monkadill Posted 19 October, 2008 Share Posted 19 October, 2008 Two players that at times recieved the spite of the fans over the years have scored against spurs. oh how we would love to heve em back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chez Posted 19 October, 2008 Share Posted 19 October, 2008 Delap was and is ****. When they played us last season he was non existant and wouldn't want him back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team-saint Posted 19 October, 2008 Share Posted 19 October, 2008 fuller just hit both posts with his penalty must have learnt at saints;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Causer Posted 19 October, 2008 Share Posted 19 October, 2008 Did anyone else hear redknapp jnr laughing as he talked about not knowing about delaps throw and saints going down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 19 October, 2008 Share Posted 19 October, 2008 fuller misses penalty, hits both posts and Delap hits bar with rebound. Goals from Delap and Higginbottom, Bale sent off.... weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr saint Posted 19 October, 2008 Share Posted 19 October, 2008 I enjoy watching Spurs these days. I'm considering getting a season ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyNorthernSaints Posted 19 October, 2008 Share Posted 19 October, 2008 Someone like Higgy a no nonsence experienced commited defender would be ideal. He can also take a penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Matty 76 Posted 19 October, 2008 Share Posted 19 October, 2008 Not sure that Higgy recieved spite from the fans, but you're right with Delap, but I still wouldn't have him back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Porter Posted 19 October, 2008 Share Posted 19 October, 2008 We should never have got rid of Higgy, terrible decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 19 October, 2008 Share Posted 19 October, 2008 We should never have got rid of Higgy, terrible decision. Burley's doing.... I am sure Higgy is still gutted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 19 October, 2008 Share Posted 19 October, 2008 watch harry take over at spurs now and pompey crumble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 19 October, 2008 Share Posted 19 October, 2008 I think Higgy wanted to go in order to be further North, although Burley wasn't exactly keen to hang on to him, so they were both happy. Just a shame we weren't. With a back four of Bale - Higgy - Baird - Ostlund we might just have got promoted automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory Posted 19 October, 2008 Share Posted 19 October, 2008 Higgy was crap for us and was to blame for a lot of our poor defensive displays in the season we went down. Delap has to be the most underrated Saints player ever. He played a vital role in our cup final season. WGS seemed to utilise his obvious abilities as a midfielder but it was the poor management from subsequent bosses that brought out the worst in him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted 19 October, 2008 Share Posted 19 October, 2008 Did anyone else hear redknapp jnr laughing as he talked about not knowing about delaps throw and saints going down He said that had they known about Delap's throw we might have stayed up. Makes you wonder if the coaching staff wondered around with their eyes closed. Incidentally Delap had a decent game today, think BBC website has him as man of the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffton Posted 19 October, 2008 Share Posted 19 October, 2008 He said that had they known about Delap's throw we might have stayed up. Makes you wonder if the coaching staff wondered around with their eyes closed. Incidentally Delap had a decent game today, think BBC website has him as man of the match. They can't not have known, it was one of his throws that led to our first goal agains Everton. Has to be down to saggyface for not utilising it enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 19 October, 2008 Share Posted 19 October, 2008 They can't not have known, it was one of his throws that led to our first goal agains Everton. Has to be down to saggyface for not utilising it enough. I think it was always utilised often enough. But it seems Rory has changed it somewhat, throwing it much lower and swifter, in the days with us he basically just lobbed it up in the air, so it arrived at our strikers with no real power. I also noted today that he played left MF, whereas he nearly always played on the right for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 19 October, 2008 Share Posted 19 October, 2008 Burley's doing.... I am sure Higgy is still gutted. Here we go again, everything is Burley's is fault. When Higgy was here here was slated for being a hoofer. A number of better players came in under Burley? Better players have come and gone like Davies, remember? Burley's fault? Burley left some time ago, since then we have had two different mangers, why aren't you blaming them for he state of the defence? Doesn't fit your agenda does it? Hasn't JP been here long enough to take the rap for our defensive frailties yet or are you leaving him alone because "he is a decent chap" and you are still blaming our problems on a long departed manager? Higgy chose to leave for more money, I am sure has was really gutted about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BotleySaint Posted 19 October, 2008 Share Posted 19 October, 2008 Delap overhead kick against Spurs. Nuff said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungle Posted 20 October, 2008 Share Posted 20 October, 2008 Higgy was crap for us and was to blame for a lot of our poor defensive displays in the season we went down. Delap has to be the most underrated Saints player ever. He played a vital role in our cup final season. WGS seemed to utilise his obvious abilities as a midfielder but it was the poor management from subsequent bosses that brought out the worst in him. I concur. Suddenly we went from playing Delap as an effective attacking midfielder, to making him play in holding midfield and then right back. He was ruined by Harry Redknapp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooney Posted 20 October, 2008 Share Posted 20 October, 2008 Never rated Delap or Fuller when they were with us. £90K paid for Fuller was about right but £4m Gray paid for delap--well!