SAINTS vs Burnley

I just hope we prioritise Inter away to this game. I know we need to win both, but I want our best team possible out in the San Siro.

Mental.

I just hope we prioritise Inter away to this game. I know we need to win both, but I want our best team possible out in the San Siro.

I fully expect the Burnley team to be stronger than the Inter team we'll face next Thursday.

I fully expect the Burnley team to be stronger than the Inter team we'll face next Thursday.

Must take three points at home to Burnley, otherwise we have dropped a host of points that should be in the bag and just have to find them from much tougher fixtures.

Get the win, take a check on fitness for Inter, then play a side that can get the job done against a major European team in name only this season - they can't wait to be out of it.

I just hope we prioritise Inter away to this game. I know we need to win both, but I want our best team possible out in the San Siro.

Simply won't happen

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Echo suggesting serious questions about LB spot ......and likely bringing in Sam McQueen for the injured Bertrand and Targett.

Why not, he's got to get game time at some juncture...might be better to try him now than an away game at Man City ..or Tottenham?

Echo suggesting serious questions about LB spot ......and likely bringing in Sam McQueen for the injured Bertrand and Targett.

 

Why not, he's got to get game time at some juncture...might be better to try him now than an away game at Man City ..or Tottenham?

Targett is fit

Targett is fit

Not according to the echo. Sounds like the club are hopeful he will be fit but I wouldn't be at all surprised if he wasn't.

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/14795104.McQueen_on_stand_by_as_Saints_suffer/

Aidy Boothroyd left Targett out of the squad to face Kazakhstan last week as a precaution, but expected him to be fit to face Bosnia and Herzegovina in Walsall yesterday.

But Targett was still unable to take part and was allowed to leave the squad to return to Saints for treatment.

Though there is optimism that Targett will make a quick recovery, it is highly unlikely he will be deemed fit enough to risk over three games in the space of a week.

Not according to the echo. Sounds like the club are hopeful he will be fit but I wouldn't be at all surprised if he wasn't.

 

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/14795104.McQueen_on_stand_by_as_Saints_suffer/

 

Aidy Boothroyd left Targett out of the squad to face Kazakhstan last week as a precaution, but expected him to be fit to face Bosnia and Herzegovina in Walsall yesterday.

 

But Targett was still unable to take part and was allowed to leave the squad to return to Saints for treatment.

 

Though there is optimism that Targett will make a quick recovery, it is highly unlikely he will be deemed fit enough to risk over three games in the space of a week.

The Echo generally know ***** all. Awful paper.

Mental.

it's not mental, we'll beat Burnley plenty of times over our recent history, a win in the San Siro would be historical moment for the football club and it's fans that will be talked about long after the Burnley game is forgotten.

it's not mental, we'll beat Burnley plenty of times over our recent history, a win in the San Siro would be historical moment for the football club and it's fans that will be talked about long after the Burnley game is forgotten.

But does little or nothing to succeed this season. More important than having a stat in a history book that says we once won in the San Siro. As I said before with the team Inter are putting out we could still win with a weakened team, and if we don't it doesn't matter too much as long as we win when Inter come to St Marys. Thinking that SFC will target a win in Milan over a PL win may not be mental, but its fanciful not based on reality and won't happen. Fully expect Fonte and probably Davis not to be included again, unless injuries force our hand.

But does little or nothing to succeed this season. More important than having a stat in a history book that says we once won in the San Siro. As I said before with the team Inter are putting out we could still win with a weakened team, and if we don't it doesn't matter too much as long as we win when Inter come to St Marys. Thinking that SFC will target a win in Milan over a PL win may not be mental, but its fanciful not based on reality and won't happen. Fully expect Fonte and probably Davis not to be included again, unless injuries force our hand.

Would be criminal if that was the case.

A win against Burnley is a must. We need to be well clear of the dogfight at the foot of the table.

But does little or nothing to succeed this season. More important than having a stat in a history book that says we once won in the San Siro. As I said before with the team Inter are putting out we could still win with a weakened team, and if we don't it doesn't matter too much as long as we win when Inter come to St Marys. Thinking that SFC will target a win in Milan over a PL win may not be mental, but its fanciful not based on reality and won't happen. Fully expect Fonte and probably Davis not to be included again, unless injuries force our hand.

We don't need to play a weakened team against Burnley. We can still play a full strength team in Milan. It's MCFC away where we should be "utilising the squad".

And a direct flight to a major European city a couple/three hours away is not comparable to a trek to Isreal.

Whatever we say on here, I'll bet the players would rather play (and win) on Thursday than Sunday

Irrespective of Inter Milan's attitude to the EL, they'll have grown up in an era of Ronaldo, Vieri, Eto'o and Mourinho, and will remember watching games at the San Siro. We play teams like Burnley week in week out, who knows when we'll play there next?

