| The positives today 18:54 - Sep 21 with 3482 views | felly1 |
Trying hard to ignore the usual forever angry/ hysterical types that post on here and add a few positives from today.
The crowd. Particularly the northam wall, loud and proud today and the rest of us joined in.
THB , Bedders partnership . Admittedly less challenging as Ipswich will likely be bottom dwellers but they look a decent pair.
Lallana. Class act , like a conductor of the orchestra. Shame he couldn't last the distance.
Fernandes. Top young midfielder .
Downes. Worked so hard today and looking more more comfortable as a Prem player now.
Dibling. WOW. Forgetting the sublime touch and finish it was that beautiful outside of the boot pass to set Stewart free .
Ramsdale. Two fantastic saves, some of his passing out was ropey today though but top top keeper.
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| The positives today on 19:04 - Sep 21 with 3425 views | kernow |
Charlie Taylor and Yuki Sugawara. | | | |
| The positives today on 19:09 - Sep 21 with 3379 views | kingslandstand1 |
Best performance so far and valid points, but we were saying re the substitutions, they all seemed to have been decided on before the game even started
Lala ok, he won't last the 90 mins which is a shame, but none were made to try and win the game or to stamp out any threat that Ipswich may present. They certainly didn't improve the situation |  | | |
| The positives today on 19:17 - Sep 21 with 3354 views | Southamptonfan |
I have to agree with everything you have said. Fernandes is an absolute all round classy, skillful player and puts tackles in too. He will be a very important player for us. Dibling, yeh he's going to be a top player. Lallana definitely "the conductor of the orchestra". He might be 35, he might have lost a bit of pace, but he oozes PL class. It was a better performance today without walker-peters. His head us elsewhere. I enjoyed today's game and I enjoyed some of the football. And, I agree, with us winning up until the 92nd minute, the atmosphere was loud and the Northam sang proudly today, even spreading round the corners, lots of potential there.
It was a blow the equaliser, and could be very costly, as we won't have many chances to win in the PL but Wolves, Everton also only on one point. It is what it is. We need that win soon and hopefully at Bournemouth to put us on 4 points. [Post edited 21 Sep 19:21]
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| The positives today on 19:28 - Sep 21 with 3281 views | felly1 |
| The positives today on 19:17 - Sep 21 by Southamptonfan |
I have to agree with everything you have said. Fernandes is an absolute all round classy, skillful player and puts tackles in too. He will be a very important player for us. Dibling, yeh he's going to be a top player. Lallana definitely "the conductor of the orchestra". He might be 35, he might have lost a bit of pace, but he oozes PL class. It was a better performance today without walker-peters. His head us elsewhere. I enjoyed today's game and I enjoyed some of the football. And, I agree, with us winning up until the 92nd minute, the atmosphere was loud and the Northam sang proudly today, even spreading round the corners, lots of potential there.
It was a blow the equaliser, and could be very costly, as we won't have many chances to win in the PL but Wolves, Everton also only on one point. It is what it is. We need that win soon and hopefully at Bournemouth to put us on 4 points. [Post edited 21 Sep 19:21]
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We can all pretty much guess where this seasons going as we neither have the funds or the savvy recruitment required to bring in the striker that would get the required goals to survive.
Same as last time we were in the Prem.
All we can hope for is we put up a fight and give us something to cling onto and just hope and pray someone in that forward line other than Dibling can raise their game.
Archer showed his sharpness and ability to get in great positions in the box but missed three good chances.. Not good enough sadly.
He offered very little outside the penalty area and struggled with any sort of hold up play /winning the battle with the CB. | | | |
| The positives today on 19:37 - Sep 21 with 3241 views | dirk_doone |
| The positives today on 19:28 - Sep 21 by felly1 |
We can all pretty much guess where this seasons going as we neither have the funds or the savvy recruitment required to bring in the striker that would get the required goals to survive.
Same as last time we were in the Prem.
All we can hope for is we put up a fight and give us something to cling onto and just hope and pray someone in that forward line other than Dibling can raise their game.
Archer showed his sharpness and ability to get in great positions in the box but missed three good chances.. Not good enough sadly.
