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Only one question mark over Saints
8:05am Monday 15th March 2010 in
BOSS Alan Pardew has claimed there is “only one question mark” against his home specialists.
Dan Harding’s winner against Leeds in front of over 30,000 at St Mary’s ensured Saints notched up their seventh straight home league win.
“There’s only one question mark against us now and that’s consistency,” insisted Pardew, below right.
“That’s the next thing we need to tick off because that’s what wins you leagues.”
Saints host sixth placed Swindon at St Mary’s tomorrow in a game they need to win.
They will still be 13 points adrift of the Wiltshire side with a game in hand if they do.
And Saints chairman Nicola Cortese again said at the weekend that the gap between Saints and the top six is too big.
Comments(106)
St.Yorkie
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8:19am Mon 15 Mar 10
A win reduces the deficit to 13 points with a game in hand. - 10 points in 10 games - is that achievable?
If (and it still a very big IF) we can win every game there is a chance - but others will have to drop points. Last day blues against Southend may just be our undoing...but I don't think so somehow.
So say we do - who do you fancy over 2-legs? And then what about the final? I'd take on any of the top six over 2-legs - but on a one off I'd like to avoid Colchester.
Jewson Smithee
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8:21am Mon 15 Mar 10
worried of e sussex wrote:Absolutely, All the other games that Southampton have been leading up to this game, I have been counting down the days until tomorrow finally arrives and we can get started. I have been trying to explain this to all my friends who just don't get it. The season starts tomorrow, I'm in total agreement with this excellent post. More of the same please.
win tomorrow that will be a start!
dini
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8:43am Mon 15 Mar 10
i still think another season in this league will not be a bad thing and may pay us in the long run,a good pre season and instill a culture of winning.
if not we can always bring back branfoot.
Chipster
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8:48am Mon 15 Mar 10
Tirau Dan
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9:17am Mon 15 Mar 10
Leeds - done em - tick one
Swines next should be a good hard game .. hope Soton gets a great crowd out for the night....
The Overseas Platoon will be here as usual... Alan Pardew's Red Army is Marching On, Swines, Dons, Pools, WEMBLEY OUTING, S/Hawks, O's, Charlies, Gas, Wurzels, OA ps, Carlisle, Gills, Shrimps... Our team is better than all of them.
Bring em home Pards... Bring em home.
COYR
ps all those succulent juicy looking trips .. some good Northern Ale and if we don;t quite get there the prospect of following you lots all over the country at silly hours of the morning from NZ......is absolutely bloody wonderful.. but Lets tick em off one at a time and see how the others fair and watch the scales tip.
It's almost like test match cricket 6 an over required on the last day three wickets left and Beefy Botham is next in... wanna bet we won't make it?
Tubbystubb
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9:31am Mon 15 Mar 10
We will need to be more consistent if we are to be considered promotion candidates. At the start of the season I think most of us would have settled for stability and a mid table position. At no stage was a Wembley appearence even considered, but now we're all excited by the advancement the team has made in such a short time, and perhaps getting carried away by the euthoria of this and the performances the team has put in of late. Yes promotion would be fantastic this season, but not a disaster if we miss out. Another season in L1, to consolidated, learn, improve and build for the championship may be the best thing for the team as a whole.
worried of e sussex
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9:33am Mon 15 Mar 10
Tubbystubb
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9:39am Mon 15 Mar 10
Tubbystubb wrote:Sorry for Misspelling Euphoria.
I couldn't agree more. We will need to be more consistent if we are to be considered promotion candidates. At the start of the season I think most of us would have settled for stability and a mid table position. At no stage was a Wembley appearence even considered, but now we're all excited by the advancement the team has made in such a short time, and perhaps getting carried away by the euthoria of this and the performances the team has put in of late. Yes promotion would be fantastic this season, but not a disaster if we miss out. Another season in L1, to consolidated, learn, improve and build for the championship may be the best thing for the team as a whole.
steve1968
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9:47am Mon 15 Mar 10
Folkestone Saint
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9:55am Mon 15 Mar 10
Luda.
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10:05am Mon 15 Mar 10
Ricky Lambert.
Emile Heskey.
Peter Crouch.
And for England, i repeat the question.
Bring taco bell to the uk!
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10:09am Mon 15 Mar 10
Bring taco bell to the uk!
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10:12am Mon 15 Mar 10
Luda. wrote:To be honest mate i would go peter crouch.He is proven at the highest standard for club and country.Hesky is a carthorse.Ricky lambert is good but has really only been tested at the third tier.crouch all the way.
Who would you rather have right now in our team,
Ricky Lambert.
Emile Heskey.
Peter Crouch.
And for England, i repeat the question.
Luda.
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10:14am Mon 15 Mar 10
Bring taco bell to the uk! wrote:Reaching 76 shouldn't be a problem, its the gap that is, seems everytime we take a stride forward the gap remains.
I was just doing some reasearch on the past three league final tables,and it seems 76 points is very regular for 6th place.We can get a max. of 83.So we must all keep the faith and get right behind every ball of the last 12 games.We can still do this.And...76 is a good omen for us!!!COYR
We need a lot of teams to screw up, the gutting thing would be to finish 7th and 2 points off, then those crappy draws will really hurt.
Another possibility .. all the teams ahead of us go into admin this week..
Dream on i think..
Luda.
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10:16am Mon 15 Mar 10
Bring taco bell to the uk! wrote:Taco bell in the uk, oh hell yes, love that food.
Luda. wrote: Who would you rather have right now in our team, Ricky Lambert. Emile Heskey. Peter Crouch. And for England, i repeat the question.To be honest mate i would go peter crouch.He is proven at the highest standard for club and country.Hesky is a carthorse.Ricky lambert is good but has really only been tested at the third tier.crouch all the way.
Jack in the box as well.
truelysaints
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10:17am Mon 15 Mar 10
Shareholder
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10:29am Mon 15 Mar 10
Bring taco bell to the uk!
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10:35am Mon 15 Mar 10
truelysaints wrote:The thing is we are probably the best side in this league.But only on a good pitch.We cannot play away from home.whereas the top six seems to get results at rubbish pitches.If we played every game at sms we would win 90%.I think cortese feels we should be winning away also.
Is NC suggesting that we are not on par with the top six teams? If so he is talking through the top of his hat. assuming we win the game in hand we have then we would be up there if we had not had the ten points deduction. I would not be upset if we do not go up this season because we have shown that we can beat the best and next season we will win the League. I think this season has been great for us. With gates like we have been having no one but no one will stop us next season. Whatever happened to the five year plan. NC should learn a little patience. If we the fans can do it so can he (we are the club). AP has nothing to feel sorry about he has, is and will do a great job for us. A final message to NC..layoff your manager and let him get on with the five year plan
gosportsaint
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10:50am Mon 15 Mar 10
Luda. wrote:Southampton's goal machine, although all three would be nice
Who would you rather have right now in our team, Ricky Lambert. Emile Heskey. Peter Crouch. And for England, i repeat the question.
St Retford
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11:04am Mon 15 Mar 10
I quite fancy beating Leeds in the final.
normsted
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11:11am Mon 15 Mar 10
Chipster wrote:So very true, difference is this season we are trying to gun for the playoffs in what amounts to half a season as a new team, a fact no-one can deny,
Consistency yes, but we also need to learn how to win ugly on crap pitches against teams who put 11 men behind the ball. Only then can we count ourselves as true contenders for promotion, be it this season or the next!............. :oD
But next season ,just having a pre-season will be great,and now having worked a lot of these sides out,sure away tactics will be bang on.
Some players just arent suited to the "ploughed fields"that some of these teams get away with,that should be addressed,but how could you police it.
Dont think there is a set standard for a playable pitch is there ? Not at this level anyway.-shame
worried of e sussex
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11:25am Mon 15 Mar 10
puppy saint
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11:39am Mon 15 Mar 10
St Retford wrote:sorry worried of e sussex but the officials in this league need consistency too and agree with St Retford about away games. If L33ds had sneaked a lucky one at the end we would all be bemoaning the result. The ref had a perfect view of Beechio wrestling Jose to the floor for The Jedi's disallowed goal and gave them a free kick! Watched it on BBC L1 page and it's blatant. Don't start me on the Tranmere penalty! We are in fantastic shape and maybe, just maybe, still in with a shout of the dream season!
I'm feeling fairly positive about our away chances. Our last two away games were hampered by a truly appalling pitch and then the worst ref I've ever seen (seriously, the guy at Tranmere made the ref from the Leeds game look World Cup standard) so they were freak results. Let's not forget that before those two we beat Norwich away so it's not like we're letting away crowds unsettle us or anything. I think we can still win all our remaining games and if were do that we'll have a great shout of the play offs.
I quite fancy beating Leeds in the final.
truesaint67
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11:41am Mon 15 Mar 10
aliscan66
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11:43am Mon 15 Mar 10
truesaint67 wrote:mine too woooo hoooo x coyr
Woo Hoo....... my Wembley tickets have arrived COYR
Luda.
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11:45am Mon 15 Mar 10
worried of e sussex wrote:Ok then, The JPT doesn't mean sh!t.
can someone be contraversial, everyone agreeing with each other is boring!
Paul Lucas
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11:49am Mon 15 Mar 10
Shareholder wrote:Can't be controversial when an excellent post such as this comes up. True words and to the point. It's great to actually look forward to watching them play - just can't get enough! It's like having a new girlfriend ha ha!
The one question mark remaining is whether Nicola Cortese is going to stop being an idiot and realise what a star he has in Alan Pardew. If he thinks he can get someone else who could do better then good luck. How many of the team that ended last season played on Saturday? Can anyone recognise the club as it is now from the one that ended last season? How many fans are coming to St Mary's compared to last season? How many of us will say we've had anything other than a ball compared to last season? I admire the way Cortese is turning us into a sound business fit for a bright future. I also admire the way Pardew has turned us into a team I can't wait to see play again and which has given me more football pleasure than I've experienced for nearly a decade or more. Mr. Cortese will be an utter fool to change any of this.
