Match Day Thread Wigan Athletic vs Southampton 18/03/2018 BBC 1 @ 1:30pm

[SAINTDON13]

When Wigan fluffed their lines so often I dropped any doubt we would win it. Good game. Well done the Referee, he gave it every chance to flow on an awful surface.

 

[VocalMinority]

Keep Attacking > shutting up shop.

 

[Beef]

Good win, but even better it boosts confidence. Now take that on to West ham

 

[Saint Helen]

Yahoo!!!!! I love Cedric!!

 

[----HistoryRepeating----]

Our
subs
worked.
I could cry tears of joy.
Brilliant boast for all of us today. Marks r&w army.

 

[SaintinNZ]

Cracking game. Worth saying up till 4.30am!

 

[ChilcoSaint]

What was Cedric doing on that side anyway?

Pretending to be Josh Sims!

 

[saintsfcfan]

Not a bad start Sparky!

 

[AshbySaint]

Who’d pick those two scorers! In all honesty, this is an excellent second half performance in a lot of ways. Credit to Sparky and his team, make no bones about it, this was a tough, tough tie.

Final word on Gabbi - he was constantly getting himself in the right positions. The goals will come as the confidence returns from getting some starts. I didn’t see that from Carrillo at all. Long ahead of him for me.

Cant believe we paid almost £20million for him. Not sure what we saw in him to pay that much.. Today was his worse game

I am now waiting for people to say that they disagree

 

[thereisonlyoneno7]

I ****ing love football!

 

[oldstocktonsaint]

Pierre and Cedric up front against West Ham. Carillo at right back? Gabby defensive midfield. Crazy game.

 

[I Sorry I Ruined The Party]

I blame Pellegrino for dropping in form players and the **** tactics.

I wouldn’t call Gabbiadini “in form” though. The tactics... well you may have a point. But again, I will point you to Austin.

 

[Osvaldorama]

That Cedric goal was the first quick counter attack since before Puel.

I honestly can’t remember the last time we flooded forward like that

 

[Saint Helen]

Really entertaining game. I said to myself in the first half that we'd score in the second on our fans' end and then that the penalty would be saved/missed. Mystic Helen, me...

 

[Saints Fan4Life]

Back to Wembley we go!!

 

[The Ides of March]

I have not seen the game but well done SFC for keeping disciplined when under pressure, and for believing in themselves. A great weekend for all the Solent área´s teams, How often can we congratulate all three for getting wins? Keep it up!

 

[Beef]

I wouldn’t call Gabbiadini “in form” though. The tactics... well you may have a point. But again, I will point you to Austin.

A striker scoring a goal is what they get paid to do. Then getting dropped the next game is weird. He did the same to Prowse and Hojberg, there is a pattern

 

[San Tejón]

Just listening to how we took three of their players out of the game for the first, by virtually standing on their toes and preventing them from attacking the ball.
Straight out of the Stoke City set piece manual.
I hope he has brought the defensive version as well.

 

[Rule No.5]

Difference between an organised manager and a **** one. Subs worked, team looked up for it second half, and a boost in confidence all round.
Fair play to Sparky, whatever he said at half time worked.

 

[Stegie]

Cant believe we paid almost £20million for him. Not sure what we saw in him to pay that much.. Today was his worse game

I am now waiting for people to say that they disagree

I don't even know what to think of him. He just looks so unsure and lost on the field against Wigan tonight. At least Gabbi has a been of assurance about him but Carillo just seemed to always be in the wrong place at every opportunity and just constantly got in the way. I reckon Gabbi partnered up with Long or Austin would be good. Carillo and Gabbi just look far too similar in terms of their playing role and so far Gabbi is proving to be much better.