Saints V Cov. Post match reaction.

[egreog]

Bottom line is that it is simply not good enough........end of story!

[ladysaint]

Thought we were the better team on the night but couldnt see us winning the game. Good to see Euell thought he did well seeing he has been out a long time, however, Jimmy Case had a different view but what does he know. Still disappointed and is Perry injured or just dropped.

[Wes Tender]

Just got home. Well, it was not a bad performance all things considered, but almost inevitable that we would drop two points, which we cannot afford to do if we are to survive. We started off nervously, but then so did Coventry. Once we had settled, we played some very attractive passing football, this time with some width and penetration, taking the ball behind their defence several times. But as usual, we had no teeth when it came to putting the ball in the net. For all that his goal was a good finish, the other shots from McGoldrick were completely useless and several went closer to the corner flag than the goal. You just thought that John, Rasiak or indeed Saganowski would have thrived on the service to the box today and had a hatful and it just highlights the crass stupidity of our board to loan them out and not retain one or the other. As others have said until they are blue in the face, we ought to play 2 up front and go for bust. We are never going to save ourselves with one up front, especially if it is McGoldrick.

 

Personally, I thought Euell had a good game, providing some guidance for the youngsters and leading by example, he looked up for it, despite his long absence. With Scacel and Wotton, we at least have a bit more balance between the youngsters and the more experienced players and it showed. Of the others, Thompson did well as did Cork. Again I worry whether James is up to it at RB.

 

Kelvin had a quiet time of it tonight, as Coventry were really quite bad and didn't threaten much, but when they did, Kelvin was comfortable and seemingly their goal was the usual defensive weakness instead of his fault. You could almost see their goal coming, as we seemed to sit back almost inviting them on to us instead of pressing forward for another.

 

If Coventry had come back from one down and won it, then I have a suspicion that the protests against the board might have started, but as it was, they have a stay of execution until the next home game, depending on what happens between now and then.

[Um Bongo]

As i was walking out i heard the comment:

 

'We would have won that if it wasn't for the manager'

 

Agree. Should have changed it after we scored, we played alright but Coventry were there for the taking and we missed big time.

 

2 points dropped. Thought Euell was MOTM, skacel played well as well.

 

However, when you are at home, you play TWO strikers. And when you're chasing the win you dont keep it with one up top. Espcially when it's McGoldrick up there. Got a goal by my gob he's dire.

[dubai_phil]

Good result tonight. The free Vodkas for Chicks at Rock Bottoms made for a great atmosphere. (an idea there Rupe's)

The evening wasmade more chirpy getting tx updates, ok so we didn't win, but we didn't cave in again so after the last few days of horror threads on here at least a small ray of light.

With the "we're doomed financially" hat on sounds good that Euell showed he still has what it takes, guess he'll be the next out the door. But a point is a point and more than I expected.

May not have been great to be there but all those points may keep us up at the end of the season... I hope

[derry]

Thought we were the better team on the night but couldnt see us winning the game. Good to see Euell thought he did well seeing he has been out a long time, however, Jimmy Case had a different view but what does he know. Still disappointed and is Perry injured or just dropped.

 

Perry was sick, maybe ok sat-JP.

[1976_Child]

YOU should not have mention Wilkinson ' date=' luvvies will be calling for SCW to return[/quote']

 

To be fair though, Sir Clive was an inspiration to the club. Really good decision by Rupert...... NOT!!!!!

[NickG]

http://www.ccfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10269~44456,00.html

 

thought we were more positive and had few decent chances, still obvious lack of grit at the back but enjoyed the game

[Loyal Saint]

Our centre backs won very little in the air. Theirs won everything. Its been the same all season apart from possibly Cardiff away when Svensson looked dominant (well for 89 minutes anyway!)

 

I'm afraid it doesn't matter how good a footballing side you are, unless you can compete physically you don't stand a chance. Cork tried as did Wotton but both are not out and out centre halfs and at the other end of the pitch yet again we looked lightweight.