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Our away supporters are brilliant and will see the Saints through the wins we need to get the 76 points. And yes, never thought of it that way but 76 is a really good omen!
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The future is bright - the future is RED & WHITE!!!!
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COYRS!!!!!!
le god
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11:52am Mon 15 Mar 10
worried of e sussex wrote:Exeter are in the bottom 4 and are only 14 points behind us.
can someone be contraversial, everyone agreeing with each other is boring!
Let's all start worrying.
There you are "worried of e sussex"
cryoman1965
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11:58am Mon 15 Mar 10
le god wrote:We will loose the JPT because of our cup tied players!!!!!
worried of e sussex wrote:Exeter are in the bottom 4 and are only 14 points behind us.
can someone be contraversial, everyone agreeing with each other is boring!
Let's all start worrying.
There you are "worried of e sussex"
gosportsaint
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12:13pm Mon 15 Mar 10
cryoman1965 wrote:Pompey are the pride of the south
le god wrote:We will loose the JPT because of our cup tied players!!!!!worried of e sussex wrote: can someone be contraversial, everyone agreeing with each other is boring!Exeter are in the bottom 4 and are only 14 points behind us. Let's all start worrying. There you are "worried of e sussex"
le god
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12:16pm Mon 15 Mar 10
cryoman1965 wrote:My Wembley tickets arrived this morning.
le god wrote:We will loose the JPT because of our cup tied players!!!!!worried of e sussex wrote: can someone be contraversial, everyone agreeing with each other is boring!Exeter are in the bottom 4 and are only 14 points behind us. Let's all start worrying. There you are "worried of e sussex"
That's cheered me up
St Retford
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12:16pm Mon 15 Mar 10
worried of e sussex wrote:Heh - I know what you mean. It's a funny thing but this board is a lot more entertaining after we've just been battered and there are idiots calling for AP's head on a plate and all the non-idots feel compelled to wade in to defend him. When we keep winning everyone is all "Yep, happy with this, carry on," which is less entertaining but that's the price of being good, I suppose.
can someone be contraversial, everyone agreeing with each other is boring!
Talking of which, I went to Old Trafford yesterday and that place is like an absolute library (there was a game on, you understand - it wasn't a stadium tour or anything). People get spoilt rotten by success, so I hope that we all remember these days when we're back in the Prem and never stop singing.
Luda.
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12:23pm Mon 15 Mar 10
gosportsaint wrote:All season ticket holders should give their tickets away to people who havent been before and stop being so selfish and loyal.
cryoman1965 wrote:Pompey are the pride of the southle god wrote:We will loose the JPT because of our cup tied players!!!!!worried of e sussex wrote: can someone be contraversial, everyone agreeing with each other is boring!Exeter are in the bottom 4 and are only 14 points behind us. Let's all start worrying. There you are "worried of e sussex"
Also from next season, large and smelly people have to pay extra to get in.
gosportsaint
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12:36pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Luda. wrote:Slugger should give his beer away
gosportsaint wrote:All season ticket holders should give their tickets away to people who havent been before and stop being so selfish and loyal. Also from next season, large and smelly people have to pay extra to get in.cryoman1965 wrote:Pompey are the pride of the southle god wrote:We will loose the JPT because of our cup tied players!!!!!worried of e sussex wrote: can someone be contraversial, everyone agreeing with each other is boring!Exeter are in the bottom 4 and are only 14 points behind us. Let's all start worrying. There you are "worried of e sussex"
kev63
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12:42pm Mon 15 Mar 10
truesaint67 wrote:Woo Hooooooooooooo......
Woo Hoo....... my Wembley tickets have arrived COYR
....mine have turned up too!!!
Come On You Reds
worried of e sussex
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12:48pm Mon 15 Mar 10
gosportsaint wrote:this is more like it!
Luda. wrote:Slugger should give his beer awaygosportsaint wrote:All season ticket holders should give their tickets away to people who havent been before and stop being so selfish and loyal. Also from next season, large and smelly people have to pay extra to get in.cryoman1965 wrote:Pompey are the pride of the southle god wrote:We will loose the JPT because of our cup tied players!!!!!worried of e sussex wrote: can someone be contraversial, everyone agreeing with each other is boring!Exeter are in the bottom 4 and are only 14 points behind us. Let's all start worrying. There you are "worried of e sussex"
truesaint67
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1:18pm Mon 15 Mar 10
kev63 wrote:Shouldn't that be mine have turned up four????
truesaint67 wrote: Woo Hoo....... my Wembley tickets have arrived COYRWoo Hooooooooooooo...... ....mine have turned up too!!! Come On You Reds
St Retford
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1:31pm Mon 15 Mar 10
OSPREYSAINT
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3:25pm Mon 15 Mar 10
worried of e sussex wrote:OK then lets get Phil Brown in to replace AP?
can someone be contraversial, everyone agreeing with each other is boring!
saint Compo
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3:32pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Norwich played 26, points 65
Millwall 26, 54
SAINTS 24, 48
Swindon 25, 48
Leeds 26, 45
Colchester 26, 45
Charlton 26, 43
Huddersfield 26, 43
MK Dons 26, 39
If we win both our games in hand on Millwall in second, we'd match them with 54 points from 26 games.
