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Discussion in 'Southampton' started by Whiteley Saint, Jun 21, 2016.

  1. saintsfcfan

    saintsfcfan Well-Known Member

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    Hojbjerg has looked class every game so far
     
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    Lovely cross in from Hesketh :)
     
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    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    VVD is such a cool bloke in defence. Hope he doesn't get slightly too cool for his own good.
     
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    Great finish by the keeper there.
     
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    Some of his passes were a bit off today. However, can't judge on one game...overall he's looking good.
     
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    First half, for me, we looked to be struggling in a lot of areas.
    Possession was poor. Ball control poor.
    Pushing the full backs so far forward means that the wider midfielders are having to drop very deep to take the ball off of the CBs or defensive midfielder, which in turn means the attacking players dropping deep to fill the gaps and provide a passing option.
    Missed the start of the second half, but would have liked to have seen Hesketh continue at the top of the diamond, rather than vacate it for Isgrove, who is surely on his last pre-season tour with Saints.
    Really missed seeing a midfielder running from deep, at pace, a la Mane :emoticon-0101-sadsm.
     
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  12. TheSecondStain

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    Thought Jake Hesketh was a good 'un today.
     
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    I thought Yan Valery looked good, as did Reed. We do seem to be lacking in forward power though. Gallagher should surely have been more advanced than he actually played.
     
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    Yes, Valery was impressive once again. Gallagher I'm still waiting for.
     
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    Team arriving very shortly in Boeing 737 G-MISG Flight number CLJ598.
     
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  16. SAINTDON13

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    I will be quite happy if the headlines keep saying Saints won with a "lucky" goal by Charlie Austin, it is what he is noted for!
     
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    I only mentioned a couple of days back that I have high hopes for Hesketh. How old is he now?
     
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  20. fatletiss

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    I've not seen him this preseason, but my previous view on Sam is that he won't make it.
     
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