The next two games.

[gomarchingin]

Do you guys remember the old dell days when I know we had a more experienced squad and the dell was very intimidating but we used to beat the big guns quite regular and not only beat them but actually win easily. Do you think that was more the team we had or the fact that we played at the dell. Our premier league record at st Mary's isn't great but our league record there is phenomenal. So I don't think it's wrong to be disappointed in losing to big teams at home and I think every single saints fan should be confident of getting a result at home notated the opposition.

St Marys is crap compared to the Dell for atmosphere , but that goes for a lot of stadiums nowadays , more families , ladies and day trippers have come into fill the stadiums which is great BUT at a cost of atmosphere , the working class mans game is no more .

 

[st_brendy]

What about the next two? Fulham at home and West Ham away.

I'd fancy us to cause problems for them both. 4 points maybe?

I'd hope we can get four points from those two games, but I'd accept two points, no problem.

Carroll will almost certainly be back however (rumours he may even make the bench tomorrow night), and that worries me - especially from a set-piece point of view. I've not been entirely convinced at our ability to defend them so far. Fellani almost scored yesterday, Benteke almost scored last week, Rio almost scored for Utd, and RVP did score for Utd - all headers from corners.

And of course being a striker, Carroll also poses an aerial threat from open play, not just set pieces.

 

[lamby]

I'd hope we can get four points from those two games, but I'd accept two points, no problem.

Carroll will almost certainly be back however (rumours he may even make the bench tomorrow night), and that worries me - especially from a set-piece point of view. I've not been entirely convinced at our ability to defend them so far. Fellani almost scored yesterday, Benteke almost scored last week, Rio almost scored for Utd, and RVP did score for Utd - all headers from corners.

And of course being a striker, Carroll also poses an aerial threat from open play, not just set pieces.

Thing is though if you stop Carroll you stop West Ham!

 

[fatletiss]

What about the next two? Fulham at home and West Ham away.

I'd fancy us to cause problems for them both. 4 points maybe?

3 points, maybe 4.

 

[Romsey_Saint]

What about the next two? Fulham at home and West Ham away.

I'd fancy us to cause problems for them both. 4 points maybe?

3 from the Fulham game is possible need to be careful they don't do us like Wigan did, i.e. play deep and organised at the back and look for the breakaway goal; West Ham is harder to predict - last season they outplayed us for most of the game with 10 players and we scraped an equaliser from Jos near the end. Might be able to grab a draw from that game - see the next two games as being somewhere between 1 and four points - most likely 2 or 3.

 

[fran-MLs little camera]

Would love 6, but more likely 1-3 with my best guess being 3 points. We have to try and get back to fortress St Marys...our best chance of wins.

 

[Qwerty]

3 from the Fulham game is possible need to be careful they don't do us like Wigan did, i.e. play deep and organised at the back and look for the breakaway goal; West Ham is harder to predict - last season they outplayed us for most of the game with 10 players and we scraped an equaliser from Jos near the end. Might be able to grab a draw from that game - see the next two games as being somewhere between 1 and four points - most likely 2 or 3.

Nah...we were better than West Ham last year and there's no reason that will be different this year Fulham's next three games are us, Aston Villa and Reading and I am sure they are licking their lips at the prospect. I would say that it's going to be a tough game but they all are.

 

[lamby]

Apparently Berbatov is out so that's a big plus!