for a prediction my heart says a Saints win my head says a score draw either way i will be happy. COYR
Can't really see any changes to the side from Saturday, with the same bench also named barring any last minute injuries My prediction is 2-1 West Ham unfortunately but I would love to be wrong
Don't think it will be a shock if we win. We've been top for months, are now second, and have already beaten West Ham this season.
For the Hammers home game Nigel knew that Kevin Nolan would be spending 90 minutes in the ref's ear. So he got Deano Hammond to get in the other one to make sure Nolan wouldn't be reffing the game. Of course, Nolan will be conspicuously absent tomorrow.
Valid points but on our current form ( last ten games ) and with a LOT of other Championship team fans saying that our bubble has burst - I think it would surprise a few people to see us win comfortably away at WHU. The same kind of shock or surprise if we saw Chelsea beat Man Utd away on current form.
The only shock is that we finally have a full squad to choose from. Quietly confident that we will get at least a draw.
A good solid all round performance saturday meant 3 points If we can produce a similar performance tomorrow night a draw might be acceptable but a win is more likely.
Just seen that the last time we played him was at home to Sheff United in 2008/9. We scored in the 90th minute to equalise, and still lost. Danny Ward deep into stoppage time. The 2nd last time he reffed us was the kinda famous 2-1 win at Reading in November 2008. We were underdogs, as we will be tomorrow night. I'm not sure which one will be a sign of how tomorrow will go. Neither, I suspect.
If we can stand up to their aggression and direct play, we could play them off the park and embaress Big Sam with a footballing lesson. It will depend on how we withstand that onslaught.
Well if they play like they did at St Mary's, we'll p!ss on them. I'm almost 99% sure they'll be better than that though. Almost just because they couldn't really get much worse!
Did you think that was an easy game then? I thought it was one of our toughest games so far. Yes, they played an awful style of football that night, but we had to work our socks off in that game and they had a few chances in the last 20 minutes.
