Saints v Birmingham - match thread

[stevegrant]

As usual, please keep all match discussion to this thread.

[alpine_saint]

Sad to be missing the first home game.........

[Toomer]

I think I would settle for a draw, Brum look stronger in every department.

[Nexstar]

come on you saints!!!!

[Saint_clark]

I shall be on the 12 o clock train and be in the stadium to welcome them to the pitch.
First home game of the season - my favorite part of the year.

[andrew40]

I'll be there at 1 with my daughter and son waiting for Sophie to arrive from Bath with my wife and other daughter. Mixed emotions, but looking forward to having the whole family together for the game.

C'Mon you REDS !!!!!

[Le Goddard]

Cant wait for the game but this day is overshadowed with rumours of davies going to stoke :(

COYR

[alpine_saint]

I'll be there at 1 with my daughter and son waiting for Sophie to arrive from Bath with my wife and other daughter. Mixed emotions, but looking forward to having the whole family together for the game.

C'Mon you REDS !!!!!

Hope you all have a great day

[dubai_phil]

Looking forward to getting txt weather reports from ericorarabia.

Shame about the press speculation about Davies, the fans seemed to have an air of "hopefully" excitement about them before last night.

Let's hope we get a big crowd, a result and something to build on

[saintjay77]

Is this game on Satanta?

Cant wait for kick off. Looking forward to our kids surprising a few people. Dont think the result will go our way but if they turn a few of the pundits heads and show we have enough about us for this season I will be happy.

Come on you Reds!!!!

[derry]

Looking forward to getting txt weather reports from ericorarabia.

Shame about the press speculation about Davies, the fans seemed to have an air of "hopefully" excitement about them before last night.

Let's hope we get a big crowd, a result and something to build on

I'm not so sure about the big crowd, I've just spoken to the ticket office, 17500 tickets sold including season tickets. They are expecting a total with walk ups of about 21000.

[Windmill Arm 2]

If we beat Brum, I will be excited about this team

[saintkiptanui]

Decided to drive today, haven't seen saints sober for years, it will be a nice experience.

UP THE SAINTS!!!!!!!

[revolution saint]

Decided to drive today, haven't seen saints sober for years, it will be a nice experience.

UP THE SAINTS!!!!!!!

It's not pleasant.

Anyway, I'll be going. I missed the 1st game of the season last year for the first time in about 17 years last season so clearly saints need me. I'm looking forward to not recognising a lot of our players.

[happiness stan]

If we beat Brum, I will be excited about this team


That's how I feel at the moment too.
A win against the favourites would be some kickstart.

Hope Sophie and the rest of the family have a good day Andrew40.

[SaintRobbie]

Right ....

bugger this protest against Lowe, I'm going.

I can't resist it. And, the team need all the support they can get if we're going to give Fulthorpe - and most importantly Shearer - the chance to surivive in this league once they are able to take over.

COYR!

[andrew40]

That's how I feel at the moment too.
A win against the favourites would be some kickstart.

Hope Sophie and the rest of the family have a good day Andrew40.

Cheers

A win would be some present to us today of all days!!!

[John B]

Right ....

bugger this protest against Lowe, I'm going.

I can't resist it. And, the team need all the support they can get if we're going to give Fulthorpe - and most importantly Shearer - the chance to surivive in this league once they are able to take over.

COYR!

Well done Robbie enjoy the game.

Are you sure about the takeover

[trousers]

Too busy watching real sportsmen and women at the Olympics

[Thedelldays]

If we beat Brum, I will be excited about this team


ello son

it wil be hard to beat brum, they are a very strong team

[madruss]

Apparantly the average age of Arsenal's team today is 23

The average age of Saints anticipated starting line-up is also 23.

Coincidence? Good omen?

Or maybe it's just nice to have something in common with Arsenal!!

COYR

[trousers]

The average age of people working in B&Q this afternoon is 23. Coincidence ?








