Saint-Armstrong Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Saints finish the season with a 1-1 draw with Stoke City at St. Mary's Stadium. Goals from Crouch and Lambert. The result means Saints finish their first season back in the Premier League in 14th position, with a 41 point haul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Very successful season, more than we could have dared hope for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Saint Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Brilliant. And better to come, I hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Good season, petered out a bit but didn't matter. 14th perhaps could've been higher but it's a solid place to build on next season. It's now easier for us to say that next season is a success if we finish 13th or higher, as oppose to us finishing 10th/11th this season and slightly lower next season. Does that make sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Saint Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Good season, petered out a bit but didn't matter. 14th perhaps could've been higher but it's a solid place to build on next season. It's now easier for us to say that next season is a success if we finish 13th or higher, as oppose to us finishing 10th/11th this season and slightly lower next season. Does that make sense? Maybe if you can speak drunkanese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Biggs Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Abysmal I was at least expecting European qualification and a trophy or 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Stoked and looking forward to the transfer gossip. Great effort by the lads and with some new additions we could be good for next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 14th place after two straight promotions, that'll do nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintAndy14 Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Well done Saints, great first season back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-Armstrong Posted 19 May, 2013 Author Share Posted 19 May, 2013 The Premier League Table 2012/13 Season: 1 Man Utd 38 43 89 2 Man City 38 32 78 3 Chelsea 38 36 75 4 Arsenal 38 35 73 --------------------------------- 5 Tottenham 38 20 72 6 Everton 38 15 63 7 Liverpool 38 28 61 8 West Brom 38 -4 49 9 Swansea 38 -4 46 10 West Ham 38 -8 46 11 Norwich 38 -17 44 12 Fulham 38 -10 43 13 Stoke 38 -11 42 14 SAINTS 38 -11 41 15 Aston Villa 38 -22 41 16 Newcastle 38 -23 41 17 Sunderland 38 -13 39 --------------------------------- R - 18 Wigan 38 -26 36 R - 19 Reading 38 -30 28 R -20 QPR 38 -30 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sussexsaint Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 14th place after two straight promotions, that'll do nicely. An incredible 3 years all said and done, and it sounds like there is a lot more excitement ahead as well. Proud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Maybe if you can speak drunkanese. I can on a regular basis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Good season, but from my perspective, it will always be tainted by the craven treatment of Adkins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 As I just posted elsewhere; For all our "brilliance", we could only draw with Stoke twice this year. Same goes for many of our so-called lesser opponents. And this is the problem, we can dominate possession and kill opponents with corners and intricate attacking moves but unless something comes of it then it's all absolutely worthless in the end. I've no doubt we've got the more technically gifted players than Stoke (and a considerable amount of other sides in the top division) but unless we somehow find a cutting edge (possibly through player acquisition(s) or better coaching) then we'll struggle to go any higher than 10th. You can bloody well count Champions League out, that's for sure. Here's hoping it's addressed this summer. Well done Saints on 14th, let's not stand still now. Go find us a Michu! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 So 36 points would've been enough for us to stay up this season, what with our goal difference. When were we last on 36 points? After the Liverpool game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 For all our "brilliance", we could only draw with Stoke twice this year. Same goes for many of our so-called lesser opponents. And this is the problem, we can dominate possession and kill opponents with corners and intricate attacking moves but unless something comes of it then it's all absolutely worthless in the end. True, but the first game would've been 3 points but for a Cameron Jerome wonder goal. We still need to turn draws into wins, but under Pochettino I think we're in good hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 All of us would have been delighted with 14th in August and I'm just as delighted in May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 14th - Midtable (just) excellent season, regardless of our start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillyflo Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Stoked and looking forward to the transfer gossip. Great effort by the lads and with some new additions we could be good for next season. Oh come on, surely i'm not the only one who picked up on your excellent terminology there! I'm quite "Stoked" too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Well, finishing 14 with one win in first 10 games and no win in last 6. If you´ve had predicted that one before the start of the season you would be a very rich guy now.... All in all, I would call it a very very promising season and a fantastic foundation to build on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Considering coming up with two successive promotions and one of the worst starts to a season you can get....what a great position we finished in. Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Im happy, the middle 3rd of the season was brilliant, and the end was better than the start. Roll on 2013/14 season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Oh come on, surely i'm not the only one who picked up on your excellent terminology there! I'm quite "Stoked" too hahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS1980 Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Terrible start, great middle, poor finish. Great we stayed up but need to do alot better against the weaker teams next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Just done some sums. Based on the final table, we were safe after the Reading win, 6th April. Might explain a little bit of why we tailed off after that. That, and fatigue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Under Weststand Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 I would have taken this at the start of the season, been a bit of a stuttering end, but we've been playing well with no cutting edge. We have a good solid base to build on. Can't wait for next season now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 An advice people. If you want to put the season in three parts, start middle and finish you should be aware that games against Chelsea and Liverpool belong to the finishing part of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Great 1st season IMO. (Thank god we beat City, Liverpool & Chelsea @ St Mary's though!