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55,000 of us were basking in the Wembley sun.

 

Markus looked like an excited school kid and Waigo pretended it was the World cup final.

 

Happy memories

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What a step backwards we have taken.

At best we are standing still and lacklustre performances.

 

Limping to promotion will go some way to making amends.

 

What a really smashing day that was,full of optimism for the future,excitement and a dominant footballing side.

Very rarely went into a game expecting anything but a win.

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You were right though - happy memories.

 

Such a shame this is the high point of what Markus saw us achieve before he died. At least he witnessed it, but hopefully we will see bigger and better achievements in the coming years all thanks to him.

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I'd love you to explain your thinking behind that?...

I think all was in place for our rise through the leagues.

Now we will have mediocrity and i suspect another change in manager.

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I'd love you to explain your thinking behind that?...

 

I imagine he is referring to his opinion that we have failed to kick on from last year. Whilst my feelings are not as strong as saint lard's, I think if most people were honest, they thought we were going to **** the league this year and totally dominate teams in the aftermath of the excellent wembley display.

 

I miss waigo :(

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I think all was in place for our rise through the leagues.

Now we will have mediocrity and i suspect another change in manager.

 

Now I don't agree with that. I think this year, second seems mediocre, but I don't think if we are promoted that you can say with certainty that 'we will have mediocrity.' There are so many factors that we don't know about next season, chief among them is the size of the transfer budget, so it is much to early to assess how well we will do in the NPC should we get promoted.

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I imagine he is referring to his opinion that we have failed to kick on from last year. Whilst my feelings are not as strong as saint lard's, I think if most people were honest, they thought we were going to **** the league this year and totally dominate teams in the aftermath of the excellent wembley display.

 

I miss waigo :(

Most definately,very disappointing follow on from last season.

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I think all was in place for our rise through the leagues.

Now we will have mediocrity and i suspect another change in manager.

 

I imagine he is referring to his opinion that we have failed to kick on from last year. Whilst my feelings are not as strong as saint lard's, I think if most people were honest, they thought we were going to **** the league this year and totally dominate teams in the aftermath of the excellent wembley display.

 

I miss waigo :(

 

- Saints have played 36 games.

- Peterborough have played 38 games.

- Huddersfield have played 38 games.

 

Peterborough and Huddersfield after their first 36 games had a poorer record than Saints.

 

A 36 game league puts Saints 2nd, behind Brighton.

 

Yes, it is not the Championship winning season many expected. But it is far from "mediocre".

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I imagine he is referring to his opinion that we have failed to kick on from last year. Whilst my feelings are not as strong as saint lard's, I think if most people were honest, they thought we were going to **** the league this year and totally dominate teams in the aftermath of the excellent wembley display.

 

I miss waigo :(

 

Why? A part from some vital goals in the JPT he wasn't that good.

 

Saying that though he is most probably better than N'Guessan.

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- Saints have played 36 games.

- Peterborough have played 38 games.

- Huddersfield have played 38 games.

 

Peterborough and Huddersfield after their first 36 games had a poorer record than Saints.

 

A 36 game league puts Saints 2nd, behind Brighton.

 

Yes, it is not the Championship winning season many expected. But it is far from "mediocre".

 

Well that is dependent upon your definition of mediocrity. In the dictionary it is defined as average or ordinary. In my opinion, the expectations I had for saints following wembley were realistic. Our position and our performances as a whole have actually been below what I expected and so mediocre sums it up well I think.

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Why? A part from some vital goals in the JPT he wasn't that good.

 

Saying that though he is most probably better than N'Guessan.

 

I liked him, I liked his attitude and I actually thought he was a really good and charismatic player. I think we have missed him this year and he would have been a fantastic option to bring on in place of Chamberlin. Has the ability to change a game which we don't really have off the bench this year.

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Well that is dependent upon your definition of mediocrity. In the dictionary it is defined as average or ordinary. In my opinion, the expectations I had for saints following wembley were realistic. Our position and our performances as a whole have actually been below what I expected and so mediocre sums it up well I think.

 

Three managers and the owner dying didn't help. If the same had happened to Brighton I doubt they would be where they are now. Before someone has a go at Cortese for being the reason why we had three managers - none of us know why Pardew was sacked. It may or may not of been for good reason.

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Three managers and the owner dying didn't help. If the same had happened to Brighton I doubt they would be where they are now. Before someone has a go at Cortese for being the reason why we had three managers - none of us know why he was sacked. It may or may not of been for good reason.

 

I wasn't arguing that. Whatever the cause (and there are people on both sides of the argument on that one as you well know) our performance for the season as a whole has been mediocre.

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What a step backwards we have taken.

At best we are standing still and lacklustre performances.

 

Limping to promotion will go some way to making amends.

 

What a really smashing day that was,full of optimism for the future,excitement and a dominant footballing side.

Very rarely went into a game expecting anything but a win.

