Saints foreva Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 1 point from next two games IMO. Really think we will struggle to pick up after this morale crushing result. Negativity has taken over me today, was fairly confident we would see this out and win promotion but after today I think we're going to struggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedgeEnder Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 1 point from next two games IMO. Really think we will struggle to pick up after this morale crushing result. Negativity has taken over me today, was fairly confident we would see this out and win promotion but after today I think we're going to struggle. Morale crushing result? We've just gone back to the top the table FFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Is he always that good? Cos if he is and we do go up, we should buy him.he is renown for not making any mistakes but also not never making any top class saves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Full of **** full of **** full of **** in response the Pompey chanting on the pitch. Best chant of the day imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Also noticed that Norris wasn't booked for jumping into the crowd - what exactly did Sharp get booked for after his first goal? Norris was booked for jumping into the crowd. Stupid rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Is he always that good? Cos if he is and we do go up, we should buy him. No he isn't good, pompey fans I know don't rate him, he just had one of those days. Don't get those blaming Davis for the first goal. It was a quality strike. Just because it was at his near post doesn't make it savable. It was criminal for the players to let the player have the time and space to hit it so well. Same with the 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzzza Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 never said i wasn't pompey??? Going on message boards and pretending to be fans of your rivals is a scummer trait, not pompey. Just laughing my nuts off. All this 'coming for you ****'. All that bile and vitriol doesn't taste too good now does it? Bottlers! were still top fish breath and ur still goin down , hahahahahahahahahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Aye, although the ref's decisions on who he did and didn't book were mindboggling!that first foul when I think Allan just hacked one of our players from behind was utter filth and that was 20 seconds after Morgan had been booked as well. No idea why that wasn't a yellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 What a load of bottlers! Lilly livered surrender monkeys. Today is the day it all went tits up.as opposed to getting our asses kicked 3-0 last last week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzzza Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 OK, Blackpool ran us off the pitch with 7 changes to their team, poopey equalled us with a bunch of loanies, we concede 5 in 2 games, our game is lacking urgency defensively, creativity in midfield and looking more like hoof ball, but WHY when we played so much better earlier in the season and can we get it back. its very worrying with in form Reading 6 pointer on friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 1 point from next two games IMO. Really think we will struggle to pick up after this morale crushing result. Negativity has taken over me today, was fairly confident we would see this out and win promotion but after today I think we're going to struggle. Come on, grow a pair. It was never going to be plain sailing in this run in. Lots of more twists and turns. Don't give up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colehillsaint Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Come on, grow a pair. It was never going to be plain sailing in this run in. Lots of more twists and turns. Don't give up now. Spot on (as ever if you don't mind me saying). I'm really enjoying the tension. If we do get there we will be better for having been through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Come. On. Birmingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 You lot are nuts. We lost to a team that have just hit form again, and IMO will go up in the playoffs in Blackpool. We have just drawn in a derby game. We are 4 points clear of West Ham, who in their next two games play Birmingham and Brighton. We get to play Reading at home and before that they go to Brighton on tuesday night. If we beat out of form palace, and win at home to Reading. I think that will do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Right, having now had time to sit down and reflect a bit on todays game, I am still fvkin' well p1ssed off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_DB Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 I don't get the "lallana can't shoot" comments. Did you forget those two incredible volleys that so nearly went in? They were class. It was his decision-making in a pressure one-on-one situation that let him down today, and not for the first time this season. Technically brilliant but a more experienced player wouldn't have tried anything fancy at 1-1 with 5 mins to go in a derby game. Gutted at the time, still a bit down but it's not the end of the world. We have done so well to get this far, let's not forget!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Right, having now had time to sit down and reflect a bit on todays game, I am still fvkin' well p1ssed off. Nothing wrong with being ****ed off, if that happened in any game, but in a derby. I just wish that goal was ruled out and it ended 1-1. But if you stop and think about it. 4 clear with 5 left, a couple of wins and we are back on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor_Saint Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northam soul Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Having just got back to Devon and had chance to calm down i am of the opinion that we lost this game due to how ineffective our centre midfield was. Allan ran the game for them playing positive forward passes at every opportunity while cork only ever seemed to pass sideways or backwards, when he did it was only ever a silly flick. Hammond also seems incapable of playing in the last third and they really were just chasing Allan all over the place. We did have a few chances which their keeper did well but all in all we need to improve although i am doubtful if we now have the capability to raise our game to what is required. Its alright saying we are top of the league but we have not beem playing well recently and