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaptopSaint Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 From the perspective of the last two months - a pretty Meh end to the season. From the perspective of the last two years - absolutely ****ing amazing. Well done all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WealdSaint Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Doubt very few people would have expected better than this at the start of the season, let alone 4 games in! Well Done Saints, what a fantastic 3 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_jas Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 After the West Brom away game when I called for Adkins to be sacked, I thought we would be relegated. But since then, been fantastic, change of manager even though I was gutted at it. 14th is superb after two sucessive promotions, where did Norwich finish 1st season in prem after their two promotions? I can't wait for next season now that the discussions with Cortese and Katharina Liebherr have been sorted out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Would have snapped your hand off for 14th at the start of the season. And to think, because of how tight the midtable was this year, one more win would have put us up to 11th. I do think the squad needs some major changes before next season though. The nucleus is there, but for all our pretty possession football this year we have really struggled to penetrate at times. We never seem to break quickly or play a quick ball forward to a runner, and that is something that you need in your arsenal in the PL. Defences are too good at this level meaning we will always struggle with our seemingly favoured approach of slow, patient build up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 I feel disappointed even though I know staying up was a huge achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Well considering this squad is good enough to finish 6th and 10th was nailed on a few weeks back some people will be outraged with 14th. Personally I'm happy with it though and more or less about where we deserve to finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Very happy considering the atrocious start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikec Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Great 1st season IMO. (Thank god we beat City, Liverpool & Chelsea @ St Mary's though!) Yeah those games really saved our season. Strange that we won those but couldn't win at home against any of Wigan, Fulham, Norwich, Swansea, Sunderland, QPR, West Ham, West Brom or Stoke. OK, it's unrealistic to think we would win all of these games but they are the kind of matches that we'll need to be more consistent at winning if we are going to finish higher next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Well considering this squad is good enough to finish 6th and 10th was nailed on a few weeks back some people will be outraged with 14th. Personally I'm happy with it though and more or less about where we deserve to finish. Why does damn near everything you post have a childish little sneer in it? You really are a sad little person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Why does damn near everything you post have a childish little sneer in it? You really are a sad little person. In his defence, he's only responding to the b0ll0cks that's posted on here - of which there is a lot of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Why does damn near everything you post have a childish little sneer in it? You really are a sad little person. Ignore his trolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 In his defence, he's only responding to the b0ll0cks that's posted on here - of which there is a lot of. The suggestions that we could finish 10th certainly weren't "b0ll0cks", as one look at the ends of season table shows. But that's not the point. The point is that the forum is worse, not better, for thread after thread of his habitual sneering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 True, but the first game would've been 3 points but for a Cameron Jerome wonder goal. We still need to turn draws into wins, but under Pochettino I think we're in good hands.If I recall correctly, we should have been awarded a free kick for a foul on Shaw? just before the ball went out to Jerome, who was marginally offside when he received it. His finish can't be faulted, but the goal was a result of poor refereeing counting against us. That 3 points would have been very valuable to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 The suggestions that we could finish 10th certainly weren't "b0ll0cks", as one look at the ends of season table shows. But that's not the point. The point is that the forum is worse, not better, for thread after thread of his habitual sneering. Well, I'd disagree as I wasn't referencing that particular point about where we'd finish but yes, we could have done so... but we didn't. There's a lot of people on here who swing wildly from one emotion/opinion to the other with little or no balance at all - the whole Cortese/Liebherr thing is demonstrative of that. Everything is rosy, then it's a crisis, then it's rosy, then it's a crisis. We've got CL quality players, then we've got L1 players, we need to spend, we don't need to spend, we should expand the stadium to 50,000... yes, a forum is about opinions but bloody hell there's a lot of shiiiite on here. Can't see too much wrong with what Turkish has said - he's just called the people out who made the silly statements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Rollercoaster season with a fantastic end result. We were more exciting at the start but finding our feet and especially changing managar has brought stability to this side. Much to build on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlakeySFC Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Fantastic considering our appalling start and our recent winless won. Together As One! COYR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Well, I'd disagree as I wasn't referencing that particular point about where we'd finish but yes, we could have done so... but we didn't. There's a lot of people on here who swing wildly from one emotion/opinion to the other with little or no balance at all - the whole Cortese/Liebherr thing is demonstrative of that. Everything is rosy, then it's a crisis, then it's rosy, then it's a crisis. We've got CL quality players, then we've got L1 players, we need to spend, we don't need to spend, we should expand the stadium to 50,000... yes, a forum is about opinions but bloody hell there's a lot of shiiiite on here. Can't see too much wrong with what Turkish has said - he's just called the people out who made the silly statements. All very true crabbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansums Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Delighted to finish in 14th. There is a lot to do now though IMO to move up to the next level, we can't simply assume we're going to improve on 14th next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Back-to-back promotions with largely the same core group of players, our first season back in the Premiership and for many of our players, their first season at all in the Prem and we've finished safely and are competing well against experienced, established Premiership teams and players. We all know that just 'competing' isn't enough, but it's clear to see that we often dominate possession and we play with a creative and attacking flare that other teams strive for, which sets us up nicely for Season 2 in the Premiership. This level of performance for the first season is remarkable for a team that hasn't gone out and bought Premiership journeymen. This season proves we are getting the basics right and have a really solid base to build on. We know we have technically gifted players and we know we have money to spend to improve, so next season will be the next step. It won't be top-5 finishes and European football, that's just not realistic, but everything is in place to make next season better than this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenue Saint Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Considering coming up with two successive promotions and one of the worst starts to a season you can get....what a great position we finished in. Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2 This. Happy season back which could easily have seen us finish higher up. Credit to every person at the club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sanchez Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Pleased, relieved and glad we all can now discuss future signings to enhance our sqaud in the premiership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 19 May, 2013 Share Posted 19 May, 2013 Slightly disappointed if I'm honest. At times this season our football has been sublime - both under Adkins and Pochettino. But we've been horribly inconsistent and thrown away more points than a Tesco Clubcard promotion. Factor in all the points given away from winning positions and we would have been closer to Arsenal and Spurs than Stoke! We need to toughen up over the summer, identify where our strengths are and play to them, where are weaknesses are and work on them. We were good enough to beat anybody on our day. We just need to make it our day more often. The high will be beating Man Citeh. The low losing to Man United when we had them on the rack - TWICE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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