who else feels a bit down 2day

[AndyD]

Yes I know it's still in our own hands but God I feel pretty dejected today, really hope I feel different in 7 days time :-)

[Glasgow_Saint]

Come on.......

 

Win against Cov who are already relegated and we are up!! Would you have taken that if offered last summer?? I know i would!

 

WHU will lose tomorrow too

[Legod Third Coming]

You feel dejected? Try yesterday's result costing you the thick end of two grand!

Still, if you'd said to me we would finish second in the Championship I would have, reluctantly, bitten your right and left arms off....

[Glasgow_Saint]

You feel dejected? Try yesterday's result costing you the thick end of two grand!

Still, if you'd said to me we would finish second in the Championship I would have, reluctantly, bitten your right and left arms off....

 

Ouch!!

[Raging Bull]

You feel dejected? Try yesterday's result costing you the thick end of two grand!

Still, if you'd said to me we would finish second in the Championship I would have, reluctantly, bitten your right and left arms off....

 

Did you actually bet nearly 2k or would it have been winnings, if it's winnings you've not really lost it have you.

[WealdSaint]

If we were offered this position at the start of the season we'd have all taken it with open arms.

I think having the Pompey, Reading & Boro matches so close together has been a huge downer for the fans.

Hopefully Nigel will pick the players up and get them ready for next Saturday (always assuming West Ham beat Leicester!)

[Legod Third Coming]

Did you actually bet nearly 2k or would it have been winnings, if it's winnings you've not really lost it have you.

 

Hahaa, there speaks someone who doesn't bet...

 

You're right, I didn't bet two grand, it was my winnings... But to see your slip ripped up when having it handed back would have paid for all of next season's expenses...

 

Although bizarrely losing two genuine grand (which has happened, not often thank God...) feels slightly more acceptable than yesterday's loss of potential.

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

Every true Saints fan is bound to feel at least a bit down about yesterdays result - this is afterall the natural reaction of any real football fan to seeing his team get beat in a (very) important match. Some however prefer to adopt a superior attitude and claim those who feel this way are 'wet fannies' while they of course are double hard bastards who suffer from no such human frailty.

 

I don't believe a word of it myself.

[Glasgow_Saint]

We have to beat Coventry at home with a full house......

 

Vs. WHU who have to hope we lose + win away at leicester and again at home to Hull!

 

i know which position id prefer

 

*WH have not won 2 games in a row since January and Leicester have not lost at home in 10 (1 in 15)

Edited 22 April, 2012 by Glasgow_Saint

[monkadill]

Gutted! No plan b it seems which is a worry. We are a class side but lack somthing..

 

The plat offs will be a "a bridge too far"

[Glasgow_Saint]

Gutted! No plan b it seems which is a worry. We are a class side but lack somthing..

 

The plat offs will be a "a bridge too far"

 

We dont have the squad for a plan B! If Lee and Connolly had stayed fit we would have had more options!

 

Sadly bringing on Guly is a last resort and Chaplow has now got injured

[um pahars]

I actually feel perkier than I did prior to the Palace and Posh games. I thought we had blown it after throwing away points prior to those two, thought we'd struggle away and was pretty piffed off (West Ham winning 4-0 & 6-0 didn't help).

 

It's a real rollercoaster at the moment, full of ups and downs and knee jerks, but I just have a hunch that West Ham won't win tomorrow.

 

Of course if they do, then it will be a few days down in the dumps!!!!!!

[Legod Third Coming]

We dont have the squad for a plan B! If Lee and Connolly had stayed fit we would have had more options!

 

Sadly bringing on Guly is a last resort and Chaplow has now got injured

 

I agree. Losing Chaplow cost us our attacking drive from midfield. When your bench only has one 'attacking' option there's not much you can do to change the tempo...

[obelisk]

I'm surrounded by Reading fans that seem a little surprised that Saints handed them the title so easily. All the talk around me is of trophy bus parades and life in the Premiership next season while I look around for glimmers of hope that Saints can get there too. So, yes, I feel a bit down.

 

I'm hoping that Leicester City can bring some early relief to this wet fanny.