;)

[Mr X]

I think I would settle for a draw, Brum look stronger in every department.

bugger settling for a draw, a draw would be an amazing result can't see us getting anything other than a thrashing

[hypochondriac]

The average age of people working in B&Q this afternoon is 23. Coincidence ?








;)

I would say most definitely.

[Minty]

Saints line-up: Davis, James, Svensson, Perry, Surman, Schneiderlin, Gillett, McGoldrick, Lallana, Holmes, John.

Subs: Lancashire, Thomson, Mills, Wotton, Bialkowski.

[Tac-tics]

Come on you reds.

Time to start turning people's heads for the right reasons, we've done it many times before so lets do it again!

I want too beeee in thatttt number, oh when the saints go marching in!!!!!!!!!!!

[hypochondriac]

no thomas again. Good to see mills and lancashire on the bench

[Minty]

Brum side for those interested, Phillips on the bench... expect him to come on and score later then...

Birmingham: Maik Taylor, Murphy, Martin Taylor, Ridgewell, Larsson, O'Connor, Nafti, McFadden, Owusu-Abeyie, Parnaby, Carsley.

Subs: Kelly, Phillips, Bent, Jerome, Doyle.

[Thedelldays]

THAT is a very strong team

[saint boggy]

Sad to be missing the first home game.........
ditto to that!!:(

[Minty]

THAT is a very strong team

It is indeed, and not devoid of skill either... on paper, a very balanced and capable side that I would expect to be at or near the top, if they can gel (sorry, shouldn't use that word after last season!)

Frankly, I'll be happy with a point today.

[adriansfc]

Right ....

bugger this protest against Lowe, I'm going.

I can't resist it. And, the team need all the support they can get if we're going to give Fulthorpe - and most importantly Shearer - the chance to surivive in this league once they are able to take over.

COYR!

You never fail to amaze me with your relentless stupidity.

[Minty]

Bright start... John goal disallowed for offside from a good cross from Schneiderlin.

[Thedelldays]

any radio links~?

[Wimpy]

What Thedelldays said.

[Minty]

Another good cross, just over John's head. Good passing and movement so far it seems, and closing down the opposition well according to Solent.

Sorry, no links... i'm listening to it on the radio.

[Minty]

More good approach play, low cross from Lloyd James, nearly picks out Lee Holmes, cleared for a corner.

[Thedelldays]

sounds good so far...

[Saintmike666]

C'mon you saints! Keep this up

[Mr X]

sounds good so far...

It always does we play well and still lose

[Minty]

Certainly does, Merrington saying it's all good so far.

[Minty]

It always does we play well and still lose

That's the spirit.

[Mr X]

That's the spirit.

Sorry I should be more positive but you know i'm right ;)

[Thedelldays]

reading 1-0 plymouth

I really can se plymouth going down..they have a poor manager who is ill and have sold ALL of their best players in the last year..

[Mr X]

reading 1-0 plymouth

I really can se plymouth going down..they have a poor manager who is ill and have sold ALL of their best players in the last year..

A good manager who is ill IMO

[LukeH]

Nothing like watching live football and hoping little dots come up on a screen showing how many shots we've had. Sigh.

[MulletMan]

Attendance?

[silversaint]

anything happening of any note? Tony Cottee on SSN just said we had dominated about 5 minutes earlier on?

[LukeH]

Well by the looks of espn it seems like we're dominating. Anyone know of any better sites to keep the updates fairly regularly?

[Minty]

We started well and dominated with some good play for the first 20 mins, but Brum come back into it with a couple of breaks since... one let off, but Saints just back up the other end, but overhit cross from James.

[MulletMan]

Well by the looks of espn it seems like we're dominating. Anyone know of any better sites to keep the updates fairly regularly?

Don´t know if it´s better but try bbc.

[Dr Who?]

If you put sky sports live scored in a google seach you will get sky sports live scores like on tv and if you click on our game you will get live text updates.

[LukeH]

Stupid living in the colonies. If it's not PL then it's not much coverage.

