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Team for Saturday

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by lamby, Aug 19, 2013.

  1. Jose Fonte baby

    Jose Fonte baby Well-Known Member

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    I think the same side as against West Brom - I doubt Clyne and Yoshida will be fully fit and ready, anyway. In the long term, however, I would like to see:
    Boruc
    Clyne Yoshida Lovren Shaw
    Wanyama Schneiderlin
    Rodriguez Lambert Lallana
    Osvaldo

    Bench: Chambers, Fonte, Cork, Ramirez, Puncheon, Guly, Mayuka. If there's a bit of paranoia over having no goalie, then swap Guly with Davis. Send Gazzaniga and JWP on loan to respective Championship clubs and let them excel. I would still like a winger in as Lallana looks like a weak option in the front 6. At the moment I wouldn't want another CB as Lovren looks good and Yoshida is good too, and Fonte and Hooiveld aren't bad. Another CB would mean one of JF or JH would have to go, which I wouldn't want but neither are great options - I'm hoping that Fonte's performance yesterday was a blip and that Hooiveld can put in more consistent performances, like in patches of the second half of last season i.e. Man City at home.
     
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  2. Beef

    Beef Well-Known Member

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    Yes we won lat week but it wasn't like we hammered them five nil. Play our strongest team possible is what I think.
     
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  3. ollysaints1

    ollysaints1 Well-Known Member

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    Does anyone know how many tickets have been sold?
     
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  4. Lff

    Lff Well-Known Member

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    No. I'm not suggesting anything really. I just find it incredible in both good and bad ways that we can't find room for Cork. The shame of it is that he must be on the fringes of the England team and if he doesn't play it will ruin his chances.
     
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  5. lamby

    lamby Needs a cold shower

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    Think he will get his chance. Whole point of having a big squad.
     
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  6. Mr_Saintly

    Mr_Saintly Well-Known Member

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    I hope Cork does get his chance, he was spectacular last season.
     
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  7. ¿Will?

    ¿Will? New Member

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    Boruc
    Chambers Lovren Yoshida Shaw
    Wanyama Schneiderlin
    Ramirez Lambert Rodriguez
    Osvaldo

    For Lmbaert to be in the hole, which I think he'd be excellent in, Ramirez has to go wide, which I think he could do well in. Osvaldo will play presumably, pleanty of time to fit in surely? Also Clyne in if he's fit, don't know the extent of his injury.
     
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  8. rabbitspectrum

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    Saturday was a good defensive performance however Rickie was far too isolated.

    Our best XI Players:
    Boruc
    Clyne Maya Lovren Shaw
    Schneiderlin Wanyama
    Gaston
    Rodriguez Lambert Osvaldo

    Against Sunderland:
    Boruc
    Clyne Maya Lovren Shaw
    Schneiderlin Wanyama
    Gaston
    Rodriguez Lambert Lallana

    Bench: Davis, Chambers, Fonte, Osvaldo, JWP, Puncheon, Cork
     
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  9. - Doing The Lambert Walk

    - Doing The Lambert Walk Well-Known Member

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    I'm calling an Osvaldo debut goal. There.
     
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  10. fernandes' stepover

    fernandes' stepover New Member

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    Think we will scare the s**t out of Sunderland with a double sub on 70 with Gaston and Daniel. Think they'll be on same wavelength and Gaston will be like a new signing.
     
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  11. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    I would start with Osvaldo (if match fit)...then sub him (hopefully, to rapturous applause after 70 min), but note a few would bring him on as a sub. Be interesting to see what happens on Saturday....will depend on his condition I suppose and on how quickly he can adapt to the team style. Mavericks can be fun if they occasionally do the unexpected, but our game is based on teamwork....don't want a horrible gap to appear because Ossie doesn't know where he is supposed to be.
     
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  12. lamby

    lamby Needs a cold shower

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    Interesting that some peoples top X1s don't include Adam. Who'd have believed that last season.
     
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  13. Lovelocum

    Lovelocum Well-Known Member

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    ----------------------------Boruc---------------------------
    Clyne/Chambers-------Maya--------Lovren---------Shaw
    -----------Schneiderlin----------Wanyama---------------
    Lallana---------------Gaston----------------Rodreuigez
    -------------------Lambert--------------------------------

    Bench: K Davis, Clyne/Chambers, Cork, Hoiveld, Punch, Mayuka, Osvaldo

    Really struggling to cram people on bench. Think our bench could do without a CB/FB? With cork there who can cover RB but also CB, or if a CB gets injured push wanyama back to CB and cork at CDM?

    This year I think we will have a good cup team!
     
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  14. lamby

    lamby Needs a cold shower

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    He will certainly be spoilt for choice!
     
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  15. tomw24

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    I called it yesterday when I named him as my goalscorer in the prediction game. :p
     
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  16. Qwerty

    Qwerty Well-Known Member

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  17. lamby

    lamby Needs a cold shower

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    Oh dear and they can't sell him either!
     
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  18. #42

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    Cork wasn't our second best player at all. Schneiderlin covered the most ground in the league, made the most tackles and interceptions. Lambert got 15 goals and created more chances for team mates than any player in the league other than Suarez and Silva. I think you mean Cork was your second favourite player. Lambert and Schneiderlin were our best two players comfortably. Cork wasn't anywhere close to being our second best player.
     
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  19. lamby

    lamby Needs a cold shower

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    Stats wise you maybe right but look at how our performances improved when Jack returned last season.
     
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  20. #42

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    If you want to call him the 3rd best player then fine. But he certainly wasn't the 2nd best. I find it laughable how Lambert's contribution just gets completely ignored. We'd still be in League One without him. He was clearly our best attacker then and still is now by a long way.

    Maybe I'm pushing it with the league one comment but I don't think we'd have reached the Premier league yet without him. We'd be stuck mid-table in the Championship at best even if we made several other signings.
     
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