um pahars Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 My initial knee jerk reaction to seeing Hudder's win is fook, fook, fookety, fook, fook, fook. Was really hoping for a draw and have to say fair play to them that is a massive result away at a top 6 team with the pressure on. Still in our hands though and it could be all so different at 5:00 tomorrow (fingers crossed). Think it will go down to the wire with both teams on same points as we kick off on May 7th!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabrone Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 At least we know what we need to do tomorrow - WIN. On another note, being as the Posh have now dropped out of top 2 but are all but guaranteed play offs they will have the next 3 weeks to conserve their players before those play offs. That makes it even more important to get top 2. I don't want a tired Saints facing a rejuvinated Posh team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 Oh dear! Looks like the effing play-offs now. Can't see Titsfield losing again. Ah well... Roll on next season, surely we'll be favourites to win Division 3 next time? Don't bet on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Marco Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 Along with an inability to "win games of football" that were deemed games in hand over our competitors.We have had ample opportunity to overcome that abysmal start with games in hand to finish second but have not done so. But for the state of limbo after AP was sacked we might have been close to Brighton,but second place could still have been sealed with the games in hand by now. Plus also people seem to ignore the fact Brighton and Huddersfield all had the same results as Pardew at the start of the season. We all had 4 points. But for some reason people only say it was us who got off to a poor start.... The reality is if we lose tomorrow we will have lost more games under Adkins then we did for the entire season last year. That is including a period of building and bringing in the players we now have. Adkins has done very well but i don't think he has been as handicapped as some try and make out. Tomorrow is a big game for him. A bit like last season when we played Leeds,Norwich and Charlton when they were flying. He made a lot of comments about how they will chase us if they can keep up and that means Brighton will be well up for this game. He has to get the team going out there and play the best we have played in a longtime. If we win then i think we will be going up. I got a good feeling and think we will win 1-2 and will be there cheering them on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 Make no mistake, Huddersfield will take great heart from their result today. It was a great win, under pressure, away to a top 6 side. The downside for them is that they know we "only" have to win 4 of our last 5 games to guarantee promotion. That's only if they win all 3 of their remaining games, including a trip to Brighton. I really wanted them to drop points today but it's still in our hands. It sickens me that they only had 3 shots on goal. Watch Walsall too. We don't a relegation/promotion dog fight on the last day. This. Sod it, I was really hoping for a bit of slack from todays games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 Oh dear! Looks like the effing play-offs now. Can't see Titsfield losing again. Ah well... Roll on next season, surely we'll be favourites to win Division 3 next time? Don't bet on it! You are such a knob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 Back from the Franchise-Huddersfield game - f**k were they lucky to win. Bennett kept them in it first-half, including the pen save (which was hit low and in the corner). Had it gone in, the game would have been totally different. Notwithstanding the doom and gloom on here, the vibe I got from them is that they're still hoping for a minor miracle. There's no reason why we should capitulate now when others are expecting us to close this out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 Back from the Franchise-Huddersfield game - f**k were they lucky to win. Bennett kept them in it first-half, including the pen save (which was hit low and in the corner). Had it gone in, the game would have been totally different. Notwithstanding the doom and gloom on here, the vibe I got from them is that they're still hoping for a minor miracle. There's no reason why we should capitulate now when others are expecting us to close this out. Blimey mate, fair play to you for getting to that game!! And thanks for the Saints-eye view on it, nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BARCELONASAINT Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 LOL, i forgot it was bank holiday friday and our rivals played at 3pm, not 7.45pm. So having just seen the results i'm gutted to see Udders are still winning games, they are determined to make every Saints supporter a nervous wreck between now and the 7th May. My heart says stay strong we will prevail....my head says you know this is Saints and they will feck this up! I just think all these injuries to top players have now caught up with us and we will not be strong enough in our remaining 3 away games. Please Saints prove me wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 Oh dear! Looks