He offered very little outside the penalty area and struggled with any sort of hold up play /winning the battle with the CB. |
We already have a player who'd score loads of goals for us if played as a stiker -Tyler Dibling - as we'll see when he moves to a bigger club with a better manager. Instead we had the worst finisher in the squad, Cameron Archer, playing at centre forward and Dibling stuck out on the wing being told by Martin to stay back and defend. Ipswich looked as if they'd accepted defeat until Marin took off our best player. You could see they suddenly realized they had nothing more to worry about and if time hadn't run out would have gone on to win. [Post edited 22 Sep 8:02]
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| The positives today on 19:50 - Sep 21 with 3177 views | kingslandstand1 |
We're out of the bottom 2! | | | |
| The positives today on 20:18 - Sep 21 with 3049 views | dirk_doone |
| The positives today on 19:50 - Sep 21 by kingslandstand1 |
We're out of the bottom 2! |
and Pompey are 25 places below us without a win in 7 games this season.
Dibling and Ramsdale are, of course, always positives. [Post edited 21 Sep 20:20]
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| The positives today on 20:36 - Sep 21 with 2971 views | sledger |
| The positives today on 19:37 - Sep 21 by dirk_doone |
We already have a player who'd score loads of goals for us if played as a stiker -Tyler Dibling - as we'll see when he moves to a bigger club with a better manager. Instead we had the worst finisher in the squad, Cameron Archer, playing at centre forward and Dibling stuck out on the wing being told by Martin to stay back and defend. Ipswich looked as if they'd accepted defeat until Marin took off our best player. You could see they suddenly realized they had nothing more to worry about and if time hadn't run out would have gone on to win. [Post edited 22 Sep 8:02]
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agree with what you say but dibling had cramped up. | | | |
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| The positives today on 20:50 - Sep 21 with 2900 views | felly1 |
| The positives today on 19:37 - Sep 21 by dirk_doone |
We already have a player who'd score loads of goals for us if played as a stiker -Tyler Dibling - as we'll see when he moves to a bigger club with a better manager. Instead we had the worst finisher in the squad, Cameron Archer, playing at centre forward and Dibling stuck out on the wing being told by Martin to stay back and defend. Ipswich looked as if they'd accepted defeat until Marin took off our best player. You could see they suddenly realized they had nothing more to worry about and if time hadn't run out would have gone on to win. [Post edited 22 Sep 8:02]
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Yep agreed, it's harsh on Dibling to put him in such a responsible role at his age but your right as he's the only attacker we have who has the strength and technique to receive the ball and shrug off the defenders and either drive forward or lay it off to a runner.
Plus he'll score goals.
We clearly lack that focal point that Che for all his inadequacies used to offer us. | | | |
| The positives today on 08:21 - Sep 22 with 2323 views | Ifonly |
We increased our points total by a factor of infinity. | | | |
| The positives today on 09:08 - Sep 22 with 2255 views | PatfromPoole |
We should get good fees for Dibling, Fernandes, Ramsdale, Downes and Sugawara when we go down.
Yesterday’s result will go a long way to confirming our relegation.
However, the fees we will receive for those players will help stabilise the club financially and give us a great chance of winning The Championship next season. |  |
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| The positives today on 09:23 - Sep 22 with 2228 views | 1ASIN12 |
| The positives today on 09:08 - Sep 22 by PatfromPoole |
We should get good fees for Dibling, Fernandes, Ramsdale, Downes and Sugawara when we go down.
Yesterday’s result will go a long way to confirming our relegation.
However, the fees we will receive for those players will help stabilise the club financially and give us a great chance of winning The Championship next season. |
Not so sure we would win the championship next season as Everton look determined to come down with us - and if they did I can see them walking the league. [Post edited 22 Sep 9:24]
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| The positives today on 09:45 - Sep 22 with 2148 views | saintwizzler |
| The positives today on 09:08 - Sep 22 by PatfromPoole |
We should get good fees for Dibling, Fernandes, Ramsdale, Downes and Sugawara when we go down.
Yesterday’s result will go a long way to confirming our relegation.
However, the fees we will receive for those players will help stabilise the club financially and give us a great chance of winning The Championship next season. |
Something to look forward to. |  |
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| The positives today on 10:03 - Sep 22 with 2107 views | Joiedevivre |
| The positives today on 09:08 - Sep 22 by PatfromPoole |
We should get good fees for Dibling, Fernandes, Ramsdale, Downes and Sugawara when we go down.
Yesterday’s result will go a long way to confirming our relegation.
However, the fees we will receive for those players will help stabilise the club financially and give us a great chance of winning The Championship next season. |
We can still stay up. Just need to get to Moyes before West Ham inevitably do.
