buctootim Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 for the first time, I am going to put a poster on ignore, no names. How do I do that? Click on Alpine's name on the thread, go to his profile and add him to ignore list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 We are entirely justified in considering that a point gained, whereas Arsenal will surely consider it two points lost. I came away from the match feeling much the same sometimes as when we have won. But in reality, looking at the stats of shots on goal, we certainly had it within our grasp to gain all three points. Any neutral observer asked to identify which team was the star-studded glory team and which was the one only recently languishing in the third division would have been hard pressed to choose Arsenal as the better team. Tactically, Adkins got it spot on today, as he had against Stoke. He played each team in such a fashion as to neutralise their strengths. In the case of Arsenal, we had to be in their faces, denying them the space to play their fast passing game. Time and time again we tackled the ball off them, or saw their passes go astray, so it us who played the neater passes and kept possession to better effect. Sky would have scheduled this match expecting a goal-fest and if they were lucky, a high-scoring Arsenal win reminiscent of that against Newcastle the last time they played. What a disappointment we must have provided them, with Arsenal unable to score and our increasingly mean and well-organised defence improving with every match; and we didn't even have our first choice right back available. Tonight I feel a real sense of pride in our manager and our team. Playing like that against Arsenal, if sustained, gives cause for optimism for the second half of the season, especially if we can fine-tune the team a bit with a good signing or two in this transfer window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austsaint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Lucky, lucky Arsenal. We did enough to win it and the disallowed goal for a nudge by Ramirez looked very marginal. Back four tremendous with mention for Cork's job at RB. Boruc looked better as the game wore on and his mopping up of Jose's back pass and clean take from Theo's drive from the right showed steadiness. As others have said, Guly had a second consecutive good game with effective defensive help for Shaw; several good crosses and high energy levels. Punch looked dangerous; Gaston a threat and Ricky's hold up work was outstanding. My only complaint with the subs was that it took away any attacking threat we had and immediately had us "holding on" for the point. Atmosphere looked and sounded brilliant. A little bit of quality added during January will help a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomer Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Would have taken that at kick off, Guly put in a good shift as did all the team we had chances to win it Arse did not look like the team that have been scoring for fun of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammysaint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Great game proud of the lads, Morgan is MOM for me but Cork Yoshida Punch Fonte all deserve special praise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Warrior Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Winnersaints and chalet. its the nearest pub to where I am staying. I was too late to get a ticket for this game. still three pints of morlands made for a noisy and excited saints fan. It could have been worse I could have been in the maidens now that was a pub full of inbreds, thank god that has been closed down. I saw Laurie Mac was at the game today with his Mrs. Also Mr and Mrs Paine were at the game sat behind NC. On a final note i thought our second goal should have been allowed. Initially I thought it was disallowed due to offside no way was it a foul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwightmush Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Gaston knees gobby Wilshere in the balls Gaston scores! Guly OG http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xwdo2b_gaston-offside-spherachannel_sport Gaston goal given wrongly for offside or a touch on the Arsenal CB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 We don't look like pushovers any more. A lot of credit for that should go to the management. A couple of decent signings and we should be ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Warrior Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Gully did look disappointed when he was taken off. I think he felt bad for deflecting that goal. I hope the FA have not credited walcott with it Well done saints . Oh Alpine your so sad but you no longer blow my mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor_Saint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Definitely deserved to win. Thought Punch had it in the bag with that blistering shot 2nd half. Anyone else feel that we were a little more aggressive in our tackles and persistence to get that ball? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minsk Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Good performance from the team and a great one by the defence. Yoshida just pips Cork for MoM for me. Well done Nigel Adkins; got the tactics and line-up spot on again today. I wonder how many on here still want him sacked? Thought it was a great second goal by Gaston, but he did give a slight shove before hand. Happy with the point, as I thought we were going to get spanked after watching the Arse/Newcastle match, but in the end really felt we could have won it. Very pleased to be out of the bottom three. Really looking forward to the Villa match!