spyinthesky Posted 6 February, 2014 Share Posted 6 February, 2014 Isn't it nice to witness a couple of decent 3-0 away wins and no thumpings so far this season. Over the years Saints have generally struggled away from home, especially in the top division, and here we stand with the second best defensive record on the road. Hope this positive post doesn't come back to haunt me further down the line just as the 7-1 defeat at lower league Watford did many years ago when we had won the home leg League Cup game 4-0 and we toddled off to Vicarage Road expecting an easy transition into the next round!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 6 February, 2014 Share Posted 6 February, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 6 February, 2014 Share Posted 6 February, 2014 classic MLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 6 February, 2014 Share Posted 6 February, 2014 just 13 conceded is pretty impressive, that usually only takes about 3 or 4 matches to achieve, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 6 February, 2014 Share Posted 6 February, 2014 Pretty good considering we "only" have Man C and Spurs left of the top teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 6 February, 2014 Share Posted 6 February, 2014 The last time we ended a top-flight season with a positive goal difference away from home was in 1983/84, when we finished second (and that was only +1)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 6 February, 2014 Share Posted 6 February, 2014 Our away record is good, unfortunately our home record is average. We have only gained 3 points more at home than we have away. Winning more at home is the difference between 9th and 7th/8th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 6 February, 2014 Share Posted 6 February, 2014 I suppose it helps that Pochettino drills into the team they need to play the same way both at home and away so the mentality of the players won't be different. And also away from home we are far less likely to play teams that sit back and it has been breaking down teams that sit deep at St Marys which has been a bit of an Achilles heel for us at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 6 February, 2014 Share Posted 6 February, 2014 Our away record is good, unfortunately our home record is average. We have only gained 3 points more at home than we have away. Winning more at home is the difference between 9th and 7th/8th. Arguably our home form AND our away form is "average". We are in 9th place in both the home and the away league tables, after all... We've only lost three times at home, one to a very good Chelsea side, one to a Spurs side who came up against our weakest defensive lineup of the season and one in a freak game against Villa that 99 times out of 100 we'd have won comfortably. Our draws have been balanced, two draws against top opposition (Man City, Arsenal) and two against mediocre teams (Sunderland, West Ham). We've won the rest, as well as 3 cup ties. I'd have certainly taken that at the start of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red&white56 Posted 6 February, 2014 Share Posted 6 February, 2014 We have a positive goal difference playing away - that's impressive for Saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 6 February, 2014 Share Posted 6 February, 2014 remember the days when our away form was appalling used to feel like that we would have had a good away season if we just won a game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 6 February, 2014 Share Posted 6 February, 2014 Arguably our home form AND our away form is "average". We are in 9th place in both the home and the away league tables, after all... We've only lost three times at home, one to a very good Chelsea side, one to a Spurs side who came up against our weakest defensive lineup of the season and one in a freak game against Villa that 99 times out of 100 we'd have won comfortably. Our draws have been balanced, two draws against top opposition (Man City, Arsenal) and two against mediocre teams (Sunderland, West Ham). We've won the rest, as well as 3 cup ties. I'd have certainly taken that at the start of the season. Agreed basically, our away form is good when compared to what we are used to, but about average for the league. However, historically most teams do significantly better at home than away, a trend that is being bucked by some teams recently (Sunderland for example who until recently were hopeless at home, Spuds and Villa also better away). But 15 of the PL teams are better at home than away, and the best are significantly better at home, rather than marginally like us). Being average at home is a recipe for being average overall. If we had done as well as we have away and combined that with an above average home record, then we would probably be top 7, rather than 9th. Turn defeats into draws, and draws into wins and we would have an outstanding home record. Taking your point about our defeats and draws the conclusion is still that we have failed to win in more than half of our home games, the top 5 teams in the league have lost only once at most at home. To be successful we need to do better at home, or we have to buck a long-standing trend that teams win more at home than away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Tony Posted 6 February, 2014 Share Posted 6 February, 2014 13 conceded in 12 is very impressive. Remember back in 1995-2005 we'd be lucky to get 2 away wins a season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 6 February, 2014 Share Posted 6 February, 2014 4 away wins already is pretty good for us. In 04/05 we didn't get our 4th win home AND away until early March and won 1 away game all season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Posted 6 February, 2014 Share Posted 6 February, 2014 So we're at home to "bottom of the away league" Stoke this weekend then........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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