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I didn't see Southampton's game against Crystal Palace last night, nor any highlights, but Shane Long was reported to have missed a number of "gilt-edged"chances: http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-35597860.html
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Originally Posted by Nick Purewal
Puel marked Long out for praise in his post-match judgement.
http://www.eatsleepsport.com/southam...e-2258693.html
One of his better albeit stereotypical games. He's due an outstanding brace.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
I saw the game highlights on MOTD2. He missed a chance in the first minute, a good effort with his left foot that missed the far post by a couple of feet but given the angle the keeper would have been favourite to save anything that didn't go in off the far post. The highlights showed no other miss by Long so they can't have been that bad. They scored two lovely goals actually.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Just watching Goals on Sunday. Long did extremely well for Clasie's goal yesterday. Long ball up from Forster and he controlled it well. Put it out to space on his first touch having eased I off the defender and came back in slightly with a great second touch with a few defenders surrounding him. Lovely pull back to Tadic for his third touch who laid it on for a great strike from Clasie.
Kamara did a nice bit of analysis on how there was havoc among the West Brom defence which was caused by Long's movement I think.
He's a more well-rounded player than Rodriguez. I can see why Puel prefers him.
Shane Long was taken off yesterday against Manchester City only 20 minutes after being subbed on. However, it appears this was all as a result of some confusion on the part of the Southampton bench: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/sai..._substitution/
Long seemed to share some heated words with his manager and assistant manager as he passed them on his way down the tunnel after being taken off. Video of it here: https://twitter.com/Sean_McMahon89/s...46855266258952Quote:
Originally Posted by Claude Puel
'Southampton manager Claude Puel says Shane Long's future will be decided in the summer': http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/152...mains_unclear/
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Originally Posted by Claude Puel
Not exactly a ringing endorsement.
No, certainly not. Puel was quite evasive. Things are clearly a bit uncertain for Long in terms of his future at the club.Quote:
Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke
Very much a 'if we can improve on him, and we'd like to, we'll move him on' kinda vibe.
Wouldn't mind seeing Long tear it up at some decent Championship club where he'd be the main man. He'll always be in and out of the side at PL level it seems.
If you were a Soton fan, I don't think you'd be keen to him to stay. Goal return this season been very poor
Its a bit late in the day for him to start adding to his game but perhaps that's the only hope for him to sustain a premier league career.
Long is supposedly on West Ham's summer wish-list: http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/foot...-a3535106.html
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Originally Posted by Ken Dyer
Long started for Southampton today away to Middlesbrough, but missed a penalty in 64th minute. Southampton still won the game 2-1. Long was replaced by Charlie Austin after 87 minutes.
On SSN Phil Thompson said it looked like a bad injury
They were discussing Long's Southampton situation on Newstalk yesterday. I think it was Nathan Murphy who said he tried to interview him in the tunnel after the Liverpool game last weekend and the Irish lads would normally stop for a few words. On this occasion, however, a seemingly frustrated Long said (something like) "not today, I might get myself I trouble or a fine".
I think they said he's only scored six goals in his last fifty-five games for club and country also, granted a lot of them would have been from the bench.
They also discussed the possibility of him playing wide of the front three as opposed to through the middle, highlighting Mandzukic and the job he's doing for Juventus at the moment. They seemed unaware that Long has played this role plenty of times previously. Even Kilbane was saying he doesn't think he's technically good enough, that's it pretty much through the centre or nothing.
Sweet ball for Rodriguez from wide right yesterday nonetheless. Any word on his injury?
Nothing major it seems - http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/sai...pdate/?ref=rssQuote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
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Originally Posted by Claude Puel
His replacement fared no better from twelve yards against Man U earlier.
It is being reported that Long is a "major doubt" for the Austria game and is to have the foot injury he picked up against Middlesbrough assessed today: http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-35728624.html
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Originally Posted by Irish Independent
broken metatarsal it seems.
http://saintsmarching.com/2017/05/19...ke-city-clash/
that's him ruled out for austria if so, one would think?
Walters is 34 soon and is worn down by injuries - I can't remember the last time he started back to back games. Rooney is 29 and uncapped, I would question if he is good enough for this level. McGoldrick is 29 and doesn't appear able to adjust to the pace of Intl football. Doyle is 34 soon and doesn't possess a threat at this level anymore. Murphy is 34 and is probably the best of our forward options, yet the oldest.
What has O'Neill got to lose by calling up Sheridan. Has he even went to a game in Poland yet? What is he getting paid to do?
There's O'Brien, there's Madden and there's Maguire too.
They're not Premier League caliber players but the situation is getting untenable.
This is a perfect opportunity to call up someone like Sheridan where you have players together for two weeks and we have games in America that first team players like Walters won't be playing in.
Why would you deliberately limit the amount of forward options we have, such was the case against Iceland when we had, what two strikers available for the match?
Walters started consecutive games against Man City, Chelsea and Leicester in March. If you can't remember that far back, see a doctor.
That's two months in fairness. I think he gets through most games with painkilling injections.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
still, see a doctor if memory loss persists.
I'll need evidence of these painkillers in the next 24 hours
Read more at http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/jon-w...o92R5u7TTwj.99Quote:
Walters, who is now preparing for Ireland's World Cup qualifier against Wales in Dublin on Friday, was sidelined after knee surgery to repair damage originally dating back some seven months.
“The knee is extremely good now," reports the 33 year-old crowd favourite. “I actually think I did it on the last day of last season against West Ham.
“Then I tore my Achilles in the summer at the Euros. I came back for pre-season, but didn't play a lot of games and even at the start of the season I didn't play a lot.
“It's been a stop-start year with various things. When I did play it was taking longer and longer to recover, then it ballooned after the Liverpool game (December 26) and Watford (January 3) and I had to go and have a procedure done.
“It's all sorted now. It took time coming back to make sure it was completely right. It was a week, 10 days, before the operation, then probably seven weeks after the operation and it feels really good."
I can't find the specific article where he mentioned painkilling objections but I think this article shows the gravity of the situation re: his injury problems over the last 12 months.
Objection.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
My brain is fried these last few weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke
I think it's been well established by now that it wasn't the perfect opportunity to call up Sheridan, even if O'Neill was willing, given his club commitments.
Anyway, that's the Shane Long, Kevin Long and Marc Wilson threads all hijacked with basically the same discussion. Surely the squad announcement thread would have made more sense for these grievances.
Not going to fall for it.
At the risk of another thread going off-track, John Fallon has a new article on Long's absence: http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/international-soccer/shane-longs-injury-a-blow-for-austria-showdown-35735671.html
Interesting that Puel seems to confirm both he and Long will remain at Southampton next season.Quote:
"Shane Long is unlucky with his broken metatarsal, but we will see him next season," Southampton manager Claude Puel said yesterday, confirming his absence from tomorrow's concluding Premier League fixture against Stoke City.
wearing number 7 in Southampton's 2017/18 squad: https://southamptonfc.com/news/2016-...bers-confirmed
could mean something, could mean nothing.
They're the squad numbers from last season.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
crap!Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Sorry completely missed that!
with him looking not to be first choice could he be on move burnley might spend 10 of the andre gray money and add some pace to their attack.
If that happens and then Burnley draw Preston in the cup will it set some kind of record ?Quote:
Originally Posted by liamoo11
First start of the season today against Crystal Palace
what was that? it has been removed now.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks