Saints 2 - 0 Blackpool - Post match reaction

[doddisalegend]

Was I the only one to think that lallana's finishing was poor today? He had 5 attempts in first half and hit the target once. Worked his socks off and is class but his finishing was poor today and tbh its the one area he can improve. Thought morgan was superb and lambert was great but will he needs to finish better as he usually does

 

Well he got his four and half year deal he can stop trying now.........................

[hamster]

Great Result but I have a feeling losing might have been better for us in the long run regarding the league postion. I see Stubborn Bournemouth won again today putting us down to 3rd. I hope Eddie Howe takes the Palace job soon Still nice to see us win again!

 

 

Go and sit in the corner next to delldays.

[Berkers]

Top, top performance today. Puncheon must stay.

[Crab Lungs]

Hmmmm

 

http://www.fansonline.net/blackpool/mb/view.php?id=612022

[opthomps]

Great result, and keeps the run going, but I wonder how Bart did? If anyone who went could let us know. Sometimes on here it seems people aren't sure about Davies or Bart. Did he do enough to get a league game, or do you think he will he just get the cup for the duration of this season?

[opthomps]

Great result, and keeps the run going, but I wonder how Bart did? If anyone who went could let us know. Sometimes on here it seems people aren't sure about Davies or Bart. Did he do enough to get a league game, or do you think he will he just get the cup for the duration of this season?

 

Just seen the other thread at the bottom about this.

[dubai_phil]

Hmmmm

 

http://www.fansonline.net/blackpool/mb/view.php?id=612022

 

Lol, if you changed the colour from Tangerine to Red you'd recognise just about everyone on that thread as being someone on here.

 

Still feels good this morning.

[Eastcowzer]

surprised to hear Adkins on Radio Solent say that Martin was making his full debut for the club today.

 

Listen again. He did say thet Aaron Martin was making his first team debut 'FOR ME'

[Eastcowzer]

Anyone know why the referee was changed.

According to the programme, and a couple of daily newspapers, the ref' was to have been Martin Atkinson, (he of 20 games, 8 red, and 75 yellow, cards).

However, according to the match report on the OS, the ref' was a Mr D. McDermidd. Obviously another well known nonentity.

[vince]

Anyone know why the referee was changed.

According to the programme, and a couple of daily newspapers, the ref' was to have been Martin Atkinson, (he of 20 games, 8 red, and 75 yellow, cards).

However, according to the match report on the OS, the ref' was a Mr D. McDermidd. Obviously another well known nonentity.

 

R5L said it was a late replacement, due to illness.

[vince]

Highlights on ITV here:

 

http://www.itv.com/sport/football/facup/matchhighlights/

[torsaint]

Rarely heard a manager as bitter as Ian Holloway in the brief interview on ITV. All he had to do was admit his team had been beaten by a much better side.

[Under Weststand]

Great result to go with Lallana signing his extended contract, good to see that even with 8 players brought in & complete change of formation & it sounded seamless. Good news and a really great weekend long may it continue.

[saint lard]

this is another one of those examples lard bangs on about how the players dont play for adkins

 

 

great result[/QUOTE]

 

 

You are getting a little obsessed with this ,so much so it's a little embarrassing for you.

Do you understand the term 'putting this in context'?

[Give it to Ron]

this is another one of those examples lard bangs on about how the players dont play for adkins

 

 

great result[/QUOTE]

 

 

You are getting a little obsessed with this ,so much so it's a little embarrassing for you.

Do you understand the term 'putting this in context'?

 

The problem I had with you that it wasnt rational you were saying this after a couple of games. You hadnt even given him a chance and it was based on a feeling you had. It was almost Alpine like ( see his Ashes thread on the first day).

 

For what its worth I am still a bit concerned by Adkins, the Brentford game where he sat on his hands for 81 minutes has me wondering. A few other dodgy team tactics in games also - mainly away games.

Those are based on his performances not on you being disappointed with his appointment.

 

Adkins has done well for us so far but as you think anyone can manage the team and get us promoted we wont know till the end of season and if he fails then you can delight in saying "I told you so".

[Frank's cousin]

 

The problem I had with you that it wasnt rational you were saying this after a couple of games. You hadnt even given him a chance and it was based on a feeling you had. It was almost Alpine like ( see his Ashes thread on the first day).

 

For what its worth I am still a bit concerned by Adkins, the Brentford game where he sat on his hands for 81 minutes has me wondering. A few other dodgy team tactics in games also - mainly away games.

Those are based on his performances not on you being disappointed with his appointment.

