Cardiff 0 Saints 3 match reaction

[Glasgow_Saint]

Good times

 

Motm jay rod for me

 

Saint-Armstrong too slow mate

Edited 26 December, 2013 by Glasgow_Saint

[Batman]

Did not watch it

Jrod on fire this season

 

Talksport said Lallana was superb

Obviously, clean sheet is brilliant

[ALWAYS_SFC]

All players did well...

 

Jay rod, Davis really good

[Glasgow_Saint]

Villa 0 Palace 1 great goal apparently

[ALWAYS_SFC]

West ham look in deep s h ite...shame

[Lighthouse]

Just what the doctor ordered.

 

Thought Shaw, Lallana, Morgan and JRod were superb. No real poor performances, fair play to Gazza and Yoshi on a decent game too.

 

Saints in no-mans land in the Premier League, in the middle of a 12 points space between 8th and 10th.

[alpine_saint]

Clean slate, J-Rod on form, another game out of the way with a sub-standard defence. Cant ask for much more.

 

Would have been nice to crack on and get another couple in the second half, but cant have it all.

[Leicestersaint]

Lallana should get married more often - he was brilliant today.

[Bucks Saint]

Much needed, well deserved, slightly patch team, brilliant

[Whitey Grandad]

Clean sheet - luvverly.

[trousers]

Business as usual...

[Dr Who?]

Great result!

 

Bottom 3 all winning!

[badgerx16]

Gazza makes saves and keeps a clean sheet, J-Rod is class, AL masterclass.

 

Home side 0 shots on target - taxi for malkey ?

[Dalek2003]

A tonic when we needed it. Don't want to get drawn into the dogfight down at the bottom. As Alpine said, we need to get defence up to strength and get the goalkeeper sorted.

Having said that, pleased for Gazzaniga, will do hos confidence good.

[redkeith]

Great performance. Pleased for the back 5 to keep a clean sheet, especially Gazzaniga, who must have got some confidence for Xmas.

[adrian lord]

Great response from the team after a poor run.

[Glasgow_Saint]

Gap between top 9 and bottom 11 now

[Window Cleaner]

All good except for the joke booking that Morgan got, never a booking, puts him out of Sunday's game.

[DuncanRG]

Great away performance and other results have all gone our way. Only downside is losing Morgan for Everton, but Tim Howard's suspension helps compensate.

 

We're guaranteed to be at least ninth after the Chelsea game unless Stoke win two on the bounce and make up 17 goal difference.

[DT]

Amazing result. Happy bunny. Why no Lovren?

[norwaysaint]

Once again very impressed with Chambers. He has made the step up with no problem at all. Imagine if we had back up of that quality in every position. I would say Cardiff were poor though and I can't imagine getting three goals like that against a decent team.

 

Still, you can only beat who you play and we controlled that match throughout. It was like they didn't even have a midfield.

[Sheaf Saint]

All good except for the joke booking that Morgan got, never a booking, puts him out of Sunday's game.

 

When you consider that Fonte didn't get booked for that very late tackle near the end, it's baffling how Mariner decided that was worthy of a yellow. Softest booking I've ever seen.

[mitch01]

Good performance all round. Back four were great, like seeing Yoshida back in - not sure how he was ever rated below Jos after how well he played last season.

[DT]

Wonder if Luke Shaw will be 'ill' for the Chelsea game...

[SuperSAINT]

Excellent result lads.

 

3 goals. Clean sheet. 3 points. Superb work.

 

Only downer is that Morgan is banned.

 

I'm going to enjoy MOTD tonight.

[Kingsland Red]

A starting XI with none of our 2013 big signings, incredible confidence and togetherness from the team today.

Class !

[Saint Charlie]

Pleased for Glasgow Saint that we won. He has been getting a bit worried.

[Jimmy_D]

Great result!

 

Can go into the Everton game with a reasonable chance of a result now I reckon.

[redder freak]

Arsenal safe.

[The Kraken]

Great result.

 

We now find ourselves in nomansland. 4 points off the top 8, 6 points clear of the bottom 11. Which way will we progress.........?

