West Brom v Southampton (20:00 GMT) - Sky Sports 1

DenMan

Monday Night Football and it's a massive game tonight. A win for West Brom will put them on 17 points (joint 4th) and a Southampton win will take them off the foot of the table. Looking forward to it.

LINE-UPS - West Brom v Southampton (20:00 GMT)

West Brom: Foster, Jones, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell, Mulumbu, Yacob, Odemwingie, Gera, Dorrans, Long. Subs: Myhill, Popov, Rosenberg, Brunt, Lukaku, Tamas, Fortune.

Southampton: Gazzaniga, Clyne, Fonte, Yoshida, Fox, Schneiderlin, Steven Davis, Ramirez, Lallana, Rodriguez, Lambert. Subs: Kelvin Davis, Hooiveld, Ward-Prowse, Do Prado, Shaw, Mayuka, Puncheon.

Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)

Mars Bar

Sky are being asses and haven't given us our sports channels yet since we got our new box in. :mad:

eagle eye

How must Lukaku feel about being left on the bench in favour of a player who isn't even considered good enough to start for the Republic of Ireland!:D

DenMan

Early yellow there. Honestly thought he was reaching for a red.

Will I Amnt

Lucky boy not to see red there.

Will I Amnt

Gera really should have done better there.

FutureGuy

Was that stan Staunton taking notes beside Paul Lambert?

Rekop dog

So'ton keeper looks like a carny!

Will I Amnt

FutureGuy wrote: »

Was that stan Staunton taking notes beside Paul Lambert?

Yea, pretty sure it was.

Will I Amnt

Good hit. Deflection leaves the keeper no chance.

DenMan

Wicked deflection. How bad have Southampton's defense been! Not one player looks to close down the attacking threat from West Brom. Completely immobile! 1-0.

Will I Amnt

Serous lack of goals this game week.
Can't see that changing tonight either.

double GG

As long as Lambert doesn't assist or score a goal I'll be a very happy man.

Will I Amnt

double GG wrote: »

As long as Lambert doesn't assist or score a goal I'll be a very happy man.

Lucky there

Will I Amnt

Lallana is a very tidy player. He's got nice quick feet and can pick a pass.

double GG

cambo2008 wrote: »

Lucky there

12 cups of tea on the line!

Will I Amnt

double GG wrote: »

12 cups of tea on the line!

Make or buy???

double GG

cambo2008 wrote: »

Make or buy???

Make, 4 in my house, whoever has the lowest Fantasy premier League points each weekend must make 5 cups for each other person that week. (4 cups this week since there is a Monday game)

Will I Amnt

What a pass from Long. Great goal.

DenMan

Lethal! 2-0.

Paul Tergat

Stunning ball from long there

markie29

Great pass by Long for that goal.

ctrl-alt-delete

Super ball from Long, crowd really appreciated that too from the chants.

Rekop dog

Nice from Long, pity he declared himself unavailable for the upcoming friendly, not doing himself any favours.

The_Kew_Tour

Long getting great reception as he comes off.

Hope Trap is watching:rolleyes:

Johner

Love the West Brom chant for Lukaku.

Lukaku, woah! Lukaku, woah! He came from Stamford Bridge, he's bigger than a fridge!

CSF

Are Southampton really bad or West Brom really good? Either way West Brom have been ridiculously comfortable.

Will I Amnt

That's a definite penalty.

eagle eye

CSF wrote: »

Are Southampton really bad or West Brom really good? Either way West Brom have been ridiculously comfortable.

West Brom have been really impressive at home this season. They lost to City there but have won all their other games in the EPL I think.

Handsome Bob

CSF wrote: »

Are Southampton really bad or West Brom really good? Either way West Brom have been ridiculously comfortable.

Really bad as far as I can see, quite toothless really.

G.K.

Rekop dog wrote: »

Nice from Long, pity he declared himself unavailable for the upcoming friendly, not doing himself any favours.

I thought he was injured when the squad was done. Not the case?

PhlegmyMoses

All 12 or so of us out of the second week of a new LMS in work after the weekend so hoping for a roll over. 1 absolute weapon left in it today who has decided to pick West Brom. Balls.

The_Kew_Tour

G.K. wrote: »

I thought he was injured when the squad was done. Not the case?

I think your right.

He should be first name on teamsheet for his country though.

CSF

Foster is such a good keeper. Nothing to do for pretty much the whole second half and then looks so comfortable when called upon.

Rascasse

Saints need to replace Adkins before the transfer window opens.

Time for the second coming?

Will I Amnt

CSF wrote: »

Foster is such a good keeper. Nothing to do for pretty much the whole second half and then looks so comfortable when called upon.

Still prone to a moment of madness now and then but yea, he is more often than not fairly solid.

Will I Amnt

Baggies up to 5th, hats off to Clarke, doing a great job so far.

The_Kew_Tour

Southampton were awful. They are gonners unless they do some serious overhaul.

Rekop dog

G.K. wrote: »

I thought he was injured when the squad was done. Not the case?

Yeah but there was clearly a possibility with type of injury that he'd recover in time, no harm waiting and then declaring yourself unavailable closer to the date. I wouldn't be too happy if I was the manager.

The_Kew_Tour

Rekop dog wrote: »

Yeah but there was clearly a possibility with type of injury that he'd recover in time, no harm waiting and then declaring yourself unavailable closer to the date. I wouldn't be too happy if I was the manager.

Why? Because he can sit on the bench again when he should be starting?

Trap has treated him like crap

Rekop dog

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Why? Because he can sit on the bench again when he should be starting?

Trap has treated him like crap

I mean there's not that much between himself and Keane(who always turned up for friendlies), you'd swear Long was a prolific scorer at the highest level, he's never even broke double figures in the prem. Obv more to his game than goals but let's not get carried away that this is some sort of massive injustice, the last time Irish fans did that they were left looking silly by a certain Sunderland flop this season.

applehunter

Shane Long is now 25.

The way its going and Robbie Keane sticks around until the end of this campaign, Shane Long will be waiting until he is 28 until he can get his chance for Ireland.

grenache

Since the time of Robson, West Brom have always looked to play easy on the eye football. Great to see it continuing under Clarke and the Baggies finally being rewarded for it.

Its not too premature to speak of them as possible candidates for 4th spot and a CL place. They're good enough for a top 7 finish and Europa League for definite. If they can get lucky and not lose key players to injury, then I think 4th spot is certainly attainable.