 

Wasn't a bad performance but I'm afraid we're not stong enough in key areas of the pitch and until we sort that side of it out we'll continue to struggle I fear

[corsacar saint]

Should have been out of site by half time. Second half more even, but what happens,

we score, they bring on two big guys [ we sit back as per usual], start to panic and

concede another ridiculously soft goal. Thus we end up throwing away two more

priceless points against a very poor side. Totally infuriating, and it is very difficult to see

how we are going to stay up. But then what do that pair of footballing no brains Lowe

and Wilde care anyway.

[Weston Saint]

We were the better side. Our passing was good, our movement was better but our finishing was very poor save McGoldricks goal which was very well taken.

 

Euell was supposed to be playing in the hole behind McGoldrick with Thompson and Lallana out wide. Euell was ok but a little of the pace at times (understandable with lack of first team game) Lallana was ok but wasted out left. Thompson did not look up to the job in the first half but a better second with some good runs.

 

Coventry were poor but when they put us under pressure we kept kicking the ball without and real control giving it straight back to Coventry and their goal was because of that.

 

Quite honestly I was happy with a point but disappointed we did not hold out for all three when we went in front.

[Saint Matty 76]

First half was pretty good I thought, second half we let them back in, and when we went 1 up, the manager really needs to make some sort of change to hold the lead,

 

MOTM would be Euell, Surman or Skacel.

[Mole]

We deserved the win on the night, but it wasn't to be. I know it's early days but on another thread we were looking at the next 5 games and of those this was the "easy" one on paper. In a months time it's likely we'll be adrift of the pack which will emphasise that tonight was a must win in the relegation fight.

[St Marco]

Few pics i took with my new camera

 

DMG celebration

 

He came over to the line and made some sort of man love gesture to BWP

Then my battery died...

 

Now onto the game. Not really sure what to say as it was a meh type of game. The atmosphere seemed dead, the stadium seemed empty and the quality on the pitch laughable. This for me was a must win game and now we are 2 points adrift in the bottom. We have Preston away then 3 very tough games. I will maintain my view before the game that if we did not win today and lost on saturday i would change from undecided on Jan to time to go. The boys today tried but just lacked the quality. The inexperience shone through. Thomson i thought did some really good things and with more experience could do some great things but some of his passes and decisions were really frustrating. We played long ball too many times and had very few clear chances. I can recall only 2 and they were both from DMG. Who i felt had a better game. Still don't think he will score the goals we need. He hit the corner flag with his shots more then the target.

The tactics were all wrong again and i think that really is it for 4-5-1. It does not work. Having 1 striker up all on his own and having too many people in midfield just over complicates things. There was little space to pass. In the first half i felt Rudi did some good over lapping and got some decent crosses in and that looked like the way for us to score. But we are always our own worst enemy and for some awful defending we were lucky not to have gone 0-1 down. Other then that i can't recall either goalie flying across the goal to make a save. Second half Coventry came out more attacking and looked like they wanted it more early on. We were lucky they didn't get a penalty (from my view) but the ref was ****. The yellow cards he gave out were a joke. We came more into it and DMG took his chance well, it was a good team goal and in my view we deserved it. But after that we do what we do best and self destruct. The defence just switched off and Wotten put his hand up calling for offside rather then deal with Morrison. That really ****es me off as we were taught to always play until the whistle not hold your hand up crying all the time. Kelvin had zero chance with the goal as it was like 2 yards out. To be fair though Coleman did change the game with 2 attacking subs and got the reward for it. After going back to 1-1 i have to say Coventry looked the mostly likely to score as we were sitting back and giving them time to play.

Then with 3 mins of injury time to go Jan brings on BWP while we had a free kick....where we really playing for the draw?

