Saints foreva Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Thats pretty harsh tbh, came at him quick, he hit it well enough, keeper got a big toe to it If that was true then we would be 1-0 up. He put it too close to the goalkeeper and someone used to scoring wouldn't give the keeper a chance to get a foot to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Kint Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Another game we've lost, just like at Spurs, because we don't have one player who has the balls to shoot from outside the box, and they did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Weak shots all round from Saints players. Ron shooting practice is in order please ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashby Saint Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Taking Reed off was the error. Him and Davis had control of the midfield. Mane should have come on for Tadic This! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellone Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Mane is back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Forster again found wanting. He has to do better plus another ridiculous clearance to stop the corner he only just got away with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killers Knee Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 all fart, no sh1t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffnut Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 That was always going to happen when we can't turn our possession into goals. Very pretty football at times but no cutting edge, we seriously need a better final ball and a predatory goal scorer. However we've had some good results but I think a top 6 spot is out of the question now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintVanderbilt Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 It's really infuriating whenever Tadic slows the game down on a breakaway, and why was Bertrand so riled up?...will he face a disciplinary c'mtee ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disconnect Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Dont care if he's 'Future England Captain', cant play someone in attacking midfield who cant finish off good chances. How we havent signed another striker to take some pressure off Pelle is beyond me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Without a Halo Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 I took the geezer ((Jwp) on says Shelvey and hit it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackedoff Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 The word predictable is the stand out word here. Called this result at half time. If only we scored from the sitter in the first half then this could have been an easy win, unfortunately the chance fell to Ward prowse. The squad is painfully thin now with suspensions and injuries and is clearly lacking another striker and yet we enter the last day of the transfer window without this being rectified. As with last year, I feel our lack of intent in January will be costly. UOTE=JackFrost;2128881]LOL in the 50th minute my friend said Shelvey was going to score an 82nd minute winner. He was only a minute out. Fair play to them, they've defended too well. Ashley Williams has been brilliant. Our crossing has been so poor it's actually made Fabianski look dominant. We're too slow and predictable in the final third, and far too pre-occupied with trying to walk it in the net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Another game we've lost, just like at Spurs, because we don't have one player who has the balls to shoot from outside the box, and they did I wouldn't trust any of our bros to shoot from distance, none of them is famed for being clean striker of the ball. It's not like we've got Eriksen out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Ron in the changing room now I imagine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-Armstrong Posted 1 February, 2015 Author Share Posted 1 February, 2015 I'd like to see Saints return to 3-5-2: Forster; Fonte, Alderweireld, Yoshida; Clyne, S. Davis, Wanyama, Schneiderlin, Elia; Pellè, Mané. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Tadic just seems to slow us down these days imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 I cant see how taking Reed off changed things massively tbh, they never had control, before or after. They broke, shelvey found space and hit a decent shot, Davis and Fonte were covering so its not like we didnt have a man there. Besides, all that happened was JWP dropped back into the defensive two. Right decision to get Mane and Ellia running at them but despite the pace we never turned them around. We gave them too much time to get compact and organise. Positives wise is we dominated, negatives are despite all our crosses they just didnt fall to the right people. Predictably this place will now go into meltdown with JWP, forster etc being called crap.. Sigh Bertrand was an idiot too, now missing for 3 games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan abnormal Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 The game reminded me of the Villa home game last season. Shelvey's goal so similar to that of Delph's last year.Just backed off and off and off. Sooner Victor, Morgan and Toby back the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 All teams lose unexpectedly, it is a shame we are the only losers in the top 6 . Nobody mentions Long missing as well. His energy and pace would have been useful as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Taking Reed off was a gamble that wasn't worth taking. Said then that a 0-1 score was inevitable. For me today is the day the UCL dream was extinguished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aziz Yebda Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 tore up my season ticket after the game. Shocked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasper57saint Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Pelle,Ward