Saints vs Leicester - Tuesday 8pm

[Lighthouse]

Leicester at home can only mean one thing; some muppet is going to get himself needlessly sent off. I think it's something like five out of the last seven times we've played this fixture.

You'd have to expect the same team, with Downes possibly being preferred to Bragg.

[LiberalCommunist]

Leicester are accumulating a nice bunch of yellow cards today. So watch this space!

[CB Fry]

Beat Leicester 2-0 and we go above them in the league, which will feel like we really are back. 

[tdmickey3]

55 minutes ago, LiberalCommunist said:

Leicester are accumulating a nice bunch of yellow cards today. So watch this space!

Accumulating points too, hopefully some will be deducted soon

[benjii]

Probably a good opponent after today.

If we were playing less ambitious opponents they would probably park the bus and then we'd have the moaning "in the mixer" brigade whinging about backwards, sideways bollocks all match.

Hopefully Leicester come to try to take it to us.

[Football Special]

Back down to earth win a bump after today's big win.

Prediction 0-9 defeat. 

[SNSUN]

After QPR, Wednesday and Charlton,  Leicester is Tonda's first real test. Win this and he must be a shoe in for the job, whether it's the right decision or not. 

Good to see today that the summer signings (Post Downs and Quarshie) are really making their mark. Some more of that transfer decision making in January and it will be a wonderful second half of the season.

[Lighthouse]

1 hour ago, SNSUN said:

After QPR, Wednesday and Charlton,  Leicester is Tonda's first real test. Win this and he must be a shoe in for the job, whether it's the right decision or not. 

Good to see today that the summer signings (Post Downs and Quarshie) are really making their mark. Some more of that transfer decision making in January and it will be a wonderful second half of the season.

Charlton have lost once in the league, at the Valley since December 3rd. How was that not a real test?

[SNSUN]

They've scored 7 goals in 10 games. We've scored 10 in 3. Keep our goal rate up and we should be ok. Reading Foxestalk they say there were more positive signs for them today though, Begovic in goal was one. We have history with him.

[benjii]

1 minute ago, Lighthouse said:

Charlton have lost once in the league, at the Valley since December 3rd. How was that not a real test?

Bullshit, it's not even December yet.

[SNSUN]

1 minute ago, Lighthouse said:

Charlton have lost once in the league, at the Valley since December 3rd. How was that not a real test?

As in a pre-season promotion contender.

[adrian lord]

We owe Leicester a heavy defeat. 

[Harry_SFC]

2 hours ago, tdmickey3 said:

Accumulating points too, hopefully some will be deducted soon

Doubt it, they seem to be getting the Man City treatment. 

[SuperSAINT]

Isn’t the main issue with Leicester that their wingers usually terrorise us?

[Harry_SFC]

5 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

Isn’t the main issue with Leicester that their wingers usually terrorise us?

Yeah Mavididi and Fatawu usually tear us apart. The problem is we've got Manning who makes it even easier for them.

Edited 19 hours ago by Harry_SFC

[sockeye]

I'm still not over the 2-3 from last year. Gotta give it to 'em whilst they're hurting and give it to 'em good.

[Pamplemousse]

If we play like we did today, we win every game. I'm still in shock from what I saw but I loved it.

Perfect time to play them. I can't stand them, it's time we won. Revenge for that shite 5-0 loss under that twat Martin.

[Football Special]

11 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

If we play like we did today, we win every game. I'm still in shock from what I saw but I loved it.

Perfect time to play them. I can't stand them, it's time we won. Revenge for that shite 5-0 loss under that twat Martin.

Completely agree on all that, out of interest why is it perfect time to play them? Have they got a lot of players out? It really is about time we got a result against them , will feel weird not making a ton of wonga betting on Vardy to score anytime 

[Pamplemousse]

Just now, Football Special said:

Completely agree on all that, out of interest why is it perfect time to play them? Have they got a lot of players out? It really is about time we got a result against them , will feel weird not making a ton of wonga betting on Vardy to score anytime 

I still feel on paper they are the strongest team in the league, so coming off the back of a 5-1 win full of confidence, hopefully we can focus more on how we can hurt them rather than the other way around. I'd be fearful if we had them say just after the Blackburn debacle.

