AndyNorthernSaints Posted 21 October, 2008 Share Posted 21 October, 2008 The penny has finally dropped then with a much more experienced line up starting tonight. I was glad to see McGoldrick, James and Wotton dropped. John proved we need a striker who can acutally hold the ball up and keep possession and even BWP looked lively. Gillett played well again and all round we looked much more solid. If only we could convert all the nice football into goals in the last 1/3. Yes we rode our luck and had Kelvin to thank again for some great saves but i thought the performance and attitude was great tonight. McGoldrick in his brief appearance proved he lacks the ablity and effort to play at this level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwaySaint1 Posted 21 October, 2008 Share Posted 21 October, 2008 How did beattie get on ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonToo Posted 21 October, 2008 Share Posted 21 October, 2008 How did beattie get on ? Looked fairly ordinary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwaySaint1 Posted 21 October, 2008 Share Posted 21 October, 2008 Looked fairly ordinary. Shame we cant afford him,this team needs an older player in the squad that they can look upto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintJackoInHurworth Posted 21 October, 2008 Share Posted 21 October, 2008 Shame we cant afford him,this team needs an older player in the squad that they can look upto. I would say on Beattie's performance tonight he would not have been much to look up to. As has already been said, he looked pretty ordinary tonight and together with his team-mates was frequently caught offside. Their lack of goals was due as much to how shocking they were up front as anything (save perhaps Davis excellent performance in goal). Our defence was caught out of position on more than one occasion, but they did not seem to possess the ability to capitalise. In short, Beattie was a shadow of his former self! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 21 October, 2008 Share Posted 21 October, 2008 How did Skacel play ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints67 Posted 21 October, 2008 Share Posted 21 October, 2008 Good battling result tonight. Team looked rather balanced until Jan started tinkering then I was worried that someone would forget to pick one of the opposition up and we'd give a goal away. McG had a superb chance with a free header but got too much on it. BWP struck a sweet shot across Kenny but he managed to get down for it and finger tip it around the post. This was another small step inthe right direction and please Jan start Chris Perry. He'd have got my man of the match vote but, as usual, Super Kelvin Davis wins that one. As the Americans say he was awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 21 October, 2008 Share Posted 21 October, 2008 I would say on Beattie's performance tonight he would not have been much to look up to. As has already been said, he looked pretty ordinary tonight and together with his team-mates was frequently caught offside. Their lack of goals was due as much to how shocking they were up front as anything (save perhaps Davis excellent performance in goal). Our defence was caught out of position on more than one occasion, but they did not seem to possess the ability to capitalise. In short, Beattie was a shadow of his former self! He'd still be a vast improvement on those available to us at the moment though...and will score c.25 goals this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints67 Posted 21 October, 2008 Share Posted 21 October, 2008 How did Skacel play ? He got out-paced by Webber loads of times (but most left-backs in this division would) and looked completely knackered towards the end but looked up for the game. Even waved a couple of times! If he can stay fit we definitely need him in the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Shango Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 Good game and good performance. Agree with Andy, was good to see McGoldrick, James and Wotton dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwaySaint1 Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 What was OL second bookable offence for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silversaint Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 Mudering webber on the edge of the box, he looked clean through from where we sat so looks like he may have taken one for the team to gain us a point. Got a standing ovation when he was trudging off. Whats his record now? Played 5 sent off twice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Karloff Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 Looked fairly ordinary. In fairness to Beattie, he's not long been back from injury and two games in three days may have been a bit much. Good result for Saints, but I don't think we could have played them at a better time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintbenny Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 Overall I thought we played well. We started slowly and then really came into the game towards the end of the first half. BWP had a wonderful chance to put us one up but blazed it over the bar, having said that he had a fairly lively game and seemed up for it. It was good to see Rudi back and considering he has not played much football this season had a decent game. Perry was a rock at the back and I would much rather have Gillet in the team than Wotton any day. For me I really think we are missing Holmes at the moment. Watching Webber last night just went to show that if you have a player with confidence and pace running at the defence, it just scares the living daylights out of them. We really couldn't handle him in the second half last night. Just to agree with the other posts David Molgoldrick just does not have it. He looked uninterested last night when he came on and I have no idea how he made it is a pro. He should have scored with a late header but missed by a mile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheff Saint Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 Agree all round. Most important thing was it was solid, there was backbone. Even if we struggle I'll be fully behind that all day long. Still pleanty of room for improvement but we looked much much stronger than recent weeks, best i've seen defensivly all season. Perry for MOM. He mopped everything up and Lancashire, who i'm still not sure is good enough, looked twice the player with Perry's support. The other thing that was intresting was, picking the senior players free'd up the likes of Surman and Lallanna. All the United players were more worried about John and BWP. A good time to play United, didn;t look like they'd spent much time getting ready for the game but nevertheless much better from us. Skacel was ok, needs a bit of match fitness but that'll come. Got to keep them in the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mprobert Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 Skacel was ok, needs a bit of match fitness but that'll come. Got to keep them in the team. I think you have to accept that Skacel doesnt do match fit - but even his version is welcome given his experience and obvious underlying skill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 What was OL second bookable offence for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 (edited) He got out-paced by Webber loads of times (but most left-backs in this division would) and looked completely knackered towards the end but looked up for the game. Even waved a couple of times! If he can stay fit we definitely need him in the side. when you say `towards the end' don't you really mean he looked tired after about 60 minutes? I don't understand why Mills played inthe winger role ahead of Skacel. Very strange decision. Despite my lack of love for Skacel I was glad to see him back in the side. No one is going to tell me that Ryan Smith deserves to play ahead of him. Edited 22 October, 2008 by Chez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickG Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 