Saints 2-1 Arsenal - Match Thread

[St Chalet]

57 minutes ago, SaintsRoyalty said:

If we lose this game it’s because of Bragg. Completely out of his depth. Should never be starting ahead of Charles. Tonda has a real blindspot with Bragg. 

I thought Bragg looked very composed. There will be Prem teams sniffing based on his performance today.

[pingpong]

1 hour ago, pingpong said:

Giving them lots of space on the right where they have the over rated youngster - I'm more worried about martinelli on the left - given a clear set of heels a couple of times.

One good thing is that when bragg cramps up we've got Charles on the bench to come on and show some of his class without losing too much.

Just need wood and peretz to stay clean - a couple of shaky moments first half.

Called it 🙂

Charles highlight reel at season end is going to be a beauty.

[Hawkswood]

2 minutes ago, Hoggins said:

I thought Jander and Bree were absolutely outstanding 

So many good performances 

[Saint_clark]

5 minutes ago, trousers said:

Whoever's running our account is on one tonight!

 

[egg]

1 minute ago, Micky said:

Me too, getting tickets for that game wasn't a problem.

To be fair, a few players didn't turn up either. Lemina's lack of effort will live long in the memory. 

[badgerx16]

7 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

Commentator said that nobody will want to draw City in tomorrow's semi-final draw. I would.

Bring it on !

[Holmes_and_Watson]

37 minutes ago, trousers said:

I'm crying.... Soppy old sod!!!! 

Have a tissue, Ralph. Tonda won't be using any. 🙂

[Sir Ralph]

Love it, love it, love it. This is why we spend years of watching rubbish for moments like this. Cmon you Saints

[Cabrone]

And that ladies and gentlemen is why we all love the cup.

Awesome performance all round.

Now let's have a repeat on Tuesday, they are all cup games now.

[suewhistle]

53 minutes ago, Suhari said:

Shea butters one!

Unappreciated..

[trousers]

7 minutes ago, pingpong said:

Called it 🙂

Peretz highlight reel at season end is going to be a beauty.

Agreed 👍🏼 

[Saint_clark]

Just now, suewhistle said:

Unappreciated..

I can't believe it's not appreciated.

[Turkish]

Rishi is happy 

[ant]

Keep the faith, make the noise, celebrate like there's no tomorrow.

Went out to Salisbury beforehand to wish a mate's bar a happy 4th birthday. No mean feat in this economy.

And treated my uncle to a ticket - the chap whose fault it is I'm into this silly little beautiful club.

Don't know how I'll come down enough to sleep.

Irreplaceable memories.

[Bushey Saint]

6 minutes ago, Sir Ralph said:

Love it, love it, love it. This is why we spend years of watching rubbish for moments like this. Cmon you Saints

Got to admit it, I could have done without quite so much of the rubbish!

[saintant]

Shout out to Peretz who was calmness personified tonight and did everything perfectly. Never looked phased, made crucial saves when he had to, Handled or punched crosses and didn't put a foot wrong. We're starting to expect these performances from him which speaks volumes.

[suewhistle]

I was dreading extra time.

 

I would have had to get the train home via Fratton.. 

[benjii]

One of the best matches since we moved to St Mary’s. Atmosphere great, celebrations great. 

Great.

 

 

Terrific.

[influx]

Fuck you Ben White

[saintstowin]

Wonderful. That's football at its very best. Superb effort from everyone everywhere. I'm loving the fact we're representing the lower divisions and great that it was on proper telly. Very proud to be a Saint.

[Sir Ralph]

Three weeks we are at Wembley arches chaps

[Whitey Grandad]

2 minutes ago, influx said:

Fuck you Ben White

I saw somewhere that Arsenal were blaming the wind. He should keep off the onions. 

[Hussar Saint]

11 hours ago, Noodles34 said:

seriously? Give up on football, it's clearly not for you. 

I’m a fickle fucker, football is absolutely for me !! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Pilchards]

Thought Tom Fellows was good tonight.

Get him firing again stretches teams especially having Leo and Edozie smashing it on the left.

[John Boy Saint]

Triple Killers 

Always been great when Saints ain’t read the script.

enlightening interview with THB on the Beeb post match.

[RedArmy]

2 minutes ago, Pilchards said:

Thought Tom Fellows was good tonight.

Get him firing again stretches teams especially having Leo and Edozie smashing it on the left.

With the fixture congestion coming we certainly need all 4 of Scienza, Fellows, Edozie and Matsuki performing. 

