Ewell Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 West Ham looking very strong. Some nice finishing and they won't be a push over when we play them at home in a few weeks. Now as Saints fans do we be sensible and go for a City win in the knowledge that this will keep Arsenal at bay and City are still very likely to finish above us, or do we hope for an Arsenal upset which pegs City back so we are only 5 points adrift of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 A draw ideally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 city win please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 (edited) West Ham were pretty dreadful in the first half and Hull had their moments through Aluko. Very different story in the second, though kickstarted by a goalkeeping spill. And City to win. Edited 18 January, 2015 by shurlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellone Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 West Ham were pretty dreadful in the first half and Hull had their moments through Aluko. Very different story in the second. Just a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxford_lou Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 Is it arrogant of me to want Arsenal to win this one?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 Is it arrogant of me to want Arsenal to win this one?! no, just daft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintPete Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 West Ham looking very strong. Some nice finishing and they won't be a push over when we play them at home in a few weeks. Now as Saints fans do we be sensible and go for a City win in the knowledge that this will keep Arsenal at bay and City are still very likely to finish above us, or do we hope for an Arsenal upset which pegs City back so we are only 5 points adrift of them. Better for City to win this one and then drop points against the likes of Burnley! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 (edited) City win is ideal for us, leaves Arsenal 6 points and GD behind us I think and it will make them realise that for the first time in about 20 years that they may not make the CL. Also leaves them behind Spurs which should bring even more pressure on Wenger, who knows, maybe so much that he'll do something silly in the transfer window. Like buying another Chambers. Edited 18 January, 2015 by Window Cleaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 City win obviously the preference of any sane Saints fan. City and Chelsea are quite superior to us. Arsenal maybe not, keep them as far behind as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 A draw ideally. We won't catch Man City, they are significantly better than us. Arsenal on the other hand are a different matter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 Go City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Ash Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 A bit of realism is needed. We will no way catch city so we need them to smash the arse in. 4 or 5 would be good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 We won't catch Man City, they are significantly better than us. Arsenal on the other hand are a different matter... Hang on a minute, you always used to say that you want saints to finish as high as they can so surely you'll be wanting an Arsenal win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 Hang on a minute, you always used to say that you want saints to finish as high as they can so surely you'll be wanting an Arsenal win? You are twisting that somewhat. I suggested... a Man City win allows Saints to have a better change of finishing above Arsenal than if Arsenal gain an extra point. We won't catch Man City, we have a good chance of staying above Arsenal, anything which helps us stay above Arsenal is a good thing. Surely you agree with that... don't you...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 You are twisting that somewhat. I suggested... a Man City win allows Saints to have a better change of finishing above Arsenal than if Arsenal gain an extra point. We won't catch Man City, we have a good chance of staying above Arsenal, anything which helps us stay above Arsenal is a good thing. Surely you agree with that... don't you...? I know what result I want, but it wasn't me who has always been banging on about saints finishing as high as possible so wanting teams below us to be beating teams above us. Good to see I'm back off ignore by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 You are twisting that somewhat. I suggested... a Man City win allows Saints to have a better change of finishing above Arsenal than if Arsenal gain an extra point. We won't catch Man City, we have a good chance of staying above Arsenal, anything which helps us stay above Arsenal is a good thing. Surely you agree with that... don't you...? We won't catch Man City? Why not? They are 5 points ahead with a game in hand and we play each other on the last game of the season. That means that if they lose today, then it's max points dropped one more time than us as well as against us. Chances are that they will drop less than us, given the size of the squad, but at some stage we have to stop having this small club mentality at least we do for this season. Might as well dream and be unrealistic while sitting in 3rd with 16 games to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 We won't catch Man City? Why not? They are 5 points ahead with a game in hand and we play each other on the last game of the season. That means that if they lose today, then it's max points dropped one more time than us as well as against us. Chances are that they will drop less than us, given the size of the squad, but at some stage we have to stop having this small club mentality at least we do for this season. Might as well dream and be unrealistic while sitting in 3rd with 16 games to go. Dell sized mentality from MLG here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 You would have to be mental to want Arsenal to win, or even a draw. I still think both will finish above us, Arsenal narrowly, but if we finish above City I will walk across the pitch at Fratton wearing a Saints shirt with my knob hanging out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 You would have to be mental to want Arsenal to win, or even a draw. I still think both will finish above us, Arsenal narrowly, but if we finish above City I will walk across the pitch at Fratton wearing a Saints shirt with my knob hanging out. Bookmarked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 (edited) I know what result I want, but it wasn't me who has always been banging on about saints finishing as high as possible so wanting teams below us to be beating teams above us. Good to see I'm back off ignore by the way. "As possible" being the key bit. I don't think Saints are good enough to finish above Man City, I do think it is possible we could finish above Arsenal. So a Man City win helps the finishing above Arsenal situation to stand a better chance of happening. We won't catch Man City? Why not? They are 5 points ahead with a game in hand and we play each other on the last game of the season. That means that if they lose today, then it's max points dropped one more time than us as well as against us. Chances are that they will drop less than us, given the size of the squad, but at some stage we have to stop having this small club mentality at least we do for this season. Might as well dream and be unrealistic while