Saints 1-0 Luton - Reaction

[Thorpe-le-Saint]

It's a sad indictment when you get criticised for scoring 30 yard free kicks.

 

Tell me about it, honestly, who gives a **** as long as we won?!

[Toomer]

It's a sad indictment when you get criticised for scoring 30 yard free kicks.

I agree it was a good free kick and yes he has scored 21 goals, take the time to watch him there are parts in his game which are missing, at times he lacks the ability to read the game and take up positions to get on the end of crosses.

[St Marco]

I agree it was a good free kick and yes he has scored 21 goals, take the time to watch him there are parts in his game which are missing, at times he lacks the ability to read the game and take up positions to get on the end of crosses.

 

If he was the complete footballer i doubt he would be playing in league one...

[Charlie2008]

Comme nous tous (en principe;))

 

Bien sure! :cool:

[Weston Saint]

Rubbish game. Rubbish atmosphere as well. Rubbish cold.

 

And I got told off for diving under the netting to get the ball back. No-one else was going to ****ing get it.

Ah that was you was it. You took your time. Still you can pull rank on the Stewards

[surrey1saint]

Does anyone know when the draw for the fourth round is going to be made? I've looked everywhere on the web and can't find anything...anyone got any ideas?

[dickyhale]

It'll do I guess.

 

Did you actually go to the game???

[The Kraken]

I agree it was a good free kick and yes he has scored 21 goals, take the time to watch him there are parts in his game which are missing, at times he lacks the ability to read the game and take up positions to get on the end of crosses.

 

If he was the complete footballer i doubt he would be playing in league one...

 

Exactly right St Marco; I doubt there is a team in the league (including Leeds and Norwich) that wouldn't find a place for Lambert in the side. He's as good a striker as we could possibly hope for at this level. And he's the closest thing I've seen at the club since we lost Beattie; a real handful for any defence and with excellent close control and finishing to boot. He doesn't lose very much in the air either. We're very lucky to have him in the side.

[John Cool]

Did anyone else notice the commentator on Solent start to (accidently) spoonerise Rickie Lambert's name?

 

Made me think of attempting to name a Houthsampton Cootball Flub all-time Spoonerism XI...

 

GK: Sheeter Pilton

LB: Brain Widge

CB: Real Nuddock

CB: Niss Crickle

RB: Dark Menace

LM: Tat Le Missier

CM: Miss Crarsden

CM: Hick Gnomes

RM: Perry Taine

AT: Licky Rambert

AT: Chick Mannon

Manager: Hen Gloddle

Chairman: Loopert Row

 

I'll cet my goat...

[EastleighSoulBoy]

Does anyone know when the draw for the fourth round is going to be made? I've looked everywhere on the web and can't find anything...anyone got any ideas?

 

Tomorrow afternoon, after the game on ITV

[Weston Saint]

Poor game from Saints point of view against a decent passing Luton side. Lucky to come away with a win but may be we just did enough.

 

Lallana bright and tricky up front with Lambert. He is learning a lot from Lambert and Connolly.

 

Fantastic free kicks from Lambert.

 

Schniederlin did a decent job in midfield. Perry played an intelligent positional defencive role. Thomas was excellent in all he did. Probably my man of the match.

 

Antonio was poor.

 

Davis made a couple of good saves but other than that he is poor with coming to get the ball and his distribution.

 

Paterson looked decent when he came on.

 

The rest do not warrant much mention.

 

Still, a win is a win.

[stockportsaint]

Does anyone know when the draw for the fourth round is going to be made? I've looked everywhere on the web and can't find anything...anyone got any ideas?

 

On the ITV website - 4-6.30 pm Sunday 3rd Jan:

 

http://www.itv.com/#details?tvgListingID=82199648&tvgEpisodeID=23102414&tvgShowID=2835088&tvgTitle=FA%20Cup%20Live%3A%20West%20Ham%20v%20Arsenal

 

West Ham will relish the chance to take on Arsenal .... Following the match, there is live coverage of the draw for the fourth round[/Quote]

 

So the draw should be around 6.15. Pompey anywhere would be my plum choice, followed by Arsenal/West Ham away (new grounds for me)

[RedWillie]

strange atmosphere - very quiet apart from the Northam and they weren't at their best.

