LGTL Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 We were much the better team after the first 20 minutes, 2-3 definitely flattered them. So frustrating because that group of players aren't as bad as our position makes our. Lemina has to play every game now, no arguments. Almost single handedly dragged us back into it.
S-Clarke Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Unbeaten since Van Dijk left.. Are people forgetting the Palace game...?????
Jonnyboy Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Give it a rest. Another penalty decision away from 4-2. Sorry you're so disappointed. Clearly not a Saints fan. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Lol. I'm very happy with 3 points. But by half the reactions by the usual suspects we've gone from a 0/10 side/club to a 10/10 one who will now push on to 7th/8th.
whelk Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Well that's his first 90 mins since Huddersfield so, no, but mostly because, Spurs game aside, he's hardly played. Some cracking insight though. So lemina has been superb all season and the clown dropped him. Plum
derry Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 I'm absolutely delighted and relieved. I still think this is not our best team. Hojbjerg has had several man of the match games and with Lamina and Romeu would give us a strong midfield and allow Lamina more freedom to get forward and that's two that can shoot. Stephens defends like a pussy at dead balls in the goalmouth but his goals are critical for us as he has the knack in the box. Hoedt needs to do something about his studs because he is slipping over too often for me at critical times. We are not good in the last half hour with the aerial threat and give too many free kicks away in dangerous areas. Carillo looked a good centre forward and would have had a goal from good positioning if Tadic could use his right foot. He worked hard and won some good balls in the air but needed another striker off him, Gabbiadini could blossom close to him. Boufal looked good today but I wish he wouldn't play casual passes in the last half hour when we are under the cosh. Tadic had a chance today but had neither the strikers instinct or pace to finish. He is a classy player at times and better on the left. I don't think Pellegrino did anything wrong today and although a little late made the right substitutions. I was praying he wouldn't bring Davis on. The team played well but still didn't have a real cutting edge up front. We still scored from two set pieces and a long shot. JWP had a decent game and his free kick was clever. We need more performances like this. Make Bertrand team captain.
Sheaf Saint Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Enjoy... https://goalsplanet.com/west-brom-vs-southampton-2-3-highlights-premier-league/ Was a clear shirt pull from Hegazi before their first goal.
trousers Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 JWP is really starting to live up to his ‘dead ball specialist’ tag. Assist with his corner for Stephens goal and that beauty of a free kick! Seems to have improved his overall game as well, no longer lightweight and won’t get bullied off the ball. Our boy has finally grown up this season! Liking him on the right wing.. I'm going to stick my neck out and predict that JWP makes the England world cup squad....
trousers Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Was a clear shirt pull from Hegazi before their first goal. Yep, I mentioned that on the match thread when people were criticising Stephens for losing his man. He was fouled, plain and simple
Bridge Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 The clown still needs to go folks....he's still f**king sh!t
Toadhall Saint Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 I'm going to stick my neck out and predict that JWP makes the England world cup squad.... [emoji106]
SFC-TID! Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 The Fraud still needs to be fired. The meltdown will begin again if we lose badly to Liverpool. Great performance from the players, Lemina is a beast. Berty should be skipper now. Maybe Hoj for Tadic with Lemina further forward against Liverpool.
St.Patrik Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Thanks for the link. But what was their keeper doing on the 3-1 goal? was his corner but not that I´m complaining : )
simo Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Always time for a Frank Dux gif! Someone post the dancing gif
simo Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 I'm going to stick my neck out and predict that JWP makes the England world cup squad.... He keeps this up and he will deservedly go imo!
SaintTex Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Long should have made it 4-2, how a pro can miss from there is unfathomable.Yeah, that should have been in the back of the net, but at least it didn't cost us points, unlike ManCity today Did you see Sterling's missed sitter?! Holy Moses.
trousers Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Lol at the mania on here. One penalty decision away from a draw. We had a clear shout for a penalty too that would have put us out of sight, not to mention Long's gold plated opportunity to make it 4-1. It was a scoreline than flattered WBA in the end.
IOWSaintDaz Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Everton Losing 3-0 against Arsenal after 20mins.......could we now go on a run and catch them? that would certainly give Theo some something to think about if we did
Bad Wolf Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Great to see us up to 11th! This and our 2-1 win at Watford three weeks ago were massive!
trousers Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Maybe Hoj for Tadic with Lemina further forward against Liverpool. This. Whilst 'heart' says stick with the same starting 11, 'head' says we should deploy Lemina, Romeu and Hojbjerg vs the better sides, of which Liverpool is one.