So all in all i think it was a meh game. Better then the weekend but nowhere near the level we need to survive. We have to beat Preston or JP must go. We can't drop the points we are dropping. Forest and Doncaster are done for. The last place is going to be the last relegation spot. Right now we deserve to be there and are playing like we belong there. This talk of "good football" Jan talks off is a lie, i saw more punt it up the field passes today then any Warnock game i have seen. It is clueless football, directionless football and unexperienced football. It has to change now or we will just drift further away from getting out of the relegation zone.

[Leicestersaint]

We should have won

[Whitey Grandad]

2 points lost in my opinion. We lack quality in too many areas. Euell, Skacel, Surman, Cork were all good but Thomson was ineffective, especially first half. Too many balls just hoofed out of defence and it is so boring playing with just one up front. And it was freezing especially with so many empty seats - there's no-one to act as a windbreak. Can we please have a manager with at least a bit of ambition, especially at home.

[Saintandy666]

Well, I guess we didn't play bad... but we didn't play amazing either. Pretty average although good performances from Jake Thomson(pretty nifty on the right wing) and Jason Euell.

 

I think our problem is, looking at most other championship teams, is that we need a couple of late twenties, not fat but pretty hench chubby players at the back. Sometimes in this league you need that kind of player to push yourself to victory. Pretty football just won't do in this league(not that we are doing much of that at the moment).

[trousers]

We were the better side. Our passing was good, our movement was better but our finishing was very poor save McGoldricks goal which was very well taken.

 

Euell was supposed to be playing in the hole behind McGoldrick with Thompson and Lallana out wide. Euell was ok but a little of the pace at times (understandable with lack of first team game) Lallana was ok but wasted out left. Thompson did not look up to the job in the first half but a better second with some good runs.

 

Coventry were poor but when they put us under pressure we kept kicking the ball without and real control giving it straight back to Coventry and their goal was because of that.

 

Quite honestly I was happy with a point but disappointed we did not hold out for all three when we went in front.

 

Was just about to post something similar.

 

Was my first game of the season (genuine reasons....letter from parents available upon request) and for the first 70 minutes I was pleasantly surprised. However, I couldn't believe how deep we suddenly started playing as soon as we'd scored. The people around me all looked at each other and knew what was coming....and it came....just 5 minutes later. To give Poortvliet some credit, he was livid when we sat back after scoring, animatedly urging the team to get forward. But his decision to bring on BWP was alarming....the ref was about to blow and we then waste 30 seconds. The players trying to take the free kick couldn't believe what they were seeing.

 

Anyway, a draw was a fair result although we just scraped being the better team over the 90 mins. We just need to work out how NOT to give the ball away in the middle third and we're laughing....

 

p.s. I though Wotton played a blinder in thee first half, marshling the defence well. Other stand out players for me were DmG (until he scored), Skacel and Euell. Cork also showed his class on a few occasions. Was disappointed that Schneiderlin was relatively anonymous.

 

All things considered, was relatively satisfied with the point....but we will get beaten badly (again) by better teams than Coventry (who, incidently were very poor - they reminded me of our game against Leicester at home in the FA Cup last season)

[Andy_Porter]

Good game over all, enjoyable if it wasn't so bloody cold.

 

Why did JP throw on BWP with only 20 seconds left when we had a free kick and a chance to hit the ball into the box? Gobern is a tall lad he would have been a much better option. Or an even better option would be no change at all.

 

I'd also like to know JP's thinking behind not going to 4-4-2 at any point, even when Pekhart came on I thought we would go 4-4-2 but no it's was just the same formation but with McGoldrick on the wing, we should have gone with two upfront and really gone for it.

 

I thought Smith looked ****, bring back Holmes.

[trousers]

I thought Smith looked ****, bring back Holmes.

 

I thought Smith had a few good moments - set up a good overlap with Rudi if memory serves me correctly - agree he had his fair share of mishaps too though.

[Kingsbridge Saint]

From the OS and this site it looks like we should have won and didn't. Again. I have a horrible feeling it's a habit that is going to be costly come May.

