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Saints 4-0 Sheffield Wednesday - Saturday 3pm

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Couldn't really ask for any more.

Fantastic all round, I wasn't Martin's biggest fan but there's no denying that he's got this team playing some good stuff.

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hasper57saint

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Very big Bravo Zulu to Saints. Thanks to every contributor to this page this afternoon. I did tune in to Gillette Soccer Saturday but as soon as I saw CM was babbling his usual shite I came across here. 
onwards and upwards. COYS.

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ally_uk

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Thought we were fantastic today 👍

Credit to Russell Martin for instilling confidence and belief in the team. 

Nice to see Dibling get some minutes. 

The future is looking very promising.

Ubeaten record.

2nd in the league 

What's not to like.....

COYR'S ❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️

 

 

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31cc

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And now a GD of 19... what a brilliant result, a proper team spirit and much praise for RM.

 

The icing on the cherry on the cake, Orient turn over the Skates 3.0 at Nottarf Krap 🙂

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gammon cheeks

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8 hours ago, egg said:

Stephens use of the ball is too good for him to be benched. You've only got to see his ball to Alcaraz for the Mara goal to see why he plays. 

But where would he play ?

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austsaint

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6 minutes ago, Sunglasses Ron said:

Marvellous stuff from Saints, isn’t it great to support a good team again!

If we finish second, can we decline promotion? 😃

So true - you want to get promoted but you don't want the winning experience and the quality of Saint's play in the Championship to end!   Fabulous 2nd half display.  Fraser great again and deserved the applause he got coming off late in the game.     Every week you find yourself marvelling at KWP's game - if he does go in the Summer I'm just going to enjoy his remaining 19 League games for the Club.    Adams didn't look like a player trying to break down the exit door.  And credit to Smallbone, looked good today in the AM role.

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saintant

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Just now, gammon cheeks said:

Solid performance ...Frazer is a belter !   Some tough away games to come and that last game at Leeds could be the one that decides who goes up automatic .

What, between them and Leicester for second place behind us? 🙂

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Holmes_and_Watson

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All the work continues to pay off. Players happy, versatile with great movement awareness and composure. It's right across the team. From Baz's coolness, absorbing anything in his direction and weigting his passes, out to a solid backline, with KWP allowed freedom, and Manning's role tweaking as he's got Fraser ahead down that flank, but still tucking in. I enjoy just watching how many jobs Smallbone picks up across the park, while Downes provides a lot of talent in the midfield.

Up front, we're still developing.  And that's with the scorelines we've been getting. Today we put more away from our chances. That's partly due to the space we created and the quality of those final balls. Wednesday did try to come back into this, and we finished them off when they did. Fraser, Che and AA all providing something to the front 3, giving us movement, pace, huge amounts of work rate and some physical presence. Adams is always worth a little watch. As he's the least dynamic of the 3, his support work and positioning has to be pretty good.

They had a few efforts on Baz. But there's were mostly at speed that would require a quality finish. It's deliberate that Martin is happy we reduce teams to those kinds of chances. Some will have hearts in mouths, but the players are very well drilled in their defensive shapes.

Martin has been using the squad really well. That's with players with form/ fitness/ injury issues. Stu, Aribo, Stephens, Fraser have all been getting mroe and more game time. 

The unbeaten run continues. Martin and the players know there's more to come, that standards can;t drop and we have to be resiliant enough to handle any bumps that will surely come. Getting our noses ahead of Ipswich is some achievement considering whre we were. Martin and the players now have to push on into getting ahead, leaving whatever scar tissues that's left from last couple of seasons behind.

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Doctoroncall

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3 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said:

We do eat beaver tails here you know. Ottawa is famous for them (and not much else).

So I've heard - very tasty too!  Cinnamon and sugar combo the classic.

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Holmes_and_Watson

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14 minutes ago, gammon cheeks said:

But where would he play ?

It makes sense for him to come on when Smallbone is taken off, as Stephens seems to move into a number of the defensive slots Smallbone picks up. I'd not want to be the one to mess with the Bedders /THB partnership though.

So a bit of man management from Martin (which he seems really good at) to let everyone know how important they are and that there will be minutes for all three. There's usually kocks, suspensions or just match fatigue that should be enough to keep all three ticking over.

Patches O Houlihan

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36 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Eventually, Bednarek will get annoyed getting subbed for Teacher's Pet. Martin hopefully giving extra hugs and care there.

Beders has had an illness recently. Saving him the last few minutes with the game assured seems a reasonable call

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SaintTex

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10 minutes ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

Anyone got the league table from the start of the unbeaten run?

we were in 15th place at matchweek 8, coming off the Middlesbrough loss

 

Farmer Saint

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We are playing some incredible stuff - that 4th goal, one touch passing was sublime. It's also interesting hearing other fans talking about us - they are in awe, as we should be. 

We're really fucking good guys. 

 

 

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Holmes_and_Watson

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Just now, Patches O Houlihan said:

Beders has had an illness recently. Saving him the last few minutes with the game assured seems a reasonable call

I forgot to put a little smiley on that 😞 I was just thinking about Bednarek's position being a bit untouchable. Now that Stephens is back, someone with some different skills and someone who Martin picked out as a leader in the group, he may not get quite the full games as he had, as Martin will want to keep all 3 sharp. For exactly the sort of scenario where one' of them isn't 100%. Stephens will be thrilled we're doing so well, even if that's going to restrict his own minutes a bit.

Holmes_and_Watson

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6 minutes ago, bangkoksaint said:

Off to Bangkok tomorrow - where it all began for me on Saintsweb!! Nice way to sign off

I trust this means signing off before you travel, rahter than before you sing off forever from Saintsweb! 😨

M271

M271

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19 minutes ago, bangkoksaint said:

Off to Bangkok tomorrow - where it all began for me on Saintsweb!! Nice way to sign off

Are you back there permanently or just a visit back? I seem to remember that you live near me in Cheshire.

Bon voyage 

hypochondriac

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15 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

We are playing some incredible stuff - that 4th goal, one touch passing was sublime. It's also interesting hearing other fans talking about us - they are in awe, as we should be. 

We're really fucking good guys. 

 

 

First twenty minutes of the second half before we scored we played some genuinely incredible stuff. So so impressive. Best game of the season for me. 

 

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