[Football Special]

5 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

I still feel on paper they are the strongest team in the league, so coming off the back of a 5-1 win full of confidence, hopefully we can focus more on how we can hurt them rather than the other way around. I'd be fearful if we had them say just after the Blackburn debacle.

Ah yes understood, good time to play them because of our form , thought I might had missed something on their situation. I agree despite the talk of Leicester crisis club in the summer and not spending any money they kept a very strong starting XI 

Any win for us would put us above them, which would be nice 

[gurru991]

4 hours ago, tdmickey3 said:

Accumulating points too, hopefully some will be deducted soon

I think we can get a six point deduction & still finish top six. 

[Saint Fan CaM]

Play like we did today and we beat them. I do have a slight concern - lose Scienza to illness or a January bid and we’ll be mediocre again.

Have they received their points deduction yet? 

[HnycS]

So 5-1 away to Charlton, I feel revenge against Leicester for a 9-0 incoming.

BTW Based on game time body language I really really feel AA is not a fan of Nathan Jones, he played like he would have done anything to win that game. Would love to here the inside view of Nathan Jones time at SFC 

[austsaint]

1 minute ago, HnycS said:

So 5-1 away to Charlton, I feel revenge against Leicester for a 9-0 incoming.

BTW Based on game time body language I really really feel AA is not a fan of Nathan Jones, he played like he would have done anything to win that game. Would love to here the inside view of Nathan Jones time at SFC 

Arma played an exceptional game, like no other he’s produced at Saints.  Killer passes, half turns, assists, high pitch pressing, tracking back to defend and the well taken goal at the second bite.  Maybe it was a dislike of Jones which motivated him.  He and several others have lifted their games since Still's sacking.

[Chris cooper]

3 hours ago, austsaint said:

Arma played an exceptional game, like no other he’s produced at Saints.  Killer passes, half turns, assists, high pitch pressing, tracking back to defend and the well taken goal at the second bite.  Maybe it was a dislike of Jones which motivated him.  He and several others have lifted their games since Still's sacking.

Yep definitely looks like a proportion of players if not all were not playing for Still.

beat Leicester & Millwall & it sends out a message to the rest of the league we are back & on the hunt !

Gk ,Rb & a St sill needed in January if we really wana have a go second half of the season for maybe playoffs.

[Pamplemousse]

It's our first home evening game, so I do hope there is a light show before.

[Baird of the land]

2 hours ago, Chris cooper said:

Yep definitely looks like a proportion of players if not all were not playing for Still.

beat Leicester & Millwall & it sends out a message to the rest of the league we are back & on the hunt !

Gk ,Rb & a St sill needed in January if we really wana have a go second half of the season for maybe playoffs.

Or more likely still was incompetent

[Football Special]

40 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

It's our first home evening game, so I do hope there is a light show before.

Surely cost cutting after relegation will save us from sitting through one of those again. Usually just results in Sky Sports zooming in on Dawson doing his silly dance 

[Football Special]

Looks like it will be a small crowd anyway,  Leicester not bringing many down,  home sales are low which is not surprising considering it's midweek game live on tv and ticket office decided to make it a Category A ticket price 

[die Mannyschaft]

46 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Looks like it will be a small crowd anyway,  Leicester not bringing many down,  home sales are low which is not surprising considering it's midweek game live on tv and ticket office decided to make it a Category A ticket price 

Football is completely out of touch with reality. Ticket, food and drink way too expensive. Add in travel and parking even within and around Soton area and it mounts up. 25, 26k is still a good crowd. Non league attendances have picked up and that's mainly due to season ticket prices, Eastleigh £99 , Winchester City £146 which for some is much more affordable. I notice at both Eastleigh and Winch a large proportion are Saints fans. I've got about 3 seasons left as season holder then when retire won't be able to afford it so membership and a few games. 

