dubai_phil Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Meh performance until too late. I'll let you lot deal with the moaners, time for bed here
trousers Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 (edited) 19 points from 9 games. Top scorers with 21 goals. Top of the league. Narrow defeat away to Cardiff. Alpine saying we won't score 1 minute before we did. Happy days Edited 28 September, 2011 by trousers
Leicestersaint Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Shame. We have to take our chances.
saintscottofthenortham Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Hey Ho. Win some you lose some. One bad slip from Hooiveld cost us, it happens. Defeat away to Cardiff is no disgrace, so long as we bounce back Saturday.
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 De Ridder must have earned a starting place. Can't be too disappointed when we're still top.
Colinjb Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Can't win them all. Two howlers gave Cardiff the lead and we wern't clinical enough with the many chances we had.... ...And we're still top. Not the end of the world.
teamsaint Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 we are leaking too many goals . Have to get more clean sheets to get promotion.
S-Clarke Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Bit of a ****ty day for me, rounded off perfectly...(!) Never mind, amazingly after this week we're still top. No idea how the hell we've managed to stay there, but that's got to be a huge positive.
hypochondriac Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Ah well it's only one bad result. Bit of a bummer we couldn't open up a gap at the top. Still win Saturday and we will hold on to top for a bit. I still think that as the season progresses we will regret not strengthening up front. Defence is also a worry, we just do not look solid at the back.
Saint_Jonny Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Forgot what it feels like to lose, and it feels bad!!! So many positives lately though, come on Saints, push on against Watford!
Kingsland Red Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Top after 9 games, no complaints. Onwards on Saturday COYR
supergoose Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Still top and another win on Sat will keep us there.
DG Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 We join the list of all the other top teams who ****ed up yesterday then, annoying but not unexpected. Roll on Watford.
Legod Third Coming Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Bloody Chairman. Haven't won a game since he tells the world we want to be Champions. Idiot.
scotty Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Adkins out - enough's enough. This. And cortese too. I should of stayed at the general and ogled the nurses for another hour, what a waste of an evening
1976_Child Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Right. We battled. We got the goal. We are still top of the league. And if any of you nob-heads thinks we will have an easy 'run-in' with these final 34 games then beware. We will lose. We will lose again. We lose after that loss. But we are the Saints. We have the drive, the spirit, the desire, the sweat. And when I watch our lads at SMS I know they have the real Team Spirit to get us proud. UP THE SAINTS!! WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE!!
niceandfriendly Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Shame, no disgrace to lose away to Cardiff. Looks like we had the chances to win it. Top of the league, playing well, happy times, just a poor result tonight.
Matthew Le God Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 we are leaking too many goals . Have to get more clean sheets to get promotion. No you don't. Saints have a +9 goal difference from 9 games and are top of the league.
the saint in winchester Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 55% possession and we still lose. If you can never change a winning team, surely you can change a losing team - and shape. 4-3-3 on Saturday please. Lallana-Lambo-deRidder up top!
dan17 Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Hey Ho. Win some you lose some. One bad slip from Hooiveld cost us, it happens. Defeat away to Cardiff is no disgrace, so long as we bounce back Saturday. This
Viking Warrior Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Still top , but we keep fighting to get something from the game, two away trips in three days is energy sapping
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Bit of a ****ty day for me, rounded off perfectly... Same as me then!!!
S-Clarke Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 55% possession and we still lose. If you can never change a winning team, surely you can change a losing team - and shape. 4-3-3 on Saturday please. Lallana-Lambo-deRidder up top! No point in making any radical changes, maybe De Ridder for Gully, but we haven't played too badly we've just been unlucky in front of goal.
Legod Third Coming Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 More possession, more attempts. Just our finishing has let us down in the past two games. That can happen.
LostBoys Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 I could only listen on the radio but 2 soft goals and misses from 6 yards mean you will not win the championship. Very disappointed against Cardiff reserves
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Right. We battled. We got the goal. We are still top of the league. And if any of you nob-heads thinks we will have an easy 'run-in' with these final 34 games then beware. We will lose. We will lose again. We lose after that loss. But we are the Saints. We have the drive, the spirit, the desire, the sweat. And when I watch our lads at SMS I know they have the real Team Spirit to get us proud. UP THE SAINTS!! WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE!! Brought a tear to my eye that post
Dr Who? Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Seems like all the teams at the top are having a little bit of a wobble. two 0-0 home draws by Boro, just think hw we would react to that on here. On paper the next game we should win, but the rest of October looks tough!!
Under Weststand Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Oh well bad night at the office, still top, who wouldn't have taken this at the start of the season? Caught on the break not playing to the whistle & a defensive error. It happens & will happen again. Lets hope we turn it around on Saturday.
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 I could only listen on the radio but 2 soft goals and misses from 6 yards mean you will not win the championship. Very disappointed against Cardiff reserves Only if we do it every game... Don`t think we will somehow...do you?
Johnny Bognor Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 No one in the top 5 won in this round of fixtures and we had the hardest fixture of the 5. We have played more away games than the other 4 and we have the easiest fixture of all 5 on saturday.