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Can't choose between Cork, Yoshi and Schneiderlin. The rest of the team were good also, and an honourable mention for Steve Davis - probably his best game in a Saints shirt so far. Same for me, and now I've seen the qualities I had hoped we were getting when we signed Steve Davis. The back-heeled pass from Ramirez in the first half was pure genius. Kudos to Cork, Shaw and the wide midfielders for shutting out Arsenal down the flanks. Without Clyne and Lalllana I thought that's where we'd get done. I'm still stunned at Alpine's post, after everyone worked their nuts off to deny space to one of the most potent attacks in the PL. Cretinously stupid even for him, and that's saying something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Click on Alpine's name on the thread, go to his profile and add him to ignore list. What would really, really help is if this also prevented the ignored individual from appearing in quotes as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Great match. Everyone looked good out there, Boruc started a bit shaky but played good after the shaky start. You can see that the players have faith in Boruc and dare to pass the ball to him whenever. He also came up in the air to pick out a few balls that i think Davis might have had problems with. There is one BIG thing from this match that I dont think that anyone here has reflected on. The pass home from Fonte, I think that Davis or Gazza wouldnt have came out for it and we would probably have been scored on. Anyone else think the same? I thought Theo didn't try and chase it, Theo and Alex are saints at heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 On a final note i thought our second goal should have been allowed. Initially I thought it was disallowed due to offside no way was it a foul. The linesman definitely gave it for a push, not for offside. I thought at the time I saw a nudge but will wait for MOTD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Same for me, and now I've seen the qualities I had hoped we were getting when we signed Steve Davis. The back-heeled pass from Ramirez in the first half was pure genius. Kudos to Cork, Shaw and the wide midfielders for shutting out Arsenal down the flanks. Without Clyne and Lalllana I thought that's where we'd get done. I'm still stunned at Alpine's post, after everyone worked their nuts off to deny space to one of the most potent attacks in the PL. Cretinously stupid even for him, and that's saying something. So, its cretinously stupid to believe that having done the hard work by, as you put it, denying space to one of the most potent attacks in the PL, that we use our many chances to win the game ? May I remind you that apart from Reading, we have the worst record in the table for giving away points once we have acquired the lead ? Its 19 now, I believe. Our home games are running out fast. We need to win them, given our dire away record, if we want to stay up. Really, I wonder at this sites ability to see any sort of balance whatsoever sometimes. Yes, our defence has improved, but it was only 3 games ago when the whole team played utterly sh*te against Sunderland. There is a massive amount of work to be done, and a critical time has arrived where we must reinforce in the right manner. Getting a home point against Arsenal is near the beginning of the process, not the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 What would really, really help is if this also prevented the ignored individual from appearing in quotes as well. Oh, give it up with the foul whining. Post your post-match thoughts on Facebook if all you want is a gushing sheep mentality, rather than a real discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manji Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Not been hugely impresssed with Davis up to now but clearly another player who is growing into the role, we have so many players that are only going to get better.Stick with Boruc as keeper too I can see him as a future fans favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Oh, give it up with the foul whining. Post your post-match thoughts on Facebook if all you want is a gushing sheep mentality, rather than a real discussion. You're still a mentalist if you don't take the opposition into account when assessing the value of a point. Arsenal were poor because of our hard work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 We have got to give BOrac his chance now, but if KD had distributed the ball like him today we would have 2or 3 threads on it. I hope BOrac will now go on and make the keepers shirt his own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 So, its cretinously stupid to believe that having done the hard work by, as you put it, denying space to one of the most potent attacks in the PL, that we use our many chances to win the game ? May I remind you that apart from Reading, we have the worst record in the table for giving away points once we have acquired the lead ? Its 19 now, I believe. Our home games are running out fast. We need to win them, given our dire away record, if we want to stay up. Really, I wonder at this sites ability to see any sort of balance whatsoever sometimes. Yes, our defence has improved, but it was only 3 games ago when the whole team played utterly sh*te against Sunderland. There is a massive amount of work to be done, and a critical time has arrived where we must reinforce in the right manner. Getting a home point against Arsenal is near the beginning of the process, not the end. Oh go boil your head you sanctimonious *****! That was a truly battling performance against a quality Arsenal side and we stopped them having the walkover they thought it would be. The team deserve credit not some utter garbage trying to justify your constant whingeing and negativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 You're still a mentalist if you don't take the opposition into account when assessing the value of a point. Arsenal were poor because of our hard work. I'm guessing thats part of it, but having played so brilliantly over the past few games I'm guessing they expected an easy ride today and took their feet off the gas a bit. You can only beat what is in front of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Oh go boil your head you sanctimonious *****! That was a truly battling performance against a quality Arsenal side and we stopped them having the walkover they thought it would be. The team deserve credit not some utter garbage trying to justify your constant whingeing and negativity. Another attempt at sensible discussion met with abuse. I wonder about the moderation round here sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Gaston knees gobby Wilshere