Preston 1-3 Saints - Match Thread

[Saint NL]

Would have been a cracker. All over

[AlexLaw76]

Job done, 4th after an away win.

 

[trousers]

That'll do...

[Saint Fan CaM]

19 league games unbeaten - wow, just wow!

[LGTL]

Get in. Finishing 4th is brilliant!

[skintsaint]

Amazing effort to get 4th!

[CB Fry]

How many long term injuries did we finish up with in the end? 

[davefizzy14]

Get in! We got fourth 😊 home second leg 😊

[badgerx16]

Lolz at Wrexham. No Hollywood ending.

[Saint Pete]

Excellent, job done today and no smiles from Tonda as onto the next one! 

[Jack]

Fantastic effort. Away game first against a stuttering Boro. Big away noise on Saturday lunchtime then Tuesday night at ours. 

[James G]

Oh well, good victory. If we'd won all our games we still wouldn't have finished second, so all in all, what an effort to get into the playoffs

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, James G said:

Oh well, good victory. If we'd won all our games we still wouldn't have finished second, so all in all, what an effort to get into the playoffs

err, we would have probably won the league with a record points total

[Jack]

Just now, James G said:

Oh well, good victory. If we'd won all our games we still wouldn't have finished second, so all in all, what an effort to get into the playoffs

We’d have finished 2nd on 84 if we’d beaten Bristol City and Ipswich. You need to -1 for Ipswich 

[Saint NL]

Just saw that Ipswich have finished second in three of the last four seasons.

The other season they finished second bottom 😂

[Toadhall Saint]

Job done and on to the next - well done Saints 

[obelisk]

Would have been very interesting if we'd managed to hold on in for a win in those last 2 home games. Have to be happy with 4th after that dreadful start to the season though.

[James G]

1 minute ago, badgerx16 said:

Lolz at Wrexham. No Hollywood ending.

Looking at it from a practical perspective, it's too much too quickly for any team. They have done well to be where they are, disregarding the Hollywood side of things

[badgerx16]

Great to see Tonda so happy.

[James G]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

err, we would have probably won the league with a record points total

Cheeky 😃 I just meant the recent ones

[skintsaint]

3 minutes ago, James G said:

Oh well, good victory. If we'd won all our games we still wouldn't have finished second, so all in all, what an effort to get into the playoffs

Maths isn’t your strong point.

Edited yesterday at 13:33 by skintsaint

[RedArmy]

2 minutes ago, James G said:

Oh well, good victory. If we'd won all our games we still wouldn't have finished second, so all in all, what an effort to get into the playoffs

Yes we would… 

[Edmonton Saint]

Been waiting to finalize my schedule at work, just to confirm we are playing Saturday next week again?

[Willo of Whiteley]

We all would’ve taken fourth when Tonda took over 😉

[Sheaf Saint]

4 minutes ago, James G said:

Oh well, good victory. If we'd won all our games we still wouldn't have finished second, so all in all, what an effort to get into the playoffs

You're overlooking the fact that Ipswich would have one less point if we'd beaten them on Tuesday. So we would have finished second without those two draws.

[Saint Pete]

2 minutes ago, James G said:

Oh well, good victory. If we'd won all our games we still wouldn't have finished second, so all in all, what an effort to get into the playoffs

No, we would have finished 2nd if we had won the Bristol and Ipswich games as Ipswich would have 1 point less. Ultimately I think the extra Cup games did for our chances of 2nd, but it's been an unbelievable effort and I wouldn't have wanted it any different for our performances against Arsenal and City at Wembley. 👏 

[Sheaf Saint]

Just now, Willo of Whiteley said:

We all would’ve taken fourth when Tonda took over 😉

Abso-fucking-lutely!

[sfc4prem]

Just now, Sheaf Saint said:

You're overlooking the fact that Ipswich would have one less point if we'd beaten them on Tuesday. So we would have finished second without those two draws.

But what if Millwall had won their last 3?

[skintsaint]

1 minute ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

We all would’ve taken fourth when Tonda took over 😉

6th would have done!

[sambosa75]

3 minutes ago, James G said:

Looking at it from a practical perspective, it's too much too quickly for any team. They have done well to be where they are, disregarding the Hollywood side of things

Shame from Wrexham supporters perspective.  They actually seem a fairly well adjusted, grounded bunch but thankful it’ll save any further ejaculatory treatment from Sky on live coverage of their games.  It was almost vomit inducing in the away game a few weeks ago.

[Sheaf Saint]

Just now, sfc4prem said:

But what if Millwall had won their last 3?

Well yes. If we had beaten Bristol City then there's no way of knowing if all the other games would have gone the way they did, of course.