 

Very poor match only livenend up by Rickies free kicks and the comedy football show from Antonio - he really is very bad, in fact he is worse than that. Am i missing something ? He just is terrible.

Still a win is a win - shocking miss from Luton that could have meant an interesting finish.

[View From The Top]

Oh well, we are through, i really couldn't care less about the FA cup this year, we get no points for it, we will not get any where near Wembley.

 

Concentrate on the league please Mr Pardew, and obviously a day out in the JPT final would be nice.

 

Hopefully we will get a nice big team away, somewhere i haven't been. Arsenal away would be lovely.

 

Sums it up perfectly.

[up and away]

Thank **** AP was sensible enough to play our best available team and not what some "fans" thought we should do. If we had lost today we would have been the headlines, because there are no real shocks for the pundits to talk about. That would have been so embarrassing. Always thought Luton would be a tougher prospect than Northampton or Torquay, or for that matter some L1 teams. They should be a league club and are on a good run.

 

Still good to see we will be in the hat for R4, and will be the underdogs almost certainly.

 

That's one way of looking at it. What's more than likely is to find ourselves away to the likes of Doncaster and getting our arses handed to us on a plate. There should be a massive emphasis on us getting into the play off's and this was another chance to rest up more players. I am fully aware we have a week to get over it, but we have hardly been setting the grass alight of late.

 

By the time we get in players and get them up and running the damage could be too big to recover from. Cortese says his main priority is the league, well he had better have a word with Pardew because I don't believe he has caught on to that bit yet.

[hackedoff]

Antonio.............. George Lawrence,Steve Baker and Ali Dia all rolled into one.

[LostBoys]

Some very poor performances today

[Block 5]

21 goals so far this season, that's all you need to know.

 

Not forgetting more league goals than anyone else in the 92.

[adrian lord]

That's one way of looking at it. What's more than likely is to find ourselves away to the likes of Doncaster and getting our arses handed to us on a plate. There should be a massive emphasis on us getting into the play off's and this was another chance to rest up more players. I am fully aware we have a week to get over it, but we have hardly been setting the grass alight of late.

 

By the time we get in players and get them up and running the damage could be too big to recover from. Cortese says his main priority is the league, well he had better have a word with Pardew because I don't believe he has caught on to that bit yet.

 

What about "match fitness" and "match sharpness"? If they can't recover in a week then they should be applying for Stenna Chair lifts and bus passes FFS!!

[Leslie Charteris]

A win is all that matters in the Cup. We are nowhere near the finished article yet - PNE 7 - 0 Colchester just emphasises that.

Still, I am sure AP has got things in hand and that we'll finish January stronger than we started it. Bring on Pompey in the next round!

[tobes8]

very poor performance, we have not really been playing well for a few weeks but still getting some decent results. My main concern is the captaincy, dont think Hammond is much good, infact i think his performances have dropped since being given the armband.

[Amesbury Saint]

poor match but we won.

 

I think we need about 5 new signings to have a decent squad.

[lordswoodsaints]

Luton deserved something from the game but a win is a win and we march on,just not in a convincing manner.

[Joesaint]

can I just say i thought patterson looked much better then at the beggining of the season, did OK.

[Chez]

Not the best game in the world, but there were certainly positives to take from the game especially how we managed to close the game down in ht efinal ten minutes. We had been poor in the second half and they had got a hold of the game but the tactical substitutions worked totally and no further chances fell their way.

 

Davis 7 nothing to do, one terrible throw out

James 4 some poor crossing, got completely beaten for pace by a slow forward and bottled a tackle. Thats about it.

Thomas 5 doesn't dominate in the air, is slow and not so sure abot his positional play either, didn't get tight enough, not impressed. He should be stand out against Blue Square attackers

Perry 6 did not win a header all game and if he did it didn't clear our lines. One fantastic block in the second half

Harding 7 solid as ever but went missing when their best chance was created

Antonio 4 he's a sub, use him as a sub. Lots of poor crosses, not enough quality

Hammond 6 some good, some bad. I question some of his positional play, but workrate decent

Schneiderlin 7 some great, some periods where he disapeared

Waigo 3 just looks lost out wide. Did next to nothing. When he gets in forward positions I want to see him going at the fullback. He doesn't want to do that, so what is he doing?