Also get a f*ckin striker. How many seasons of needing a 20 million pound striker (one that’s actually worth the money not Crap Paul).
I was listening to Shane Long’s interview with Ben Foster and they discussed this. They both were sick of clubs signing young strikers just to sell on for profit, neglecting an experienced signing. In their eyes, a team like Prem West Brom needed a big experienced striker and that would be the difference. Sounds familiar.
Instead we sign the newly dubbed ‘English Sekou Mara’ up front in Archer. [Post edited 22 Sep 10:09]
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| The positives today on 10:11 - Sep 22 with 2065 views | PatfromPoole |
| The positives today on 10:03 - Sep 22 by Joiedevivre |
We can still stay up. Just need to get to Moyes before West Ham inevitably do.
Also get a f*ckin striker. How many seasons of needing a 20 million pound striker (one that’s actually worth the money not Crap Paul).
I was listening to Shane Long’s interview with Ben Foster and they discussed this. They both were sick of clubs signing young strikers just to sell on for profit, neglecting an experienced signing. In their eyes, a team like Prem West Brom needed a big experienced striker and that would be the difference. Sounds familiar.
Instead we sign the newly dubbed ‘English Sekou Mara’ up front in Archer. [Post edited 22 Sep 10:09]
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Moyes will be back at Everton soon.
Eustace is a far more likely bet.
I would make the change now. We left it too late two years ago. | |
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| The positives today on 10:11 - Sep 22 with 2061 views | PatfromPoole |
| The positives today on 09:23 - Sep 22 by 1ASIN12 |
Not so sure we would win the championship next season as Everton look determined to come down with us - and if they did I can see them walking the league. [Post edited 22 Sep 9:24]
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Everton will be fine.
Will be us, Ipswich and Leicester.
We played the second-worst team in the League yesterday. [Post edited 22 Sep 10:12]
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| The positives today on 10:22 - Sep 22 with 1979 views | grumpy |
One of our main failures is not having settled on a first 11.
That failure is down to the manager and his boring tactics. |  | | |
| The positives today on 10:40 - Sep 22 with 1925 views | saintmark1976 |
| The positives today on 10:11 - Sep 22 by PatfromPoole |
Moyes will be back at Everton soon.
Eustace is a far more likely bet.
I would make the change now. We left it too late two years ago. |
Pat, I’m not a Russell Martin fan particularly when he instructs the players to play tippy tappy although much reduced yesterday.
Honestly though, do you really think that any other manager is going to get a Premier tune out of what to all intents and purposes ( Ramsdale and K W P aside ) is a Championship squad ?
We were unnecessarily relegated from The Premiership last time mainly because of the total ineptitude of Sports Republic’s Player Recruitment Team spending untold millions on a succession of poor quality players.
True to form they have continued in the same vain this time around purchasing Premiership no hopers such as Diaz and Archer. Just one half decent striker to play alongside Dibbling and we would have won comfortably yesterday.
Russell Martin is doing his best as I’m sure Eustace would but in reality they haven’t got the tools to work with. | |
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| The positives today on 10:41 - Sep 22 with 1925 views | felly1 |
| The positives today on 10:03 - Sep 22 by Joiedevivre |
We can still stay up. Just need to get to Moyes before West Ham inevitably do.
Also get a f*ckin striker. How many seasons of needing a 20 million pound striker (one that’s actually worth the money not Crap Paul).
I was listening to Shane Long’s interview with Ben Foster and they discussed this. They both were sick of clubs signing young strikers just to sell on for profit, neglecting an experienced signing. In their eyes, a team like Prem West Brom needed a big experienced striker and that would be the difference. Sounds familiar.
Instead we sign the newly dubbed ‘English Sekou Mara’ up front in Archer. [Post edited 22 Sep 10:09]
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For me our status as a genuine Premier league club came to an end when we chose not to give Ings the big bucks and instead chose to give Theo Walcott 50k a week and then replace Ings with Armstrong.
To allow a top class finisher with experience slip through our hands was a fatal error for our club and we now look like yo yo fodder.
As an example of a similar club, Palace paid big bucks in wages to keep Saha happy and his presence and ability played a big part in establishing them as a mid table club that led them attract the likes of Eze and Olise . ...meanwhile at cut price Saints the owners were patting themselves on the back on saving Ings wages.
Water under the bridge now though. Just hope Archer gets sprinkled with the magic fairy dust. | | | |
| The positives today on 10:49 - Sep 22 with 1898 views | PatfromPoole |
| The positives today on 10:40 - Sep 22 by saintmark1976 |
Pat, I’m not a Russell Martin fan particularly when he instructs the players to play tippy tappy although much reduced yesterday.