[StrangelyBrown]

2 hours ago, Sheaf Saint said:

I'm not convinced by the defensive side of his game TBH. He's very sloppy in possession sometimes, and his tackling ability ain't all that.

I thought Shea did well at right back today and then was poor when he switched into the middle.

We really need to keep him away from the middle of the pitch - we instantly surrendered control of the game as soon as he went there.

[Saint Gifford]

City draw was the one. But take the play offs all day long. I’m guessing the bookies will have a Saints v Millwall final.  That’s a game. 

[Polaroid Saint]

6 minutes ago, Edmonton Saint said:

Been waiting to finalize my schedule at work, just to confirm we are playing Saturday next week again?

• Middlesbrough vs Southampton - Saturday May 9, kick-off 12.30pm
   
• Southampton vs Middlesbrough - Tuesday May 12, 8pm

[badgerx16]

League table since 0-4 away at Middlesborough

 

 

Edited yesterday at 13:43 by badgerx16

[Edmonton Saint]

3 minutes ago, Polaroid Saint said:

• Middlesbrough vs Southampton - Saturday May 9, kick-off 12.30pm
   
• Southampton vs Middlesbrough - Tuesday May 12, 8pm

Thank you.

[Lighthouse]

So basically we could have beaten Ipswich 6-0 in midweek, won nine of our last ten league games and still finished fourth. Second was never on, even with multiple other results going our way too.

[Dr Who?]

Yay lunch time at Boro next Saturday… perfect!👌 

[James G]

3 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

So basically we could have beaten Ipswich 6-0 in midweek, won nine of our last ten league games and still finished fourth. Second was never on, even with multiple other results going our way too.

I thought that as well, but I forgot Ipswich would have two points less. 

[trousers]

10 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

League table since 0-4 away at Middlesborough

 

 

Is it too soon to fish out those "there's no manager that could get a tune out of these mediocre players" posts from the Saintsweb intelligentsia earlier in the season....? 😉

[Convict Colony]

17 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

League table since 0-4 away at Middlesborough

 

 

bro what I want to know more about is Atlantic Puffin and is he a player we should sign in the summer 

[SaintBobby]

Slightly scrappy win today, but main thing was to win and avoid knocks and injuries.

Onwards.

[Saint Fan CaM]

17 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

League table since 0-4 away at Middlesborough

 

 

Looks good. Would like to see the analysis for period leading up to the Middlesbrough game for comparison and context. What a superb difference Eckhert has made - simply outstanding given the spiral we were in.

[James G]

26 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

You're overlooking the fact that Ipswich would have one less point if we'd beaten them on Tuesday. So we would have finished second without those two draws.

Yeah, I just looked at it by adding the 4 missed points on. I forgot about Ipswich losing points. Oh well 😃 

I got there in the end. Great minds here 😉 

[Saint Pete]

21 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

So basically we could have beaten Ipswich 6-0 in midweek, won nine of our last ten league games and still finished fourth. Second was never on, even with multiple other results going our way too.

Er no, do your maths again! 

[badgerx16]

17 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

bro what I want to know more about is Atlantic Puffin and is he a player we should sign in the summer 

The next model I am going to make, 2 puffins at a burrow entrance.

[badgerx16]

27 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Looks good. Would like to see the analysis for period leading up to the Middlesbrough game for comparison and context. What a superb difference Eckhert has made - simply outstanding given the spiral we were in.

Remember that the 7 games after Tonda was made permanent, including the next game after Boro, defeat at home to Hull, were 3 draws and 4 defeats. That followed his stint as interrm, 6 wins and 1 defeat.

So up to Hull Tonda's record in the league was P 14, W 6, D 3, L 5.

Edited yesterday at 14:31 by badgerx16

[Verbal]

1 hour ago, trousers said:

Shoot first time Larin FFS

I take it back....!!

And the prize for the quickest reverse ferret in Saintsweb history goes to

[Miltonaggro]

Great effort, remarkable really. Regardless of next fortnight this young manager and this group of players (who apparently no manager would get a tune out of), have given us the spirit of our club back. Fucking ace! 

[Saint Scott]

12 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Remember that the 7 games after Tonda was made permanent, including the next game after Boro, defeat at home to Hull, were 3 draws and 4 defeats. That followed his stint as interrm, 6 wins and 1 defeat.

Was interested to see Tondas league stats now the regular season is over.

Played: 33 | Won: 20 | Drawn: 8 | Lost: 5

GF: 69 | GA: 37 | GD: +32 | PPG: 2.06

Based on this if he'd been in charge from the start of the season, that is a points total of 94.76

Essentially matching the champions Coventry.