Welcome to the Matchday Thread and a trip to the south coast for the Travelling Faithful.
I'm a bit earlier than usual, busy weekend which unfortunately means I'll probably miss the game 🙄😭
Not a great game for us last season if I remember right, let's hope we can do better this time
Venue...St Mary's Stadium...Date...13th Aug...Kick Off...1500hrs
Team News
Leeds United
Leeds could give a debut to Luis Sinisterra following his return from a pre-season hamstring injury.
Captain Liam Cooper and Adam Forshaw are also available.
Junior Firpo and Luke Ayling remain out, while Stuart Dallas has returned to light training but is not yet ready to play.
Southampton
Manager Ralph Hassenhuttl has confirmed Lyanco is Southampton's only new injury concern, joining Tino Livramento on the sidelines.
Links.....................Not on TV so...............
http://sw.freestreams-live1.com/epl/ , Hesgoal or https://www.releasesky.com/category/soccer/ 2 games not broadcast, Sky profits must have plummeted 😂
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
Southampton have won four of their past five home league matches against Leeds, with those wins coming across the top three divisions.
Leeds have lost six of their last eight league away games versus Southampton.
Southampton are two short of 100 league goals in this fixture.
Southampton
Southampton can equal the club league record of six successive defeats, set from January to February 2021.
Saints ended last season and started this one with 4-1 defeats - the last team to end a season and begin the next with consecutive defeats by at least a three-goal margin were Watford in 2018-19 and 2019-20; they were subsequently relegated.
They have failed to win either of their opening two Premier League matches in seven of the past eight seasons.
Saints have won their opening home fixture only once in 23 Premier League seasons, a 3-2 victory against Blackburn Rovers in 2004-05.
Ralph Hassenhuttl's side have dropped 89 points from a winning position, more than any other Premier League club since the Austrian's first game in charge.
James Ward-Prowse has only ended on the winning side in one of the last 12 Premier League matches in which has scored, and none of the last six. He has been directly involved in six of Saints' last eight league goals, scoring five and setting up one.
Leeds United
Leeds have won both of their opening two league fixtures only once in the past 12 seasons - 2018-19 in the Championship - and have not done so in the Premier League since 2002-03.
They are looking for three consecutive league wins for the first time since winning their last four games in 2020-21 under Marcelo Bielsa.
Patrick Bamford - one goal short of 100 career league goals - has scored in his last three top-flight appearances against Southampton. His first top-flight goal came against Saints for Middlesbrough in May 2017.
Winger Jack Harrison created seven chances in their 2-1 win over Wolves, his career-best tally in a league game.
Reasonably confident we could be coming home with the 3 points here, we don't have the best record at St Marys but I'm going for a 0-2 Win for Leeds with Happy Jack and Paddy netting the goals
Chris W⚓ Sutton is desperate for us to lose this saying he thinks Saints will bounce back and win 2-1 but he doesn't know how.
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Over to You..........................Predictions etc.................................
Come Onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeds!!!
MOT
Can we go Live Please Admins
Leeds Utd v Southampton Matchday Thread
posted on 13/8/22
On a brighter note, loving the look of the league table right now, we're in Europe and Schum are relegated. Can it possibly happen...???
posted on 13/8/22
Oh beehave, Brentford!
posted on 13/8/22
Joking aside I think we will undoubtedly suffer against better sides than Southampton, I'm just hoping the owners can have a wip round before the transfer window closes and bring us in a couple more new first team signings that would just give us that piece of mind and security of avoiding the stresses and strains of last year's almighty relegation scrap.
posted on 13/8/22
comment by Macca: Emily Bishop's lovechild (U8194)
posted 26 minutes ago
Jesse quoting a page from the bovine excrement book of excuses.. me thinks
Anyway Brentford 3 nil up brings joy to the old heartstrings!
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4-0 half time.
posted on 13/8/22
Many are saying Kristenson isn’t good enough and to play Drameh. It won’t happen - unless Kristenson gets injured (and he looks a big, strong chap to me!). Kristensen is a new Marsch signing and he won’t be dropped because of that.
I was really surprised that Marsch didn’t make the subs earlier. The guys must have been exhausted playing in 35 degree heat. That was a game we should have won. We desperately need a LB so that Struik can play CB instead of LLorente who is just too lightweight and got bullied by Adams.
I hope Radz & Orta can see the deficiencies and buy the striker and LB we need before this window closes.
posted on 13/8/22
Jesse needs to take a leaf out of Marcelo’s book - if he knows he f@cked up with his late substitutions he should come out and say so. He won’t get the fans onside otherwise.
posted on 14/8/22
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posted on 14/8/22
Bang goes my latest theory😂.
posted on 14/8/22
why did you get rid of my apology?
posted on 14/8/22
comment by The Light Brigade (U22847)
posted 15 minutes ago
Bang goes my latest theory😂.
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