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Discussion in 'Southampton' started by CBK, Nov 29, 2011.

  1. CBK

    CBK Well-Known Member

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    To equal an incredible record of 21 straight home wins is a brilliant achievement and one that we should be very proud of.

    Don't take the wins and home performances for granted, it's been hard work from Nigel, the players and all the backroom staff, along with the chairman and of course, the backing of the fans.

    We need to keep behind the team at home and not just turn up expecting a feast of goals and flowing football every week. So no mumbling and grumbling like there was a little of tonight, but thankfully most got behind the team at the start of the second half (although still bemuses me why some fans spend so long before and after half time in the concourses).

    If this home run comes to an end, personally I think we should cheer the team off the pitch in thanks for what they have achieved.
     
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    All records end..just look at Huddersfield. We are getting a bit spoilt though, so I hope people won't get on the teams back if they have a bad game at home. They have all worked so hard to get top and stay there for this long. Just want a big gap to appear between the top two and third place. Never happens though..there's usually 3 teams competing for auto at the end.
     
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    It's absolutely incredible, in leagues as competitive as league one and the championship that the lads have managed it!
     
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  4. RickieLambertsGoldenBoot

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    We have drawn a line under those previous 21 games and proved that hard work beats talent if talent doesn't work hard.
    Our good, honest, hardworking players kept chipping away and got the results that are well deserved!

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    You are right. 21 games!!! Without a single dodgy deflection, last minute penalty, slip from the goalkeeper. Some might call that luck, but actually it is down to incredibly hard work. Would post more but would rather just drool in amazement.
     
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    Whose 21 game record have we equalled? (I know Liverpool won 21 straight home games, but that's league only)
     
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  7. TheSecondStain

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    Apparently, Nigel doesn't say chipping away anymore. Do you think it's a second-half-of-the-season Adkinism..?

    I'm not going to praise Saints, this time round. Last time I praised any team for breaking records, Huddersfield went and lost the next one.
     
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  8. RedStripe

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    Chipping Away was in reference to Brighton's lead.......maybe West Ham are Chipping Away at ours?????

    If it helps, I am not sure we have equalled any record.........by my reckoning, we have won 21 home matches on the bounce in all competitions dating back to the Man U defeat in January. It is only 18 league matches and 3 cup. Maybe I am wrong cos all the media seem to think we have equalled Liverpools "post-war" record of 21 consecutive home league match wins.
     
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    Don't mean to take the gloss off it; it is still an incredible achievement! Well done lads and keep it going
     
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    It's 19 and 2, rather than 18 and 3.

    I've already highlighted above the fact that Liverpool's 21 is league only - and hence I too don't really think we've equalled any record. However, thinking about it, it is possible that Liverpool didn't have a single home cup or european game during that spell (unlikely, but possible) in which case their record is not just league only, but also effectively all competitons. So whilst we haven't equalled the former, we would have equalled the latter.

    That said, there could well be someone else out there who has done better than 21 games on all competitions, but just won less than 21 league games (e.g. a team might have won 27 consecutive home games in all competitions, 18 of them being league games and 9 being non-league games).
     
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    I think this is fantastic, and long may it continue. If the football gods deem it necessary that we need to lose a game as a sacrifice for the league, then I really don't mind and the team should as CBK says be cheered off the pitch at the end of the run. It must be daunting for a club to think the last team that won at St. Mary's is Manchester United, and I think that is a small reason amoung many that we are so good at home.

    Well done lads.
     
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  12. Leon86

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    The harder you work the luckier you get. (Think that was from Gary Player?).
     
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  13. RedStripe

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    I stand corrected and cannot be bothered anymore................confused.com
     
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  14. TheSecondStain

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    If we take Man U out of the stats, as that was in the FA Cup, when did Saints actually not win at home, in the league..? Perhaps the media are alluding to this, but getting their stats in a twist..?
     
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    The home league game immediately before Man Utd. 0-0 vs Notts County.
     
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  16. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    I knew someone would check. Cheers.
     
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  17. hovesaint

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    Bradford Park Avenue with 25 consecutive home wins....:emoticon-0103-cool:
     
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  18. Special K

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    We last lost at home in the league on the 11th December (0-2 to Brentford).
     
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    Was that all league though?
     
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  20. st_brendy

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    Yes

    It would appear that no-one is the world knows what the English record is for all competitions.
     
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