NewYorkSaint Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Crazy conditions out there. It's got into everyone's heads. V v strange game. I'm going for 5-3 Saints after going behind! Glorious confidence builder for Lambert. Would love to see another from him.
OttawaSaint Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 We just don't seem to get the rub of the green against the red and white stripes teams, both Sunderland and Stoke just seem to get the breaks against us...
obelisk Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Expect loads of wind assisted long balls over the top from Stoke 2nd half. So far Stoke are doing a reasonable job against us.
Sheaf Saint Posted 8 February, 2014 Author Posted 8 February, 2014 Need to put them to the sword in the 2nd half. They are giving it a good go but we have so much more quality on the ball than they do. Newcastle losing at Chelsea as expected, so it would be nice if we could nick this and leapfrog them.
tajjuk Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 I blame Man Utd. Giving Stoke too much confidence. Maybe we should also ask the FA to schedule our games in August or April/May when it isn't weather that suits crappy Stoke football.
Pastor Patrón Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Boruc this season is reminding me more and more of Grobbelaar' date=' if you know what I mean.[/quote'] Yep, said this a few times. Wouldn't be surprised at all
Saint86 Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 hats off to stoke. Hats off to Boruc you mean.
Batman Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 I blame Man Utd. Giving Stoke too much confidence. Maybe we should also ask the FA to schedule our games in August or April/May when it isn't weather that suits crappy Stoke football. the weather has helped us more than them, today
adrian lord Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Stoke seem to haunt us for decades, we really need to exorcise their spell on us.
Batman Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Hats off to Boruc you mean. what about fonte, who let crouch get ahead of him for a free header. boruc would not have saved that anyway
dubai_phil Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC 9m We conceded a poor goal :/ #LovrenLive
adrian lord Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Yep, said this a few times. Wouldn't be surprised at all mmm....you'd have thought the rewards of the Premier league were large enough to discourage lapses in concentration.
Micky Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 We'll lose this game, mark my words. Wouldn't surprise me at all, its what we do, what we've always done. Win three nil away and then follow that up with a loss against a team with a shocking away record. Second half will demonstrate just how much bottle we have, should be interesting. Sent from my HTC One S using Tapatalk
Batman Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 mmm....you'd have thought the rewards of the Premier league were large enough to discourage lapses in concentration. what do you mean. no one ever scores a goal, then?
Manuel Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC 9m We conceded a poor goal :/ #LovrenLive Then again I think the wind scored our second.
badgerx16 Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Why is it that whenever we concede the 'wets' come out in force looking for a scapegoat ?
Batman Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 what is pretty clear, we need to tweak the formation at HT
Bewildered Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 We scored two goals, but that was poor first half. Wind is having a negative effect on our passing while Stoke have caught on to the fact that higher passes into a constantly changing wind are difficult to defend. Stoke deserve the draw at least right now. Their first was shocking from the CBs and Boruc, Fonte tried to play offside, Maya tried to track Odemwingie and Boruc was miles too far out. Second was again poor decision making from Boruc combined with the man on the post just wandering off Lallana has been kept quiet and Rodriguez, while his pace in behind has made their CBs work, has been awful on the ball. 2nd half, I would wait until the hour and then get Isgrove on, play the ball higher and see if Isgrove and Rodriguez can't use their to get behind their back line.
CalneSaint Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Based on some of the comments on here, there doesn't seem any point in the Saints coming out for the second half....there is 45 minutes of football to be played and we tend to dominate in the second half....I would expect Stoke to play "19th Century" football in the second half...we'll be ok and win this 4-2.
BlakeySFC Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Wouldn't surprise me at all, its what we do, what we've always done. Win three nil away and then follow that up with a loss against a team with a shocking away record. Second half will demonstrate just how much bottle we have, should be interesting. Sent from my HTC One S using Tapatalk This.
Pastor Patrón Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 mmm....you'd have thought the rewards of the Premier league were large enough to discourage lapses in concentration. You would think so, something definitely feels a bit off about him and his keeping though. I never got the same feeling with someone like Paul Jones who gave away stupid goals.
pangy Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 AL/J-Rod needs to try and get more involved,from what I have watched RL looks stranded up top,he is dropping deep and nobody is pushing on
corsacar saint Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Been ill all week,otherwise would have been at game. I hope that I am wrong,but the way we are defending, has the hallmark of an Aston Villa type result.
Dr Who? Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Start again, all the play for. team of 2 halves we are.
Dr Who? Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 This game must be terrible, it is busier at half time!
dubai_phil Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Did I hear that right Messi starts the second half for Saints?
Ohio Saint Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Hopefully Stoke will tire of all the high tempo
Sheaf Saint Posted 8 February, 2014 Author Posted 8 February, 2014 J Rod should have hit the target with that. Free header.
eurosaint Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 2-2 lol Am normally at the game but right now am in Cape Town and can only follow this match thread. Amazed at how negative and Skatelike some of the comments are ! How can anyone LoL when we concede ??
Dr Who? Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Hopefully Stoke will tire of all the high tempo Stoke just keep on going, they have some motor on them. We will break them down though.
Twiggy Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Boruc needs to sort out his kicking. Swear most of his kicks end up in touch.
dubai_phil Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Am normally at the game but right now am in Cape Town and can only follow this match thread. Amazed at how negative and Skatelike some of the comments are ! How can anyone LoL when we concede ?? Ah you kinda need to see it. Boruc double handed throwdown into his own net is the best description
Pastor Patrón Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Katarina has won me over, sat in her little (huge) saints adidas jacket, what a babe.
Sheaf Saint Posted 8 February, 2014 Author Posted 8 February, 2014 I don't remember Crouchy being such a whinger when he played for us.
Saint-Armstrong Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Katarina has won me over, sat in her little (huge) saints adidas jacket, what a babe. Sat there with her little (huge) bank balance. She's won me over...
Dr Who? Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 The football today started off amazing with the Liverpool game and then us 1 up early on, but the football league is a little rubbish today.
Dalek2003 Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 Stoke are the masters of scrappy football Bringing people down to their level, which evens things out.
adrian lord Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 what do you mean. no one ever scores a goal, then? Read between the lines, Batters.
Dalek2003 Posted 8 February, 2014 Posted 8 February, 2014 64% possession to Saints this half Hope we can make it count.
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