Flyer Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Looked like it was going to be a 3 or 4 nil win after 20 mins. It would have been an easy win if saints had got a goal then We got our goal out of nothing and then the crowd were silent for the rest of the game bar the minute after the goal. not a relegation 6 pointer atmosphere at all. Samba was MOTM for me, he had Lambert in his pocket all game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Looked like it was going to be a 3 or 4 nil win after 20 mins. It would have been an easy win if saints had got a goal then We got our goal out of nothing and then the crowd were silent for the rest of the game bar the minute after the goal. not a relegation 6 pointer atmosphere at all. Samba was MOTM for me, he had Lambert in his pocket all game. And like clockwork, out of the woodwork you come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Swansea showed how to play through QPR...we wellied up in the air upto the man mountain Samba...nice. Play round him on the floor and he turns like a oil tanker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Oh, on another note - at least Wigan are already 2-0 down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 ****ing **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Swansea showed how to play through QPR...we wellied up in the air upto the man mountain Samba...nice. Play round him on the floor and he turns like a oil tanker. Unlike Swansea, we have no pace in the team to do that - Jrod showed a bit of mobility but it was the exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
110_Persaint Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 My reaction to this game is two words: Going. Down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Gutted about today, the team looked disjointed, too much passing the ball and going nowhere, but looking at the table newcastle and sunderland still in our sites, norwhich and w ham not much better off. think relegation still involves 7 - 8 teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWD Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Fonte just gone on about how we dominated the game. Well we dominated possession Jose but we didn't look like scoring for the entire second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnersaint Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Pinocchio was the name given by the Espanyol fans......... Its not an insult, just his nickname in Spain I am good with that. It just seemed a bit insulting without it being put in to that context. Also apologies to Chewy for having a rational balanced view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpweySaint Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Ok im not going to go overboard but it seems like the manager has no plan b. Im not saying he wont eventually come up with one and his managerial talent may be wonderful but look how long it took NA to start getting the tactical balance right for the opposition? Surely today is the kind of thing that points out the terrible timing of replacing the manager at such a crucial point of the season? I know it's very easy to talk in hypatheticals but, in my opinion, we would have been better off points wise with NA still in charge. If he wasnt going to be NC's man going forward post season would've been the time, give Poch time to deal with this kind of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Fonte just gone on about how we dominated the game. Well we dominated possession Jose but we didn't look like scoring for the entire second half. We have lost the cutting edge we had under Adkins. The blade's not as sharp any more, for all the positives of the pressing game etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpweySaint Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 My reaction to this game is two words: Going. Down. Bore off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La BoIS Saint Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 To be fair to Cortese it was a stroke of genius not to sack Nigel but to keep him on the bench. Why has no one else thought of this strategy before. Time to rest Pinocchio and bring Nigel back in. Surely you're big enough you short Italian **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Fonte just gone on about how we dominated the game. Well we dominated possession Jose but we didn't look like scoring for the entire second half. We probably did have the lions share of possession but sadly most of it was in our own half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 To be fair to Cortese it was a stroke of genius not to sack Nigel but to keep him on the bench. Why has no one else thought of this strategy before. Time to rest Pinocchio and bring Nigel back in. Surely you're big enough you short Italian **** Move on mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainchris Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 What happened to our short pass and move game? Playing in little triangles - looks as though that has been completely abandoned??? What happened to - don't make a pass unless you are sure it will reach our player - caress the ball???? Big Sam is the king at what we tried to do today so why didn't we make a bid for him to come and manage here if this is the direction we moving in?