like the effing play-offs now. Can't see Titsfield losing again. Ah well... Roll on next season, surely we'll be favourites to win Division 3 next time? Don't bet on it! Tell me, why do you bother ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chin Strain Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 Plus also people seem to ignore the fact Brighton and Huddersfield all had the same results as Pardew at the start of the season. We all had 4 points. But for some reason people only say it was us who got off to a poor start.... The reality is if we lose tomorrow we will have lost more games under Adkins then we did for the entire season last year. That is including a period of building and bringing in the players we now have. Adkins has done very well but i don't think he has been as handicapped as some try and make out. Tomorrow is a big game for him. A bit like last season when we played Leeds,Norwich and Charlton when they were flying. He made a lot of comments about how they will chase us if they can keep up and that means Brighton will be well up for this game. He has to get the team going out there and play the best we have played in a longtime. If we win then i think we will be going up. I got a good feeling and think we will win 1-2 and will be there cheering them on! I thought Brighton had 7 points from 4 games up until the end of August - so says their website. They then managed to turn that into 20 from 9 games - about when NA came in. Also, Pardew drew a shed load of games last season. I'm guessing that we've won a lot more since NA took over. Either way, who really cares? Does constant bleating on about who's best, what we did last season, what we've done this season so far actually matter in any shape or form now? We're where we are, like it or not. Win 4 games and we go up for sure (barring a goal diff miracle). The next 5 games are the only ones that I'm now interested in over the last 2 years. Hopefully our season won't extend beyond 5 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Marco Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 I thought Brighton had 7 points from 4 games up until the end of August - so says their website. They then managed to turn that into 20 from 9 games - about when NA came in. Also, Pardew drew a shed load of games last season. I'm guessing that we've won a lot more since NA took over. Either way, who really cares? Does constant bleating on about who's best, what we did last season, what we've done this season so far actually matter in any shape or form now? We're where we are, like it or not. Win 4 games and we go up for sure (barring a goal diff miracle). The next 5 games are the only ones that I'm now interested in over the last 2 years. Hopefully our season won't extend beyond 5 games. Pardew left after the 3rd league game. Had a win, draw and a loss. Same results as Huddersfield and Brighton. We then lost 2 games with no manager and Adkins then took over on the 12th of sept with his first game against Mk Dons on the 15th. So when Adkins took over on the 12th our results were played 5, won 1, drawn 1 and lost 3. Brighton's was played 5, won 3, lost 1 and drawn 1. Meaning when Adkins took over they were 6 points ahead of us. The gap is now 16 points and could be either 13 or 19 tomorrow. Showing those stats is not me having a go at Adkins far from it. It is just to highlight that while we are doing well we have not done as well as others. Adkins has done really well and you can't compare him to things that happened in the past. They are different times. We have a great chance to go up this year and unless we implode i can't see us throwing it away. But if we don't then there will be plenty of games we can look back on this season and ask what happened. Games that he was in charge. You can't look at the two games where we had no manager and say that cost us. Having 41 games should b enough to be ahead of 22 other teams. And that was my point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridge Saint Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 FFS what sort of muppet plays in goal for MK Dons? Bruce Grobbelaar? Brighton better watch out because we are looking for a win now for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 despite their great win today Huddersfield must be wondering what on earth they have to do. They are unbeaten since about 1978 which would normally be enough to win you the title, yet despite that amazing run they are not even in charge of their own destiny. We are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat from Poole Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 despite their great win today Huddersfield must be wondering what on earth they have to do. They are unbeaten since about 1978 which would normally be enough to win you the title, yet despite that amazing run they are not even in charge of their own destiny. We are. How p1ssed off on a scale of 1 to 10 will Huddersfield be if we win tomorrow? Positive thoughts, people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffo Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 How p1ssed off on a scale of 1 to 10 will Huddersfield be if we win tomorrow? Positive thoughts, people. 9.