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HT 1-2 (Saints)

Chelsea decided going out of the EFL Trophy was the final straw and now resorted to throwing the big-guns at the U23 league

Our boys currently in action vs Chelsea U23's. We are 2-1 Up at the moment. (Olomola & Sims) Chelsea's team is NOT weak! Chelsea FC ‏@ChelseaFC Our #CFCDev XI today is Eduardo; Zouma, Terry, Tomori; Dabo ©, Van Ginkel, Fabregas, Aina; Solanke, Batshuayi, Mount.

A little bit more detail on the deal: http://sportwitness.co.uk/record-southampton-transfer-nearly-fell-twice-koeman-departure-close-deal-breaker/? Interesting how the Koeman / Puel switch impacted things.

Agree with this. Assuming we can still get the results, it seems to work well for us with most players getting a game every 7 days. It's benefited Yoshida massively IMO. It's also very useful for the players coming back from injury as we don't put too much load on them.

I don't want to see a weakened team - I just tried to predict what Claude's team will be.

@Guardian_Sport: West Brom’s Saido Berahino returns to fitness camp in France: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/nov/20/west-broms-saido-berahino-returns-fitness-camp-france?CMP=share_btn_tw

It's very possible. Would give Romeu are break. Pleased to see Reed back - he got injured a little while back and I wasn't sure how serious it was at the time.

I don't necessarily remember a Hatrick, but I remember Flo being over for training. I recall Souness had a load of players over for trials at around the same time.

I'm not focusing on different permutations just yet - I'm starting with a very basic desire: PLEASE SCORE AWAY FROM HOME IN EUROPE SAINTS!!!

Tadic & JWP to be assessed Monday in regards to their chances of of being fit for Prague.

This one is tricky to predict. I think Claude will make 8 changes. ------------Forster----------- Martina Yoshida Virgil McQueen ------------Romeu----------- --------JWP----Clasie------- -------------Tadic------------ ------Long---Rodriguez------

LeG with a bombshell if that's true. MLG will likely wee himself when he reads that

I'd rather draw after not creating chances rather than losing after missing 20 chances.

I'm pretty sure I can remember Ronald saying when he joined that Tadic & Pelle were both "already on the list".

I'm sure the lads that destroyed Crawley really hated being involved...

I just see their tempo/high-press causing us BIG problems. Even if Lallana/Coutinho missing, Mane/Firmino/Sturridge will be a nightmare. Need to take our chances tomorrow.

I know, but I'm in "full-on paranoia" mode during take-over rumours

It does sound a little bit like a "come and get me" plea from Les. Hope he stays out if new owners come in. He's been the constant for us.

That's Merseyside for you.

Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC #SaintsFC boss Claude Puel hopes to have @OficialCedric back available for Saturday's clash with #LFC. Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC Claude Puel says Dušan Tadić should be okay to feature for #SaintsFC against #LFC this weekend. Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC Claude Puel hopes #SaintsFC's @FraserForster and @ryanbertrand3 will be available for Saturday, but says they'll be assessed again today.

Lets hope he does. Although next summer he will be entering the slightly dicey 'Clyne/Wanyama' final year territory. A 3 year contract seemed unusual when we signed him.

- KLOPP ON LALLANA: "With Adam, we don't know yet exactly. We haven't done a scan until now. It will be close. Hopefully not too serious." - KLOPP ON SOUTHAMPTON: “My respect for Southampton couldn’t be bigger. What I saw is that they had to replace a very good manager and they made a great replacement. Redmond quite a good choice to replace Pelle. They kept Tadic – a very good player. All around it’s a good team with good players. The scouting is obviously really good. I think that’s how the job should be done, but we want to go there and win, rather than celebrate Southampton's scouting department."