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Ok im not going to go overboard but it seems like the manager has no plan b. Im not saying he wont eventually come up with one and his managerial talent may be wonderful but look how long it took NA to start getting the tactical balance right for the opposition? Surely today is the kind of thing that points out the terrible timing of replacing the manager at such a crucial point of the season? I know it's very easy to talk in hypatheticals but, in my opinion, we would have been better off points wise with NA still in charge. If he wasnt going to be NC's man going forward post season would've been the time, give Poch time to deal with this kind of stuff. We had no plan B under Adkins. Snuff Lambert out and we're in trouble. Today was almost a carbon copy of the Sunderland performance and result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints Fan Dan Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 I don't understand how we've gone back to playing the way we did at the beginning of the season, I thought those days were behind us. That peculiar game at Newcastle knocked all the confidence out of the team, today's outcome was so predictable, we never looked like scoring and when QPR got the odd chance they were always going to take it. The pressing game that got so much praise after Man City has alerted other teams and it's so easy to counter it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpweySaint Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 We had no plan B under Adkins. Snuff Lambert out and we're in trouble. Today was almost a carbon copy of the Sunderland performance and result. Start of the season, true. But we had looked to have turned a corner (for the most part!) before NA was sacked, agreed? Lambert drifted and interchanged well with Punch and Al to create space with clyne and shaw getting beyond defenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Reminds me of at home to Reading last season. We have to hope Wigan & Villa both loosePersonally, I would rather they lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyer Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 And like clockwork, out of the woodwork you come. I posted in the post match thread in the game we lost at LR. I would have posted today no matter what. Check yourself if you dont believe me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 FFS >_ At least other results are going our way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Woeful. Tough 3 games coming up, if we drop into the bottom 3 again we won't be climbing out of it. A lot of players and the manager need to buck their ideas up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 I posted in the post match thread in the game we lost at LR. I would have posted today no matter what. Check yourself if you dont believe me. You'll still go down. Whether we join you is open to debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 I posted in the post match thread in the game we lost at LR. I would have posted today no matter what. Check yourself if you dont believe me. Honestly, right now, **** off. Come back later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ART Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Yes, and tell Nigel to bring along his very sharp secateurs to lop off Cortesé's b o ll ocks whilst he's at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 at the end of the day QPR are still down...we just lost the chance to increase the gap from the bottom esp with the results as they are at the moment. Frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Poor result but thankfully it hasn't cost us too much, besides West Ham winning. We need to sort this out - relegation is a very real possibility, it has been all season, so let's get survival out of the way before we start looking at "10th place" as a recent thread had it. I said in the pre-match thread I was nervous about this game and so it proved. It will give us an almighty kick up the arse - but that's effectively one of our easiest games gone by with a defeat. Would I have taken a point before the game? No, the win was gettable. I'd have taken it on 80 minutes though! Still, I'd rather our position than QPR's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 It annoys me when people get on Fox's back all the time, but he was f*cking sh!t today. Constantly out of position and leaving players unmarked. Rickie, Gaston, Cork, Punch and Morgan all had to fill in for him when he got caught out by going for a wander. F*cking get rid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Start of the season, true. But we had looked to have turned a corner (for the most part!) before NA was sacked, agreed? Lambert drifted and interchanged well with Punch and Al to create space with clyne and shaw getting beyond defenders. Not sure - Sunderland did a job on Lambert and the rest of the team stuttered. Doesnt matter who's in charge - we go hot and cold depending on Lambert's performance. Can you think of a time we played well when Lambert wasn't getting joy whether under NA or MP? Go to the qpr forum and I bet they're all creaming themselves over Samba's performance rather than any other aspect of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ART Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Team selection was appalling considering Fonté was back. Didn't even have decent backups on the bench. Rarely seen Riiky and some others making such poor passing. I can't see this experiment going much further. Reid has a lot to answer for, as he's be the one responsible for bringing Pochettino over. He was over in Barcelona on several occasions last summer. At the time we thought he was scouting players. Obviously not. Saints will never be a force in football until we bring in someone of less dubious experience and achievements. Gutted after realising that Pochettino hasn't a clue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 If it is any consolation, it seems as if Wigan are going to get thrashed (barring a second half liverpool collapse0, so that will get us off the hook for another week. Still 3 points above the relegation zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Concerned that our manager has no plan b. Qpr were dire but we let them win. Gutting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 If it is any consolation, it seems as if Wigan are going to get thrashed (barring a second half liverpool collapse0, so that will get us off the hook for another week. Still 3 points above the relegation zone. Still got to hope Villa lose as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpweySaint Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Not sure - Sunderland did a job on Lambert and the rest of the team stuttered. Doesnt matter who's in charge - we go hot and cold depending on Lambert's performance. Can you think of a time we played well when Lambert wasn't getting joy whether under NA or MP? Go to the qpr forum and I bet they're all creaming themselves over Samba's performance rather than any other aspect of the game. True we often rely on Lambert but we have had good games without him on form. Either way I had/have more faith that NA could've turned todays result around then MP. Sure QPR were effective at what they did and Samba should've meant us playing a different game ... either way cant help but feel we've gone backwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katalinic Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 We were poor overall but Boruc only touched the ball with his hands twice when he picked them out of the net so it was a bit of a freaky result - ultimately two mistakes cost us badly and as much as it grates me to say it, Bagpuss got his tactics right to negate us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warsash saint Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 yes back from the game, SHOCKING! I thought we were on top before there goal we are just **** really, we didn't press, FOX was shocking, same old same old really Yeah ans Shaw's crossing was top draw wasn't it!! (rolly eyes thingy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpweySaint Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Yeah ans Shaw's crossing was top draw wasn't it!! (rolly eyes thingy) To be fair shaw didn't look 100% fit. Not sure he should've been on the bench. Is Richardson fit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Slap me with a wet flannel but I thought that game was crying out for a Chaplow-esque player today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexstar Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 If Lambert is that easily marked out of a game I don't want to see him anywhere near an England shirt. Rodriguez was easily our best player when he came on. Schneiderlin had his usual outstanding tackles, but passing was way off from him and the rest of the midfield. Beating the Champions of England doesn't guarantee safety and losing to the bottom of the league doesn't guarantee relegation. I'm a long way off bedwetting yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Did you see the way we came out second half after half-time? It was like we were just going to walk it and QPR would lie down Rubbish tactics, JWP a holding midfielder when 1-2 down why not Davis who has looked decent lately? Jay Rods pace against Hill and Samba yet he stays out wide left...why not start him against 2 of the slowest defenders in the Prem...shocking day at the office for the manager and his team of assistants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 I suppose the one consolation is that everyone else around us lost. Just have to hope that Villa do similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Their first was down to Fox and the second to Shaw so on that basis we're stuffed. Poor passing all day long and no sense of purpose. Very depressing. I don't want to watch too much of that in the Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints boy in Leeds Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Peed off, but livid? No, been a fan for too many years to go mental about us messing up - it's always happened and probably always will. And ... When the seasons ended we will be staying up and qpr won't. This and I was saying it before the jan window that we need a quality foward to help Ricky, someone that takes at least 60 / 70 % of his chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suomi Saint Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 We were pedestrian at times and the players looked tired. This MP fella obviously has no Plan B, and furthermore doesn't even know what his best team is. Oh for the love of Nigel! At least when we are back in the Championship we will have JRod and Billy up front. Filling the other 9 positions will keep Cortese busy. Serves him right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Biggs Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Bad day at the office, Fox utter ****e why we continue to play him god knows clearly isn't capable of playing football at this level. Ramirez gives the ball away way to much passing needs to step up and his crossing ability is awful. Rickie Lambert was ineffective today was marked out of the game. Puncheon hardly had a look in the whole pressing tactic we are playing at the moment is leaving us terribly exposed at the back when we go forward teams are starting to suss us out. Positives from today J Rod look bright when he came on and showed good pace and movement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Oh well, it happens. Onto the next game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeShmoe Posted 2 March, 2013 Share Posted 2 March, 2013 Coutinho looked excellent tonight for Lpool, far better than Ramirez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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