in the balls I thought the chants of "******" aimed at Wilshere when Gaston kneed him were optimistic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 So, its cretinously stupid to believe that having done the hard work by, as you put it, denying space to one of the most potent attacks in the PL, that we use our many chances to win the game ? No, it's cretinously stupid to turn one of the most positive afternoons of the entire season into nothing more than a negative. Only you could do that. If you can't enjoy that performance for long enough to resist the urge to post utter sh*t within an hour of the final whistle, you should find another sport. Or another team. Or, better yet, another planet. You ask for all the abuse you get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 (edited) No, it's cretinously stupid to turn one of the most positive afternoons of the entire season into nothing more than a negative. Only you could do that. If you can't enjoy that performance for long enough to resist the urge to post utter sh*t within an hour of the final whistle, you should find another sport. Or another team. Or, better yet, another planet. You ask for all the abuse you get. Nothin more than a negative ? I praised the defensive improvement, or were you too busy being outraged in my assertion we should have beaten them and therfore 2 points were dropped, to get to the end of my post ? I'll support who I want to, and you can carry on believing the hype about a point against Arsenal meaning we are the finished article. Edited 1 January, 2013 by alpine_saint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Not been hugely impresssed with Davis up to now but clearly another player who is growing into the role, we have so many players that are only going to get better.Stick with Boruc as keeper too I can see him as a future fans favorite. I am going to break the habit of a lifetime and agree with manji. Davis my mom and it is time to stick with this keeper to let him develop confidence. I was disappointed with Puncheon today mind. Thought he was pretty clueless. Defence superb and had we had Wiltshire today we would have won with ease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Another attempt at sensible discussion met with abuse. I wonder about the moderation round here sometimes. Stfuayt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 I'm guessing thats part of it, but having played so brilliantly over the past few games I'm guessing they expected an easy ride today and took their feet off the gas a bit.we didn't get the rub of the green. The ball hit Sagnas knee and could have easily gone in, Guly went in,add the penalty not given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max_saints Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 how much did guly and shaw cost us? how much did sagna and ox cost arsenal? the battle on that side of the pitch was well and truly won with shaw putting in a performance that belied his age (unfortunate that one of his best performance had to be against wengers team who would now surely be stepping up their pursuit?) and guly working ever so hard to track back and help shaw. hardworking team performance where no one could been faulted really. thought ramirez showed excellent control and finishing in the disallowed goal but unfortunate to have it disallowed for a touch on the defender, otherwise that could have been the goal to signal his arrival to the premier league. cork did a more than capable job filling in at RB, similarly Davis in cork's position. i think in the event of clyne being out i would much rather this than yoshida at rb/ hooiveld at cb. jury is still out on boruc who had little to do against arsenal (surprisingly and perhaps luckily) did have a very shaky start spilling simple catches in the early stages though, still feel all three keepers are pretty much at the same level overall, yet again another game in which we could have and maybe should have won like the stoke one but lets just savor a point against one of the biggest teams in the league! bring on chelsea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Another attempt at sensible discussion met with abuse. I wonder about the moderation round here sometimes. You don't know the meaning of the word sensible discussion all you do is post negative crap to provoke your trolling and your internet persona character you have built up. Even you don't believe the sh1te you write. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faz Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 A polite request: please do not quote Alpine in your posts. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 What a great game AGAIN. From just the 4 stragglers watching the game we ended up with about 20 or 30 joining in oohing and ahhing with us and even had one major OWTS from everyone (mixed footie fans who loved watching Arsenal get a footballing lesson) Cork showed real class today, especailly when he put Gervinho on his ass. Compare him and Wilshire as England candidates? Hmm Shaw owned AOC. Davis & Guly put in exceptional shifts, Morgan, Lambert did everything we would expect. Fonte? Slowly becoming true PL quality as is Yoshida. Ramirez? Oh yes he's had a run now since he came back from injury and as the TV taters said "starting to prove to the sceptical Saints fans that he will be the real deal." OK it was disallowed but what a finish for the second "goal" Puncheon non existant in the 1st half came into his own as the game wore on, still took the wrong options though. Subs showed why we need to spend money. But as the Arsenal haters said "wow, you boys have a great team there, well played" REALLY enjoyed the game even though am sick as a pig today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 No, it's cretinously stupid to turn one of the most positive afternoons of the entire season into nothing more than a negative. Only you could do that. If you can't enjoy that performance for long enough to resist the urge to post utter sh*t within an hour of the final whistle, you should find another sport. Or another team. Or, better yet, another planet. You ask for all the abuse you get. We don't always get along but I heartily agree. It's ridiculous to be anything other than extremely pleased to get a point against arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Not been hugely impresssed with Davis up to now but clearly another player who is growing into the role, we have so many players that are only going to get better.Stick with Boruc as keeper too I can see him as a future fans favorite. Completely agree with the first part but I'm still not sure about Boruc. He has a very lazy style that causes him problems but he's also capable of big saves and dominating his box. He's an unabashed whacko, and I suspect that the fan affection will only last until he makes a few errors, which he's certainly capable of doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 how much did guly cost us? He's cost us 4 points in his last two games! Good to see him end his year+ goal drought though!