[Albion] Team for Southampton (H) , Friday 8pm

[jcdenton08]

Rutter's still cup-tied. Why do you think everyone's picking Georginho in his place?

Surprised by Julio’s absence, though.

 

[Kit Napper]

Surprised by Julio’s absence, though.

Julio is with me, down by the school yard

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Last time we played Southampton at the Amex Just LAST YEAR !! They were rock bottom of the table , we needed to win to get into Europe no less AND ...WE DID. No sign of glue, tar or feathers or indeed, nails.

Brilliant! We will win then.

Ahem.

Nothing Can Go Wrong Now.

 

[tigertim68]

Maybe an opportunity to rest mitoma for adringa with all the fixtures coming up?

why ? Get the points first , play your strongest team , you can always bring on subs when the game is won ,

 

[pigmanovich]

Last time we played Southampton at the Amex Just LAST YEAR !! They were rock bottom of the table , we needed to win to get into Europe no less AND ...WE DID. No sign of glue, tar or feathers or indeed, nails.

We did in the end but I still have Stains’ “2-0 and you f***ed it up” ringing in my ears

 

[chaileyjem]

We did in the end but I still have Stains’ “2-0 and you f***ed it up” ringing in my ears

Of course and they nearly equalised i think (hit the post ? ) but idea that we NEVER beat the bottom teams or NEVER win when we're favourites at home . In fact it happens a fair bit but we like to pretend it doesn't in case its BAD LUCK.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Of course and they nearly equalised i think (hit the post ? ) but idea that we NEVER beat the bottom teams or NEVER win when we're favourites at home . In fact it happens a fair bit but we like to pretend it doesn't in case its BAD LUCK.

They had a goal disallowed that would have made it 2-2, didn't they? A very marginal offside call by VAR, as I remember.

 

[pigmanovich]

Of course and they nearly equalised i think (hit the post ? ) but idea that we NEVER beat the bottom teams or NEVER win when we're favourites at home . In fact it happens a fair bit but we like to pretend it doesn't in case it’s BAD LUCK.

You’re right to push back! I’m not among the pessimists in any case, I predict a win every time the score predictor thread comes around

 

[pigmanovich]

They had a goal disallowed that would have made it 2-2, didn't they? A very marginal offside call by VAR, as I remember.

Hence the “2-0 and you f***ed it up”

 

[chaileyjem]

They had a goal disallowed that would have made it 2-2, didn't they? A very marginal offside call by VAR, as I remember.

yes. That's it . For about 10 minutes Theo Walcott was on fire !

 

[BN41Albion]

think dunk being put straight back in and having an absolute stinker is written in the stars unfortunately

I obviously absolutely love Dunky, but I really hope he doesn't start tomorrow...

 

[Frankie]

Bart
Veltman
JPVH
Dunk
Estupinan
Mitoma
O'REILLY
Ayari
Rutter
Pedr
Welbeck

 

[The Wookiee]

Verbruggen
Veltman JPVH Igor Estupinian
Wieffer O’Riley
Georginho Pedro Mitoma
Welbeck

 

[WATFORD zero]

I'm just going to put this out there

I wouldn't be stunned if Evan starts

This should now slowly sink down the Main Board unless at 6.45 tomorrow

 

[LamieRobertson]

Up against a team shitter than the three we drew against, this is a banker away win.

Nailed on, glued, tarred and feathered.

Are you bringing your personal fantasies into this?

 

[Stato]

I obviously absolutely love Dunky, but I really hope he doesn't start tomorrow...

As well as JPvH and Igor have played, we haven't kept a single clean sheet whilst Dunky's been out. Our last one was in Dunk's most recent game against Newcastle. In fact we haven't kept a league clean sheet without Dunk since 2 January 2024.

 

[BN41Albion]

As well as JPvH and Igor have played, we haven't kept a single clean sheet whilst Dunky's been out. Our last one was in Dunk's most recent game against Newcastle. In fact we haven't kept a league clean sheet without Dunk since 2 January 2024.

Yeah, but for a bit or context since then we've played Liverpool twice, man city, and Bournemouth who had also been getting a lot of praise. And a brain fart again wolves last 3 minutes. The games before Newcastle we also conceded 2 v spurs, 4 v Chelsea, and 2 v forest.

Not knocking Dunk - just a bit of context! Personally I'd like to see Igor and JPvH keep their places for tomorrow - think they've deserved to

 

[GoldstoneVintage]

Can't see Enciso starting, was playing for the U21s this week. I'm going to guess we'll go

Verbruggen
Veltman JPVH Igor Estupinian
Wieffer Ayari
Georginho Pedro Mitoma
Welbeck

Dunk on the bench, Minteh, O'Riley and Adingra all capable impact subs. Weiffer in as the more defensive CM.

This be the team.

 

[Hugo Rune]

I think Hürzeler will have to rotate in December with the amount of fixtures we have. So why not start against Stains at home?

I think he’ll keep it tight in the first half and then target the 2nd half of the game and leave some top talent on the bench to come on and change things.

I didn’t see Ferdi in the training so will assume he misses out on the squad.

————————-Verbruggen———————
Veltman——-Van Hecke——Igor—--Estupiñán
————-Wieffer——————Ayari—————
Minteh——————Pedro—————Adringa
————————Ferguson————————-

Game changers for 2nd half:
O’Riley
Welbeck
Rutter
Mitoma

 

[Seagull58]

Bert

Veltman Van Hecke Dunk Estupinan

Ayari O Reilly

Georgino Pedro Mitoma

Welbeck

I would play O'Riley and Georginio. Agree with the rest.