Saints lacked drive in this game but came to life in the final 15 minutes and could have won the game with a flurry of late chances.

Huddersfield as expected were up for it from the final whistle backed by a noisy crowd who roared them on, but the rarely looked like breaking Saints down despite the fact that we seemed determined to hand them a goal or two with slack marking and poor passing.

The best chance fell to Ryan Bertrand who clean through on goal put his shot wide, at the other end Forster made a smart block from close range when he read the situation perfectly, there was one flap from him although in fairness he did not get any calls from his defence and unsure if there was anyone at the far post went for a ball he really should have left.

If you thought Saints could not get worse then you were in for a shock they could, again it was a tale of poor passing and a failure to impose ourselves on the game.

Mauricio Pellegrino's substitutions puzzled most and lead to boos when Manolo Gabbiadini was taken off, but on reflection they worked as in the final 15 minutes or so we came to life.

A flurry of chances almost lead to a goal with Ryan Bertrand again having the best one with his header being cleared off the line, most of the chances seemed to be created by Shane Long whose running put the home defenders under pressure in a way we had failed to do earlier.

All in all a disappointing game, but we are a work in progress and the new manager is slowly putting together the team he wants, that being the case 5 points from the first 3 games is a good return and a good base to build on, Saints fans need to be patient in the coming weeks, yes we are playing poorly but we are still getting results and that has to be good.

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saintmark1976 added 13:26 - Aug 28 Brilliantly put SanMarco. Add in some extremely strange decisions by refs in favour of the top teams ( us at Wembley last season and Man city against Bournemouth yesterday as local examples) and there is even more cause for concern in my opinion. Perhaps we have reached a point where there is simply too much money in the game?
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GeordieSaint added 15:04 - Aug 28 That is the first game I have actually attended for a while now and I thought it was ok. I am not sure why the gaffer is getting grief for the gabbiadini off long on sub as long brought a different dimension and we really should have buried the game in the last 10 mins. If Bertrand sticks the chance at the end away or the ref gives a penalty for the tackle on JWP then it is a perfect away performance in some ways. If Virgil does sort his head out then defence is turned into attack quickly and we look dangerous on the counter. I thought Romeu was class and the partnership with the new lad looks like it could be very solid after they have a few more games to increase their understanding of each other.

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codge added 16:38 - Aug 28 Wish l only had to work 15 minutes every 90 minutes l think l would of been fired.
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codge added 16:39 - Aug 28 Wish l only had to work 15 minutes every 90 minutes l think l would of been fired.
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codge added 16:39 - Aug 28 Wish l only had to work 15 minutes every 90 minutes l think l would of been fired.
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codge added 16:42 - Aug 28 Wish l only had to work for 15 minutes every 90 minutes l think l would of been fired.
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SanMarco added 18:21 - Aug 28 Those 4 x 15 mins add up to 60 so you should be ok codge.
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SaintJez added 14:37 - Aug 29 Expected team, expected result, odd subs! Need to resolve the VVD situation as it's not helping anyone plus we have to get more quality in the attacking 3 positions behind Gabbi. Davis, Tadic and Redmond just don't contribute enough to have all 3 in a starting XI.
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