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Evian vs Saints Match Thread

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by frankimus, Jul 21, 2012.

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  1. SAINTDON13

    SAINTDON13 Well-Known Member

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    1 0 Puncheon set up by Spider
     
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    GOAL! JASON PUNCHEON makes no mistake this time as he hits a fine shot low past the Evian keeper after good work from Schneiderlin #saintsfc
     
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    From what i've seen on here Puncheon seems to be having a very good pre seaon so far. He must want to stay at saints
     
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    YES YES YES! Let's hope we withdraw our offer for Lens, WHO NEEDS LENS WHEN WE HAVE PUNCH
     
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  5. frankimus

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    I don't think his ability has ever really been in question. Now he's on side he will be real asset this season
     
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  6. Dan

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    Which is exactly what people said in the second half of last season.
     
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    He wasn't match-fit though, that was evident. There's nothing like an Adkins pre-season to get you up to speed.
     
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    Could have been the last straw!
     
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  9. Dan

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    If you can't get match fit in half a season you have serious issues.
     
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    You can't do a proper, perfect pre-season when you get brought into the fold in mid-late Jan fully and the season ends in April.
     
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    1 0 ht Will there be a raft of changes?
     
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  12. Dan

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    In which case we need a new striker. Lee is gonna miss the whole of pre-season, he's no hope of ever getting match fit until next July :(
     
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    Alright, alright fair enough. But Puncheon is chunky and Lee is not ;-)

    Lets see. Clean slate and what not.
     
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  14. Dan

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    That's fine. I have no problems with Puncheon and I have no problems with clean slates etc, but what I do have an issue with is people making it seem like he'll be a 30 game starter key member of the side, when he's made no impact whatsoever for us in two seasons now. A decent pre-season doesn't make him an amazing Premier League player.
     
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    Our French friend says:

    "They build better than ETG"
     
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    Oh no I agree. We have to wait and see before we can really say. He had a blistering first 8-10 games for us in L1. I remember Norwich away and he was absolutely roasting them.
     
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  17. frankimus

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    It wasn't his fitness that was the issue, it was his lack of game time. Then against hull he was thrown on for the full 90 having not played properly for a good few weeks and didn't perform, unsurprisingly
     
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    Lack of game time because... uhhh... he's no better than what we've got? :)
     
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    I can't remember him playing more than 2 games on a row..?
     
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    Well we can't really say because he never had much time to show himself. He wasn't chosen because of the off the pitch issues
     
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