Daren W Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 I'm happy with that... Good indication of where we'll be going... Winnable but challenging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 what ? When? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangy Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Followed by Sunderland and Norwich We will be top by September Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_jas Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Definitely going to that one seems I missed out on it last season. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Definitely going to that one seems I missed out on it last season. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2 Is this officially the 'Build Up Thread'? Think they'll be a full house there and very high demand due to it being on Sky and a Monday last year. Let's hope they sort tickets on last years attendance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Lindford Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Yep, nice opening to the season. Can't believe they are sending us to Cardiff on Boxing Day and away to Hull on a Tuesday night.... fecking ridiculous. Bit of a nightmare end to the season though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goneawol Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Man Utd (H) final game of the season, brings back memories.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 I'm happy with that... Good indication of where we'll be going... Winnable but challenging Considering that WBA were one of a select handful of teams (arguably the only team) to ream our asses over both fixtures last season, thats one hell of a statement.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Man Utd (H) final game of the season, brings back memories.. Apart from the fact that they will be going through a period of transition from Fergusson to Moyes. Until we see them play, we shouldnt hold fear of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo78 Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 A few demons to exorcise on the opening day, I see. Fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippineSaint Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Man Utd (H) final game of the season, brings back memories.. A reverse of the last time and we send them down or prevent them getting the title we can but hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawillwill Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Considering that WBA were one of a select handful of teams (arguably the only team) to ream our asses over both fixtures last season, thats one hell of a statement.... Apart from the fact that they will be going through a period of transition from Fergusson to Moyes. Until we see them play, we shouldnt hold fear of them. Just to clarify, we should write off both WBA games now, but have a good chance of getting a few points off United? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 In your mind yes, others would notice they also go destroyed by Norwich and others. They're a good side but clearly beatable, so 'challenging but winnable' isn't exactly much of a statement. Probably exactly what they'd say about us and what we'd say about most games given we've beaten the best sides. It means you can win or lose any game. So why are so many so worked up about the sequence of the fixture list ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Just to clarify, we should write off both WBA games now, but have a good chance of getting a few points off United? What a truly dense interpretation of what I wrote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Very different start to the season compared to last year. Could it be a title decider against Man U at St Mary's on the last day of the season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
do i not like fizzy pop Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 A reverse of the last time and we send them down or prevent them getting the title we can but hope. Man Utd (H) final game of the season, brings back memories.. Title decider then ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardc Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 final game of the season - title decider or relegation again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daren W Posted 19 June, 2013 Author Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Considering that WBA were one of a select handful of teams (arguably the only team) to ream our asses over both fixtures last season, thats one hell of a statement.... Really Alps? They caught us napping but we gave the top five sides a real scare. West Brom? Nothing to fear but a good challenge... Don't really think I'm being controversial there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 final game of the season - title decider or relegation again? Man Utd will be safe by then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Thing with WBA, is they won't have Lukaku or Fortune this season. They caused us plenty of problems. I'm more confident with them not being there, I do rate them as a very handy side though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Great start for us, should allow us - if we play as we can - to get a decent foothold in the upper-mid table area's, rather than be consigned to the bottom 3 by October. We need the points though, as the run in looks atrocious on paper - but who knows how the season will pan out??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Thing with WBA, is they won't have Lukaku or Fortune this season. They caused us plenty of problems. I'm more confident with them not being there, I do rate them as a very handy side though. They were so key to their play last year, Steve Clark's tactics at St Mary's were spot on, let us push up, draw us in then catch us on the break using Lukaku and to a lesser extent Fortune and their third striker (Irish... forget his name) to punish us with their pace and power. His ability to replace 2 of those three will determine how their season goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceandfriendly Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 What a truly dense interpretation of what I wrote. If you write dense things, people will interpret them that way. You should know this better than anyone by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingwing Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Thing with WBA, is they won't have Lukaku or Fortune this season. They caused us plenty of problems. I'm more confident with them not being there, I do rate them as a very handy side though. That's the best bit really, doubt they can find someone of Lukaku's quality again like that which will change their game plan a fair bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/southampton/fixtures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 A very kind fixture list. We usually hit full form in Oct-Dec, and thats exactly when the tough games come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgiesaint Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Yep, nice opening to the season. Can't believe they are sending us to Cardiff on Boxing Day and away to Hull on a Tuesday night.... fecking ridiculous. Bit of a nightmare end to the season though. I have to say that I think the Christmas fixtures are pretty unfair - it