[Dr Who?]

http://live.skysports.com/ScoreCentre/live.html

[Minty]

Taylor good save from Gillett chance, after McGoldrick break down the right! So close!

[errol_slymm]

you could always join SaintsTV, only £3.99 per month...

[Minty]

Put aside all the talk of transfers and finances etc, etc... at least those who are out there, on the pitch, are giving it 100% and it sounds like we're competing well with a side that is expected to be up there at the end of the season. If that isn't encouraging, considering the changes and player sales, then I don't know what is.

[Thedelldays]

Put aside all the talk of transfers and finances etc, etc... at least those who are out there, on the pitch, are giving it 100% and it sounds like we're competing well with a side that is expected to be up there at the end of the season. If that isn't encouraging, considering the changes and player sales, then I don't know what is.
without a doubt..sure beats this time last year..which was turgid to say the least

[errol_slymm]

McLeaish not happy with his forwards tho, don't think BC are firing on all cylinders right now. Does sound like were doing ok for now mind...

[RoswellSaint]

Strangely quiet here today, everyone must be at the game!

[RoswellSaint]

aargh, that was lucky.

[Minty]

Let off there... Brum goal disallowed for offside... apparently the offside player didn't need to touch it as it was going in already.

Holmes just screwed an effort wide after good work from McGoldrick.

[sfcuk fan]

excellent try from lalana saved by goalie

[Minty]

Another good chance... Lallana effort saved, corner to Saints...

CHRIS PERRY!!!! 1-0!!!!

Get in!

[sfcuk fan]

gggoooooooaaaaalllllllll by perry

[errol_slymm]

yes!

[Alright Dave]

get in Perry :)

[LVSaint]

getthe****in!!!!

[Thedelldays]

get in there....you beauty...sounds like we deserved it too (if minty is not pulling our planks)

[DarrenLeTiss]

Come on!!!!, fully deserved judging by the commentary

[daghvi]

YES 1-0 :) We really deserved this. Chris Perry, you're great

[Saintmike666]

YEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! Get in there Perry!

[sfcuk fan]

come on you reeeedddddsssssssssss

saints now leading by 1 goal to nil scored by chris perry.

listening to it on radio solent and guess what, we're playing well :-)

[Thedelldays]

just hold on till half time...pleeeeeeeeeeeease

[Jimmy_D]

WOOOOOOOOO!

COYR!

uh...

WOOT!

[RoswellSaint]

great, walk away from the computer again and we score! Just like last week. :)

[scooby]

Saints, under the aegis of Lord Lowe and his Golden Duo, are going to walk this mickey mouse.

[Saintmike666]

Get to half time please! 2mins extra time

[Minty]

get in there....you beauty...sounds like we deserved it too (if minty is not pulling our planks)

Well i'm only going by Radio Solent, and Dave Merrington can be hard to please, but he's very complimentary.

2 mins of stoppage time.

[sfcuk fan]

great, walk away from the computer again and we score! Just like last week. :-)


please go for a veeeeeery long walk m8 ;)

[Saintmike666]

Saints, under the aegis of Lord Lowe and his Golden Duo, are going to walk this mickey mouse.

Are you actually trying to annoy people! Not the time or the place for that sort of thing i fear.

[Jimmy_D]

please go for a veeeeeery long walk m8 ;)

Agreed! ;)

[paris]

Keep walking away from your comùputer then..

[Weston Super Saint]

Saints, under the aegis of Lord Lowe and his Golden Duo, are going to walk this mickey mouse.

Can we take Minnie too, and are we going to the park?

[sfcuk fan]

half time

[Saintmike666]

LOL at stoke 3-0 down already!

[Saintmike666]

Half time Saints 1 Brum 0. Get in there!

[martin_au]

it's from a CORNER!!!

[Thedelldays]

great....1-0 at half time and playing well....

my fear is when phillips and jerome come on....

