West Brom vs Saints - Tuesday 8pm

[Lighthouse]

Fourth vs fifth, they’ve won three out of their last four, so certainly won’t be easy. I expect a small amount of rotation, possibly Downes starting if fully fit.

[bangkoksaint]

I’m very much a glass half empty person so I’d take a point away there now

[AlexLaw76]

Downes will surely come in....that will be it I reckon

[Toadhall Saint]

Away win

[Harry_SFC]

I'd take a draw but our away form seems to have improved massively, so I think we've got a decent chance here.

Personally I'd go strong for this one and maybe rest a few against an awful Preston side. As good as Bragg was today if always want Downes in an away game against good opposition.

Peretz, Bree, Stephens, Schlotterbeck, Manning, Downes, JWP, Azaz, Scienza, Matsuki, Dobbin.

Edited 13 hours ago by Harry_SFC

[sfc4prem]

We'll give them a good fucking game, I know that for sure.

As always, away from home against a fellow top-half team, i'd take a point.

[Barton Saint]

I would give Mubama a start as I think Dobbin will get muscled off the ball;

Start Sam as well instead of Leo bring him on after an hour 

Otherwise no changes despite a tough week and rotation inevitable 

[Toadhall Saint]

Fellows to prove a point?

[Pamplemousse]

Massive game - they're really good. Unlike Swansea and QPR who I think are in false positions, they're the real deal.

A point would not be a terrible result - we get a win and that would confirm our top 2 ambitions.

[SouthWalesSaints]

Only 150 tickets left of the 2600 allocated. 

Biggest game of the season so far, I feel we’ve a great chance of closing gap on top 2 if we can take 6 points from the rest of this week. 
 

Larin and Jander both out until after the international break. 

[sfc4prem]

6 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

They're really good. Unlike Swansea and QPR who I think are in false positions, they're the real deal.

What makes you say that, out of interest? I haven't seen much of West Brom.

[markr27]

1 minute ago, SouthWalesSaints said:

 Larin and Jander both out until after the international break. 

Hmm, Larin getting two weeks of recovery in the UK, or flying out to Canada, onto Guatemala, back to Canada then back to the UK....

Interesting concept.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Got draw written all over it this one. 2-2. Although I wouldn’t rule out a 2-1 or 1-2 if either Manager gets the tactics/teamsheets right.

[Pamplemousse]

27 minutes ago, sfc4prem said:

What makes you say that, out of interest? I haven't seen much of West Brom.

I think their result at West Ham confirms their status as a promotion candidate - Swansea and QPR against stronger opposition have wilted 

[sfc4prem]

7 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

I think their result at West Ham confirms their status as a promotion candidate - Swansea and QPR against stronger opposition have wilted 

Fair point. A close game then. 1-1?

[Jack]

6 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

I think their result at West Ham confirms their status as a promotion candidate - Swansea and QPR against stronger opposition have wilted 

Maybe it just confirms that this West Ham team hasn’t got the stomach for the fight in the Championship? I haven’t seen much of West Brom this season other than a lucky win at Norwich and looked pretty poor against Wolves. Obviously their results are very solid and improving. 

[Toadhall Saint]

3 minutes ago, Jack said:

Maybe it just confirms that this West Ham team hasn’t got the stomach for the fight in the Championship? I haven’t seen much of West Brom this season other than a lucky win at Norwich and looked pretty poor against Wolves. Obviously their results are very solid and improving. 

West Ham just ain’t very good at home? 🤷

[Sheaf Saint]

1 hour ago, Pamplemousse said:

Massive game - they're really good. Unlike Swansea and QPR who I think are in false positions, they're the real deal.

A point would not be a terrible result - we get a win and that would confirm our top 2 ambitions.

The only team in this league who can legitimately claim to be in a false position is us. 

[OneMrsWallace]

I'm going for an away win, we will just be too strong for them. 

[SNSUN]

4 hours ago, bangkoksaint said:

I’m very much a glass half empty person so I’d take a point away there now

Glass half empty = long suffering Saints fan. Me too, and I agree a point would be a decent result but we're doing so well to keep pace with the top it'd be great to beat them and take our great October form into November. 

[HKsaint]

MUST win game

[sfc4prem]

1 minute ago, HKsaint said:

MUST win game

Don't be silly!

[Football Special]

Jimmy-Jay Morgan to score against us. 

Tough game 

1-1 prediction 

[coalman]

It feels like almost every game is a test of our credentials. We're not as good on the road, without key players playing against a team bang in form who just beat the favourites and an ex player. If that's not the stars aligning against you I'm not sure what is.

Then again we seem to perform well against teams at the top of the table.

[St Chalet]

We are without a couple of key players but should have enough. It’s a great atmosphere at their place.

First win for the shit blue kit?

[coalman]

1 minute ago, St Chalet said:

We are without a couple of key players but should have enough. It’s a great atmosphere at their place.

First win for the shit blue kit?

When you say "shit blue kit" do you mean "hypnotically mesmerising away kit"?

[Badger]

1 hour ago, St Chalet said:

We are without a couple of key players but should have enough. It’s a great atmosphere at their place.

First win for the shit blue kit?

Can we wear it there if WBA also play in blue/white stripes (even if a different shade of blue)? 

[Football Special]

11 hours ago, SouthWalesSaints said:

Only 150 tickets left of the 2600 allocated. 

Biggest game of the season so far, I feel we’ve a great chance of closing gap on top 2 if we can take 6 points from the rest of this week. 
 

Larin and Jander both out until after the international break. 

Do you know whats happened to Jander again? I heard the same on Larin, he's hardly featured since last international break and I'd feared the worst of this scenario, fair play to Dobbin he's really stepped up and done well. 

A win at WBA would be absolutely massive result, especially when our following two matches are against the bottom two away to Preston then home to Derby. 

Hopefully we can shift the last few tickets,  a packed away end that far away midweek when its live main game on sky is very impressive,  should be a good atmosphere 

[Sheaf Saint]

38 minutes ago, Badger said:

Can we wear it there if WBA also play in blue/white stripes (even if a different shade of blue)? 

It's probably the biggest contrast out of all our three kits. The stripes of the home kit could be problematic even though all the other colours are different, and the third kit is probably too similar to the white of WBA's stripes and shorts.

As much as I like this year's third kit, I'm still surprised we went with that for the final design because it limits our options in some situations. A classic yellow would have been much better IMO.

[AlexLaw76]

They are bang on it at the moment....but so are we (at home at least)....A draw would be good.

[egg]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

They are bang on it at the moment....but so are we (at home at least)....A draw would be good.

Yep. Good team and in form. Their front 2 will be a real handful for Stephens and Slot. 

I'd happily take a draw. 

[Sheaf Saint]

2 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

They are bang on it at the moment....but so are we (at home at least)....A draw would be good.

We've won our last two away games.

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Sheaf Saint said:

We've won our last two away games.

in general....