Would imagine they'll be a lot of disappointed players (not playing at San Siro) come this time next week. We will continue to rotate squad for EL games until the knockout stages. PL will take priority, rightly or wrongly.

Personally, I would love us to play strongest team in Milan and risk the points at city, but just can't see that happening.

It's worth remembering that we are unbeaten in EL, so the his team selections haven't let him down... Yet.

"Beware the international break", we are cr @p after these games. A dour 1 nil loss coming right up.....!!!

"Beware the international break", we are cr @p after these games. A dour 1 nil loss coming right up.....!!!

and we always lose on telly............except for when we don't

and we always lose on telly............except for when we don't

We always lose when I watch Saints live on telly

Don't watch then!

We always lose when I watch Saints live on telly

We always lose when I watch Saints live on telly

It must be the biased media again. Everyone knows they hate us.

Would imagine they'll be a lot of disappointed players (not playing at San Siro) come this time next week. We will continue to rotate squad for EL games until the knockout stages. PL will take priority, rightly or wrongly.

 

Personally, I would love us to play strongest team in Milan and risk the points at city, but just can't see that happening.

 

It's worth remembering that we are unbeaten in EL, so the his team selections haven't let him down... Yet.

Would imagine puel will blend the supposed first and second teams for the next 2. How about

Ff cedric fonte vvd mcqueen rom classie davis boufall austin jrod for Burnley

Ff cuco yoshi vvd target rom hoj jwp tadic redmond long for inter.

Make some subs to give fonte austin some game time in milan. Should have enough to win both games

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Have to play our best team for Burnley. Inter can't put out their stars due to financial fair play, so we shouldn't be too concerned about that. Two wins.

Winning in the San Siro is once in a lifetime. I'd have long forgotten about Burnley at home by Sunday evening.

Winning in the San Siro is once in a lifetime. I'd have long forgotten about Burnley at home by Sunday evening.

This.

Would imagine puel will blend the supposed first and second teams for the next 2. How about

 

Ff cedric fonte vvd mcqueen rom classie davis boufall austin jrod for Burnley

 

Ff cuco yoshi vvd target rom hoj jwp tadic redmond long for inter.

 

Make some subs to give fonte austin some game time in milan. Should have enough to win both games

 

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Long may not be fit.

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Winning in the San Siro is once in a lifetime. I'd have long forgotten about Burnley at home by Sunday evening.

Well seeing as I will be at the Burnley game and won't be in Italy I'll take a win against Burnley over Inter any day of the week. Happily thrash Inter at SMS as I will be at that game.

What's all this talk about wrapping Fonte in cotton wool for the Europe games. What happened to his statement about "I can't wait to play again in Europe". Hasn't played one minute yet. Also, why aren't JRod and Boufal certainties to play some time in these upcoming games? How long can they go on playing the injured card? These guys need to man up!

But does little or nothing to succeed this season. More important than having a stat in a history book that says we once won in the San Siro. As I said before with the team Inter are putting out we could still win with a weakened team, and if we don't it doesn't matter too much as long as we win when Inter come to St Marys. Thinking that SFC will target a win in Milan over a PL win may not be mental, but its fanciful not based on reality and won't happen. Fully expect Fonte and probably Davis not to be included again, unless injuries force our hand.

The stat in the history book about finishing 8th rather than 9th in the prem one year is slightly less inspiring than a big away night in Europe. Wish I was going.

Winning in the San Siro is once in a lifetime. I'd have long forgotten about Burnley at home by Sunday evening.

You might well think that but I'll be rather more chuffed if we win well against Burnley and have 12 pts and are up to 8th on Sunday evening. Winning in the San Siro under the present circumstances means nothing. Hollow victory.

What happened to his statement about "I can't wait to play again in Europe". Hasn't played one minute yet

How come then he assisted Ronaldo with one of his goals the other night?

You might well think that but I'll be rather more chuffed if we win well against Burnley and have 12 pts and are up to 8th on Sunday evening. Winning in the San Siro under the present circumstances means nothing. Hollow victory.

Spoken like a man who isn't going.

The stat in the history book about finishing 8th rather than 9th in the prem one year is slightly less inspiring than a big away night in Europe. Wish I was going.

Wish I was going too. But I would be happy to see a weakened Saints teams beat a weakened Milan team, and I fully expect it to happen. We don't need to play our full strength team out there, and we won't. Milan have already lost to Praha who we easily beat, and also lost to Beer'Sheva. They are not interested in qualifying because of the restrictions put on them by FFP. Even if we don't win it really won't matter, we will still probably qualify. We must beat Burnley, and it is daft to believe that we would definitely do that with a weakened team, we might do, but we might not, we cannot afford to take that risk, we need 3 points, and we also need to ensure we have a strong team against City 3 days after the Milan trip. Sentiment is not (or should not be) a factor in our planning.

