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Match Day Thread Saints v Brentford Wednesday 15th March 7.30pm

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by Billy Bates, Mar 12, 2023.

  1. tomw24

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    Hopefully someone has offered Toney odds of 10/1 on a Saints win.
     
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  2. tomw24

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    Alcaraz will drop deep a lot making it a 3 in midfield which suits Diallo.
     
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  3. StJabbo1

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    You can bet on that.
     
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  4. Le Tissier's Laces

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    Not the top table team, but Theo ain’t gonna do three games a week, and Stu has been very off the boil recently. Fingers crossed it’s enough to get us over the line.
     
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    Any other team fighting for survival would use a 6 ft 7 striker as their main weapon with somone as good as JWP in team to deliver balls into the box. Not saints though. To logical.
     
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    Ground is very empty with just over 20 mins to go until kick off. Wonder if people are having traffic issues.
     
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  7. Le Tissier's Laces

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    Not really. He's not mobile/quick enough to play a high press game, which is why we've been decent recently. Why would you want to change that? If we're chasing the game, then maybe a change of style to be more direct. Not otherwise.
     
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    I agree, my point is more getting at why he was even signed in the first place then.
     
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  9. Le Tissier's Laces

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    Because Jones and we were desperate for a striker.
     
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  10. StJabbo1

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    Stop making sense!
     
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  11. Brinkworth Saint

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    Selles picked him, so that's all I need to know.
     
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  12. shoot_spiderman

    shoot_spiderman Power to the People

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    Indeed. I love it when a plan comes together <laugh>
     
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  13. Brinkworth Saint

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    Have a good time! I'm busy until 10pm.
     
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  14. sotonsaint

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    So we bought one who doesn't fit the way we want to play in any shape or form.
     
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  15. Le Tissier's Laces

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    Correct. Welcome to Rasmus hell.
     
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    Under Jones, our style would have suited him.
     
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  17. Le Tissier's Laces

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    Diallo hat-trick of assists, Alien Lucy hat-trick of goals. 6-0. Calling it.
     
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  18. SaintinNZ

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    there will definitely be some live head-eating if EITHER of those things happen.
     
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  19. Schad

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    In fairness, it's just buying-strikers-hell. I was pretty shocked when I ran the numbers on what mid-tier striker purchases in the PL had actually produced (by and large: not a thing). Strikers are very much dependent on fit and form, and finding a striker who fits and is in form and doesn't have one leg held together by tape and is affordable is the hardest thing in the sport.
     
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  20. thebronze14

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    Ely with the winner in a 1 nil win. You heard it here first!
     
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