Saints v Spurs - as it happened (From Daily Echo)

Saints v Spurs - as it happened

2:28pm Sunday 28th October 2012 in Sport

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FT Saints 1 Spurs 2
Ex-Saint Gareth Bale (15) and Clint Dempsey (39) gave Spurs a 2-0 half-time lead before Jay Rodriguez (66) pulled one back.
Saints were as good in the second half as they were bad in the first and were unfortunate not to salvage a point

4:53pm

FULL TIME Saints were excellent in the second-half but not good enough to overturn their 2-0 half-time deficit

4:47pm

Sandro has taken a powerful Schneiderlin shot in the face after Guly's shot was blocked - 4 mins of injury time

4:39pm

Verwood lad Ben Reeves replaced Danny Fox

4:38pm

SUB Guly on for Davis and Sigurdsson replaced Defoe

4:33pm

excellent Saints move but now Ben Reeves and Guly are warming up...

4:30pm

Lallana, Lambert and Mayuka looking a decent front three

4:27pm

Lambert from a tight angle wins another corner...Saints are a different side in this half

4:25pm

Rodriguez's first Premier League goal came from a rebound after Friedel had saved Fonte's header. It has really lifted the atmosphere here at St Mary's.

4:22pm

GOAL! 1-2 Rodriguez pulls one back from resulting corner

4:22pm

Fonte header from excellent Fox free kick wins a Saints corner

4:21pm

YELLOW CARD Brazilian Sandro the first to go into Lee Mason's book

4:20pm

4:16pm Sun 28 Oct 12

Tirau Dan says

Saints are playing some good footy at the mo.. if they could put it together for 90mins it would be great.. support at patience is what they need not knives in the back from their own so called fans.

COYR

4:19pm

Spurs SUB Livermore on for fellow midfielder Huddlestone

4:18pm

Friedel punches clear under pressure from Rodriguez, who soon threatens again with a header

4:14pm

SUB Emmanuel Mayuka comes on for Puncheon

4:11pm

Brilliant run by Lennon but fortunately Kyle Walker's attempt was poor

4:09pm

Jason Puncheon's volley wide is comfortably Saints' best effort of the game so far

4:03pm

Things not to do on ur home debut..throw a bottle at ur own fans #boruc
— @chriscox7 28 October 2012

3:54pm

Basic defensive mistakes again, except we've also got nothing to offer on the break today. Lambert playing way too deep. #saintsfc
— @antonydjames 28 October 2012

3:54pm

As much as I hate to say it i do feel Adkins will be sacked after today, unless we win #saintsfc
— @Southamptonmark 28 October 2012

3:50pm

Saints ended the first half with an excellent move that ended with a threatenng Clyne cross. But it's been men against boys for most of this contest.

3:42pm

3:36pm Sun 28 Oct 12

saintsupnorth says

Rickie Lambert not looking match fit to me, wonder if that was the reason he was left out the West Ham Game. Hate to say it but Maayuka for Lambert, Although if Adkins takes him off he is gonna get an ear bashing from the Lambert Faithful.

3:40pm

GOAL 0-2 (Clint Dempsey) Boruc couldn't stop Defoe's shot, Fonte slipped and Dempsey did the rest

3:36pm

Wouldn't be a surprise if Bale scores a second. He has gone close, winning a corner before heading over Huddlestone's flag-kick

3:28pm

Not for the first time today, Defoe misses the target. Kyle Walker's pull-back created the opportunity

3:17pm

RT @billysharp10: Saints fans that was amazing I heard u all on bbc solent,driving back with my family.I will never forget that.thank you #saintsfc #ljs
— @leahsfc_11 28 October 2012

3:17pm

Poor defending once again,had to be bale. #saintsfc
— @naseem_97 28 October 2012

3:16pm

GOAL! Typical. Gareth Bale opens the scoring with a header following great ball from Tom Huddlestone. But good to see him respect his former club with a low-key 'celebration'. 0-1

3:13pm

3:12pm Sun 28 Oct 12

Strasbourg Saint says

11 mins past.

A big hand to Billy Sharp and his wife.

RIP Luey

3:13pm

Overall, Nathaniel Clyne has done well against Gareth Bale so far. A crunching tackle on the Spurs winger early on has hopefully set the tone

3:08pm

encouraging start from the Saints, looking well-balanced and comfortable in possession

3:03pm

Shaky from Boruc but Saints get away with it, Lennon going close.

3:01pm

Confirmation that Rodriguez is playing up front alongside Lambert

2:59pm

decent crowd at St Mary's today and a fantastic atmosphere...

2:44pm

2:36pm Sun 28 Oct 12

Saintsnumbers says

Maya back to his better position at center back... Was hoping to see Tadanari Lee back, at least on the bench. Maybe he needs another week to get back to match fitness.

2:36pm

4-4-2 for #SaintsFC? Lambert back in the starting line up too - strong Spurs XI but fingers crossed the lads will give a dogged performance!
— @DanSmith_x 28 October 2012

2:30pm

Saints: Boruc, Clyne, Yoshida, Schneiderlin, Fonte, Lambert, S. Davis, Rodriguez, Fox, Lallana, Puncheon.

Subs: K. Davis, Hooiveld, Ward-Prowse, Guly, Mayuka, Chaplow, Reeves.

Spurs: Friedel, Dempsey, Vertonghen, Huddlestone, Lennon, Bale, Gallas (c), Defoe, Walker, Sandro, Caulker.

Subs: Lloris (GK), Naughton, Dawson, Sigurdsson, Falque, Livermore, Townsend

Comments(111)

SaintRachel says...
2:34pm Sun 28 Oct 12

Very happy with that starting 11