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LeMullet

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First game I've been to this season. I cannot believe this is the team I get so frustrated with on teletext every week. They played like the result was never in doubt!! Don't think I've ever seen so many Cruyff turns in a Championship match - love it!!! Lallana is so damn good! Thought Rudi had a great game as well...

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I took my 2 young sons to their first away game. I was worried that we might lose. My realistic hope was that we would only lose 2-0. A dream was a draw. But a win!!! The three of us are still peeling ourselves off the ceiling. Also, it wasn't a fluke. That was a well deserved win. Great support from the saints away fans. An outsied observer might have wondered who were the home fans. We were definately singing louder and more often. Show me a Saints fan who said that they didnt have a great day out and I'll show you a liar!! CORY. Looking forward to the Plymouth game.

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Long Shot

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Can I be first to say, only 9 points of Cardiff and 6th place?;)

 

and 7 off bottom, so bottom and down by Christmas ain't happening IMHO!

 

 

It was a great win and deserved too which makes it even more enjoyable but ffs we have simply got to keep our feet on the ground.

 

If we don't beat Plymouth this brilliant win will count for nothing just as the Preston win evaporated after our subsequent home defeat to Bristol. Nick you know darn well we must continue to look down rather than up and we still have the problem that it is likely we will lose Lallana and Surman come January. My advice would be a quick couple of beers to celebrate, no crowing, no more predictions of turning corners (can't wait to see if Adam Leitch uses this phrase in Monday's Echo) and just make sure we build on this. There is a nucleus of a promising team at St Marys but we have got to start winning games at home to draw back the stay away fans before we even contemplate the top half of the table. Oh and I nearly forgot - Lowe out! Enjoy the glow this result has given us but lets not wallow to long.

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I took my 2 young sons to their first away game. I was worried that we might lose. My realistic hope was that we would only lose 2-0. A dream was a draw. But a win!!! The three of us are still peeling ourselves off the ceiling. Also, it wasn't a fluke. That was a well deserved win. Great support from the saints away fans. An outsied observer might have wondered who were the home fans. We were definately singing louder and more often. Show me a Saints fan who said that they didnt have a great day out and I'll show you a liar!! CORY. Looking forward to the Plymouth game.

 

And in 60 years your nippers will still remember their first game - nice one - bet you are glad you went.

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THEVMAN

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Just back from the game,congratulations to all the lads that made it one of the best away performances i have witnessed,everyone put in great effort from the first whistle with a never-say-die attitude.P.S how window cleaner and johhny B dont rate Lallana is beyond me,boys do you ever go and watch a game live at all.

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I took my 2 young sons to their first away game. I was worried that we might lose. My realistic hope was that we would only lose 2-0. A dream was a draw. But a win!!! The three of us are still peeling ourselves off the ceiling. Also, it wasn't a fluke. That was a well deserved win. Great support from the saints away fans. An outsied observer might have wondered who were the home fans. We were definately singing louder and more often. Show me a Saints fan who said that they didnt have a great day out and I'll show you a liar!! CORY. Looking forward to the Plymouth game.

 

Please please take them again. I took my Daughter and she has just gone to bed with a smile on her face, and it is only the second time she has gone.

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Please please take them again. I took my Daughter and she has just gone to bed with a smile on her face, and it is only the second time she has gone.

 

Yes I will! We are season ticket holders an they've had plenty of disapointment at St Marys recently. It was a great day out. Far removed from the away games that I remember back in the 70/80's where it was in no way suitable for a child. By the way. We wereon the Saints travel coach and I can recommend it to anyone thinking of taking a young family to an away game

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Draino76

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A real raw football experience. From the Train to Reading, the 3 guiness (spl.lol) and the commaradary(spl.lol), the love and hate mix of the Reading fans, the celebration of BWP and his bond with the fans was all there. Man City and Leeds come close; but OUR FANS ARE WHAT MAKE SFC LIKE NO OTHER CLUB.