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 we didn't get the rub of the green. The ball hit Sagnas knee and could have easily gone in, Guly went in,add the penalty not given. I don't usually whine about bad luck but I don't think we got one break, or even one bounce, the entire game. Even when Arsenal panicked at the back, which was quite often, everything seemed to fall their way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Really, I wonder at this sites ability to see any sort of balance whatsoever sometimes. I'm sure you've said this already today. It was one of your funniest comments first time around, there was no need for an encore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOWSaintDaz Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Best chant of the day at Wenger by the Northam "Your just a French Jimmy Savile" quality!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Alpine. I am unsure as the next man about our chances of survival But saints looked anything but a bottom 4 side today. GULY had another good game. Worth his place. You could see he was utterly gutted when he came off but he had To go for the ball... Good point against an arsenal team who have been on fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Best chant of the day at Wenger by the Northam "Your just a French Jimmy Savile" quality!!!! Hilarious. Weird you find it amusing. What annoyed me is the northam singing "one Nigel Adkins" just before they scored when they had a free kick in dangerous area" sing it at the right time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 He's cost us 4 points in his last two games! Good to see him end his year+ goal drought though!!! No he hasn't, he's helped us win 2 points. What a load of idiotic rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 We don't always get along but I heartily agree. It's ridiculous to be anything other than extremely pleased to get a point against arsenal. Happy New Year, hypo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
um pahars Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Not been hugely impresssed with Davis up to now but clearly another player who is growing into the role, we have so many players that are only going to get better.Stick with Boruc as keeper too I can see him as a future fans favorite. Have to agree, not been Davis' biggest fan (not sure he offered us much up until now), but thought he was excellent today and had by far his best game for us. Thought our set up, tactics and the way we played was spot on today and although happy with a point also felt we played well enough to deserve all three. Some big performances out there today and wouldn't want to single anyone out as was a great team performance against an in form team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 A polite request: please do not quote Alpine in your posts. Thank you. Sorry, saw your request too late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 A lot is being made of the fact that Arsenal looked flat, but we didn't let them play. Simple as that. Our tactical shape and balance defensively was spot on, as good as it's been all season. Whenever they picked up the ball in the centre, we got close...and midfielders also dropped off to close the space in front, so you often saw them passing backwards or sideways. So no threat really. But we also retained the ball very well, and it soudns simple - but as long as you have it, the other team can't create chances or score goals! I'll go with what i've been saying for the last few weeks, we're now a PL team. Competitive in every game we play, and I predict that 2013 will be better than a lot expect. I think we've got a new found resolve, as well as retaining our attacking threat - and against anyone we've shown we can score goals, and cause problems. We still can't ignore the January window, as it's an excellent opportunity to build on what we're doing and enhance the area's which we're a bit short in. But there's not much wrong with us, a couple of tweaks in the window and the 2nd half could be a lot of fun. Overall I felt it was a decent point today, and it keeps our head out of the zone again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 No he hasn't, he's helped us win 2 points. What a load of idiotic rubbish. Scores his open goal v Stoke we win 4-1 Doesnt score an OG today and we win 1-0 You do the maths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsacar saint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 We were excellent today and on chances alone,deserved to win.As for motm Yoshida is beginning to make me eat my own words and well done to him for that,however I thought that Luke Shaw was superb again today and probably shaded it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horley CTFC Saint Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Morgan awesome today - expect a bid from Arse :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Scores his open goal v Stoke we win 4-1 Doesnt score an OG today and we win 1-0 You do the maths if Guly had left the ball the arsenal player would have scored. If the own goal had not been, the whole passage of play would have been different and we may have lost. If an event doesn't happen the rest that follows is different.therefore you can't say we would have won 1-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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