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benjii

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Massive credit to Forster, Valery, Perraud, both Armstrongs, Diallo and Long. Stepped up and did a job. A Armstrong in particular put a great effort in at defensive left mid.

We got the rub of the green from the officials; that offside was a horrific call and Bednarek was asleep. He’s becoming a liability at the back.

Cracking point in the circumstances. Well done lads.

 

 

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OttawaSaint

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There have been games where we've been seething at the players for being so soft and thick but this was a game where they stood up together and fought tooth and nail vs 12 man Spurs. Brilliant response. 

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Kingsland Codger

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Wonderful backs-to-the-wall performance. Well played Yan Valery playing as makeshift centre-back, well done KWP for some heroic blocking, well done Jan Benarek ... well done everyone. For those who moaned and groaned when the team selection was announced, have a bit more faith next time.

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egg

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Nice point. Great effort from everyone, and fair play to Bednarek for marshaling that defence through the game. Good subs from Ralph too - Broja gave us something more when we needed it, and Redmond tightened us up down the left. Forster got lucky for the one he dropped, but he did well otherwise and we look more assured with him in the team. 

Nice. 

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LuckyNumber7

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Fantastic Saints! Would have been delighted with a point before the game, never mind playing more than half the game with ten men.

Brilliant battling performance and everyone put a shift in, very happy with that. Well done Ralph and team.

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VectisSaint

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Great defensive display to hang on for the point (which no one expected). Credit to KWP and Forster (never thought I'd say that), Bednarek and JWP. Thought Broja was going to nick it at the death. Now only bad side is KWP and Salisu out for Newcastle, what a silly boy Salisu was (though his first yellow was a mistake), complete la k of professionalism when you are already down to the bare bones at the back, let's hope Jack and Lyanco shake of Covid. 

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Red

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Excellent point in the circumstances - is Ralph learning?

Commentary I had on stream had Andy Grey - what an absolute tos ser! So glad he was sacked by Sky 

Saint_clark

Saint_clark

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Just now, CanadaSaint said:

This has the feel of a corner-turning game. Utilizing squad depth, fighting off adversity, working for eachother. That kind of thing turns seasons around.

Been saying to people at work all Christmas that under Ralph we work on calendar years, 2020 was awesome, 2021 fell to pieces, 2022 we're going to be flying again.

egg

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4 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Fantastic that, proper resilient performance. KWP was magnificent and impressed with Valery, thought he did really well. If we can get a win against Newcastle who look like they’ll be without Wilson and Saint Maximin then that’ll be a great return.

Yep. Valery surprised me. Bit rash at times but he's not a CB and is rusty. The lad did very well. I thought Diallo was quietly decent too. Good all round performance. 

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badgerx16

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4 minutes ago, CanadaSaint said:

Superb effort. If Taylor had added thirty moe seconds Broja would have stolen it at the death.

Big team bias, saving them from humiliation.

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bpsaint

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The points dropped table might show another 2 but given the circumstances I’d definitely say that was 1 won.

Fair play Saints they really dug deep there to play for so long with 10 men, and that’s 4 points up on 2 games we got nothing from last season so a step in the right direction.

5 more wins this season would see us safe I reckon.

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qwertyell

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Fantastic effort. Can't argue with that. Played very decently when it was eleven vs eleven, and showed plenty of heart to guts out a point playing 10 vs 12 for nearly an hour.

Imagine Yan Valery, playing CB in a back four, keeping out Harry Kane and Son - funny old game, Saint(s).

Definitely a bonus point in the bigger picture. Norwich and Watford losing makes it a good day for us. Beat Newcastle next up and we can breathe a little easier for a while.

Everyone put in a shift. Including Frannie Benali, probably. 

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MAY-Z

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Some fantastic stuff there

 

JWP with his goal and plenty of work through midfield

Forster, especially in the first half did some great sweeping work, which he never would’ve years ago, clearly our best keeper

Valery, I like him as a 3rd CB, and if that allows us to press up like we did in the first 40mins then maybe this option should be used more

 

AArmstrong put in a great defensive effort second half

 

both full back did good jobs

 

long won 8 out of 9 aerial duals, he ended up being perfect to play in this game

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hans gruber

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4 minutes ago, egg said:

Nice point. Great effort from everyone, and fair play to Bednarek for marshaling that defence through the game. Good subs from Ralph too - Broja gave us something more when we needed it, and Redmond tightened us up down the left. Forster got lucky for the one he dropped, but he did well otherwise and we look more assured with him in the team. 

