Southampton vs Leeds match thread

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Leeds-18 said:
If I were a Saints fan, I'd probably be fancying:

Lambert

Chamberlain - Lallana - De Ridder

Cork - Schneiderlin​

Not a fan of the 4-4-2 and its use in the Championship is waning. Can't say I know a lot about your squad though, e.g. whether De Ridder is a right winger or whether Lambert plays well as a lone striker.
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that is exactly what i'd want in fairness, but saying that i'd also want to play connolly
 
st_brendy said:
Howson is absoloute quality. I would love to have him in our side. Leaving West Ham aside, I'd say Howson is the best CM in the league alongside Andy King.

But to say he will completely tear our defence apart, clearly means that some Leeds fans have no idea how good Fonte is. There will be very few CBs in the division who'll out-perform him. Granted the rest of our defence is slightly weak at this level (especially Harding), but rule out Fonte at your peril.

Moreover, our CM will most likely be Hammond and Cork - both of whom are solid defensively. It's not like our whole front 6 will constantly be in and around Leeds' penalty box all game, and Howson will have as much room as he likes at the other end.

Many Leeds fans appear to be understanding us, and many of us appear to be underestimating Leeds. I rate Gradel and Snodgrass hugely, but I'd honestly still take Lallana and Chamberlain ove them (although in an ideal world, I'd move Lallana centrally, and then bring one of Gradel or Snodgrass - probably Gradel - into the side). And Lambert is better than Paynter.

Chamberlain's fitness is the absoloute key. Because if he's not fit, suddenly Leeds' attack does look better than ours (albeit we just don't know how good De Ridder) and they subsequently might just nick it 2-1. Fingers crossed he's fit though, cos I'm sure the game will be a draw if he is.
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I think the should have been "Could" tear you apart, For me last year Howson drifted in and out of games! He had a better game against Newcastle on Sunday than he did most of last year, looked at his physical peak! also if he has a bad game we could alway bring on Nunez who is something else like weve never had at Leeds, hes special!

What we saw of Adam Clayton last year Id have been happy to never see him play again, but pre-season hes been immense partly because hes been alongside Howson and Brown, not Johnson n Kilkenny!

Im going for 2-1 Leeds Gradel and Paynter

Lets hope its an exciting game to kick off the season and Good luck to Southampton.
 
Leeds-18 said:
If I were a Saints fan, I'd probably be fancying:

Lambert

Chamberlain - Lallana - De Ridder

Cork - Schneiderlin​

Not a fan of the 4-4-2 and its use in the Championship is waning. Can't say I know a lot about your squad though, e.g. whether De Ridder is a right winger or whether Lambert plays well as a lone striker.
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I'm sure Schneiderlin will eventually come into the side (well I blooming hope he does any way!). But to start with, I'm sure that Hammond, as captain, will keep his place - certainly until Cork is fully settled into the side.

As for De Ridder, it appears he can play either wing.

Connolly though was bang in form at the end of the season, and has continued that through pre-season, so he has to keep his place for now. And on his day, Guly looks a complete class a part.
 
Conman - "The Physio";954635 said:
We've had our best pre-season for a long time, in terms of match fitness and condition anyways. I don't imagine us starting slowly like we did past couple of seasons.

It'll be a fun game anyways, and there will be goals. I want to say 3-2 to Saints but I think a score draw is more realistic.
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I'd expect Adkins to have you up & running. We have also had a good pre season. Grayson had reason to moan in norway but we remained undefeated & we have seen a few good perfomances from key players returning from injury.

Would be more confident if we had Becchio & Somma fit as there both handfulls but as we showed last season especially when we pack our midfield we have goals in us from anywhere.
 
st_brendy said:
Howson is absoloute quality. I would love to have him in our side. Leaving West Ham aside, I'd say Howson is the best CM in the league alongside Andy King.

But to say he will completely tear our defence apart, clearly means that some Leeds fans have no idea how good Fonte is. There will be very few CBs in the division who'll out-perform him. Granted the rest of our defence is slightly weak at this level (especially Harding), but rule out Fonte at your peril.

Moreover, our CM will most likely be Hammond and Cork - both of whom are solid defensively. It's not like our whole front 6 will constantly be in and around Leeds' penalty box all game, and Howson will have as much room as he likes at the other end.

