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I guess it depends how ready (or not ready) Boufal / Rodriguez are. Rotation for Inter will be interesting as all the big guns will be desperate to play there.

Incredible to lose Bertrand & Long in one f*cking weekend. Rotation options taken a bit of a blow.

I wonder if MT is going to have to play every game at left back? Can't see McQueen coming in to rotate for Inter or Man City?

I know. Losing Bertrand is a massive blow.

I hope Targett is alright now.

Amazing.

I love stats like this because I can't imagine Yoshi being quicker than Walcott or Austin being the quickest over a short distance! Redmond must be up there too.

Would Tadic then move to the left-side of the diamond "shuttle" midfield positions?

Must have been very late as the OS says he played 94mins.

I would love him back - fantastic player for us. It's just not our style though is it? Probably £20m+, and massive wages.

Possibly Isgrove too? Or has he been fit all this time? Claude's rotational options just got a little bit stronger.

#BOUFALWATCH

Has Clasie played at the base of the diamond for us yet? Always seems to play as one of the 2 "shuttle" midfielders when I've seen him. (I would have thought the DM role suited him better as his stamina is pretty poor.

http://sportwitness.co.uk/italy-southampton-midfielder-scouted-juventus-next-week-long-term-interest/

Go full strength. Need to win this one. I can almost sense how this game will play out - We average high possession & Burnley are the opposite & like to be organised & dig in. We will have lots of the ball & they will be content to sit. Virgil & Fonte should be able to handle Vokes, but we will need a bit of magic to unlock them as we've limped over the line against Watford & Sunderland. I'll be interested to see if we arrange any behind closed doors games to give Boufal or Jay a run out. My team: ----------Forster---------- Cedric Fonte Virgil Bertrand ----------Romeu---------- ------Davis---Højbjerg----- ----------Tadic----------- ----Austin---Redmond----

We were certainly linked with a fair few over the summer: - Dominik Kohr - Idrissa Gueye - Naby Keita - Denis Zakaria - Nampalys Mendy - Didier Ndong - Franck Kessie - Thomas Partey - Ozan Tufan - Adam Nagy - Tiemoue Bakayoko

I'm always interested in how the academy is getting on. I'm one of the few who like that we are in the EFL Trophy. A team like this tonight? ----------McCarthy----------- Valery--Jones--Wood--McQueen --------Reed---O'connor------ Johnson---Hesketh----Sims ----------Olomola----------- The team could easily change as I’ve no idea if Stephens’ inclusion in the Eng U21’s precludes him from this game & I’m not sure what Isgrove’s status is

Ah Ok. It was the fact it was a "sticky" that confused me.

Isn't our next game Burnley, or am I completely missing something?!

I like him & glad we have him on board. He has big potential and can only get better IMO. He doesn't have the brain of a striker, but he causes other problems - working in the spaces between full-back & centre-back. He stretch's teams about & creates space for others. Maybe call him a "forward" if people can't get their head around his position. With Boufal & Jay hopefully getting back to fitness, Claude is going to have a few new options in his selection box which bodes very well.

Maybe this is the guy we were supposed to get last time but it got lost in translation https://www.clubcall.com/southampton/saints-keen-on-la-liga-wideman-1827145.html

We were looking at both Idrissa Gueye & Kante before they moved to the prem, so I'd like to think we know who to watch when it comes to DM's. More importantly, Claude will know exactly what he wants to fit his system.

As we are often playing every 3 days or so and making 7 to 8 changes per game, I reckon fitting him in wont be the slightest problem

Boufal & J-Rod coming back gives us some real options when it comes to rotation as well.

What a difference Chadli has made to WBA. £13m very well spent.