[Minty]

Jerome is already on TDD... he replaced an injured Nafti after about 30 mins

[icehagman]

great, walk away from the computer again and we score! Just like last week. :)

Won´t you please stay away for another hour..? :-)

[Leicestersaint]

Well done Saints - sounds like Saints are playing really well, passing the ball effectively and deservedly in the lead.

Let's hope they manage to win this one and start to disprove all the moaning doubting Thomases on here who don't believe the youngsters are up to it!

Come on Saints!

[Saintmike666]

great....1-0 at half time and playing well....

my fear is when phillips and jerome come on....

Jerome is already on mate. Agree about Phillilps though, you can already just see him scoring!

[Saint_Si]

Oh I'm so chuffed. Sounds like we're playing well. Perry you beauty!!! Its inevitable those Brummy bastards will come back in the second half but lets enjoy it while we can eh!!

[Michelle]

Woo. Sounds pretty positive from Solent. Bearing in mind the strength of Brum's team, and our relative weakness in comparison, if we can keep it this way we'll have done ourselves incredibly proud.

C'mon boys.

[alpine_saint]

Woah, just come in from an afternoon out.

Are we really 1-0 up ???

Great, fingers crossed for the 2nd half.....

[carljack]

great....1-0 at half time and playing well....

my fear is when phillips and jerome come on....

Not with KILLER back at St Marys,the guy is a miracle man talisman,we have missed him!

SAINT TILL I DIE!

[Minty]

Woah, just come in from an afternoon out.

Are we really 1-0 up ???

Great, fingers crossed for the 2nd half.....

Yes indeed, and played well and created chances. Brum have had their openings too, could've been about 3-2, but our lads are giving it everything it seems which is all we can ask.

[Thedelldays]

Woah, just come in from an afternoon out.

Are we really 1-0 up ???

Great, fingers crossed for the 2nd half.....

and we scored from a corner...I am in shock...we are the better team too..

this is all good..beating this lot would send the confidence into orbit..

[paris]

Go back out and come back later...

[Offside]

Here's a radio link:

http://matchlive.safc.premiumtv.co.uk/mlex/258741/matches/08152007/2873792/match_console.html?clubid=10281

[LVSaint]

Will Cope "Chris Perry doesn't score very many but when he does they are crucial goals"

WTF?

[Saint for ever]

Very nice to see we're 1 up at HT. Sorry I can't be there today. Come on saints get another next half!

[Saint Thomas]

Thanks very much for the radio link Offside! Come on Saints, McGoldrick to get the 2nd!

[Minty]

Brum are gonna come at us this half I fear... gotta be braced to withstand some early pressure.

[Poshie72]

Thanks for the link. Just logged on to see the score. Neeed another COYR!

[THEVMAN]

Listening on saints tv,all over brum hope we can keep it up and silence some of the negative idiots that think these kids cant cope .

[Thedelldays]

that link does not work for me??

[sfcuk fan]

good chance from mc goaldrick

[Hoggins]

Good chance for Stern John!

[Hoggins]

**** 1-1

[Minty]

Bugger. 1-1.

[Weston Super Saint]

1-1 oconnor

[Saint Thomas]

Sounds like we've started the 2nd half brightly

[sfcuk fan]

booooooooooooo 1 - 1 **** **** balls

[Saintmike666]

Oh B*llocks! 1-1

[Saint Thomas]

Ah...I wasn't being sarcastic, I just have a delayed radio link.

[Minty]

Solent: 'Perry mistimed his jump and it's cost us'... shame...

Long way to go yet... we can still win this if we stay positive.

[Poshie72]

Bugger C'MON think i'll switch off the link

[sfcuk fan]

two corners in succession from brum, bit of pressure on us now

[Saintmike666]

All brum now, corner to them

[Michelle]

Sounds like we've started the 2nd half brightly

Was that supposed to be ironic? :p

Scrap that, just seen your second post.

Balls. Come on Saints.

