Southampton 2-1 Chelsea

[James 5,140]

PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS
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Southampton v Chelsea
Tuesday 30th August 2022
Premier League
St Mary's Stadium
19:45 UK

[MoroccanBlue 5,198]

Mendy

Chalobah Koulibaly Cucurella

James Jorginho RLC Chilwell

Pulisic Havertz Sterling 

[Blue Armour 4,165]

22 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Mendy

Chalobah Koulibaly Cucurella

James Jorginho RLC Chilwell

Pulisic Havertz Sterling 

Kovacic., Broja on as subs.

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Kepa

trevoh Silva kk

Rj rlc kova chilwell

Pulisic broja sterling

No jorgi and Kai please.

 

[Strike 6,961]

12 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Mendy

Chalobah Koulibaly Cucurella

James Jorginho RLC Chilwell

Pulisic Havertz Sterling 

Agree with this lineup. Time to manage Silva's minutes

[Laylabelle 9,296]

Hopefully can get our goal difference into plus zone...

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1 hour ago, Strike said:

Agree with this lineup. Time to manage Silva's minutes

Either azpi or TS Has to play. Otherwise there is literally no leadership on the pitch.

[ZAPHOD2319 3,873]

Thank you @James I was out of town for the weekend.

[Pizy 17,860]

You know what would be nice? Our first stress free, straight forward, comfortable win of the season so far. 

Unfortunately, I can’t see it. Injuries, suspensions, and stopgap solutions in key areas of the XI will probably mean another stressful match. I didn’t watch their game against United but apparently they were pretty decent despite losing. Maybe Kai and Mase will finally wake up tomorrow?

[Superblue 6,331]

Just watched the 'unseen' video of the Leicester game that the club put up on their website and towards the end of the game Silva looked visibly exhausted. I do think with Koulibaly back from suspension, this might be a game Tuchel looks to pull him out and give him a rest. 

[James 5,140]

4 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

Just watched the 'unseen' video of the Leicester game that the club put up on their website and towards the end of the game Silva looked visibly exhausted. I do think with Koulibaly back from suspension, this might be a game Tuchel looks to pull him out and give him a rest. 

Silva was absolutely fucked at 70 minutes god knows how he played the whole game. He came crashing into me in the Matthew Harding Lower and i had to pick him up!

[Superblue 6,331]

2 minutes ago, James said:

Silva was absolutely fucked at 70 minutes god knows how he played the whole game. He came crashing into me in the Matthew Harding Lower and i had to pick him up!

Funny thing was, as we dropped deeper and Leicester put pressure on in the last 10-15 minutes he was an absolute warrior.

It's quite extraordinary that we signed a near 36 year old who is now going into his third season here and is still the best defender at the club and in a situation where we have to be concerned about when and where to rest him because he's that important to the team.

Beyond Silva though, everyone had to put a serious shift in on Saturday. I can see Southampton being a tougher game than it really should be purely because of that. 

[YorkshireBlue 2,825]

1 hour ago, Superblue_1986 said:

Funny thing was, as we dropped deeper and Leicester put pressure on in the last 10-15 minutes he was an absolute warrior.

It's quite extraordinary that we signed a near 36 year old who is now going into his third season here and is still the best defender at the club and in a situation where we have to be concerned about when and where to rest him because he's that important to the team.

Beyond Silva though, everyone had to put a serious shift in on Saturday. I can see Southampton being a tougher game than it really should be purely because of that. 

I am hoping a win with 10 men from basically the start will give us great confidence from now.

[MoroccanBlue 5,198]

Does Tuchel start Broja?

[YorkshireBlue 2,825]

5 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Does Tuchel start Broja?

From whats been said kaix ran his socks off last game, so maybe a strong possibility 

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james missed training? 

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[Superblue 6,331]

Reece will be a massive loss if true, but with Koulibaly back and if Tuchel opts to play 4 at the back again there shouldn't be a huge shuffle around, it'll likely just be Azpi in for James.

Obvious drop in quality but like a few others in our squad, Reece is someone that will need managing as games start coming thick and fast.