Southampton (A) - Tue 17th May 2022 (7:45pm)

[Aventus]

7 minutes ago, Allan said:

 

On the plus side there's a handful of out of favour players who are about to be given their last chance to shine and move up the pecking order before Paris.

[redinblack]

Martin Atkinson reffing

[an tha]

Southampton are ending the season in pretty torrid form.

 

They have lost seven of their 10 most recent league matches, as many defeats as in their opening 26 fixtures of the season.

 

It's also four losses in five home games for Ralph Hasenhuttl's side.

 

They are playing for the first time since the 3-0 loss at Brentford on 7 May and Saints boss Ralph Hasenhuttl makes five changes from the side that began that match.

 

Goalkeeper Fraser Forster is out with a back injury with Alex McCarthy coming in, while there are also starts for Lyanco, Jack Stephens, Mohamed Elyounoussi and Nathan Tella.

[Bobby Hundreds]

3 minutes ago, manwiththestick said:

I get that, I do, but I'd still rather win and take it to the final game.

 

I'd hate if we dropped points by not applying ourselves properly and be left with that big 'what if' in the highly unlikely event of Villa doing something.

Don't get me wrong I want us to win but I'm not getting the anxiety I usually do.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Fuck, too many changes for me to be anything but bricking it. Hope we haven't kicked our own arses here.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

2 minutes ago, gkmacca said:

I have zero knowledge of their squad. Have a few been rested?

They’ve got a few on the bench who tend to start - the likes of Romeu, Bednarek and Che Adams. Their two options at left back are missing - Livramento and Perraud. The former is injured (and tends to play right back anyway), not sure why the latter hasn’t made the squad. 
 

That seems to have forced a formation change too. They’re down as playing 3 at the back, which I think they hardly ever play. 

[KMD7]

Best possible line up I guess given the circumstances. 

[JohnnyH]

That midfield worried me a lot. 

[Bjornebye]

I understand the line up. Only way it comes down to goal difference is if we win one and draw one and they lose. It's still a must win though. Scummer twats play up pompey etc 

[Strontium]

I'm just pleased that Harvey Elliott is still alive.

[alles ist gut]

Just now, Strontium said:

I'm just pleased that Harvey Elliott is still alive and has managed to go an entire week on the Internet without calling Harry Kane a Spurs-faced cock.

Fixed

[joe_fishfish]

Ox still can't get a game even in this lineup. He's gotta go.

[VladimirIlyich]

1 minute ago, joe_fishfish said:

Ox still can't get a game even in this lineup. He's gotta go.

He probably is going.

[diamondjoe]

5 minutes ago, joe_fishfish said:

Ox still can't get a game even in this lineup. He's gotta go.

We can't have him in our Social Club no more, that much I do know.

[Scott_M]

6 minutes ago, Strontium said:

I'm just pleased that Harvey Elliott is still alive.

We’ve a friend of a friend of a friend who knows one of the coaching staff well (I won’t say who but if you go on the club website, he’s listed as a first team coach…), anyhoo, he was saying on Saturday Elliott has been out of it because he broke COVID19 protocol and then compounded it by going back out on the piss while he was told to stay away from training.

Don’t shoot the messenger…

 

[Scott_M]

Although I’d have liked an extra experienced body in midfield, Klopp has also empowered these players to push us towards the title.

 

He always says it’s a squad effort, it’s down to everybody. If some of these players want to feel they’ve earned their medal, they win tonight. 
 

And if it’s not going well, we have Hendo, Thiago & Diaz to come on. 

[VladimirIlyich]

1 minute ago, Scott_M said:

We’ve a friend of a friend of a friend who knows one of the coaching staff well (I won’t say who but if you go on the club website, he’s listed as a first team coach…), anyhoo, he was saying on Saturday Elliott has been out of it because he broke COVID19 protocol and then compounded it by going back out on the piss while he was told to stay away from training.

Don’t shoot the messenger…

 

If this is true I can't see him lasting too long at the club without a major rocket up the arse. He's talented but not yet that talented.

[manwiththestick]

Just now, VladimirIlyich said:

If this is true I can't see him lasting too long at the club without a major rocket up the arse. He's talented but not yet that talented.

I'd say if it is true he will have had that rocket up the arse and the fact he's back in the squad team suggests it's dealt with.

[waddy78]

2 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

If this is true I can't see him lasting too long at the club without a major rocket up the arse. He's talented but not yet that talented.

He seems the type to learn from it if true, he's only young I can kind of forgive the acting up a bit as long as he learns from it.

[Scott_M]

4 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

If this is true I can't see him lasting too long at the club without a major rocket up the arse. He's talented but not yet that talented.

The lad said he’d had words with Klopp, so I assume Elliott has already had that.

 

Apparently the theory behind leaving in out is to make an example of him, making him hungrier in future. 

[VladimirIlyich]

Just now, Scott_M said:

The lad was saying the theory behind it was make an example of him, make him hungrier in future. 
 

The lad said he’d had words with Klopp, so I assume Elliott has already had that rocket. 

Let's hope it serves it's purpose then. A goal tonight would help.

[Freddo]

6 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

We’ve a friend of a friend of a friend who knows one of the coaching staff well (I won’t say who but if you go on the club website, he’s listed as a first team coach…), anyhoo, he was saying on Saturday Elliott has been out of it because he broke COVID19 protocol and then compounded it by going back out on the piss while he was told to stay away from training.

Don’t shoot the messenger…

 

Obviously I've nothing to base this on but was thinking the club may be unhappy with some of his social media stuff. We had the kane thing which granted was a good while ago but im sure there was something else recently? 

Like I say just a feeling but I wouldn't be surprised if the club have made it clear that he needs to knuckle down. 

[Scott_M]

2 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Let's hope it serves it's purpose then. A goal tonight would help.

I don’t really know the lad we met on Saturday that well but I don’t doubt what he’s told me. 

 

I know the lad gets 4 tickets every away game of this coach now and he’s bagged him 2 for Wembley and Paris (cheeky cunt had the audacity to moan he was having to pay for Category 1 tickets in Paris!). 
 

I need to make him my best friend but I think there is a long queue. 

[Elite]

Very much a chancing your arm line up this. Win and go strong Sunday or lose and rest up until the CL final.

 

[Jordy Brouwer]

I'm glad we've rotated we really needed to. 

 

Step up, second string boys.