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Post by thegift on Feb 27, 2018 12:59:57 GMT
Southamptons view on us They think Shaqiri is our danger man, (which is correct) They think Berahino hasn't scored in 2 years so now is the time (Next joke) They know is Adam is past his sell by date. They say there absolutely terrible at home and play for a draw, and looks like we do as well. there home form is about as good as our away form. I feel sorry for the fuckers travelling to watch this one. I'm away with work or for my sins i would have gone.
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Post by Gods on Feb 27, 2018 13:13:31 GMT
They seem worried about Crouch too and are relieved that he is a doubt.
It's odd in life how differently others see you to how you see yourself.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2018 13:15:41 GMT
They seem worried about Crouch too and are relieved that he is a doubt. It's odd in life how differently others see you to how you see yourself. Very true gods Funny old game 😬
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Post by Northy on Feb 27, 2018 13:27:04 GMT
They seem worried about Crouch too and are relieved that he is a doubt. It's odd in life how differently others see you to how you see yourself. Crouch has scored winners there for us a couple of times hasn't he ? I see the usual comments from a couple on there, we have a few big lumps, and Stoke will hoof, hoof, hoof
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Post by mrred on Feb 27, 2018 13:48:15 GMT
I think I'd have to start questioning Lambert's ability if he can't get anything out of this.
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Post by Gods on Feb 27, 2018 13:52:51 GMT
They seem worried about Crouch too and are relieved that he is a doubt. It's odd in life how differently others see you to how you see yourself. Crouch has scored winners there for us a couple of times hasn't he ? I see the usual comments from a couple on there, we have a few big lumps, and Stoke will hoof, hoof, hoof Yes, he's hurt them this season and in the past, more than once, and you are simply the amalgamation of your life experiences, so I suppose we shouldn't be surprised. Even if it is in sharp juxtaposition with the conventional wisdom on here that we are 'dog shit' with Crouch up front! My personal point of view is that while we LOOK dog shit with Crouch up front he remains the only pure play striker we have on the books who might have a goal in him at this level!
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Post by metalhead on Feb 27, 2018 14:00:52 GMT
I think I'd have to start questioning Lambert's ability if he can't get anything out of this. Lambert is the manager. It's all down to the players at this point. He's made positive changes and we look a lot better, but when you have dreadful mistakes like we've had in the last two matches, it hardly fills you with confidence. Furthermore Southampton are a lot better than us on paper in my opinion. We only fancy our chances because of how poorly they are playing.
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Post by thegift on Feb 27, 2018 14:03:43 GMT
I think I'd have to start questioning Lambert's ability if he can't get anything out of this. Lambert should of got us 4 more points bar silly mistakes from 2 players 2 games running.
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Post by metalhead on Feb 27, 2018 14:05:09 GMT
I think I'd have to start questioning Lambert's ability if he can't get anything out of this. Lambert should of got us 4 more points bar silly mistakes from 2 players 2 games running. Spot on.
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Post by lordb on Feb 27, 2018 14:05:21 GMT
I think I'd have to start questioning Lambert's ability if he can't get anything out of this. Lambert is the manager. It's all down to the players at this point. He's made positive changes and we look a lot better, but when you have dreadful mistakes like we've had in the last two matches, it hardly fills you with confidence. Furthermore Southampton are a lot better than us on paper in my opinion. We only fancy our chances because of how poorly they are playing. They have been very poor at home for at least a year. That's not a bad spell,that shows they are just as bad as us and the others.
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Post by thegift on Feb 27, 2018 14:07:59 GMT
Lambert is the manager. It's all down to the players at this point. He's made positive changes and we look a lot better, but when you have dreadful mistakes like we've had in the last two matches, it hardly fills you with confidence. Furthermore Southampton are a lot better than us on paper in my opinion. We only fancy our chances because of how poorly they are playing. They have been very poor at home for at least a year. That's not a bad spell,that shows they are just as bad as us and the others. Bad at home v the team bad away from home, how exciting
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Post by metalhead on Feb 27, 2018 14:10:15 GMT
Lambert is the manager. It's all down to the players at this point. He's made positive changes and we look a lot better, but when you have dreadful mistakes like we've had in the last two matches, it hardly fills you with confidence. Furthermore Southampton are a lot better than us on paper in my opinion. We only fancy our chances because of how poorly they are playing. They have been very poor at home for at least a year. That's not a bad spell,that shows they are just as bad as us and the others. That is why I said they're better than us on paper. On form, they're just as bad, but on paper, they have much better players in most areas of the pitch. They just achieved a decent draw with Burnley, with a team that has 4 or 5 players that would instantly walk into our team. Not many of ours would get into theirs. Shaqiri and Butland maybe?
