Bucks Saint Posted 8 January, 2011 Posted 8 January, 2011 Great win today! Shame Oldham had one as well. OK it was against Swindon but they were in fantastic form on Sky recently v Charlton. Oldham's home record remains excellent - better than ours - so it is going to be tough. Lets hope the likes of Lallana and Lambert who played today are ok. With the benefit of the other players to come back in, the small number of Saints fans who are making the trip will be right behind the lads pushing to get back to 2nd place. 0-1 will be do me fine!
bjk Posted 8 January, 2011 Posted 8 January, 2011 This is going to be a very difficult game.Win this and i might just start believing we're going up.
randyapollo Posted 8 January, 2011 Posted 8 January, 2011 i live in oldham so only a 5 minute walk to the ground for me........its going to be a tough match,not because of the team we are playing but their pitch! its a disgrace.its took a real battering over the xmas period with all the bad weather!!!! i`d be very happy with a draw to be honest.
SamyCM Posted 8 January, 2011 Posted 8 January, 2011 I think the Oldham game could be a big statment if we won it. We need to start winning our away game as we have quite a few remaining compared to home games.
Thedelldays Posted 8 January, 2011 Posted 8 January, 2011 will be farking tough...they dont play football...they are a tough thuggish team with big players.... we need to win but a draw would not be the end of the world
View From The Top Posted 8 January, 2011 Posted 8 January, 2011 I'm going to assume that it's pay on the night as it will be a late call whether I can get up the M6 from The Black Country in time for KO. I believe that the players finally believe in Adkins and that they will go up and that belief will bring us through on Tuesday.
Saint_clark Posted 8 January, 2011 Posted 8 January, 2011 Won there 3-1 last season didn't we? No reason not to do the same again.
beatlesaint Posted 8 January, 2011 Posted 8 January, 2011 Our bogey team. Nuff said. Last season we beat them 3-1 at their place and drew 0-0 at home. This season we beat them 2-1 at St Marys. What part of those stats constitute them being our bogey team ? Please clarify your statement so it makes some bloody sense ! ;-)
Appy Posted 8 January, 2011 Posted 8 January, 2011 Our bogey team. Nuff said. When have we lost against them in League One? The stuff you spout out with sometimes is crazy.
Saint_Jonny Posted 8 January, 2011 Posted 8 January, 2011 Got a ticket for this after todays game. Thought I might as well as its only a short hop in the car from my uni digs. Had a great time at oldham last year. I'm optimistic given our recent form, really feel like we are about to go on an unstoppable run. COYR!
Nexstar Posted 8 January, 2011 Posted 8 January, 2011 Our bogey team. Nuff said. Another clueless statement. Swindon are.
trousers Posted 8 January, 2011 Posted 8 January, 2011 Hope this league game doesn't distract us from the FA Cup run..... ;-)
Appy Posted 8 January, 2011 Posted 8 January, 2011 Long trip midweek, but it doesn't seem such a bad idea to go with the run we are on. Will be a toughie for sure, can see us scraping it though.
Chez Posted 8 January, 2011 Posted 8 January, 2011 its going to be a tough game, all away games in this league are. We're flying right now though so hopefully we can get a result.
SaintBobby Posted 8 January, 2011 Posted 8 January, 2011 Our bogey team. Nuff said. Alpine in "utterly baseless, moaningly pessimistic" shocker
Dr Who? Posted 8 January, 2011 Posted 8 January, 2011 Well we need to keep winning as Bournemouth and Brighton seem to be keeping up the pace. Come on Saints please keep winning lets get past our club record of 6 straight wins!
Kingsbridge Saint Posted 8 January, 2011 Posted 8 January, 2011 Out of the top 2 again so we could do with a win. However, I would be happy with a draw as Oldham have a history of ****ing on our fireworks and its usually pitch or referee related.
Dr Who? Posted 8 January, 2011 Posted 8 January, 2011 Take it there will be plenty of tickets on the night.
Toomer Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 Tough away game but I think we will have enough to win it 2-1.
georgeweahscousin Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 It wouldn't be the end of the world if we only got a point in what will be a tough fixture. On current form though, no reason we can't win.
Under Weststand Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 This will be a tough place to go & win, but the way we are playing if we match their commitment, & continue to play football the way we have been then I'm hopeful we can win. 2-1 Saints but a draw wouldn't be a bad result.
farawaysaint Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 Let's reclaim that second place spot that's rightfully ours boys.
NickG Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 its tough but to be in top two its looks like we really need to win most games. Win the next two, not everyone playing midweek and a couple of all top 7 ties on Saturday and hopefully will start pulling away from some of play off teams
Dangerous Albert Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 Our bogey team. Nuff said. I think Alpine is going back a few more years than that Andy Ritchie and Paul Warhurst spring to mind....
saintscottofthenortham Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 Went up to this one last season, great day but not a nice place to go, even more so on a cold tuesday night. If the pitch is anything like it was last season it's much the same as Daggers pitch so hopefully we will cope with it again. One thing I really take my hat off to NA for. No matter what state the pitch is in, he still gets the lads knocking it around and it was great to watch that at Daggers last week. As said above, there home form is fantastic but I can't help but be confident. I'm going for a nitty gritty 1-2 win.
Leicestersaint Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 Tricky match as everyone says but we are on a roll at the moment and can take all comers. I won't be surprised by any result but will now be hoping for a win.
saints-cris Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 Have to keep this winning run going. Early goal and we'll win, if not, its gunna be a tough night to get 3 points. They have a good home record and were not all that on the road. Really hope we can get a gap between us and 3rd place sooner rather than later.
