:pl: :saints: Saints v Leeds United :leedsunitedfc:

[Shroppie]

Clear foul. Ref bottled it to avoid having to decide if it was red for DOGSO.

But how the fuck could VAR not give it? Seems we’re into VAR not interfering.

[Numptyboi]

Good comeback on Saturday. IMHO Lavia makes a real difference to the 4222 formation. Romeu and JWP, solid as they are, play simple sideways passes 90% of the time for wing backs / wide two. When they are pressed the wide two have to drop quite a lot deeper to see any ball and this leaves the front two stranded and they drop deeper as well. Lavia seems to be a proper ball playing midfielder with a much wider range of passing. Mixed with Aribo playing 10 - 15 yards further up the pitch than other wide right players, then we pose more of a threat and don’t have to rely as much of a hard press from the front. More advanced play also suits AA’s game as a wide left player. OK so it was only 20 minutes but i wouldn’t be surprised if the 11 that ended the game, with Perraud for Moussa, would be our most successful line up this season.

[Lets-B-Drinking]

According to Dermot Gallagher on SSN Ref Watch, Llorente got the ball and Stu stood on it, hence why he went over.

If that wasn’t mind boggling enough, the fucking idiots Sue Smith and Stephen Warnock agreed with him without a murmer.

We are fucked.

[Shroppie]

@Shroppie

We’ve been here before and Ralph has sorted it. I think the problem is the same as before: we’ve gone away from going the things we do well with the right players in the right positions. Only in the odd game has three at the back worked. I think Bednarek and Salisu are better as a two: a third CB gets in the way and leads to indecision. What I’d do is take the team that had a decent run last year, which is intact except for Forster and Broja, make minimal changes and go back to 4222. We’ve got Bazunu as a decent replacement for Forster: no problem. Livramento is out but Perrauld is cover as long as he’s fit, which he may not be with Djenepo starting ahead of him on Saturday - although I think it was a positive choice by Ralph. He sees Djenepo as a better attacking force but he doesn’t get back. He’s no KWP. I’d like JWP in his holding position alongside Romeu, although you could argue Lavia is an upgrade. SA and Elyounoussi or Aribo as the 10s. Then the problem. We need two strikers and we haven’t got any functioning ones.
Pick any two you like for now or maybe a 4231 with JWP or Lavia given licence to move forward. Then you only need one striker. But I think the problem is all of our strikers need a clinical experienced partner.

Thought this was worth a bump as it’s close to what Ralph did on Saturday.

And we seem to have at least one functioning striker now in Adams and Mara looks promising. But will we get another in without Che leaving?

PS. Revisiting this thread realized that I forgot to gloat about being the only correct score prediction against Leeds. Better late than never.

And the width of the post from being right again. I am getting so good at this.

[BTripz]

@Shroppie

And the width of the post from being right again

Technically it was half the width of the post!!