So we're up there with the second best but another step up is needed. January's team strengthening may have to be followed up with some more in the summer.
COYR
arifjan saint kuwait
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3:44pm Mon 15 Mar 10
slugger
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3:47pm Mon 15 Mar 10
gosportsaint wrote:i'd rather stick pins in my eyes !
Luda. wrote:Slugger should give his beer awaygosportsaint wrote:All season ticket holders should give their tickets away to people who havent been before and stop being so selfish and loyal. Also from next season, large and smelly people have to pay extra to get in.cryoman1965 wrote:Pompey are the pride of the southle god wrote:We will loose the JPT because of our cup tied players!!!!!worried of e sussex wrote: can someone be contraversial, everyone agreeing with each other is boring!Exeter are in the bottom 4 and are only 14 points behind us. Let's all start worrying. There you are "worried of e sussex"
Was 8 in 76
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3:55pm Mon 15 Mar 10
stoneham
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4:03pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Stevie61163
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4:21pm Mon 15 Mar 10
stoneham wrote:if i get home tonight and my tickets are not on the doormat there is gonna be blue murder.......I have had to sit here at work watching all you numpties spout off about your tickets arriving today and i must say i am getting a little pi$$ed of with it........like i say BLUE MURDER!!!!!!
we,re off to wembley with money in the bank, money in the bank, money in the bank.we,re off to wembley with money in the bank money in the bank money in the bank....... we,ve got pardew we,ve got pardew we,ve got lieber and courtese too....... we,re of to wembley with money in the bank. got my tickets see you there
jmullins49
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4:28pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Luda. wrote:I think 76 points is too low this season. Colchester and Swindon have averaged 1.8 points each game so far, so if you extend that to the end of the season you have 83 points. We must win everyone of our remaining games to get 83 points. A tough thing to achieve but I believe it can be done, starting Tuesday.
Bring taco bell to the uk! wrote: I was just doing some reasearch on the past three league final tables,and it seems 76 points is very regular for 6th place.We can get a max. of 83.So we must all keep the faith and get right behind every ball of the last 12 games.We can still do this.And...76 is a good omen for us!!!COYRReaching 76 shouldn't be a problem, its the gap that is, seems everytime we take a stride forward the gap remains. We need a lot of teams to screw up, the gutting thing would be to finish 7th and 2 points off, then those crappy draws will really hurt. Another possibility .. all the teams ahead of us go into admin this week.. Dream on i think..
saint Compo
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4:52pm Mon 15 Mar 10
saint Compo wrote:Further to my earlier post, if you extrapolate the top teams form (average points gained per game) since match 10 to the end of the season, the final table would be as follows:
Much has been made of Saints slow start to the season - coming out of administration, need to build a new team/confidence etc. Fair comment. After 10 games we had gained 9 points and stood on minus 1. But how well have we done since then? Here is the top of the league table for all relevant teams since match 10. Norwich played 26, points 65 Millwall 26, 54 SAINTS 24, 48 Swindon 25, 48 Leeds 26, 45 Colchester 26, 45 Charlton 26, 43 Huddersfield 26, 43 MK Dons 26, 39 If we win both our games in hand on Millwall in second, we'd match them with 54 points from 26 games. So we're up there with the second best but another step up is needed. January's team strengthening may have to be followed up with some more in the summer. COYR
1. Norwich 103 points
2. Leeds 88
3. Millwall 85
4. Swindon 84
5. Colchester 83
6. Charlton 82
7. Huddersfield 74
8= Saints 71
8= MK Dons 71
That would leave a points shortfall of 11 points for a play-off place, almost a point a game. We need to get 2.5 points per game to attain 77 points (that's dropping just 6 points from 12 games - a tall order) and hope that at least one of Millwall, Swindon, Colchester and Charlton tank.
Whilst still hoping for a miracle, I think we should be realistic about our play-off prospects and think more about next season.
Of course, we have a Wembley Cup Final to look forward to. So let's make that a great day - the highlight of our season.
COYR
OSPREYSAINT
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5:01pm Mon 15 Mar 10
k/sport1/hi/football
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tm I have looked and looked and I still cannot see why Jedi's goal was disallowed.
Spanishgray
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5:10pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Saints4Eva
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5:13pm Mon 15 Mar 10
OSPREYSAINT wrote:Did you manage to sort out some Wembley tickets?
worried of e sussex wrote: can someone be contraversial, everyone agreeing with each other is boring!OK then lets get Phil Brown in to replace AP?