[trousers]

2 minutes ago, Pilchards said:

Thought Tom Fellows was good tonight.

Get him firing again stretches teams especially having Leo and Edozie smashing it on the left.

Aye... just a shame he struggles with his shooting 

[saintant]

Just now, trousers said:

Aye... just a shame he struggles with his shooting 

Yeah, if he could only get that aspect right he'd be some player. Hoping it will suddenly click. Get Matt Le Tiss to give him some coaching.

[RedArmy]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

Aye... just a shame he struggles with his shooting 

Only a problem if we lack goals which currently we do not. 

[Jack]

That’s the best I’ve heard SMS ever. They were there for the taking and thank god we’ve got a few players who have the balls to respond to the crowd’s belief these days. 
 

Plenty of full grown men with various injuries from celebrating that and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Scenes 

Edited 13 hours ago by Jack

[Bushey Saint]

40 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

He looks like a lizard person in human skin.

Is that all you have to say about the guy who has picked up the pieces after three years of complete mismanagement by Jones, Martin, Sellés, Jurić and Still? 

[tdmickey3]

Blimey, what a fantastic surprise that was.

Been out all day and just got result on way home.

Good performance from what I hear?

[trousers]

Just now, tdmickey3 said:

Blimey, what a fantastic surprise that was.

Been out all day and just got result on way home.

Good performance from what I hear?

Yep, a fully deserved win 👍🏻

[trousers]

5 minutes ago, RedArmy said:

Only a problem if we lack goals which currently we do not. 

Yeah, fair point 👍🏻

[Bushey Saint]

Thank you Saints, for making my boss a very happy man.  He's a Spurs fan ... 

[tdmickey3]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

Yep, a fully deserved win 👍🏻

Will watch some highlights tomorrow 

[BotleySaint]

Just incredible. So good to have a proper football team again.

[saintant]

1 minute ago, tdmickey3 said:

Will watch some highlights tomorrow 

Will be well worth watching as we were superb.

[Saint Gifford]

20 minutes ago, saintant said:

Shout out to Peretz who was calmness personified tonight and did everything perfectly. Never looked phased, made crucial saves when he had to, Handled or punched crosses and didn't put a foot wrong. We're starting to expect these performances from him which speaks volumes.

I think it was Shearer that said in commentary that BM of course don’t just have any players. He has been very good, and yes BM I guess know what they are doing. 

[Saint Fan CaM]

Not sure what to say really - just highly elated at what I thought was going to be a straightforward Arse win. When Leo and Stewart went off I said that’s it, we’ve lost. But I didn’t count on the team spirit and sheer will in that team that Eckhert has instilled. Every single player put their balls on the line this evening - even Manning. Fantastic performance - mainly from our Manager who had his counterpart trounced in terms of tactics.

[obelisk]

I do worry though that without promotion a lot of those heroes might be tempted away by some big bucks. In the meantime forget about that and let it all soak in. What a way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of that magic day at Wembley.

[trousers]

3 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

Will watch some highlights tomorrow 

Worth listening back to the Radio Solent commentary too... Blackmore was losing his voice with emotion towards the end!

[trousers]

😂

 

[rallyboy]

What a night.

[Saint_clark]

16 minutes ago, Bushey Saint said:

Is that all you have to say about the guy who has picked up the pieces after three years of complete mismanagement by Jones, Martin, Sellés, Jurić and Still? 

No, I've had plenty to say, that was just one tongue in cheek comment. Don't take it so seriously. 

[The Kraken]

3 minutes ago, rallyboy said:

What a night.

Last December back in 63

[trousers]

[goodymatt]

An incredible result. They’d lost just 4 times all season in all comps to teams in the top 5 of the PL. They had a weaker team but made changes to bring on a number of their better players and we had to manage some minutes of ours. We still managed to find the deserved winner, no idea how my kids slept through it. 

We missed a handful of good chances: Scienza playing for penalty, Scienza 1v1, Fellows over the bar, Scienza hitting the bar. Normally you rue those missed chances but this team has that winning mentality now and just keeps going. 15 unbeaten and counting, so proud to be a Saint right now.

[trousers]

4 minutes ago, rallyboy said:

What a night.

 

Just now, The Kraken said:

Last December back in 63

What a very special time for me 

[The Kraken]

I just want to watch the whole game back on repeat.

I literally can’t think the last time I felt that.

Edited 22 hours ago by The Kraken