[die Mannyschaft]

Saints 1-1 LCFC,  think it may be a bit more defensive strategy and less space. Its one of those worst footballing teams who hack and kick anyone in sight. Expect 10 yellows and a lot of possession. 

[Charlie Wayman]

1 hour ago, Football Special said:

Looks like it will be a small crowd anyway,  Leicester not bringing many down,  home sales are low which is not surprising considering it's midweek game live on tv and ticket office decided to make it a Category A ticket price 

Most likely to be a sell out with our recent uptick in performances especially yesterday's.

[CB Fry]

1 hour ago, Football Special said:

Looks like it will be a small crowd anyway,  Leicester not bringing many down,  home sales are low which is not surprising considering it's midweek game live on tv and ticket office decided to make it a Category A ticket price 

If home vs Leicester isn't a Category A fixture in this division than I don't really know what is.

[for_heaven's_Saint]

Mavididi scored for the first time in nearly a year yesterday so expect him to terrorise us again.

This will be a real test for Eckert.  Leicester will have seen our game today and there's no way they are going to let us pass it as easily into Armstrong and the other attackers, turn and run.  Time to see if Tonda can also find other ways of getting at teams.

[S-Clarke]

Their fans are in a similar boat to us, we've all had similar starts to the season (Ipswich included). Very stuttering/stop start, not convincing.

Yesterday was our first convincing day of the season so far, Leicester are still stuttering along - but they are winning.

The general vibe from their fanbase is that of a negative one. They want their manager out, and they were fortunate to have Begovic in goal yesterday to stop Stoke scoring more than 1 apparently. Could just be fan emotion talking, but I haven't seen the highlights.

This isn't the same Leicester side from 2 years ago though, not anywhere near. They're more venerable through the middle without Ndidi and less potent without Vardy up top. Fatawu isn't the same after his ACL apparently in terms of mobility. In addition they'll be without LB Luke Thomas in this one who is suspended, so their thinking is the OAP Ricardo Pereira comes in at LB with Hamza Choudhary at RB. 

They're gettable, and if our movement is as sharp and quick as it was yesterday then we 110% have the legs on Faes, Vestergaard, Pereira and Hamza & Skipp. There is the potential there for Leo/Fellows/Armstrong to run that 4/5 ragged. 

[saintant]

13 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Their fans are in a similar boat to us, we've all had similar starts to the season (Ipswich included). Very stuttering/stop start, not convincing.

Yesterday was our first convincing day of the season so far, Leicester are still stuttering along - but they are winning.

The general vibe from their fanbase is that of a negative one. They want their manager out, and they were fortunate to have Begovic in goal yesterday to stop Stoke scoring more than 1 apparently. Could just be fan emotion talking, but I haven't seen the highlights.

This isn't the same Leicester side from 2 years ago though, not anywhere near. They're more venerable through the middle without Ndidi and less potent without Vardy up top. Fatawu isn't the same after his ACL apparently in terms of mobility. In addition they'll be without LB Luke Thomas in this one who is suspended, so their thinking is the OAP Ricardo Pereira comes in at LB with Hamza Choudhary at RB. 

They're gettable, and if our movement is as sharp and quick as it was yesterday then we 110% have the legs on Faes, Vestergaard, Pereira and Hamza & Skipp. There is the potential there for Leo/Fellows/Armstrong to run that 4/5 ragged. 

Agree. We played with the ball on the ground yesterday, quick and incisive with lots of good movement. We need more of the same to beat these so no high balls into AA and the rest.

[macca155]

12 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

This isn't the same Leicester side from 2 years ago though, not anywhere near. They're more venerable through the middle

Ha ha don't you dare change this Clarky. Typos like that are gold.

I have images of a Leicester midfield of philosophers, bishops, and wise old men.