Sure NC stated in his interview that he thought using once game to decide on tickets was wrong and this would not happen again - so hopefully when we make the play-offs you will be their at the play-off final.
COYR's - 3pts again tomorrow night can't wait.
OSPREYSAINT
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5:44pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Saint Damo
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5:58pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Bronson69
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5:59pm Mon 15 Mar 10
worried of e sussex
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6:02pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Bronson69 wrote:will you make wembley?
Hi everyone sending this from my hospital bed ,just had an acl reconstruction of right knee - ouch! Just had my latest dose of morphine so apologies now for my posts later ! Thank god for you guys as its keeping me sane ! Coyr !!
Bronson69
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6:15pm Mon 15 Mar 10
worried of e sussex wrote:Not much chance of that - gutted
Bronson69 wrote:will you make wembley?
Hi everyone sending this from my hospital bed ,just had an acl reconstruction of right knee - ouch! Just had my latest dose of morphine so apologies now for my posts later ! Thank god for you guys as its keeping me sane ! Coyr !!
worried of e sussex
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6:22pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Bronson69
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6:49pm Mon 15 Mar 10
OSPREYSAINT wrote:Didn't realise we had a jedi in the team! Wonder if the jedi mind trick would work for our next away game coyr !!
Match highlights at http://news.bbc.co.u
k/sport1/hi/football
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tm I have looked and looked and I still cannot see why Jedi's goal was disallowed.
jedi
E-M27
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6:58pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Liverpool spanking the fishmongers will cheer you up a bit later mate
Tell the nurse (if shes fit) that your middle leg is aching and who knows you may be in for a bonus!!
COYR!!
Harleysaint
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6:59pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Bronson69 wrote:Swindon must loose!!!
OSPREYSAINT wrote: Match highlights at http://news.bbc.co.u k/sport1/hi/football /eng_div_2/8567217.s tm I have looked and looked and I still cannot see why Jedi's goal was disallowed.Didn't realise we had a jedi in the team! Wonder if the jedi mind trick would work for our next away game coyr !! jedi
A.K.A. WE MUST WIN!!!
COYRAWAPMACHINE!!!!
Bronson69
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7:04pm Mon 15 Mar 10
E-M27 wrote:Nice idea unfortunately most look like Susan boyle !
Get well soon Bronson69
Liverpool spanking the fishmongers will cheer you up a bit later mate
Tell the nurse (if shes fit) that your middle leg is aching and who knows you may be in for a bonus!!
COYR!!
Saint Damo
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7:08pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Bronson69 wrote:LOL
E-M27 wrote: Get well soon Bronson69 Liverpool spanking the fishmongers will cheer you up a bit later mate Tell the nurse (if shes fit) that your middle leg is aching and who knows you may be in for a bonus!! COYR!!Nice idea unfortunately most look like Susan boyle !
OSPREYSAINT
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7:22pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Bronson69 wrote:Sounds like a lame excuse to me!
worried of e sussex wrote:Not much chance of that - guttedBronson69 wrote: Hi everyone sending this from my hospital bed ,just had an acl reconstruction of right knee - ouch! Just had my latest dose of morphine so apologies now for my posts later ! Thank god for you guys as its keeping me sane ! Coyr !!will you make wembley?
Get Well soon....
slugger
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7:25pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Bronson69 wrote:if you're at the general i'll send my sister in law round ,she's a nurse (and effin gorgeous too !)but if you get what i can't, i'll never speak to you again !!!! ;o)
E-M27 wrote: Get well soon Bronson69 Liverpool spanking the fishmongers will cheer you up a bit later mate Tell the nurse (if shes fit) that your middle leg is aching and who knows you may be in for a bonus!! COYR!!Nice idea unfortunately most look like Susan boyle !
slugger
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7:28pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Bronson69 wrote:just put yer morphine goggles on .....simples !
E-M27 wrote: Get well soon Bronson69 Liverpool spanking the fishmongers will cheer you up a bit later mate Tell the nurse (if shes fit) that your middle leg is aching and who knows you may be in for a bonus!! COYR!!Nice idea unfortunately most look like Susan boyle !
E-M27
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7:43pm Mon 15 Mar 10
slugger wrote:If one really does look like Susan Boyle you could always ask for a bit of oral relief and tell her to hum at the same time
Bronson69 wrote:just put yer morphine goggles on .....simples !E-M27 wrote: Get well soon Bronson69 Liverpool spanking the fishmongers will cheer you up a bit later mate Tell the nurse (if shes fit) that your middle leg is aching and who knows you may be in for a bonus!! COYR!!Nice idea unfortunately most look like Susan boyle !
How soothing would that be...
or would it be a bit trippy what with the morphine kicking in and all that!!
"Wild Horses" would be nice to start with (the song I mean!)
Bring taco bell to the uk!
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7:50pm Mon 15 Mar 10
E-M27
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7:53pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Bring taco bell to the uk! wrote:Who's saying so?
