Other Games 23/24

[saintant]

Crazy game that but a great watch. Spurs almost get it to 2-2 and end up losing 1-4 and then Chelsea miss another sitter. That Spurs high-line was madness with 11 men and insane with 9.

[saintant]

25 minutes ago, JCBSaint said:

And the Oscar goes to…. The Spurs Goalie… his acting ability is second to none… just edges out most of the other players,, what a bunch of drama queens 

Absolutely. Clearly not injured by the way he suddenly jumped up to take the free kick.

[east-stand-nic]

Ipswich play their game in hand tonight at Rotherham. I wonder if the draw (almost defeat) at Brum on the weekend was a sign of the wheels coming off a little? Hopefully they will drop points tonight, even though I cannot really see anything other than them winning.

[DT]

Che Adams was just on Talksport. Summary - he likes giving back to the community.

5 minutes of my life I won't get back.

[whelk]

So pleased Dortmund beat Newcastle. Proper club

[Lighthouse]

I don't fancy Young Boys.

[SotonianWill]

Rotherham one up against Ipswich 

[suewhistle]

8 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

I don't fancy Young Boys.

Reminds me of an Italian internet cafe' I once went to. The previous person on my computer had been searching for 'neked boys'.

As a teacher of English I was deeply disappointed..

[Harry_SFC]

15 minutes ago, SotonianWill said:

Rotherham one up against Ipswich 

1-1 now, well worked free kick but terrible marking from Rotherham. 

[trousers]

Ipswich get the winner with 3 minutes to go

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

Ipswich get the winner with 3 minutes to go

Me thinks you could be a bit premature!

[trousers]

Just now, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Me thinks you could be a bit premature!

You can thank me later...

[Harry_SFC]

3 minutes ago, trousers said:

Ipswich get the winner with 3 minutes to go

Very similar to us in they score a lot of late goals.

Rotherham really are such a poor side. Just shocking we only managed a draw.

Edit - spoke too soon!

Edited 7 November, 2023 by Harry_SFC

[Britannia]

Didn’t see that coming.  2-2.

[Saint Matty 76]

Surprising one that. Still maintain Rotherham are the worst team I've seen in years.

9 points behind then. Quite like people seemingly talking up Leeds' chances whilst we're a little under the radar currently.

[trousers]

[Tommy Mulgrew]

In injury time, Christ scores his first goal for the Millers to give Rotherham a point and take two potential points away from Ipswich.  Tiehi must be a Saint.  The chase is on.

[Pamplemousse]

This is why I think Ipswich will fall away. You can't be any good if you can't beat Rotherham

[JRM]

9 minutes ago, Saint Matty 76 said:

Surprising one that. Still maintain Rotherham are the worst team I've seen in years.

9 points behind then. Quite like people seemingly talking up Leeds' chances whilst we're a little under the radar currently.

I've noticed they keep mentioning Ipswich will be looking over their shoulders at Leeds, we're not on the radar so much which is ideal. 

Ipswich last 3 games : 

Fulham (H) lost 1-3 , league Cup but broke their momentum 

Birmingham (A) - draw 2-2 with late comeback 

Rotherham (A) - draw 2-2 

definitely a sign they're starting to slip a bit 

[goodymatt]

We are as close to Watford in 16th as we are Ipswich in 2nd at the moment. We need Ipswich to lose games, they have the least defeats in the division. Couple of draws won’t kill their momentum just yet. Next month they play Leeds (23/12) and Leicester (26/12) back to back, that’s the time we can catch up some ground.

I thought autos were out of reach not long ago but if we win at the weekend we are in decent shape to chase. 

[CB Fry]

Ipswich can lose the next three on the spin (so 5 games without a win) and would still be above us. 

They've got a lot of points on the board already, I think at the very least they are well on track to still be second come Christmas.

[Pamplemousse]

I think in all honesty we need to worry about cementing a top 6 place first before thinking about autos. It's still very, very tight below us.

Realistically though, if we are getting automatic then we'll have to go Ipswich and win. Think it's at Easter the return fixture. 

Edited 8 November, 2023 by Pamplemousse

[east-stand-nic]

17 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

I think in all honesty we need to worry about cementing a top 6 place first before thinking about autos. It's still very, very tight below us.

Realistically though, if we are getting automatic then we'll have to go Ipswich and win. Think it's at Easter the return fixture. 

Totally agree. West Brom this weekend is gonna be crucial to some degree. If we can actually win that game it starts to give us some daylight between us and them and many of the other contenders. Gonna be a big ask to win that game, but hell, we really need to. I am not gonna say it is a must win as of course it is way to early for that, but it would show intent and start to put teams on the back foot and fear us when they come to play us.

[goodymatt]

I had concerns before the Leeds and Hull games that we might slip up, same feeling for WBA… hopefully with the same outcome!