S-Clarke Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 More possession, more attempts. Just our finishing has let us down in the past two games. That can happen. and that's still pretty impressive stats to come away with from Cardiff and Burnley's grounds. As saint-clark said earlier, we'd be worried if we weren't creating chances, but we still are. Bundles of chances. We're going through somewhat of a 2 game barron spell, but we'll start scoring again. If i'm honest we need to try and lock the back door a bit, but we were always going to concede more at this level so that's no surprise to me.
crouchi Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Would have helped if they had marked Kenny Miller properly. Unforgiveable to give a lone striker 2 golden chances
Legod Third Coming Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 and that's still pretty impressive stats to come away with from Cardiff and Burnley's grounds. As saint-clark said earlier, we'd be worried if we weren't creating chances, but we still are. Bundles of chances. We're going through somewhat of a 2 game barron spell, but we'll start scoring again. If i'm honest we need to try and lock the back door a bit, but we were always going to concede more at this level so that's no surprise to me. Both their goals were against the run of play to be fair tonight. Going by 5extra. The first might have been a penalty and I'm always worried when Kelvin comes out... need to see them really.
Saints foreva Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Sounded like we were awful until they scored their first goal (same as Saturday), had a bit of a spell but then a mistake allowed them to score their 2nd. Pleased De Ridder scored, he sounded decent. I would like him to start against Watford, but Guly probably will. De Ridder gives us a similar option to Lallana. Cardiff clearly done their homework tonight on him and it stopped us from playing until De Ridder was on the pitch. It will be interesting to see the penalty shout we had just before they went 1-0 up, seen some fans say it was a clear penalty but wouldn't surprise me if they're clutching at straws. The back four is still a worry for me, Fox has a great cross on him but he doesn't seem convincing defensively, can't help think that the £1.8m we spent on him could have gone towards either a CB or Striker. I think we may be one of these sides who will be strong at St. Mary's but slightly underwhelming away from home. Still top of the Championship but hopefully this will be a bit of a reality check to those who think we will walk this league.
um pahars Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 In the context of being top after 9 games, a defeat at Cardiff is no real bummer, as we're well ahead of where I thought we would be. The downer is after last nights results and Cardiff's injury crisis I thought we had a really good chance of extending our lead. A couple of days ago would have settled for a point, so only a point dropped in my mind. We're going to lose matches in this division (even if we maintain our promotion push), so regroup for the weekend.
Saint_lambden Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 A real shame cause Cardiff sounded sh!t too. Consensus on Twitter seems to be Harding back in soon, Fox poor defensively. As long as we keep it up at home. Players tired? Back to Hammond-Cork midfield again. Didn't think we'd need a striker but we desperately need some pace up top and something different to cause defenders problems, especially when like in the past two games, we've been poor in possession. A lot of work to do on the training ground before Watford....another bogey team!
S-Clarke Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 I could only listen on the radio but 2 soft goals and misses from 6 yards mean you will not win the championship. Very disappointed against Cardiff reserves Since when has our target been to win this league? We've just flaming well been promoted. Let's take each game at a time, see where we are in January and go from there. No way should our target be to win the league, totally unrealistic. Top 6 is realistic and we should be there if we carry on like this. And it wasn't really Cardiff reserves either, pretty much full strength apart from Mason up top who you could consider their reserve. I thought they'd be weaker than they were, but a couple of players recovered quicker...
saint_jas Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Least we are creating chances. But, Fox imo should not been in the side, can't wait for Harding to be back. De Ridder needs to start on Saturday in place of Guly, giving us a lot of pace on the wing. End of day we lose and are still top, we are not going to win every game. I will still say a top 10 finish is a good season for us to build on.
Jimmy_D Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Stayed top, created plenty of chances, never gave up, and only went down to a couple of sloppy goals (including one after we should have had a penalty by the sound of it)... That said, we need to tighten up away from home. A win against Watford is vital now. If we manage to win and push on again over the next couple of games against Derby and West Ham, it's from the top of the league and will put us in a very VERY strong position.
Micky Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 we are leaking too many goals . Have to get more clean sheets to get promotion. Very, very true. This is something that is worrying me - if you look at our position caluculated by GA we lay 13th in the table, Boro are top. Tells me the forwards are having to score a lot of goals to get our points. Our defensive displays need to get a lot more solid, more clean sh its please..!
explorer saint Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Right so we are not Barcelona after all! hope Cortie and adie will see that, sometimes you have to hit it long. Prefer to see saints in 4th or 5th anyway
scotty Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 No one in the top 5 won in this round of fixtures and we had the hardest fixture of the 5. We have played more away games than the other 4 and we have the easiest fixture of all 5 on saturday. I vote this type of comment be banneded forthwith. Hostage to fortune, etc.....
Fan The Flames Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 It sounds as though we were unlucky. Back at SMS on Saturday.
S-Clarke Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 Least we are creating chances. But, Fox imo should not been in the side, can't wait for Harding to be back. De Ridder needs to start on Saturday in place of Guly, giving us a lot of pace on the wing. End of day we lose and are still top, we are not going to win every game. I will still say a top 10 finish is a good season for us to build on. Fox is alright in an attacking sense, but I'd say positionally at the back from when I've seen him he's very suspect and in away games that will cost you. Burnley fans said exactly the same about him, often goes walk about and isn't anywhere to be seen when they attack. Hopefully the coaches can improve him, but I think Harding is a much better defensive full back.
Legod Third Coming Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 The difference in the past two games is that we have been on top, in posession playing well but NOT scored. We cannot maintain the ball the whole game. The opposition won't do what you want them to do. We have to score when we're on top. If we do we'll win the league.
saintscottofthenortham Posted 28 September, 2011 Posted 28 September, 2011 LOL at Alpine's mention! "Shout out to misery Alpine Saint"
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