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saintant

saintant

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4 minutes ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Got to hand to Saints players 2nd  half defending was great and decent tackles. Matzuki did well, Azaz much better today 

When was he poor? Asking for a friend.

stknowle

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29 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

I thought we looked ropey, even with eleven on the pitch. Azaz’s pass was the only moment of real quality.

Well there was at least one more moment of real quality from the same player when he sent Scienza through.

stknowle

stknowle

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26 minutes ago, austsaint said:

Thought Downes shaded him, but Azaz was superb, may have been lucky not to get a red card though.

 

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ItchenRob

ItchenRob

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8 minutes ago, saintant said:

Think the booking was for the shirt pull which was clear and obvious.

No idea why Bragg started a d even less idea why he wasn't hooked after the first yellow. He was a red card waiting to happen and he duly obliged. He could easily have cost us the game.

trousers

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10 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

Wood is equally capable of those but also weaker in the air and less of a leader.

Always good to debate these things with my fellow internet message board chums :)

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Saint_clark

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32 minutes ago, John B said:

Yes but lucky not to get a red card.

 

Pompey pretty poor really except for the goalie

In the ground I obviously missed the red card that Azaz should have had, which incident was that?

Jimmy_D

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YES! GERRRRIN!

What a finish by Breeeeeeeeeeeeee :D 

First clean sheet of the season is with ten men against that lot :lol: 

What was the ref on? Not arguing with the red, but I lost count of the number of fouls worse than those that Pompey got away with.

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stknowle

stknowle

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Just now, Bald Headed Jesus said:

Azaz was superb, many excellent through balls

He was, and did really well when sent up front as well.

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saintant

saintant

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3 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

In the ground I obviously missed the red card that Azaz should have had, which incident was that?

It was after he was clearly fouled but ref didn't give it. Azaz saw the red mist and steamed in with a hard tackle but didn't win the ball. A yellow card was the correct outcome imo.

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Saint_clark

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1 minute ago, saintant said:

It was after he was clearly fouled but ref didn't give it. Azaz saw the red mist and steamed in with a hard tackle but didn't win the ball. A yellow card was the correct outcome imo.

Ah that one, yeah I didn't see a red card there at all but obviously in the ground you don't get the benefit of replays.

Paul_B

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We held on. Can't really ask for much more in those circumstances. We certainly weren't great, but we never got the opportunity to be. I feel for Bragg, he let himself down with his naivety and he will be feeling horrendous, I thought he was going to be sick when walking off. Let's not vilify him, he's fucked up, he knows it, he can grow from here. 

Luckily, Portsmouth are absolute shite and didn't take their chances, otherwise they could've had 4 or 5. 

End of the day, the result is all that matters and we got the 3 points! Onwards and upwards!

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trousers

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2 minutes ago, saintant said:

It was after he was clearly fouled but ref didn't give it. Azaz saw the red mist and steamed in with a hard tackle but didn't win the ball. A yellow card was the correct outcome imo.

VAR would've given that as a red all day long (not saying I necessarily agree with that though... Borderline for me)

Saint Fan CaM

Saint Fan CaM

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2 minutes ago, saintant said:

It was after he was clearly fouled but ref didn't give it. Azaz saw the red mist and steamed in with a hard tackle but didn't win the ball. A yellow card was the correct outcome imo.

Leading foot off the ground - one of those that’s often termed as a ‘leg breaker’. If VAR was involved we’d have gone down to 9 men.

tdmickey3

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Just now, trousers said:

VAR would've given that as a red all day long (not saying I necessarily agree with that though... Borderline for me)

Who gives a shit now

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Saint_clark

Saint_clark

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1 minute ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Leading foot off the ground - one of those that’s often termed as a ‘leg breaker’. If VAR was involved we’d have gone down to 9 men.

Just watched a replay of it, don't think there was enough contact really.

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Pamplemousse

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Obviously it was very stressful but very funny we won with ten men.

I bet they had all sorts of Portsmyths prepared - we only won because all their best players were out, blah blah

 

Well no excuses lads. You had more players for the majority of the game and you lost. Embarrassing.

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Lighthouse

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Just now, Saint_clark said:

Just watched a replay of it, don't think there was enough contact really.

There doesn’t have to be, if you’re studs up, off the ground and out of control it can be a red. TBH I agree with that rule as it basically comes down to luck that you haven’t put someone in hospital.