Lallana 7 very busy, high workrate, played as the lead striker playing on the shoulder of their CB

Lambert 7 my only concern was that he dropped in the hole, which is where Lallana ought to be in this partnership, but what a free kick. He really is a goalmachine.

 

Patterson 7 bright, powerful energetic display. This is the player I said was a diamond last season. Very impressed and so glad he put that poor display at the start of the season behind him.

Gobern 6 controlled cameo in the middle. I've said all along he is a Carlton Palmer like CM and at last it has been spotted.

Lancashire 6 not on long, but for some reason I felt more confident with him than if Wotton had come on.

[WATERSIDEIFASAINT]

Schneiderlin has picked up his 5th booking and will miss the Huddersfield game.Will be a big miss in that game

[Arizona]

Did you actually go to the game???

 

No. Please tell me why I am incorrect.

[Weston Saint]

Schneiderlin has picked up his 5th booking and will miss the Huddersfield game.Will be a big miss in that game

No he won't. Now 10 bookings

[The Kraken]

Schneiderlin has picked up his 5th booking and will miss the Huddersfield game.Will be a big miss in that game

 

No he won't. Now 10 bookings

 

Correct. Yellow card amnesty was brought forward to 31st December for this season.

[Bailey]

A win is a win. Wasn't the most entertaining of games and Saints were well below-par IMO. Full credit to Luton though, they gave it a good go and probably deserved a replay to be honest.

 

Rickie Lambert continues to impress. He didn't have his best game today, but he held the ball up well, brought others into play and scored a top-draw free-kick. It speaks volumes when people are surprised to see Lambert fail to hit the target from a set-piece, even if it is 40-yards out!

 

Looking forward to the 4th Round Draw now, hoping for Tottenham at St. Mary's. We haven't had the chance to 'welcome' Saggy Chops back yet, and no doubt it'd be a sell-out if we did get Spurs.

[team-saint]

Not the best game in the world, but there were certainly positives to take from the game especially how we managed to close the game down in ht efinal ten minutes. We had been poor in the second half and they had got a hold of the game but the tactical substitutions worked totally and no further chances fell their way.

 

Davis 7 nothing to do, one terrible throw out

James 4 some poor crossing, got completely beaten for pace by a slow forward and bottled a tackle. Thats about it.

Thomas 5 doesn't dominate in the air, is slow and not so sure abot his positional play either, didn't get tight enough, not impressed. He should be stand out against Blue Square attackers

Perry 6 did not win a header all game and if he did it didn't clear our lines. One fantastic block in the second half

Harding 7 solid as ever but went missing when their best chance was created

Antonio 4 he's a sub, use him as a sub. Lots of poor crosses, not enough quality

Hammond 6 some good, some bad. I question some of his positional play, but workrate decent

Schneiderlin 7 some great, some periods where he disapeared

Waigo 3 just looks lost out wide. Did next to nothing. When he gets in forward positions I want to see him going at the fullback. He doesn't want to do that, so what is he doing?

Lallana 7 very busy, high workrate, played as the lead striker playing on the shoulder of their CB

Lambert 7 my only concern was that he dropped in the hole, which is where Lallana ought to be in this partnership, but what a free kick. He really is a goalmachine.

 

Patterson 7 bright, powerful energetic display. This is the player I said was a diamond last season. Very impressed and so glad he put that poor display at the start of the season behind him.

Gobern 6 controlled cameo in the middle. I've said all along he is a Carlton Palmer like CM and at last it has been spotted.

Lancashire 6 not on long, but for some reason I felt more confident with him than if Wotton had come on.

 

Agree with all of that Chez but to be fair to Papa he was playing on the left, which meant he was always coming inside.

Paterson looked really good today I was well pleased to see him actually look like a footballer. He was much more of a goal threat than any others after he came on but also made some good build up play. Obviously had some good coaching this season.

[CLOTH EARS]

Antonio.............. George Lawrence,Steve Baker and Ali Dia all rolled into one.

 

That made me giggle!

 

In all honesty Antonio has too many poor games. He had one good moment in the 1st half when he got in a shot that their keeper saved, other than that he was sub standard.

In the 1st half i thought we were neat tidy, our movement was good and our passing was bang on and we should have gone in at least 3-0 up.

