Match Thread Southampton v Everton (Sunday 25 October 14:00)

[mill]

He can play CM too but in Ancelotti's system he plays as a DM imo. Nothing against him, he is my fave new signing. Just that we could try something different.

I don’t think he has played DM for us if I’m honest. Most of the time he’s our furthest forward midfielder.

 

[Amokachi1995]

Looking forward to this match. Will be good to move on from discussing a fairly routine in-game collision and an accurate offside call.

A week for players to recover from niggles and get over jet lag. James to pass it through them at will and DCL to keep his scoring run going.

 

[zukai12_]

Southampton is at best, the 4th nicest city on the south coast, the sooner these lot go away the better

 

[Blue Shoes]

We've got to go One game without letting the little gobling ings score, surely?

 

[Billy Dean]

The only like-for-like Richy replacement in the entire squad is Gordon but we all know he probably won’t even make the bench. Wouldn’t if he’s porked Carlo’s relative.

He seems to be trusting Iwobi at the moment who's done well recently TBF

 

[ForeverBlue92]

He seems to be trusting Iwobi at the moment who's done well recently TBF

Iwobi like Gomes and Pickford are being carried by the other 8 players for me mate.

Hoping he has a good game like but for me both Gordon and Bernard would offer us more offensively certainly Gordons directness.

 

[Milkman]

For these 3 games I wouldn't mind Delph coming in for Gomes and having Doucoure pushed further forward.

With Delph and Allan covering defensively give Doucoure licence to drive forward with the ball which is something we have been missing in midfield since Barkley left.

When Pearson moved him further forward last season he looked top class.

Think you'd struggle to find a Watford fan that agrees with you there. He was playing as a number 10 at times, which obviously doesn't suit his game.

 

[Rob17896]

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Up next for Octobers title-winning blues its the boys from Saints FC.

Can Carlo and the boys grab another 3 points and cement our place at the top, tune in.

Goats 11 to start :

Pickford
JJK - Mina - Keane - Digne
Allan - Gomes - Doucs
Hamez - DCL - Iwobi
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Life is that good it will be 1-3 with Iwobi getting two!

 

[Nymzee]

He seems to be trusting Iwobi at the moment who's done well recently TBF

But then we’d have two sort-of-wingers on either side which I think takes an edge off our attack.

 

[PSB1]

Might prove to be a blessing that Richy is out for a while: should see his injury problem properly overcome.

I'm happy to trust whatever team Carlo chooses to put out. Doesn't need a genius to guess that he'll be as keen as any of us on the good run continuing & he seems to know a bit about futbol.

If the team fail to win by a margin of 5, then he's definitely a fraud who should be hounded out of the country.

Fickle? Moi?

 

[Mashtray]

big big BIG game

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Think you'd struggle to find a Watford fan that agrees with you there. He was playing as a number 10 at times, which obviously doesn't suit his game.

In a 4231 he was as you say a lot further forward but the current system we play I think he doesn't burst forward as much as he's wary of Gomes' lack of pace/mobility if we lose possession and get hit on the break.

I think someone like Delph who is a bit more defensively minded could sit further back with Allan and allow Doucoure to burst forward more without needing to constantly race back.

Dont think Carlo will change it which is fair enough but just think Gomes offers little at the moment and does the same as Siggurdsson in the passing sideways and back.

 

[TheGeeseofGoodisonRoad]

southampton are a strange team. if their gameplan works they're usually quite good but it often backfires on them. all their center backs (stephens, vestergaard, bednarek) are good defensively but slow, but hasenhüttel insists on a high line. since they're at home (although it barely matters with no fans) it should be easier to hit them on the break, richarlison would have destroyed these with his pace and agility

 

[abrigael]

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[sageyefc]

think two DMs would be too much for this game. Siggy showed he can play a bit behind. This lineup will not materialise tho

hes literally never shown this