ericofarabia Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 SaintsFC introduce Maya Yoshida, James Ward-Prowse and @jackcork1 for Lovren, Wanyama and Chambers
Bobbyboy Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Luke Shaw injured? When there's an England U21 game coming up? Never!
Hamilton Saint Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 A let-off for Saints. Sociedad should have scored there from a Griseman (?) header.
Under Weststand Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Jesus more comedy defending for Saints cork nearly handed them a winner
ericofarabia Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Poor Cork back header sets up RS player but fluffs easy chance. All petering out a bit. RS more into it.
Hamilton Saint Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Blackmore: "The game is quite feisty for a friendly".
Hamilton Saint Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 (edited) Isgrove and Mayuka coming on. Edited 10 August, 2013 by Hamilton Saint
Under Weststand Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Rodriguez & Lallana off for Isgrove & Mayuka
ericofarabia Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Triple change from #SaintsFC. Emmanuel Mayuka, Jason Puncheon and @lloyd_isgrove on for Lallana, Rodriguez and Schneiderlin
Hamilton Saint Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Puncheon quickly gets his first touch of the ball, and attempts a shot on goal.
ericofarabia Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 We'll be here all night if they apply the 30 seconds injury time for each substitution !!!
Hamilton Saint Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Ward-Prowse has a good long-range strike (about 30 yards) on target.
ericofarabia Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Super Sub Punchy scores after being heavily involved in the build up
Hamilton Saint Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 4-3. Isgrove's shot deflected to Puncheon, who taps it in.
Under Weststand Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Puncheon gets on the end of Isgrove mis-**** shot to score the forth.
Hamilton Saint Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Puncheon seems to have been busily effective since coming on.
Saint Without a Halo Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Puncheon seems to make and take chances whenever on!
Roger Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 (edited) Why do you hate Adam Lallana? Did he **** your Must be tough being behind a keyboard! Edited 10 August, 2013 by Roger
SaintBobby Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Do you want to say that to my face you knob Gees. Touchy.....!
Jonnyboy Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Do you want to say that to my face you knob Ah! It's all makes sense now.
Saint-Reece Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Do you want to say that to my face you knob LOL :lol:
saint lard Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Puncheon really does deserve a run in the side when the season starts. he wasn't used enough in the past. Always offers something different to the side.
Batman Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 saints win 4-3 how does this compare to the mighty norwich?
Under Weststand Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 4-3 all over entertaining game lets hope Shaw is not badly injured & is fit for next week.
Saint Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Do you want to say that to my face you knob Why do you hate Adam Lallana? Did he **** your missus? Close the laptop and go outside. You're sad, pathetic people.
SaintBobby Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Ah! It's all makes sense now. I reckon I'm thinking what you're thinking....
Appy Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Close the laptop and go outside. You're sad, pathetic people. Cheers x
SaintBobby Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Nice win. Hope Shaw's not too bad. Defence still looks iffy. How did Lovren do?
Matthew Le God Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Defence still looks iffy. Our first choice defence is probably Shaw, Lovren, Yoshida, Clyne. That wasn't the defence at any point today.
Georgie Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Our first choice defence is probably Shaw, Lovren, Yoshida, Clyne. That wasn't the defence at any point today. Unfortunately will be a few weeks before we can play this if Shaw's injury looks as bad as the way he hobbled off. Apart from that we looked promising today. Think again best form of defence will be attack
S-Clarke Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 It was alright, decent work out. Can't read too much into it either way. Wanyama looks like a beast, will add to us a fair bit I reckon. Lovren looked a tad slow at times. Shaw's injury looked really bad, don't think we'll be seeing him for a while.
