Match Thread Southampton v Everton Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[DanEFC92]

The lads need to show they can play well 2 games in a row for me.

It's why I wasn't putting out the bunting after Leeds. After every good result, however rare, was followed up with at least one shabite performance.

 

[EFCINLONDON]

Hope he doesn't make the same mistake as he did against Newcastle. Need to make changes so we are not overrun in midfield away from home.

 

[4737carlin]

Hope he doesn't make the same mistake as he did against Newcastle. Need to make changes so we are not overrun in midfield away from home.

From the off? See it's a difficult one as we cant change that starting 11 after how well they performed, but Southampton away is a totally different game.
Might need a change in tactics perhaps, even though we have a few games to rearrange I'm glad we didnt have one this week giving us 7 days to prepare for this Saturday.

 

[DanEFC92]

Need to stop giving away silly free kicks in dangerous areas as well. Ward-Prowse will punish us.

 

[dublinbluenose]

I'd take a point here, they're in a nice little run of form

 

[MACCA75]

Feel we are due some good luck. We never seem to have howlers from opposing keepers, awful backpasses, dodgy red cards go for us etc.

 

[argietoffee]

Feel we are due some good luck. We never seem to have howlers from opposing keepers, awful backpasses, dodgy red cards go for us etc.

You get those by putting the opposition under pressure.

The only thing we put under pressure for most of this season has been our blood.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Need to stop giving away silly free kicks in dangerous areas as well. Ward-Prowse will punish us.

That requires our CM pairing to be disciplined. A combo of Gomes & Allan would be a disaster you feel.. (not like VdB can be dropped after last Saturday anyway)

 

[Evertonthat]

I'm not sure these will be much tougher than Leeds. We didn't allow Leeds to play, and I don't see why we cant do the same to Southampton. They might be more organised but if we put them under pressure high up the pitch again, we will get plenty of chances to beat them.

Southampton have 6 wins all season, so the same as us. They have more draws, but with our tails up from last week, we can go there and get a result. I'll go for a 1-2 away win.

 

[Ian]

One to watch out for maybe lol

Sneaky buggers. Looking at their results, though, in 10 of those games the score didn't change after they employed this tactic; in 2, the result was worse for them afterwards; in 1 game (Newcastle), they were losing and went on to draw and in the other (Spurs) they were drawing and went on to win.

Having said that, you could argue that the draw with City could have been worse for them without a boost, even though they had been ahead. I think they were the better side v Utd, who got a bit lucky?

No doubt we'll see it again this weekend, unless bad Everton turn up, in which case they won't need to bother.

 

[ChoccieStarfish]

Almost glad I'll be traveling whilst this game happens. Either a nervy draw or an utter tonking for us is my guess.

I'm getting too old to take any game that isn't a comfortable 4-0 with 3 of those coming in the first 10 minutes ?

 

[Cameron Manning]

Jelly on a plate, jelly on a plate Wibble wobble, wibble wobble, jelly on a plate

Sausage in a pan, sausage in a pan Sizzle sizzle, sizzle sizzle, sizzle sizzle bang!

Noodles on a fork, noodles on a fork Twirly wirly, twirly wirly, noodles on a fork

Popcorn in a pot, popcorn in a pot Popping popping, never stopping, popcorn in a pot

Honey on a spoon, honey on a spoon Runny honey, runny honey, honey on a spoon

Jelly on a plate, jelly on a plate Wibble wobble, wibble wobble, jelly on a plate.

Tight game 2-2.

Great that mate but we conceded two goals!! Too much bleedin’ Wibble Wobble going on there and not enough Popping popping never stopping. At least we got a draw

 

[MisterJ]

More of the same please.

High energy attacking football.

Lets out score the saints

COYB

I think that's the way we have to approach things at the moment, at least till summer when we can strengthen the defence

Outscore everybody. Least it'll be exciting.

 

[witchdoc187]

Feel we are due some good luck. We never seem to have howlers from opposing keepers, awful backpasses, dodgy red cards go for us etc.

We had a good own goal record at saints for a couple of seasons

 

[blueblueskies]

We had a good own goal record at saints for a couple of seasons

We scored 2 in the first half a few years ago