Match Day Thread Saints v Toon EFL Cup S/F first leg, Tuesday 24th Jan, ko 20.00

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Libby said:
Yeah I agree with pretty much all of that though their goal was rightly disallowed based on the rules (which are a crock of ****). Our lack of quality up top is just painfully obvious, especially during that second half spell. I don't think a draw would have been undeserved but it also easily could have been 1-3.

Diallo's passing was poor admittedly but that's not his strength. His tacking and breaking up play though was Wanyama like though, really was superb. I know I sound like a broken record but he really needs to play as part of a 3 as he can be so effective in the right system.
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Yeah those VAR rules went in our favour and they should have ****ing "stayed with the on-field decision" for our goal against Villa on Saturday.

Really we are lucky to still be in this tie. Not confident at all going up there, with their defence especially, but you never know in football. Had it been 3-1, like maybe it should have been, we'd be out.

RE Diallo - yeah he was decent breaking up play, but his passing so often puts us on the back foot and puts the defence under pressure. Is his tackling etc worth the drawbacks of his distribution?
 
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tomw24 said:
Quite frankly, I think DCC showed enormous restraint not to thump him. What a cock.

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Yeah did very well not to react. I kind of wish it was Lyanco who got sent off and he did it to just to see what would happen (although the more I watch him the more I get the impression that Lyanco is more in the Diego Costa mould in that he is always actually in control and knows exactly what he’s doing)
 
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I had 2 geordies next to me. They were very well behaved and tried to hide their allegiance but it was obvious due to total lack of emotion. When we “scored” I insisted on lifting them up to cheer which fair play to them they took in good spirits. Of course var ensured that the egg landed squarely in my face. Obviously annoyed they were they - family stand ffs - but they demonstrated the proper way to do it. In complete contrast to the fight in block 35 where the guy and gal got pummelled- my mates son was literally sat next to them and did all he could to withdraw himself from the fight with people pushing over them to get involved.
 
Saints FC 76 said:
Yeah those VAR rules went in our favour and they should have ****ing "stayed with the on-field decision" for our goal against Villa on Saturday.

Really we are lucky to still be in this tie. Not confident at all going up there, with their defence especially, but you never know in football. Had it been 3-1, like maybe it should have been, we'd be out.

RE Diallo - yeah he was decent breaking up play, but his passing so often puts us on the back foot and puts the defence under pressure. Is his tackling etc worth the drawbacks of his distribution?
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If he's in a 3 I think his poor distribution is less of an issue as there's others in the midfield who can keep the ball going.
 
Libby said:
Hopefully they get a ban, and those who kicked someone on the floor nicked.
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Nice to see a bit of fight in the saints fans tbh. Surprised we actually gave them a kicking. Normally everyone just sits there and accepts the abuse.

If you’re going to sit in the home end and give it the big one you deserve what you bet tbh.
 
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Saintmagic said:
Yeah did very well not to react. I kind of wish it was Lyanco who got sent off and he did it to just to see what would happen (although the more I watch him the more I get the impression that Lyanco is more in the Diego Costa mould in that he is always actually in control and knows exactly what he’s doing)
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Funny you mention that re Costa as I said the exact same thing to someone in the ground last night. Don't get me wrong there's definitely a fuse there but I think 90% of the time he's in complete control and is playing the game.
 
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Libby said:
Funny you mention that re Costa as I said the exact same thing to someone in the ground last night. Don't get me wrong there's definitely a fuse there but I think 90% of the time he's in complete control and is playing the game.
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I really like it tbh, we need to be dirtier as a team.

Tbh if Lyanco can just iron out a few mistakes and up his concentration he is a really good player. I just don’t know if we can afford the luxury of him adjusting to the higher level. He will be a beast next year if we go down
 
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garysfc said:
Pluses:
Good, battling performance with some flashes of quality. If we’d played like that vs Villa, we wouldn’t have lost.
1-0 HT. We’ve still got a chance.
Alcarez looks a gem.

Minuses:
Too many players who just haven’t got the quality at this level.
Early days but Orsic looked poor.
Che so out of form, no confidence.

Shout out to the ref for the first half time wasting booking. Consistency at its best.

Footnotes. Think Bedders will take this chance & become a key player for us for the remainder of the season. SR, you REALLY need to find another striker.
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Oh man, forgot about the ref. He was bloody awful.
 
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Osvaldorama said:
Nice to see a bit of fight in the saints fans tbh. Surprised we actually gave them a kicking. Normally everyone just sits there and accepts the abuse.

If you’re going to sit in the home end and give it the big one you deserve what you bet tbh.
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Yeah you can't really complain if you're in the home end and you get a slap after openly celebrating imo, but that doesn't make it right and fans should still have to answer for their actions.

It's also the sort of thing that creates animosity in the online world and ends up with innocent fans of ours taking the brunt of it up there.

Kicking someone on the floor however is a just a scumbag trick plain and simple. Call me old fashioned but I ****ing hate it when people do that, especially when it's not personal. Hopefully they see the inside of a court room.
 
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Libby said:
Yeah you can't really complain if you're in the home end and you get a slap after openly celebrating imo, but that doesn't make it right and fans should still have to answer for their actions.

It's also the sort of thing that creates animosity in the online world and ends up with innocent fans of ours taking the brunt of it up there.

Kicking someone on the floor however is a just a scumbag trick plain and simple. Call me old fashioned but I ****ing hate it when people do that, especially when it's not personal. Hopefully they see the inside of a court room.
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Yeah, kicking someone who's on the floor is cowardly and utterly ****ish.
 
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Che’s Godlike Thighs said:
Fault for the goal was with DCC. Got absolutely bamboozled by a straightforward piece of skill by Isak. Maybe should have brought Perraud on when Howe subbed on Isak and ASM.
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I get that the cross shouldn’t have got to Joelinton but he was totally unmarked in the box. Someone should have been doing all they could to stop his run. He’ must have been wearing Jose’s invisibility cloak.
 
Le Tissier's Laces said:
I did look out for you by the way, Libs! Didn’t see you though.
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I was looking for you at HT when queuing up for hot drinks but then I realised there was far too many people and I also started to doubt that I'd even recognise you from a distance lol.

I also tried ringing @Archers Road but he didn't answer the rude bastard.
 
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Libby said:
I was looking for you at HT when queuing up for hot drinks but then I realised there was far too many people and I also started to doubt that I'd even recognise you from a distance lol.

I also tried ringing @Archers Road but he didn't answer the rude bastard.
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Yeah, I stayed in seat at half time. Couldn’t be arsed with all the madness!
 
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