Southampton vs Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[PeterWithesShin]

Saturday Apr 12th, 3pm KO.

Them 0 Us 3

Other games in the chase for Europe
Sat
Man C v Palace
Brighton v Leicester
Forest v Everton

Sun
Chelsea v Ipswich
Newcastle v ManU

Mon
Bournemouth v Fulham

[Pete3206]

Saints 0 Villa 2

[Legion]

2-0

[Toronto Villa]

We will make changes and do a professional job. Ollie to get back on the scoresheet in a 3-0 win.

[Richard]

Martinez
Garcia
Disasi
Mings
Maatsen
Onana
Kamara
Malen
Asensio
Ramsey
Watkins

3 0 to us.

[London Villan]

All our games are must wins now...

Emi

Garcia
Desasi
Mings
Maatsen

Onana
Barkley

Ramsey
Asensio
Malen

Watkins

[Dave]

Emi
Garcia
Disasi
Mings
Maatsen
Onana
McGinn
Ramsey
Rashford
Asensio
Malen

[Sdwbvf]

Saturday Apr 12th, 3pm KO.

Them 0 Us 3

Other games in the chase for Europe
Sat
Man C v Palace
Brighton v Leicester
Forest v Everton

Sun
Chelsea v Ipswich
Newcastle v ManU

Mon
Bournemouth v Fulham

It's rather upsetting having to cheer on Manchester United

We had better win this. But with the new manager bounce...

[VillaTim]

Think this will be an edgy away win with a Euro hangover . 0-1 away win.

[PaulWinch again]

This is a potential banana skin - new (old) manager, post Euro hangover. If we play to our ability we’re obviously much better, but we need to turn up.

[Smithy]

I was really hoping Southampton wouldn't be down by this fixture, as it so often happens that teams start playing a bit more freely once the inevitable has actually happened.  And they'll also have the potential bounce of a new face (existing coach) in the dugout. 

I'd expect an improvement from them on recent performances,  but hopefully not enough to deprive us of a win.  We can't let the Champions League derail our season.   The good news is we have a lot of fresh legs to pick from, so tiredness should not be a big factor.

[Rigadon]

New manager bounce or not, failure to win this one would be the worst result of the season.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

They’re bottom of the league for a good reason- they’re shit.

Saints 0 - 3 Villa

[LeeB]

I was really hoping Southampton wouldn't be down by this fixture, as it so often happens that teams start playing a bit more freely once the inevitable has actually happened.  And they'll also have the potential bounce of a new face (existing coach) in the dugout. 

I'd expect an improvement from them on recent performances,  but hopefully not enough to deprive us of a win.  We can't let the Champions League derail our season.   The good news is we have a lot of fresh legs to pick from, so tiredness should not be a big factor.

I actually think it works in our favour, they're 'free' to play more openly and we'll enjoy more space as a result.

[PeterWithesShin]

Teams are just as shit after relegation is confirmed as they were before.