[Legod Third Coming]

Every true Saints fan is bound to feel at least a bit down about yesterdays result - this is afterall the natural reaction of any real football fan to seeing his team get beat in a (very) important match. Some however prefer to adopt a superior attitude and claim those who feel this way are 'wet fannies' while they of course are double hard bastards who suffer from no such human frailty.

 

I don't believe a word of it myself.

 

It's more fundamental than that.

 

Some people think (mistakenly) that they can have an impact on destiny. Some of us have lived long enough, seen enough injustice, unexpected success and failure, experienced enough genuine and perceived drama to know the difference between failure and setback.

 

Yesterday was a setback. Promotion is still within our grasp.

 

And with no disrespect to the 3000 who went yesterday, this allows for 32,000 fans to say 'I was there'. Wouldn't that be more fitting?

 

If we ultimately fail, then AND ONLY THEN would be the appropriate time for an outpouring of anger and grief.

 

Anything before that is simply giving up on the dream halfway through.

[kpturner]

I might have felt better if I hadn't stayed out until the early hours in chesvegas!

[beatlesaint]

I feel a bit better than I did yesterday, I dont think I spoke from the final whistle until I went to bed after MOTD.

 

I think I feel ok today because I just cannot contemplate us not beating Coventry, cant see any other scoreline than a home win.

 

I am however booking next Monday as leave from work, just in case it does go tits up. Dont want to be sacked for punching some smart arsed gob****e

[InvictaSaint]

It's more fundamental than that.

 

Some people think (mistakenly) that they can have an impact on destiny. Some of us have lived long enough, seen enough injustice, unexpected success and failure, experienced enough genuine and perceived drama to know the difference between failure and setback.

 

Yesterday was a setback. Promotion is still within our grasp.

 

And with no disrespect to the 3000 who went yesterday, this allows for 32,000 fans to say 'I was there'. Wouldn't that be more fitting?

 

If we ultimately fail, then AND ONLY THEN would be the appropriate time for an outpouring of anger and grief.

 

Anything before that is simply giving up on the dream halfway through.

 

Nail on head. Well said that man. Let's stick together people.

[saintstr1]

The one thing we lack is LUCK , Portsmouth , Reading And now Middlesboro have all scored Wonder goals against us , Goals from shots that 95% of the time wouldn't go in. But it wouldn't be Saints if we didn't do it the hard way.

I have no worries we will make it one way or the other , With LUCK tomorrow evening.

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

It's more fundamental than that.

 

Some people think (mistakenly) that they can have an impact on destiny. Some of us have lived long enough, seen enough injustice, unexpected success and failure, experienced enough genuine and perceived drama to know the difference between failure and setback.

 

Yesterday was a setback. Promotion is still within our grasp.

 

And with no disrespect to the 3000 who went yesterday, this allows for 32,000 fans to say 'I was there'. Wouldn't that be more fitting?

 

If we ultimately fail, then AND ONLY THEN would be the appropriate time for an outpouring of anger and grief.

 

Anything before that is simply giving up on the dream halfway through.

 

I was more commentating on how a fan feels inside seeing his team get beaten, rather than the appropriateness of expressing that emotion publicly. But you're right, what we used to call a 'stiff upper lip' is probably the best approach to adopt.

 

As for the most fitting place for us to get promoted, I'm forced to agree yet again. I was there in 2005 watching bloody Darren Fletcher and R van N send us down, and I'll be there next Saturday watching Billy Sharp or Adam Lallana send us up again. With the greatest possible respect to all our 3000 FANTASTIC fans who made a 600 mile round trip yesterday, the truth is I wouldn't want it any other way.

Edited 22 April, 2012 by CHAPEL END CHARLIE

[kpturner]

The one thing we lack is LUCK , Portsmouth , Reading And now Middlesboro have all scored Wonder goals against us , Goals from shots that 95% of the time wouldn't go in. But it wouldn't be Saints if we didn't do it the hard way.

I have no worries we will make it one way or the other , With LUCK tomorrow evening.

 

Didn't see any "wonder goals" by Reading.