Honestly though, do you really think that any other manager is going to get a Premier tune out of what to all intents and purposes ( Ramsdale and K W P aside ) is a Championship squad ?
We were unnecessarily relegated from The Premiership last time mainly because of the total ineptitude of Sports Republic’s Player Recruitment Team spending untold millions on a succession of poor quality players.
True to form they have continued in the same vain this time around purchasing Premiership no hopers such as Diaz and Archer. Just one half decent striker to play alongside Dibbling and we would have won comfortably yesterday.
Russell Martin is doing his best as I’m sure Eustace would but in reality they haven’t got the tools to work with. |
I think we have a bit more than that in terms of Prem quality.
Dibling, Fernandes, Downes and Sugawara all belong in this League.
No strikers though.
That will do for us. As it did two years ago. [Post edited 22 Sep 10:50]
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| The positives today on 10:59 - Sep 22 with 1861 views | Ifonly |
| The positives today on 10:40 - Sep 22 by saintmark1976 |
Pat, I’m not a Russell Martin fan particularly when he instructs the players to play tippy tappy although much reduced yesterday.
Honestly though, do you really think that any other manager is going to get a Premier tune out of what to all intents and purposes ( Ramsdale and K W P aside ) is a Championship squad ?
We were unnecessarily relegated from The Premiership last time mainly because of the total ineptitude of Sports Republic’s Player Recruitment Team spending untold millions on a succession of poor quality players.
True to form they have continued in the same vain this time around purchasing Premiership no hopers such as Diaz and Archer. Just one half decent striker to play alongside Dibbling and we would have won comfortably yesterday.
Russell Martin is doing his best as I’m sure Eustace would but in reality they haven’t got the tools to work with. |
It's true that our squad isn't great but a good manager would give us a chance of survival. A good manager creates a team that is more than the sum of its parts. RM has done the opposite. The players are better than 1 point and 2 goals from 5 relatively easy games.
One key part of that is defending well. It may not be much fun to watch but we need to get some 0-0 draws from games we should lose. Many of the goals we have conceded so far would have been prevented by doing some basic things right. Yesterday was another example from another set piece. Looks like being another RM season where his team concede masses of goals. | | | |
| The positives today on 12:02 - Sep 22 with 1673 views | Berber |
| The positives today on 19:28 - Sep 21 by felly1 |
We can all pretty much guess where this seasons going as we neither have the funds or the savvy recruitment required to bring in the striker that would get the required goals to survive.
Same as last time we were in the Prem.
All we can hope for is we put up a fight and give us something to cling onto and just hope and pray someone in that forward line other than Dibling can raise their game.
Archer showed his sharpness and ability to get in great positions in the box but missed three good chances.. Not good enough sadly.
He offered very little outside the penalty area and struggled with any sort of hold up play /winning the battle with the CB. |
I agree re Archer. He has some skill at maneuvering, but just doesn’t have the killer instinct required of a striker at this level. |  |
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| The positives today on 12:04 - Sep 22 with 1646 views | Avior |
Good to see someone focussing on the positives for once and I agree there were many yesterday. Could I also point out that we were supposedly in for Clarke, Delap and Smodics. I wouldn’t want any of them based on yesterday. Ipswich also wanted THB and Downes. Add in the performance of their new centre backs and Fernandez, Taylor and Sugawara and I think we have had a much better transfer window and spent less. | | | |
| The positives today on 14:26 - Sep 22 with 1465 views | saintwizzler |
| The positives today on 12:04 - Sep 22 by Avior |
Good to see someone focussing on the positives for once and I agree there were many yesterday. Could I also point out that we were supposedly in for Clarke, Delap and Smodics. I wouldn’t want any of them based on yesterday. Ipswich also wanted THB and Downes. Add in the performance of their new centre backs and Fernandez, Taylor and Sugawara and I think we have had a much better transfer window and spent less. |
I fail to find any positives by drawing at home with Ipswich. | |
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| The positives today on 16:00 - Sep 22 with 1323 views | TripleNiemi |
| The positives today on 12:02 - Sep 22 by Berber |
I agree re Archer. He has some skill at maneuvering, but just doesn’t have the killer instinct required of a striker at this level. |
Reckon there are New Forest ponies out there with a better first touch…… |  |
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