DG Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Wasn't expecting that, well done Nige and the boys.
lordswoodsaints Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Great result but always start your strongest team....Coyr
Crab Lungs Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Absolutely immense from everyone, special mention to Hooiveld for standing firm after coming in as a "stand in". Didn't let us down tonight. Has his limitations but well done Jos. Well done everyone, in fact. Absolutely beaming.
S-Clarke Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 A lot of praise for NA too, he's been hugely criticized for his subs against City and Utd etc - but he got it spot on today, at the right times. A really good tactical effort.
Dogs Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Managers subs amazing,Luke Shaw amazing,the whole team plus support was amazing.
beatlesaint Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Biggest shock of the night - Chaplow coming on and looking half decent against the European champions. I dont know why it should be, the guy has more premiership playing time than most in our squad. He isn't a bad player by any means, ok he may be up and down form wise but when he is on song he is a hell of a decent, tough player.
SaintRobbie Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 In the immortal words of Mr Frederick Flintstone: YABADABADOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Matthew Le Tissier Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Great result over the moon. Without sounding negative, how good could we be if we didn't start with the likes of gully and Davis. Surely everyone one agrees gully wouldn't get onto any other premiership teams bench let alone a start. Not taking nothing away from the performance as its a great point but I just wonder how good we would be if we were not carrying under par players. Can't really comment on Boruc performance tonight as to be honest he didn't really have much to do did he. He's doing better so far than I expected anyway. Long may it continue!
Jimmy_D Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 That would be the European Champions we just mugged for a point in their own back yard Lambert completely transformed that game.
Ziggy Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 A great result. Draws against Arsenal and now Chelsea show we have grown into the season. Put that with the professional win on Saturday and suddenly it's looking a lot better. Twelve games, two defeats and eighteen points. It is what dreams are made of.
CWD Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Outstanding result. Morgan, Cork, Shaw and Clyne were immense, and Punch is really looking like a classy PL winger.
Sheaf Saint Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Great result but always start your strongest team....Coyr But can we honestly say the game would have gone the way it did had we done that? Seems to me like Nige got it spot on tonight.
CaneNero Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Adkins' tactical genius. 2 subs, 1 goal and 1 assist. Glad to see Hooiveld with a strong performance, whole team was on song really. Quality!
VectisSaint Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Great result but always start your strongest team....Coyr Then again, probably would not have drawn if we had.
Legod Third Coming Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 I dont know why it should be, the guy has more premiership playing time than most in our squad. He isn't a bad player by any means, ok he may be up and down form wise but when he is on song he is a hell of a decent, tough player. I thought he was oustanding ar right mid last season. Against Palace he ran the game. Hardworking and sticks his foot in - a better option than Davis for me.
saints-cris Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Absoloutely chuffed!! Risky from Adkins and it looked like it had backfired.. but having the big guns ON for the last 20 made all the difference, what a ****ing goal by Punch, made even sweeter by our Luke roasting their right back. We have some seriously good forward players! What a comeback, could be such a crucial point.
badgerx16 Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Horses for courses. That would be the J Rod who scored our only goal last time we played chelsea, and who I had down as MOM after Boruc against villa. That is also the J-Rod who would be #1 pick if anything happened to SRL, ( Gods forbid ). Don't care who wears the shirt, whilst they're on the pitch you bloody well support them.
carljack Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Extended highlights on Sky Sports 2 at 10:30 by the way.. Nice one!
SaintSteve Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Fantastic 2nd half... great streaming picture... just shows if we put our best team on the pitch we can match anyone... also thougth Chaplow did ok and gives another option going forwards.
Olallana Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Ok, I admit it......it´s me that has given Jos the vote. Not that he was our best player but for his effort, he put his body in there the whole game and even though he is not a PL player he never gives up¨on the ball and opponent. Lot of occassions he put his body into Ba and we really needed that at times....
Tommy Mulgrew Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 The furture's bright; the future's red and white!
JackFrost Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Great result but always start your strongest team....Coyr Er tonight is very much a lesson why that's untrue.
Professor Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 (edited) Guess we won't be hearing from Alpine now, unless its to moan that we dropped 2 points. A point is great but you have to ask why our top goal scorer was on the bench until the 55th minute when he came on and scored within 2 minutes. Surely Adkins can';t rate Guly above Rickie, and above Ramires come to that. Given how well they played and the possession football, the extra class that was available could have made this 3 points instead of 1, so my report would be 'Done Well - Could have Done Better'. Having said that, my brother who has a season ticket at Chelsea was at the game and I'm looking forward to our next football chat because he thought the moneybags team had 3 points in the bag and would start to get away from Spurs in the table. Edited 16 January, 2013 by Professor
Legod Third Coming Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 The furture's bright; the future's red and white! Well, actually mainly red with pinstripes...
obelisk Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Have to be pleased with that. This side shows a lot more skill & fighting spirit than the lot that took us down. Now just firm up that defence and the rest of the season could well be nice and comfy.
hasper57saint Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Brilliant! Even the Ref wasn't conned by a couple of their antics.