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mprobert Posted 20 October, 2008 Share Posted 20 October, 2008 Yes, be careful what you wish for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INFLUENCED.COM Posted 20 October, 2008 Share Posted 20 October, 2008 Watching the news hour this morning in relation to yesterdays Premiership games the initial minute was all ex Saints, Bale sending off, Higginbottom Penalty, Delap goal, Fuller penalty, then on the way in here, how we are the only side, in the Premiership to have been in Spurs position at this point in the season yet survive, my morning has been Saints related since 0615hrs. Liked the way Higginbottom would talk, even though Claus wore the armband, in an attempt to organise our back four and Delap did have an influence over our play, positive mostly, just seemed showed lack of enthusiasm toward the end with us, that said, who didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickmick Posted 20 October, 2008 Share Posted 20 October, 2008 No better defender came in than Hig. He was a ****e prem defender, an average CCC left back and a good CCC central defender. Burley sold him very, very cheap and replaced him with poorer players who cost more money, as he did with Oakley and others. Delap was awful and deserved to go, but no doubt he, along with Oakley, Hig, Prutton, Blackstock and others would walk into our team now. So sorry, but those players Burley chose to release are down to Burley and he has to take a large part of the blame for our current plight. Relegation happens to all clubs our size, we need to get over that, but Burley was an absolute farce. Oakley was the only one from that list that I was sad to see leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 20 October, 2008 Share Posted 20 October, 2008 Both of them are and were rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwaysaint Posted 20 October, 2008 Share Posted 20 October, 2008 Higgy was played out of position for about 3 years solid. That can't be good for anyone's game. He's lucky he got his career back on track at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 20 October, 2008 Share Posted 20 October, 2008 The reason we didn't go up in 2 seasons ago was we conceded too many goals. We easily scored enough to be promoted automatically. If we had kept Higginbotham IMO we wouldn't have conceded anywhere near as many and would have gone up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Stimp Posted 20 October, 2008 Share Posted 20 October, 2008 How bad have we gotten that people are wishing for Rory Delap back? Next thing I'll be hearing is "what's Ali Dia doing these days... he could do a job." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 20 October, 2008 Share Posted 20 October, 2008 How bad have we gotten that people are wishing for Rory Delap back? Next thing I'll be hearing is "what's Ali Dia doing these days... he could do a job." I think that the point being made here is, Delap and Higginbotham are two of a number of players perceived as not being good enough for us, who are currently playing Prem football, whilst we are languishing towards the bottom of the Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungle Posted 20 October, 2008 Share Posted 20 October, 2008 No better defender came in than Hig. He was a ****e prem defender, an average CCC left back and a good CCC central defender. Burley sold him very, very cheap and replaced him with poorer players who cost more money, as he did with Oakley and others. Delap was awful and deserved to go, but no doubt he, along with Oakley, Hig, Prutton, Blackstock and others would walk into our team now. So sorry, but those players Burley chose to release are down to Burley and he has to take a large part of the blame for our current plight. Relegation happens to all clubs our size, we need to get over that, but Burley was an absolute farce. That team under Redc*nt had lost all confidence and looked abysmal. It needed to be broken up and allow us to have a fresh start. Why can't you accept that some times it is good for both parties to have a split? I think Oakley's career had gone stale, but I was pleased to see him revive it. What Burley did that January was exactly what he had to do, and the proof is that the team he built made on to make the play-offs 18 months later, and be 5/6 points off the top six when he left to manage Scotland. Those, sir, are facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 20 October, 2008 Share Posted 20 October, 2008 and be 5/6 points off the top six when he left to manage Scotland. 7 points actually but I agree about changing the squad. I just wish he hadn't spent £7M on no better than we had and had kept Higgy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 20 October, 2008 Share Posted 20 October, 2008 7 points actually but I agree about changing the squad. I just wish he hadn't spent £7M on no better than we had and had kept Higgy. "Only" 7 points off the playoffs... "only" 9 points off the drop zone I think. Lets not kid ourselves into thinking Burley was a good manager last season. I would also have expected better from £10m spent over 2 years than one, very narrow, playoff place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 20 October, 2008 Share Posted 20 October, 2008 "Only" 7 points off the playoffs... "only" 9 points off the drop zone I think. Lets not kid ourselves into thinking Burley was a good manager last season. I would also have expected better from £10m spent over 2 years than one, very narrow, playoff place. No No No! Don't get me wrong. I'm no Burley fan. I was delighted that Scotland took Burley off our hands because IMO he had lost the plot. Saying that, the single most disastrous decision, which nearly got us relegated was the appointment of Dodd and Gorman. If we had appointed a manager (for the sake of argument Pearson) then. There may have been time to turn around the season and push towards the play-offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwarwick Posted 20 October, 2008 Share Posted 20 October, 2008 "Only" 7 points off the playoffs... "only" 9 points off the drop zone I think. Lets not kid ourselves into thinking Burley was a good manager last season. I would also have expected better from £10m spent over 2 years than one, very narrow, playoff place. I expected better as well but losing £20million of talent last season didn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwarwick Posted 20 October, 2008 Share Posted 20 October, 2008 No No No! Don't get me wrong. I'm no Burley fan. I was delighted that Scotland took Burley off our hands because IMO he had lost the plot. Saying that, the single most disastrous decision, which nearly got us relegated was the appointment of Dodd and Gorman. If we had appointed a manager (for the sake of argument Pearson) then. There may have been time to turn around the season and push towards the play-offs. Absolutely agree, a few of us on here said if Burley left we may end up with Dodd..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie2008 Posted 20 October, 2008 Share Posted 20 October, 2008 Delap overhead kick against Spurs. Nuff said Gotta respect that finish... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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