SuperSAINT Posted 14 December, 2016 Share Posted 14 December, 2016 Here we go then. Romeu misses out through suspension. (Hope we score 1st, because the players are likely going to lack belief of getting back into it if we do) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 14 December, 2016 Share Posted 14 December, 2016 What kit will we be wearing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 14 December, 2016 Share Posted 14 December, 2016 Romeu has been great for us, but maybe his suspension could be a blessing as we won't end up with a midfield of defenders. Stick Clasie deepest, JWP and Hojbjerg just in front. Hojbjerg is at his best when he's running at a team with the ball. Attacking 3 of Redmond, Boufal and Long. Back 4 picks it's self. Urgency and pace in the final third is all we're asking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 14 December, 2016 Share Posted 14 December, 2016 What kit will we be wearing? A tricky one f'sure - it's on tv too, so I wonder if Sky will insist on a one-off third kit like they did with Newcastle a couple of seasons ago? With them wearing this: I can see us wearing some hideous combination of the home shirts, grey shorts and white alternate socks which the U19s wore at Old Trafford - if we don't have a new (probably white) thing planned. No idea, btw, just speculation based on logic - we can't wear too much red, or black... Maybe we'll get away with Bournemouth being made to wear an away shirt or something. They have an ugly blue one and a more ugly lime green/yellow one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKD Posted 14 December, 2016 Share Posted 14 December, 2016 GIve Olufela Olomola a start. He can't be anyworse than long/Jrod, can he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivasadio Posted 14 December, 2016 Share Posted 14 December, 2016 they are going to be well up for this, i don't think we will be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 14 December, 2016 Share Posted 14 December, 2016 GIve Olufela Olomola a start. He can't be anyworse than long/Jrod, can he? Yes, he can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsaint Posted 14 December, 2016 Share Posted 14 December, 2016 Yes, he can. If he can score from 2 yards then hes an automatic improvement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesfp1 Posted 14 December, 2016 Share Posted 14 December, 2016 I'll play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 14 December, 2016 Share Posted 14 December, 2016 We have no chance of winning this one (just to please FF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu Posted 14 December, 2016 Share Posted 14 December, 2016 0-0. Looking forward to January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsaint Posted 14 December, 2016 Share Posted 14 December, 2016 Just hope the players are up for this one because Bournemouth will be. Last seasons defeat there was arguably the worst performance of the season. No heart or fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 Loud renditions of 'We Don't Care About You' please from those making the trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 Rip em a new one Saints!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 'Will rip us a new one' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 Bournemouth win. If we don't score with 15 mins, we will slowly bore the tears off of everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 Bournemouth win. If we don't score with 15 mins, we will slowly bore the tears off of everyone Mixing your idioms. Bring back Pelle eh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 I'm bored of being bored because being bored is boring ! Sad times when AFCB are a better football side than us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 The troll is on good form.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 The troll is on good form.... Got any more 'holidays' or leave of absences planned pal? #crushingbore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenridge Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 The troll is on good form.... The irony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 The irony. You are stalking me... you saddo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 Got any more 'holidays' or leave of absences planned pal? #crushingbore Hello.. to the oddbod who thinks he is brighter than he actually is... glad to see your side splitting "pal" line is back.... what a din Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 (edited) Hello.. to the oddbod who thinks he is brighter than he actually is... glad to see your side splitting "pal" line is back.... what a din Given your standing and popularity on this place, I take that as the highest compliment pal. By the way, do you ever contribute anything football or subject-related on this place? #crushingbore Edited 15 December, 2016 by shurlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErwinK1961 Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 I reckon I can predict half the scoreline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 Given your standing and popularity on this place, I take that as the highest compliment pal. #crushingbore Unlike you i don`t care about popularity... Can everone like Shulock please he cant cope without it... And now ignore for you because you waste my time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 (edited) Unlike you i don`t care about popularity... Can everone like Shulock please he cant cope without it... And now ignore for you because you waste my time It's painfully obvious you don't care about popularity Except when you pile in and pick on easy targets, presumably because it's sanctioned by others. You're a cowardly **** as well as a crushing bore. Edited 15 December, 2016 by shurlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 2-0 Bompey - they're playing some excellent stuff at the moment and we cannot score. ----------Forster Cedric Fonte VVD Bertrand ----------Clasie------------- -----Hojbjerg--JWP--------- Boufal-----Long-----Redmond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 Well at least we can't really do any worse then we did in this fixture last season. If he rests Boufal it'll be madness, he looked really good last night. I'd start him, Redmond and Tadic, but I think there's more chance of hell freezing over then him doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Billy Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 I reckon I can predict half the scoreline. With you on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 Howe's tactic of doubling up down the wings worked brilliantly last season. Even though that was (initially) against a different formation i.e. a back three, I can see him trying something similar and exploiting the narrowness of the diamond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKD Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 Howe's tactic of doubling up down the wings worked brilliantly last season. Even though that was (initially) against a different formation i.e. a back three, I can see him trying something similar and exploiting the narrowness of the diamond. Lucky we don't play the diamond then isn't it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 Lucky we don't play the diamond then isn't it Call it what you want, point stands regardless. We tend to be quite narrow in the middle of the park, leaving the fullbacks exposed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 Forster Cedric Fonte Van Dijk Bertrand Hojberg Clasie Davis Boufal Long Jrod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallagroth Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 (edited) It's painfully obvious you don't care about popularity Except when you pile in and pick on easy targets, presumably because it's sanctioned by others. You're a cowardly **** as well as a crushing bore. This post Edited 15 December, 2016 by Mallagroth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 It's not a derby. They think it IS a derby. They'll be up for it. We'll lose, but it'll probably be a boring 1-0. We'll be slow and ponderous. The squad will be rotated with 23 new players. The trains are f**ked that day. I think that covers it from a Saintsweb perspective?