[Bailey]

Very frustrating all in all.

 

First half we played pretty well and should have been in front, but once again we lacked that cutting edge in front of goal. When we did eventually take the lead in the second half we seemed to stop playing and looked very nervy at times. It was only a matter of time before Cov got back into it.

 

I thought Euell and Skacel both did well considering how long they've been out of the first team for, and I thought Surman was particularly impressive too. He worked very hard in the middle and you could see him trying to drive the team on. Another solid performance from Davis, and good to see McGoldrick on the scoresheet after coming under-fire from certain sections of the St Mary's faithful.

 

It is however, starting to get very frustrating and annoying having to see us play pretty well and yet come away with only a point. We really need to start picking up more points and fast, otherwise we're in for a struggle. Fingers crossed we pick up 3 points at Preston on Saturday, but I won't be expecting anything. In fact, I'd happily take a point. Tonight was very much an improvement from Swansea, but there is still plenty of work to be done.

[alpine_saint]

Perry was sick, maybe ok sat-JP.

 

Those excuses for not paying appearance fees are running really thin, Jan......

[Saint Bones]

Perry - on an appearance fee ? Now your having a laugh.

[aintforever]

Looked good going forward but can't defend. Need to get rid of Portaloo now IMO.

 

We have enough quality to stay up IMO, just need a manager with some experience and a couple of full backs.

[NickG]

thought full backs did ok last night

[West End Saint]

I thought we played well should have won comfortably if we fininshed better if we conceeded as many chances we would have been 2 or 3 down got to be more clinical in front of goal.

 

Thought Jason Euell was great MOM for me and great finish by DMG crying shame we didnt get the 3 points.

UTS!

[um pahars]

Euell was supposed to be playing in the hole behind McGoldrick with Thompson and Lallana out wide. Euell was ok but a little of the pace at times (understandable with lack of first team game)

 

I also thought Euell did well, considering he's making a comeback and he certainly put alot of effort in last night.

 

There was one point in the second half where he pushed on for a bit and I actually thought we looked alot better with McGoldrick getting some support.

 

Lallana was ok but wasted out left. Thompson did not look up to the job in the first half but a better second with some good runs.

 

Lallana is not a left winger and Thompson is not yet ready. Jan seems to be following the Burley's Playing Players Out Of Positon Manual that he left behind!!!!

 

We were close to the pitch at one point and Thompson looked so skinny and frail, his legs were the same size as their centre half's arms!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Coventry were poor ...........Quite honestly I was happy with a point but disappointed we did not hold out for all three when we went in front.

 

They looked a shadow of the side who hammered us recently (of course, maybe we played better), but a point at home tothem is relegation form.

[wild-saint]

Euell was a welcome return last night - good movement / runs, good in the tackle ad importantly was constantly talking to the team trying to keep them organised.

 

Thompson - lots of ball out wide very little end product

 

The goal - great finish by DMG - I feel he would be far more effective in a 442 with some support.

 

Cov goal - how many chances did we have to make clearance, at least five times did we clear straight to a cov player pnly for it to be rammed back down our throats. However the final ball to morrison looked 1/2 a yard offside, I guess as noone else has has mentioned it I ust be wrong.

 

For me the root of our problem is our inability to defend high balls into the box. This aint going to be sorted in any training session. The fact is we need a strong CB with a the ability to dominate arial balls. Even better would be two of them. That one change would inspire confidence throughout the team and we would be winning games -Simple.

 

Overall a decent performance for me. MOTM Euell

[derry]

What really worries me is the lobsided back four. We seem to close down and mostly get some cover close to the left back. Skacel was fairly tight on their RM and Cork got in close to cover him.

 

On the other side Wotton and on Saturday Perry stayed at least 20-30 yds off James. The midfield two never got into the gap. James for weeks has been isolated one on one and it has cost us goals. I am blaming three sources of cover.

 

The CBs not pushing across and the CM LM getting back to fill the left side back post.

