Covcraig@bury
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3-1 win with Grimes ( yes you heard correctly) Grimes to score or Lampard walks
Staying over the night, going after work on Friday - I can't be arsed for the early alarm on Sat morningWe're going down to this. Quite like the early KO. Going to be a tough game. Would settle for a point now.
A minimum of 9 points above 3rd place if we lose after our hardest run of games for the whole season and the players would question themselves?Another interesting fixture. Difficult to predict. Saints on a run but just got halted so not so sure they are that good. Teams they played on that run not special. i would like to see us not lose at least. A loss and players heads will start questioning themselves. Up to FL to ensure that does not become a thing. If everyone plays well we can get our 3 points.
Doesn't that make it your furthest away fixture?Saints away is my nearest fixture. Would love to be there but I'll be in NY about to fly down to Ft Myers. Will catch what I can on my phone hopefully.
Feeling very confident we'll put on a show. We're a very good side and Saturdays win has put us back on the rails.
Soton 0-2 cov
Id go
Wright , Simms
Rudoni,
Grimes, Eccles,
Da Silva.............MVE
KITCHING, WOLF , THOMAS
RUSHWORTH.
I’d be worried if he wasn’t getting the chances. He is a proven goal scorer, could have had 4 or 5 in the last 2 games. The goals will start flowing soon I’m sure of it.Surely Haji will start scoring again, law of averages would suggest so
He's not going to keep.on missing chances He's far too good for that
I’d be worried if he wasn’t getting the chances. He is a proven goal scorer, could have had 4 or 5 in the last 2 games. The goals will start flowing soon I’m sure of it.
His performances overall have been reasonably good (apart from not knowing the offside rule).I’d be worried if he wasn’t getting the chances. He is a proven goal scorer, could have had 4 or 5 in the last 2 games. The goals will start flowing soon I’m sure of it.
BTA has been excellent for us this season but Rudoni is light years ahead of him as a player , suggesting dropping him is absolute follyHis performances overall have been reasonably good (apart from not knowing the offside rule).
But he has to start scoring again soon or he's going to have to be dropped for Simms. For Simms to be dropped after winning player of the month and getting 5 in 3 if the player brought back in for him hasn't scored in something like 10 games then that's poor management, especially when you know the player dropped is very much a confidence player. I expect Simms will start a couple of games over the busy Christmas schedule but after that if Wright isn't hitting the net but Simms is any sensible manager would have to play Simms.
TBH I feel a bit similar over Rudoni. We looked excellent with BTA filling in there and even Eccles filling in we looked pretty good. Rudoni has come back in straight away and I think we've looked weaker as an attacking force, which is surprising as Rudoni is a superior player to both of them. He's playing the role differently though, so maybe Lampard needs to tell him to play more like we have done with other players there.
We’re top and they’re tenth, I’m shitting this one.Southampton are a good side with home advantage. But I don’t think they are invincible. But we need to be at our best.
We have a full week to rest and prepare. Can’t see any changes to the starting eleven unless illness or injury intervene.
The way I look at it is, any points we pick up at Southampton are bonus points.
We won 11 in 12 without rudoni and generally played a lot more fluidly. It isn't folly at allBTA has been excellent for us this season but Rudoni is light years ahead of him as a player , suggesting dropping him is absolute folly
Would that 'double hit' pen now be retaken? Or would it not be as it was missed?I still shudder at the thought of Collins inept goalkeeping and a missed penalty by Haji the last time I went to St Mary's in the league. Threw that game away.
RetakenWould that 'double hit' pen now be retaken? Or would it not be as it was missed?
I was hoping you would be up PeteRetaken
I'm one of the optimists among our fanbase, but occasionally get this fear of capitulation. In those moments I just seek out any of yours or @Mucca Mad Boys posts and calm is instantly restored. Keep up the good work, gents.A minimum of 9 points above 3rd place if we lose after our hardest run of games for the whole season and the players would question themselves?
The same people questioning our players now were hoping to be within touching distance of the top 2 after this run of games. We even played the team in 2nd away twice in succession away from home and won both games. November and December were difficult but we've W6 D1 L1 so far. That's 2.375 points a game. Even if we lose to Southampton we will be averaging over 2 points a game for the difficult run. Then we have Swansea and Ipswich at home to see out the year.
We're on a fantastic run. W 12 D 1 L 2. That's 37 points in 15 games or 2.46 points a game. If we only get 37 points from our last 25 games the teams in 3rd or below would still need a minimum of 2 points a game to catch us up. We could do that losing 12 games out of the last 25. The best of the chasing pack are only averaging 1.66 points a game. If it continues like this promotion could be confirmed with about 8 games to go.
Not sure why the pessimism when they’ve scored 9 in the last 3 home games, but if we go in front early on that crowd’s going to turn on them it seems.There is a post on FaceBook from Southampton FC regarding the game and the majority of the comments think we will spank them
I hope they’re rightWow. Most Saints fans expecting us to pump em.
Not sure if I like that
Yikes. We need to be hammering in the shots on that!To back up something @Lamps has mentioned a few times though, Gavin Bazunu’s been absolutely honking this season with a save percentage not much better than Brad Collins last season.
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We’ve been a bit wasteful with finishing in the last 3 games but even so, fire at will!Yikes. We need to be hammering in the shots on that!
He's not talking about results. he's talking about the individual talent /potential I think..We won 11 in 12 without rudoni and generally played a lot more fluidly. It isn't folly at all
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