[S-Clarke]

I'm a little down, mainly because Reading drew and gave us a really decent route back to the top - and we didn't take it. I wanted to see us win the league this year so bad, and we've been top most of the year which makes it even more frustrating.

 

Anyway, 2nd is 2nd - same prize at the end of the day and it will still cap off an awsome season. After winning 2-0 away at Hull though I didn't envisage us making it this difficult for ourselves!

[thorpie the sinner]

We dont have the squad for a plan B! If Lee and Connolly had stayed fit we would have had more options!

 

Sadly bringing on Guly is a last resort and Chaplow has now got injured

 

Think we forget we lost Lee esp and Conners certainly as option off bench! Tad was beginning to find his feet!! But it is still in our hands!!

[Joey-deacons-left-nut]

I feel a little down and then I look at the league table and see a nice P next to Pompey and that cheers me up a tad.

[saintscottofthenortham]

It was cracking day out, great atmosphere and we partied all the way home.

 

I feel bloody brilliant today, just a shame we didn't get to celebrate promotion yesterday.

[CrickladeSaint]

We feel down because we didnt win today and obviously the Championship has gone, but come next Saturday, whatever WHU result on Monday (come on Nigel do us a small favour) with the place full and bouncing we'll all believe again!! I was also there on that fateful day in 2005. I sat and watched the decline of this fabulous club over the next few years until the coming of Saint Markus. And now is the time for us to take hold of our own destiny. 3 generations of the family will be there on Saturday and I cant wait for my 79 year old dad to be there to see the Saints back where we all believe we belong. Come on Saints, we all know the Southampton way is the hard way but now is the time!! COYR

[VectisSaint]

*WH have not won 2 games in a row since January and Leicester have not lost at home in 10 (1 in 15)

and we've not lost a match that we took the lead in since September 2009, oh!

[Saint Without a Halo]

I feel a little down and then I look at the league table and see a nice P next to Pompey and that cheers me up a tad.

 

P are you sure? have they cheated again?

[Amesbury Saint]

Not down just looking forward to Saturday.

 

Saints up Pompey down what more could we ask for?

[Turkish]

Good day out met some interesting characters. By that I mean interesting boro fans with a few stories and proper fans not clowns dressed in wigs and gimp suits drawing attention to themselves.

[John Boy Saint]

Feel the same as I have for many years following a chance of some sort slipping through Saints fingers once again, not suicidal or depressed, just a bit of ah well. Just move on and go again. We have another chance to secure our goal.

 

At the end of the day no one died and we weren't consigned to relegation back into league 1.

[Legod Third Coming]

I am teed off we're out of the Championship race.

 

There's an argument that Reading have been more 'professional' in the last few games - more clinical for sure.

 

But some of our football this season has been, put simply, exquisite - a total joy to behold.

 

So while I would love to have won the league - I ask myself, would I have rather won it on the back foot nicking games on the break?

 

Or would I rather finish second and have stood not to celebrate a goal but in awe of the total majesty of its creation and dispatch - well, each to their own, but I know where my toast is buttered.

[saintant]

Who else feels a bit down 2day? Ah let's see now....Coventry fans, Pompey fans, Doncaster fans, Rochdale fans. What's for us to feel down about? Still in our hands with one game to go against Coventry at home. It doesn't get any easier!

[doddisalegend]

Gutted I can't believe that having practically lead the league all season we've thrown away the league title and have to wait to the final game to (hopefully get promoted). It's true at the start of the season I'd have bitten your hand off to be in this postion but having been the team in front for so long it's difficult not to feel a bit down about the way we are limping over the line and seeing it go right to the wire .....maybe I'm just being greedy...

[Legod Third Coming]

Gutted I can't believe that having practically lead the league all season we've thrown away the league title and have to wait to the final game to (hopefully get promoted). It's true at the start of the season I'd have bitten your hand off to be in this postion but having been the team in front for so long it's difficult not to feel a bit down about the way we are limping over the line and seeing it go right to the wire .....maybe I'm just being greedy...

