Norwich vs Saints - Match Thread

[Disco Stu]

Blimey. Curve ball team selection.

Edited 1 hour ago by Disco Stu

[Saint Billy]

There's rotation and there is over rotation.

[Maggie May]

In Tonda we trust.  Dobbin to score.

[Saint NL]

8 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

but does show that Tonda mustn't rate Mubama

Kind of weird timing because Mubama looked crap and then he finally did something and scored a good goal and hasn't been seen since

[Lighthouse]

I’d say eight or nine from that team would start for Norwich. No excuses IMO.

[suewhistle]

So Edozie's job is to attack the full back and get him booked, and then Scienza can come on against a tiring defender and hopefully not get clattered too much..

[Scoobysaint]

Not totally sure about the Mubama if he can’t get a start if Larin is out. Hoping for a real masterclass in pacey, attacking play with plenty of movement and creativity. Failing that I’d settle for a scraped 0-1. 

[sockeye]

At some point certain players just need to step up. I imagine there is one eye on the January window now.

[Totton Saint]

16 minutes ago, qwertyell said:

Dodgy. Wonder if Azaz will be leading the line again, as he did for much of the second half at the weekend. 

Diminutive strikers playing up on their own, which would be the case with Dobbin, are a proven bust for us in this or any league. 

Fellows might not have set the world on fire, but he's at least shown more in one season than Edozie has in four years - with the added bonus of actually wanting to be here. 

Strong bench. We'll need it.

I was about to say why not Fellows instead of Edozie.

[suewhistle]

I see Portsmouth are also on Sky + as well as Citeh v PSG. Just hope my PO10 area pub shows Saints; they normally do when I go..

[Saint Pete]

Interestng line up! At some point, we do need to work towards trusting our backup players more and I think that does mean biting the bullet and starting some of them so we can rest the likes of Larin and Scienza. Intriguing that he's gone with Dobbin in preference to Mubama, will be interesting to see how he goes up front. Very powerful bench available if the score is tight in the second half. 

[Gloucester Saint]

3 minutes ago, suewhistle said:

So Edozie's job is to attack the full back and get him booked, and then Scienza can come on against a tiring defender and hopefully not get clattered too much..

Problem with that is the same full back crunched him in this fixture in 2023/24 and put him out 4 months, ending a fine run of form Sam’s come nowhere near since. 

[Football Special]

Looks a bit of a mental line up, I was told that Tonda had spent a lot of time working with the squad across the international break so got to assume they probably played training games with this line up. 

Edozie to get Stacey booked then get Scienza on to run at him 

Mubama must be down the pecking order. 

Dobbin gets the nod as Tonda fed up with him walking around Staplewood with a long face 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 minute ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Problem with that is the same full back crunched him in this fixture in 2023/24 and put him out 4 months, ending a fine run of form Sam’s come nowhere near since. 

Yeah, Stacey is a bit of a thug, remember he put himself about a bit at St Marys when we won last season.

[Totton Saint]

I cannot read who the subs are -print too small.

I guess only two days since Sunday to recover and try new tactics explains the changes to some extent.

[Graffito]

4 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Problem with that is the same full back crunched him in this fixture in 2023/24 and put him out 4 months, ending a fine run of form Sam’s come nowhere near since. 

Could be the very reason why Eckhert has put him in.

[Wade Garrett]

Would rather see Fellows instead of Edozie.

Looking forward to seeing what Dobbin can do.

[obelisk]

Brave team selection.

[sfc4prem]

1 minute ago, obelisk said:

Brave team selection.

Time to get rid of the away-from-home scar tissue.

[CB Fry]

Maybe a version of this line up played in the behind closed doors game.

[Jack]

Edozie is such a weird one, barely gets a sniff for ages then thrown in as a starter. Formation wise it looks back to normal but serious questions about personnel. Prove us wrong Tonda. 
 

Was Mubama a season long thing or is there a recall option? I doubt he or City are happy with him being behind Larin, Dobbin and even Azaz as a number 9. 

[scumbag]

Looks a shite line up. But I'm an idiot.