sitting in 3rd with 16 games to go. We've played Man City this season and it proved what we should already know, they are better than us. That is still up for question with Arsenal, we're above them and beat them at St Mary's and lost narrowly at the Emirates. Its hardly a "small club mentality" to think that Man City will finish above our team but that we have a good chance of finishing above a team with Arsenal's resources. Edited 18 January, 2015 by Matthew Le God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 "As possible" being the key bit. I don't think Saints are good enough to finish above Man City, I do think it is possible we could finish above Arsenal. So a Man City win helps the finishing above Arsenal situation to stand a better chance. We've played Man City this season and it proved what we should already know, they are better than us. That is still up for question with Arsenal, we're above them and beat them at St Mary's and lost narrowly at the Emirate. Its hardly a "small club mentality" to think that Man City will finish above our team but that we have a good chance of finishing above team the size of Arsenal. Any result that helps us finish above Arsenal... the better. If Man City lose today we will be 5 points behind them, their next game is away to Chelsea, the gap could then be down to 2 with second place in our own hands. Such a Dell sized mentality Matthew, I expected more from you, you always used to want the team below us to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 If Man City lose today we will be 5 points behind them, their next game is away to Chelsea, the gap could then be down to 2 with second place in our own hands. Such a Dell sized mentality Matthew, I expected more from you, you always used to want the team below us to win. He's crunched the numbers Turks and the database has spoken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 Balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 If Man City lose today we will be 5 points behind them, their next game is away to Chelsea, the gap could then be down to 2 with second place in our own hands. Such a Dell sized mentality Matthew, I expected more from you, you always used to want the team below us to win. You are putting words in my mouth, it is entirely dependant on the situation as to what I want. In days of Saints in relegation battles, I certainly did not want the teams below Saints to win. Again (as ever) you are twisting what I've said - significantly to suit your petty personal agenda towards me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 arsenal playing like we do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 You are putting words in my mouth, it is entirely dependant on the situation as to what I want. In days of Saints in relegation battles, I certainly did not want the teams below Saints to win. Again (as ever) you are twisting what I've said - significantly to suit your petty personal agenda towards me. I don't have an agenda again against you, I find it odd that you seem to be dismissing our chances of finishing second when it could be in our own hands by the end of the next round of league games. I never realised you were so anti success, it never used to be this way, it was always about finishing as high as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilbot79 Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 Feck arsenal scored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 See Mayuka is playing for Zambia at the moment in the ACON up against Yannick Bolasie.....do you think Palace would swap players;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiggles31 Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 City have been dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 The Ref has been good so far IMO. In a season where they have been dreadful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 City have been dreadful. Maybe we can catch them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 Maybe we can catch them Paging MLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 Maybe we can catch them MLG has already said this is impossible even though it could be in our own hands by the end of our next games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 The Ref has been good so far IMO. In a season where they have been dreadful Pretty straightforward really Top team v top team (ish) so an easy game to ref as it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 It's almost surreal. Some of us are worried about Arsenal closing the gap on us in the chase for a Champions League place, others are hoping we can go for runners-up spot in the league. Doesn't seem so long ago we were going on about Wycombe's terrible pitch after a 0 - 0 draw, or bemoaning Papa Waigo's inability to stay onside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 It's almost surreal. Some of us are worried about Arsenal closing the gap on us in the chase for a Champions League place, others are hoping we can go for runners-up spot in the league. Doesn't seem so long ago we were going on about Wycombe's terrible pitch after a 0 - 0 draw, or bemoaning Papa Waigo's inability to stay onside. Surreal?? I'd be disappointed with runners up! Anyway, different City this 2nd half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 MLG - you do realise its not mandatory to nibble on the bait, don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 Zambia 1-0 DR Congo Posted at 51 mins While we're on food, the ball is like a hot potato for Zambia and has been throughout. Too many heavy touches and loose passes stop them from getting any momentum, not that the score line shows it. When a slick pass arrives, it finds Emmanuel Mayuka clean through on goal but he is wrongly given offside. That would have been interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 cracking game at city, bound to be at least another goal and maybe a red card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lickierambert Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 what a breathless game this is. Can see Arsenal winning it 2-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 2-0. Annoying. Arsenal always get top 4 remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 well, that is shyt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilbot79 Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 F?$! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 what a breathless game this is. Can see Arsenal winning it 2-0 And there it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 I reckon we could beat city now we have got over big team curse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 Well done Arsenal you useless bastards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilbot79 Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 Would be delighted with a draw now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilbot79 Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 Darn, arsenal find some form. Hope they get beat by some relegation team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dellboypete Posted 18 January, 2015 Share Posted 18 January, 2015 Great game. Really enjoyed watching that. Just very pleased we don't gave to play arsenal again. They looked far better than a few weeks ago. Really well organised and sh*t hot in midfield. On the other hand city look far more vunerable than of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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