LGTL Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 Livid. Three personal mistakes for their goals. Fox always attempts Hollywood balls and sometimes things like tonight happen. Hammond bottled out of a challenge on the half way line for their second and then fonte got done for the third. Stupid mistakes. We'll still do it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obelisk Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 @joshooiveld20: Played well, werent as good in the finishing as Reading tonight! Heads up, we're going again on tuesday!Sums it up well enough. Jos's finishing is currently dreadful. I expect him to bury any clear headers he gets on Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintsAhoy Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 Yeah, at the START of the season we would have given our right/left/both nuts to be in 2nd at this stage, but tonight it's a pretty sickening feeling. Not knocking the lads for the season overall, they have done fantastic. Who knows, there may till be a twist in the tail to this season. Reading may lose. Anything can happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 Davis 5-3 shots, 3 goals. Should have gone long I feel more in last 2 home games. Butter field 7-tried hard. Jos 5-missed headers and lost his man. Fonte 5- went missing for 3rd Fox 3- what was he doing Chaplow 2- useless Cork 6 Hammond 5 Lallana 5-went missing and final ball and shooting are letting him down. Sharp 2-useless doesn't work hard enough Lambert 8- superb. De ridder 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 I have only one thing to say: bugger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintBobby Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 A bit hard done by overall. Wouldn't say robbed - but agree with the view of most neutrals/commentators that the better team lost. But fair play to Reading. They lethally punished three sloppy errors. On another day against another team, we may have just got away with it. Other worries are a lack of pace and urgency. De Ridder was too deep for me, he should have hung on Harte's shoulder and we should have played a couple of balls over the top for him to get onto. He always had to get through their left side rather than beat them for pace in a chase for the ball. In terms of urgency, I don't think we picked up the tempo enough when we got the equaliser or even at 2-1 down. From virtually every throw in, the only option seemed to be short to Hammond or Cork. Final complaint was no one seemed willing to put their laces through the ball. Too often Saints players wanted another touch or another pass rather than take a whack at goal. The 12 shots on target include a fair few limp efforts. All that said, we could quite easily have won the game and should have enough to pick up the necessary points from the last three games. Six points will do it - and any slips from West Ham might would mean we can make it on just 4 points or possibly even three. A little hard to see us taking top spot though. I suppose if we win all 3 remaining matches, it's just about doable. We're not down to the wire yet, we have a modicum of breathing space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 Livid. Three personal mistakes for their goals. Fox always attempts Hollywood balls and sometimes things like tonight happen. Dennis Hollywood always used to take both the man and the ball.. is that what you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry the Badger Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 If you stand in the northam, ****ing sing. I stand in the northam, I sang, by myself. What the **** is up with the atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 If you stand in the northam, ****ing sing. I stand in the northam, I sang, by myself. What the **** is up with the atmosphere. i noticed this against pompey....people are expecting to win and think we are all but up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazing Hangover Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 Playing with 10 men as long as sharp is in the team, he does nothing for the team at all. ******** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 It's not over yet. I wasn't nervous before or during the game and I'm not even now. We played well, Reading got lucky and took their chances. Sometimes that's what you need to do. I believe we're going up and I believe that if my team were in a top of the table clash my fans would be at least half decent. Reading's mob were ****ing awful. Whoever started the 'sing when you're winning' chant got it spot on. Bring on Peterborough, let's get over the line and into the top flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 Oh for a Schneiderlin and Lee tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumstead_Saint Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 If you stand in the northam, ****ing sing. I stand in the northam, I sang, by myself. What the **** is up with the atmosphere. Well said - needs repeating. Gutted, but I'll pick myself up and carry on believing, as will the team. Come on you saints - 3 points on Tuesday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 Hope Reading don't win the league, bunch of plastic c*nts. We weren't great today, we lacked the ball in the final third and the finish on the move. Federici had a stormer for them and they took their chances clinically. On to Peterborough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 I really wanted to ****ing win this sh*t league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 If you stand in the northam, ****ing sing. I stand in the northam, I sang, by myself. What the **** is up with the atmosphere. The Northam isn't what it was. Too many bombastic teenagers nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexstar Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 First 20 minutes we