[saintant]

20 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

I’d say eight or nine from that team would start for Norwich. No excuses IMO.

After the Lord Mayor's Show? 🙂

[saintant]

20 minutes ago, suewhistle said:

So Edozie's job is to attack the full back and get him booked, and then Scienza can come on against a tiring defender and hopefully not get clattered too much..

Yeah, Edozie is the cannon fodder.

[Totton Saint]

Is Fellows among the subs? 

[Saint Billy]

Hopefully not getting a decent backup to Larin isn't going to bite us on the ass tonight.

[saintant]

Still not sure on JWP.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Maybe he doesn’t want a new contract 😂

Edited 1 hour ago by Willo of Whiteley

[TheSoundman]

Tonda is thinking that Norwich will do a lot of early kicking (just like Watford did), so let Edozie and Dobbin take the abuse, Norwich pick up a few yellows and then we send on the A team.

[Hawkswood]

49 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

Quite a lot of changes in one go, and no Larin to hold it up might mean we have to change the way we play. 

Can understand it, but it might mean this is going to be a scrappy one. 

Yeah I thought hed only change a couple

[JSpeake]

Never saw the point of the Mubama loan - if he was a sure thing, then yes loan him and if we go up then we recruit another striker for the premiership. But loaning a raw youngster, being asked to bring him up and turn him into a decent striker, with the risk that he’s useless, only for City to take him back once we’ve put in the hard work doesn’t make sense to me. 
much rather try Dobbin, who at least is our permanent player - but then Dobbin has to show he’s not just another Archer.

[RedArmy]

19 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Looks a bit of a mental line up, I was told that Tonda had spent a lot of time working with the squad across the international break so got to assume they probably played training games with this line up. 

 

Manning, Matsuki and Azaz would have been away, no? 

[Hawkswood]

8 minutes ago, Totton Saint said:

Is Fellows among the subs? 

Yes

[Jack]

Norwich fans also underwhelmed with their lineup, and not confident. Might not be a classic this, or maybe it will. Saw some people asking what Stacey has got to do to get dropped, maybe getting sent off is the answer. Questions also being asked over why Makama and Musaba aren’t starting 

[Totton Saint]

1 minute ago, Hawkswood said:

Yes

Thanks

[The Wyvern]

7 minutes ago, saintant said:

Still not sure on JWP.

I thought he looked slow even by his standards on Sunday.

[Pilchards]

It’s clear we have a few injuries because we had to put Larin and Scienza in against Pompey.

Hoping the can turn the screw second half with them coming off the bench if we keep it tight first half.

 

[Suhari]

One man's "interesting" is another's "brave" and still another's "fucking batshit-cunt-mental!"

I wonder which this is?

[benjii]

It's hardly massive "rotation".

Bree had a bump on the head.

Matsuki would have probably played anyway and Larin was unlikely to start three in a week.

[whelk]

5 minutes ago, Suhari said:

One man's "interesting" is another's "brave" and still another's "fucking batshit-cunt-mental!"

I wonder which this is?

TBF Tonda is mostly on the money compared to Saintsweb punters.  

[whelk]

Oh we have the body builder ref

[Baird of the land]

Lineup doesn’t fill me with hope. 

[adrian lord]

7 minutes ago, Suhari said:

One man's "interesting" is another's "brave" and still another's "fucking batshit-cunt-mental!"

I wonder which this is?

It’s ‘genius’.

[Suhari]

Fuck is it with the commentary on NowTv?

No crowd noise etc.

[Suhari]

1 minute ago, Suhari said:

Fuck is it with the commentary on NowTv?

No crowd noise etc.

Ahhh. There it is.

[obelisk]

That was too easy for Norwich. Bad miss. Lucky Saints. Lucky Abbott.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Can’t see this going too well, but in Tonda we…

oh shit they came close attacking our fantastic new RB!

[warsash saint]

anyone got a stream link?

[DellBlockH]

Commentators with verbal diarrhea on Sky.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Where the fuck was Manning?! Nowhere near his defensive position AGAIN!