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It was a great win and deserved too which makes it even more enjoyable but ffs we have simply got to keep our feet on the ground.

 

If we don't beat Plymouth this brilliant win will count for nothing just as the Preston win evaporated after our subsequent home defeat to Bristol. Nick you know darn well we must continue to look down rather than up and we still have the problem that it is likely we will lose Lallana and Surman come January. My advice would be a quick couple of beers to celebrate, no crowing, no more predictions of turning corners (can't wait to see if Adam Leitch uses this phrase in Monday's Echo) and just make sure we build on this. There is a nucleus of a promising team at St Marys but we have got to start winning games at home to draw back the stay away fans before we even contemplate the top half of the table. Oh and I nearly forgot - Lowe out! Enjoy the glow this result has given us but lets not wallow to long.

 

it was a joke!

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Ivan Katalinic's 'tache

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Happy days! Didn't see this coming at all - shame on me! - but what a fantastic result given our current plight.

 

I feel this will be the story of our season with so many youngsters in the team - great results against the top boys and frustrating defeats against the dross.

 

My jubilation was such that I managed to teach my 2 1/2 year old to shout 'Bradley Wright Wright Wright'!

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Winning against the odds makes it all a little sweeter, doesn't it! Fantastic to wake up to a result like this. The team sheet had a good look of balance to it. It's been a great 24 hours for the underdog.....NZ beating Oz in the League Final was a sweet result too....about 6k Great Britain supporters in the crowd, all barracking for NZ. How did Rudi play?; can we keep Lallana? Well done BWP...he's copped a lot of stick....I just wish that ex-pats could see Saints produce an effort like this on a SKY game. Tremendous admiration for all fans who travelled.

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:D

It was a great win and deserved too which makes it even more enjoyable but ffs we have simply got to keep our feet on the ground.

 

If we don't beat Plymouth this brilliant win will count for nothing just as the Preston win evaporated after our subsequent home defeat to Bristol. Nick you know darn well we must continue to look down rather than up and we still have the problem that it is likely we will lose Lallana and Surman come January. My advice would be a quick couple of beers to celebrate, no crowing, no more predictions of turning corners (can't wait to see if Adam Leitch uses this phrase in Monday's Echo) and just make sure we build on this. There is a nucleus of a promising team at St Marys but we have got to start winning games at home to draw back the stay away fans before we even contemplate the top half of the table. Oh and I nearly forgot - Lowe out! Enjoy the glow this result has given us but lets not wallow to long.

 

Give it a rest Longshot - Do yourself a favour, forget the boardroom, the future and anything else that gets you down and just enjoy the fact that we won a very tough game.

 

Why do we have to look down by the way ? I'd hazard a guess and say we have moved up.

 

I've never known anyone to wallow in joy by the way :p

 

 

No - it's ins't putting your head in the sand it's called enjoyment. Go on - I dare you.

 

Here's to another win against Plymouth

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SaintSparky

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Wonderful performance and a thoroughly deserved three points; what a cracking day out too.

 

If this does not give the whole team the self belief that they can get themselves higher in the table then nothing will.

 

Well done to the lads today, they should be proud of the way they played and the three points they won.

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Interestingly it looks like Pearce won't get back in on monday after such a good performance from Cork and Perry.

 

Given that we're playing on Tuesday, I wouldn't have thought so either. ;)

 

On a serious note, it it aint broke, don't fix it. I would stick with that 11 that started the game against Plymouth.

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Sad Sam

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What a fantastic day out. Took my Grandson for our first ever away game and I'm still smiling.:p

Was absolutely bricking it for the last 20 minutes, but well done to the boys for holding out. When Doyle headed it over started to relax cos it wasn't going to be their day, but still thought we would self destruct.

Great to see so many fans so genuinely happy to win.

Definitely an experience to be repeated!:p

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Completely gob-smacked.

 

I was on a Christmas market this afternoon, so it took a while for the result to get through my Gluehwein-enduced fug.

