Manuel Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Shame we have Puel. Poch or Koeman could easily close that 16pt gap in 2 games. Those were the days, non-stop entertainment, goals, cup finals and trophies galore!!! Koeman would have taken that Europa place whether we were entitled to it or not, pushed someone over and taken it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 If Utd win the Europa League and Chelsea win the Fa Cup and Millwall lose by three clear goals, do we get in Europe next season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Can someone start a "Does 8th place mean Europa League" thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 If Utd win the Europa League and Chelsea win the Fa Cup and Millwall lose by three clear goals, do we get in Europe next season? Not quite. Forfar have to gain a 10 goal swing on Brechin. get yer passports ready everyone!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Not quite. Forfar have to gain a 10 goal swing on Brechin. get yer passports ready everyone!!!! Alas that would have been true pre-Brexit. But not now we're leaving the EU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Alas that would have been true pre-Brexit. But not now we're leaving the EU. I know, why did they move Forfar to Finland? Doesn't make sense to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 (edited) I wanted 8th place, then I got 8th place, and heaven knows Im miserable now. Edited 16 May, 2017 by Jonnyboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 I wanted 8th place, then I got 8th place, and God I'm miserable now. Heaven knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Enjoy. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Enjoy. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Puel out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelpie Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 City already 2 up. yippee! 3-0 and we're in 8th place (with just three minutes to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Highest weve been all season!! :badger::badger::badger: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 I hope the Man United squad do the decent thing and give us a guard of honour for this tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Highest weve been all season Go on then, I'll bite.... Apart from 19th Dec when we were 7th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Highest weve been all season!! Its not how you start but how you finish ----Fanny sunesson (and various others). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 We are going 8th yes we are going 8th ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney Fudpucker the 3rd Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Watch us lose to Man Ure and only muster a draw against Stoke, whilst WBA & Bournemouth both win their last game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 New song: 8th in England, you'll never sing that Youll never sing that We h8(th) Pompey Youll never sing that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 I would go 8th tonight But I haven't got a stitch to wear Oh, I can't help quoting you Because every thing that you said rings true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SO16_Saint Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Realistically only Everton above us I would have thought we could have finished above at the start of the season. We're 2nd in the 'best of the rest' and that is our minimum target now surely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelpie Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Watch us lose to Man Ure and only muster a draw against Stoke, whilst WBA & Bournemouth both win their last game. .. and Leicester thrash Tottenham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelpie Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Sh*t =wba score 3-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 WBA seem to have got 5 points out of a possible 33 in their last 11 games, inc tonight. They seemingly got to 40 pts and just gave up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 WBA seem to have got 5 points out of a possible 33 in their last 11 games, inc tonight. They seemingly got to 40 pts and just gave up. And still sit on the same points as us As do the might Bournemouth Pulis always seems to see his sides down tools at 40 points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Was only a few weeks ago we were all talking about catching Everton and qualifying for Europe..... 8th is a delicious compensation Who wants crappie Europe anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Was only a few weeks ago we were all talking about catching Everton and qualifying for Europe..... 8th is a delicious compensation Who wants crappie Europe anyways And to think only a few years ago entire incentive contracts were being drawn up to reward managers who finished 8th. #newnormal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Heaven knows. Sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwbu Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Was only a few weeks ago we were all talking about catching Everton and qualifying for Europe..... 8th is a delicious compensation Who wants crappie Europe anyways Literally just you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 I guess you missed the half of last season were Pelle was isolated with no one around him and dropping deep then..... That was the bit of the season where Mane was scoring the goals instead. With Pelle linking the play. Still playing to their strengths. The only player I think Puel misused at all was Austin when he was asked to defend in the first couple of games before he was left to do what he does best. There was a lot of weirdness in the first couple of games tbh, as if Puel was teaching how to play Europa aways and the players were implementing it for Sunderland home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Was only a few weeks ago we were all talking about catching Everton and qualifying for Europe... Er, *we* were all talking about things that weren't Saints related, this season's been over since the EFL Cup Final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKD Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 8th would be good. Same finish as Poch in his first full season & one lower than Koemans in his. Oh, and neither reached a cup final. Cue "Puel out" brigade explaining why it's different !!!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Which of these would you prefer.....? 