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Our next six league games

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  1. Libby

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    Who do Newcastle play next?
     
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  2. st_brendy

    st_brendy Well-Known Member
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    My post from yesterday:

     
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  3. Libby

    Libby 9-0

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    Cheers, wouldn't be surprised if they pick their first win up against Brighton.
     
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  4. st_brendy

    st_brendy Well-Known Member
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    I'd like to say that I'd much rather have Brighton home next, than Bmouth away. But we can't even win Brighton home.
     
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  5. thebronze14

    thebronze14 Well-Known Member

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    I was very optimistic
     
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  6. Saintmagic

    Saintmagic Well-Known Member

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    I'm slowly grinding you down <diva>
     
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  7. Archers Road

    Archers Road Urban Spaceman

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    We can beat Bournemouth away.

    Obviously we could go 2 up and still find a way to lose, but this is a game we can win. We have to, really.
     
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  8. thereisonlyoneno7

    thereisonlyoneno7 Well-Known Member

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    We have to. As someone living behind the lines in enemy territory, we have to.

    Come on Saints, do it for thereisonlyoneno7
     
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  9. Libby

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    Fearing a hammering off Bournemouth ffs <laugh>
     
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  10. Saintmagic

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    #oracle
     
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  11. Saints_Alive

    Saints_Alive Well-Known Member

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    If you keep predicting the correct results for the rest of the season we are in deep ****!....:emoticon-0107-sweat
     
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  12. ihatemyselfandwanttodie

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    Nah it’s fine, it’s far too early to think about Hughes not sorting out our defence. It’s not like we are 2nd bottom for points gained since he took over.
     
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    ihatemyselfandwanttodie, Oct 8, 2018
  13. SotonOldBoy

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    delusional:smiley-finger007:
     
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  14. Archers Road

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    Preumably we have defensive coaches other than him.

    We still need sorting out at set pieces. Playing three at the back solves everything else, if Hughes will do it.
     
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    ChilcoSaint What a disgrace
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    Zonal marking doesn’t work with the players we currently have, and Hughes has always employed zonal marking as a manager. So there are 3 possible ways to improve our defence of set pieces:
    1. Coach the players intensively in recognising situations where zonal marking has to be adapted to cope with particular attacking tactics.
    2. Change the players.
    3. Change the manager.

    Short term, obviously the only option is no. 1, but I see little sign in games that it is happening. I know David Luiz was holding on to Højbjerg, but Barkley’s goal on Sunday showed the complete naivety of our defensive set up. They all basically just stood and watched Giroud make his run.
     
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  16. Libby

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    Similar to Brightons first.
     
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  17. Saints_Alive

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    I'm semi-happy tonight because that draw has messed up Magic's perfect run of prediction's so far...I desperately hope that he is right about the Newcastle match though!...<laugh>
     
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  18. Libby

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    Op updated and we're currently on 2 points from 5 games <diva>

    Beat Newcastle and it won't be too bad really, but if we draw or even lose then we'll be in a pretty bad place.
     
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  19. Saints_Alive

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    Relegation form...:(
     
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  20. Saintmagic

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    I am, the Bournemouth result was an anomaly rather than the norm.

    I am doing terribly in the weekly prediction thing though so perhaps I have lost my touch
     
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