Still be too much for us

 

[Wade Garrett]

Good test for Eckert.  Leicester have some pace and will press the fuck out of our defence.  Won’t be able to play it around our own box like we did yesterday.  They also have a strong midfield.

Will be interested to see how Eckert sets us up.  Will he change the shape or style of play to counter them?  Will Downes come back in to add some strength to the middle of the pitch.

This a real test for Eckert and the team.  

[saintant]

20 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

Good test for Eckert.  Leicester have some pace and will press the fuck out of our defence.  Won’t be able to play it around our own box like we did yesterday.  They also have a strong midfield.

Will be interested to see how Eckert sets us up.  Will he change the shape or style of play to counter them?  Will Downes come back in to add some strength to the middle of the pitch.

This a real test for Eckert and the team.  

Agree this is probably the acid test for Eckert not least because we have a poor record against Leicester. If he sets us up to do well in this game and we win or maybe even draw and perform well he'll be earning big brownie points. Yesterday brought real hope so let's hope it doesn't turn out to be a false dawn simply due to Charlton playing into our hands. A good display on Tuesday should give us belief in Eckert.

[Pamplemousse]

4 hours ago, Football Special said:

Surely cost cutting after relegation will save us from sitting through one of those again. Usually just results in Sky Sports zooming in on Dawson doing his silly dance 

Yeah sadly looks like no light show. But there is a Pukka Pie giveaway before the game...

[Football Special]

3 hours ago, CB Fry said:

If home vs Leicester isn't a Category A fixture in this division than I don't really know what is.

If you are pricing based on demand a Tuesday night end of November game is always going to need a bit more encouragement to get  casual fans to attend, especially now every midweek game is shown on the box, £20 cheapest kids ticket ffs 

Edited 2 hours ago by Football Special

[Football Special]

28 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

Yeah sadly looks like no light show. But there is a Pukka Pie giveaway before the game...

I'm interested,  any more details ? 

[Wade Garrett]

25 minutes ago, Football Special said:

I'm interested,  any more details ? 

Typically meat and gravy encased in pastry.  Hope this helps.

[Football Special]

Just now, Wade Garrett said:

Typically meat and gravy encased in pastry.  Hope this helps.

I NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHEN! please. 

Am I allowed to take two? 

[Midfield_General]

1 hour ago, Wade Garrett said:

Good test for Eckert.  Leicester have some pace and will press the fuck out of our defence.  Won’t be able to play it around our own box like we did yesterday.  They also have a strong midfield.

Will be interested to see how Eckert sets us up.  Will he change the shape or style of play to counter them?  Will Downes come back in to add some strength to the middle of the pitch.

This a real test for Eckert and the team.  

Personally I’d like to see an unchanged team and shape. We’ve done nothing but chop and change this season, so some continuity would be nice and now we’ve shown we can play let’s let the opposition worry about us for a change. Guarantee they won’t be looking forward to it too much now they’ve seen what we can do a decent team if we hit our straps. 

[CB Fry]

40 minutes ago, Football Special said:

If you are pricing based on demand a Tuesday night end of November game is always going to need a bit more encouragement to get  casual fans to attend, especially now every midweek game is shown on the box, £20 cheapest kids ticket ffs 

If we were third and Leicester were second etc it would be close to a sell out.

Either way this season it's a Cat A game all day so I don't see how you can complain about the ticket office deciding that.

[Pamplemousse]

1 hour ago, Football Special said:

I'm interested,  any more details ? 

https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/matchday-information-saints-vs-leicester-city

7.40pm in the stadium, no other details

[Wade Garrett]

1 hour ago, Midfield_General said:

Personally I’d like to see an unchanged team and shape. We’ve done nothing but chop and change this season, so some continuity would be nice and now we’ve shown we can play let’s let the opposition worry about us for a change. Guarantee they won’t be looking forward to it too much now they’ve seen what we can do a decent team if we hit our straps. 

You could be right.  I worry that we would be dominated in midfield and reduced to long balls up to Armstrong.  We’ll see.