[FarehamSaintJames]

Every season in every league there’s always that one team that runs away with it (at the moment, Leicester); one team that’s up there but plummets and stutters mid season (Ipswich); and one team that is around mid-table that ends up pushing for the play-offs/second place with around five or six other teams. 
I think we’re firmly in that latter camp right now. We won’t win the division but second place is well within our reach - as the old Adkins saying goes “one game at a time and draw a blue line under it).

[Lord Duckhunter]

4 hours ago, east-stand-nic said:

Totally agree. West Brom this weekend is gonna be crucial to some degree. If we can actually win that game it starts to give us some daylight between us and them and many of the other contenders. Gonna be a big ask to win that game, 

Why’s it a “big ask”. 
 

It’s home to West Brom FFS 

[SNSUN]

Elyounoussi showing that if the opposition is crap enough, he can score. 😁

 

 

Edited 8 November, 2023 by SNSUN

[East Kent Saint]

Liverpool have equaliser disallowed deep into injury time after VAR review 😄  Obviously not in this country ! 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

28 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said:

Liverpool have equaliser disallowed deep into injury time after VAR review 😄  Obviously not in this country ! 

Looking forward to signing the petition to get UEFA to either overturn this injustice, replay the match or disband, leaving Liverpool in charge.

[adrian lord]

Preston v Blackburn. A draw would probably be the best result for us, not that it matters too much at this point in the season. 

[goodymatt]

Tomorrow’s game is now a battle of 5th vs 6th after Preston’s 90th minute winner at Blackburn.

[goodymatt]

Sunderland are dominating Birmingham so far.

[bpsaint]

Lol at Spurs

[OttawaSaint]

Some tonic for Spurs...

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

4 minutes ago, bpsaint said:

Lol at Spurs

Incredible equaliser for Wolves tbf.

But Lemina scoring the winner was pure LOL. 

[East Kent Saint]

Delap scores winner for Hull

[The Cat]

Pompey let in 93rd minute goal to draw. 

Girona won again with Gazzaniga in goal to stay top of La Liga.

[SNSUN]

11 minutes ago, The Cat said:

Pompey let in 93rd minute goal to draw. 

Girona won again with Gazzaniga in goal to stay top of La Liga.

M-m-m-My Girona

[FarehamSaintJames]

Newcastle losing 2-0 to Bournemouth, like the good old days.

[teamsaint]

1 hour ago, SNSUN said:

M-m-m-My Girona

They have a knack of winning…..

[S-Clarke]

1 hour ago, FarehamSaintJames said:

Newcastle losing 2-0 to Bournemouth, like the good old days.

It's just like everyone predicted. More games to deal with in Europe, more injuries on the back of it, having to play players like Lascelles again and low and behold they drop levels.

I see their fans are kicking up a fuss. They are such an entitled bunch.

[Saint86]

11 hours ago, S-Clarke said:

I see their fans are kicking up a fuss. They are such an entitled bunch.

They're far and away the worst fans in the Premier league. 

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Saint86 said:

They're far and away the worst fans in the Premier league. 

But love a No.9 though!

I love how their home atmosphere gets hyped for European games. Not as if other clubs, big clubs, have players who have ever played at a semi-noisy ground.

[Saint Keef]

All together now, in your best Geordie accents....."E I E I E I O WATCH OUR IN-JU-RY LIST GROW"

[East Kent Saint]

How good is Kane , excellent goal on the turn yesterday , he looks relaxed these days . The pressure seems to be off having left Spuds.

[david in sweden]

On 07/11/2023 at 21:07, suewhistle said:

Reminds me of an Italian internet cafe' I once went to. The previous person on my computer had been searching for 'neked boys'.

As a teacher of English I was deeply disappointed..

.but surely not surprised.    Repeating some of the "mistakes"  I encountered when teaching would get me banned from this site. 

[FarehamSaintJames]

Shout out to Ruben of Reading who managed to secure a loss, despite being a goal up going into added time. 😁

[SNSUN]

3 minutes ago, FarehamSaintJames said:

Shout out to Ruben of Reading who managed to secure a loss, despite being a goal up going into added time. 😁

Borrowed time. They were 2-0 up and screwed it up. They'll be a League Two team if they don't do something quick. Still, good for Ballard to score again.

[S-Clarke]

3 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

Borrowed time. They were 2-0 up and screwed it up. They'll be a League Two team if they don't do something quick. Still, good for Ballard to score again.

I think they're long gone, they're not getting out of it now. Hard to really plan for them either, as 90% of the players they have now won't be playing in L2 next year.

There is talk of further points deductions on the horizon too.

[SNSUN]

52 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

I think they're long gone, they're not getting out of it now. Hard to really plan for them either, as 90% of the players they have now won't be playing in L2 next year.

There is talk of further points deductions on the horizon too.

Unbelievable how bad it's got there. I am old school friends with one of the former Reading owners (I'm Berkshire born and bred but thankfully made the Saints choice aged 8 ) who let things get a bit out of hand during his tenure but it was nothing like the current owner Yongge.