Last home game before World Cup. possibility of following our new (this season's) tradition and coming from one down to win 2-1.

The best form of defence is attack. PV is allowed five substitutes.
Please could he start with his five man attack, and bring on reinforcements (some Academy - like J K Gordon and Joe Whitworth when we are 4-0 to the good at 55 minutes. First slot on MOTD beckens.

Matt Le Tissier is worth a punt at 66/1

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I have a theory but it's that and nothing more:

We have set up to play a certain way which is to play the ball around at the back quite a lot and very slowly build up to something constituting an attack.

This approach lacks urgency but has inevitably been clocked by other teams. Therefore they 'go at us' early on, often being able to nick a goal which isn't rocket science really.

Eventually, that sense of urgency will kick in and opposing teams will tire so our improved effort coupled with their diminishing one will ultimately end up with us being on the front foot, dominating and hopefully nicking more goals than we have conceded.

Against the top 4, we have often looked better as we adopt a slightly different, more tactically astute approach. To put is as informally as possible, it seems as though we expect things to 'go our way' and when they of course don't we either kick in (2-1 WW/LU/AV etc.) or become somewhat unstuck (3-0 Everton). In any case it would seem as though the method with which we approach just about every game needs changing as we need a 90min plan that's more likely to work than a 45min plan which hardly ever works with perhaps a 'plan B' for the second half in this inevitability.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Back to winning ways 2 - 0 Eze again and a Wilf penalty to calm the nerves….

If PV doesn't alter to 4-2-3-1 instead of 4-3-3 with only one DM for Southampton, he never will. All i want is 3 points, COYP

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I haven't looked it up scientifically or anything but I tend to agree with this. My perception of Southampton is being able to beat City or Liverpool playing good football. Then easily losing to someone else 5-0. It's a shame those 7-2 wins against them is never us. I think they will attack us early on. If they score one or two, we're in trouble. I'm hoping we can turn things around but my heart is saying Palace win, my head actually thinks they'll win.

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