Luton made changes at half time and decided to go at us, combine this with the fact that we took our foot off the gas and that is why the 2nd half ended up like it did. I thought that our midfield went awol in the 2nd half, we stopped winning the ball in the midfield area and that just invited Luton on to us. They took encouragement from this and they had a couple of good chances, one Luton player will be having nightmares tonight when he thinks about that chance that he miskicked in front of goal! A half decent contact and he would've scored.

[John B]

Poor game from Saints point of view against a decent passing Luton side. Lucky to come away with a win but may be we just did enough.

 

Lallana bright and tricky up front with Lambert. He is learning a lot from Lambert and Connolly.

 

Fantastic free kicks from Lambert.

 

Schniederlin did a decent job in midfield. Perry played an intelligent positional defencive role. Thomas was excellent in all he did. Probably my man of the match.

 

Antonio was poor.

 

Davis made a couple of good saves but other than that he is poor with coming to get the ball and his distribution.

 

Paterson looked decent when he came on.

 

The rest do not warrant much mention.

 

Still, a win is a win.

 

You must have been watching the same games as me as I agree with you.

 

Although Lallana played well nothing seemed to come from all his work and Harding was OK for the first thirty mins.

[Windmill Arm 2]

We won, that'll do. On a more pleasing note, the cod snoggers only pulled in 11000 today LOL!!!

[RedAndWhite91]

Poor game from Saints point of view against a decent passing Luton side. Lucky to come away with a win but may be we just did enough.

 

Lallana bright and tricky up front with Lambert. He is learning a lot from Lambert and Connolly.

 

Fantastic free kicks from Lambert.

 

Schniederlin did a decent job in midfield. Perry played an intelligent positional defencive role. Thomas was excellent in all he did. Probably my man of the match.

 

Antonio was poor.

 

Davis made a couple of good saves but other than that he is poor with coming to get the ball and his distribution.

 

Paterson looked decent when he came on.

 

The rest do not warrant much mention.

 

Still, a win is a win.

 

Spot on Weston, saves me having to write my thoughts when someone else has done it, nice one.

[Charlie Wayman]

Did they play today? I hadn't noticed they were at home...

[70's Mike]

Stuttering performance

Good crowd

Great Goal

in next round draw

 

Dare i say it since Wotton was dropped the TEAM performance and dominance has dropped dramatically.

The balance just does not look right or gel

[Arizona]

We won, that'll do. On a more pleasing note, the cod snoggers only pulled in 11000 today LOL!!!

 

I'm slightly worried if that is your mentality.

[NickG]

something changed...

 

 

..we were only 1-0 up, but I was watching, relaxed that we would win!

 

Luton gave it good go in 2nd half, but difference in quality showed.

 

Man of match - Schneiderlin, got stuck in more than Hammond and showed quality bringing ball out.

Also thought Perry, THomas, Lallana and Patterson looked good.

 

Didn't think Lambert looked that good - for him - until the two freekicks, class above!

[hectors house]

I thought second half was the worst I have seen Saints at home this season. I suspect a few players were not entirely focused, at least 3 times in the second half Luton players were left entirely free in attacking positions. Personally I thought Luton were very average (which is perhaps to be expected for a non league side) and Saints just gave them confidence with a very poor second half display. On that performance I would never play Waigo on the left side of midfield again, his biggest asset is his pace but he just didn't want to go down the line on his left foot. Personally I was very disappointed to not see Lee Holmes get a run out at some point – it seems Pardew just does not rate him but if so why put him on the bench?

 

For me Perry was MOM but I'm worried if Jaidi is injured and with Trotman gone we don't have a dominant bruising centre back who wins the ball in the air. On the positive side Lambert is on his way to being a legend, at the start of the season I questioned why he kept taking free kicks but now I know why. Over the last few months he has definitely got his “eye in” and whilst he is not quite Le Tiss at this level his is getting to be just as good.

 

I am looking forward with some trepidation to next weeks game with Huddersfield which I think will be a good indication of how the rest of our season goes.

[La BoIS Saint]

Who was the Blue Square side more so in the 2nd half, my MOM is Chris Perry just got on with it in a quiet fashion made a couple of important tackles in the 2nd half. When was the last time our so called goal machine scored from open play? sorry he reminds me of a certain stricker playing for Reading. Our stewards let Luton fans get away with trying to incite violence even ejected one Saints fan who dared complain about it.