 

Adkins has done well for us so far but as you think anyone can manage the team and get us promoted we wont know till the end of season and if he fails then you can delight in saying "I told you so".

 

Uhm... Sure there WILL be time when Adkins get its wrong or struggles with the tactical changes necessary - every manager does even Wenger, and SAFand we have one who is still learning! But thats the beauty of it as far as I am concerned. For too long we have expected the best manager in the world who never gets it wrong and always picks the the same team as we would... what we have now is a talented,smart up and coming who can learn as we progress, witha superb set up and who genuinely seems to 'get' the program that NC is delivering. Why is it that our expectations are often fuelled with the legacy of arrogance of the 27 years? We need to move on and accept we are were we are, but with the potential to progress rapidly - we have a fantastic infrastructure, a chairman who despite what some think, has seriously got it upstairs with the strength of character to avoid populist pandering for short term acceptance, add a manger who is obviously young and inexperienced b but getting better every game and a squad that is currently harmonious and arguably the best in this division... oh and major investment in the academy so that we continue to produce good talent.... er so not exactly sure what else teh club or Adkins needs to do to convince everyone?

 

As to the cup runs interfering with promotion hoopes... well we have seen 8 changes today... something we did not see last season, even in the paint cup... so I dont think Nige will fall into the same trap.

 

ENJOY the good times!

[saint lard]

 

The problem I had with you that it wasnt rational you were saying this after a couple of games. You hadnt even given him a chance and it was based on a feeling you had. It was almost Alpine like ( see his Ashes thread on the first day).

 

For what its worth I am still a bit concerned by Adkins, the Brentford game where he sat on his hands for 81 minutes has me wondering. A few other dodgy team tactics in games also - mainly away games.

Those are based on his performances not on you being disappointed with his appointment.

 

Adkins has done well for us so far but as you think anyone can manage the team and get us promoted we wont know till the end of season and if he fails then you can delight in saying "I told you so".

 

Of course, i will be delighted if we don't gain promotion don't be so ridiculous.

So you have concerns about Adkins now,how strange, after my initial lack of enthusiasm for his appointment and lack of impact he was having up until 4 games ago i too had concerns.

But as i type this minute i can happily admit he is winning me round.

It looks now that whatever was wrong in the early part of his tenure,and don't tell me everything was rosey,looks to have been addressed.

You make one too many assumptions in your post.

However i will maintain,he should get us promoted with this squad at his disposal,and i am now far more confident he will.

In Nigel we trust,there you go,does that make you feel better?

[Give it to Ron]

 

. er so not exactly sure what else teh club or Adkins needs to do to convince everyone?

 

As to the cup runs interfering with promotion hoopes... well we have seen 8 changes today... something we did not see last season, even in the paint cup... so I dont think Nige will fall into the same trap.

 

ENJOY the good times!

 

Not sit there for 81 minutes would help and only make 1 tactical substitution ;-) . Adkins as I said has done well so far and I really hope we can continue our recent run especially getting a win at Oldham. I want out of this division ASAP and think Adkins can do that.

 

As I posted last night Brighton, Huddersfield, Notts County, Orient and Sheff Wednesday all are in the next round so interfering with their hopes as well.

[Give it to Ron]

[quote=saint lard;930234

 

So you have concerns about Adkins now,how strange, after my initial lack of enthusiasm for his appointment and lack of impact he was having up until 4 games ago i too had concerns.

But as i type this minute i can happily admit he is winning me round.

It looks now that whatever was wrong in the early part of his tenure,and don't tell me everything was rosey,looks to have been addressed.

 

Yes because they are based on what I witnessed not what you had a feeling about. Please tell me what was wrong about the early part of his tenure - certainly wasnt result wise - especially compared to Wilkins!

I genuinely must of missed those signs of problems....only ones I saw was the problems caused by Pardew going nothing to do with Adkins making.

[NickG]

 

Of course, i will be delighted if we don't gain promotion don't be so ridiculous.

So you have concerns about Adkins now,how strange, after my initial lack of enthusiasm for his appointment and lack of impact he was having up until 4 games ago i too had concerns.

But as i type this minute i can happily admit he is winning me round.

It looks now that whatever was wrong in the early part of his tenure,and don't tell me everything was rosey,looks to have been addressed.

You make one too many assumptions in your post.

However i will maintain,he should get us promoted with this squad at his disposal,and i am now far more confident he will.

In Nigel we trust,there you go,does that make you feel better?

 

 

fair enough to admit you are changing your views.

 

I do find it strange it has taken this long.