How come then he assisted Ronaldo with one of his goals the other night?

His quote was related to playing with the Saints in Europe.

Winning breeds confidence, beat Burnley and confidence will be high going into Milan therefore a strong squad v Burnley is a must !!

ps We will win both

Winning breeds confidence, beat Burnley and confidence will be high going into Milan therefore a strong squad v Burnley is a must !!

 

ps We will win both

Lots of chickens being counted on here, which is always a worry when it comes to Saints.

Seeing as after Burnley we have Man City, Chelsea and Liverpool in our next 4 pl games ( the other being Hull) it would suggest to me we need to pick up three points against Burnely. So strong team for Burnley second string at Inter we probably only need a draw at Inter to get out of the group stages.

Just read that Burnley keeper Tom Heaton had to leave the recent England squad due to an injury problem.

If he's still unfit, then new signing Nick Pope will make his debut ......let's hope " the curse of the debutant keeper " has left Saints by now.

The history of such " custodians " who debut against us, and then play out of their skins has haunted Saints for 50 years.

Bertrand and Cedric both out. Long doubtful

Bertrand, Cedric out. Long doubtful

important to recover quickly, we have a lot of games

McQueen is an option at LB and an interesting one

we could see him feature

we have young Valery at RB, it is too early for him, he is very young

Maya can play sometimes in fullback

but he does not have the same profile as Martina and Cedric

it is important that fullbacks participate in the play offensively

the players understand that the rotation is important and they all cant play every 3 days and keep good results

important to keep players fresh as much as possible

we have 15 international players, this is very interesting for the squad and we have many competitions to play in

Burnley is what we are focusing on, then we look to Inter Milan

the Inter game is interesting as we are in a mini championship to qualify from the group

Prefer to win than worry about clean sheets.

We will show we are strong and we are solid but more important is the win

Bertrand, Cedric out. Long doubtful

important to recover quickly, we have a lot of games

McQueen is an option at LB and an interesting one

we could see him feature

we have young Valery at RB, it is too early for him, he is very young

Maya can play sometimes in fullback

but he does not have the same profile as Martina and Cedric

it is important that fullbacks participate in the play offensively

the players understand that the rotation is important and they all cant play every 3 days and keep good results

important to keep players fresh as much as possible

we have 15 international players, this is very interesting for the squad and we have many competitions to play in

Burnley is what we are focusing on, then we look to Inter Milan

the Inter game is interesting as we are in a mini championship to qualify from the group

Prefer to win than worry about clean sheets.

We will show we are strong and we are solid but more important is the win

Was there no mention of boufal or jrod?

Bertrand, Cedric out. Long doubtful

important to recover quickly, we have a lot of games

McQueen is an option at LB and an interesting one

we could see him feature

we have young Valery at RB, it is too early for him, he is very young

Maya can play sometimes in fullback

but he does not have the same profile as Martina and Cedric

it is important that fullbacks participate in the play offensively

the players understand that the rotation is important and they all cant play every 3 days and keep good results

important to keep players fresh as much as possible

we have 15 international players, this is very interesting for the squad and we have many competitions to play in

Burnley is what we are focusing on, then we look to Inter Milan

the Inter game is interesting as we are in a mini championship to qualify from the group

Prefer to win than worry about clean sheets.

We will show we are strong and we are solid but more important is the win

Great job as ever

Was there no mention of boufal or jrod?

missed the start. hopefully someone can fill in the gaps

Was there no mention of boufal or jrod?

The journalists didn't ask him about those two, perhaps if they are doing their job well & done some research on the squad they will ask about them in part 2 of the press conference (which is embargoed until 10:30pm as normal).

missed the start. hopefully someone can fill in the gaps

At least you got the key aspect which was the usage of the word "interesting" I've started using that more myself now :-0

At least you got the key aspect which was the usage of the word "interesting" I've started using that more myself now :-0

never heard 'possibilities'....like I said, missed the start ;-)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/37157682

Dyche expects Heaton to be fit. Interesting.

Bertrand and Cedric out of our game against Watford. Interesting, thought Puel was talking about Burnley.

Gardos still no option?

Adam Blackmore ‏@bigadamsport

My #saintsfc injury report following my chat with Puel:

Bertrand out Sunday but running

Cedric out 2-3wks

Targett in squad

Long has trained

Boufal training wth squad & will be eased in

J-Rod - fit

Gardos playing tonight for U23