Could hull be about to raid saints for alan pardew?looks that way.
slugger
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7:55pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Bring taco bell to the uk! wrote:not a chance imo !
Could hull be about to raid saints for alan pardew?looks that way.
Bronson69
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8:16pm Mon 15 Mar 10
E-M27 wrote:Sounds like a cracking deal thanks slugger ! E m27 thanks for the tip !
slugger wrote:If one really does look like Susan Boyle you could always ask for a bit of oral relief and tell her to hum at the same time
Bronson69 wrote:just put yer morphine goggles on .....simples !E-M27 wrote: Get well soon Bronson69 Liverpool spanking the fishmongers will cheer you up a bit later mate Tell the nurse (if shes fit) that your middle leg is aching and who knows you may be in for a bonus!! COYR!!Nice idea unfortunately most look like Susan boyle !
How soothing would that be...
or would it be a bit trippy what with the morphine kicking in and all that!!
"Wild Horses" would be nice to start with (the song I mean!)
Luda.
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8:27pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Bring taco bell to the uk! wrote:Are we still being controversial today?..
Could hull be about to raid saints for alan pardew?looks that way.
If so , if Pards did go somewhere else, so what?.
We have a good team now,(thanks to him), we ain't going up this year, again thanks to him, and we have time to build for next year if we had a new man.
Plenty of good managers out there, we will go from strength to strength , with or without him.
stormus troupias the 1st
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8:29pm Mon 15 Mar 10
E-M27
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8:30pm Mon 15 Mar 10
stormus troupias the 1st
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8:31pm Mon 15 Mar 10
E-M27
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8:31pm Mon 15 Mar 10
E-M27
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8:32pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Luda.
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8:34pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Luda.
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8:35pm Mon 15 Mar 10
stormus troupias the 1st
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8:36pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Baddesley Bill
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8:38pm Mon 15 Mar 10
stormus troupias the 1st
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slugger
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8:48pm Mon 15 Mar 10
t.....COYR !!
sw warm-hard....think that's for you bronson !
stormus troupias the 1st
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8:50pm Mon 15 Mar 10
stormus troupias the 1st
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8:50pm Mon 15 Mar 10
slugger
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8:50pm Mon 15 Mar 10
E-M27
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8:52pm Mon 15 Mar 10
It doesn't sound like it
Baddesley Bill
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9:00pm Mon 15 Mar 10
stormus troupias the 1st
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9:00pm Mon 15 Mar 10
slugger wrote:he aint going anywhere he,s a man on a mission
Bring taco bell to the uk! wrote: Could hull be about to raid saints for alan pardew?looks that way.not a chance imo !
F Fan
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9:00pm Mon 15 Mar 10
truelysaints wrote:I listened to the entire Cortese interview and I thought he was excellent in just about every respect. Very open, very honest, answered every question , avoided nothing. He admitted where he had made mistakes e.g. the MK Dons ticker priority for Wembley. He didn’t criticise Pardew at all, said they both were “on the same page” and that there was no problem in the relationship. But he wasn’t kidding anybody that Pardew will be judged by anything other than results in the league.
Is NC suggesting that we are not on par with the top six teams? If so he is talking through the top of his hat. assuming we win the game in hand we have then we would be up there if we had not had the ten points deduction. I would not be upset if we do not go up this season because we have shown that we can beat the best and next season we will win the League. I think this season has been great for us. With gates like we have been having no one but no one will stop us next season. Whatever happened to the five year plan. NC should learn a little patience. If we the fans can do it so can he (we are the club). AP has nothing to feel sorry about he has, is and will do a great job for us. A final message to NC..layoff your manager and let him get on with the five year plan
On his previous statement about not being high enough in the league and how that was more important than the cups, he made the following points, all of which I agree with:
(1)We were in roughly the same position as Norwich and Charlton at the start of the season except we were on minus 10 points. We are now something like 30 and 20 points behind them respectively. And they have done that with no money while we spent £millions. I think he should have allowed for the fact that Pardew had no pre-season and many players and left but , even so, he makes a good point.
(2) Players like Fonte took one step back to take two forward with Saints. They don’t expect to play in the third division for two years. And he went on to say that if a player wants to leave in the summer, then the reality is that they will have to be let go. But he went on to say they will be replaced.
(3) People were getting carried away with the cup runs and he felt that he needed to remind everyone, no doubt including Pardew, that the owners of the club had promotion as their number one priority bar nothing. They were here to get us back in the Premiership within five years and a second year in division three would not help.
Having exacting targets is good, so long as he gives Pardew the chance –which for me means review the situation at Christmas, in time for the January window. So far, Pardew for me has done extremely well from a standing start. All his signings have improved the team and the only negative anybody sensible could hold against him has been some poor away results against poorer teams since Christmas. I do wonder if the 451 that many knocked is not a perfectly good formation away from home against poorer teams – because they usually flood the middle of the park and we don’t as a rule go route one – we need to win these midfield battles.
