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Lord Duckhunter

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  1. They got a referendum, which was won Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  2. I’d welcome anything that got the dinosaur off the airwaves Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  3. John Terry Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  4. I think you’re right. If I was a betting man I’d say he’d stay. I’m not even totally convinced he’d be gone if we went down. 80/20 for him going, but not 100% convinced Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  5. Fair enough. If people are calling for 2 forwards on the pitch in our normal formation, then it’s a debate about personal rather than set up. Personally I don’t think Gabbi can do the job required and get back defensively a bit like Okazaki does for Leicester. Long probably could, but given his record whether than constitutes 2 forwards starting is debatable. For a few minutes Sims looked like he went in there yesterday. I wouldn’t be adverse to him or Redmond dropping in there with JWP coming in wide instead of Tadic. Sims, Redmond and long are probably the only players we have who could run in behind. Boufal should be able to, but I’ve seen nothing to suggest he’s willing to. I just don’t want us to chuck the baby out with the bath water. Our away performances lately are ok. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  6. We set up with a 10 in our present formation. Playing with a 10 isn’t 2 up top. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  7. You seem to have trouble understanding. Nobody is suggesting we play for draws , lots of sides play without 2 strikers and it’s not negative. 4-4-2 can be more negative if you just sit with 2 banks of 4. Saturday we didn’t set up to draw, Tadic, Sims and Redmond behind 1 up top is not negative, doing the same at Newcastle is not negative. I blame that ****ing dinosaur Merrington, going on about 2 up top all the time. This forums caught his disease. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  8. And we were unlucky to only draw with Watford. Which ever way you look at it, our away form is ok at the moment. Certainly good enough not to tear up the formation we’ve been using all season, to appease a forum. If Redmond and Sims play like they did yesterday our formation will give us more chance of winning at Newcastle than a 4-4-2. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  9. Talk about reading things that aren’t there. Where have I said I’m happy with how we’ve played this season. I’m making the perfectly reasonable point that being unbeaten away from home since Boxing Day now is not the time to change our style of play away from home. Of course had things worked out as you hoped, we would have lost an away game this year. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  10. What’s shocking is people not acknowledging the improvement in our away performances and results since Boxing Day. If we pick up the same number of draws & wins in our remaining 6 away games as in the last six, we’ll end up with 40 points even if we lose every home game. But yeah, let’s change our style. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  11. We haven’t lost an away game since Boxing Day, yet with 3 away games coming up in a row, the football experts on here want us to change our style of play. Genius. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  12. Spot on. We’ve had a slightly better shape since he’s come in. The problem is the number 10 role . I’m convinced away from home that Long could play that role as Okazaki did for Leicester, as he’s quick and works hard enough to fill in the midfield when we’re defending. For all his silky touches, occasional assist and decent passes , Tadic doesn’t do enough for me in that role. I noticed Sims dropped in there for a couple of minutes yesterday, whether by design or because Tadic had found himself on the wing I don’t know, but a 3 of Tadic, Sims, Boufal/Redmond switching around as we did under Poch May work at home. People need to remember Pelle had Mane buzzing around him. As well as Sims played, Mane probably would have buried the 2 one on ones he had yesterday. One he delayed his shot and got caught , the second he took too wide. Mane buries them, we win 2-0 and every bodies happy. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  13. I thought it was strange only playing 2 mins and thought it bizarre that he didn’t let us take the free kick, however I was ****ed off with our fannying around with the throw in just prior to the end. Long had the ball in his hand and then left it for Bertrand who trotted up the line and took an age to take the throw. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  14. Agreed, amazing man. How the **** did he manage to find Pelle, fantastic discovery that nobody at the club, certainly not the manager, had ever heard off. I bet Ronald Koeman was surprised when Mitchell drew his attention to Pelle. And Tadic, wow, can’t believe he found him. If only we’d had a manager from the Dutch league that would have noticed him. Both down to Mitchell , with Reeds man having **** all to do with it. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  15. I don’t know about “turning in his grave” but I’d imagine he’d be disgusted with your lack of class. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  16. That’s pony. I head the interview. What he actually said in response to Blackmore going all Merrington on him about 2 up front, was that he accepted we had our best spell when we had 2 up front, but that they also had their best chance when we we did. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  17. Lord Duckhunter

    Redmond

    Had Boufal played like Redmond did today there would be gushing praise. He played well today, him & Sims both looked dangerous. Best performance since Liverpool away in semi final. His confidence must have been rock bottom, so it shows a bit of mettle to comeback and turn in a performance like that. Gave his all today, more than can be said of others. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  18. Not today he didn’t. He played exactly as people have been calling for, yet still gets clog. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  19. He won’t even be the best Saints player ever relegated. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  20. Absolute pony. You’re blinkered by your prejudice against the guy. He took players on a lot today, far and away his best performance of the season. He ran at them pretty much as much as Sims did, yet you praise him. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  21. WTF. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  22. When he joined on 5 Jan they were 3 points from safety, if that’s “practically relegated” I’m a chinaman. They actually ended up 6 points from safety, further from safety then when he started. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  23. First half poor, particularly Bertrand. Shocking attitude from senior pro imo. OR a shadow of last season, Wes is an accident waiting to happen, Cedric pretty poor as well. On the plus side, Sims & Redmond were excellent as was Lemina again. Stephens ended up playing Crouch ok, one last ditch header was great defending, but a lot of it was more luck than judgement. He needs a proper old pro centre half next to him , not Bambi on ice. Boufal, shocking miss. Sims has hardly played all season so perfectly acceptable to take him off and don’t really understand people moaning about it. We were a bit unlucky, with Charlie Austin we win that game. Not the end of the world, but need 4 points from Newcastle & West Ham. ****ed of with SWR because I had to drive, and stay sober. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  24. Looks like it is running now. Earlier their website said “shuttle train from Reading to Bournemouth “ I messaged them and they got back saying no stops in between. Now it’s updated and showing as “Reading to Bournemouth” with no mention of it being a shuttle service . Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  25. According to my mate cross country are now running an hourly service from Bournemouth to Southampton stopping at Brock. Although their website still only shows shuttle service from Bournemouth to Reading so don’t know if that’s 100% right Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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