 

I am as delighted as anyone at this result. Reading's first defeat at home - amazing. But this time, unlike the Preston result, it has to be followed through to the next game, or it will count for nothing.

 

I also find it a crying shame that pathetic little winnets like Hypochondriac and Northant Saint have to turn this into some sort of personal abuse, like I would be pleased at losing. Suffice to say it makes them look very foolish, especially as both of them deep down were probably expecting to lose too.

 

Sorry Alps :p but I'm incredibly chuffed about the win today, and to be honest I absolutely love it when we win after I have been reading your hugely negative posts just the night before. COYR'S!!!

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new_zealand_saint

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well what a day!

 

i had BWP first scorer and us to win 2-1 (wanted 3-1 but bookies wouldn't let me, haha who's moaning now!?) and so won £136

 

also, live near reading so can cloat to all the reading "fans" ie, premiership followers.

 

bus on the way home was brill, packed full of reading fans, me and my bro were singing saints songs all the way home

 

brilliant!!

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But why, really ?

 

Players, managers even chairmen have come and gone.

 

What's the source of it ? It implies that a given manager does not have the ability to mentally prepare the players for every game correctly, but this situation has afflicted loads of managers at SFC.

 

Alpine I gave you the benefit of the doubt again tonight, you appeared to post a positive, nay celebratory post that supported this club on reading the result, but as with everything Saints related you pick it apart until the pleasure has been removed.

 

Tonight I'm grateful that I'm healthy, my family and friends are safe and secure, I've had another positive, fun day and Saints have won against the odds. I feel sorry for anyone that has the displeasure to be related to you by blood, marriage or other acquaintance. I honestly believe you are a miserable human being that takes pleasure in supporting other people's misfortune. I have no interest in reading or understanding what makes you such a disappointing human being and hope for the sake of others that you are not a parent/mentor. You are a failed human and a disgrace to my friends that have died.

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Alpine I gave you the benefit of the doubt again tonight, you appeared to post a positive, nay celebratory post that supported this club on reading the result, but as with everything Saints related you pick it apart until the pleasure has been removed.

 

Tonight I'm grateful that I'm healthy, my family and friends are safe and secure, I've had another positive, fun day and Saints have won against the odds. I feel sorry for anyone that has the displeasure to be related to you by blood, marriage or other acquaintance. I honestly believe you are a miserable human being that takes pleasure in supporting other people's misfortune. I have no interest in reading or understanding what makes you such a disappointing human being and hope for the sake of others that you are not a parent/mentor. You are a failed human and a disgrace to my friends that have died.

 

A geuninely hysterical and abuse response to a perfectly valid question that has taxed many a Saints fan down the years. I wasnt even the first one to make this very point on the site post-match.

 

I can only assume your very stupid and over-the-top comments are some sort of mirror for your own life. I briefly considered reporting this post, then decided it was so ridiculous that I couldnt be bothered to waste further oxygen or electricity on it.

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Its still only one result, and we may feel its cancelled out the next time we lose a game we should win, but the fact is that its 3 real points and every point is gold dust at the moment. Its raised hopes again that JP can get the team to improve consistently, and its encouraging that there are still other players in the squad that could yet strengthen yesterday's side. The dream? Just 3 wins in succession. Is that too much to hope for?

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DMG - 5 The only poor performance really. Just didn't seem to put much effort in. Can't remember having a really meaningful effort on goal either. One off target effort which BWP tried to overhead kick on target.

 

You must have been the old woman sat behind me. Good to see you have your blinkers on when watching your new scapegoat play.

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The support yesterday was spot on, the same again from the lads on Tuesday and we will be fine.

 

Schneiderlin was a different class, he really is a superb player. He will be a very good player in the future, no suprise that Arsenal want him after his performance yesterday, for the first 70 or so minutes he won everything and his distribution was very good. Far too good for this league.

