Southampton (H) 23/11 Build-Up & Match Thread

[The Bear]

Fiuuuuuuuuuuck. How’s he saved that!

Good initial save bit Donk hits it straight at him.

 

[Jinky]

There you go. Sky close up on Coads.

Nuno lies. Stop the press.

 

[prawnking]

You can work out the questioning of the decision after the match, ay?

Nah, I'll call it as a bit unusual and risky now thanks

 

[Alan]

Coady is there. Weird for Nuno to get that wrong.

 

[Alan]

Nah, I'll call it as a bit unusual and risky now thanks

And I'll call it premature to worry about it until at least halftime.

 

[Jinky]

Adama not on the same wavelength as the others. Lovely little dummy by Raul but Adama just doesn’t expect it.

 

[The Bear]

Coady is there. Weird for Nuno to get that wrong.

I think Nuno just meant he's been isolating at home. But got permission to attend with a negative test.

 

[prawnking]

And I'll call it premature to worry about it until at least halftime.

Nothing wrong with a bit of worry mate, shows you care and are engaged

 

[Bulderdash]

Interesting that kilman is on the right of the 2 cb's, you don't usually get left footed centre backs there.

 

[Alan]

Interesting that kilman is on the right of the 2 cb's, you don't usually get left footed centre backs there.

You get right footed CBs on the left all the time. Not much to read into there.

 

[Premier Quality]

Adama not on the same wavelength as the others. Lovely little dummy by Raul but Adama just doesn’t expect it.

It was too flat to dummy that - was behind Adama.

 

[The Bear]

You get right footed CBs on the left all the time. Not much to read into there.

There can't be many team who've played two left footed CBs in a two.

 

[PuntsWolf]

You get right footed CBs on the left all the time. Not much to read into there.

Yes but Kilman is on the right. If Boly does truly “favour the left” and Kilman is comfortable on the right then you’d have thought Kilman would have came into the RHS when he replaced Saiss and Boly moved back over.

its clearly a tactical approach in possession.

 

[prawnking]

You get right footed CBs on the left all the time. Not much to read into there.

Chemical Alan

 

[MARKakaJIM]

It is weird that Kilman and Boly are the opposite way round to what they would be in a back three.

 

[Deleted Cyber]

Kilman and Boly the wrong way around for me.

 

[Bulderdash]

You get right footed CBs on the left all the time. Not much to read into there.

That's usually down to having 2 right footed players though? I'm guessing it's to open up more passing angles, I think nuno tried it with saiss as right of the 3 one pre-season so clearly something he wants.

 

[Alan]

There can't be many team who've played two left footed CBs in a two.

I'd say that's down to there just being more right footed players in general than lefties, we just so happen to be in the rare case of our two best "pure" CBs both being the latter.

 

[Jack Regan]

Boly is definitely right footed, so we've just done what we used too with Saiss and Neves in midfield in the championship.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

There can't be many team who've played two left footed CBs in a two.

Scotland managed an entire back four of left footers in recent memory.