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Post by potterblade on Feb 27, 2018 14:38:36 GMT
Crouch has scored winners there for us a couple of times hasn't he ? I see the usual comments from a couple on there, we have a few big lumps, and Stoke will hoof, hoof, hoof Yes, he's hurt them this season and in the past, more than once, and you are simply the amalgamation of your life experiences, so I suppose we shouldn't be surprised. Even if it is in sharp juxtaposition with the conventional wisdom on here that we are 'dog shit' with Crouch up front! My personal point of view is that while we LOOK dog shit with Crouch up front he remains the only pure play striker we have on the books who might have a goal in him at this level! Exactly. There's so much aesthetic bias on this board but you can't polish a turd. We ARE dogshit so I have no problem if we look dogshit till the end of the season if Crouchie gets more minutes. I'd have him on second 45 mins EVERY game
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Feb 27, 2018 14:44:41 GMT
We could play Crouch,but dont lump it up to him,he is good with his feet, so why not play to that strength?
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Feb 27, 2018 15:06:16 GMT
I think I'd have to start questioning Lambert's ability if he can't get anything out of this. Lambert should of got us 4 more points bar silly mistakes from 2 players 2 games running. if i was a few years younger , rich , handsome and suave i could have married Elle McPherson ,but I'm not and i didn't , anymore than the team lambert picked , the players he selected and the organisation he set up got more than 3 points out of four games against Bournemouth , watford , Leicester and Brighton , not good enough and not unexpected given he was cheap and available , there is a clue in there somewhere .
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Post by potterblade on Feb 27, 2018 15:11:42 GMT
We could play Crouch,but dont lump it up to him,he is good with his feet, so why not play to that strength? He can do both and he defends.
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Post by StokieNath on Feb 27, 2018 15:16:52 GMT
We are in a catch 22. Play Diouf, lump it up. Play Crouch, lump it up. Play Berahino, lump it up. Southampton have a better overall squad than us. They'll be at home, so big advantage to them. Either way, I can see 0 points coming back to Stoke and seriously putting us in the grave. We are fucked.
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Post by mrred on Feb 27, 2018 15:19:20 GMT
I think I'd have to start questioning Lambert's ability if he can't get anything out of this. Lambert should of got us 4 more points bar silly mistakes from 2 players 2 games running. Yeah, that's fair. I'll concede that.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2018 15:20:15 GMT
They have been very poor at home for at least a year. That's not a bad spell,that shows they are just as bad as us and the others. That is why I said they're better than us on paper. On form, they're just as bad, but on paper, they have much better players in most areas of the pitch. They just achieved a decent draw with Burnley, with a team that has 4 or 5 players that would instantly walk into our team. Not many of ours would get into theirs. Shaqiri and Butland maybe? I think they have a better central midfield, but not on form. Their strikers are awful too, and their centre halves are dreadful. I'd take the majority of our team over theirs. A combined XI would probably be: Butland Bauer Shawcross Indi Bertrand Allen Lemina Badou Shaqiri Long Redmond Long is only in there by virtue of how dreadful our strikers are. He's the least shit of an awful bunch but i'd still think we didn't have enough up front if you added him to our squad. I like Ward-Prowse but on form, Badou is in there over him. Redmond is in on paper only, Choupo would be in there but i'm angry at him, and Jese with game time would be in there.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2018 15:23:00 GMT
We could play Crouch,but dont lump it up to him,he is good with his feet, so why not play to that strength? When Crouch is up front the opposition push up 20 yards, especially when we're away. We then don't have as much space to pass the ball around in on the floor as they have 10 players pressing high up the pitch. Our midfield isn't good enough on the ball to pass through them, so we lump it. Crouch's weaknesses make it far more difficult to play to his strengths. That said, for 30 minutes at Bournemouth we got players close to him and managed to do fairly well. That's the only time i've seen it work in years though.
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Post by thegift on Feb 27, 2018 15:24:23 GMT
We could play Crouch,but dont lump it up to him,he is good with his feet, so why not play to that strength? When Crouch is up front the opposition push up 20 yards, especially when we're away. We then don't have as much space to pass the ball around in on the floor as they have 10 players pressing high up the pitch. Our midfield isn't good enough on the ball to pass through them, so we lump it. Crouch's weaknesses make it far more difficult to play to his strengths. That said, for 30 minutes at Bournemouth we got players close to him and managed to do fairly well. That's the only time i've seen it work in years though. Valid point.