 

The RM not tracking back and busting a gut.

 

The CM not getting behind James and filling the back, and not getting back to allow the nearest CM to get across.

 

The football was good last night, we did keep our shape and width. James put in a great cross for McGoldrick's well taken goal. Maybe when we get another CB back he might do a job RM and cover Cork at RB. Holmes back should give us a good left side.

 

Surman and Schneiderlin would settle down well in CM. Euell worked hard but goals look a problem. Pekart was a bit like Bambi at times.McGoldrick was better last night but like some of the others cow's arse and banjos come to mind when it comes to shooting. They have to hit the target.

[OldNick]

some very attractive football Euell really up for it.Rudi did ok apart from his header that set them up , although he didnt look worth a big paypacket compared to the others.

DMG reall y worked hard and he admitted in his interview he worked harder than he has before (I hope the penny has dropped that to become a fans favouite you dont rely on scoring)

Jan made a big mistake not taking Thompson off as soon as we scored and made us more solid. Even when he made the sub IMO he should have brought BWP on as he is stronger than Smith, or Gobern to tighten things up.

Considering all the fans on the prediction thread expecting us to lose by at least 3then it was a good result.MOM Euell

[alpine_saint]

some very attractive football Euell really up for it.Rudi did ok apart from his header that set them up , although he didnt look worth a big paypacket compared to the others.

DMG reall y worked hard and he admitted in his interview he worked harder than he has before (I hope the penny has dropped that to become a fans favouite you dont rely on scoring)

Jan made a big mistake not taking Thompson off as soon as we scored and made us more solid. Even when he made the sub IMO he should have brought BWP on as he is stronger than Smith, or Gobern to tighten things up.

Considering all the fans on the prediction thread expecting us to lose by at least 3then it was a good result.MOM Euell

 

Couldnt resist a dig at Rudi though, eh ?

[OldNick]

Couldnt resist a dig at Rudi though, eh ?

Alpine you are odd, you take an honest assessment and then try and make out that it was a dig.Rudi played OK, but he made a massive mistake that set up Morrison and the ball was kicked off the line, had we gone 1 down it would have been fatal. And yes he did not look worht a massive paypacket as he was no better than the majority of the kids and had you asked a neutral 'who is the 1.6m pound player in our side they probably would have said Euell, DMG , Morgan or Cork.

[SaintRichmond]

yeah, you are right. it was a bit barren. still we made as much noise as we could. Looking at the other three sides of the ground was depressing. Less than half capacity. That will be another £100k lost then. Financially we are stuffed with that level of attendance.

 

 

The simple answer is to WIN a few matches ...... which of course is easier said than done

 

But if Lowe has HALF a brain, it is Good, basic, simple, common sense

 

For example ... get a win at Preston, and it would add circa 3000 for the next Home match, and so on

 

Equally, from the same Business perspective, Lowe should now realise that SELLING off ALL the players that could have stabilsised the Ship, was VERY POOR BUSINESS SENSE .......... but he won't of course

 

Still, Lowe in the dressing room giving a pep talk pre Coventry .......... in a few weeks time he'll put himself in the Team

[VectisSaint]

Relief that we didn't lose, relief that we socred, sounds like the team played better, but in the end still only 1 home win all season, and that is certain relegation form. Those who don't worry because they say they thought it would be a result to stay up are plain blind to the obvious, that is that we could do better with a coach who knows what he is doing, and with a mix of experience and youth. The financial savings of shipping out our 2 top strikers will pale into insignificance when we are relegated. Believe me, unless something drastic is done very soon that is where we are heading. As many Lowe luvvies were saying a while back, the table does not lie. We are now adrift of the pack, and being caught by Forest.