Nice. 

I understand it was a little soft by Forster but it’s a foul 100% of the time.

spurs are a horrible team and in my opinion didn’t deserve the win.

well played by the lads. Super super effort

nta786

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Matt Holland on TV tryna sell JWP off to the vultures 

Franny had a “if looks could kill” vibe, why do pundits just enjoy talking about whether our players could fit in the system of a big 6 club.

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hypochondriac

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Fair play saints. Was very critical of the team selection but we actually played very well prior to the sending off and after we showed real desire to hold on for the point. But fortunate with some of the decisions imo but we deserve that for the amount of times things have gone against us. I was watching with a spurs fan and I'm very happy while the isn't so that's good enough for me! 

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The Cat

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Absolutely loved that performance from us. Outplayed them with 11 and then defended superbly with a makeshift defence including one centre back.

Great atmosphere in the stadium. Ralph got a well deserved massive round of applause from the fans after the game. 

 

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WokingSaint

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2 minutes ago, hans gruber said:

I understand it was a little soft by Forster but it’s a foul 100% of the time.

spurs are a horrible team and in my opinion didn’t deserve the win.

well played by the lads. Super super effort

Forster should have caught it. However, you cannot barge a gk in the air in the goal area. Foul!

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RedArmy

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2 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said:

JWPs goal was MLTesque. Just seeing it again now in slow mo. What a fucking beauty!

Wtf are you going on about now? Bizarre comment. 

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OttawaSaint

OttawaSaint

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2 minutes ago, RedArmy said:

Wtf are you going on about now? Bizarre comment. 

???? 

What?

Was it not a good goal?

Did it not have the feel of a MLT volley?

Should I not have seen it in slow mo.

What's bizarre?

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Saint_clark

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Ralph post match saying that he's already told Salisu to just trust his keeper in those situations.

Also bigging up Shane Long, really good performance from him.

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DT

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13 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Having got the unexpected win at WH I'd have happily taken a point today even without the sending off. 

Actually hoping the Newcastle game gets postponed now so Salisu and KWP can serve their suspensions for the Swansea game. 

This. And we appeal Salisu’s first yellow (if that’s even possible)

JRM

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11 minutes ago, benjii said:

Massive credit to Forster, Valery, Perraud, both Armstrongs, Diallo and Long. Stepped up and did a job. A Armstrong in particular put a great effort in at defensive left mid.

We got the rub of the green from the officials; that offside was a horrific call and Bednarek was asleep. He’s becoming a liability at the back.

Cracking point in the circumstances. Well done lads.

 

 

Wouldn't say we got the rub of the green from the officials ffs, Taylor was as biased as he could be first half, probably had a hefty bet on a Spurs win 

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Holmes_and_Watson

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Seeing squad players do so well, was also a big plus. So often, so many changes results in a disjointed performance, with added rustiness and whatever personal baggage from some players who already have one boot towards the exit bring.

Not with us, where we were better 11 vs 11 (12 including the ref), and really well drilled in the second half.

Says a lot about the training and spirit in the camp.

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DT

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2 minutes ago, Toadhall Saint said:

RH seems chuffed to bits. 

Doesn’t he? Good to see. Almost a tear in his eye

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derry

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Magnificent rearguard action. Wonderful point gained. All the players gave everything to earn that point. Forster gives the players confidence by being on the front foot. Deserved his bit of luck. A shout out to Valery played his heart out. JWP great goal. Does Salisu get one or two matches as the first booking was number five.

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JRM

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Superb performance from the whole team, showed battle and fight that fans love to see, really well earned point. 

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DT

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7 minutes ago, RedArmy said:

Hopefully we never see McCarthy in a saints shirt again. We would have lost that game if he was playing. 

100 per cent this. Would have been 1-3

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