John B Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 In the recent past we have put a few results together only to play badly against an inferior team Oldham are 5 points behind us with a game in hand so although I am expecting a Saints win a draw would not be a bad result
Thedelldays Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 we could be 3 points from brighton with a win...or we could be 6th or so if we lose... big game
alwill Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 Acording to football365 this game was played yesterday when we were playing blackpool and we lost 2-0! Im hoping theres something i haven't missed. http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/teams/Southampton.html
SamyCM Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 Acording to football365 this game was played yesterday when we were playing blackpool and we lost 2-0! Im hoping theres something i haven't missed. http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/teams/Southampton.html IT says we won now?
Bucks Saint Posted 9 January, 2011 Author Posted 9 January, 2011 we could be 3 points from brighton with a win...or we could be 6th or so if we lose... big game 100% agree. Hence why I could not quite understand the huge focus on the Blackpool match (great though it was) for the past week, versus almost no mention of Tuesday's match. As has been well said by others, if we can come away with a win this would be a massive statement of intent re promotion
Griffo Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 Still don't know whether to make the trip or not.
Bucks Saint Posted 9 January, 2011 Author Posted 9 January, 2011 Still don't know whether to make the trip or not. Hmm. Are you looking for some sort of vote on here, or divine inspiration? Much as I like the SWF I am not sure that HE logs on
bender Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 This game is more important than yesterday for me. Get the points here and theres no stopping us. I still havent forgiven them for 89/90
up and away Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 If we hold our own in midfield, we have more than enough for Oldham. I would expect them to play an extra man in midfield and would be far happier with us playing 451, until the need dictates a change. We have more fire power in this league even playing 451, so it should not be an issue. I do see an issue getting a performance out of Schneiderlin or Hammond for this game. Morgan has never been blessed with stamina and it sounded like Hammond had a tough time against Blackpool. But equally Oldham had to put in a shift on Saturday and the whole Saints team are buzzing at the moment and Adkins is doing his homework very well. This should be an easy win for us given our current form, it's whether the midfield can hold it together for the attackers to inflict the damage.
sperm_john Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 Oldham Away = Draw Notts County Home = ??!? Tranmere Away = Should Win Charlton Home = Win?!? Interesting set of games coming up ... (is there ever an uninteresting period with league 1) ... Whats acceptable? win 2? draw and lose 1? ...if we are going up convincingly we need to win them all but I can see us losing one of those ... Might see the first draw for a while, however if we beat Oldham away tuesday night we might just go on to win the other 3 games, which is why tuesday is so critical ... COYR you can do it
dune Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 Have they still only got three sides to the ground?
Thedelldays Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 I wen to oldham in 1993 in their great escape season......matty le tiss got a hattrick but we lost 4-3 in the last game of the season it was a complete shyt hole
St Chalet Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 The sort of game we have struggled with since leaving the Prem - namely cold, midweek and poor pitch. I'd take a point now although I have a belief that we are better prepared for this type of fixture under NA.
SuperMikey Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 The formation we played yesterday worked quite well, i'd prefer us to try a 4-3-3 formation such as: ------------------------DAVIS------------------------- RICHARDSON------FONTE------SEABORNE------DICKSON -----CHAMBERLAIN-----MORGAN-----PUNCHEON-------- ---------BARNARD-------GULY---------LALLANA-------- Subs: Bart, Butterfield, Harding, Jaidi, Chaplow, Gobern, Lambert
benjii Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 The formation we played yesterday worked quite well, i'd prefer us to try a 4-3-3 formation such as: ------------------------DAVIS------------------------- RICHARDSON------FONTE------SEABORNE------DICKSON -----CHAMBERLAIN-----MORGAN-----PUNCHEON-------- ---------BARNARD-------GULY---------LALLANA-------- Subs: Bart, Butterfield, Harding, Jaidi, Chaplow, Gobern, Lambert Why drop Lambert? Unlikely IMO. And no Hammond or Chaplow? No chance IMO.
Bucks Saint Posted 9 January, 2011 Author Posted 9 January, 2011 Have they still only got three sides to the ground? Yes. main stand was demolished with aim to rebuild new one, but then the club changed its plan and now looking to move or change whole ground around. The stand we are in is not too bad TBF
Thedelldays Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 I reckon Davis Fonte Jaidi Chamberlain Chaplow Guly will all come if from the start apart from the obvious at the back.. I think morgan puncheon barnard wil drop out
SuperMikey Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 Why drop Lambert? Unlikely IMO. And no Hammond or Chaplow? No chance IMO. Unlikely, but worth a try imo. You can swop Guly for Lambert, but Guly looked really impressive when he came on and Lambert might benefit from a rest so he's 100% for the weekend fixture. Hammond, i'm not so sure of. Morgan had a storming game yesterday and I would keep him in the team as long as he's playing how he is atm. I expect we'll see something like this on Saturday though: -----------------------DAVIS----------------------- RICHARDSON-----FONTE-----SEABORNE-----DICKSON PUNCHEON-----MORGAN-----CHAPLOW------LALLANA ---------------LAMBERT-----BARNARD-------------- Subs: Bart, Butterfield, Harding, Jaidi, Hammond, Chamberlain, Guly
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 Agree with that team Supermikey. It's imperative that we get the first goal.
Neil Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 Shouldn't this thread be at the top of the board? (already there are two threads about a Cup game above this one)
trousers Posted 9 January, 2011 Posted 9 January, 2011 Shouldn't this thread be at the top of the board? (already there are two threads about a Cup game above this one) No, the Cup is far more important than the League now.... ;-)
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