Many Leeds fans appear to be understanding us, and many of us appear to be underestimating Leeds. I rate Gradel and Snodgrass hugely, but I'd honestly still take Lallana and Chamberlain ove them (although in an ideal world, I'd move Lallana centrally, and then bring one of Gradel or Snodgrass - probably Gradel - into the side). And Lambert is better than Paynter.

Chamberlain's fitness is the absoloute key. Because if he's not fit, suddenly Leeds' attack does look better than ours (albeit we just don't know how good De Ridder) and they subsequently might just nick it 2-1. Fingers crossed he's fit though, cos I'm sure the game will be a draw if he is.
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Howson the best midfielder in the league along with King ...

Havnt laughed like that in ages


Parker and Nolan are both better, Nunez from Leeds is too ;)
 
Que Somma Somma said:
Howson the best midfielder in the league along with King ...

Havnt laughed like that in ages


Parker and Nolan are both better, Nunez from Leeds is too ;)
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How about you read the whole sentence?!! I said LEAVING WEST HAM ASIDE
 
Obviously I don't see what happens in training but surely we have to with Connolly upfront to partner Lambert, due to his great form in pre season?
 
I've heard Connoly has been banging them in.

Have you still got Del Prado (goulie is it??) whenever I heard Saints on the radio the guy sounded a real threat <ok>
 
bucks_is_leeds said:
I've heard Connoly has been banging them in.

Have you still got Del Prado (goulie is it??) whenever I heard Saints on the radio the guy sounded a real threat <ok>
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yeah we still have him, he's a very hit and miss sort or player, on his day he can perform moments of genius (goals against blackpool and bristol Rovers) but he can also carelessly give the ball away and go missing. if he can improve his consistency, he will be a real force in this division
 
No offence but Saints fans seem to think that the opposition is exactly the same in the NPC as it was in League 1. Fonte may have been brilliant last season, but that was against League 1 attackers. Same can be said of your attack. It may do, but your attack won't necissarily rip defences apart in this league like they did last season, bare in mind every single team in this league would have easily done as well, if not better, than you last season in League 1. Ignore QSS by the way, he's an idiot who decides a player is only good if he has a cool foreign sounding name.

For me our team should be (provided there are no signings):

------------------------------------McCormack

-------Gradel------------------------Howson----------------------Snodgrass

----------------------------Clayton-----------Brown

White/Parker----------------Kisnorbo----------O'Brien------------------------Connolly

-------------------------------------Lonergan
 
So who do we think we will start at left back? This is a worry at the moment, especially with Saints pace through the team. White can match anyone for pace but I'm not too sure about him in the LB position. Bessone I dont think we will see again, parkers injured & Bradders has gone to Norwich....
 
Simon21-LUFC said:
No offence but Saints fans seem to think that the opposition is exactly the same in the NPC as it was in League 1. Fonte may have been brilliant last season, but that was against League 1 attackers. Same can be said of your attack. It may do, but your attack won't necissarily rip defences apart in this league like they did last season, bare in mind every single team in this league would have easily done as well, if not better, than you last season in League 1. Ignore QSS by the way, he's an idiot who decides a player is only good if he has a cool foreign sounding name.
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So how come Fonte and Lallana are often described as two of the best players outside the Premier League?
 
Simon21-LUFC said:
No offence but Saints fans seem to think that the opposition is exactly the same in the NPC as it was in League 1. Fonte may have been brilliant last season, but that was against League 1 attackers. Same can be said of your attack. It may do, but your attack won't necissarily rip defences apart in this league like they did last season, bare in mind every single team in this league would have easily done as well, if not better, than you last season in League 1. Ignore QSS by the way, he's an idiot who decides a player is only good if he has a cool foreign sounding name.
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i'm not sure every team in this division would have done as well or better, otherwise we would be sure certs for relegation
 
3-3 or 3-2 to either team. I think it will be very open...Having said that, our home defence last season was sexy so might be completely wrong
 
I think Saints will handle the step up no probs just like we did.

In fact I have tipped them to be in the play offs <ok>
 
I think both sets of fans are underestimating the teams.

Leeds will score in this game, that's a definite. We have the best attack in the league, and I don't think that's an exaggeration. Snodgrass will give Dan Harding a run around as he does to every leftback, Gradel, Howson and McCormack will drift around and give loads of problems.

That said, Southampton's attack could do the same to us, depending on how O'Brien and Kisnorbo play.

Leeds have improved a lot since last season, so I reckon a 1-2 win to us.
 
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