alexf

Yes.

Be up against Clyne which could be interesting. Two young quick players up against eachother.

Will play the Shola role today.

7/8 purple players still in our line-up today

Them playing just one big guy upfront may help us with our CB's being slow and immobile but we have to get control of the midfield or else we could be in trouble. So play to our strengths and their weaknesses. Cisse and Ba on their day are up there as two of the best strikers in the league and Southampton's defenders/goalkeepers have been poor all season.

Cheers Anyway doesn't matter as it is all going to click today and Cisse and Ba are going to grab a brace each. COME ON!

Yes while we hoof it even higher and longer for Vile Ranger. Sad thing is, in Pardew's current tactics Ranger would be more effective than Cisse. How fucking messed up is that, If someone had said that to me last season I would smack them without hesitation

Just shoot on site today Papiss

Can see Cisse coming off at some stage either though injury or lack of form and then ranger comes on and Southampton just mock us at how bad he is.

who is on corner duty today?

Hope Cisse and Ba get chance to have a few shots at their keeper.

Think we'll be fine unless they score. Then I fear we'll fall apart.

Another team who will out number us in midfield then.

Give me just one holding player, sick of Pardew's ultra defensive thinking like. Its spread to you too Didnt say thats what i want. Just he's played something similar in the Europa league with cisse at right wing (didn't work) But to be fair whichever way we line up you still have to accept that anita and tiote are both defensive midfielders meaning we have zero creativity from midfield.

Could be a -----------------Krul----------------------- Simpson---Williamson--taylor-----santon ----------anita---------tiote---------------- -------------------jonas--------------------- Cisse-------------Ba---------------Ferguson Although highly unlikely.

look at all that creativity

Jose needs to stop shaving his head

"Danny wasn't at his best today.................because of the media circus surrounding him"

3 league defeats in a row and then going to stoke away desperate for a win would be scary.

Even with our injuries etc on paper we will still have a better team than Southampton today.

Hughton?

If Perch is back then would like to see Taylor-Perch at CB. Taylor and Williamson together are abysmal.

Great to see harry back hanging out the car window on the first day on the job. Missed that.

People have seen too little of Lukaku. He has no hold up play for his strength man, he had so much space today and that helped him. His first touch is terrible and lets him down everytime. Thought he was good against us just his finishing let him down but his overall game was impressive, won alot of headers and held the ball up well at times.

Lukaku would have fitted it well with chelsea this year holding it up and laying it off to hazard and mata.