 

I'd heard this sort of ****tish criticism of Lambert had started. Utterly pathetic.

[NickG]

Who was the Blue Square side more so in the 2nd half, my MOM is Chris Perry just got on with it in a quiet fashion made a couple of important tackles in the 2nd half. When was the last time our so called goal machine scored from open play? sorry he reminds me of a certain stricker playing for Reading. Our stewards let Luton fans get away with trying to incite violence even ejected one Saints fan who dared complain about it.

 

does it matter? Can't remember moaning about MLT scoring too many freekicks and penalties! (although if this forum was up and running then I am sure he would have been slagged off!).

 

Is that 19? on the 2nd January.

 

For a CF that makes you above criticism!

[Crab Lungs]

If we get the Skates at home in the next round and beat them (assuming they beat Coventry), that could be the catalyst for a resurgence in our season.

 

Once the team see 30,000 packed house and hear the noise, I doubt they couldn't help but be absolutely inspired.

 

A Pardew rallycry pre-derby would also crank the fans, the city and the team up a few notches too.

[mcjwills]

Antonio.............. George Lawrence,Steve Baker and Ali Dia all rolled into one.

 

Hey dont diss Chicken George

[Legod Third Coming]

I'd heard this sort of ****tish criticism of Lambert had started. Utterly pathetic.

 

The guy is employed to score goals. He scores them. End of.

 

Anyone who criticises him is a complete t o s s e r of the highest order and should be banned from Saint Mary's and made to go and watch the bankrupts.

[John B]

something changed...

 

 

..we were only 1-0 up, but I was watching, relaxed that we would win!

 

Luton gave it good go in 2nd half, but difference in quality showed.

 

Man of match - Schneiderlin, got stuck in more than Hammond and showed quality bringing ball out.

Also thought Perry, THomas, Lallana and Patterson looked good.

 

Didn't think Lambert looked that good - for him - until the two freekicks, class above!

 

Yes I agree with your comments regarding our players.

 

But I thought Luton broke with pace and were unlucky not to score when their player miskicked from three yards

[NickG]

surely it was easier to score with that one?

 

still felt we were through - has this winning mentality spread to the fans!?

[Wes Tender]

Poor game from Saints point of view against a decent passing Luton side. Lucky to come away with a win but may be we just did enough.

 

Lallana bright and tricky up front with Lambert. He is learning a lot from Lambert and Connolly.

 

Fantastic free kicks from Lambert.

 

Schniederlin did a decent job in midfield. Perry played an intelligent positional defencive role. Thomas was excellent in all he did. Probably my man of the match.

 

Antonio was poor.

 

Davis made a couple of good saves but other than that he is poor with coming to get the ball and his distribution.

 

Paterson looked decent when he came on.

 

The rest do not warrant much mention.

 

Still, a win is a win.

 

I agree with this summary too. Luton carved themselves some decent chances, but their finishing was woeful. Undoubtedly a team possessing more capable strikers would have buried a couple of those chances and we were defensively naive to have allowed that amount of space to be exploited, but got away with it. Both teams had a couple of chances where a goal line scramble could have been finished apart form some desperate defensive work. I'm surprised that nobody thus far has mentioned that it seemed that we had about three of four handball appeals turned down, at least one of them being in the box. I reckon the ref chickened out of that one.

 

The Lambert free kick from which he scored was top drawer and would have graced a Premiership match. Their goalkeeper positioned himself a bit right of centre where Lambert would normally be aiming if I'm not mistaken. But Lambert curled it beautifully into the top left corner.

 

But as Weston says, a win is a win and all that really matters is that we are through to the next round. Although improbable, it is not beyond the realms of possibility that we could win the FA Cup by riding our luck and having these sorts of breaks where we don't play to our potential but the other teams we play miss chances to bury us. That is the essence of Cup football. We won this match and begin the next one with a clean slate, where we might beat a top Premiership club or lose to a lower division side.

[Crab Lungs]

Although improbable, it is not beyond the realms of possibility that we could win the FA Cup by riding our luck and having these sorts of breaks where we don't play to our potential but the other teams we play miss chances to bury us. That is the essence of Cup football. We won this match and begin the next one with a clean slate, where we might beat a top Premiership club or lose to a lower division side.

 

 

Win?

[RonManager]

Win?

 

Well someone's going to win it whether they want to or not.