Cortese’s comments on how to run the club were absolutely spot on – great business sense – too many points to go through here – have a listen.
Baddesley Bill
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9:01pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Baddesley Bill wrote:*Liverpool player
I got 34/1 on Mascarano to score...surely every Liverpool will get a goal by the end of this! :O)
swindonblue
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9:08pm Mon 15 Mar 10
slugger
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9:14pm Mon 15 Mar 10
swindonblue wrote:how many did you beat huddersfield and walsall by ?
My personal opinion it will be a tight game against swindon. but the robins will pick up a point. don;t forget you can only beat leeds by 1? swindon beath them by 3! tells you who the better team is. up the town
E-M27
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9:20pm Mon 15 Mar 10
slugger wrote:We'd have beaten Leeds by a lot more if we had a proper ref
swindonblue wrote: My personal opinion it will be a tight game against swindon. but the robins will pick up a point. don;t forget you can only beat leeds by 1? swindon beath them by 3! tells you who the better team is. up the townhow many did you beat huddersfield and walsall by ?
When the red red robin goes bob bob bobbing along.....you know the rest
COYR!!
Prit
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9:23pm Mon 15 Mar 10
wokingsaint
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9:31pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Bronson69 wrote:get well soon x
Hi everyone sending this from my hospital bed ,just had an acl reconstruction of right knee - ouch! Just had my latest dose of morphine so apologies now for my posts later ! Thank god for you guys as its keeping me sane ! Coyr !!
The Moog
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9:37pm Mon 15 Mar 10
stormus troupias the 1st
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9:39pm Mon 15 Mar 10
swindonblue wrote:look forward to reading you post on here tomorrow at 9.30 then, whoops pomey 4 down
My personal opinion it will be a tight game against swindon. but the robins will pick up a point. don;t forget you can only beat leeds by 1? swindon beath them by 3! tells you who the better team is. up the town
derek fo holbury
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9:40pm Mon 15 Mar 10
As an aside - does anybody have a ticket for Wembley near block 227 (Wembley West) they would exchange for one in block 550. I am separated from my son for the match and obviously it would be nice to be somewhere near to each other for the game. If so, please contact me on 07771 50 88 77
slugger
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9:50pm Mon 15 Mar 10
derek fo holbury wrote:i read and comment on "team-talk.com" and a leeds fan on there said that he listend to it on their local radio station......he said that even eddie gray said the ref was biased towards leeds !
Great shame that the biggest talking point after such a great team performance and brilliant result was the goon in black. Should have felt elated, and this ref took that away from me to some degree. Never have I seen or heard such unanimous outrage at the performance of a match official, and it was completely justified. He did his level best to stop us from playing football, and was so biased it is unbelievable. The consolation is three points against one of the toughest outfits to beat in this division, and when the anger this man has given me subsides I will be able to enjoy that win a bit more. As an aside - does anybody have a ticket for Wembley near block 227 (Wembley West) they would exchange for one in block 550. I am separated from my son for the match and obviously it would be nice to be somewhere near to each other for the game. If so, please contact me on 07771 50 88 77
E-M27
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10:06pm Mon 15 Mar 10
slugger wrote:I Couldn't agree more and I saw the Teamtalk post from the Leeds Fan as wel
derek fo holbury wrote: Great shame that the biggest talking point after such a great team performance and brilliant result was the goon in black. Should have felt elated, and this ref took that away from me to some degree. Never have I seen or heard such unanimous outrage at the performance of a match official, and it was completely justified. He did his level best to stop us from playing football, and was so biased it is unbelievable. The consolation is three points against one of the toughest outfits to beat in this division, and when the anger this man has given me subsides I will be able to enjoy that win a bit more. As an aside - does anybody have a ticket for Wembley near block 227 (Wembley West) they would exchange for one in block 550. I am separated from my son for the match and obviously it would be nice to be somewhere near to each other for the game. If so, please contact me on 07771 50 88 77i read and comment on "team-talk.com" and a leeds fan on there said that he listend to it on their local radio station......he said that even eddie gray said the ref was biased towards leeds !
That was the worst display of refereeing I have ever seen and that even includes the days when I used to play Southampton and Hampshire League football
He was an utter disgrace but I have been saying for months now that we are being punished by the FA to try and keep us in League one for at least another year because we went into administration.
Every game makes me more and more paranoid because we do not get any decisions bar the game against Stockport at home
The FA are conspiring against us and do not like us, look at the Wembley fiasco
We will have to carry on doing it the hard way and score enough goals so as not to be undone by a sh*te decision from a muppet of a bent ref when we are one nil up
COYR!! We can win all our games starting with Swindon even if we have to play against 12 men in every game
F Fan
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10:08pm Mon 15 Mar 10
derek fo holbury wrote:Welcome back Derek! Don't think we have heard from you since you had enough of the abuse when we were going through hell last season. It's a lot more friendly at the moment!