 

Chris Perry, Jack Cork, Rudi Skacel and Lloyd James where all good as well, the two full backs both really got forward to help the attack out. I was most impressed with James it was probably his best performance of the season.

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John B

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A geuninely hysterical and abuse response to a perfectly valid question that has taxed many a Saints fan down the years. I wasnt even the first one to make this very point on the site post-match.

 

I can only assume your very stupid and over-the-top comments are some sort of mirror for your own life. I briefly considered reporting this post, then decided it was so ridiculous that I couldnt be bothered to waste further oxygen or electricity on it.

 

You may be correct but the problem I see it is some of your posts are looked upon as over the top so posters are responding in like manner.

 

You could always join the Charlton Forum as they appear to be in deep trouble and but as you would not be able to blame cannot blame Mr Lowe or Mr Wilde perhaps not

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Thedelldays

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why are people using a win to bash alpine...cant think of a time where he wanted us to lose..

 

when we do lose (which is often) does he come on here and say F**K you to others...no?

 

we won and won well by the sounds of it...but we have been here before, we will get the usual on the OS about how well the boys are feeling etc...the big test is to follow it up against plymouth and win a home game...

 

plymouth will not be as attacking as reading and leave as much space...so, lets see if the reading game was not a one off and the start of something

 

IMO, reading will still finish in the top 2

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why are people using a win to bash alpine...cant think of a time where he wanted us to lose..

 

when we do lose (which is often) does he come on here and say F**K you to others...no?

 

we won and won well by the sounds of it...but we have been here before, we will get the usual on the OS about how well the boys are feeling etc...the big test is to follow it up against plymouth and win a home game...

 

plymouth will not be as attacking as reading and leave as much space...so, lets see if the reading game was not a one off and the start of something

 

IMO, reading will still finish in the top 2

 

Alpine is so negative I know we are not a very good team at the moment but I dont want to be told every day relegation and administration are near.

 

These sort of comments upset fans and I would have thought get through to the team

 

I feel we are making a little progress and with a little luck could finish outside the relagation positions.

 

 

Your comments regarding Plymouth are important we need to be positive on Tuesday and the second striker needs to be well forward

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Alpine is so negative I know we are not a very good team at the moment but I dont want to be told every day relegation and administration are near.

 

These sort of comments upset fans and I would have thought get through to the team

 

I feel we are making a little progress and with a little luck could finish outside the relagation positions.

 

 

Your comments regarding Plymouth are important we need to be positive on Tuesday and the second striker needs to be well forward

 

getting upset about the real threat of relegation and administration is like sticking your head in the sand...as that is where we are...

 

we did make a little progress yesterday, like we did at preston....but it will not mean much if we lose against plymouth...ideally we have to start winning at home..

 

if the players cant take a dose of realism then they should not be in the profession

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getting upset about the real threat of relegation and administration is like sticking your head in the sand...as that is where we are...

 

we did make a little progress yesterday, like we did at preston....but it will not mean much if we lose against plymouth...ideally we have to start winning at home..

 

if the players cant take a dose of realism then they should not be in the profession

 

Of course there is the possibility of relegation and administration but it is not a foregone conclusion we are supposed to support the team not tell them they are a load of rubbish

 

Surely it is better to encourage them so that they can improve.

 

If we can critise the players perhaps they can critise us for being so negative on occassions.

 

 

How many games have we won at home in the last two seasons?

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i think those that go do support the team...infact, the players have had some fantastic support in recent years..

 

3,800 fan went yesterday when any sane thinking person thought we would have got spanked...

 

this place is a substitute for what people would say in the pub etc.....nothing more

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i think those that go do support the team...infact, the players have had some fantastic support in recent years..

 

3,800 fan went yesterday when any sane thinking person thought we would have got spanked...

 

this place is a substitute for what people would say in the pub etc.....nothing more

 

Yes fair comment but I do find some of these posting sometimes extreme

 

So how are we going to start winning at home

 

When I went to the Dell we hardly ever lost when I go to St Mary's we hardly ever win

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