Jump to content

Other Games 23/24

skintsaint

By skintsaint
in The Saints

 Share

Recommended Posts

Guest

Guest

Posted
Posted

The simple fact is though is we aren’t beating Ipswich away.

east-stand-nic

east-stand-nic

Posted
Posted
  On 30/03/2024 at 09:12, FarehamSaintJames said:

The simple fact is though is we aren’t beating Ipswich away.

Expand  

Or Leeds, though the way Leicester are going, we may well beat them. Happy to finish 4th and play WBA in 5th. We won't win the play offs anyway, but it might be a bit of a learning curve for next season. Problem is, to be in contention next season we need to ditch this style of play and get a new manager.

  • Like 2
Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Posted
Posted
  On 30/03/2024 at 09:12, FarehamSaintJames said:

The simple fact is though is we aren’t beating Ipswich away.

Expand  

A month ago most neutrals would have said Millwall aren’t beating Southampton away. Last night someone said sticking a tenner on Leeds was like printing free money. Whatever the odds are, anything can happen in any given game.

  • Like 1
S-Clarke

S-Clarke

Posted
Posted
  On 30/03/2024 at 07:23, Saint_Tony said:

If we were to beat Ipswich on Monday, then we will have gained ground on at least 2 of the top 3 over the easter fixtures, albeit maybe only a point. So not sure how today's result completely rules us out of the automatics. It was always the case we'd need to win at the top 3, those games are far more valuable than against the others. I'm sure if we'd have won today and drew at Ipswich it would be seen as a good return. It's very fine margins though; lose on Monday and that's absolutely it. Fairplay to Ipswich though they are relentless. 

Expand  

When the teams above us drop points we need to maximise how we capitalise, because we're already 10 points away from them and only have 9 games left - so gaining just 1 point is a mega fail. It's going to be near on impossible to get anywhere near the Top 2 now, this is why I hate games in hand because they create this weird limbo/illusion land where people assume we'll win the games in hand etc, then look where we'll be. I've been guilty of being drawn into that. The fact is as of this morning we are 8 points off of 3rd, 9 points off of 2nd, 10 points off of 1st. We have 9 games to go. It's not going to happen. We're finishing 4th.

I've been looking forward to the final 10 games but it honestly feels like it's over before it even begun.

  • Like 1
OttawaSaint

OttawaSaint

Posted
Posted

Biggest gripes about EPL

  On 30/03/2024 at 14:19, whelk said:

Commentator love in for Newcastle as always. Comical praise of their spirit when they got joke of a pen

Expand  

My 2 biggest gripes about EPL:

1) Media fawning

2) VAR - how on earth was that a pen? Phillips is mid way through kicking the ball clear and Gordon puts his foot in the way from behind him and gets kicked. Ridiculous.

whelk

whelk

Posted
Posted
  On 30/03/2024 at 14:25, benjii said:

Terrible bit of VAR / refereeing there. Never, ever a penalty.

Expand  

Can imagine what reaction to it there will be from Moyes. Got to wonder how we have such shit refereeing when under no pressure of time to arrive at that decision 

Whitey Grandad

Whitey Grandad

Posted
Posted
  On 30/03/2024 at 14:25, OttawaSaint said:

Biggest gripes about EPL

My 2 biggest gripes about EPL:

1) Media fawning

2) VAR - how on earth was that a pen? Phillips is mid way through kicking the ball clear and Gordon puts his foot in the way from behind him and gets kicked. Ridiculous.

Expand  

 

  On 30/03/2024 at 14:25, benjii said:

Terrible bit of VAR / refereeing there. Never, ever a penalty.

Expand  

It’s a foul on the defender. WTF has gone wrong with football at this level?

  • Like 1
obelisk

obelisk

Posted
Posted

Hysterical EPL hype. Makes me feel just a bit better about the possibility of missing out on promotion. You can certainly stick VAR where the sun don't shine.

  • Like 1
S-Clarke

S-Clarke

Posted
Posted
  On 30/03/2024 at 14:35, whelk said:

Yeah these wankers talk about being an incredible season. Why exactly? Oh wow 3 teams are in it with 10 or so games to go

Expand  

One of the worst quality seasons in many years imo. Everton and Forest have both been deducted points, and both will still probably survive without breaking sweat.

