Match Reports
So, how was the first half?
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Quite good… aside from the shambolic goal, unlucky injury, woeful finishing and slightly harsh sending off.
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Derby 0 Saints 1
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Saints got their first points of the season with an impressive performance and victory against freefalling Derby. Adam Lallana got the goal and there would have been more but for some weak finishing and good goalkeeping. Derby were poor and their lack of pressing allowed Saint’s passing game to click on several occasions.
Despite Derby’s struggles [...]
Category: Match ReportsSaints 1 Birmingham 2
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Match Summary
Whenever Saints start the season badly (and let’s face it, that’s always) I often fall back to the old cliche “It’s a marathon not a sprint”. Well, as Paula Radcliffe showed this morning, you can still come 23rd in a marathon – you just hurt for longer. It’s still far too early to say [...]
Category: Match ReportsExeter 1 Saints 3
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Saints progressed to the second round of the Carling Cup after a tough away tie against League Two Exeter. Frankly we were the worse team in the first half, despite taking the lead through a Lee Holmes goal, but improved in the second and two David McGoldrick goals sealed a home match against Birmingham in [...]
Category: Match ReportsCardiff 2 Saints 1
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You can change the players, you can change the manager but some things never change for Saints. We always start the season badly, we always let in late goals and we always concede from set pieces. Against Cardiff we managed to achieve all three despite a spirited performance which was full of effort, if not [...]
Category: Match ReportsSaints 3 Sheffield United 2
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Phew! A rollercoaster game to end a rollercoaster season saw Saints survive by the skin of their teeth. Why an extra 10,000 people suddenly felt the club was worth supporting for one day I don’t know but Saints were glad they did at the atmosphere generated was the best since our relegation and roared [...]
Category: Match ReportsSaints 0 Burnley 1
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If the Bristol City game showed why Saints should be challenging for promotion, then this defeat showed why we’re battling relegation. Since relegation from the premiership I’ve lost count of the number of games which follow the same pattern: Saints dominate possession, opposition defend and hoof, we don’t create any real chances and get caught [...]
Category: Match ReportsCharlton 1 Saints 1
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Saints inched a further point towards safety in an open game against play-off contenders Charlton. Both sides went looking for the win initially and Saints got a bizarre lead when Charlton’s young replacement keeper Randolph dropped a soft Stern John effort on to the back of defender McCarthy’s head and the ball bounced back into [...]
Category: Match ReportsSaints 2 Bristol City 0
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Saints saved their best performance of the season for the visit of league leaders Bristol City and won a vital three points. From the off Saints played a high-tempo direct passing game, playing to the strengths of Stern John and Bradley Wright-Phillips up front, and City couldn’t handle it. Aside from a brief spell [...]
Category: Match ReportsCardiff 1 Saints 0
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On a day when most of the other threatened sides got a result Saints lost tamely to a Cardiff side more pre-occupied with the F.A. Cup. Paul Parry scored the only goal early on from close range and the result seemed inevitable after that with Saints looking clueless in possession. The only way Saints look [...]
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