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He's a brilliant player, the real deal and I love how he comes over to the fans at the end of every game to give a fan his shirt. He has passion, he understands the fans and he is a great lad. One of my favourite Saints players of recent times. We need to enjoy his performances whilst we can.
We need to get back to the PL, where this club belongs definitely. SR have made mistake after mistake, I have been one of their biggest critics. But I have some hope that we might get back there, playing like this. We are blowing teams away. But let's see.
I agree that it's really enjoyable again. We have got our Saints back. I don't wantvto get too carried away, but it's excellent and exciting to watch. We attack with pace. Some of the attacking play was so intense. Tonda is Arteta like for me.
Yep, and just to add to that - Azaz, Fellows, Sciensa, Jander, Armstrong, Flynn Downes are a frightening set of talented players, who attack with pace and score goals. Will Still didn't play them all!! He kept swapping them and messing about with the team. He was unbelievably bad as a manager. It's fantastic to see players like Fellows and Azaz, turn on a sixpence instead of passing backwards, they run forward with speed. Even Bazunu is good under this manager!
I agree about the subs, we lost so much speed and attacking power when they came off. However, Sciensa did go down and was treated for an injury before he came off and Armstrong took a knock. I can only assume that he took them off because they had both taken knocks, so he took them off to.protect them for Tuesday.
That was a great performance today, particularly in the first half. Full credit to Eckert. Despite having concerns about his age and inexperience, he has been absolutely brilliant. We actually play forward with speed. Can you believe it?! We actually attack and try to score! He is also highly intelligent, like a professor. Long may it continue.
Ultimately, Will Still was the problem. We have a fantastic squad, with talented players.
He has more about him than Will Still. I sense that he is more intense, more serious, more determined and focused and he has done a good job. But it's another huge risk and with his lack of experience, things could end in tears. He has a contract for the rest of this season and next. That could be a mistake if we don't end this season in a good way.
Boro absolutely thrashing Hull to cement their place in second. Seems like they have appointed a good manager. Can't see us getting top two with so many points to make up. Best we can hope for is playoffs, 6th or 5th, but who fancies our chances playing someone like Millwall away in the 2nd leg? This season could well Peter out if we don't get back to winning games, week after week.
I went to Highfield Road, when Saints lost 1 nil in 97 I think. I also remember beating Coventry 3 1 Ronnie Ecklund and Le Tissier wasn't it that day? Bruce Grobellar let in a terrible goal. Only been their new ground once, again I think we lost. Also remember Le Tissier scoring a cracker in a 1 all draw, in the Souness year.
Always remember a huge game against them, a relegation 6 pointer at the Dell, when we were two nil up. Benali gave the ball away to Peter Ndlovu, who made it 2 each. Strachan kept them up a few times before they went down. Their fans packed out the pubs directly outside the Dell that day and they were a very noisy bunch in the ground that day. It was a big game. We then went on to beat Sunderland away at Roker Park I think and we pulled off another great escape.
Go back a little before that, we beat Coventry at the Dell and big Ron Atkinson kicked off at the sky pundits after the game.
What is really unfair, is that Man City, Chelsea and other big clubs get away with serious breaches of the rules.
The previous owner has now left the club, so who are they are intending to punish or teach a lesson? The football league must have allowed Chansiri to pass the the fit and proper test, so where's their punishment?
It probably depends where you are sat, as the two tiers found it difficult to sing the same songs at the same time. A few Millwall fans were saying we played our part and they could hear us with 3000 in one end, and not many teams bring that many to the ground. Without being sat at the other end, it's difficult I think to judge how loud or quiet we were although we arn't as intimidating and as ferocious as the Millwall support, for sure. Sing when we're winning but that's true for most teams. Millwall didnt get going until they scored. I will agree that we rarely see St Mary's crackling with all stands singing like .Millwall did Saturday.
1) I also got a free pint. Wouldn't happen at St Mary's under Sport Republic 😜.
2) I went up with Nicks Away Travel. Great scenic tour of London, driving past the Thames, the millennium wheel and Houses of Parliament. Well done to the driver getting through hordes of people and cars beeping in central London. I wouldn't want to drive through that.
3) I thought the atmosphere was brilliant, great from us but unfortunately for us the stadium was crackling with roars, when they scored their goals. It's a proper old school ground, without the tourists and cameras. Fans jumping on the advertising boards, the whole ground singing in an intimidating fashion. Loved it. Championship grounds like this beat soulless huge PL stadiums hands down.
4) To the fans who jumped all over me, when Armstrong scored, don't worry nothing broken, just a few slightly cracked ribs.
5) Shame about the result. I think Millwall deserved the win, and I think they will be there or thereabouts come the end of the season. I wouldn't want to play them in the play offs, with the second leg at the Den, that's for sure. On reflection, we were only a few seconds from a resilent well earned point but they were the stronger side.
But we have eyes. He can say he was excellent, but we all know the truth so what is the point of lying? Does it not make someone look more stupid if they say something that we all know is totally false?
Oozing respect. Koeman was such a powerful leader, who was.so respected, experienced and successful as a player and manager, he could give players home truths in public with such passion and power. He played for Barcelona, his country managed the top clubs in the world, you had to listen to him. When talking about experience and respect, this is what I mean. He would sort out Aribo and some of these players. A proper leader.
Eckert told the Echo, “I am very happy with Joe. He has been excellent every time he has come on, and he is in very good shape. "
Yes man again? Too scared of player power to tell the truth? Eckert has done a good job. But he is a typical Sport Republic PR man, who will say the right things. I worry long term. SR love someone who toes the line.
The problem today was that Millwall had sussed out a way to stop us passing out from the back quickly, by pressing us really high, so.we ended up passing across the back because we couldn't get out. Millwall have an experienced championship manager and team, that worked us out today.
I suspect he will get the job, but I am worried long-term. Tonda has turned things around and done brilliantly as a caretaker manager but worry he will get outdone by more experienced managers on days like today. This was a real test today, and Tonda didn't quite get it right and we got beat. When there are fine lines in tough games, I am not convinced he would get us promoted.
The Millwall fans give out flowers on the roads surrounding The Den. I am not sure why. Last time there, there were skin head Millwall fans giving out flowers. I never understood why.
He was terrible and I am amazed some fans and the club couldn't see it. As you say, we have wasted so many points because of one man. Our team is excellent, but they were terrible under Still because they so very badly managed.
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