Saints Need To Make Four Changes For The Manchester United Game

Ralph Hasenhuttl 's task is simple as he ponders his team selection ahead of the fixture against the Red Devils on Sunday afternoon, he needs to bring back into the side four players he left on the bench at Goodison Park last weekend.

Ask any Saints supporters who went up to Everton last Saturday and they will tell you where the manager went wrong, it was just inexplicable how he could have left 3 key players on the bench and he picked the wrong goalkeeper.

Jan Bednarek, Kyle Walker Peters and Stuart Armstrong were up there with our best performers last season and should have played in the game at Goodison and so should have Fraser Forster.

I am a big supporter of Ralph Hasenhuttl but his team selection was baffling, on a positive note though we did discover a lot about Tino Livramento and he looked a player.

So for the visit of Manchester United Ralph has to make four simple changes.

Firstly he needs to put Fraser Forster in goal, I don't buy the reason for picking Alex McCarthy ahead of him being that he had shown more in pre season, having watched the friendlies it was Forster who looked the more confident and accomplished, he should have played at Everton and he needs to play at St Mary's on Sunday.

In the centre of defence Jan Bednarek needs to replace Jack Stephens, I would concur that Stephens is a good club servant, he is a good squad player, but he should not be in the starting line up ahead of Jan Bednarek.

At Right back Kyle Walker Peters should return, but I would not drop Livramento, I would push him into the midfield.

Joining him there should also be Stuart Armstrong, one should play left the other right, this would be harsh dropping Moussa Djenepo who offered us a lot of flair at Everton, but this is a different game, we need those who can defend as well as attack.

So Ralph's task is simple, go with the tried and tested players in what will be a tough game.

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