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 I'd be happy enough with a point from each of the next three games, although two points and a win would be great. Romeu being missing is annoying, particularly as we have a ten day break after. It would have been better to be suspended for one of the hectic run after Xmas. But never mind. I'd go with: Forster Cedric Fonte Van Dijk Bertrand Reed Clasie Long Boufal Tadic Jay Rod But we will play 4-3-3 with Davis, Hojbjerg or JWP instead of Long or Jay Rod I expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austsaint Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 2-0 Bompey - they're playing some excellent stuff at the moment and we cannot score. ----------Forster Cedric Fonte VVD Bertrand ----------Clasie------------- -----Hojbjerg--JWP--------- Boufal-----Long-----Redmond Can't we play someone else other than Ward-Prowse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 Romeu has been great for us, but maybe his suspension could be a blessing as we won't end up with a midfield of defenders. Stick Clasie deepest, JWP and Hojbjerg just in front. Hojbjerg is at his best when he's running at a team with the ball. Attacking 3 of Redmond, Boufal and Long. Back 4 picks it's self. Urgency and pace in the final third is all we're asking for. Don't get why Tadic isn't a better option here. Long and Redmond are much of a muchness if they are playing as a striker. As wingers, Redmond is creative and Long just pace. But if you are playing with Redmond/Long up front, both of them will just be making runs behind. In that sense I prefer to stick with Redmond (he is on/off but you've always got the bench if he's having a stinker) and use Tadic, because Redmond brings something Long doesn't in terms of beating people 1v1. If our approach now is slick attacking passing the ball etc there is little point having a Long. He is useful for example against Man City when we are playing the counter attack. He won't 'unlock' defenses like others will. Bournemouth are rather good at home of late and I suggest the only way we will win isn't to have this approach where we hit top gear by minute 75. Against compact defensive teams we will suffer because a) we can't use the pace of Long/Boufal/Redmond/Cedric, as there is no space behind and b) because we have no centre forward target man to exploit the height, a la Pelle So if we let it get to that stage, with Bournemouth playing it tight after going 1-0 up, we will never equalise. We need to be on the front foot from the beginning, open the game up and exploit the attacking knowhow, and killer passes, of Boufal, Tadic, Hojbjerg and the fullbacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncoboy Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 I reckon I can predict half the scoreline. You are right there It's madness to think if we play the same way with out of form strikers we are likely to get a different result from the goal famine No goal Long & just 2 Rodriguez hardly likely to have Bournemouth ****ting themselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 I'd actually be tempted to play Reed as DM. Perfect time to give him some game time, might give the team a lift too with another youngster coming in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 There's engineering between Brockenhurst and Bournemouth on Sunday morning, earliest train down there is 10.57 from Brock. Forster Cedric Fonte Van Djik Bertrand Clasie Reed Redmond Boufal Tadic Long Likelihood of him playing this team? Zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 Well at least we can't really do any worse then we did in this fixture last season. If he rests Boufal it'll be madness, he looked really good last night. I'd start him, Redmond and Tadic, but I think there's more chance of hell freezing over then him doing that. I agree, he is one player who could get a goal out of nothing, plus i am less inclined to rest him considering he is off to the African Cup in January, get as much use out of him now as possible and if he picks up a knock and gets injured he can stay here and recover instead of going off for a month. last season was one of the worst away games i've done for a while, awful atmosphere, terrible game, they really really hate us and you could see how much it meant to their fans and players to get a win. When we come up against teams who want it more than us we often seem to fail, definitely need to get the players in the right mentality. I'm hoping we can rely on our defenders to give us a chance, 12 clean sheets this season so far is impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurosaint Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 Thread summary to date : They have a far superior manger to us - FACT They have a far superior attitude than us - FACT Really strange that they sit below us in the league, eh ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErwinK1961 Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 Has the makings of a good game. I think we'll get our confidence back. 2-0 saints. I know right.... two goals! It's ok. One will be an OG Are you ITK on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErwinK1961 Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 A tricky one f'sure - it's on tv too, so I wonder if Sky will insist on a one-off third kit like they did with Newcastle a couple of seasons ago? With them wearing this: I can see us wearing some hideous combination of the home shirts, grey shorts and white alternate socks which the U19s wore at Old Trafford - if we don't have a new (probably white) thing planned. No idea, btw, just speculation based on logic - we can't wear too much red, or black... Maybe we'll get away with Bournemouth being made to wear an away shirt or something. They have an ugly blue one and a more ugly lime green/yellow one. Looks like new kit being announced... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 Saints in white! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_saint Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 Saints in white! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 FFS, this is going to cost me a fortune. Knew they were going to have to create something new for the telly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 15 December, 2016 Share Posted 15 December, 2016 (edited) This post Got him on ignore but he wants to call me a coward and an xxxx from behind a keyboard... tough internet warrior ... its ok because he is not to bright What is an easy target on the internet... he does talk some stupid stuff... bless him Edited 15 December, 2016 by ALWAYS_SFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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