This is the more realistic solution, but i wouldn’t put money on it with Puel and i love a risky bet. Thing is, i like what he’s doing. I smiled when Hesketh got the nod(still do despite how it worked out) so i hope McQueen gets the nod as it will show Puel has seen something(or had a belief reinforced) during the international break. I do have a slight reservation about Maya in the back line at the same time, but he is not such a liability in the middle and strange as it sounds, i have a feeling Puel prefers him to José.
Burnley is a bit special for me for two reasons.
First, a bit of me is from there. My great grandmother was born there in 1909 in pretty dire circumstances, judging from the accommodation her folks appeared to be living in. Kept her Northern accent all her life, but her mum died young. Capable of being quite a harsh old girl too. Never accepted my grandad.
Second, and perhaps fittingly, it was Juvenile Unit #1’s first ever Saints fixture, up at Turf Moor. We drove down from Liverpool, listening to the Fratellis on the way. It couldn’t have been more Soccer AM. The ground was around 2/3rds full, with the stand over to our right particularly sparsely populated. When Burnley scored, a chubby bloke starts giving it the double-arm swinging two fingered salute.
We equalise, and with no prompting whatsoever, Juvy #1 chucks it right back at him, a girl of eleven years old. She’s done many things to make me proud, that was one of them. She fell in love with the banter that day, and if anything, she’s a glass cannon version of me. Knows even less about football (if you can believe that whopper, eh Baz), but capable of shouting a lot more.
The magic of youth, eh?.
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My Father was born in Burnley, though moved to South Wales as a 10 year old.
Is Yann Valery a left back or a right back?
Right back. Right footed as well.
FM Saints Researcher @ MatthewLeGod 12h12 hours ago
Staplewood source quote… “Players have been taken aback by Boufal in training. Basically they can’t get anywhere near him!” # saintsfc
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Looks like they might be able to get down our flanks though. No first choice full backs.
time for 3 5 2?
Originally posted by @newyorksaint
time for 3 5 2?
It’s an option but Martina and Targett are fit, so I expect we’ll see them start
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I think this will be a tougher game than most make out. They can be pretty hard to breakdown at times, (mainly at home though) and you can bet they will stick 10 men behind the ball.
Ok it is a game we should win, but you can bet your life they will be the first team to score against us at home since Sunderland the great, because they have not scored away in their two away games, losing them both 3-0 and we have not conceded for 6 games.
I’m pitching for a 2-1. A win is a win, but I feel we may need to be patient to break them down, with a late winner to boot.
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I think a lot of it is going to depend on how well the replacements acquit themselves. On paper this looks like a Saints win all day long. We’ve not conceded in six games and they haven’t scored for a while.
Injury must be worse than we thought if he’s been quarantined.
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We last scored 3 games ago (25th September), they last scored 2 games ago (26th September). They have not scored away and only seem to have played 2 away and 4 at home, not sure why?
Just get a feeling they will make it very tough, but yes we should win.
Their first game of the season was originally away at Liverpool but was switched to Turf Moor because Anfields new stand wasn’t quite ready.
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Bet Liverpool are pleased about that, when they miss out on the title by 3 points! Ha ha
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Focus. Burnley have you got your travel insurance?
3 Points a must get some Euros
Today cannot beat 4.08 at Sharaf Exchange in MoE
No Betrand but still printed boarding pass
Barasti 7 pm to discuss the trip
NO to watch the bloody game FFS and find a fire certificate for the flag
FOCUS GANG
It’s a BIG GAME today!!!
If I could like this post a hundred times…
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I’m really looking forward to seeing what he can do.
I’ll settle for a post-roast, post-crumble solid home win with an exciting little cameo from him.
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I’m deep into preparation for the Inter game, so I’ll mainly be eating Lasagne and garlic bread…
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