[Thedelldays]

tits....just signed up for saintsTV and as I put the commentry on they equalise...

arrrrrrrrgghh

[Saintmike666]

C'mon saints! We CAN win this

[alpine_saint]

Oh Shiit.

[Mr X]

****. This Has a brum win all over it now

[Minty]

Davis save from McFadden... gotta regroup and get some possession here.

[Saintmike666]

Great save by Davis! Nearly 2-1 to brum

[Poshie72]

ffs saints get a grip

[Minty]

****. This Has a brum win all over it now

Does it f*ck. They've got their tails up, it's to be expected, but there's a long way to go.

[alpine_saint]

Sounds like we did well in the first half, but I wonder if we were playing at full-tilt and only have one style of play, and maybe Brum have sussed us out over the break.

Real test of JPs ability here - can he mix it ?

[Jimmy_D]

Come on Saints!

If we beat Shef Utd. with the crud we had last season from 0-1, we can bloody well win here from 1-1!

[Minty]

Sounds like we did well in the first half, but I wonder if we were playing at full-tilt and only have one style of play, and maybe Brum have sussed us out over the break.

Real test of JPs ability here - can he mix it ?

Careful alps... people will accuse you of negativity. ;)

Perhaps it should be expected that a team with the quality of Birmingham were bound to come back into the game after a half time rocket from their manager... When the going gets tough etc, etc... It's a good test.

[Saintmike666]

Brum winning every ball now, saints seem totally out of it.

C'mon you reds, i have FAITH! :D

[alpine_saint]

Brum winning every ball now, saints seem totally out of it.

C'mon you reds, i have FAITH! :D

So we're back to 32% football and hoofing it up the pitch ?

[sfcuk fan]

first half we sounded good, second half we're struggling a bit and brum got the upperhand at the mo


come on you reds

[Minty]

Brum winning every ball now, saints seem totally out of it.

C'mon you reds, i have FAITH! :D

Eh? 'Totally out of it'?! Not what I'm hearing. Yes, Brum are back into the game more, but we've had some good possession this half too.

[LVSaint]

Anyone else's Saintstv bite the dust?

[alpine_saint]

Saints line-up: Davis, James, Svensson, Perry, Surman, Schneiderlin, Gillett, McGoldrick, Lallana, Holmes, John.

Subs: Lancashire, Thomson, Mills, Wotton, Bialkowski.

There is no-one on that bench that could come on and change the game.

[Saintmike666]

So we're back to 32% football and hoofing it up the pitch ?

No 'Hoofing' involved just yet. Brum just have there tails up, we need to weather this storm then get ourselves sorted out

[Minty]

So we're back to 32% football and hoofing it up the pitch ?

No, definately not.

Come on people, did you expect us to not have some pressure to contend with at some point? It's a good job the team don't have the same mentality or they'd just give up now and go home.

[Minty]

There is no-one on that bench that could come on and change the game.

I disagree. Thomson's pace can cause problems to a tiring defence. I admit I'm disappointed not to see more attacking options though.

[Saintmike666]

Eh? 'Totally out of it'?! Not what I'm hearing. Yes, Brum are back into the game more, but we've had some good possession this half too.

I can only assume your listening to Radio Hampshire. I take it back slightly, we're not totally out of it. Certainly need to sort themselves out a bit though

[Rander]

Alpinesaint, you really are a sad, little ****.

[alpine_saint]

No, definately not.

Come on people, did you expect us to not have some pressure to contend with at some point? It's a good job the team don't have the same mentality or they'd just give up now and go home.

Fair comment, how they have reacted / will react to conceeding is a real benchmark.

Hold on to the draw or sneak a win, we know we are on to a winner.

Conceed 3 more, some serious questions need to be asked in the boardroom about the club strategy and direction.

[sfcuk fan]

gillett down injured at mo

[alpine_saint]

Alpinesaint, you really are a sad, little ****.

What merits that abuse ?