 

Look at his results - coming in and working with a team that had had four straight defeats and quickly turning into one that was winning 7, drawing 2 and losing just 1 in the next ten!

Think he has looked good from day 1.

Edited 9 January, 2011 by NickG
didn't make sense!

[saint lard]

I think you have partly answered your own question with your previous post.......

 

"For what its worth I am still a bit concerned by Adkins, the Brentford game where he sat on his hands for 81 minutes has me wondering. A few other dodgy team tactics in games also - mainly away games."

 

Also he was not getting the best out of the players at his disposal.results were going our way i agree,but the performances both individualy and collectively were under par to what we know the players are/were capable off.

 

Anyway that is in the past were seem to be making headway in many areas ,enjoy.

[Thedelldays]

pardew had the grace of 10 games without winning...and I have no doubt you think he is god.....adkins has an instant impact and you doubt his abilities..?????

do you really think we will win every game...or adkins was going to get the players playing his way from day 1....or the first month or so..?

 

 

your comments about the players not playing for him is even more laughable as the games go by.......(it was laughable at the time)

Edited 9 January, 2011 by Thedelldays

[georgeweahscousin]

lack of impact he was having up until 4 games ago i too had concerns.

 

Taking the team from 22nd to 2nd with only a couple of loan signings suggests his impact stretches further back than the last four games........

[saint lard]

 

 

fair enough to admit you are changing your views. I do find it strange it has taken this long. Look at the results - coming in and working with a team with four straight defeats and quickly turning into one winning the 7, drawing 2 and losing just 1 in the next ten!

Think he has looked good from day 1.

 

I am more than happy to admit my initial concerns are wavering,most definately.

I just could not join the 'everything is wonderful' brigade..."we are lucky to have him"........blah blah blah...before a ball was kicked in anger.

Just as many almost spontaniously combusted with the excitment of his appointment, i chose wait a little.That in itself is not a crime,although many on here appeared to believe it was.

Now i believe we appear to have landed on our feet with his appointment from how we are NOW making progress.

Yesterdays team selection,tactics,result and now what appears a little consistancy in our performances,over the last 4 games,is what i needed to think yep NA has talent.

Apologies to those who think that wrong,but it's all about opinions eh?

[NickG]

Not good enough. You should be publicly flogged for doubting.

[Thedelldays]

lard...we were making progress the moment he arrived....we won away to a big promotion rival....sheff wed

 

you keep going on about the last 4 games...what about the wins against oldham, notts country, sheff wed etc etc..?

 

22nd to 2nd in the league in 15 games was brilliant...it took pardew 10 games to get a win ffs....(i mention pardew as I have no doubt you think he is the messiah)

[georgeweahscousin]

 

I am more than happy to admit my initial concerns are wavering,most definately.

I just could not join the 'everything is wonderful' brigade..."we are lucky to have him"........blah blah blah...before a ball was kicked in anger.

Just as many almost spontaniously combusted with the excitment of his appointment, i chose wait a little.That in itself is not a crime,although many on here appeared to believe it was.

Now i believe we appear to have landed on our feet with his appointment from how we are NOW making progress.

Yesterdays team selection,tactics,result and now what appears a little consistancy in our performances,over the last 4 games,is what i needed to think yep NA has talent.

Apologies to those who think that wrong,but it's all about opinions eh?

 

No need to apologise for your opinions, but you should for always screwing up your quotes!

[saint lard]

pardew had the grace of 10 games without winning...and I have no doubt you think he is god.....adkins has an instant impact and you doubt his abilities..?????

do you really think we will win every game...or adkins was going to get the players playing his way from day 1....or the first month or so..?

 

 

your comments about the players not playing for him is even more laughable as the games go by.......(it was laughable at the time)

 

 

And here is a case in point.

So polarised in there own opinion,so blind to anothers opinion.

And again you appear not to understand the meaning of 'context'.I will breifly explain.....The players at the time did not appear to be able to possibly transfer what Adkins was trying to instill in them into performances hence they seemed not be able to play for him,in the manner he desired.

Now it seems they are transfering what he wants onto the field of play.

 

Christ i think the bloke is doing well now,and just because it took me a little longer to to think that than the obvious psychics on here you get obsessed.

get over it,move on. I have.

[Thedelldays]

so then lard...the next time we lose (which im sure we will a couple of time this season yet) or we drop a few points...you wont be back on here slating adkins with your usual crap..?

[saint lard]

lard...we were making progress the moment he arrived....we won away to a big promotion rival....sheff wed

 

you keep going on about the last 4 games...what about the wins against oldham, notts country, sheff wed etc etc..?