Chez Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 I genuinely thought we were the better side. Outstanding performance from the likes of Morgan, Cork, Clyne and Puncheon. Ball retention was so much better than recent games, essential when faced with so much attacking talent. Don't let them have the ball and they can't score. Brilliant to come back from behind. That will do wonders for confidence and just at the right time. Surprised to read several negative comments about Chaplow on the match thread as he was coming on. He's been great for us and not had the chance to show what he can do in the top flight yet there are quite a few snipes about him. Strange that supposed Saints fans would ignore his role in the promotion season and not get behind each Saint. No world beater, but his off the ball direct running can certainly be used in games especially off the bench.
Saint_clark Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Just a heads up that there's highlights for an hour on Sky Sports 2 at 10.30
MOSaint Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Our away performances have really come on leaps and bounds in the last month or two.
dronskisaint Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Superb team performance...got a good feed for once and am as hoarse as if I've been there! Great support too...a good night!!
saintmonkey1979 Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 That is also the J-Rod who would be #1 pick if anything happened to SRL, ( Gods forbid ). Don't care who wears the shirt, whilst they're on the pitch you bloody well support them. Most definitely this!
Legod Third Coming Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Shaw tonight had Mata in his pocket. What a player he is already. Bale II.
VectisSaint Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 A point is great but you have to ask why our top goal scorer was on the bench until the 55th minute when he came on and scored within 2 minutes. Surely Adkins can';t rate Guly above Rickie, and above Ramires come to that. Given how well they played and the possession football, the extra class that was available could have made this 3 points instead of 1, so my report would be 'Done Well - Could have Done Better'. Its all about 90 minutes, tactics were top notch, if only we had not conceded in last minute of 1st half. Nothing to do with rating Guly above SRL, thats just daft thinking.
beatlesaint Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 I thought he was oustanding ar right mid last season. Against Palace he ran the game. Hardworking and sticks his foot in - a better option than Davis for me. Totally agree :-)
colehillsaint Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Brilliant, brilliant result. I honestly thought we would be struggling without Lallana, and then Fonte, but the manager and squad seem to have really adapted to this league over the last month.
Chez Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Ok, I admit it......it´s me that has given Jos the vote. Not that he was our best player but for his effort, he put his body in there the whole game and even though he is not a PL player he never gives up¨on the ball and opponent. Lot of occassions he put his body into Ba and we really needed that at times.... I've been saying it all season that he will do a job when called upon. Thought he did pretty well again, especially for someone described in such derogitary terms by his own fans on here.
anothersaintinsouthsea Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Massive result, keeps our unbeaten run going. We've come along way this season at 2-0 down at half time, Chelsea could have run away with it but this team doesn't give up. To the minority of idiots on the match thread.....STFU and try and learn a lesson for a change not wetting the bed by any chance?
VectisSaint Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Shaw tonight had Mata in his pocket. What a player he is already. Bale II. He is already a better defender than Bale. If he can become as good going forward then that will be unbelievable, heading in the right direction.
isleowightsaint Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xwtb5i_chelsea-vs-southampton-2-2-puncheon_sport If anyone wants to watch Puncheons goal over and over some more...
david in sweden Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Great comeback - wasn't it ? Didn't play that badly in the first 45 either, even though the score line favoured Chelsea at HT..... incidentally... I checked everyone's comments, and there were THREE negative copmment in the first 125 posts.......No I'm not going to bother to out them... .they know who they are .
Appy Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Fantastic fightback. Well done lads. Now I am impressed. Left wondering about the starting line-up though... Clearly it worked?
Crab Lungs Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 People who are mentioning about starting your strongest team.... sometimes you don't for a reason. If you've ever managed side, you'll know that sometimes you choose a side for tactical purposes.
warsash saint Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 But can we honestly say the game would have gone the way it did had we done that? Seems to me like Nige got it spot on tonight. This & the reason why Nigel is our manager & not sat at home posting on an Internet forum!!
bpsaint Posted 16 January, 2013 Posted 16 January, 2013 Lost for words, well done to the team and the fans brave enough to make the journey. Rickie Lambert. Saints Legend
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