 

You are being greedy. If we come second and beat West Ham, remember that we will be there on MERIT. Against a side that kept: Cole, Green, Nolan, Noble, Taylor and also added players of the quality of Vaz Te - and also paid Pompey to keep them from going under...

[ericofarabia]

Felt a bit tetchy with the world in general this morning, now just a bit deflated but thinking that leicester will spank the hammers and the little grey cloud on the horizon will diappear.

 

My wet fanny is still moist with anticapation at the thought of a footballing fiesta on Saturday and winning by at least 4 goals v Cov on a sun drenched afternoon at SMS.

 

Keep the medication coming nurse it seems to be helping!!

[Badger]

We have to beat Coventry at home with a full house......

 

Vs. WHU who have to hope we lose + win away at leicester and again at home to Hull!

 

i know which position id prefer

 

*WH have not won 2 games in a row since January and Leicester have not lost at home in 10 (1 in 15)

 

and we've not lost a match that we took the lead in since September 2009, oh!

 

Vectis provides the very reason that statistics as given by Glasgow_Saint, although intended to comfort us, just scare the sh!t out of me.

 

No club bottom at Christmas has ever stayed up c2005. That was WBA sorted then wasn't it ?

[Pedro]

My next door neighbour PFC season ticket holder said to me today that he would rather be in our shoes than theirs. Sums it up really, we live to go again, they don't think PFC will exist next season.

[Window Cleaner]

Me but not in anyway Saints related, the Loony Left will probably win the presidential election and then the assembly and we'll be stuck with the old tax and spend and generous handouts for the next five years.Probably be like Greece and Spain within a couple of years.

[hamster]

Not down at all. If anything I'm even more excited about next week.

 

Head wants West ham to falter tomorrow but my heart wants to see us go up with my own 4 eyes.

 

Worst case scenario next weekend is that we are in the play-offs.

 

Don't want that but won't grumble; hope springs eternal.

[Frank's cousin]

Every true Saints fan is bound to feel at least a bit down about yesterdays result - this is afterall the natural reaction of any real football fan to seeing his team get beat in a (very) important match. Some however prefer to adopt a superior attitude and claim those who feel this way are 'wet fannies' while they of course are double hard bastards who suffer from no such human frailty.

 

I don't believe a word of it myself.

 

 

Feeeling down and emotionally upset does not make you one of the wet fannies - the criticism of the wet fanies stems from the fact that in many cases they give the impression that they would rather be proved right and we miss out on promotion so that their 'predictions' of doom, and incompetence and failure by the players are proven to be correct than see us over the line... that is why they get abuse, not because they are naturally and rightfully dissapointed. Worrying, being nervous is fine, some cope some dont, but wanting to be proven right more than seeing us promoted is the issue.

 

At teh start of the season, I thought we would be around 8th or 7th - so I obviously know feck all about football as we are second and nearly there - do I give a shyte that my footballing knowledge has been shown up to be pathetic? NO I am GLAD i obviously know sod all and the side has done so much better. Folk that predict 17th and or that we will bottle it and then defend it by stating they so hop that they can come back next week and 'shove it down your throat' are what we are talking about.

 

Those that are stryuggling with nerves, scared, might need to grow some, but are not the wet fannies that are being discussed...just maybe sightly moist

[hackedoff]

Gutted! No plan b it seems which is a worry. We are a class side but lack somthing..

 

The plat offs will be a "a bridge too far"

That lack of something is the ability to get the ball forward quickly. End of.

[Frank's cousin]

That lack of something is the ability to get the ball forward quickly. End of.

 

which we could do with a fit Lee.... its not always just about quality, luck plays its part to.

[Horley CTFC Saint]

I feel a little down and then I look at the league table and see a nice P next to Pompey and that cheers me up a tad.

Jeez when did they get promoted?!

[bender]

I'm a bit annoyed because we're the ones that have been leading the table all season and have been the side playing the most attractive football. Now were stumbling over the finish line and Reading are the ones getting all the credit (and the league title)

[S-Clarke]

I'm a bit annoyed because we're the ones that have been leading the table all season and have been the side playing the most attractive football. Now were stumbling over the finish line and Reading are the ones getting all the credit (and the league title)

 

This.