  • Like 1
S-Clarke

S-Clarke

Posted
Posted
  On 30/03/2024 at 14:48, badgerx16 said:

Why could the ref not, having seen the replay on the screen, make the correct decision ? The VAR is there to assist him, not influence him.

Expand  

Always been the case though isn't it, whenever they go to the screen it's a done deal. They've got people rabbiting on in their ears influencing their opinion.

  • Like 1
Fabrice29

Fabrice29

Posted
Posted
  On 30/03/2024 at 14:48, badgerx16 said:

Why could the ref not, having seen the replay on the screen, make the correct decision ? The VAR is there to assist him, not influence him.

Expand  

He's literally kicked the player and not the ball ffs :D 

Guest

Guest

Posted
Posted

Anthony Gordon is overrated, and a bit of a bellend.

The Kraken

The Kraken

Posted
Posted
  On 31/03/2024 at 13:31, OttawaSaint said:

Wasn't there a liverpool player offside on Salah's header forward, just before Veltmann played it back? 

The offside rule has mutated into a fucking mess IMO.

Expand  

If the defender attempts a clearance and makes contact it’s deemed a new phase of play and invalidates the original offside. If the defender doesn’t make contact with the ball then it’s offside. As you say, an absolute mess.

  • Like 1
OttawaSaint

OttawaSaint

Posted
Posted
  On 31/03/2024 at 13:55, The Kraken said:

If the defender attempts a clearance and makes contact it’s deemed a new phase of play and invalidates the original offside. If the defender doesn’t make contact with the ball then it’s offside. As you say, an absolute mess.

Expand  

Thanks for clearing that up. It's so messy that it's open to abuse.

I remember us having a goal disallowed one week because of xyz then the next week, same situation but the opponents get awarded the goal.

The Kraken

The Kraken

Posted
Posted
  On 31/03/2024 at 14:08, OttawaSaint said:

Thanks for clearing that up. It's so messy that it's open to abuse.

I remember us having a goal disallowed one week because of xyz then the next week, same situation but the opponents get awarded the goal.

Expand  

Tbf watching it back at half time it looked like Diaz himself was in an onside position when Salah headed it forward. However there were at least two or three Liverpool players in an offside position right in front of the keeper who I’d say were definitely interfering with play even if they didn’t make an attempt to play the ball. The defender touching it though made that irrelevant. Dopey rule.

  • Like 2
SNSUN

SNSUN

Posted
Posted
  On 31/03/2024 at 14:33, AlexLaw76 said:

the time taken to check offside for DIaz was silly. You can see directly on the still he was offside

Expand  

Yeah but it's Liverpool, they were probably checking each and every single camera angle in the ground to try to find one that shows he was onside so they can give the bestest team an extra goal.

 

 

  • Like 1
Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Posted
Posted
  On 31/03/2024 at 12:55, Maggie May said:

I’m saving this post for after our match. 😎

Expand  

You can if you like, it won’t be relevant to the point at hand. You can’t simply say that Leicester will smash us because they failed to convert a shedload of chances, when we’ve done exactly the same on numerous occasions this season. Stick Lambert and Sharp at the top of this team and we’d have put double figures past someone.

S-Clarke

S-Clarke

Posted
Posted
  On 31/03/2024 at 17:08, OttawaSaint said:

Arsenal and City are playing this really cagey. Not much flair play, a bit of a boring non event really.

Expand  

That game summed up the PL this year imo - the quality level bar this year is very, very low.

I'm sure we had Sky Sports say ''this is why the PL is the best league in the world' at one point or another though.

  • Like 2
S-Clarke

S-Clarke

Posted
Posted

Anyone see the stupid Lallana pre-match interview today?

He was on the bench for Brighton, but was talking about how good it was to ''be back home'', it's like 'I've never been away''. ''I'm desperate for Liverpool to win the league'' Brighton fans didn't take too kindly to it, but this is Lallana all over - self indulged and a bit of a wet wally it has to be said.

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 account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...