Little did we know that the start of the following season would be so poor and that we would part company with a decent manager after a few games, then have an awful run under the caretaker, which has defined our season (meaning we did not compete for the title). But still although we may not have played champagne football (indeed some of our displays of late have been quite poor), nevertheless our manager has a win percentage of well over 60% (I think its 62 but can't be bothered to confirm) and the likelihood is that we will be promoted. Hardly a step backwards, but maybe not as much of a leap forwards as most of us anticipated a year ago. If we get promoted, no-one (except Lardy) will care though.

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Back on track with the thread.

 

Was a brilliant day. I got up an hour early after fearing some sort of malfunction with the clocks in my house as the clocks went foward the night before.

 

Ended up 2 hours early some how?! Getting on the first train at central, the green man, the way we won, Markus taking photos was truely a day to remember.

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Mediocrity?

 

 

We're hardly Charlton or Sheff Wed LOL.

 

Again, did you read my post which included a definition of mediocrity and my explanation which included why we fitted that definition?

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Again, did you read my post which included a definition of mediocrity and my explanation which included why we fitted that definition?

 

Again, No.

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Again, did you read my post which included a definition of mediocrity and my explanation which included why we fitted that definition?

 

If we had put the wrong manager in charge and we could easily be where they are.

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I stayed in London for the weekend. Great place to spend an evening but bloody expensive. The last bar we went in was downstairs and jewish and was the last one open. Spoke to a load of Carlisle fans and they were good lads. It was a cracking but expensive weekend even though I was ridiculously hungover for wembley.

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If we had put the wrong manager in charge and we could easily be where they are.

 

Indeed but I wasn't saying that. You could also argue that if we had got Gus Poyet that we could have been where Brighton are.

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Indeed but I wasn't saying that. You could also argue that if we had got Gus Poyet that we could have been where Brighton are.

 

True, but I don't see how challenging for automatic promotion can be described as midiocrity, that's is what Charlton and Sheff Weds are experiencing.

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Ah, back to the OP.

 

It may have only have been the JPT, but having 55,000 of us all in one place and with one voice and one belief - The Saints are Coming...

 

For THAT to ever happen again has to be right up there with winning the Euromillions as a dream.

 

But at least we're buying the ticket every week now

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True, but I don't see how challenging for automatic promotion can be described as midiocrity, that's is what Charlton and Sheff Weds are experiencing.

 

Mediocrity is defined in the dictionary as average or ordinary. In relation to my expectations following the JPT final, I think we are doing averagely well in terms of performance at least (and this is taking the entire season into account, not just the Adkins bit.)

 

Anyway it is a side-issue, I do really miss Waigo. Do we hold the record for the most supporters of one team at Wembley?

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my Dad died on Saturday the 27th and there i was at Wembley the day after, Still feel guilty about it now a year on

 

I really wouldn't worry mate. I'm sure your dad would have wanted you to be there (unless he was a pompey fan).

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my Dad died on Saturday the 27th and there i was at Wembley the day after, Still feel guilty about it now a year on

 

Was he a Saints / Footy fan? I'm sure he wouldnt have wanted you to miss it on his behalf if so :)

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Twas a great day, although I was screwed up by the clocks. Missed the infamous 6:50 train at Soton Central....but managed to get the 7:30 one.

 

I didn't think I'd have fond memories of standing up for an entire train journey but it was a real good laugh, great atmosphere and great banter. The day at Wembley was great, my first time at the new Wembley and we had a great view right from the top (can't remember the block name!)

 

It's a shame we didn't bother trying to retain it!

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He Loved his Football and Was a Saints Fan took me to my first game 4-1 defeat to Leeds in the sixties

 

No guilt there fella. Must have been a bitter sweet day, but just take away the good bits.

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One commentary quote i remember hearing back from that day.

 

"You do not keep out a Rickie Lambert penalty"

 

 

You must definetly do not!

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One commentary quote i remember hearing back from that day.

 

"You do not keep out a Rickie Lambert penalty"

 

 

You must definetly do not!

 

I remember that one.

 

Another classic commentary line was -

 

''And they are running riot at Wembley"

 

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My birthday tomorrow too. Brilliant day, Button won the grand prix Saints won and my Dad won 2 grand on Rickie to score first and 4 - 1.he actually cheered when Carlisle scored.

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What a step backwards we have taken.

At best we are standing still and lacklustre performances.

 

Limping to promotion will go some way to making amends.

 

What a really smashing day that was,full of optimism for the future,excitement and a dominant footballing side.

Very rarely went into a game expecting anything but a win.

 

form is better than this time last year

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Fantastic day, loved every minute of it :-)

 

I miss Papa and Antonio. I think thats been the difference this year. With those two coming off the bench you never knew what to expect.

There is very little to change things this year when its not going well. The excitiement of them being so unpredictable is whats missed I think.

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