Pamplemousse

Boufal deserves a run in the team. Tadic deserves a spell on the bench

I'm sure VVD can't wait, trips to Slovenia and Russia, just what he has always dreamed of.

Hoedt has been playing regularly for Lazio in pre-season. I don't think Lemina was for Juventus, which is why he's being eased in by MP. Hoedt though is match fit and quite frankly, we will need him. If Tadic starts I'll willingly participate in the pre-match meltdown.

According to the club twitter https://southamptonfc.com/news/2017-08-24/maya-yoshida-new-southampton-three-year-contract-announcement

But for some reason included Defoe

Just had a look at the Huddersfield forum. They see this as their toughest test so far and believe they would do well to get a draw

The Premier League official social media accounts normally post on a Thursday or Friday the colours that each team will be wearing

That's not how we play though. One thing that is certain - we will dominate the possession stats. Hopefully we can do something with it. Another three goals would be nice.

I don't see him leaving, for the simple reason that he isn't close to being match fit. If a club is going to play £75M odd, they will want him available from Day 1.

Exactly. He and his agent could have been entirely reasonable about this.

Interesting thought If we beat Huddersfield convincingly, and as long as it's by a couple of goals more than Watford or Man City do against their opponents (or if they don't win at all) then by 5pm on Saturday we'll be top of the league. At least for a couple of hours before Man Utd beat Leicester.

Staurt Attwell is the referee Our record at their stadium is dreadful. Lost both times up there in League 1, but at home, thrashed them both times. Last time we played against Huddersfield in the top flight was 1971

Forster Cedric - Hoedt - Yoshida - Bertrand Lemina - Romeu Redmond - Davis - Boufal Gabbiadini PLEASE no Tadic.

The press conference excuse was one of the worst reasons to dislike a manager. How many people even watch those press conferences anyway?

The club has to teach this vile agent a lesson. Don't sell VVD and don't let the agent have his big payout.

I'll only be concerned about Pellegrino if Tadic keeps playing badly and keeps starting.

Boufal had a bit of an injury plagued season last year, I'm willing to be patient with him.

Hoedt MUST start on Saturday

The only concern is the attacking play. Tadic and Boufal had a great opportunity to demonstrate their talent against weaker oppositon and blew it. Boufal is still young (ish) and can improve but I think we've outgrown Tadic and it's time for him to move on.

Again?

Is there any reason you didn't post after we won on Saturday? Curious to know.

Rubbish, this is the only game we can say we've played badly. Deserved to win against Swansea and deserved the win against West Ham (even if we did let a 2-0 lead slip against 10 men, we were still the better team)

At least we don't have to get up at 4am to watch the draw

We have to sort out these defensive aerial battles. Simply not good enough. Man Utd, for example, will kill us next month.

It's been a while since there's been a 0-0 at St Mary's