[Saintmike666]

Fair comment, how they have reacted / will react to conceeding is a real benchmark.

Hold on to the draw or sneak a win, we know we are on to a winner.

Conceed 3 more, some serious questions need to be asked in the boardroom about the club strategy and direction.

Not with only 2 league games gone!

[alpine_saint]

I disagree. Thomson's pace can cause problems to a tiring defence. I admit I'm disappointed not to see more attacking options though.

We've given away all our attacking options.........

[Minty]

Conceed 3 more, some serious questions need to be asked in the boardroom about the club strategy and direction.

I don't think so... i don't want to pre-empt anything but we've been playing pretty well and we always knew it would be difficult with such wholesale changes. You can't judge anything re: club strategy and direction after two games of a season.

[1965onwards]

These boys are improving every game,and a lot quicker than anyone could hope for.

This team is already better than last seasons team.

Todays result will have no bearing on the season overall.

[alpine_saint]

Not with only 2 league games gone!

I know what you are saying, but in the light of this week's transfers, the squad is only going to get weaker, not stronger.

[Minty]

I know what you are saying, but in the light of this week's transfers, the squad is only going to get weaker, not stronger.

Alps... for the sake of this thread, lets leave the transfer discussions until later eh?! For now it's all about this game. Plus, it might prevent any moe abuse coming your way!

[sfcuk fan]

sounds like jake thomson is warming up to come on maybe ?

[Weston Super Saint]

John off Thomson on

[Saintmike666]

I know what you are saying, but in the light of this week's transfers, the squad is only going to get weaker, not stronger.

Personally i have faith in the quality of the youngsters. Only time will tell if that faith is mis-placed.

[sfcuk fan]

bournemouth losing

[Saintmike666]

Stern John off Jake Thomson on

[sfcuk fan]

good spell for saints at mo

[Weston Super Saint]

Doncaster 1 Cardiff 0...

[alpine_saint]

Alps... for the sake of this thread, lets leave the transfer discussions until later eh?! For now it's all about this game. Plus, it might prevent any moe abuse coming your way!

OK, will do, though I dont see how the two things are mutually exclusive.

[alpine_saint]

good spell for saints at mo

Possession, or attempts on goal ?

[sfcuk fan]

come on saints, getting back into it a little bit but brum still sounding dangerous

[VectisSaint]

I know what you are saying, but in the light of this week's transfers, the squad is only going to get weaker, not stronger.
transfer (singular), we loaned out a player who hardly played for us last season, big deal.

[Saintmike666]

Possession, or attempts on goal ?

Mainly possession at the mo.

[sfcuk fan]

Possession, or attempts on goal ?

possession and general play m8, no real chances but they seem to be keeping their heads up and trying

[Minty]

OK, will do, though I dont see how the two things are mutually exclusive.

They're not, but as far as todays game goes, the team and squad can't be changed now so we have to do the job with what we've got.

[kenneth_kenobi]

Rasiak on for Watford

[dubai_phil]

Late on parade, sorry been for a swim.
It was perfect weather - around 38 low humidity gentle breeze, almost had a goosebump or two while getting dry although we did have some heavy showers over the desert today.

How's the weather at SMS?

[Minty]

BTW, just for alpine:

Southampton Birmingham
4(2) Shots (on Goal) 4(4)
10 Fouls 6
3 Corner Kicks 1
5 Offsides 3
47% Time of Possession 53%
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3 Saves 5

Brum denied a goal by an offside flag... eek.

[Saintmike666]

Brum goal disalowed. Offside against Ridgewell

[sfcuk fan]

ooooooooooooo ****, brum 2 ........ oh hang on ........

disallowed ...... (breathes heavy sigh of relief )

[Saintmike666]

Apparntley wrongly disalowed

[alpine_saint]

BTW, just for alpine:

Southampton Birmingham
4(2) Shots (on Goal) 4(4)
10 Fouls 6
3 Corner Kicks 1
5 Offsides 3
47% Time of Possession 53%
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3 Saves 5

Brum denied a goal by an offside flag... eek.

