Saintjersey Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Thank god for half time, let's regroup and come out all guns blazing second half.
saintscottofthenortham Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Get Cork off who is having his worst night in a Saints shirt. This game needs Deano.
saintsmike25 Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Cork has been awful today, as has Chaplow. Our best player is Morgan who is trying to calm the game down and has made countless tackles and interceptions. Puncheon has been frustrating today, he'll do something well but take too many touches and lose the ball. Tadanari's work rate has been excellent his runs just need to be picked out and he's causing them a pain. Lambert needs to stop going wide left, and trying to set up from there. Stay in the box and we get goals. Fox has been good, just a bit concerned about our lack of zip in the passing.
S-Clarke Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Pretty horrendus first half from us, but we're winning....fair enough. Puncheon has had a mare and needs to come off, looks totally off the pace. Odd. Our basic ball retention needs to improve massivley though.
trousers Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Leeds' tempo has been phenomenal. Reckon they'll run out of steam in 2nd half
MOSaint Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 KD has looked good in goal. Lee and MS seem like the only two outfield players who are willing to get stuck in, the rest look rather weak.
saintant Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 If we are going to persistently boot the ball the length of the pitch to Lambert's head let's at least get two of our player feeding off him. Jeez, it's not rocket science. Either play the ball around with movement off the ball or go for the big boot and get men around Lambert. In that half we did neither although it was a cracking goal!
SuperSAINT Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Pretty horrendus first half from us, but we're winning....fair enough. Puncheon has had a mare and needs to come off, looks totally off the pace. Odd. Our basic ball retention needs to improve massivley though. Sky curse mate. No idea how we're winning. I hate watching us play on the box.
T.REX Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 C'mon Nige do your magic. Lets get this team passing again.
Cabrone Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 how we are winning this i will never know! 2 words............Kelvin Davis.
Saintjersey Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Leeds' tempo has been phenomenal. Reckon they'll run out of steam in 2nd half I thought the same in the Reading match, which didn't happen.......... but luckily we pulled a result out of the bag with a moment of magic from De Ridder. Hopefully Lambert is one to have provided that for us today.
MOSaint Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 (edited) Hammond should definitely come on at some point, Cork is always suspect when the opposing team are physical. Hammond and guly for puncheon and Morgan IMO. Half tempted to go 451. Getting murdered at the moment and Warnock will only emphasise the 'everytime going against them' line. They'll come at us even more second half. We either keep the ball and hold out, or lose IMO. Can't see a draw. If Leeds keep pressing and get their goal, they'll score a second within 5 minutes. It's got that new manager turning it round feel, and that weak away performance look. Really hope that's all nonsense. Why would you take Morgan off? He's was our best Midfielder in that first half by some distance. Edited 3 March, 2012 by MOSaint
Saintjersey Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Hammond and guly for puncheon and Morgan IMO. Half tempted to go 451. Getting murdered at the moment and Warnock will only emphasise the 'everytime going against them' line. They'll come at us even more second half. We either keep the ball and hold out, or lose IMO. Can't see a draw. If Leeds keep pressing and get their goal, they'll score a second within 5 minutes. It's got that new manager turning it round feel, and that weak away performance look. Really hope that's all nonsense. Morgan has been our best midfielder. Cork and Puncheon have been woeful with Chaplow only marginally better.
Chez Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 hoof ball again. Another sub standard pitch no doubt? Still, how many times over the years have we dominated at home only to be hit on the break? Nice to return the favour for once. Puncheon has been far too casual. Come on son get it together and we can get these 3 points.
S-Clarke Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Hammond should definitely come on at some point, Cork is always suspect when the opposing team are physical. and when they are in his face. He wants too much time tonight, and the Leeds players are about 5 seconds faster in speed and thought. He's a passenger.
trousers Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 C'mon Nige do your magic. Lets get this team passing again. Leeds are closing us down too quickly.
CanadaSaint Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Hammond and guly for puncheon and Morgan IMO. You'd take Schneiderlin off? At times he's been the only one holding it together.
suewhistle Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Cork unusually innaccurate, Puncheon trying to do too much sometimes - should keep it simple. Chaplow showing energy but not quite there yet, some sloppiness in defence inviting problems and... we're winning. Seeing that Lambert finish reminds me of reading an article in The Guardian this morning about goal scoring finishers. I think Leeds are riding a wave of adrenalin at the moment and we can only hope they flag towards the end.
S-Clarke Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Morgan to come off? why? He's been our midfield single handily.
SNSUN Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Riiiiiiiiight. Back to work I go. Keep me posted - the only way I can check what's happening is using my phone to view SaintsWeb - with a very questionable battery life. :-( w00T, UTS, COYY and nun pics. 3-0 please...
Chez Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Hammond and guly for puncheon and Morgan IMO. .Morgan? You are kidding right? He's the only one who has done anything good in the middle four. Madness.
VectisSaint Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 2 words............Kelvin Davis. Surely it has to be 5 words, Kelvin Davis, Ricky Lambert, Chung. We would not be winning if it was just about Kelvin, you have to score to win.
suewhistle Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Hammond and guly for puncheon and Morgan IMO. Morgan? You're joking surely. He's not only done many interceptions but he's calmed the game down and kept possession.
saints-cris Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 We seriously need to get a grip if we wanna win this. Cork and Puncheon are giving the ball away every chance they get.. fox looks terrified. Hammond should come on, its a matter of time til we concede. We look okay going forward, but we really need to up this.
hypochondriac Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Got the girlfriend watching for the first time ever. Hope we play better in the second half!
MOSaint Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 and when they are in his face. He wants too much time tonight, and the Leeds players are about 5 seconds faster in speed and thought. He's a passenger. Definitely, there was a point towards the end of that first half where Chaplow played a short pass to him and he was just staring at it like he'd never seen a football before then someone nipped in and got it before he could touch it.
saintscottofthenortham Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Cork has been awful today, as has Chaplow. Our best player is Morgan who is trying to calm the game down and has made countless tackles and interceptions. Puncheon has been frustrating today, he'll do something well but take too many touches and lose the ball. Tadanari's work rate has been excellent his runs just need to be picked out and he's causing them a pain. Lambert needs to stop going wide left, and trying to set up from there. Stay in the box and we get goals. Fox has been good, just a bit concerned about our lack of zip in the passing. Agree with all this. It seems to me that Punch is trying too hard. Lamb coming wide left all the time is incredibly frustrating. He has been in the box once and he has scored from it.
VectisSaint Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Hammond and guly for puncheon and Morgan IMO. Puncheon & Cork maybe, but Morgan, you have got to be insane.
CWD Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 We'd be doing better if Cork and Punch stopped being rubbish. Morgan has been immense though.
Window Cleaner Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Got the girlfriend watching for the first time ever. Hope we play better in the second half! If not you'll get the 'I thought you said they were good" comment.
saintscottofthenortham Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Puncheon & Cork maybe, but Morgan, you have got to be insane. He must be. Morgan has been our best player FFS!
niceandfriendly Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Morgan playing brilliantly. Lee looks very handy, excellent assist and proving a real handful. Seems to have a very good touch. Too many players guilty of giving the ball away way too easily. Cork's doing well defensively but going forward he has been poor (apart from that cross for the goal to be fair).
deadpanmatt Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 We wouldn't be winning if it weren't for Cork. We need to get Lee off I think. Get Sharp up there for a bit more physicality.
Window Cleaner Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Double sub, Guly and Deano for Punch and Tadanari
Lifelongsaint83 Posted 3 March, 2012 Posted 3 March, 2012 Lee worked his butt off plus all the travel this week he must be knackered so not surprising
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