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenue Saint Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 Oh dear! Looks like the effing play-offs now. Can't see Titsfield losing again. Ah well... Roll on next season, surely we'll be favourites to win Division 3 next time? Don't bet on it! Disappear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Perrin Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 Other than league position it's irrelevant what happens tomorrow. Ultimately it will be the Plymouth game that will define our destiny. If we can win then great, if we draw it's largely immaterial (because of GD) but don't be swayed by the doommongers that will be cracking one off on here because that's what they seem to live for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 Other than league position it's irrelevant what happens tomorrow. Ultimately it will be the Plymouth game that will define our destiny. If we can win then great, if we draw it's largely immaterial (because of GD) but don't be swayed by the doommongers that will be cracking one off on here because that's what they seem to live for. Not if we don't keep the momentum going against BHA,Hartlepool and Brentford it won't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 tbh badger, if we dont get a decent haul of points from those games then we dont deserve automatic. Ive got everything crossed for tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 I was thinking about Southampton FC plight in the run in this season, now I am really trying to just enjoy the fact that we are in with a great shout in the run in. Of course I really want Saints to go up, but if wee cannot enjoy this sort of run in then when can we enjoy football, beacuse we are never going to be 20 points clear. Surely the whoe enjoyment of football is what we are going through at the moment?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rut Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 Come 5pm Monday Saints will be above Huddersfield. Trust me - Saints are going up in 2nd place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 4 wins from last 5 games is needed now IMO as Huddersfield are on an amazing run of form. I don't think we will make it tbh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 Other than league position it's irrelevant what happens tomorrow. Ultimately it will be the Plymouth game that will define our destiny. If we can win then great, if we draw it's largely immaterial (because of GD) but don't be swayed by the doommongers that will be cracking one off on here because that's what they seem to live for. How do you figure that? We could lose the next three (not that I think we will) and hudders win their next two and the plymouth game would be all but irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 22 April, 2011 Share Posted 22 April, 2011 How do you figure that? We could lose the next three (not that I think we will) and hudders win their next two and the plymouth game would be all but irrelevant. It seems like they are either banking on us both winning all our remaining games, so the game in hand will be the main game when it comes to us going up, or they are banking on us both losing to Brighton? I think that we will both lose or maybe draw a game that we do not think we are going to.... probably both on Monday. Also think of the pressure on the last day if we need a win to go up and it is 0-0 on 70 minutes and Huddersfield are winning... think of the meltdown on here let alone the mass wrist slitting!! It is going to go to the wire and could even go to the last few minutes of the last day of the season, but it is not out of 2 of us for the last place, and not the 4 that I was expecting it to be come 5pm tomorrow!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tac-tics Posted 23 April, 2011 Share Posted 23 April, 2011 I ****ing hate that cvnting team huddersfield, such a ****** cest pool of a team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 23 April, 2011 Share Posted 23 April, 2011 Also think of the pressure on the last day if we need a win to go up and it is 0-0 on 70 minutes and Huddersfield are winning... think of the meltdown on here let alone the mass wrist slitting!! I couldn't care less what happens on here during home games and I should think about 90% of the other subscribers don't either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acetripper Posted 23 April, 2011 Share Posted 23 April, 2011 Well boyz n girls, at least you know what you have to do today! Three points are an absolute must but will Brighton be caught basking in their promotion glory or will they be just as determined to take the League One title? And, will you be even more determined to secure an automatic place? Those are the questions, because at this stage that's what it comes down to; who wants it most! Yesterday MK were a decent side but we're on such a monumentally good 'roll' right now that they just couldn't do anything about us. They had loads of possession but hey...they couldn't make it count and that's where it matters most. Their penalty was a total joke by-the-way, the kid fell over! That was their lifeline chance to equalise and they blew it. Our victory could have been more emphatic but we too fashioned to miss another penalty. Not that I'm complaining at the 1-3 scoreline. I'd like to wish you good luck today but I wouldn't mean it so all I will say is - may the best team secure the last automatic place! Please God let it be us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katalinic Posted 23 April, 2011 Share Posted 23 April, 2011 Well boyz n girls, at least you know what you have to do today! Three points are an absolute must but will Brighton be caught basking in their promotion glory or will they be just as determined to take the League One title? And, will you be even more determined to secure an automatic place? Those are the questions, because at this stage that's what it comes down to; who wants it most! Yesterday MK were a decent side but we're on such a monumentally good 'roll' right now that they just couldn't do anything about us. They had loads of possession but hey...they couldn't make it count and that's where it matters most. Their penalty was a total joke by-the-way, the kid fell over! That was their lifeline chance to equalise and they blew it. Our victory could have been more emphatic but we too fashioned to miss another penalty. Not that I'm complaining at the 1-3 scoreline. I'd like to wish you good luck today but I wouldn't mean it so all I will say is - may the best team secure the last automatic place! Please God let it be us! I don't think 3 points are an absolute must at all - if we get them then we are up imo. If we don't then winning our other game in hand still puts us above you - today is a bonus game, nothing more, nothing less and don't forget you still have to visit the Withdean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascadia Saint Posted 23 April, 2011 Share Posted 23 April, 2011 Oh dear! Looks like the effing play-offs now. Can't see Titsfield losing again. Ah well... Roll on next season, surely we'll be favourites to win Division 3 next time? Don't bet on it! This. (is a complete over-reaction) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acetripper Posted 23 April, 2011 Share Posted 23 April, 2011 I honestly can't see us losing our last three games mate! We got a swagger about us and we won't be deterred. You'd better be 'on it' or you're in the play-offs! To be perfectly honest I don't care if we end up in them. A trip to Old Trafford sounds pretty appealing in fact! Short train journey, plenty of great pubs and clubs, party atmosphere - Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 23 April, 2011 Share Posted 23 April, 2011 I honestly can't see us losing our last three games mate! We got a swagger about us and we won't be deterred. You'd better be 'on it' or you're in the play-offs! To be perfectly honest I don't care if we end up in them. A trip to Old Trafford sounds pretty appealing in fact! Short train journey, plenty of great pubs and clubs, party atmosphere - Great! You don't have to lose them three draws would be just as bad right now...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acetripper Posted 23 April, 2011 Share Posted 23 April, 2011 Like I say play-offs sound quite appealing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascadia Saint Posted 23 April, 2011 Share Posted 23 April, 2011 If you had to choose a game we were more likely to get 3 points from, you would probably choose the game in hand against plymouth over the game against Brighton. The reality is if we get a draw tomorrow, or even lose, we can match Huddersfields results and still finish second as long as we win one of those two games. That's the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Opions about whether we can achieve it notwithstanding, it's a cast iron fact. We can lose tomorrow as long as we match udders and beat Plymouth. Chill the fv(k out you miserable bast@rds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chin Strain Posted 23 April, 2011 Share Posted 23 April, 2011 Well boyz n girls, at least you know what you have to do today! Three points are an absolute must but will Brighton be caught basking in their promotion glory or will they be just as determined to take the League One title? And, will you be even more determined to secure an automatic place? Those are the questions, because at this stage that's what it comes down to; who wants it most! Yesterday MK were a decent side but we're on such a monumentally good 'roll' right now that they just couldn't do anything about us. They had loads of possession but hey...they couldn't make it count and that's where it matters most. Their penalty was a total joke by-the-way, the kid fell over! That was their lifeline chance to equalise and they blew it. Our victory could have been more emphatic but we too fashioned to miss another penalty. Not that I'm complaining at the 1-3 scoreline. I'd like to wish you good luck today but I wouldn't mean it so all I will say is - may the best team secure the last automatic place! Please God let it be us! But that's not actually true is it. If we lose and win our last 4 games, we go up (barring a goal diff swing of 11). You've got to go to Brighton too, remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chin Strain Posted 23 April, 2011 Share Posted 23 April, 2011 I honestly can't see us losing our last three games mate! We got a swagger about us and we won't be deterred. You'd better be 'on it' or you're in the play-offs! To be perfectly honest I don't care if we end up in them. A trip to Old Trafford sounds pretty appealing in fact! Short train