Sounds evenly balanced. But on paper...well.....

[sfcuk fan]

Apparntley wrongly disalowed


who cares, after johns disalloed goal on 3 mins that evens it up a bit :D

[alpine_saint]

Apparntley wrongly disalowed

How many times did we not get the rub of the green last season. No sympathy...

[Saintmike666]

Phillips coming on (Here we go!) 4 Strikers going to be on the pitch for brum

[Minty]

Boos ringing out... Kevin Phillips coming on.

Uh oh. lol

[sfcuk fan]

booooooooooooooo kevin phillips coming on and crowd booooing

[alpine_saint]

Phillips coming on (Here we go!) 4 Strikers going to be on the pitch for brum

Oh, f**k....Here we go.........

[Minty]

First f*cking touch... unbelievable.

[Hoggins]

2-1.. phillips

[Saintmike666]

2-1 Brum PHILLIPS! 30secs on the pitch

[sfcuk fan]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooo

phillips with his first ****in touch

[LVSaint]

no ****ing way **** off

[errol_slymm]

Bvgger

[dubai_phil]

Well we all saw that one coming didn't we.
bllx

[alpine_saint]

Ffs...............

[Weston Super Saint]

30 f&cking seconds!!!

[Minty]

If it wasn't so annoying, it'd be funny...

[Saintmike666]

Make that 15 seconds! FFS

C'MON YOU SAINTS!

[Minty]

Right, come on Saints. Nothing to lose now. Need to find some composure, some confidence on the ball and try to create some chance like first half.

[alpine_saint]

Why is this sort of crap always so predictable with us ??

[Mr X]

Does it f*ck. They've got their tails up, it's to be expected, but there's a long way to go.

Told ya ;)

[Minty]

Told ya ;)

Good for you. I hope you're happy.

[1965onwards]

Saints problems seem to be at fullback,which is not unexpected.

[Jillyanne]

If it wasn't so annoying, it'd be funny...

Quite.

[John B]

why is this sort of crap always so predictable with us ??

our luck will change

we are not doing too badly

[Mr X]

Good for you. I hope you're happy.

exceedingly. Seriously i was windin ya up hence the wink :D

[Saintmike666]

The final score WILL be 2-2

[DarrenLeTiss]

Thought the bench was a little lightweight today, no one on there to come on and make a difference , like the Birmingham subs have done

[alpine_saint]

Thought the bench was a little lightweight today, no one on there to come on and make a difference , like the Birmingham subs have done

Yep, we're busy giving away anyone that could fill that role.

Where's BWP ?

[sfcuk fan]

The final score WILL be 2-2


yup, and shearer WILL be manager by september :D

[Minty]

exceedingly. Seriously i was windin ya up hence the wink :D
I know, dont worry. You'll never change me though, I just don't see the point of dwelling on negatives when we can still go out and get something from a game.

[DarrenLeTiss]

Yep, we're busy giving away anyone that could fill that role.

Where's BWP ?

Or Dyer? Skacel?

[alpine_saint]

Or Dyer? Skacel?

Aye. It's f**king pathetic.

[sfcuk fan]

great interception by killer

[Mr X]

I know, dont worry. You'll never change me though, I just don't see the point of dwelling on negatives when we can still go out and get something from a game.

fair play to you. I am way too pessimistic by my own admission

[sfcuk fan]

bournemouthjust equalised ..... can we ?????

[Saintmike666]

bournemouthjust equalised ..... can we ?????

Yes, yes we can

[View From The Top]

Yes, yes we can

But we won't.

[Saintmike666]

3mins stoppage time to be given

[saint lard]

A pattern seems to be emerging,we get out the blocks quickly,get up and at the opposition and convert one of many good chances.

We become complacent,and opposition press us back us for long periods and we concede.
We can't restablish our early pressure and we concede another late on.

We lack options and a plan b.