played some of the best football I've seen in Saints colours. (Obviously lacking goals) We continued to tear their defence up, but just without the clinical finish. Second half we tired very quickly, ran out of ideas and resorted to hoofing it. Reading were lucky to weather the storm, but they did, and caught us napping defensively. If West Ham fail to win tomorrow then we can laugh this off and look onwards again. I fully expect them to win though, and when they do it's going to be squeaky-bum time next week. We played some cracking football at times and should be able to comfortably see this season out. Think I can wave goodbye to my 14/1 on us winning the league though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 And seriously, the people who're moaning at alpine, give it a rest. I've actually seen more reasonable posts from him tonight than in a long time (sorry alps, your knee jerk stuff is usually way OTT), but people are STILL playing the man, not the ball. It's monotonous. If you disagree, deal with it and pick it apart constructively. All this *****ing at each other is sad as f*ck. Oh come on Minty, are you surprised? Most of us acknowledge the failings of the team whilst appreciating the strengths. The criticisms are not for the content but the presentation and that why most people don't play the ball: there's really no point in picking it apart constructively. Good grief, I can only comment through what I see from quotes, and that's bad enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 For tomorrow only I'm a Brighton supporter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 We pass the ball too much - we take 3 passes to move the ball across or down the pitch when it should take one - we take two or three touches when it needs one touch football We seem scared to make the killer pass or though ball or shoot - and lay it off or go wide for the cross - it's ver predictable and too slow We lack pace up front and down the wings - and make too many individual errors at the back Whichever division we are in next season we need pace, power and height up front and pace on the wings - and more depth in the squad Sharp, Do Prado and De Ridder need to be moved on - and we need to bring in 2 centre backs, 2 wingers, 2 fullbacks and a centre forward Today's loss felt like the ones against Derby in the play-off season. We may have the prettiest team but I'd rather be brutally effective like Reading tonight That Reading team wouldn't have drawn to derby games with their dirty neighbours when they were there for he slaughtering like we did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 We had chances and didn't take them - Jos, Lallana - Reading had chances and did. When a team beat you 3-1 at home you can hardly complain if they finish higher in the table. It is crucial now to win our remaining 3 games, because WHU might do just that in their last 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 BBC Sport's Nabil Hassan at St Mary's Stadium: "Reading move a step closer to promotion with a vital victory but Saints will certainly join them if they play like they they did tonight. Saints were robbed, but that won't matter one bit to Brian McDermott and his side." Nutshell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so22saint Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 We had 19 shots tonight, 12 on target. They had 6, 4 on target. I thought we dominated large parts of the game but Reading basically caught us on the break and through stupid mistakes by individuals. Need to win the next 3 I think. Come on Brighton & Birmingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 Hope Reading don't win the league, bunch of plastic c*nts. We weren't great today, we lacked the ball in the final third and the finish on the move. Federici had a stormer for them and they took their chances clinically. On to Peterborough. Reading are like the Wigan of the South - a small town club with a better a bigger and better rugby team than football team - and a wealthy owner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Saint Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 We will do just fine and get promoted. It's just the ulcers, heart attacks and strokes that will make it seem like it was a tad difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintBobby Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 Some real pant-wetting on here. We don't need to win the last 3 to get promoted. 2 wins will almost certainly get us up, and quite possibly less than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazing Hangover Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 The look on Adkins face when the 3rd went in was one of fear. I smell blood, how sweet it would be to rob that smug **** and his diving bunch of tossers. Need to sort this lot out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintBobby Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 The look on Adkins face when the 3rd went in was one of fear. I smell blood, how sweet it would be to rob that smug **** and his diving bunch of tossers. Need to sort this lot out. Dream on. Saints will go up with ease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 It's not over yet. I wasn't nervous before or during the game and I'm not even now. We played well, Reading got lucky and took their chances. Sometimes that's what you need to do. I believe we're going up and I believe that if my team were in a top of the table clash my fans would be at least half decent. Reading's mob were ****ing awful. Whoever started the 'sing when you're winning' chant got it spot on. Bring on Peterborough, let's get over the line and into the top flight. Incoming, I watched on Sky and was impressed with the impression Reading fans made; if I was a neutral I would have been disappointed with the Saints support. I'm sure it was nervous/difficult/frustrating being there but