 

22nd to 2nd in the league in 15 games was brilliant...it took pardew 10 games to get a win ffs....(i mention pardew as I have no doubt you think he is the messiah)

 

Because we now seem to have that little bit of consistancy going into games.Putting in convincing displays on a more regular basis,of corse there will be blips but NOW we look like a side that can beat anyone in front of us,whereas before......stuttering along performance wise.

[saint lard]

so then lard...the next time we lose (which im sure we will a couple of time this season yet) or we drop a few points...you wont be back on here slating adkins with your usual crap..?

 

I answered that in my previous post,as i knew that would be your next 'Angle'

 

And just because you percieve it 'crap' does not make your opinion anymore factual.

[saint lard]

lard...we were making progress the moment he arrived....we won away to a big promotion rival....sheff wed

 

you keep going on about the last 4 games...what about the wins against oldham, notts country, sheff wed etc etc..?

 

22nd to 2nd in the league in 15 games was brilliant...it took pardew 10 games to get a win ffs....(i mention pardew as I have no doubt you think he is the messiah)

I think he did a bloody good job whilst he was here.

He was a breath of fresh air after all the recent crap before him.

He brought some belief,excitement and some bloody fun and respect back to our club.

I wont use one thing as an example to reinforce my opinion,but i don't think many at Wembley were complaining.

He made mistakes like those before him and i'm sure those that follow will also.

But you will notice i have Never compared him to Adkins like many appear obsessed with doing.

They are different men but that does not mean one is better than the other based on some of the balls spouted on here.

I never regarded him as the messiah,just someone who put us back on track and helped me fall in love with SFC oncemore.

Thanks Pards,Markus and others for putting the wheels in motion.

 

 

Where you gone Delldays?

Edited 9 January, 2011 by saint lard

[Chez]

Listen again. He did say thet Aaron Martin was making his first team debut 'FOR ME'

 

actually his exact words from his interview on Radio Solent are:

 

"Aaron Martin has made his debut today. Young centre half that we brought in from Eastleigh and er, we're delighted for him. That's his first full 90 minues for the football club."

 

HTH

[supersonic]

Hmmmm

 

http://www.fansonline.net/blackpool/mb/view.php?id=612022

 

I think someone needs to remind/inform them that we made 8 changes and had (possibly) our second choice back 5 out yesterday!

[Red and White Army]

What do you think of the result though Alpine?

 

Alpine, Dulldays and the rest of the idiots would have preferred us to lose...

[Chez]

Alpine, Dulldays and the rest of the idiots would have preferred us to lose...

 

to be fair to them, their hearts are in the right place. They are just desperate for us to get promoted and if that means no cupo run so be it. Hand on heart the rest if us are the same, we're are just more greedy.

[Minty]

Alpine, Dulldays and the rest of the idiots would have preferred us to lose...

 

If you look up thedelldays' more recent posts you'll see he has been quite gracious and given a lot of praise to the team and Adkins, so I think that's unfair.

[derry]

Adkins is definitely doing something right. I heard yesterday that the club is a really happy place to be now. Which is for me a really important issue.

[Whitey Grandad]

Adkins is definitely doing something right. I heard yesterday that the club is a really happy place to be now. Which is for me a really important issue.

That's true. I'm certainly a lot happier than I used to be.

[saintfully]

And the excellent start to 2011 continues.

 

3 Saints wins; 3 Poopy losses

 

What an wonderful feeling to be able to replace the MoM, the amazing Lallana, with someone like Guly who then scores a cracking goal.

 

I hope the press realise that we made only 1 fewer change than the 'pool.

 

I want another home tie next round, and don't really care who against (although the winner of ManUre/Scousers would be nice).

 

Nice work - lottery numbers please

[revolution saint]

Adkins is definitely doing something right. I heard yesterday that the club is a really happy place to be now. Which is for me a really important issue.

 

Absolutely. Players that play with a smile on their faces win tackles and they score goals. Teams that play with a collective smile on their face win games of football. Teams that all eat processed potato smiles will win even more games. Let's not forget it's a battle out there though - we have to fight for our right to smile. Sometimes we'll need to use squad players but it's a squad game and if those squad players keep smiling then we'll keep winning.

 

To all the doubters out there (You know who you are!) I don't care if our manager looks like an out of work kids party clown with a coat hanger rammed in his mouth - he's getting results.

[lethallee]

Great result, and keeps the run going, but I wonder how Bart did? If anyone who went could let us know. Sometimes on here it seems people aren't sure about Davies or Bart. Did he do enough to get a league game, or do you think he will he just get the cup for the duration of this season?

