St Chalet Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 And breathe..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Thank you Forster for staying alert and saving the points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside.saint Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Phew... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Well deserved victory, get in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Saint Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Very big win. Time to climb the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc oli Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 An excellent second half performance. slick passing and movement, all on the deck, and unlucky not to win by more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Chalet Posted 18 September, 2016 Author Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Well worth the win. Need to be more clinical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 By far the better team, finishing us the one weak spot right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Cokehead scored. Good lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 We have lift off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattio Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Should have been 2 and possibly 3 if the pen was given, we controlled most of the game but had a mild switch off on 85 mins. First of many wins down, WMO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Yay! Played well second half, stepped it up a notch. And good to see the manager making meaningful substitutions to change the game. I think Puel has the tactical ability to do well and hopefully that will become clearer and clearer over the next couple of weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Cokehead scored. Good lad. Charlie gives us self confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Should have been a much clearer margin of victory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Vital win got. Feeling of relief, hopefully we can push on and go on a bit of a run. We were the better team but still lots of room for improvement from us. At one point felt like the ball just wasn't going to go in the net, thankfully Austin solved that. Thought Romeu was man of the match, very good all over the pitch and covering on their dangerous counter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Matty 76 Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Has to be Austin and one of Redmond/Long now. Can't be the latter two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexstar Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Good win, good week. But the lack of striker (or lack of playing a striker) means that when we dominate crap teams, like today, they're always going to be in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Well that feels amazing. Really need to start taking more chances though. An excellent 4 days work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stknowle Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 We won, it's all that matters. Nathan Redmond as a striker however...................................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Woohoo. Scraping past Swansea at home. Thank the Lord Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlySaint Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Had enough chances to win by 5. We played very well today (apart from sticking it in the net) in which was quite clearly a 4-3-3 imo. Austin (if fit to play 90) must start every single game. Redmond sadly can't shoot , looked dangerous all game but can't hit a barn door. I do think the crowd got on his back too much today though (I'm at the ground writing this). He's still only young and has a lot of potential. Van Dijk was very good yet again today. Completely and utterly dominated Llorente and Swansea physically . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BARCELONASAINT Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 the only criticism anyone can have about that performance is the finnishing.....apart from that it was a very convincing 1-0 win with some wonderful slick football in the second half. Full credit to Puel for the timing of the second half subs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken spoke Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Not a bad day at the office.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButtikonSaint Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Dominant display and would have been a stroll had we converted one or two more ... we should have been 3-0 nil and cruising by mid-2nd half... Still strong display all around, feels like the team is starting to gel again... can't wait for Sofiane to be available. Happy for CP and his staff... COYS.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Very pleased. Could let the last 15 minutes affect the opinion of the whole match, but Swansea really didnt look a threat at all until Montero came on. Thought it was clever from Puel to play Austin on the left given the crosses were coming in from Tadic/Cedric on the right. Redmond missed a sitter as did Austin, but it was a composed performance. Thought this demonstrated the highs and lows of the formation. The midfield was very well locked down, with Romeu, Davis, Hojbjerg doing a good job of ensuring their only joy was down the wings. Had swansea had better wide players we might have not got more than a point from the game, but it was a good performance. Players still getting used to where each other is/is supposed to be...but we can work on that. V pleased with this and the midweek win. We certainly wont be going down but going to be tough to get higher than ninth this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 That'll do pig, that'll do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Some poor shooting, some bad luck, but our passing play was very high quality. Think we looked great on the whole. Prefer this to Koeman's constant crossing games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlySaint Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Has to be Austin and one of Redmond/Long now. Can't be the latter two. I have a sneaking suspicious it may be due to Austin's fitness. Took a knock and looked knackered at the end. I'd love him to start every game though if capable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Has to be Austin and one of Redmond/Long now. Can't be the latter two. Yes, but it seems doubtful that Austin can last more than 60 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Thankfully we've got West Ham, so we should get plenty of chances against their defence which means we can afford to miss a few sitters and still win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secret Site Agent Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Well done. we are improving I will give them that but we need more of a goal threat up top. Shane needs to improve and Redman is doing his best. Thanks be to Austin, but we could have won that at least 4 - 0 easily. And Austin can't do 90 mins at the minute. Hopefully JRod will get more chances, Boufal will give us more threat and petrhaps Uncle Les will open hios purse and buy us someone. Still, more happy now than last week, so onwards and upwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Not quite the 3-0 drubbing of Norwich that kickstarted us last year, but let's hope it has the same effect. Really good performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SO16_Saint Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Was only dipping in and out of the game on live stream but for the 30 mins or so that I saw, we were well deserving of the points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris27687 Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Good stuff - back to back wins and back to back clean sheets. Can't wait to see Boufal in the mix now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Overall a very good display. 