why do we not get behind the team more? Let's bring it on at P'boro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gammon cheeks Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 Davis 5-3 shots, 3 goals. Should have gone long I feel more in last 2 home games. Butter field 7-tried hard. Jos 5-missed headers and lost his man. Fonte 5- went missing for 3rd Fox 3- what was he doing Chaplow 2- useless Cork 6 Hammond 5 Lallana 5-went missing and final ball and shooting are letting him down. Sharp 2-useless doesn't work hard enough Lambert 8- superb. De ridder 6 Sharp 2 ! your taking the **** surely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 Incoming, I watched on Sky and was impressed with the impression Reading fans made; if I was a neutral I would have been disappointed with the Saints support. I'm sure it was nervous/difficult/frustrating being there but why do we not get behind the team more? Let's bring it on at P'boro! Yeah they went mental when they were 1 - 0 up. Silent up until then and when the equaliser came. Silent until they got their second, and then the third they went mental. Absolutely terrible when they weren't ahead. I've heard them called plastics tonight and honestly? Not too far off the mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red and White Russ Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 If Brighton do us a favour and win tomorrow, I will happily go bare ar*ed down the Lanes for a day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 We pass the ball too much - we take 3 passes to move the ball across or down the pitch when it should take one - we take two or three touches when it needs one touch football We seem scared to make the killer pass or though ball or shoot - and lay it off or go wide for the cross - it's ver predictable and too slow We lack pace up front and down the wings - and make too many individual errors at the back Whichever division we are in next season we need pace, power and height up front and pace on the wings - and more depth in the squad Sharp, Do Prado and De Ridder need to be moved on - and we need to bring in 2 centre backs, 2 wingers, 2 fullbacks and a centre forward Today's loss felt like the ones against Derby in the play-off season. We may have the prettiest team but I'd rather be brutally effective like Reading tonight That Reading team wouldn't have drawn to derby games with their dirty neighbours when they were there for he slaughtering like we did I thought we overplayed the ball, certainly compared to Reading who were quick and incisive when it mattered. It looked to me like a cup game where and ordinary Premiership team visits a very good Championship one, gets battered, weathers the storm and snatches a few goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 I dont ever remember us playing so well and losing. Think the bbc summary says it all. Fair play to reading, they came with an ali/foreman game plan and it worked. Think of it as karma, maybe it was payback for mugging leeds...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 @jackcork1: Very dissapointed tonight. Thought the lads did well and we created alot of chances. Just wasn't our night. 3 games to go. Big game tuesday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 If we play like we did last night we will go up. Gutted that we won't win the league now but pretty much condemns West Ham to play offs. We need one draw and one win, with the hammers winning all four to come second. Just can't see us not getting at least one point in one of the away games. Peterborough won't know whats hit 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 Dunno if anyone will agree but for a lot of the game I had Reading down as a 'hit and hope' team. They were just shy of smashing it up towards Roberts and hoping he'd get it controlled and then they could see what happened with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild-saint Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 You mean those qualities we spectacularly failed to demonstrate tonight ? yet again you talk absolute dog shyte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild-saint Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 Dunno if anyone will agree but for a lot of the game I had Reading down as a 'hit and hope' team. They were just shy of smashing it up towards Roberts and hoping he'd get it controlled and then they could see what happened with it. absolutetly this. hit it long over the top of butterfield and try and use roberts pace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Lej Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 They knew how we would play that we would see a lot of the ball, they hit us with 2 real sucker punches on the break. Felt we were far the better team but have to cut out the poor defending, Fonte looked off the pace and Jos spent most of the game dropping off to sweep. Really need 3 on Tuesday now, huge game COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintSteve Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 How the hell was Jason Roberts man of the match? Well, it was either him or Ricky.. and he gave Fonte a football lesson tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 Bollix....I really wanted to be champions...can't see it now automatic promotion is still very much on I think. Thought Reading were very ordinary as a team but worked hard seems they just punt it down the channels for pacy types to run onto much like tyro league under 11s. Jason Roberts is a diving and fouling c unt though Difference was finishing they did we didn't. We made more than enough chances to win that game. Fox was awful absolutely shocking and Butterfield was pretty good but why did we persist with giving the ball to Butterfield, for the last twenty miniutes, to just aimlessly punt into the Reading box were 3/4 of the Reading team were waiting for it we need to try something else rather than just hoping Lambert would get a free header. On the bright side I need to get used to this sick,dissapointed ****ty feeling when saints lose if we make back to the PL so this lose tonight is good trainning.......now where did that cat go.