looks like whoever is away on Boxing Day is then also away on Saturday 28th - those at home have two home fixtures. Big advantage not to be travelling when you've got 2 fixtures in 3 days - I do feel the Saturday fixtures should have been reversed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Boruc Clyne - Lovren - Forren - Shaw Cork - Schneiderlin Banega - Ramirez - Lallana Rodriguez Subs: K Davis, Yoshida, S Davis, Puncheon, JWP, Lambert, new signing WBA 1 Saints 2 (Rodriguez, Lambert) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_TOAST Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 My mate was hoping to plan his stag do around bank hol weekend although nothing booked yet, now just need to convince him to move it to the weekend before so don't miss first game the season!! Luckily it's an away match the following weekend when his wedding is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints_is_the_south Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Much kinder start than last season, a real chance for us to hit the ground running and secure ourselves in the top half by October/November time akin to what Swansea and WBA did last season. The run in could be better, but could be a lot worse too (see Norwich's last 4 games, ouch!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Fu.cking Hull fu.cking City on a fu.cking Tuesday night. Bast.ards. Going to be an almighty dash straight from college to get there. It's only there and Cardiff that are "most dos" for me this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Yeah, Hull on a Tuesday night is a *****. Think we would have taken loads up there if it was on a Saturday as well, but can't see it being great. I went there the other year on a Tuesday in the NPC, wasn't a very large number of Saints there that night, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Very different start to the season compared to last year. Could it be a title decider against Man U at St Mary's on the last day of the season! Yes, but will they stop us from winning the title? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 I'd say April and May look pretty tough, and March isn't much better. However, we're always better against better teams. Always have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Not happy with WBA the first day. I'm away, and it's my nearest game and a good place to go. Hull midweek is annoying too as had planned weekend with daughter. And Cardiff on Boxing Day. A ground I haven't done, and can't make that. So not particularly gruntled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minty Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Our main concern is not who we're playing, but HOW WE are playing... our inconsistency is the single biggest determining factor over our performances and results... we know we can beat almost anyone in this league, as evidenced by the Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City results... but we have let ourselves down in other games. With a few new players, some additional quality, and some quality time on the training ground, I really hope we can at least eradicate the non-performances that we still seem to put in from time to time. I don't mind losing if we've given it a go, even if it's to Crystal Palace or Hull, because that will happen... but I want to see us at the races more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Great start for us, should allow us - if we play as we can - to get a decent foothold in the upper-mid table area's, rather than be consigned to the bottom 3 by October. We need the points though, as the run in looks atrocious on paper - but who knows how the season will pan out??? I do. We're gonna get some disappointing draws from games we should have won. We'll win some we expected to lose. and lose some we expected to win. And we'll end up safe, and higher up the table than we did last year. It's easy this football malarkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 It's good that our start is far easier than last season's and that should enable us to get some points on the board early on and build up a head of steam and gain some confidence. Whereas I looked at the fixture list last season and had some trepidation about most of the teams there, I find myself shrugging my shoulders at most of them now. For the first time since I've been a regular in the top flight watching Saints, I actually really feel confident that we could beat any of those teams on our day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeShmoe Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Man Utd (H) final game of the season, brings back memories.. Hopefully the league title race will be over by then and they'll be mentally on their holidays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Man Utd will be safe by then Not if Moyes makes a p!ss poor start and the board cave in and employ Redkrap ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Hopefully the league title race will be over by then and they'll be mentally on their holidays Yeah, but they might raise their game against the title winners.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 My mate was hoping to plan his stag do around bank hol weekend although nothing booked yet, now just need to convince him to move it to the weekend before so don't miss first game the season!! Luckily it's an away match the following weekend when his wedding is. The weekend before the bank holiday is the first game of the season isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_TOAST Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 The weekend before the bank holiday is the first game of the season isn't it? Home game sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 decent set of fixtures. could be a great deal worse. big games nicely spread out. for now anyway decent start and a decent run-in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Yes, and I'm going to miss it due to being at the Belgian F1! Was hoping that would be an away game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Under Weststand Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Well that's a more comfortable start than last years, lets hope we hit the ground running & get points on the board early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Norwich have been dealt an almighty hand for the run-in LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulletsaint Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 Norwich have been dealt an almighty hand for the run-in LOL Christ! That's the run-in from hell! Better hope they're well clear by April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr00031 Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 I don't think our last few games are that bad...Only non winnable (probably) are away against city, away to spurs and home to man u, apart from that all the other games are winnable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 19 June, 2013 Share Posted 19 June, 2013 West Ham's last 8.....I hope they're fighting for their lives come the run in... Mar 22: Manchester United (h) Mar 29: Sunderland (a) Apr 5: Liverpool (h) Apr 12: Arsenal (a) Apr 19: Crystal Palace (h) Apr 26: West Bromwich Albion (a) May 3: Tottenham Hotspur (h) May 11: Manchester City (a) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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