Prowse,Tadic,Mane all had the chance to do the same thing as Shelvey,shoot on sight.He hit the post with his first attempt and we let him have another go yet we still tried to walk it in.As far as crosses are concerned just don't go there.I said we shouldn't we shouldn't take this as a walkover and look what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 I cant see how taking Reed off changed things massively tbh It was a sensible enough roll of the dice from koeman IMO, opened the game up a bit which had gone stale, gambled the 1 point he had to gain another two. Failed tho, obv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulletsaint Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 If we were serious about top four, this weekend we had to win to prove we could handle the pressure. Unfortunately we came up wanting. Not been this ****ed off with Saints in ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ART Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Harry Redknapp must be licking his chops at the thought of having us for dinner next weekend. Dismal, utterly dismal. Why didn't we replace Tadic at half time. And as for Pelle, Gardos would have done a better job. Time after time Pelle passed to an opponent. What worries me is Koeman plans bringing more of the same before the window shuts. Should go for Fletcher now he's not going to West Ham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfahaji Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 I thought Tadic was decent in the first half, but lost it in the second. Set pieces can be so frustrating when you continue to make nothing of them... I found the first half quite enjoyable because we were playing so well, but you always know that if you don't turn that into goals it will come back to bite you. Thought Davis was excellent. Forster doesn't have much to do nowadays, but is often found wanting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Pelle,Ward Prowse,Tadic,Mane all had the chance to do the same thing as Shelvey,shoot on sight.He hit the post with his first attempt and we let him have another go yet we still tried to walk it in.As far as crosses are concerned just don't go there.I said we shouldn't we shouldn't take this as a walkover and look what happens. Difference being when we had the ball near their goal there was usually 7 swans in the box, we had quite a lot of block shots I thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 When we brought Mané on for Reed, we didn't just (fatally) lose a key element of our midfield cover. We also marginalized Elia because he didn't seem to know where to go after Mané's arrival. That really was a very,very bad move - and I think most on here saw it that way at the time. Amazed that Ronald didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Harry Redknapp must be licking his chops at the thought of having us for dinner next weekend. Dismal, utterly dismal. Why didn't we replace Tadic at half time. And as for Pelle, Gardos would have done a better job. Time after time Pelle passed to an opponent. What worries me is Koeman plans bringing more of the same before the window shuts. Should go for Fletcher now he's not going to West Ham. Art you are kidding I hope. Koeman has done a remarkable job whatever happens now. we can only assume he doesn't want anymore forwards, it is not as though there are loads of chances from 3yards out for us to finish off. He has decided that players like Mane, Elia etc give us more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ART Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Weak shots all round from Saints players. Ron shooting practice is in order please ! I've said it earlier, the problem lies in these poncy boots the players can't wait to play in. They're the reason we can't hit a cows a rse with a banjo. Should have been 4-0 up at half time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedWillie Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 No final product, our shooting is shocking. JWP seems panicked when in a shooting opportunity. Badly missing our star three players. Payback time for our robbery at there place I guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 All teams lose unexpectedly, it is a shame we are the only losers in the top 6 . Nobody mentions Long missing as well. His energy and pace would have been useful as well. Didn't go today, so can't really comment on specifics, but for all his extra energy and dynanism he adds, Long is usually as guilty as the rest in offering little goal threat as a rule. If we were serious about top four, this weekend we had to win to prove we could handle the pressure. Unfortunately we came up wanting. Not been this ****ed off with Saints in ages. Probably not since the Palace match, all of eight days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Benali Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 I cant see how taking Reed off changed things massively tbh, they never had control, before or after. They broke, shelvey found space and hit a decent shot, Davis and Fonte were covering so its not like we didnt have a man there. Besides, all that happened was JWP dropped back into the defensive two. Right decision to get Mane and Ellia running at them but despite the pace we never turned them around. We gave them too much time to get compact and organise. Positives wise is we dominated, negatives are despite all our crosses they just didnt fall to the right people. Predictably this place will now go into meltdown with JWP, forster etc being called crap.. Sigh Bertrand was an idiot too, now missing for 3 games Are you saying they have been playing well? Was a good post up until the bashing of bashers. JWP and Forster played poor and have done so on multiple games recently. Is it not right to point that out? Or should we just say well done lads because we are not allowed to pick out anything negative as that