journey, plenty of great pubs and clubs, party atmosphere - Great! I think you'll find that your unbeaten run of 22 games, or whatever it is, has yielded less points than us in the same period. We've lost twice in that period, and you've had a great run, but you've drawn too many games - I think it's 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 23 April, 2011 Share Posted 23 April, 2011 we need belief! And that little bit of magic in the final third, big players stepping up to the plate, confidence, rub of the green, team spirit - it's about who wants it most! No it's not. It's very simply about who grinds out the most points, it doesn't matter whether they look like Brazil or Wimbledon or believe or not. Points. So let's start with one or three today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 23 April, 2011 Share Posted 23 April, 2011 Plus also people seem to ignore the fact Brighton and Huddersfield all had the same results as Pardew at the start of the season. We all had 4 points. But for some reason people only say it was us who got off to a poor start.... The reality is if we lose tomorrow we will have lost more games under Adkins then we did for the entire season last year. That is including a period of building and bringing in the players we now have. Adkins has done very well but i don't think he has been as handicapped as some try and make out. Tomorrow is a big game for him. A bit like last season when we played Leeds,Norwich and Charlton when they were flying. He made a lot of comments about how they will chase us if they can keep up and that means Brighton will be well up for this game. He has to get the team going out there and play the best we have played in a longtime. If we win then i think we will be going up. I got a good feeling and think we will win 1-2 and will be there cheering them on! Didnt realise that! Lets smash that unbeaten home record of theirs. COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 23 April, 2011 Share Posted 23 April, 2011 Didnt realise that! Lets smash that unbeaten home record of theirs. COYR I don't think he's even right anyway. We lost 9 last season...all down to Pardew of course, we've lost 10 league games this season, 1 Pardew,2 Wilkins and 7 Adkins (even if you count the MK Dons loss as down to him) Should we lose today that still only makes 8 for Adkins . The problem is the 2 of 2 losses for Wilkins (plus the MK game) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 23 April, 2011 Share Posted 23 April, 2011 Plus also people seem to ignore the fact Brighton and Huddersfield all had the same results as Pardew at the start of the season. We all had 4 points. But for some reason people only say it was us who got off to a poor start.... The reality is if we lose tomorrow we will have lost more games under Adkins then we did for the entire season last year. That is including a period of building and bringing in the players we now have. Adkins has done very well but i don't think he has been as handicapped as some try and make out. Tomorrow is a big game for him. A bit like last season when we played Leeds,Norwich and Charlton when they were flying. He made a lot of comments about how they will chase us if they can keep up and that means Brighton will be well up for this game. He has to get the team going out there and play the best we have played in a longtime. If we win then i think we will be going up. I got a good feeling and think we will win 1-2 and will be there cheering them on! You're ignoring the Wilkins period though, where we lost 4 games on the bounce. That is what has made this so tight, if we'd have had Adkins from the start (or even Pardew stayed and everything was rosey) then I honestly believe we'd be very close to Brighton, if not above them. Everything we have done since Adkins has been ''in the building'' has met my expectations results wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 23 April, 2011 Share Posted 23 April, 2011 I really thought (hoped) hudders would have drawn at MK dons....tits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 23 April, 2011 Share Posted 23 April, 2011 Didnt realise that! Lets smash that unbeaten home record of theirs. COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chin Strain Posted 23 April, 2011 Share Posted 23 April, 2011 I think you'll find that your unbeaten run of 22 games, or whatever it is, has yielded less points than us in the same period. We've lost twice in that period, and you've had a great run, but you've drawn too many games - I think it's 9. Have worked it out.... Huddersfield have got 48 points from their run of 22 games (max of 66 points) since we beat them on 28 December (13 wins, 9 draws). A stonking run, it must be said. We've have taken 49 points from the 22 games since the game on 28 December - lost twice, but converted more into 3 points (15 wins, 4 draws, 3 defeats). Of course if you go back and count the last 23 games we've taken another 3 as we beat Huddersfield 4-1. Last year we suffered from drawing too many games (14 draws, 9 defeats). This season we've converted draws in to wins so far (8 draws, 10 defeats). Last year we got 83 points, and we're on 80 with 4 games to play. If anyone's interested..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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