toe_punt Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Thinking about how we will play in the prem got me thinking about which was our best played game this year. Perhaps not the best result, but the best played. Living in the U.S. I only get to see the televised games, so saw around ten games this year. For me our 3-1 loss at home to Reading was our best played game this year. I thought the passing and control of the game was magnificent, only the end result due to three quick break goals and sh.ite defending was poor. We totally dominated that game with -from memory - over 60% possession and 19 shots on goal vs 6. If we play like that every week in the prem and bolster our defence we will easily survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K,Billy's supersound Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 3-0 beating of middlesborough at home. at the time they had the best defensive record yet we dominated them comfortably.scored for me our best goal of the season, the 20+ passing moved finished off by connolly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaford Saint Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 West Ham at home 2 good teams going for it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 My Fav was Millwall away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasiak-9- Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Forest at home was a cracking game with a great atmosphere and good opposition who played an open, attacking game. Could have gone either way and neither team really deserved to lose. Great game of football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raging Bull Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 3-0 beating of middlesborough at home. at the time they had the best defensive record yet we dominated them comfortably.scored for me our best goal of the season, the 20+ passing moved finished off by connolly This was probably our best most complete performance, west ham is up there too due to the significance of putting them in their place. Was made even sweeter after fat sams coments about needing to stop our midfield from passing theirs to death then not being able to stop us from doing just that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Agree with OP, I thought our play against Reading was outstanding and few teams in the Premiership would be able to live with our open play. If only we hadn't gifted the opposition three goals! After that, Middlesborough at home. After that Ipswich away - although that was a bit open. Pass of the season? Morgan's flick in the above game! Sensational! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conaero Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Away to Leeds without a doubt for me. Was a nervous wreck and just think what would have happened if we had lost as we should have, Saints would have ended up on 85 points, Hammerss 86!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasper57saint Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 3-0 beating of middlesborough at home. at the time they had the best defensive record yet we dominated them comfortably.scored for me our best goal of the season, the 20+ passing moved finished off by connolly This. By far the best football played at SMS in the last three seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bender Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Forest at home was a cracking game with a great atmosphere and good opposition who played an open, attacking game. Could have gone either way and neither team really deserved to lose. Great game of football. Who can forget the injury time of about 6 minutes in which Forest didn't even touch the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersubpuckett Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Forest at home was a cracking game with a great atmosphere and good opposition who played an open, attacking game. Could have gone either way and neither team really deserved to lose. Great game of football. Agree with this - even though they hadn't had a great start I think this was seen as a good test of our progress. We came from behind as well with RL topping off with a hatrick. Ipswich away must have made a few raise their eyebrows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintbob40 Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Ipswich away. We were unplayable at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Boro was our most complete performance, Forest the best home game but the 3-2 at Millwall knocks spots off everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Leeds at home. 1st game of the season wasn't expecting to much, thought a draw would be ok for a 1st game in a new league, but we tore them apart..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West End Saint Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 As some have already said Ipswich away some of our play was outstanding the best I have seen a Saints play for many years the quick passing & interplay blew Ipswich away & we could have won by a bigger margin top quality at home we played well against Leeds Boro & wet spam but Ipswich was the game I thought we would be good enough to go up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoSaint Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Agree Leeds first game of the season. Set our stall out and never looked back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Leeds first day. A genuine case of 'Wow, did we really just do that?' And no, we didn't look back!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintscottofthenortham Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Forest at home was a great game of football. Leeds first game just stunned me and made me question my aspirations for the season. Missed Boro & Brum at home, bloody typical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 I'll probably get mis-interpreted saying this, but I don't think there were that many "great" games this year. Lots of one-sided wins, with some frustrating defeats, not too much else. My choice is definitely Ipswich away though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Best performance by a mile was Ipswich away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Ipswich away was outstanding, some of our play was stunning that night. Boro was our best home display in my books, and we scored the goal of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 I'll probably get mis-interpreted saying this, but I don't think there were that many "great" games this year. Lots of one-sided wins, with some frustrating defeats, not too much else. My choice is definitely Ipswich away though. Not too many 'great' games, I'd agree with that. That was mainly down to us being ultra professional though and knowing when the job is done. Good team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gis Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 After Millwall I just sat there pondering 'how the >!,. we had just won' - it seemed like another MK Dons moment when the prospects for the season just seemed to turn around. But Peterborough away was my favourite. Weather was awful but everything else was great; from Guly in the warm up taking pot shots at the crowd (presumably for making him play football in a hail storm), to an old-style packed STANDING stand, to a great atmosphere, to a devastating start from Saints when the game was won in the first ten minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 I enjoyed both west ham games -proper atmospheres and a sense of occasion. Reminds me why going back to the prem won't all be soulless doom and gloom. Ipswich and Leeds away were also up there. And finally the 2-2 against the Skates was probably the best south coast derby in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Actually, thinking about it, Leeds at home on the first day was pretty awesome wasn't it? They didn't know what the hell had hit them and it totally set the tone for the season. You could sense the confident flow through the players after that performance as they all believed they were good enough for this level. We totally took the **** out of Leeds that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints-cris Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Best performance, Middlesbrough at home. Best game was millwall away. Was an amazing turnaround. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
student Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 I enjoyed Blackpool at home where Bart fell apart, made the last minute equaliser all the better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Boro at home for performance. Millwall away for the smash and grab, the p*ss up, and the £625 win on a Lambo hat trick bet. Coventry at home for atmosphere and celebration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzmeister Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Ipswich away, took an American friend who was here on holiday and he's now a saints fan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwsaint Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 3-0 beating of middlesborough at home. at the time they had the best defensive record yet we dominated them comfortably.scored for me our best goal of the season, the 20+ passing moved finished off by connolly Fantastic performance. Boro were a decent team and by the time we had finished they were chasing shadows and just didn't know what had hit them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Ipswich away was jaw dropping at times, so that gets my vote, but my lad phoned me from Leciester away and said we would be promoted, if we played half as well as that again..... and we lost that match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Saints Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 There was a 20 minute spell in the first half at Ipswich where we were unplayable. That was the night the lads really believed they could do something special this season IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Ipswich away was jaw dropping at times, so that gets my vote, but my lad phoned me from Leciester away and said we would be promoted, if we played half as well as that again..... and we lost that match. Leicester was my 1st game of the season due to being overseas and I walked out of the ground beaming with my nipper and we knew then we'd go up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southbourne saint Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 An honourable mention for Hull away . A truly professional display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dronskisaint Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 Ipswich away. We were unplayable at times. +1 Followed by Middlesborough at home. Leeds home and away were pretty good as was Forest...good season wasn't it?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint woody Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 Ipswich away for me, stuck amongst home fans, the 20 min period we were unplayable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 What I will say. Best moment - for pure adrenaline and 'grrrrhhh get in factor' - Billy's flick on the corner to go 2-1... in the 89th minute Worst - Norris' volley, two minutes later... Like coming home to find the woman you love on the threshold in all the gear, with a wicked smile, bright red lipstick and her gorgoeus best friend... Only for her to greet you by using those 4 inch stilletos to kick you in the balls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SO16_Saint Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 Leeds, first game of the season at home. really set the scene for the season, put a marker down to the rest of the league, and we didn't really look back from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridge Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 3-0 Win of Middlesborough at home. Very good team goal that DC scored cannot remember how many passes. Middlesborough came to St Marys with the best defence at the time and we were all over them. Great game to watch. Pure football !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsarum Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 Best Game of this year Millwall away, which was this years MK Dons game 2-1 down with 5 mins to go and end up winning Best Game of the Season Ipswich away as good a display as you could wish to see, total football and passing the ball around at ease, adn some great goals and as others have said the pass of the season from Morgan to Adam for our fourth goal. I was really proud of Saints that night and for the first time thought that promotion might be on the cards this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeSixty Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 Brighton at home was decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippineSaint Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 3-0 beating of middlesborough at home. at the time they had the best defensive record yet we dominated them comfortably.scored for me our best goal of the season, the 20+ passing moved finished off by connolly This as it was one of the games I was there for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cestrian Saint Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 Torquay Utd in the league cup. The ground was nice and empty so there were no queues for food or the toilet. Parking the car was easy and getting away after the game was a breeze. The highlight of the 4-1 win was Forte's goal in the 93rd minute. If he hadn't have scored that we'd have only won 3-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 (edited) What a season! Countless professional performances, and that's what many of them were, 'performances' rather than out-and-out thrilling games, though we still played plenty of good stuff as well. I saw about 15 games and can't remember seeing a bad one, I saw lots of good ones, lots of perfromances, and when we didn't hit the heights we usually ground out something. I only saw us lose twice all season, Palace in the Lge Cup and Middlesborough away right at the end. Best games? Ipswich away is head and shoulders above anything else, West Ham away was a 'big game', Pompey home was a great game and a great occaision (tho not a great result!), I also thought P'boro away was entertaining and a great come back by the team from the disappointment of Reading; I also enjoyed Forest away massively. Dellhurst 2 was also a very solid performance from the team, great numbers but not sure it quite hit the heights off the pitch in the way that we thought it might. I saw routine home wins against Brum and Doncaster and Palace, a very determined effort against Hull who on the day were maybe the best 'team' I saw in the league(?), an interesting and tight duel with Cardiff at home, and a slightly below par effort against Ipswich at home (how we missed Lee as an option from the bench in the run-in). Reading looked good at their place but we scrapped a tough point and I had them down for second (!) from there on in, Derby away was similar as we scrapped a decent point, Palace in the League Cup it was good to see the youngsters and the strength of our support, awesome effort; and with the bonus ball of Coventry at home to come I wasn't too deflated by the reult at the Riverside as the travelling away support again showed itself in fine numbers. A terrific season to be a Saints fan; real value-for-money stuff and so good to see a bunch of players who really do look as though they are as proud to wear the shirt as we are! COYRs! Edited 1 May, 2012 by sandwichsaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAPEL END CHARLIE Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 Middlesbrough at St Marys - we were sublime and the team reached a standard of pass & move football that we have never quite recaptured alas. Our 3rd goal in particular was a thing of beauty. I honesty think that day we could have given half the Premier League a fright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 I didn't go to Ipswich away which I'd expect people to say we were good in, but we were pretty good at home to Middlesbrough and Hull, and excellent at Barnsley until Chaplow got sent off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 Who can forget the injury time of about 6 minutes in which Forest didn't even touch the ball. I can, and have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 Actually, thinking about it, Leeds at home on the first day was pretty awesome wasn't it? They didn't know what the hell had hit them and it totally set the tone for the season. You could sense the confident flow through the players after that performance as they all believed they were good enough for this level. We totally took the **** out of Leeds that day. As I said at the time, I thought we were marginally better than them over the 90 minutes but significantly better at finishing. We played much, MUCH better than that in pretty much every match until we played Burnley away and then Cardiff away and struggled for most of the game in both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 Agree with most. Middlesbrough at home was the best 90 minute performance, but some of the football we played at Ipswich and Leicester (second half) was sublime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_jas Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 Best games for me Barnsley away, thought we were fantastic up until Chaplow got sent off then back to the walls. Peterborough away was great, Guly taking shots at the crowd in warm up. Middlesbrough away great atmosphere until the referee bottled it. Forest away (well technically home for me), just to annoy my Forest mates and Morgan's great strike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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