captainchris Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Trepidation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ART Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Absolutely disgusted with tonights line-up. What the hell is Wanyama doing there again and why is Gazza dropped. Just how can Koeman blabber on about changing things and getting tough and aggressive and name the side he has. Martina is the aggressive option Can see us down to 10 men before half time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 #squaddepth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 One thing is for sure Wanyama absolutely deserves to start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Take a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 We need signings in January. Whatever the outcome of the match is, that fact cannot be ignored and this line up only serves to reinforce it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 4-4-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 We need signings in January. Whatever the outcome of the match is, that fact cannot be ignored and this line up only serves to reinforce it. But this is the best squad in memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Tony Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Koeman must have been offered another job. Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davesaint Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Of course I would love to eat my own words later, but this match could finally end the Shane Long debate once and for all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 4-4-2 Hardly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 At least 3-0 Arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 But this is the best squad in memory. Surely even MLG can't make that point anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Be pretty tragic if we don't bring in 1 player in Jan who is good enough to come straight into that first 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Be pretty tragic if we don't bring in 1 player in Jan who is good enough to come straight into that first 11. I'd be quite angry if we didn't bring in at least three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhari Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 We're gonna get dicked. Really confused...... Cedric injured, yet Yoshida, who generally shares the RB slot is benched, and Cuco is in? Why persist with big Vic? The squad does look weak these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 I'd be quite angry if we didn't bring in at least three. Sure as hell looks like a side walking right into a real relegation scrap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Just don't understand Koeman at all. Martina isn't deemed good enough for a single minute on the pitch so far this season and then all of a sudden he's starting against one of the most dangerous attacking teams in the league. Complete joke. No wonder we are so out of form, he changes the team every single week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Looks like weve given up on this season. Awful line up for second game in a row.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Saint Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 SAINTS: Stekelenburg; Martina, Fonte, Van Dijk, Bertrand; Clasie, Wanyama, S. Davis; Ward-Prowse, Long, Mané. Can't help but fear the worst... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmonton Saint Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Koeman could be on borrowed time after tonight if this goes wrong. Martina shouldn't be a starter for any premier league side ever. Seager surely could be given a run up top instead of 12 million misfit Shane Long. Wanyama has been playing awful for weeks. I am genuinely worried about the team after this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Can't help but fear the worst... At least we've got Gaston on the bench if we need to chase the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.JonB Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Who is on the bench? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Gonna be ambivalent about this tonight as being passionate about it hasn't been working recently. Either gonna get slayed or Arsenal slip up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 SAINTS: Stekelenburg; Martina, Fonte, Van Dijk, Bertrand; Clasie, Wanyama, S. Davis; Ward-Prowse, Long, Mané. Thankfully, we have a far stronger squad this season #squaddepth I'm lost as to where you are going with this. Saints now have more numbers than last season in terms of senior players. van Dijk replaced Alderweireld Cedric replaced Clyne Clasie replaced Scheniderlin On top of that Saints have extra numbers in the squad in the form of Stekenlenburg, Romeu, Ramirez, Juanmi, Rodriguez, Martina, Caulker. Clasie and Cedric still have a lot to prove, but van Dijk has been impressive and the squad has more senior numbers than last season. So I don't see how anyone can justify in terms of depth the squad isn't better than last season. Starting XI quality may be down, but depth is an improvement despite the sticky patch we are going through which fickle fans jump on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Hopefully we do play 442- and just attack. However that might play into Arsenals hands- with Wenger even saying that possession doesn't win you games and hes changed to a more counter attacking football. So actually- maybe a 4231 with vic and clasie holding, mane in the no. 10, and davis/jwp as inside forwards rather than out and out wingers and obviously long up front. As for Martina- i'll reserve judgement till the end. This is his chance to shine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gammon cheeks Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 If had played Yoshida at right back people would moan .....so he plays martina at right back and still people moan! Cedric and Pelle are injured so what else can the manger do ffs! The simple fact is we need players in January ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Who is on the bench? 