Great shame that the biggest talking point after such a great team performance and brilliant result was the goon in black. Should have felt elated, and this ref took that away from me to some degree. Never have I seen or heard such unanimous outrage at the performance of a match official, and it was completely justified. He did his level best to stop us from playing football, and was so biased it is unbelievable. The consolation is three points against one of the toughest outfits to beat in this division, and when the anger this man has given me subsides I will be able to enjoy that win a bit more.
As an aside - does anybody have a ticket for Wembley near block 227 (Wembley West) they would exchange for one in block 550. I am separated from my son for the match and obviously it would be nice to be somewhere near to each other for the game. If so, please contact me on 07771 50 88 77
Invidia
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11:30pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Minnesota Saint
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1:59am Tue 16 Mar 10
Luda. wrote:Taco Hell, gut rot food!
Bring taco bell to the uk! wrote:Taco bell in the uk, oh hell yes, love that food. Jack in the box as well.Luda. wrote: Who would you rather have right now in our team, Ricky Lambert. Emile Heskey. Peter Crouch. And for England, i repeat the question.To be honest mate i would go peter crouch.He is proven at the highest standard for club and country.Hesky is a carthorse.Ricky lambert is good but has really only been tested at the third tier.crouch all the way.
3 points tomorrow
3 - 0
Barn-yard 1st
Lamberto 2nd & 3rd
Tirau Dan
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5:44am Tue 16 Mar 10
saint Compo wrote:I really enjoy the effort you've made to post like this...love it to bits. I like to check through form, players in and out and and read all the punditts views, then assess or perhaps punt where our strength and weaknesses may be. At the start of the season I thought we'd be 7th or 8th, it's working out that way but for all the wrong reasons... I really thought we'd master the dirt tracks and falter against the football playing sides due to the time it takes for class teams to gel. Pards has them playing much better, much earlier than I thought. His pre-Leeds interview is excellent and lays it down straight and to the point.. it's away consistency that lacks and he indicated that a few top performers at home may get benched if they don't pull finger in the away games... Adam, got a mention as one.. one of his leading lights but took criticism for away play whereas Papa has pleased Pards. Expect changes if they fail again away even with the stars.
saint Compo wrote:Further to my earlier post, if you extrapolate the top teams form (average points gained per game) since match 10 to the end of the season, the final table would be as follows:
Much has been made of Saints slow start to the season - coming out of administration, need to build a new team/confidence etc. Fair comment. After 10 games we had gained 9 points and stood on minus 1. But how well have we done since then? Here is the top of the league table for all relevant teams since match 10. Norwich played 26, points 65 Millwall 26, 54 SAINTS 24, 48 Swindon 25, 48 Leeds 26, 45 Colchester 26, 45 Charlton 26, 43 Huddersfield 26, 43 MK Dons 26, 39 If we win both our games in hand on Millwall in second, we'd match them with 54 points from 26 games. So we're up there with the second best but another step up is needed. January's team strengthening may have to be followed up with some more in the summer. COYR
1. Norwich 103 points
2. Leeds 88
3. Millwall 85
4. Swindon 84
5. Colchester 83
6. Charlton 82
7. Huddersfield 74
8= Saints 71
8= MK Dons 71
That would leave a points shortfall of 11 points for a play-off place, almost a point a game. We need to get 2.5 points per game to attain 77 points (that's dropping just 6 points from 12 games - a tall order) and hope that at least one of Millwall, Swindon, Colchester and Charlton tank.
Whilst still hoping for a miracle, I think we should be realistic about our play-off prospects and think more about next season.
Of course, we have a Wembley Cup Final to look forward to. So let's make that a great day - the highlight of our season.
COYR
He's done so much and come so far and I really want Pards to get the best out of his away teams.. Pressure is there, pressure is good but players must respond to the bit or the crop will get used and maybe the dog tucker van at the end of the season.
COYR lets tick off each game on the sheet.. Leeds tick. Next please.
puppy saint
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9:43am Tue 16 Mar 10
Harleysaint wrote:do not start me on the Tranmere penalty!
Bronson69 wrote:Swindon must loose!!!
OSPREYSAINT wrote: Match highlights at http://news.bbc.co.u k/sport1/hi/football /eng_div_2/8567217.s tm I have looked and looked and I still cannot see why Jedi's goal was disallowed.Didn't realise we had a jedi in the team! Wonder if the jedi mind trick would work for our next away game coyr !! jedi
A.K.A. WE MUST WIN!!!
COYRAWAPMACHINE!!!!
St dai
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5:10pm Tue 16 Mar 10
Bronson69 wrote:ohhh , been there , exactly the same.
Hi everyone sending this from my hospital bed ,just had an acl reconstruction of right knee - ouch! Just had my latest dose of morphine so apologies now for my posts later ! Thank god for you guys as its keeping me sane ! Coyr !!
key hole surgery and kicked out of genera; as soon as i could use crutches,
for what its worth do all the exercises, 10 yrs ago and still feels gash,
hopfully the red and whit machine keep your pecker up.
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