Just like at Cardiff, we appear to be decent for 20- 40 mins in a match.

[View From The Top]

I see the return of Lowe has brought the crowds flooding back.

[alpine_saint]

I see the return of Lowe has brought the crowds flooding back.

17,000 saints fans. It's only going to drop. Worrying times ahead.

[alpine_saint]

A pattern seems to be emerging,we get out the blocks quickly,get up and at the opposition and convert one of many good chances.

We become complacent,and opposition press us back us for long periods and we concede.
We can't restablish our early pressure and we concede another late on.

We lack options and a plan b.

Just like at Cardiff, we appear to be decent for 20- 40 mins in a match.

Yeah, we're one-trick ponies, but without the overwhelming talent that requires.

[Minty]

A pattern seems to be emerging,we get out the blocks quickly,get up and at the opposition and convert one of many good chances.

We become complacent,and opposition press us back us for long periods and we concede.
We can't restablish our early pressure and we concede another late on.

We lack options and a plan b.

Just like at Cardiff, we appear to be decent for 20- 40 mins in a match.
I agree to a small degree, but I don't think it's complacency that settles in at all, just more that we're not (yet) able to adapt when our opposition changes things to cope with our play.

It takes time to develop a team and whilst I'm gutted to lose (assuming we do) we have to take the positives from it, but also work on the negatives in a constructive way to put things right in the coming games.

[St.Thomas7]

What is it with Saints??

Last week we all just KNEW Cardiff would score as they got that free kick.
This time Phillips comes on and we all just KNEW he was going to score. 15 seconds later....

Is the team cursed or is it us????

[Jillyanne]

Don't you just love people who look on the bright side. It is 1 game ffs.

[View From The Top]

Yeah, we're one-trick ponies, but without the overwhelming talent that requires.

You are, without doubt, the most annoying cvnt known to man.

In fact I'm just going to refer to you as Thrush from now on.

[Saintmike666]

Full Time Southampton 1 Birmingham 2

[Saintmike666]

You are, without doubt, the most annoying cvnt known to man.

In fact I'm just going to refer to you as Thrush from now on.

HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! (Sorry alpine i just found that pretty funny!)

[errol_slymm]

tbh I never expected us to get anything out of this. Not being pessimistic, but BC are a very strong side...

[VectisSaint]

Yeah, we're one-trick ponies, but without the overwhelming talent that requires.
Bloody hell Alpine, they must have learned it from you, Mr One Trick Pony himself. Do you ever have anything good (or even neutral) to say? Stick some Leonard Cohen on and really enjoy yourself :)

[sfcuk fan]

:( final score saints 1 - brum 2

good first half, lost the track in the second half and cvnt phillips did just what we bloody well knew he would.

never mind, its a loooooong season

[Doctoroncall]

Oh well, I can see this being repeated unless we can get a decent goalscorer!

[warsash saint]

What is it with Saints??

Last week we all just KNEW Cardiff would score as they got that free kick.
This time Phillips comes on and we all just KNEW he was going to score. 15 seconds later....

Is the team cursed or is it us????

And we all know Derby will get a win for the 1st time in year next week

[Minty]

Gutted. Lots of things to take from this game. It's clear that when we get it right, we can create chances and put pressure on strong opposition. But when we get it wrong, we struggle to turn things around and let the momentum build up against us.

Sod the doom and gloom... this has been very disappointing but we have to learn from it and prevent, as Dave Merrington just said, fear creeping in, because that can really stifle a team.

[Saintmike666]

Yes im gutted but lets be honest we have had two VERY tough games. I dont think its to much of a suprise that we haven't picked up any points.

[alpine_saint]

Bloody hell Alpine, they must have learned it from you, Mr One Trick Pony himself. Do you ever have anything good (or even neutral) to say? Stick some Leonard Cohen on and really enjoy yourself :)

What are you trying to say ? I am really ****ed off at this result. However, I wont resort to abusing fellow posters as a release.