03 Yoshida 11 Tadic 14 Romeu 20 Juanmi 23 Ramírez 25 Gazzaniga 26 Caulker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Durman Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Why so negative?? I like this line up. Full of workers 2-1 Saints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Expecting some world class fouling as well after Ron's comments the other day. Wayama to be booked within 10mins is my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevematthews635 Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 What another awful lineup from koeman. Becoming convinced he has lost the plot. Terrible side and likely to get tonked. Not sure why NONE of our younger players get a place on the bench when the waste of space that s Faulkner does. Also Gaza did nothing wrong and gets dropped. Hopeless in so many ways Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Durman Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Height could be a real problem from set pieces tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicestersaint Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 I'm surprised Seager isn't even on the bench. I suppose we have to score a few goals sooner or later - hopefully tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 #meltdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmonton Saint Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 If he picks Yoshida we moan that our best option there when Cedric is out, is ****e. Quite rightly. If he picks Martina we can pick a moan between WTF is he doing picking a twente reserve joke of a footballer in a premier league match when Yoshida is available. Why didn't we sign anyone else and why isn't Stephens there. What else can the manager do? Play Tadic? Play Ramirez? Give any youngsters a chance? Stick with a proper system rather than an utter mess of a non formation? Not keep rewarding the same old players for sub standard performance? Well said Sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Well I'm going to see how it goes, I don't really expect to get anything from this match so I'll not be overly disappointed in any case, unless of course we're just absolutely abysmal. Most have written the game off anyway and sometimes we get a pleasant surprise when we've done that. Like Everton last year, mind you Arsenal...well it's not Everton is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Saint Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Anybody have Saints Player yet? Not a peep for me, yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 I'm surprised Seager isn't even on the bench. . Why ? Are there ever U21 regulars on the bench of late ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Remember when we player Gallagher and Chambers against Arsenal when neither had any experience, got a 2-2 draw and should have got more. Why are we so reluctant to take risks and give chances to youngsters now? They wouldn't be replacing anyone in form. This just looks like another **** easy away win unless Arsenal miss any chances. Feel sorry for Gazza, he'd done well. Stek has a lot of fans for someone who doesn't make saves. I know it is the right thing to do in backing the manager. He is a decent one More so as it is a post Cortese and he isnt MP, which gives him a few credits But for me, Koeman as performed pretty poorly this season. Complete contrast from last It seems the done thing on here to dismiss the younger players in saying they are not good enough rather than saying they should be given a chance when we are thin on the ground it is pretty sad that they seem to have zero chance this season, more so when it WAS the whole selling point about our club from most of the others. Last season (and before), people from the club couldnt get to the press quick enough to tell people we always give younger players a chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 (edited) I thought people wanted lots of changes? Edited 26 December, 2015 by sandwichsaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 I'm lost as to where you are going with this. Saints now have more numbers than last season in terms of senior players. van Dijk replaced Alderweireld Cedric replaced Clyne Clasie replaced Scheniderlin On top of that Saints have extra numbers in the squad in the form of Stekenlenburg, Romeu, Ramirez, Juanmi, Rodriguez, Martina, Caulker. Clasie and Cedric still have a lot to prove, but van Dijk has been impressive and the squad has more senior numbers than last season. So I don't see how anyone can justify in terms of depth the squad isn't better than last season. Starting XI quality may be down, but depth is an improvement despite the sticky patch we are going through which fickle fans jump on. how ever you spin it (which is ALWAYS what the club is currently doing) the squad looks no stronger at all this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gammon cheeks Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 If he picks Yoshida we moan that our best option there when Cedric is out, is ****e. Quite rightly. If he picks Martina we can pick a moan between WTF is he doing picking a twente reserve joke of a footballer in a premier league match when Yoshida is available. Why didn't we sign anyone else and why isn't Stephens there. What else can the manager do? Play Tadic? Play Ramirez? Give any youngsters a chance? Stick with a proper system rather than an utter mess of a non formation? Not keep rewarding the same old players for sub standard performance? Play Ramires ! The player that's been a non playing gravy train for the last 4 years ...no thanks! What young players are good enough to start? Don't think there is any to be honest! Tadic plays ...what about west ham and Norwich ? Martina was a cheap option and we can infight all we want but the bottom line is we have brought in cheap cheap cheap !!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Why so negative?? I like this line up. Full of workers 2-1 Saints Height could be a real problem from set pieces tonight #DurmanLogic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Tone Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 I'm surprised Seager isn't even on the bench. I suppose we have to score a few goals sooner or later - hopefully tonight. This. We need a scorer, so wh no try ou own youngster, who is a scorer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Chalet Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Think we'll get something tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Billy Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Blimey, is Koeman trying to get his contract ended early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Saint Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Saints Player — finally: "Searching ... connected ... framed." 17 minutes before KO for a home game? I don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 (edited) we are 4 points above the drop zone well, there we are. in it for real nearer to the drop than 10th place in terms of points just so poor lately Edited 26 December, 2015 by Batman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Saint Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Dave Merrington: "Those three things coupled together". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 26 December, 2015 Share Posted 26 December, 2015 Scary when you compare the 2 line-ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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