7th, not win a cup, play exciting football, score loads of goals, have a manager fans love. 8th, not win a cup, play exciting football, have a manager the fans and players love. 8th, not win a cup, play awful football, score next to no goals, have a manager the fans and players dislike.. I honestly fail to see why you are so keen to celebrate coming runners up in the smallest major trophy in the country, as if we've qualified for the champions league. I'd rather finish 7th and qualify for Europe, than I would come runner up in EFL cup. Personal opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 I'd rather finish 7th and qualify for Europe, than I would come runner up in EFL cup. Personal opinion. The point you're missing of course is that getting to the EFL Cup Final gives you as good a chance of making the Europa League as coming 7th, and it takes about 30 fewer matches. Plus you get a Cup Final, and you can still have a go at making the Europa League in the Premier League too, unless you're a fair bit adrift because of already being in Europe, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 WBA seem to have got 5 points out of a possible 33 in their last 11 games, inc tonight. They seemingly got to 40 pts and just gave up. And it's still taken us 1/4 of the season to overtake them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Was only a few weeks ago we were all talking about catching Everton and qualifying for Europe..... 8th is a delicious compensation Who wants crappie Europe anyways Miserable lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 And we steam roll into 8th! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Was only a few weeks ago we were all talking about catching Everton and qualifying for Europe..... 8th is a delicious compensation Who wants crappie Europe anyways That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globetrotter Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Was only a few weeks ago we were all talking about catching Everton and qualifying for Europe..... 8th is a delicious compensation Who wants crappie Europe anyways Frankly, Mr ****y, that's a weak effort. Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Frankly, Mr ****y, that's a weak effort. Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk He's almost up to double figures in bites though, which is pretty admirable in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globetrotter Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 He's almost up to double figures in bites though, which is pretty admirable in my book. The number of bites do tend to oscillate wildly. Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandy_Top_89 Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Enjoy. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk This must be the lowest points 8th place finish ever, surely? (well ignoring that there are two games left of course, but i don't see anyone going over 48) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 They may be nibbles but I don't think many get hooked mind. It'll be interesting to see the approach next season when we don't have all the extra games and some of our overseas players have bedded in a bit more and know what to expect. Remember that we can't afford to buy the finished article so would hope to benefit from improvement in our young players. Two more wins to see off this season would be nice.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 This must be the lowest points 8th place finish ever, surely? (well ignoring that there are two games left of course, but i don't see anyone going over 48) villa finished 8th with 50pts in 2001-2002. when we finished 8th in 2002-2003 we had 52pts. Spurs finished 8th on 51 in 2008-2009. Fulham finished 8th on 49 in 2010-2011, West Brom finished 8th on 49 in 2012-2013. so depending on our last two games possibly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris27687 Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Soooo, where can I preorder the replica 8th place trophy kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Soooo, where can I preorder the replica 8th place trophy kit? It goes on sale straight after the teams open top bus tour around Southampton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 We could actually finish only 10 points behind Everton. (Not sure what my point is but factually correct.) Just had a tenner bet with a Bournemouth fan at work that we finish above them. Easy money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 I must have missed the sarcastic comments when Poch finished 8th. Funny how things change, give footballer supporters a couple of decent years and they become arrogant dicks. 8th is a good finish for this club, not happened too often in 100+ years and it was good enough under Poch. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 We could actually finish only 10 points behind Everton. (Not sure what my point is but factually correct.) Just had a tenner bet with a Bournemouth fan at work that we finish above them. Easy money. Kiss of death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 I must have missed the sarcastic comments when Poch finished 8th. Funny how things change, give footballer supporters a couple of decent years and they become arrogant dicks. 8th is a good finish for this club, not happened too often in 100+ years and it was good enough under Poch. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Especially when we've gained more points than under Poch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 17 May, 2017 Share Posted 17 May, 2017 The number of bites do tend to oscillate wildly. Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk Anything Glasgow puts his hand on tends to oscillate wildly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 17 May, 2017 Share Posted 17 May, 2017 (edited) Especially when we've gained more points than under Poch See I'm really struggling with this new way we've found of judging seasons. I've always given my West Ham supporting mate clog because despite winning the World Cup , their highest top flight finish is 3rd, whereas ours is of course 2nd. However we got 2nd with 77 points & they were 3rd with 84 points. I'm also slightly perturbed to find that under the new Saints web system our 2nd place doesn't seem to count. The following 2 seasons we would only have finished 3rd & 4th respectively. I feel such a fool because I've spent 30 years thinking that 1983/84 was such a great season, but it turns out not to be. This new system of measuring achievement is really going to put the cat amongst the pigeons. I hope my West Ham mate doesn't catch on otherwise it'll be payback time. However he's a normal bloke not a ****ing halfwit so I'd imagine he still thinks 2nd is higher than 3rd . Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited 17 May, 2017 by Lord Duckhunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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