Winnersaint Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 This and our 2-1 win at Watford three weeks ago were massive! However unconvincing we were that day the officials dropped an almighty b-o-l-l-o-c-k which has cost us that 11th place.
derry Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 I just don't know why when attacking a cross none of our players look to head the ball down. It's fundamental. There can't be any guidance otherwise they would be doing it. All Long had to do today was head the ball down and back across the goal, if it hits the ground it usually bounces over the diving keeper.
Shroppie Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Great to see us up to 11th! This and our 2-1 win at Watford three weeks ago were massive!Is this supposed to be ironic? Or critical? Look forward and build on momentum. Yep, 11th would be great, and we'd have been there too if we'd won on Weds. But it's a great step forward so just enjoy it. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk
Jack Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Lemina MOTM by a mile. Good to see the players giving Boufal the b*ollocking he deserved after trying to take the ball off JWP for the FK. And good on JWP for banging it in and proving a point.
hypochondriac Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Absolutely huge result so well done saints. Still slight concern that we had to score 3 in order to get the win and still some nervy times (I'd give a lot for a boring 2-0!) but a win is a win. We badly need to build on this result, show some adventure and prove this isn't just a false dawn but the good news is we are out of the relegation zone for now. Huge month or so coming up.
hypochondriac Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Also how good was Lemina? He should play every single game.
Saint_Ash Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 The Fraud still needs to be fired. The meltdown will begin again if we lose badly to Liverpool. Great performance from the players, Lemina is a beast. Berty should be skipper now. Maybe Hoj for Tadic with Lemina further forward against Liverpool. How will people cope if we beat Liverpool and maybe, god forbid, get in the top half? It's not that far away and MP surely recognises his best team now.
edprice1984 Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 First 10 minutes Baggies seemed to feed off the atmosphere and occasion and we were rabbits in the headlights. Romeu in particular was struggling and made two or three bad mistakes. Then we got the ball down and played a little and you could feel the goal was going to come. Carillo was very good, held it up, battled made space for others. Lemina was just awesome. On train back to Gloucester and loving my first Premier League away win ever! COYR!!!!
Batman Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 How will people cope if we beat Liverpool and maybe, god forbid, get in the top half? It's not that far away and MP surely recognises his best team now.You should that. Look at the state of the line up Against Brighton
Jonnyboy Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 We had a clear shout for a penalty too that would have put us out of sight, not to mention Long's gold plated opportunity to make it 4-1. It was a scoreline than flattered WBA in the end. Theirs was a better shout for a pen. They get that and Boufal takes the free kick and we've lost. Don't get me wrong we were the better team. Let's just see if we turn up against Liverpool.
LaptopSaint Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Also good to see Boufal being the first to congratulate JWP after he scored TBF Lemina MOTM by a mile. Good to see the players giving Boufal the b*ollocking he deserved after trying to take the ball off JWP for the FK. And good on JWP for banging it in and proving a point.
Jonnyboy Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 How will people cope if we beat Liverpool and maybe, god forbid, get in the top half? It's not that far away and MP surely recognises his best team now. If we were to finish comfortably top half I'd give him 10 games of the next season to prove he can keep us performing well. If not, definitely sack him.
hypochondriac Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Players that need to be binned from the starting lineup: Davis, Romeu, Long. Team will be a lot stronger when we have Austin back competing with Carillo for a starting place. Feeling slightly more positive for the first time in months, what a difference three points makes!
whelk Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Theirs was a better shout for a pen. They get that and Boufal takes the free kick and we've lost. Don't get me wrong we were the better team. Let's just see if we turn up against Liverpool. Do you dissect all games with such ‘what-ifs’? Watford maybe?
whelk Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Theirs was a better shout for a pen. They get that and Boufal takes the free kick and we've lost. Don't get me wrong we were the better team. Let's just see if we turn up against Liverpool. To use a pundit cliche if that shove on Long happens anywhere else it is a free kick all day long
Pamplemousse Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Players that need to be binned from the starting lineup: Davis, Romeu, Long. Team will be a lot stronger when we have Austin back competing with Carillo for a starting place. Feeling slightly more positive for the first time in months, what a difference three points makes! Long played well against Watford when out wide on the right. I think that's his best position. Davis definitely needs to be sold in the summer.
pangy Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Just back from the game, really poor start we looked all over the place, you could see from the start Lemina was up for it and looked class all day. Not sure if it was picked up on TV but Boufal was trying to wrestle the ball off JWP for the free kick, he then turned round to the away fans and shushed us, Lemina went over had a word and Boufal instantly apologised. JWP has to get a special mention for today he worked his bloody socks off
Jonnyboy Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Do you dissect all games with such ‘what-ifs’? Watford maybe? Only the "crunch" games.
