MOTM: Saints v Man City

[The Kraken]

Haven’t done one of these in a while!

Lyanco for me.

[AlexLaw76]

COuld have been any one of them. Superb, but Lyanco for me

Absolute beast at the back

[Saint_clark]

Everyone was great but Lyanco was unreal. If he can keep his head and cut out the mental mistakes then he could be a cult hero.

[Dman]

Lyanco for me, but could have been any of the back 4 or midfield 3. Honourable shout out to AA and Djenepo who worked their socks off.  

[aintforever]

Prowsey for me, he was everywhere.

[Baird of the land]

Love watching Lyanco play but thought DCC actually slightly edged him.

[Manuel]

Lyanco for me.  He has the sort of competitiveness and desire that we need about this place at the moment.  For that I'll forgive an error or two.   

[Saint Pete]

Thought Lavia was really good on the ball til he went off. Centre backs and JWP also good.

[Sidney Fudpucker the 3rd]

I have to laugh. All the people saying Lyanco was MOTM. Last week they were calling him a prick and saying that he should never wear the shirt again. 

[The Kraken]

2 minutes ago, Sidney Fudpucker the 3rd said:

I have to laugh. All the people saying Lyanco was MOTM. Last week they were calling him a prick and saying that he should never wear the shirt again. 

It’s called man of the match. Not man of last week. Happy to explain it more if it gets confusing 👍

[Ekelund]

11 minutes ago, Baird of the land said:

Love watching Lyanco play but thought DCC actually slightly edged him.

DCC seems underrated to me. Looks good every time he plays and brings composure to the back line 

[polegategavin]

12 minutes ago, Baird of the land said:

Love watching Lyanco play but thought DCC actually slightly edged him.

I feel DCC is key, as he seems to Marshall the defence and provides more confidence and keeps things calm at the back.

[polegategavin]

1 minute ago, Ekelund said:

DCC seems underrated to me. Looks good every time he plays and brings composure to the back line 

Exactly! Better explanation than mine. And probably will help Bazunu’s confidence too

[Lord Duckhunter]

[saintscottofthenortham]

Any of Lyanco, KWP, JWP or Lavia deserved it. Quite funny they gave it Djenepo. 

[ally_uk]

Lyanco bossed it at the back full of steel, grit and determination and leadership 👏 

[Toadhall Saint]

I like NJ’s honesty. 

[Convict Colony]

Jones

Then lyanco

Then everyone else equal 3rd

[SNSUN]

DCC for me, everything hit his head and he was calm. Lyanco probably deserves it overall but my vote goes to DCC as I thought he was immense. Could have gone for anyone though really. MOTM is the whole team!

[whelk]

Bazunu had good game but MOTM when opposition didn’t have a shot on target. I guess some people piss around with these polls

[disconnect]

JWP, DCC & KWP for me. All outstanding. Lyanco also very good (aside from one or two silly bits!) but needs two more names to make my list 😜

[Saint Matty 76]

JWP for me.

I think he really excels in a midfield three. Absolutely everywhere tonight.

[saintadjg]

4 minutes ago, Saint Matty 76 said:

JWP for me.

I think he really excels in a midfield three. Absolutely everywhere tonight.

It helps having Lavia back. Now he can concentrate on his own game rather than trying to do everything himself. Really tough to call MOTM tonight could easily be any of Prowse, Lyanco & KWP.

[Saint Matty 76]

4 minutes ago, saintadjg said:

It helps having Lavia back. Now he can concentrate on his own game rather than trying to do everything himself. Really tough to call MOTM tonight could easily be any of Prowse, Lyanco & KWP.

100%. Lavia's fitness will probably be the main key in whether we go down or not.

[SotonianWill]

Lyanco was superb but I put JWP as he was back to his previous season form today, pressing from the front and winning 50/50s 

[S-Clarke]

I think everyone was at least 8/10, but Lyanco has to take it. He will always be prone to a rash dive in during a game (as we saw when he dived in against Foden), but in the face of criticism, errors he has turned up. The bloke has balls, you've got to give him that.

[The Cat]

1 hour ago, Ekelund said:

DCC seems underrated to me. Looks good every time he plays and brings composure to the back line 

He was my MOM. Don't think he put a foot wrong. His positioning is spot on and he deals with things with a minimum of fuss. Very good player.

Play 4 at the back and make sure one of the CB's is him.

[S-Clarke]

1 hour ago, Ekelund said:

DCC seems underrated to me. Looks good every time he plays and brings composure to the back line 

I've always rated him, I think he's a class CB. Not particularly cultured, but very experienced and very good positionally. With Salisu and Lyanco you have a bit of a panic moment in them most games, but DCC just has that element of composure to his game which will calm everyone else down in my opinion.

He could have also easily been MOTM, I just gave it to Lyanco because of the balls he's got after his recent troubles.

[davefizzy14]

Caleta-Car was absolutely immense tonight. Class centre back, won everything in the air and positionally always in the right place at the right time. A leader at the back. My MOTM

[saintwbu]

Lyanco all things considered, after the Forest mistake, deserved it for me. However, DCC was superb - so calm and composed, simple and really effective. The sensible defender it’s felt like we’ve needed for years. Both clean sheets we’ve had this season, he’s played. 

[Saint NL]

I just read the match report on BBC sport. At the bottom they have player ratings submitted by the public.

 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64159377

 

Che Adams was second highest rated. Lyanco was second worst.

 

The general public are stupid 👀

Edited 12 January, 2023 by Saint NL

[John Boy Saint]

9 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

I just read the match report on BBC sport. At the bottom they have player ratings submitted by the public.

 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64159377

 

Che Adams was second highest rated. Lyanco was second worst.

 

The general public are stupid 👀

Just flipped the page to the City players - we certainly did a job on them.

[notnowcato]

Maybe not MOTM but I thought that was Adam Armstrong's best game in a Saints shirt.  Never bloody stopped, like the proverbial Duracell bunny.  My favourite moment was when he had 5 Citeh players on him, tight on the touchline, could they get the ball off him?  Could they feck.