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Predict the Starting Eleven

OK, Hughes has thrown us a couple of curve balls in the last league and cup games, but he’s also demonstrated that his unpredictability is predictable. So, by now Sotonians should be able to guess the starting line-up against :crystalpalacefc:.

Anyway, you know the rules. Pick the eleven players, in whatever formation you feel Hughes will go for, and if you get it spot-on you will win either a caravan or a motorboat (badge).

  • MCarthy
  • Gunn
  • Forster
  • Soares
  • Yoshida
  • Vestergaard
  • Hoedt
  • Bertrand
  • Stephens
  • Targett
  • Bednarek
  • McQueen
  • Valery
  • Jones
  • Davis
  • Romeu
  • Ward-Prowse
  • Armstrong
  • Lemina
  • Redmond
  • Højbjerg
  • Elyounoussi
  • Hesketh
  • Long
  • Austin
  • Ings
  • Gabbiadini
  • Gallagher

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And in by popular demand (for one week only - prolly) it’s the…

Predict the Formation Game

  • 2–3–5 (Pyramid)
  • 2–3–5 Danubian School
  • 2–3–5 Metodo
  • 3–2–2–3 WM
  • 2–3–2–3 WW
  • 3–3–4
  • 4–2–4
  • 4–4–2
  • 4–4–1–1
  • 4–3–3
  • 4–3–1–2
  • 4–1–2–3
  • 4–4–2 Diamond or 4–1–2–1–2
  • 4–1–3–2
  • 4–3–2–1 (the “Christmas Tree” formation)
  • 5–3–2
  • 5–3–2 with sweeper or 1–4–3–2
  • 3–4–3
  • 3–5–2
  • 3–4–1–2
  • 3–6–1
  • 4–5–1
  • 4–2–3–1
  • 4–6–0
  • 5–4–1
  • 1–6–3
  • 4–2–2–2 (Magic Rectangle)
  • 3–3–1–3
  • 3–3–3–1
  • 4–2–1–3
  • 10–0
  • 0–10

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Bump

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5-4-1

Going for a 0:0 with the outside chance of a goal on the break.

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Not going to predict a scoreline as whenever I have we have lost. My only hope is we improve in our performance

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I assume Hojpodge has served his one match suspension?

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Seems so.

http://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/discipline/suspensions

I wasn’t sure if the League Cup match counted.

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Bednarek AND Targett, @PhilippineSaint?

Have you been drinking?

Oh, sorry. Sore point.

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I had a dream last night that Redmond was injured and out until 30th April.

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Given his improved form, does that qualify as a ‘wet dream’ or a ‘night terror’?

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It was a terror. I was very upset. And you know that whenever they say a player is back by a certain date, it’ll always be a bit longer than that.

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You can take McQueen off of the list now can’t you??

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I had a dream last night that we were losing 1-3 at home to Bournemouth and I turned over the channel in disgust around 80 minutes. I then caught sight of match of the day and we had lost 1-8. Impressive.

All good omens because I always stay till the end and never watch match of the day!

Big game today. Important not to lose.

COYS

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And Hesketh and Jones :+1:

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Were you sleeping with @Fatso or eating his cheese*?

He had a dream too and eating @Fatso’s cheese* is well known to make you dream.

* absolutely a euphemism.

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Where is the prediction form gone?

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It closed at 1 o’clock (9 mins ago). I’m not sure if I can open it…

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I’ve reopened it for you. Hurry up!

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Thanks bletch

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Any more stragglers? 5 mins until the poll closes.

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The Sotonians ‘Average’ First Eleven

OK, the footballing geniuses at Sotonians have chosen a most likely 4-2-3-1 formation - narrowly ahead of 4-3-3 and 4-4-2.

Given that formation, and selecting the players with the most votes that are most likely to fit into that formation, we end up with a Sotonians ‘Average’ First Eleven of…

            McCarthy
Soares Vestergaard Yoshida Bertrand
          Lemina Romeu
    Redmond Armstrong Elyounoussi
              Ings