 

Although once we finish the job I won't care! It's just a bit nerve-jangling at the mo.

 

I keep going back to the win at Hull a few weeks ago, that night we moved 8 points clear of third and 5 pts clear of 2nd.

 

That should have been the night that pulled us closer, but we've slipped up much more than I thought we would since then.

 

Still, once we do it - happy days, but even though this season has been unbelievable and beyond anything I ever expected, it'll always be etched with a tinge of disappointment as we didn't win the bloody thing whilst leading the race for 80% of it.

[Legod Third Coming]

This.

 

Although once we finish the job I won't care! It's just a bit nerve-jangling at the mo.

 

I keep going back to the win at Hull a few weeks ago, that night we moved 8 points clear of third and 5 pts clear of 2nd.

 

That should have been the night that pulled us closer, but we've slipped up much more than I thought we would since then.

 

Still, once we do it - happy days, but even though this season has been unbelievable and beyond anything I ever expected, it'll always be etched with a tinge of disappointment as we didn't win the bloody thing whilst leading the race for 80% of it.

 

It all depends where your ambition lies. I thought like that on the last day last season, but I haven't thought it once this season as we've torn apart teams week in and week out.

 

If we finish next season in, say, 8th and Reading are relegated (which I hope they won't be), finishing 2nd on Saturday will be immaterial.

 

And if, as I sincerely hope, Cortese is here to build a club in the mould of Barcelona, you will be going to watch us play the Champions of Europe with your granchildren and not give our 2nd place this season a second thought.

 

And when you tell your grandkids how you were there when we lost 1-3 to Reading, they will say...

 

"who?"

[S-Clarke]

It all depends where your ambition lies. I thought like that on the last day last season, but I haven't thought it once this season as we've torn apart teams week in and week out.

 

If we finish next season in, say, 8th and Reading are relegated (which I hope they won't be), finishing 2nd on Saturday will be immaterial.

 

And if, as I sincerely hope, Cortese is here to build a club in the mould of Barcelona, you will be going to watch us play the Champions of Europe with your granchildren and not give our 2nd place this season a second thought.

 

And when you tell your grandkids how you were there when we lost 1-3 to Reading, they will say...

 

"who?"

 

You're right fella.. Once we're there I doubt I'll give a damn, but you know once it's not quite done it's hard to shake off the nerves and disappointments of the last 3 Saturdays on the trot!

[Under Weststand]

I was hacked off last night howling at the moon & ragging at the world around me. A right royal bear with a sore head!

But this morning I can look at things more clearly not through beer fuddled brain.

So while still disappointed, its a puff your cheeks out blow out & say here we go again! I can see we've been here before, gone through it before & it is just our way to take things right to the death don't do it the easy way, when you can make the season last until the bitter end.

We still have 2 chances to get promoted this week, West hoof could take it to the end game! They could also lose or draw at Leicester & we will all be celebrating like mad on Monday by 10pm.

If not we have COVENTRY at home! Who wouldn't have taken that at the start of the season Coventry at home to gain promotion to the top Division.

I hope its just a big party on Saturday with no pressure on, if not then they have to win the game through the nerves & boy will there be plenty of them!

I'll be as nervous as a really nervous person with a special reason to be nervous.:-)

Whatever will be will be bring it on its what makes football so great & emotional experience. Rationality goes out of the window at times with this game we all love!

[Mowgli]

Did not think I was down last night but woke at 4am thinking about the various permutations for te next week so clearly it has effected me. I'm gutted we did not get the title but as oters have said that is perhaps a tad greedy. I don't agree that we threw the title away. More that team spirit has seen us over perform this season and the nerves are starting to show. But they are for West Ham too so I think we will be ok.

 

What puzzles me is all this talk of no plan B. it was certainly an issue under previous managers but Nigel has them playing 442, diamond, 451, long ball, into the channels, deep crosses, crosses from the by line, central, wide and switching sides. Sometimes we change our shape several times during a game. Am I missing something?