[OldNick]

The simple answer is to WIN a few matches ...... which of course is easier said than done

 

But if Lowe has HALF a brain, it is Good, basic, simple, common sense

 

For example ... get a win at Preston, and it would add circa 3000 for the next Home match, and so on

 

Equally, from the same Business perspective, Lowe should now realise that SELLING off ALL the players that could have stabilsised the Ship, was VERY POOR BUSINESS SENSE .......... but he won't of course

 

Still, Lowe in the dressing room giving a pep talk pre Coventry .......... in a few weeks time he'll put himself in the Team

A win at Preston will not put 3000 on the gate. A few hundred as fans have seen false dawns too often to be easily convinced to return.Add the fact its on tv on a saturday night and some may miss Xfactor then I beleive you are wide of the mark. Listening to the interview the player did not seem too scathing of RL wishing them luck.

[Ken Tone]

As in several previous games we played some very pretty football at times. Too much so in fact. Had Davis been instructed to play it out short that often?

 

Rather like the Watford game, we looked the better side in open play, but failed to convert that into goals.

 

Am heartily sick of getting back to my car to hear bloody Merrington going on about 4-5-1. I've always liked the bloke and yes he's a true saint, but for god's sake play a diferent tune Dave. For a start we do not play 4-5-1, we play 4-2-3-1, switching to 4-2-1-3 as we attack. We do NOt always have only 1 player up front, we often have 3. Then as we drive home we had to listen to prats texting in who have clearly only been listening to radio, saying back to Merrington what he'd said in the commentary!

 

Thought McGoldrick had a better game last night, with one other cracking shot in the first half as well as his well-taken goal, but seeing Morrison for them showed what we are missing. He was all over us at times - a proper centre forward, with a much greater physical presence

 

Euell was outstanding, 'in the hole', but unfortunately that meant playing Llallana out wide where he didn't shine.

 

Wootton may not be a footballing genuius, but by 'eck can he shout. He and Euell really worked at driving the youingsters into position. Skacel was quieter but nonetheless looked worth his place, even if not his salary.

 

K.

[OldNick]

Relief that we didn't lose, relief that we socred, sounds like the team played better, but in the end still only 1 home win all season, and that is certain relegation form. Those who don't worry because they say they thought it would be a result to stay up are plain blind to the obvious, that is that we could do better with a coach who knows what he is doing, and with a mix of experience and youth. The financial savings of shipping out our 2 top strikers will pale into insignificance when we are relegated. Believe me, unless something drastic is done very soon that is where we are heading. As many Lowe luvvies were saying a while back, the table does not lie. We are now adrift of the pack, and being caught by Forest.

Vectis very true and you should accpet that nobody wants to offload the best however much you dislike RL. As I have pointed out before if we manage to avoid administration then those players getting off our wage bill have saved us -10 / -15 points this season and that is more than they would gain us if they played. We are hardly cut adrift yet although if we fail to pick up points in the coming weeks then we will be so.

[alpine_saint]

Vectis very true and you should accpet that nobody wants to offload the best however much you dislike RL. As I have pointed out before if we manage to avoid administration then those players getting off our wage bill have saved us -10 / -15 points this season and that is more than they would gain us if they played. We are hardly cut adrift yet although if we fail to pick up points in the coming weeks then we will be so.

 

How do you f**king know ?

 

To my reckoning, Rudi has already helped us to 2 we would not have got otherwise.

[OldNick]

How do you f**king know ?

 

To my reckoning, Rudi has already helped us to 2 we would not have got otherwise.

Isnt it funny your double standards. You highlight my opinion and then rubbish the fact and then put up your statement regarding Rudi. LOL

[alpine_saint]

Statement ? It was clearly marked as an opinion.

 

I "reckoned"

 

You "pointed out"

 

Get off your high-horse, hypocrite.

[Give it to Ron]

As i was walking out i heard the comment:

 

'We would have won that if it wasn't for the manager'

 

Agree. Should have changed it after we scored, we played alright but Coventry were there for the taking and we missed big time.

 

2 points dropped. Thought Euell was MOTM, skacel played well as well.