3-0 wouldn't have flattered us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 This is a strong team on 2/3 of the pitch. We need Austin out there to become a total team . I also get the feeling that the team wants Austin out there, he gives them confidence. When he is on the pitch they look to attack more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Had enough chances to win by 5. We played very well today (apart from sticking it in the net) in which was quite clearly a 4-3-3 imo. Austin (if fit to play 90) must start every single game. Redmond sadly can't shoot , looked dangerous all game but can't hit a barn door. I do think the crowd got on his back too much today though (I'm at the ground writing this). He's still only young and has a lot of potential. Van Dijk was very good yet again today. Completely and utterly dominated Llorente and Swansea physically . That's how I saw it as well, best performance so far building on Thursday. We looked so much more dangerous when Austin was on, glad he argued with Tadic on that penalty as you can see the confidence flooding back. I think Puel was right to bring Charlie on as sub though and I like the idea of Martina playing further forward, worth a cameo today and helped Cedric handle Montero late on. However this dafrT experiment with Redmond - aagh! He will be an excellent winger and rather than fans groaning we should we singing that he plays on the wing. Hopefully Boufal will make a difference when fit and restore Nathan to wide areas. Only having 3 strikers is a huge risk but with Gallagher scoring at Blackburn we may have a recall clause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van Hanegem Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Saints beating Sparta and Swansea, Feyenoord beating ManU and PSV... What a great week this was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Albert Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 What a relief. Saints should have won by 3, but we won. We were relentless at times, and Swansea were poor. I appreciate that we need to rotate players with Euro football but Austin needs to start every game, like Virgil. Austin looks like our best finisher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Has to be Austin and one of Redmond/Long now. Can't be the latter two. Agree, you can't start a home game without a goal scorer. Poor old Redmond, must be feeling down but he needs to work on his end product, plenty of energetic runs which fizzled out every time. Good to get 3 points but we were lucky Swansea had a poor afternoon. More shooting practice needed too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shance Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 I really thought we'd come unstuck in the second half and tire a bit, but we didn't. Not one bit. Hojbjerg was class and so was Austin when he came on. The only downsides for me was Classie and Redmonds finishing. Other than that I think we did really well. Some slick passing and patient build up play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkeith Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Missed the first 40 minutes, as I didn't realise the kick-off time I saw was local time, not GMT. DOH! Played really well, great movement and should have scored more. I was a bit worried about the rotation, but it seemd to work. If we are playing twice a week for 2 months, then you have to let the sports science guys have some input into the team selection. No point in playing someone who is in the red zone and putting him out for 2 months. Proper strickers finish from Charlie, and a good substitution at the end, to provide more help against Montero . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stknowle Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 What a relief. Saints should have won by 3, but we won. We were relentless at times, and Swansea were poor. I appreciate that we need to rotate players with Euro football but Austin needs to start every game, like Virgil. Austin looks like our best finisher. Austin does look like our best finisher. Comfortably. But feck me he's got some weak competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Doubt Austin is fit enough to play 90. Not sure why J-Rod isn't figuring more, him on for a tiring Austin would make sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Infuriating that every time I watch this team play, I just think we're one class striker away from being a complete team. We've created so many opportunities for ourselved today yet have only won 1-0 (allowing them to put us under pressure towards the end of the game). When will Puel realise that Redmond is not a striker. He isn't clinical enough. On a more positive note, we're starting to play our new system more effectively and at least we're now creating chances as well as have our first clean sheet in the league. Just a shame we have no one to really put games to bed when we have so many chances to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 happy with that. pretty dominant display. 75-80 mins we controlled the game VvD, Davis, Romeu, Tadic and Austin very good Clasie a bit meh and redmond played well just feel for the lad with the pressure of being the next Thierry Henry placed on him Austin and Redmond miss absolute sitters. Austin then scored a good'un need to be a massive amount better in the final 3rd or many more points will slip through the net much needed and fully deserved win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Great to get the win, upto the dizzy heights of 14th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austsaint Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Well deserved result. Midfield pair of Davis and Romeu both had superb games as did VVD. Hojbjerg's appearance and performance underlined that Davis, Romeu and Hoj. are comfortably our best mid combination. Full marks to Puel for good substitutions and an emerging style of play which is easy on the eye. Redmond's finishing was woeful but a lot of his general play was lively - played out wide he's going to be an asset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmonton Saint Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Thought we played very well today, created some real goalscoring chances and on another day we could have won 3 or 4 nil. Cedric is derided on here quite often, but I thought he played very well today and defended well and got forward well. Redmond just lacks the composure atm, but he got into good positions and his pace is an asset. Clasie was anonymous again. Never seen him do much in a Saints shirt and Hojbjerg has to start in front of him, (or even Ward-Prowse), and like others have said what Austin lacks in pace and fitness, he gives back with his ability in the penalty area, always useful to have a natural goalscorer on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washsaint Posted 18 September, 2016 Share Posted 18 September, 2016 Apart from in front of goal, we played superbly. Redmond looked pretty good - until he got in front of goal where he was totally woeful. You can see that Hojberg is not yet the finished article - but, boy what a player he will be. Strong, surging runs and not afraid to get stuck in.....offers way more than CLasie I think. SOares was good and great move to bring Cuco on to help cover Montero. Tadic was outstanding and cannot wait to see what Boufal adds to the team. For me, Austin or Rodriguez should be starting every game - they know where the net is and Long is having a mare and Redmond could not hit a barn door from 3 yards out. Bit worried when we started sitting so deep - when we attacked prior to the goal Swansea just could not cope with the pace and movement. Very different style from last 2 seasons - much easier on the eye. Hopefully these last 2 wins will kickstart our season now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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