Convict Colony Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Always time for a Frank Dux gif! Not Frank but still good enough
Shroppie Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Just back from the game, really poor start we looked all over the place, you could see from the start Lemina was up for it and looked class all day. Not sure if it was picked up on TV but Boufal was trying to wrestle the ball off JWP for the free kick, he then turned round to the away fans and shushed us, Lemina went over had a word and Boufal instantly apologised. JWP has to get a special mention for today he worked his bloody socks offJWP is Saints through and through. Totally committed. I'd make him captain. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk
LGTL Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Romeu had been awful most of the season, PEH and Lemina are easily the best pairing. Fair play to JWP, stepped it up as he had needed to for two years.
woodsaint Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Long played well against Watford when out wide on the right. I think that's his best position. Davis definitely needs to be sold in the summer. Long needs to be sold you mean
SFC-TID! Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 How will people cope if we beat Liverpool and maybe, god forbid, get in the top half? It's not that far away and MP surely recognises his best team now. If we beat Liverpool, then MP starts to turn the tide. My worry is he’s only ever 90mins from the lynch mob. Is he the man for the long term? No, so just get on with it.
whelk Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 If we beat Liverpool, then MP starts to turn the tide. My worry is he’s only ever 90mins from the lynch mob. Is he the man for the long term? No, so just get on with it. There will be better managerial options in summer.
Shroppie Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Long needs to be sold you meanI wouldn't agree. But it's right that he's not a lone front man. But played to support an out-and-out striker or come on late to provide the pacy threat of a breakaway, he's a useful squad member. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk
qwertyell Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 McCarthy: 7 - calm presence. One very decent save from Brunt's free kick. I wonder if he could've come for one or both of the crosses that led to their goals. Maybe that's a Dave Watson thing... Cedric: 6 - worked the line up and down all day long. Can't cross to save his life. Bertrand: 6 - relatively solid, but a bit more petulant an indisciplined than usual. Lucky not to concede a penalty. Stephens: 6 - does some things really well, some adequately, some quite poorly. Easily outfoxed again from a corner to lose his man, who scored, and was possibly fortunate Burke tried to stay on his feet after having his ankle clipped going through on goal. But he defended quite well in general, won a few headers even and, of course, scored a great header. Hoedt: 6 - not dissimilar to Stephens. Mostly good (a cracking surging run leading to the free kick for our third goal), but didn't cover himself in glory on Rondon's headed goal. Neither of our CBs are good in the air (and nor is Yoshida, in reserve). It's an issue. Romeu: 5 - actually got outpaced by Gareth Barry at one point. I didn't think that was even possible. Combative as usual, but he still looks out of sorts to me. Lemina: 9 - a top 4 player in a bottom 4 showdown. He had it all going on: pace, power and drive going in both directions, and the technical ability to twist away from trouble. Foot like a traction engine too. Ward-Prowse: 7 - increasingly not a passenger. High work-rate, used the ball efficiently, a goal and an assist. Promising. Tadic: 7 - I thought he was engaged and proactive all day. Would've preferred to see him down the left and crossing more. Boufal: 6 - tried a lot. And most of it didn't come off. Great feet in tight quarters, but his hot-headedness came to the fore in a kick out at Nyom that thankfully went unpunished, and carried on like a pork chop over the Prowse FK. Carrillo: 6 - he did all right. Not 19 million quid's worth of all right, but when the alternative is non-footballer Shane Long, what can you do? Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk
Saint Billy Posted 3 February, 2018 Posted 3 February, 2018 Saw the lineup before the game and thought that's a winning team for once. Why oh why he doesn't pick his best side all the time I don't know. Anyways, great result and god did we need it.
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