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Saint Fan CaM

Saint Fan CaM

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1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

Just watched a replay of it, don't think there was enough contact really.

Not sure - it was retaliatory…he lost his head and that would have been seen as a factor.

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macca155

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Cracking derby for once, blood and thunder from both sides. Decent atmosphere this time 

Downes and Stephens really stood out today. Azaz left it all on the pitch. How on earth can Matsuki be kept on the bench, he was excellent. Good to see Jander looking fit. Selection problem for Tonda.

Shame Bragg was sent off, he was playing well, but twice he was left marooned by JWP. Two needless fouls when he lost the ball. It happens and he'll learn. I'd rather the club show faith in their youngsters. Even when it goes wrong occasionally.

Pompey huffed and puffed but they are missing quality up front. Could be in trouble this year. 

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davefizzy14

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Absolutely tremendous performance from everyone today 😊 we got Bree, we got Bree, James Bree 😊 get in! 

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OttawaSaint

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9 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Steamed through the skate bastards. Proud of those warriors.

You must have won a fair few punchups outside the ground or did your presence simply intimidate them too much?

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Saint_clark

Saint_clark

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4 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Not sure - it was retaliatory…he lost his head and that would have been seen as a factor.

Not enough to counter the fact that Adams deserved it.

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Gloucester Saint

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2 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

Obviously it was very stressful but very funny we won with ten men.

I bet they had all sorts of Portsmyths prepared - we only won because all their best players were out, blah blah

 

Well no excuses lads. You had more players for the majority of the game and you lost. Embarrassing.

Agree with 99% of that but take away the fact it was a derby game with what at stake and I actually struggled to see them scoring. One decent but not exceptional save by Peretz just after Bragg was sent off, and Swanson driving a hopeful cross-shot around 55-60mind but it wasn’t off the line and no skate player ready to tap in.

Otherwise they had all the innovation of a breeze block. As long as set pieces were defended professionally, they would have played all day and never scored.

Mousinho is making excuses about how Azaz was a red card and thought they coped well with us being done to 10. That was as clueless as prior Saints displays against 10 by the skates today. 

trousers

trousers

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12 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

Who gives a shit now

I'm not that fussed personally ,but I quite like a post-match chat on here about things that crop up in conversation... It's almost why internet football messageboards were invented... ;)

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OttawaSaint

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1 minute ago, Bald Headed Jesus said:

Thought the ref was generally fair tbh

He was pretty lenient with them though. Saw a few fouls that went unpunished compared to ones we got yellow cards for. Remember a nasty one by their Irish lad on Azaz.

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saintant

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12 minutes ago, Paul_B said:

We held on. Can't really ask for much more in those circumstances. We certainly weren't great, but we never got the opportunity to be. I feel for Bragg, he let himself down with his naivety and he will be feeling horrendous, I thought he was going to be sick when walking off. Let's not vilify him, he's fucked up, he knows it, he can grow from here. 

Luckily, Portsmouth are absolute shite and didn't take their chances, otherwise they could've had 4 or 5. 

End of the day, the result is all that matters and we got the 3 points! Onwards and upwards!

He did look absolutely devastated. Being a lifelong fan of the club and an academy product it's easy to understand him taking it so badly - he knows the passion and feelings over these derby games and would have been gutted at his actions putting the result in jeopardy.  I'm glad for him that the boys were able to dig in and get the win. He'll learn from it although I know there are some on here who don't rate him but I think he has lots of potential.

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Harry_SFC

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4 minutes ago, Bald Headed Jesus said:

Thought the ref was generally fair tbh

He certainly missed the clear foul on Azaz which in turn led to the poor tackle by him. 

saintant

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20 minutes ago, trousers said:

VAR would've given that as a red all day long (not saying I necessarily agree with that though... Borderline for me)

No because VAR can't intervene after a ref has already awarded a yellow card.

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The Kraken

The Kraken

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2 minutes ago, saintant said:

No because VAR can't intervene after a ref has already awarded a yellow card.

Yes it can, especially if the officials deem it to be serious foul play.

Harry_SFC

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As much JWP has been decent since he's come back - I can't help but feel we've got to have Jander back in CM with Downes. Thought Jander was class as soon as he came on today. 

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saintant

saintant

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2 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

They created plenty, they just couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo

Nothing clear cut to be fair. In fact Leo had the best chance after the sending off but their keeper pulled off a very good save.

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