something has to change on Monday or have we just now been found out. I will still be making another six hour round trip on Friday in the hope that we really can get it together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintNeil90 Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Something I've noticed from recent videos... Our fans sing way too fast and clap too much. Just listen to the who the **** is laughing now video, sounds awful. Also can we learn to sing OWTS twice slowly? Cant believe some people still cant understand that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 I've just got in. On to Palace No other comment to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhari Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Having just got back to Devon and had chance to calm down i am of the opinion that we lost this game due to how ineffective our centre midfield was. Allan ran the game for them playing positive forward passes at every opportunity while cork only ever seemed to pass sideways or backwards, when he did it was only ever a silly flick. Hammond also seems incapable of playing in the last third and they really were just chasing Allan all over the place. We did have a few chances which their keeper did well but all in all we need to improve although i am doubtful if we now have the capability to raise our game to what is required. Its alright saying we are top of the league but we have not beem playing well recently and something has to change on Monday or have we just now been found out. I will still be making another six hour round trip on Friday in the hope that we really can get it together. Eh?? Don't remember losing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Fair play to them, it was the biggest game of their season and they stepped up to the plate and got a point against the league pacesetters. We need to learn and move on with better defending and better movement. I think Nicola needs to see how much bleach the Northam needs before the next match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 If their goalkeeper had been playing for us and ours for them we would have won. I don't know about the first, but I can assure you that no goalkeeper would have got near their second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 I don't know about the first, but I can assure you that no goalkeeper would have got near their second. Their first was struck like Tadanari Lee smashed that thunderbolt a few weeks back, being in line of the trajectory a few folks around where I was sitting were sheepishly commented that it was a hell of a strike. Can't believe the negativity on here: I am stunned that we have been allowed to play the style of football we do until last weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Something I've noticed from recent videos... Our fans sing way too fast and clap too much. Just listen to the who the **** is laughing now video, sounds awful. Also can we learn to sing OWTS twice slowly? Cant believe some people still cant understand that It's not normally that bad, it was just the euphoria of the moment I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Watching the highlights it was all Southampton. Why did Richardson duck away from Norris' shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cestrian Saint Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Thought we'd lose today & to be honest it feels like we have. Taking the lead in the 89th minute & then conceding in injury was a major blow. I said yesterday that we'd lose a key player to injury or suspension and sure enough we have. As I've been saying for weeks, we're not getting automatic promotion. Get used to it folks. We're finishing 3rd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anothersaintinsouthsea Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Watching the bbc highlights and you have to say that we were more than a tad unlucky. I love the way Adkins stays so positive emphasising that we've just gone back to the top of the league. The last thing we need is for Adkins to wet the bed like so many on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 We did look more unlucky on the highlights then actually at the game. I never realised the effort by Lallana was so close. Meh, think we'll still do it, just. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxi_sopez Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Just forced myself to watch the highlights... Agree with what people said we were unlucky.. Also more you watch their goals the more they were absolute stunners...F*ck me score not 1 but 2 in a game they had the gods on their side.. Lets beat palace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 boy Rocha was lucky to stay on the pitch, kicking the ball at fans then slapping Lallana. Just glad Lallana didn't act like a girl and hold his face and/or go down crying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingwing Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 You just can't please some people... Billy scored 2 goals more than any other Saints player, (and one or two others..Lallana and Fonte in particular .. had easier chances and missed.) This problem can be explained with two posts after. Agreed. Thought Sharp did the job we bought him for - 4 goals in three games? - whereas our long range shooting was hopeless! And bizarre. We are not that sort of team. We normally try and walk the ball in... Jack Cork, Billy Sharp, and Adam Lallana all had good games I thought. Ricky Lambert I must say looked very off the pace, Fox was terrible, and as for Guly do bloody Prado ..... Right what I am trying to highlight is the BAFFLING inconsistency of viewpoints of players on the basis of roles. Sharp is a striker, we signed him to score. Accepted he scored twice today, but he had nothing to do with the creation of either goal, he just smacked it in and Fonte could have scored the first. As a Saints striker in the team Adkins plays, he is expected to do more than just hit it on for a yard. He has to make the space for him to run into (as Lee does), he should win the ball (as Barnard does), he should take it past some players (as Connelly does), he should pick the ball up from deep (as Guly and Lambert do) but he us completely unable to do any of those things. His performances are of a really average school boy striker, nick the easy goals. Other than that he can be lumped with the typical Guly criticism of might as well have 10 men on the pitch as he provides nothing to the rest of the game. By comparison, Guly gets absolute crap because he is not a headless chicken like steve or