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I suppose it will entirely depend on where Poch see's where the biggest problem is, either Centre Half or Central Attacking Midfielder, create goals or defend goals. Currently on the defend goals view but would not argue if we got a attacking midfielder, if we got a right back i would say poch needs to be certified

Afternoon Burnley bros! Got any more Jay Rods you want to sell us? He's been showing a lot of promise this season! by Bearsy The Saint 5:44 PM hahahahahaha ask them about stadiums

Southampton are a good side, been in bad nick but have some super players.by Jamie Smith 5:41 PM

Kev the Claret has gone quiet, glory supporter ?

booommmmm rickie lambert

yeah commentary for me as well, but red wine and 30c helps

am struggling to find anything

Barry is Clattenberg and likes to troll us before our games

physio room stated 11th Jan last time i looked.

Look at Barca they have a pre-ordained policy of buying midfielders with the intention of using them as ball playing centre halve's, Song, Mascherano etc

I am always interested in the specific specialities of the coaching system and what each of them brings, what they are tasked with and if possible whose rated highly v those not so much. Would be interested to know the thoughts of anyone who has the inside scoop and what the informal feedback is.

****ing hell when's the next game we've got too much time on our hands, team are decent, we still wont truly know how good we are until Mopo gets all his players fit and accustomed to the league, think maybe Feb/Mar will show us our true potential as this is our 1st season being maurico's team. Agree that the squad depth needs to improve but thats what the youngsters are for, I think we can consistently be placed in the top 10 with seasonal oscillations higher dependent on singular quality additions. If we want CL then I think another 3 players who are the best available players for that position in our system, it doesn't necessarily mean beacoup $$$ to get the either.

just wish we could tighten up our final 3rd play, Jrod looked like the ball was an occasional visitor and the amount of times we were tackled in the final third was impressive. Will revisit this discussion if in Feb we haven't picked up with our fully fit squad and our pressing game isn't being stressed by a load of games over a week and a half = tiredness. On plus point we may get another player now ?

chambers

good team

Personally I would like a central attacking midfielder to replace the Davis/Lambert position or get a right attacking midfielder and move adam into the central slot if Gaston isn't the long term solution in either of those positions. Also a centre half who can play in either left back or defensive midfield or is that asking too much ?

hahahhahaha no bites yet :-)

As good as official and Brendon Rodgers had JWP watched at Everton as well @murraygroves Tancredi Palmeri ‏@tancredipalmeri 17m Southampton have enquired again for Cagliari's defender Astori

Brendan Rogers had Southampton and England u21 set-piece specialist James Ward-Prowse watched at yesterday's game at Everton. @murraygroves No wonder he was ****

For some reason the everton fans think that the only reason we gave them a game is cos they had some changes and we had our strongest team out !!!

Gaston had the 2nd most shots on goal behind Luke Shaw, I think he should get a game

Some area's we apparently can improve on, don't think we could disagree too much, creating chances, offsides, one on ones, concede fewer fouls and win more aerial duels. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1902708-southampton-5-areas-the-saints-can-improve-on-in-2014

They seem to of started to do a tactical review so far and we get a nice name check for our muscular pressing http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/dec/27/tactical-review-strike-partnerships Pressing and possession Tiki-taka began to lose its lustre last year as people grew bored of Spain's sterile domination, but this was the year when a genuine alternative emerged. Or, perhaps, to be more accurate, a variant to the strangulation by possession that characterised Spain at the World Cup. The destruction of Barcelona and Real Madrid by Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League semi-finals offered the symbolic moment of change, but the revolution was less one of style than of degree. Both Bayern and Dortmund press, both look to win the ball back high up the pitch, both look for rapid transitions; the difference to the Spanish model is that they do it quicker, with greater muscularity and with a greater willingness to lose the ball with a risky vertical pass. That pressing does not have to be allied to an obsession with safety-first passing is perhaps best exemplified by Southampton. According to stats at WhoScored.com they have made the third most tackles per game of any Premier League club this season – an indication of the ferocity of their pressing – and, even after their recent wobble, have had the second most possession in the division, and yet they have also played the joint most long passes and have only the 10th highest pass success rate. They win the ball back, look to get it forward quickly, and dominate possession not by looking to retain the ball but by reclaiming it efficiently. Looking at Premier League possession statistics, there is an intriguing gulf: Arsenal have had the ninth-most possession this season with 54.7%, while Stoke have had the 10th-most with 47.9%. There will be anomalies and variants in individual games, but that suggests the Premier League is essentially split almost down the middle: nine clubs look to dominate the ball; 11 are prepared to sit back and absorb pressure.

I've never seen the word agenda confuse so many people, who ever it was definitely has some ****ing problems yo! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 2

Hahahaha true that and I only follow to see if there is any Dani insight and she is useless Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 2