Tamesaint

What a brilliant thread. So many memories. As Sajnts fans we have had a thin gruel when it comes to winning trophies but at least we enjoy our good moments. For me a couple of moments are Gabbiadini's goal at Swansea. I was near the front that day and near the players ' celebrations. The look on Gabbiadini's face after he scored was the look of a man possessed. Steve Moran. Portdmouth. January 1984. Need I add any more???

He will go to the World Cup with Ireland , play a couple of blinders and Real Madrid will snap him up for £40 million. Perhaps.... 😁

If my aunt had balls she would be my uncle. If Scienza had scored instead of hitting the bar, we win. If Downes had collected the rebound off the bar better and scored, we win. If Arma could have scored his pen, we win. If the linesman and / or the ref had eyes, we don't lose. Its one of those days. Sometimes it all falls into place. Today it didn't. Lets move on.....but lets also get a better keeper.

I go to the US most years. Came back 2 months ago amazed at how expensive the country has become. Don't believe Trump when he says that US inflation is dead.

Don’t knock Alex. We know who he means and I find his usual summary of pressas very useful.

Be careful. Some people (eg Duckie) got all upset when similar was posted after the Charlton match.

I agree. Towards the end Birmingham brought on several giants. Our Centre backs handled well all the crosses, corners and long throws that were sent their way.

I suspect that he knows that Aribo was shite and I expect him to have told Aribo that afterwards. He just wasn't going to throw him under the bus after a question from the local journalist. Lets see the line up on Saturday. If Aribo is in the starting line up it will be time to get worried!!

"We weren't playing well". FFS we were being outplayed when we went 1 up. None of the youngsters in our team were playing like we know that they can. Playing away from home at a place like Millwall did not agree with them. I now think an older head would have been beneficial. Yout last paragraph, whilst true, is a complete strawnan argument. My point is that the team would have been better if we had played Fraser instead of Robinson for the first 70 mins and then brought young legs on. Nothing to do with how we shat the bed in the 97th minute.

We needed the experience in the first half to calm down the crowd and take control of the game. The atmosphere was hostile and our midfield of Robinson (18 years old), Bragg (20) and Jander (22) was young and inexperienced. We would have benefited from Fraser's nous. Certainly bring on some young legs to run at the tiring defence towards the end but expecting them to take control of the game was in retrospect asking too much.

In retrospect Fraser rather than Robinson would have been a better replacement for Scienza. His experience would have helped to withstand the hostile atmosphere. Robinson had a poor game but his fresh legs and direct running would have given us an outlet in the last few minutes if it had been him that came on to replace Fraser instead of vice versa.

St Marys isn't one of the 22 grounds included in the UK bid for the 2035 Women's World Cup. A disgrace Sport Republic out!!! 😁😁😁

The depth of our squad will hopefully see us in a strong position as the season progresses. A 46 game season with many midweek games takes its toll on every team. Leicester had to play a rookie on Tuesday as they had nobody else. Charlton had to reorganise their defence as Bree couldn't play against us. Wednesday had a reorganised defence and according to TSP Millwall are down to the "bare bones." We obviously are also going to have injuries and suspensions but we do have a lot of replacements. We depend a lot for example upon Scienza and it would be a blow if he was injured but Robinson is waiting in the wings. Fraser could fit the role if Robinson couldn't play. Our midfield strength is going to be immense when Shea returns to join Downes, Bragg, Romeu and even Williams in contention for a place in the team. There are a few areas where we are weak with the lack of a traditional number 9 being the obvious one. Also I am not sure that the role that Armstrong plays atm could be easily replicated by anyone. Archer perhaps?? On the whole however we do have a squad deeper than so many of our rivals and this could prove decisive at the end of the season.

What is the general opinion now of Spors? I will never forgive him for imposing Still on us. Giving him the first 30% of the season could have cost us promotion this season. On the other hand he has found Tonda who atm seems to be a gem. His transfer dealings appear pretty good. It looks as if we may have ripped off Everton in getting £40 million for Dibling. Scienza and Jander look like absolute bargains and Fellows and Azaz are now delivering the goods. Quarshie looks a bit iffy but the biggest problem is Downs. He needs to rebuild his confidence - probably on loan somewhere. IMO sell Flynn the next window ( not convinced that he wants to be here) and get in a decent no. 9. Maybe easier said than done. Overall I would give him a solid 6/7 out of 10. That is a lot higher than it would have been 4 weeks ago. 😁

We did score 5 at home against Villa by half time - but that was over a decade ago. In how many of those other performances did we score 5 before half time??