Hull City vs Southampton Match Thread

Sorry, but this is bullshit.
Fonte: was one of the better defenders in the league, before he dropped down to league 1 to sign for us.
Hooiveld: is one of the best CB's in the league.
Fox: is up there with the best LB's and is worth every penny we paid for his assist alone.
Schneiderlin: French U21 international and coveted by Arsenal before we signed him, Fulham tried to nab him in Jan 2010 for £4million. (most on here probably won't know that fact)
Cork: One of the best CMs in the league, and has history of performing well at this level
Lallana: Best player outside the prem whilst in league 1
Guly: Tracked by Roma before signing for us
Lambert: Best all round forward in the league
Sharp: Historically a top goalscorer at this level

 

The pitch looks CRAP!

 

Saints Vs Hull: Davis. Richardson, Fonte(c), Hooiveld, Fox. Puncheon, Schneiderlin, Cork, Lallana. Guly, Lambert

 

Puncheon and Cork in for Chaplow and Hammond

 

Surprised to see Puncheon in and still no Sharp

 

Puncheon back in, as I wanted.

 

Beat you to it!

 

Subs: Harding Martin Hammond De Ridder Sharp

 

and you got there before I edited!

 

We should have more width tonight with Puncheon rather than Chaplow

 

Also good to see Cork back in Hammond. Only thing I'd have done different would have been Sharp rather Guly, but that's solely because Sharp is a better goalscorer and we'll need to take our chances against Hull. Guly is hardly a bad player though, so I'm not annoyed or anything.

 

Yeah I was confused for a minute!

 

It would have been harsh to drop Guly, he was our best player on Saturday imo (if we take out the fact that Rickie scored a hattrick)

 

You can't just drop Guly ffs. Also Puncheon and his raw power may not be a bad thing today.

The pitch looks horrific, why are excessively watering it? going to be very stodgy which won't be a bad thing as it means any pace they have will be redundant. We don't have pace and can play the more direct game and get the lads playing off Lambert.

 

And the sprinklers are still on.

 

Interesting to see that Sharp still isn't starting, does that make him our 4th choice striker at the moment? Lambert, Lee, Guly then Sharp? I can understand why Guly has been picked, but I thought Sharp may get his chance. Still looks a strong team and I'm glad to see Puncheon give us some real width, looks like quite an attacking side!

 

Would have played Guly right mid and Sharp up front, mainly because I'm selfish and want to see Sharp have 90 minutes up front.

 

Lala will need his water wings at this rate!

 

The only striker who is likely to get 90 mins is Rickie - the other is likely to get subbed for the striker on the bench, which is Sharp at the moment

 

It probably explains why our pitch is so dire, which is annoying because it handicaps us more than the opposition because we can't play long ball. (if they went to a fancy dress party Jack Hobbs could be Willy Wonka or Snow White)