Georgie Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Still crazy to judge a result with that many changes. Nice to create plenty though and take some chances. Don't go along with the cries for new defenders whenever we concede. As for Shaw, I'd like to know exactly who people think we could sign as back up to an 18 year old. Fox may not be great but a reserve of that experience is pretty handy. The criticism he gets is ridiculous, he's put in some good and bad performances but is a decent enough committed player. No loss was 'his fault', it's a team game FFS. Problem is if shaw is out for a few weeks, I would not be comfortable with fox playing that many games. He's ok for the odd game here and there but not for a prolonged period. He is constantly out of position and the rest of the defence have to compensate for him. All in my opinion of course and I would love for him to prove me wrong
Window Cleaner Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Problem is if shaw is out for a few weeks, I would not be comfortable with fox playing that many games. He's ok for the odd game here and there but not for a prolonged period. He is constantly out of position and the rest of the defence have to compensate for him. All in my opinion of course and I would love for him to prove me wrong Much as I said in many interseason threads, Shaw is too fragile as of yet to be relied upon for a 40/45 match season. We should have signed a left/right back in the vein of Kyle Naughton.
DuncanRG Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Good game, enjoyed that. Rodriguez, Lallana and Lambert looked very strong as a front three. Lambert's movement made a huge difference to our ability going forward - his runs gave Lallana and Rodriguez a platform to show their best. He didn't get on the ball much but remains a crucial player cause we couldn't get our passing around the box to quite the same level without him. Sociedad didn't look quite right to me, gifted a couple of their goals.
Sour Mash Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Problem is if shaw is out for a few weeks, I would not be comfortable with fox playing that many games. He's ok for the odd game here and there but not for a prolonged period. He is constantly out of position and the rest of the defence have to compensate for him. All in my opinion of course and I would love for him to prove me wrong Fox's tackle early in the first half
Georgie Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Fox's tackle early in the first half Forgot about that, similar to when he got sent off against West Brom last season
Georgie Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Much as I said in many interseason threads, Shaw is too fragile as of yet to be relied upon for a 40/45 match season. We should have signed a left/right back in the vein of Kyle Naughton. And I'm guessing Matt targett isn't quite ready yet. Shame, really don't rate fox at all, can you tell?!
Wes Tender Posted 10 August, 2013 Posted 10 August, 2013 Just back from the match. Overall, I'd say that we were good value for the win, which considering the quality of the opposition is most encouraging. We played better in the first half and I believe that most of that line-up will be the preferred starters next week. Clyne will hopefully come back soon, but Chambers didn't do too badly in his place. Lovren and Wanyama also looked to be slotting in quite nicely too. Wanyama is a very big commanding player and held the ball up well and generally delivered it well to his team mates, doing the simple stuff well. Over the course of the match my impressions were that Rodrigues was very sharp and caused them a lot of problems. Ricky was OK, but there was a bit of a ruck involving him and a defender where Ricky pushed him with both hands in the chest a couple of times. The referee consulted the linesman and eventually he gave them each a card, but what was Ricky thinking? Schneiderlin also had an excellent game with 3 or 4 superb long cross pitch passes to set up attacks and also his usual array of tackles, blocks and interceptions. Rodrigues and Ward-Prowse both had decent long range shots on target, the one by Rodrigues particularly audacious and had the goallie back-peddling. With all of the second half substitutions, the game had lost impetus by half way through the second half and just as I was thinking that we lacked pace out wide, on come Puncheon, Isgrove and Mayuka! Puncheon in particular was the player to really make a difference as he is prepared to run at players with the ball at his feet, attack the box and cause defenders problems. There was a superb save by Boruc early on which should have been a goal for Real, but equally there was one of our shots cleared off the line and a couple of increbible last ditch tackles, one from Lovren and another from one of their defenders where if either had not been timed to perfection, either a goal or a penalty would have ensued. A bad defensive mistake from the usually reliable Cork should have handed them a goal on a plate, but the missed shot was comic. So the match might even have produced another two or three goals. Shaw going off injured again is a bit of a worry, but Fox didn't do too badly in his place, although RS's style of play included several early balls hit long to their pacey forwards and as a tactic, I thought that Fox would have been done for pace, but thankfully that never happened. Overall, very encouraging that during pre-season we have played some Champions League teams and given a good account of ourselves. Friendly matches don't mean that much, but equally the teams we beat would have been playing to win themselves.
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