makes us a bed wetter or whatever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackedoff Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Difference being when we had the ball near their goal there was usually 7 swans in the box, we had quite a lot of block shots I thought The reason that there was 7 swans in the box is due to inability to move the ball FORWARD quickly rather than the backwards/sideways crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary3009 Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Just one of those days sadly. Clyne and Tadic were very poor.We've no devine right to win every game and Swansea showed exactly what it takes to beat us. We'll probably beat QPR as they will need to attack us and will leave us more space to exploit as we really didnt have any today. Still feel we are a striker short. A goal poacher would have won us the game today i think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 The reason that there was 7 swans in the box is due to inability to move the ball FORWARD quickly rather than the backwards/sideways crap. Not for me, I think they was just defending deep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Tadic even went inside when they doubled up on him, rather than use his right foot. Pelle huffed and puffed, but did nothing. At least Elia and Mane can go past people. I would be having a bit of a rethink on what we need this window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Saints Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Pony second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 The reason that there was 7 swans in the box is due to inability to move the ball FORWARD quickly rather than the backwards/sideways crap.it seemed to me that they had 7 in their box when kicking off. i do agree that we were too slow in getTing the ball in the box, and second half the c/bs were playing it long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Tadic even went inside when they doubled up on him, rather than use his right foot. That is truth, he needs to mix it up a bit more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 The reason that there was 7 swans in the box is due to inability to move the ball FORWARD quickly rather than the backwards/sideways crap. No it's because they dropped deep and put plenty of bodies behind the ball - indeed, was quite impressed how we still managed to get behind them, notwithstanding the final ball. Swansea played on the counter and invariably had more space to shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintVanderbilt Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 We need someone who can break down a packed defense. Despite his size defenders have found it very easy to defend against Pelle and it's fairly obvious JWP thrives only on the counter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Tadic even went inside when they doubled up on him, rather than use his right foot. Pelle huffed and puffed, but did nothing. At least Elia and Mane can go past people. I would be having a bit of a rethink on what we need this window. I thought that last Saturday, but if today was a(nother) wake up call, its perhaps a bit late. Striker needed. And I still maintain if we're really serious about qualifying for Europe ( CL or EL) then a reliable back up GK is also required.Imagine the last few matches if we have to rely on KD or PG. Plus some competition for Forster might make him up his game a fraction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick1976.4.38 Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Swansea parked the bus,and we always find it hard to break a team that does this at ht said to my son for all our dominance shelvey isn't being marked and will knick it for them. we march on sadly the teams all pundits think are the top six are right on our tail now would love a euorpean tour with saints,hope we can keep up with those that want it as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Pete Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Personally, don't think JWP's generally play was that bad, he just really needs to build his confidence somehow when in shooting positions. You've got to think he must be practicing shooting in training, surely, as it's clearly his weakness. People need to lay off him a bit though - he will be a fine player, he just needs to sort out his composure and if he can get a couple of goals, I think that will do the power of good for his confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfahaji Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 I thought Tadic was decent in the first half, but lost it in the second. Set pieces can be so frustrating when you continue to make nothing of them... I found the first half quite enjoyable because we were playing so well, but you always know that if you don't turn that into goals it will come back to bite you. Thought Davis was excellent. Forster doesn't have much to do nowadays, but is often found wanting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Perfect result. Opens the door for a spending spree on deadline day! Seriously did well in the first half but not clinical enough. Not a good day in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWD Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 There's no need for these silly, knee jerk "no chance of top four now" remarks. WE ARE 4TH NOW. There's obviously still a chance. If we beat QPR on Saturday and Spurs and Arsenal draw, will we still have no chance then? We were always going to lose games before the season ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlakeySFC Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 A stereotypical Saints performance really, win against United and Arsenal, lose to Swansea, typical Saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeSixty Posted 1 February, 2015 Share Posted 1 February, 2015 Keeper not good enough again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now