think Skacel, more experienced and stronger at LB and able to overlap makes sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawillwill Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 Mudering webber on the edge of the box, he looked clean through from where we sat so looks like he may have taken one for the team to gain us a point. Got a standing ovation when he was trudging off. Whats his record now? Played 5 sent off twice? If thats the case, it sounds as if a second yellow was a bit lenient to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 LOL at Rupert Lowe having to pick the team the fans want because he's bricking it SMS will be empty everyweek and he's gonna lose his money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derry Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 LOL at Rupert Lowe having to pick the team the fans want because he's bricking it SMS will be empty everyweek and he's gonna lose his money. You may have a point there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iowsaintsfan Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 Still not back yet as decided to stay up here for a few days, Did anyone see McG warming up? or more to the point lack of it while all the other players where he was trying to disracted them and just muck around. I know he was only on the bench but still! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickG Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 LOL at Rupert Lowe having to pick the team the fans want because he's bricking it SMS will be empty everyweek and he's gonna lose his money. LOL at you thinking Lowe picks the team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stkev7 Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 I'd have to agree with the majority of what has been said on here. David McGoldrick was the only negative for me, the lad has got a chip on his shoulder and strikes me as a 'rudeboy' type who doesn't give a sh*t about anyone else other than himself. Apart from that negative the lads were superb last night, a great battling performance and hopefully something we can build on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffo Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 Got back very late last night. Great battling performance. My mate couldn't come last minute, so asked me to take a couple pictures or videos Could anyone save me? Atmosphere was pretty poor from our end I thought last night, great at the end, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voteforpedro Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 Atmosphere was pretty poor from our end I thought last night, great at the end, though. how many saints fans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwarwick Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 Got back very late last night. Great battling performance. My mate couldn't come last minute, so asked me to take a couple pictures or videos Could anyone save me? Atmosphere was pretty poor from our end I thought last night, great at the end, though. Not surprised travelling to Bolivia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwarwick Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 LOL at Rupert Lowe having to pick the team the fans want because he's bricking it SMS will be empty everyweek and he's gonna lose his money. Probably why he is looking to sell the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffo Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 how many saints fans? 500ish at a guess. So anyone got a picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffo Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 500ish at a guess. ********..Thinking about it..Probably about 100-200 So anyone got a picture? ********..Thinking about it..Probably about 100-200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumstead_Saint Posted 22 October, 2008 Share Posted 22 October, 2008 LOL at Rupert Lowe having to pick the team the fans want because he's bricking it SMS will be empty everyweek and he's gonna lose his money. :smt005:smt005:smt005 Post of the week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyNorthernSaints Posted 22 October, 2008 Author Share Posted 22 October, 2008 when you say `towards the end' don't you really mean he looked tired after about 60 minutes? I don't understand why Mills played inthe winger role ahead of Skacel. Very strange decision. Despite my lack of love for Skacel I was glad to see him back in the side. No one is going to tell me that Ryan Smith deserves to play ahead of him. Yes thought it was a bit strange Mills playing in front of Rudi but it turned out that Rudi was much more solid in defence than Mills has been. I think Mills has potential to be good but not at left back right now. I'd like to see Rudi and Surman playing on the left with Gillett and Morgan in central midfield.. It was no surprise that we looked more solid in defence without James and Mills in the fullback roles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughieslastminutegoal Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 I'd have to agree with the majority of what has been said on here. David McGoldrick was the only negative for me, the lad has got a chip on his shoulder and strikes me as a 'rudeboy' type who doesn't give a sh*t about anyone else other than himself. Apart from that negative the lads were superb last night, a great battling performance and hopefully something we can build on. I think superb might be overstating the case. It's good to get a point. It's good to keep a clean sheet. Some lessons seem to have been learned (like not leaving four opponents unmarked 2 yards from goal). Someone may have finally accepted that we have to play some experienced players in the mix even if it costs. But we do need to recognise that independent commentators thought Sheff U were very poor by their standards. And KD again still had to make some sharp saves. That said, just maybe we might have begun to become a little more resilient. It is something hopefully the club as a whole will build on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St_Tel49 Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 I think superb might be overstating the case. It's good to get a point. It's good to keep a clean sheet. Some lessons seem to have been learned (like not leaving four opponents unmarked 2 yards from goal). Someone may have finally accepted that we have to play some experienced players in the mix even if it costs. But we do need to recognise that independent commentators thought Sheff U were very poor by their standards. And KD again still had to make some sharp saves. That said, just maybe we might have begun to become a little more resilient. It is something hopefully the club as a whole will build on. .. and of course Saints had nothing to do with them playing poorly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughieslastminutegoal Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 .. and of course Saints had nothing to do with them playing poorly. So are you saying them being poor was solely down to Saints? We had to defend 14 corners. KD made some excellent saves. If you think Saints alone made them poor, we didn't stop them getting 14 corners, did we? Yes we were better, but at the moment still quite a way from being good enough. Sorry if a bit of realism upsets you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickG Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 according to the radio their keeper played a blinder as well. No we are not good enough -not for a few years now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iowsaintsfan Posted 26 October, 2008 Share Posted 26 October, 2008 500ish at a guess. So anyone got a picture? sorry its abit late just got round to uploading sum pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iowsaintsfan Posted 26 October, 2008 Share Posted 26 October, 2008 also this http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=atT8R-MIxKk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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