[Viking Warrior]

Excellent result . And a clean sheet . That would have given Gazza a double doze of self confidence.First MP continues with him in goal and secondly a clean sheet . Let's hope he goes on to reach his full potential

 

Also another few days to get our injured mended and back into the team

[Sheaf Saint]

Amazing result. Happy bunny. Why no Lovren?

 

Illness

[Pastor Patrón]

Gazzaniga 6

Chambers 6

Shaw 8

Schneiderlin 7

Fonte 7

Yoshida 6

Rodriguez 8

Cork 7

Lambert 7

Davis 7

Lallana 9

[Viking Warrior]

DT stopping being a tease

[Glasgow_Saint]

Great result!

 

Bottom 3 all winning!

 

And all away from home.... Bizarre

[skintsaint]

Great result from a tricky game.

 

3 goals and a clean sheet )

[S-Clarke]

That was a win we desperately needed, and one which was never in any doubt to be honest.

 

We did alright, but Cardiff were the worst side I've seen us play all year. Utterly horrendous, and it made it a pretty easy afternoon for us all being told.

 

Next game will be the bigger test...

[JackFrost]

Gazzaniga did ok overall I thought but he's very shaky on crosses. It's thought he injured himself slightly in the first half as well but overall he did pretty well. Rodriguez and Lallana were brilliant and Fonte was solid as a rock.

 

Also whilst Yoshida did have a few questionable moments with ball-watching/passing, his performance overall did reinforce the question why on earth did we persist with Hooiveld? With match practice Yoshida is capable of being a solid backup at PL level.

 

Lambert looked better today also

[Window Cleaner]

Great away performance and other results have all gone our way. Only downside is losing Morgan for Everton, but Tim Howard's suspension helps compensate.

 

We're guaranteed to be at least ninth after the Chelsea game unless Stoke win two on the bounce and make up 17 goal difference.

 

And Barry I think.

[Under Weststand]

Well I feared the worse when I heard Lovren was out today, but we seem made of sterner stuff these days. Sounds like an excellent team performance. Pleased for Gazzaniga today as well hopefully give him a lot more confidence. JRod really seems to be kicking on now as well lovely to see.

[Saint Charlie]

Barry got a 5th yellow today so misses our game.

[SuperSAINT]

And Barry I think.

 

Is he injured? That would even things up a bit.

[Saint_clark]

And all away from home.... Bizarre

 

Surprised you didn't have £50 on that or something.

[doggface]

Great Result and performance. Outstanding 1st half and professional the 2nd. Hopefully end of our blip. Big shut out for the back 5. Very impressed by Yoshida.

 

My Ratings

 

Gazzaniga 7

Chambers 7

Shaw 7

Schneiderlin 7.5

Fonte 8

Yoshida 8

Rodriguez 8

Cork 8

Lambert 7

Davis 7

Lallana 8.5

[Saint_clark]

Barry got a 5th yellow today so misses our game.

 

And Howard banned as well, looks like we're slightly better off on that front.

[doggface]

Sorry Davis 8 back to his best

[CylonKing]

Much improved display over the Spurs match. Good team performance, Lallana was a class above. Good finishes for the goals. Overall, very happy Boxing day.

[Tractor_Saint]

Watched it - great game. After that first half I knew that was how the 2nd half was going to play out. Top performance from the whole team - Well done the fans for getting behind Gazza - really helped him and he grew in confidence with every save he did.

 

Lallana & Spiderman bossed it, hope to see Lallana's little 'dink' on SoccerAM tekkers next week, what a great move.

 

I'll credit Yoshida with a great shot saving tackle in the 1st half but he needs to seriously work on his passing to midfield - may have just about scrapped a 50% pass rate today.

 

All in all, we're back for the New Year and an important game to move us away from 10th place. COYR

[shurlock]

Them playing 4-4-2 certainly helped us break with numbers.

 

Overall very satisfied - hopefully a combination of JWP, Cork and Davis can do the biz in Morgan's abence and Lovren is back to take on Lukaku.

[eurosaint]

Solid team performance, controlled midfield for most of the match and always looked dangerous in attack !

The difference between Shaw and Fox is similar to comparing Pele and Ali Dia !

JRod, Adam and Yoshida also due a special mention IMHO !