Match Day Thread Will Still's useless XI* v Preston North End, 1st November, 3pm

Right, desperate times call for desperate measures. Time for a match thread of misery from the author of the Will Still OUT thread - maybe that will do the trick!

Could probably do with another fire in the Estate behind the Chapel TBH like the last time we were due to play Preston at home - players might feel the heat they are getting then!

Charles out injured, Welington suspended (pending any appeal) and Scienza has a bout of onlyplayanhouritus.



*Title subject to change in the hopeful but unlikely event Still is gone by Saturday.

 

O-0 thriller

 

I see what you’re doing here Tom, creating this thread to make them brilliant through your powers. Smart move.

 

2-1 Saints

 

The fire was on a Wednesday afternoon though, but apart from that we will win, los or draw this or I'll eat my head.

 

Right numbers but back to front.

 

Isn't this your second go and doing the match threads this season, Tom?

 

Nope.

 

We'll take the lead again in this one.

1-4

 

Fair enough. I thought you usually get in there quite early in the season. (Good luck)

 

This is the weekend where it all clicks
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7-4 win after trailing 3-0 on 15 minutes. 3-3 at halftime, Preston will get a last minute consolation as Saints just completely stop playing and are all standing still unable to believe they are leading 7-3.

My prescription clearly is not strong enough.

 

Let’s hope it works.

 

The pedant in me would like to point out that the Preston game that was called off last time due to the fire was actually an evening game because I remember having taken my lad out of school for no reason and I was in past half way down when they called it off

 

Of course it was. My bad.

 

In any normal universe this should be an easy home win, I mean we’re not even playing the whole of Preston.

However, this is the slowly-spiralling-around -the-drain Southampton Football Club.

1-3.

 

FOUR. AT. THE. BACK. PLEASE


McCarthy
Jelert Edwards Wood Manning
Downes Jander
Fellows Azaz Scienza
Armstrong




This should be easily enough to see us to a comfortable 2-0 win




So I'm predicting 0-1

 

Armstrong at number 9 - HELL NO.

 

It's horrible, but like the keeping situation, surely he's the best there of a bad bunch? That doesn't mean I like it, mind.

Archer has been anonymous.
Stewart is Stewart.
Downs shouldn't be started.

Jay Robinson, at a push possibly?

 

Maybe we should go 2 up front. We don't have anyone suitable for a long striker role. I don't see anything wrong with a good old fashioned 4-4-2.