barnard or chaplow. He's quite an intelligent player, poor in the air, but when we stopped lumping it to him in the air for the first 15 mins of the second half it was working. Bringing on steve was pointless as his "I like to run" stuff worked for all of a minute till their left back cottoned on that he'll trip over the ball. The point is that 2 goals is a very deceiving performance from sharp. There is a huge amount of work to come from him before he looks like a worth while buy when several individual performances within the team are mindlessly slated because of hate figure status, when its pretty much unjustifiable. To name players, Guly wasn't terrible by any means (no one better on the right by a long way), Fox did his job well enough (despite a few of the silly cross field balls), Hammond is an ok anchor man (no Morg), Cork tried a lot (but not everything came off), Lallana should have had a hattrick, Rickie is being nursed back to fitness a bit. There's hate figures, blame to be had all across the squad but not for the player that scores 2 close range goals and does nothing when players who put mountains of effort in (one way or another) get berated for being a countless number of things other than a 1.9m signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Watching the highlights it was all Southampton. Why did Richardson duck away from Norris' shot? because it mostly was....they had a few dangerous crosses and a scuffed easy shot....other than their two worldys, kelvin did not have a save to make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Right what I am trying to highlight is the BAFFLING inconsistency of viewpoints of players on the basis of roles. Sharp is a striker, we signed him to score. Accepted he scored twice today, but he had nothing to do with the creation of either goal, he just smacked it in and Fonte could have scored the first. As a Saints striker in the team Adkins plays, he is expected to do more than just hit it on for a yard. He has to make the space for him to run into (as Lee does), he should win the ball (as Barnard does), he should take it past some players (as Connelly does), he should pick the ball up from deep (as Guly and Lambert do) but he us completely unable to do any of those things. His performances are of a really average school boy striker, nick the easy goals. Other than that he can be lumped with the typical Guly criticism of might as well have 10 men on the pitch as he provides nothing to the rest of the game. The point is that 2 goals is a very deceiving performance from sharp. There is a huge amount of work to come from him before he looks like a worth while buy when several individual performances within the team are mindlessly slated because of hate figure status, when its pretty much unjustifiable. There's hate figures, blame to be had all across the squad but not for the player that scores 2 close range goals and does nothing when players who put mountains of effort in (one way or another) get berated for being a countless number of things other than a 1.9m signing.good assessment. I thought Sharp was one of many reasons why we struggled today. Nothing stuck and he put defenders under no pressure at all. That's Sharp though. He's a goal hanger, nothing more nothing less. Not many options now that Connelly and Lee are injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 good assessment. I thought Sharp was one of many reasons why we struggled today. Nothing stuck and he put defenders under no pressure at all. That's Sharp though. He's a goal hanger, nothing more nothing less. Not many options now that Connelly and Lee are injured. yep...he is a 18 yard box'er of you get me....that is his game and we needed a player to score more goals....no problem could not help thinking that Lee would have caused them no end of problems...a fair few times we were breaking from midfield and we had no strikers to run beyond.....thought barny would have came on mind.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 because it mostly was....they had a few dangerous crosses and a scuffed easy shot....other than their two worldys, kelvin did not have a save to makesecond half they seemed to grab a lot of second ball and passed through the middle whilst we went long a lot. I certainly felt at the time that they were on the ascendency. A draw seemed about right, but we certainly had more chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridge Saint Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 Great post match words from Adkins. And if we can bounce back with a win against Palace, we will all feel a whole lot better. We can do this. Finally - everyone has slagged Lallanas 'dive'. Sure, he should have shot, but when he goes round Ashdown, the Skate Bastard swings his leg and catches Adam. Adam stayed on his feet despite the knock and tried to get to the ball, but couldn't get there - so went down hoping the ref had seen the contact. Nothing wrong with that. Lets support our own - getting sick of people giving the DFCSB's 'credit' for this that and the other. Two lucky punts and **** all else. FOAD you cheats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 second half they seemed to grab a lot of second ball and passed through the middle whilst we went long a lot. I certainly felt at the time that they were on the ascendency. A draw seemed about right, but we certainly had more chances. come on..no matter how deflated we are, a draw was not fair.....kelvin never really had a save to make other than two worldy's at him... ashdown was the far busier keeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 yep...he is a 18 yard box'er of you get me....that is his game and we needed a player to score more goals....no problem could not help thinking that Lee would have caused them no end of problems...a fair few times we were breaking from midfield and we had no strikers to run beyond.....thought barny would have came on mind..he scores goals but you have to put them on a plate for him. I think our all round game has suffered since he got in the side. We don't keep the ball well enough. He's so slow he doesn't get to the bounce of the ball or ever forced defenders to **** up clearances. Despite the goals I'm disappointed in his displays, not sure why as I knew that's what we were buying. I said in the pub before the game that if he played **** but grabbed a last minute winner then you'd forget the **** beforehand. He scored twice, we draw and I can't forget the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 everyone has slagged Lallanas 'dive'. Sure, he should have shot, but when he goes round Ashdown, the