 

Kelvin D is great shot stopper but does not always dominate his box on crosses and kicking can be wayward. From what I saw of Bart today he is no better at dominating the box on crosses and his kicking was a little wayward. From memory he made one good save from long range Matt Phillips shot but did not have to make any other decent save. I would stick with Kelvin.

[Clifford Nelson]

I have kept asking myself if I've ever seen the team play better than it did yesterday, and I'm struggling to think of any occasion in a very long time. Taking into consideration the changes made it makes it even better. I was thoroughly entertained, and I loved to see us play football the way it should be played.

 

The 4-3-1-2 formation which NA sent out was tailor made, not only for playing Blackpool, but also for providing a space for an offensive CM. Maybe this is where Lallana will eventually play, he did very well, or, which is my preference, Guly. From there he can keep the attacking part of the team served with balls and ideas. It was another way of keeping all our striking options involved.

 

Puncheon looked more positive than I have ever seen him, but did I see him pass the ball to the opposition a few times? Yes. Did he present an end product repeatedly? No.

 

The MOM in my opinion was without a doubt Schneiderlin. I thought he had a stormer.

[Clifford Nelson]

Adkins is definitely doing something right. I heard yesterday that the club is a really happy place to be now. Which is for me a really important issue.

 

And it shows, Dave. It seems like the enthusiasm has released the ability as well. This is really starting to look as the football which I enjoy to watch, and nice to see a break from 4-4-2. Clearly the change was designed to counter Blackpools preferred formation, but it also made us less predictable, and therefore our runners weren't picked up.

 

I wonder for how much longer 4-4-2 will be our preferred formation when we don't have to consider the opposition.

[benjii]

Kelvin D is great shot stopper but does not always dominate his box on crosses and kicking can be wayward. From what I saw of Bart today he is no better at dominating the box on crosses and his kicking was a little wayward. From memory he made one good save from long range Matt Phillips shot but did not have to make any other decent save. I would stick with Kelvin.

 

His kicking is much, much worse than KD's kicking. 9 times out of ten KD sends kicks accurately towards their target. Bart's are a complete lottery.

[Tom28]

Apologies if already mentioned, but in Adkins' post match interview, he definitely said 'Aaron Martin completed his first 90 minutes for the club'. Slightly concerning that he doesn't know that, in fact, that wasn't his first full 90 minutes for the club?

[Nexstar]

Apologies if already mentioned, but in Adkins' post match interview, he definitely said 'Aaron Martin completed his first 90 minutes for the club'. Slightly concerning that he doesn't know that, in fact, that wasn't his first full 90 minutes for the club?

 

Under Nigel it was

[NickG]

he sounds a bit scatty on things like that.

 

Didn't do Bobby Robson any harm!

[ottery st mary]

Got back to Devon after a great weekend......Thank you Saints..

 

Regardless of how Holloway behaved leading up to the game....He knows full well his team was second best

and that we have a stronger squad and many more quality players...even counting a few of his missing

first teamers.

 

We are a far better squad than given credit for......even I am pleasantly surprised..Well done NC and particularly NA. AND Pards...

 

On the day I had a good afternoon in the Northam....New location for me..Very interesting at times...but good fun..

 

 

Team wise..I commend the whole side and subs..well played one and all.

 

Special mention.....Spiderman..great game and once again ever improving..The class is there and now much more effort and determination..

 

Puncheon....Always a quality player who gave everything as always....Need him in the team and down to NA..formation and tactics..

 

Seaborne and Martin......Given a chance and both played very well apart from the odd hiccup...but the future is bright there in centre back position......Each can play with Fonte and we can still get the best out of Jaidi for the rest of the season.

 

Adam Lallana..What a star and also ran his heart out for the side. Great deal as stated like abig star signing..

 

When Dickson came on..his speed, determination and attitude really impressed me and I see him more of a midfield player as cover for full back Harding but maybe on some sort of rotation..I can only see him improving and giving so much to the side...as a midfielder

.

 

Barnard, Lambert and Guly.....once again ..good choices to have for the rest of the season....Also knowing on some formations you can now choose..Lallana, Guly or even Chaplow to play in the hole behind the two strikers.

 

Hammond injured may well mean Chaplow and Spiderman in the middle. for Oldham...but we must have Puncheon there to help Lallana to un lock these tight defences..with Dickson being a secret weapon with his speed and directness when required..

 

Things are starting to fall into place...

 

Let us beat Oldham and Notts County and the league will be ours for the taking..

 

COYS

[Matthew Le God]

18 minutes of highlights now on Saints player.