Post Match Reaction: Crystal Palace 0-1 SAINTS

[Glasgow_Saint]

Wasnt pretty but delighted to get a win

 

MOTM - Jay Rod (just for the goal)

[Saint-Armstrong]

 

 

Jay Rodriguez nets the winner, and his 13th of the campaign.

 

Saints now on 42 points, just one behind Newcastle - who have a game in hand, against Everton.

 

 

 

Thoughts...

[DuncanRG]

Not a classic game but we did enough to win. Defensively solid away from home again. Lallana and Schneiderlin were both very good.

[CB Saint]

Ground out in the second half. 3 pts job done

[Glasgow_Saint]

[BotleySaint]

Not pretty. But 3 valuable points!

[SOTONS EAST SIDE]

An ugly win. But a wins a win! Well done boys..

[Lighthouse]

Professional job. Good defending against an improving Palace team with everything to play for. Only negatives are the injury to Cork and Lambert looking hopeless at the minute.

 

Well done Saints.

[Suhari]

In before the merge!

 

We didn't play great, but a win is a win.

[Saint_Tony]

How's Mopos win percentage doing?

[OldNick]

Good result

[Colinjb]

Good win against a side who have looked decent in recent weeks. A satisfying afternoon's work.

[View From The Top]

Very comfortable.

[Glasgow_Saint]

How's Mopos win percentage doing?

 

Little better after today

 

Not pretty but good enoug

 

Delighted

[Under Weststand]

Professional performance won when not on top form. Well done Saints.

[Dalek2003]

42 points, we are safe. What a great feeling !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BotleySaint]

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?49367-Post-Match-Reaction-Crystal-Palace-0-1-SAINTS

[OldNick]

Terrible result for Glasgow not getting the match reaction thread. He might be cutting himself shortly.

 

Excellent boring win, just what we need. Hopefully something to build on but doesn't sound like we were tested that much today.

dont worry he will try and keep bumping his up lol

[CB Saint]

He has 50% post ratio so far

[doc oli]

Solid, unspectacular stuff. Defence pretty awesome. Decent stuff played in the first half. Poor poor Palace team. Some tired players out there (Rickie).

[JoeShmoe]

Professional away performance, over the 40 points, VW getting game time - aside from Corks injury a very good day

[Saint-Armstrong]

You went before full-time again Glasgow! Come on, lets at least play fairly...

[ALWAYS_SFC]

Professional job. Good defending against an improving Palace team with everything to play for. Only negatives are the injury to Cork and Lambert looking hopeless at the minute.

 

Well done Saints.

 

Really???

[eurosaint]

great away win, on away form alone we are 6th in the table on same points as Liverpool and above Man City !

[for_heaven's_Saint]

That'll do. Palace are a good Championship side but not quite up to the prem IMO.

[Shanghai Saint]

Great to see Victor back at his dominant best. Hope Jack and Jose are OK - the latter was still being treated as the players left the pitch.

[Bewildered]

Gordon Simpson ‏@gordonsimpson 2m

Lovren getting treatment on the pitch after the whistle. Limping back to dressing room. #saintsfc

[buctootim]

...

[Stepgar]

Really???

 

yep my thoughts too.

[Glasgow_Saint]

great away win, on away form alone we are 6th in the table on same points as Liverpool and above Man City !

 

We do seem better away from home at the moment

[Stepgar]

Great to see Victor back at his dominant best. Hope Jack and Jose are OK - the latter was still being treated as the players left the pitch.

 

Still worries me though....quite a few passes were well short of their intended target.

[austsaint]

Nervy in the second half with Palace pressing, but a solid display - Lovren, Lallana, Davis and Wanyama the pick.

[Lighthouse]

Also we have now done the double over Palace, Fulham and Hull, with Cardiff and Swansea still to play. Have we ever done a double over 4 or 5 teams in a season before?

[SaintSteve]

Grinding out a win is a plus for us... Lovren MOTM for me..

[Micky]

Getting away from the negativity of the match thread, there were lots of positives to take:

 

Good away performance - controlled the game - got the goal - clean sheet - 3 points.

[Window Cleaner]

Good win. Was that Plan B though, not sure that I like it very much.

[Baird of the land]

Nice to get back to winning ways after three disappointing results. Didn't sound the best game but nice to see we can win ugly. Wish Lambert's shot had of gone in rather than hit the post both for his confidence and my nerves sake.

Hope Cork is not badly hurt, though nice for once to have Vic to fall back on.

[Lallana's Left Peg]

Nice to see us grind out a result. A better team may well have punished us but at the same time as the quality of our squad improves we'll start to pick up more results like this. Very happy to get back to winning ways and hopefully it'll be a shot in the arm for the squad heading into the last part of the season.

[skintsaint]

Gordon Simpson ‏@gordonsimpson 2m

Lovren getting treatment on the pitch after the whistle. Limping back to dressing room. #saintsfc

 

Doesn't surprise me, Jerome was throwing himself into our players when he came on with obvious fouls not given. Think he clocked Lovren at the end as well.

 

Thought we defended well against Stoke MkII at set pieces and crosses coming in, Wanyama for his **** passing did break a lot up by winning the ball in the air as well as the ground. Just can't pass the ball at all.

 

Good win, good opportunity to make it 2 on the bounce next week.

[Sheaf Saint]

Very scrappy game that was always likely to be settled by a scrappy goal. Just glad it went our way, because we didn't really create anything else except for Lambert's chance when he hit the post.

 

Had to work hard for it, as you would expect against a team fighting for survival, but Palace didn't really pose a serious threat and never troubled Boruc.

 

Very difficult to pick out a MOTM, but my vote goes to Schneiderlin. A solid, hard-working midfield performance that was just what we needed today.

[Leicestersaint]

Poor. If we were back to our fluent passing game we would have walloped them. Five bookings as well. The team looks tired and in need of freshening up. Wanyama's passing was generally terrible - but he was not alone. I am disappointed by how we are performing.

[scotty]

...breaking news...Jason Puncheon has booked a tattoo of a facepalm on his forehead.

[WealdSaint]

Good solid performance. Not a classic, but we beat a well organised Pulis team.

[Jimmy_D]

Well, that makes up for one of the games we've dominated without winning.

[SuperSAINT]

Great to get back to winning ways. A clean sheet too.

 

Nice work lads.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Three points and JRod scored an interesting goal. Lallana and Shaw exceptional again. Lambert continues to struggle to make an impact as a striker. Our season is over...or not...

[Saints foreva]

Not a great performance but I guess it shows that we can win ugly.

 

I'm a massive Lambert fan and have defended him a lot this season despite him not being at his best but he was really, really poor today. Probably the worst player on the pitch, he just kept getting the ball caught under his feet and losing possession. Andy Carroll is going to go to the World Cup imo.

[Lallana's Left Peg]

Lets hope Lovren is ok too. Apparently he was in quite a bit of pain at the end.

[for_heaven's_Saint]

Surprised people disagree that Lambert was poor. I'm not saying he was given a great deal of service, but he had very little impact on the game.

[skintsaint]

Oh, and I would be ****ed off as a Palace fan that Lovren didn't get sent off, not sure Clyne would of got back with their wingers pace as he was flying.