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 I thought Jason Roberts was excellent and exactly what you look for in a centre forward, he's much quicker than I thought he was too. He'd still score goals in the premier league without any problems, so it's no suprise he's causing damage at this level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 I thought Jason Roberts was excellent and exactly what you look for in a centre forward, he's much quicker than I thought he was too. He'd still score goals in the premier league without any problems, so it's no suprise he's causing damage at this level. Well he made Jose look like a six year old girl tonight and I haven't seen anyone do that before. But he went down after soft challenges five or six times and was litterally pulling the shirt of Joses back several times which the ref wasn't interested in. Maybe Lambert needs to be nastier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 Without trawling through the previous 6 pages, I suppose the refs already been mentioned, so I wont waste my breath. Appalling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAS Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 Can't believe you would bet against us winning, shocking mentality. Are you a Royal?****! At 2-1 I'd won £100. Now I'm even more ****ed off. :-( WHU will have caught us by the end of play on Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 Without trawling through the previous 6 pages, I suppose the refs already been mentioned, so I wont waste my breath. Appalling. He was **** tbf. Wound me right up all night, but it's what I expected from him. A soon to be demoted premier league referee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No 2 to Maybush Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 Dunno if anyone will agree but for a lot of the game I had Reading down as a 'hit and hope' team. They were just shy of smashing it up towards Roberts and hoping he'd get it controlled and then they could see what happened with it. Reading came with a game plan that was very effective - the result shows this to be the case. I agree that we should get behind the team - we are so close with 3 games to go. However, I thought that this game just reinforced what I have seen over the season, and there is no doubt that, should we go up, we will need to make significant changes. I won't pick on individual players - there have been some very astutue observations from previous posters as to the limitations in the team which were displayed to the nation tonight. I just think if we played the same way down the left as we did last season, we would be posing a lot more questions to teams like Reading. It is a shame that Lee got injured - from the games I saw him play in, I thought we were nailed on to go up as champions, and he is sorely missed. We have no-one else with pace up front to tear teams apart, as we were tonight. Still, our fate is totally in our hands, as most of us expected it would be. There are three games to go - 9 points will definitely see us up. Over to you Nigel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 Reading came with a game plan that was very effective - the result shows this to be the case. I agree that we should get behind the team - we are so close with 3 games to go. However, I thought that this game just reinforced what I have seen over the season, and there is no doubt that, should we go up, we will need to make significant changes. I won't pick on individual players - there have been some very astutue observations from previous posters as to the limitations in the team which were displayed to the nation tonight. I just think if we played the same way down the left as we did last season, we would be posing a lot more questions to teams like Reading. It is a shame that Lee got injured - from the games I saw him play in, I thought we were nailed on to go up as champions, and he is sorely missed. We have no-one else with pace up front to tear teams apart, as we were tonight. Still, our fate is totally in our hands, as most of us expected it would be. There are three games to go - 9 points will definitely see us up. Over to you Nigel. We will obviously sign a few players in the summer, whatever happens, but don't expect wholesale changes. People said that half of our team couldn't do it at this level after a defeat to Wallall in L1, but in truth - they're all perfectly adequate and many have done a great job and look fine at this level, the same will happen in the premier league if we get there. I'd expect Rickie to score, he's clearly good enough, Lallana will be a threat, Morgan and Cork will be an excellent partnership in the middle. The only question marks I have would be right midfield, depth at full back and potentially another striker. 3 or 4 top quality additions in the summer, as we did this year, will see us make a good account for ourselves if we get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 13 April, 2012 Share Posted 13 April, 2012 Just got home after train, missed train and £35 cab fare. Spent the whole journey with Reading fans who could not believe their luck. 3 shots 3 goals. 3 errors by Saints. 75% possession and totally outclassed them the whole game. Gutted. These things happen in football. Four more points is probably good enough. Play at 70% of tonight's performance (without the errors) and we will win the next three games comfortably. I have never seen a team play so well and get nothing from the game. Feel for the lads tonight. Well done Reading. Mugged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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