Team for Sunday

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I would probably go with

Davis
Richardson Fonte Hooiveld Harding
Schneiderlin
Hammond Cork
Lallana
Lambert Guly

SUBS: Bialkowski, Martin, Fox, De Ridder, Holmes
 
Personally speaking I would drop Guly , he has been awful in the last few away games and I can't help but feel this game will be to much for him and he will go missing. Would go with a 451 with a midfield of De Ridder , Cork ,Hammond ,Morgan and Lallana which can very quickly become 433 when we are attacking to support Rickie. Quite frankly I think it is going to be an awful game and would take a draw right here and now. Cant say I am looking forward to my trip to Fratton but having lived in the city for 8 years and taken a lot of stick in the past I cant take the chance of not being present should Saints win.

Guly, not great away from home, yes. However, his calmness and quality might just be what we need in what will probably be a heated game. Can not see him getting dropped for De Ridder, who as much as I want him to be great (I'm not a De Ridder hater like some seem to have become quite quickly) he still seems to do best from the bench. Didn't think Guly did that bad at Doncaster, but that was only what I saw from saintsplayer.
 
No Hammond ???????????????????????????

I dont think three central midfielders in the same team works, all three are good players so they should just be rotated in my mind although I guess as its a derby maybe Hammond should play.
 
Away from home the three central midfielders just doesn't work. You could see that at the Bristol City game. It's not too bad with Chappers out a bit wider as he is far more attacking than Morgan.
 
----------------------Davis-------------------------
----Richardson----Fonte-----Hooiveld----------Fox----
----Chaplow-----Schneiderlin---Hammond----Lallana---
-----------------------Guly---------------------------
---------------------Lambert-------------------------
 
Personally speaking I would drop Guly , he has been awful in the last few away games and I can't help but feel this game will be to much for him and he will go missing. Would go with a 451 with a midfield of De Ridder , Cork ,Hammond ,Morgan and Lallana which can very quickly become 433 when we are attacking to support Rickie. Quite frankly I think it is going to be an awful game and would take a draw right here and now. Cant say I am looking forward to my trip to Fratton but having lived in the city for 8 years and taken a lot of stick in the past I cant take the chance of not being present should Saints win.
What??Guly was immense against Blackpool,he was our best player.Yes,he will probably go missing because of his dreadful tackling ability but then again he could unlock a door with a bit of skill and flair and could ultimately win us the game.
I think it will be a great game.
 
My team for Sunday would be:

---------------------Peter Shilton-----------------------------
-----Mick Mills, John McGrath, Killer, Mark Dennis------
---------------------Terry Hurlock----------------------------
Terry Paine, Brian O'Neil, Jimmy Case, Steve Williams
-------------------Peter Osgood------------------------------

That should frighten the living daylights out of them.
 
----------------------Davis-------------------------
----Richardson----Fonte-----Hooiveld-----Fox----
----Lallana-----Schneiderlin---Hammond----Chaplow---
-----------------------Guly---------------------------
---------------------Lambert-------------------------

why have you put chaplow on the left, lallana plays there.

Another point is that de ridder is good but is just not the finish article yet.
 
not being funny but why is everybody playing chaplow? just cos he is training doesnt mean he is fit to play
 
My Ideal match squad:

Davis
Richardson Fonte Hooiveld Fox
De Ridder Schneiderlin Cork Lallana
Guly Lambert

Subs: Bart, Martin, Chaplow, Holmes, Connolly/Barnard

IMO this is the worst possible midfield for an away derby, we really need a player with bite in the midfield (IE Hammond, Chaplow or Guly) who can give and take hard tackles. Whilst I love the sound of a Cork/Schneiderlin central pairing, they'll just get bullied off the park in a derby.
Providing everyone is fit, I'd go for the fairly standard
Davis
Richardson Fonte Hooiveld Harding
Chaplow Hammond Cork Lallana
Guly Lambert

Subs: Bart, Martin, Fox, Schneiderlin, De Ridder.