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Feb 27, 2018 15:25:57 GMT
That is why I said they're better than us on paper. On form, they're just as bad, but on paper, they have much better players in most areas of the pitch. They just achieved a decent draw with Burnley, with a team that has 4 or 5 players that would instantly walk into our team. Not many of ours would get into theirs. Shaqiri and Butland maybe? I think they have a better central midfield, but not on form. Their strikers are awful too, and their centre halves are dreadful. I'd take the majority of our team over theirs. A combined XI would probably be: Butland Bauer Shawcross Indi Bertrand Allen Lemina Badou Shaqiri Long Redmond Long is only in there by virtue of how dreadful our strikers are. He's the least shit of an awful bunch but i'd still think we didn't have enough up front if you added him to our squad. I like Ward-Prowse but on form, Badou is in there over him. Redmond is in on paper only, Choupo would be in there but i'm angry at him, and Jese with game time would be in there. Shane Long has fewer goals than Diouf (19 v 22) since he signed for us and he hasn't played at right back once. Long is dreadful, so I fully back him to score.
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Post by jezzascfc on Feb 27, 2018 16:06:13 GMT
We could play Crouch,but dont lump it up to him,he is good with his feet, so why not play to that strength? When Crouch is up front the opposition push up 20 yards, especially when we're away. We then don't have as much space to pass the ball around in on the floor as they have 10 players pressing high up the pitch. Our midfield isn't good enough on the ball to pass through them, so we lump it. Crouch's weaknesses make it far more difficult to play to his strengths. That said, for 30 minutes at Bournemouth we got players close to him and managed to do fairly well. That's the only time i've seen it work in years though. Bang on the money. If we play Crouch, the key is to get players up and around him, like we did early doors at Bournemouth. Isolate him as a lone striker and there is simply no point starting him - you may as well use Diouf's pace to run the channels and try to stretch the play, so Shaq et al can have more space in the middle third.
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Post by nott1 on Feb 27, 2018 16:15:38 GMT
They seem worried about Crouch too and are relieved that he is a doubt. It's odd in life how differently others see you to how you see yourself. Crouch played 27 times for Southampton in 2004/5 and scored 12 goals!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2018 16:18:15 GMT
When Crouch is up front the opposition push up 20 yards, especially when we're away. We then don't have as much space to pass the ball around in on the floor as they have 10 players pressing high up the pitch. Our midfield isn't good enough on the ball to pass through them, so we lump it. Crouch's weaknesses make it far more difficult to play to his strengths. That said, for 30 minutes at Bournemouth we got players close to him and managed to do fairly well. That's the only time i've seen it work in years though. Bang on the money. If we play Crouch, the key is to get players up and around him, like we did early doors at Bournemouth. Isolate him as a lone striker and there is simply no point starting him - you may as well use Diouf's pace to run the channels and try to stretch the play, so Shaq et al can have more space in the middle third. Exactly. I just can't see us doing it. We tend to drop very deep when other teams have possession, and given Saints midfield I assume that's what will happen. Then when we get the ball we don't have the energy or skill to get up the pitch quickly to get around Crouch. I honestly don't know what we can do really. Hope that Campbell or Saido magic up a good performance or hope that a bit of extra quality in control from Choupo helps the team. Fuck knows at this point.
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Post by djduncanjames on Feb 27, 2018 16:45:32 GMT
Not one fan predicted a win on there. We can get at them. Seems to be a lot of fan unrest. Smash and Grab time
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Post by thegift on Feb 27, 2018 16:50:39 GMT
Not one fan predicted a win on there. We can get at them. Seems to be a lot of fan unrest. Smash and Grab time Same with us mate. If shaqiri doesn't perform i cant see us scoring again this season.
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Post by metalhead on Feb 27, 2018 16:58:47 GMT
Not one fan predicted a win on there. We can get at them. Seems to be a lot of fan unrest. Smash and Grab time Same with us mate. If shaqiri doesn't perform i cant see us scoring again this season. A lot of responsibility on the little man. If he keeps us up, he can leave in the summer to a heroes reception.... unlike the snake.
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Post by trickydicky73 on Feb 27, 2018 17:04:19 GMT
We could play Crouch,but dont lump it up to him,he is good with his feet, so why not play to that strength? Because he moves slower than a night spent giving Anne Widdecombe cunnilingus.
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Post by mrcoke on Feb 27, 2018 17:16:17 GMT
They seem worried about Crouch too and are relieved that he is a doubt. It's odd in life how differently others see you to how you see yourself. Crouch played 27 times for Southampton in 2004/5 and scored 12 goals! Correct. He was a big favourite with the Southampton fans although they were relegated. He will itching to show them he has not lost it. I think he might do a job for us as a sub after an hour. They will a nervous as kittens not wanting to lose a critical 6 pointer and they don't have van Dijk now. On one of their MBs they see the match as the defining point of the season, varying opinions on WDL, conscious Crouch scored against them in September, and they are very conscious of the amount of goals we have conceded and therefore think their defence is better than ours.
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