 

However, when you are at home, you play TWO strikers. And when you're chasing the win you dont keep it with one up top. Espcially when it's McGoldrick up there. Got a goal by my gob he's dire.

 

That might of been me as thats exactly what I said and felt - how many times did we cross the ball into the box and only had DMG surrounded by 4 defenders in there?

After we scored for ten minutes we looked out on our feet - DMG had run himself ragged and to put him out on the wing was mental as it allowed them more space in front of Lloyd.

We should of gone 4-4-2 with Pekhart, DMG up the middle and Smith and BWP on the wings pushing them back - playing the same formation allowed them to keep coming at us.

JP wound me up with his after match talk.....its your bloody tactics that are causing us to fail.

[OldNick]

Statement ? It was clearly marked as an opinion.

 

I "reckoned"

 

You "pointed out"

 

Get off your high-horse, hypocrite.

Oh look at her

[15saints]

I started to read this thread when I got in from the game last night and could not believe the rubbish being written by people who obviously were not at the game. I had to leave my post until this morning because I could not be calm and reasoning.

 

I thought we were excellent and by far the most attractive team I have seen home or away this season. That being said we are lightwieght and naive at times, but we are running other teams ragged. Coventry were wilting in the first half where they had been chasing shadows for 40 minutes and we needed to score in that period 25 - 40 minutes. This thing many have with a 4-5-1 formation is not doing our team justice. Most of the time last night we were either 4-3-3 or 4-2-4 and the reason I am most encouraged is the fact that we managed to get forward in numbers. However, we cannot keep blaming McG for all of our goaless problems as he has scored - it is others who need to put some in the net. Lallana is a powder puff shooter and proved that again last night as did everyone else. We need to take more shots with some of them having some power in them rather than the back passes to the keeper.

 

I also think the criticism of Schniderlin is unfounded. He made himself available to receive the ball all of the time and I cannot remember him giving it away once. I thought he was very effective at pulling everything together. I agree that Wotton is not the greatest defender in the league but last night he talked to the youngsters all of the time pointing and telling them where the danger is likely to be. He was a huge influence and I think he would be more use to us playing just in front of the back four.

 

All in all, apart from the result, I felt we were excellent and deserved to win. If we can keep dominating teams like that and a couple of players step up with a goal, so that we are not completly reliant on McG, then we could end the season in a safe position.

[alpine_saint]

Oh look at her

 

Whatever.

 

You've made a fool of yourself.

[Guided Missile]

Very satisfied with the team's performance, overall. Skacel and Llalana looked very dangerous on the left, for pretty much the whole first half and we should have been leading, given the possession and territorial advantage we enjoyed.

Less satisfied about the final score and the walk back over the Itchen bridge to the car. It was f***ing freezing...

[Guided Missile]

All in all, apart from the result, I felt we were excellent and deserved to win. If we can keep dominating teams like that and a couple of players step up with a goal, so that we are not completly reliant on McG, then we could end the season in a safe position.

Spot on...

I am restraining myself from reporting my opinion on Rapid Vienna's performance at the weekend, despite being in Southampton. I just don't have Alpine's imagination....

[alpine_saint]

Do you follow Rapid Vienna on the radio, in the news reports and on internet chat sites ?

 

Thought not.

[Weston Saint]

Very satisfied with the team's performance, overall. Skacel and Llalana looked very dangerous on the left, for pretty much the whole first half and we should have been leading, given the possession and territorial advantage we enjoyed.

Less satisfied about the final score and the walk back over the Itchen bridge to the car. It was f***ing freezing...

 

Shame Frank and I never spotted you as we walked over. You could have given us a lift from Woolston to Weston to pick up Franks car!

[Guided Missile]

Do you follow Rapid Vienna on the radio, in the news reports and on internet chat sites ?

 

Thought not.

You don't screw Keira Knightley, but I doubt if that would stop you posting about how good she was in bed, on the basis that you toss yourself off, over a poster of her....