Southampton supporters have been left puzzled by the team Ralph Hasenhüttl has picked to line-up away at Leeds this afternoon.
The Whites are looking to get back to winning ways after two defeats to Chelsea and Everton before the international break. Southampton are currently on a four-game losing streak and could slip to 13th with another. Saints have made a number of changes from their last outing against Manchester City but not all fans were happy with the alterations. Many were bumsed by Nathan Redmond’s omission while others were unhappy with Stuart Armstrong being benched.
Redmond has played 20 Premier League games this season, providing five assists in that time, but hasn’t started a game since January 22, only making a cameo appearance against Watford last month. Armstrong has played every league fixture since Boxing Day and started the last eight league outings.
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Several supporters took to Twitter prior to kick-off to air their frustrations. Here is what a few of them said…
@EddySFC: What is that? What's happened to Redmond, had a good start to the season and now doesn't even make the bench.
@Josh_b222: Why is Stu on the bench?
@Mahmoud_SFC: What on earth has happened to Redmond again?
@MSymonds10: Stuart Armstrong No?
@gregvul: What is going on with Redmond?
@JoshR1988: Odd to see no (Romain) Perruad and Stu Armstrong.
Meanwhile, other fans were unsure about the players Hasenhüttl had brought in including Mohammed Salisu and Ibrahima Diallo. Some supporters were left confused trying to figure out what formation Southampton were putting out.
@JamieAtt1999: Salisu starting? Don’t know I bothered making the trip up.
@callumatthews_: Surley Perraud or Livramento is a better winger than Diallo.
@Chi_Saintsfan: Diallo is an interesting choice.
@hiccup_pit: not gonna comment but if we lose this is the reason.
@L1minus10: Romeu in a back 3? Diallo on the wing? 4-3-1-2?
@SaintOxford: Strange selection with Diallo, James Ward-Prowse and (Oriol) Romeu. Do we think it will be 4222, more likely 352 or even the lesser spotted 433?
@sfchenry_: So confused with the formation