Skate Bastard swings his leg and catches Adam. Adam stayed on his feet despite the knock and tried to get to the ball, but couldn't get there - so went down hoping the ref had seen the contact. Nothing wrong with that. ^ This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 7 April, 2012 Share Posted 7 April, 2012 (edited) come on..no matter how deflated we are, a draw was not fair.....kelvin never really had a save to make other than two worldy's at him... ashdown was the far busier keeperhe saved from Etuhu and they had a great chance at the start of the second half, Varney looked certain to get a pen in front of the Northam too, but we clearly had more chances. I just felt in the second half they got hold of the game and I got very nervous indeed and at one point would have been happy with a point. Gutted still. Could have dined on that win for years and years... Edited 7 April, 2012 by Chez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Mullet Posted 8 April, 2012 Share Posted 8 April, 2012 If we go up automatically it will not be because of our form over the next 5 games, it will be because West Ham bottle it. I think we have problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 8 April, 2012 Share Posted 8 April, 2012 If we go up automatically it will not be because of our form over the next 5 games, it will be because West Ham bottle it. I think we have problems. how...? like them, our form all season will count. I am quite amazed how such a comment could be made whilst sat top of the table with 5 to go and 4 points clear of said team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 8 April, 2012 Share Posted 8 April, 2012 good assessment. I thought Sharp was one of many reasons why we struggled today. Nothing stuck and he put defenders under no pressure at all. That's Sharp though. He's a goal hanger, nothing more nothing less. Not many options now that Connelly and Lee are injured. Sharp did exactly what he was bought to do. Not sure what people's expectations are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 8 April, 2012 Share Posted 8 April, 2012 If we go up automatically it will not be because of our form over the next 5 games, it will be because West Ham bottle it. I think we have problems. Erm, no. WE are in the driving seat. If we go up now it's down to US. If West Ham go up automatically, you could understandably say that it was due to us bottling it...but in reality, the table at the end of the season is a fair reflection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrent Of Abuse Posted 8 April, 2012 Share Posted 8 April, 2012 So many of you need to ****ing man-up. Yes it was a sickener but to hear some of you give up on promotion is pitiful. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Adkins is a keen fan of the psychology of coaching and I trust him to get things sorted but I don't think he can come out an sort you guys out. We have Palace next. They are there for the taking and a perfect antidote or this match just as we were the perfect antidote for Pompey (we just lost, they have nothing to lose by not going out to win, etc.). A win next game and everything looks different believe me. We had a bunch of pussy fans on here last year who didn't think we could complete our run and get promotion. Learn your lesson. We can do it. We aren't chasing the pack. We are still leading. With Adkins firing them up to deliver a top response I have every faith in a 2-0 win. Then perhaps some of you will do us all a favour and grow some balls! If you can't keep faith when top of the league with 5 games to go then you really don't deserve to support a team of potential champions. Harsh but fair. They can pick themselves up but we all do too. Now let's draw the ****ing blue line, trust Nigel to get his squad in the right head space, trust our team of would-be champions to want to avenge the result and get on with heading for the red tape and promotion as champions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 8 April, 2012 Share Posted 8 April, 2012 Do not give a f**k about promotion or beating Reading. Twice this season we've had one of the best ever chances to get our revenge and smash those c***s once and for all. Not enough from us today. Hopefully it'll stop people on here taking the p**s out of West Ham's football; how many times did we hoof it today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 8 April, 2012 Share Posted 8 April, 2012 So many of you need to ****ing man-up. Yes it was a sickener but to hear some of you give up on promotion is pitiful. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Adkins is a keen fan of the psychology of coaching and I trust him to get things sorted but I don't think he can come out an sort you guys out. We have Palace next. They are there for the taking and a perfect antidote or this match just as we were the perfect antidote for Pompey (we just lost, they have nothing to lose by not going out to win, etc.). A win next game and everything looks different believe me. We had a bunch of pussy fans on here last year who didn't think we could complete our run and get promotion. Learn your lesson. We can do it. We aren't chasing the pack. We are still leading. With Adkins firing them up to deliver a top response I have every faith in a 2-0 win. Then perhaps some of you will do us all a favour and grow some balls! If you can't keep faith when top of the league with 5 games to go then you really don't deserve to support a team of potential champions. Harsh but fair. They can pick themselves up but we all do too. Now let's draw the ****ing blue line, trust Nigel to get his squad in the right head space, trust our team of would-be champions to want to avenge the result and get on with heading for the red tape and promotion as champions. I think you've completely missed out on what today was all about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrent Of Abuse Posted 8 April, 2012 Share Posted 8 April, 2012 I think you've completely missed out on what today was all about. No. I just refuse to have a little cry about it. The reason Adkins draws a blue line is because he knows everything above the line cannot be changed. It can only bring negative attitudes to the next game. We missed our chance to sink the skates after 98 minutes. If everyone wants to let that attitude affect our last games and promotion then they've completely missed out on what the next five games are about. That's the only thing which matters now as its the only thing that can actually be changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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