Pre Match Southampton v Leicester

[Jeff]

Friday, 8PM, Sky Sports.

 

[Blaarev]

Schmeichel
Ricardo
Evans
Söyüncü
Chilwell
Ndidi
Tielemans
Maddison
Perez
Barnes
Vardy

 

[Blue Maniac]

Schmeichel
Ricardo
Evans
Söyüncü
Chilwell
Ndidi
Tielemans
Maddison
Perez
Barnes
Vardy

Nice

 

[fitz]

Wonder what scoreline to bet on....hmm

 

[parafox]

Start Albrighton for ****'s sake

 

[Graz]

Kasper

Albrighton
Fofana
Evans
Soyuncu
Castagne

Ndidi
Tielemans
Maddison

Nachinho
Vardy


Although Castagne isn't very effective on the left and has looked better when put back on the right recently, I think Albrighton deserves a start.

 

[pork pie fox]

The cagey win against Palace earned us just as many points as the stroll against West Brom. How we get there doesn’t matter at this stage, it’s all about the W.

 

[Miles Away]

Kasper

Cags
Our Wes
Jonnycakes

Kevin
Timmybum

Youri
Wilf
Ayo

Seniorman
Vards

 

[fitz]

The cagey win against Palace earned us just as many points as the stroll against West Brom. How we get there doesn’t matter at this stage, it’s all about the W.

Very true. Would be grand to give them a right good bumming though. 9-0 to us once again.

 

[homer]

Guesses on the first reference to the 9-0 on commentary after the game kicks off

I'm going for a mention in the sixth minute

 

[glyn]

Guesses on the first reference to the 9-0 on commentary after the game kicks off

I'm going for a mention in the sixth minute

They’ve got to mention the semi-final first. “Lots of recent history” might be said.

 

[AberFox]

Guesses on the first reference to the 9-0 on commentary after the game kicks off

I'm going for a mention in the sixth minute

It was mentioned in the first minute of the semi, so I reckon same again for this game!

 

[Graz]

Guesses on the first reference to the 9-0 on commentary after the game kicks off

I'm going for a mention in the sixth minute

I think they would've got to 2 or 3 mentions by the sixth minute.

Probably within the first 60 seconds.

Although I don't mind being reminded of it

 

[Volpone]

Have we ever before played on a Monday and Friday in the same week?

 

[Jeff]

Have we ever before played on a Monday and Friday in the same week?

Yes.

Monday 26th October 2009, won 1-0 at Reading (Waghorn)
Friday 30th October 2009, won 2-1 at QPR (Fryatt 2)

A few weeks later they both sacked their manager. Reading's was a bloke called Rodgers... https://talkingballs.uk/threads/reading-axe-rodgers.29826/

 

[londonfox]

Castagne has to play on the right. He’s been one out most influential players in the last two games playing in that position.

 

[Miles Away]

Castagne has to play on the right. He’s been one out most influential players in the last two games playing in that position.

A fair point.

 

[sparky79]

Worth noting that as things stand West Ham don't really need to gain 8 points on us to overtake our position as their goal difference is so inferior. Would take some big defeats and big wins to swing it.
So essentially if we win our next two and they drop any points v Burnley or Everton we are home and hosed.
Everton could go equal on points with West Ham but their GD is 4 and so they too need to gain 8 points on us rather than 7.

 

[LoopisDeLupis]

Worth noting that as things stand West Ham don't really need to gain 8 points on us to overtake our position as their goal difference is so inferior. Would take some big defeats and big wins to swing it.
So essentially if we win our next two and they drop any points v Burnley or Everton we are home and hosed.
Everton could go equal on points with West Ham but their GD is 4 and so they too need to gain 8 points on us rather than 7.

I really think 4 points from Soton and Newcastle would do it.

 

[parafox]

Castagne has to play on the right. He’s been one out most influential players in the last two games playing in that position.

The only issue was that he lost the ball so many times from a wide pass that our players stopped giving it to him even when he was in acres of space. I agree he has been much more effective on the right than on the left though.