Hawkswood

I missed the whole lot. Crushing

Cant believe i didn't get to watch that. Gutted

Well I think thats the season done. Night night everyone

Personally for me I would never mess with a back four that are keeping clean sheets, unless of course there is an injury. Leave those sort of changes for the cup game.

Definitely agree with this. Not sure if you noticed how many times he cut in on his first man, which is fair enough, and Stewart, nearly every time, made a smart little run inbetween the cb and full back and not once did he recieve the pass. Instead, as you mentioned, he just ran ran and ran and ended up killing our .momentum.

Was just about to quote someone else about this. Wellington in particular has been as solid as I think you can get in a left back at this level. Really impressed with him. Probs my MoM last two matches.

Adding that to my vocab

Look, it wasn't great but Watford were much better than I think we all gave them credit for. Very well organised. But its sometimes good to get those wins, toughing it out. Wellington once again solid and I thought Tonda made the correct subs at the correct time.

Correct subs i think

The fact that they've screenshot some of the insults on here and even their fans find it funny is brilliant

He kinda walked into that one 😀

Oddly, Im starting to warm to Downes ( the player). Never thought Id feel or say that. Isn't the world full of surprises!! So we go to a back four and look far more solid. If only a few more people on saintsweb would've spotted that. Solid performance and players looking like they give a shit. Wellington my MoM today. One little mistake towards the end but I thought he looked solid throughout. Most of the back 5 decent plus Downes and Jander looked good.

Was that meant to say doing alright ?

Was thinking/ hoping the same

Agreed with the first point. Not the second though. I thought he did well. 🤷‍♂️

I take it youre trying to pick an argument with that second sentence

Agreed with all the points in bold. I thought we looked solid today and were only going to concede from a set piece. The fact that it was a shite goal didn't surprise me. What did pleasantly surprise me was Downes putting himself about today. Actually looked like he gave a shit. Big fan of the keeper. I thought we were the better side and honestly didn't thing we did too much wrong. Of course it wasn't perfect but there was a lot I liked today. We deserved the win I thought.

4 players jumped for the ball ( which was travelling at pace) in front of him

4 players jumped in front of him. Probably unsighted

Bit harsh to blame anyone for that I think. One of those thjngs from a set piece

Thats the thing. I always remember Scholes talking about Alex ferguson when it came to a cup game. He always said, match them for effort no matter who it is. As long as you do that your superior ability will eventually wear them down. Or words to that effect. Just hope it happens today.

It a derby dude. Always gonna be like this.

I agree but not totally his fault this time. Ball being put over the midfield

Think Im seeing this half differently to a lot of people. Its a derby, so there'll be a lot of blood and bluster from the home team, but I actually think we look solid and having a keeper who can clearly command his area is a massive plus. We're showing the only bits of attacking class. Pompey huffing and puffing. The only problem I have is that Tonda has clearly given instructions to get it forward asap to stop them shutting us down, problem with that being we cant hold it up there without stewart and therefore also bypassing our midfield. Other than that Im quite happy with the first half. Just my opinion obviously.