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Saints vs No'ton - FULL TIME (2-0, Lambert '29, Lallana '68)


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Strange how we all see this game so differently- I thought Thomas and Harding were really good last night and that James' crossing was poor except for the goal- I counted about 4 times when he had 2 strikers to put his cross in to and dropped it in between them each time to a Northampton player! I am a bit concerned that Lambert might not make Saturday- he knew straight away he needed to come off and was stretching his hamstring.

 

Calm down, it was cramp.

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Poopey at home would be awsome : )

 

I would say not, despite their troubles they are 2 leagues ahead of us and as AP has said we are still deficient in some areas, so why give p*********h the possibility of a lift and us a possible disapointment when we need winning momentum.............................. Now round 3 of the FA Cup would be a different matter.

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Agree with most of that, although I would move Harding into V.Good, had an excellent game I thought. James was also my MOM.

 

having seen the game tonight I really hope that Pardew persuades Rasiak to stay. With him, Paterson and Lambert sharing the strikers roles we could see plenty of goals.

Wooton doesn't cut it for me, decent journeyman midfielder with a strong engine but a little short on pace and def. short on imagination. I'd prefer to see Gillet there, but I presume this is the gap that Pardew is going to fill next.

 

Still work in progress but there is a steel to the team that was sadly lacking last season, I would prefer to see us playing from the back more though, we used the kick from Kelvin too often IMO.

 

Agree with that. It was the same in the Millwall game, we lumped it long too often. Thomas's headers just went straight back to the opposition. Maybe my knowledge of lower-league football is too poor to accept that long, high balls are of any use. I still think the best football is played on the deck, in whatever division.

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The seedings for the draw have already been pre-determined because of the league positions of the teams a) already through, and b) playing tonight.

 

Clearly we're in the "unseeded" pot, so we're going to have a tough draw whoever we play.

 

Seeded Teams

Birmingham

Blackburn

Bolton

Burnley

Hull

Man City

Portsmouth

Stoke

Sunderland

Tottenham

West Ham

Wigan

Wolves

Newcastle

Middlesbrough

West Brom

Reading

Preston

Cardiff

Swansea

Ipswich

Bristol City

QPR

Sheff Weds

Watford

 

Unseeded Teams

Doncaster

Crystal Palace

Blackpool

Coventry/Hartlepool

Forest/Bradford

Barnsley

Norwich

Saints

Macclesfield/Leicester

Peterborough

Leeds

Millwall

S****horpe

Tranmere

Southend

Huddersfield

Bristol Rovers

Leyton Orient

Swindon

Carlisle

Hereford

Gillingham

Rotherham

Accrington

Port Vale

 

Who do you fancy from that then...

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It twiggged on me last night that the draw for the first round was seeded geographically north/south. 25 teams have been seeded for the next round which means that they can't face each other, and they are basically the Premiership without the European contenders and the top of the Championship. That means that we have a good chance of meeting one of these:

 

http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/News/CarlingCupNews/0,,10794~1751903,00.html

 

Games will be played in 2 weeks time, week commencing August 24th.

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The seedings for the draw have already been pre-determined because of the league positions of the teams a) already through, and b) playing tonight.

 

Clearly we're in the "unseeded" pot, so we're going to have a tough draw whoever we play.

 

Seeded Teams

Birmingham

Blackburn

Bolton

Burnley

Hull

Man City

Portsmouth

Stoke

Sunderland

Tottenham

West Ham

Wigan

Wolves

Newcastle

Middlesbrough

West Brom

Reading

Preston

Cardiff

Swansea

Ipswich

Bristol City

QPR

Sheff Weds

Watford

 

Unseeded Teams

Doncaster

Crystal Palace

Blackpool

Coventry/Hartlepool

Forest/Bradford

Barnsley

Norwich

Saints

Macclesfield/Leicester

Peterborough

Leeds

Millwall

S****horpe

Tranmere

Southend

Huddersfield

Bristol Rovers

Leyton Orient

Swindon

Carlisle

Hereford

Gillingham

Rotherham

Accrington

Port Vale

 

Who do you fancy from that then...

Reading Away.

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Sounds like the second half of the millwall game to me.

 

Theres no point playing lallana on the left when holmes is on the bench and needs match fitness.

 

That's been on my mind as well, Le G. If Holmes is fit enough to adorn the bench, surely he's fit enough to play? Does The Special One really think Lallana on the left is better than Holmes? I'm confused.

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One observation from last night, anyone else notice that when defending corners we had all 11 men back in the box with no outlet left upfield. Surely Lallana, for example, given his height, or someone else could have stayed up the pitch for a break, especially against fairly poor opposition?

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That's been on my mind as well, Le G. If Holmes is fit enough to adorn the bench, surely he's fit enough to play? Does The Special One really think Lallana on the left is better than Holmes? I'm confused.

I dont think that AP would have had the chance to watch Holmes in a proper competitive game.I also was hoping he'd get a runout and looked keen.Rasiak actually running was a revelation, he sprinted at 1 time

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Although I think we had a good game the g/f did remind me of a comment I'd made after the match which I think is relevant... If Northampton had had a decent attack then there were at least four good chances that should have been put away but they sky'd / put wide. But then I spose everyone is saying our defence is poor but I'd have expected with Harding and Murty it wouldn't have been *that* bad but we really did give Northampton way too many chances to score.

 

But perhaps it's just me being grumpy cos I've been called out tonight....

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