Article: Match Thread: SAINTS vs Fulham | Southampton FC, Football

Who knows how long it will last, but my God is life good as a Saints fan right now. I hope it just keeps getting better.

Feel honoured to have seen the transformation of the club over the past four years.

Seems appropriate to thank Mauricio Pochettino, Nigel Adkins, Alan Pardew, Nicola Cortese and of course, The Liebherr Family.

Enjoy the ride, drink it in, we are playing some of our best stuff and are finally emerging from the shadows of the Premier League.

 

Performance of the season. Fulham looked dodgy and we could have won 5-0. Osvaldo's got a lot to do to get his place back now. Lallana MOTM. Wanyama's first amazing game of the season, long may it continue! It's a shame his "number one fan" who sits next to me wasn't there to see him!

 

Just got home, I feel truly privileged to have witnessed that performance today, okay Fulham were utterly dire, but we didn't give them a sniff.

The atmosphere was brilliant from start to finish and the Fulham end of the Northam looked like a depressing place to spend the evening.

Rodriguez is electrifying when running at speed. Schneiderlin and Wanyama just destroyed anyone who dared hold onto the ball. Lambert refound his feet. But most impressively of all once again was the tireless work rate and organisation that runs throughout the team.

I am a very, very proud Saints fan tonight!

 

Are you ill?

 

Nope, first half was the most entertaining Saints display I've seen. Second half was slightly less entertaining in terms of attacking, but absolutely exceptional in terms of defending.

 

What Dave might have called "different class". I sensed that by ten minutes into the second half Fulham had more or less given up- mainly because they couldn't get hold of the football. The atmosphere was probably the best I can remember for a normal match ( not a promotion clincher or last of the season etc).
We are really going to have to stay behind for choir practice, though! OWTS, twice slowly, and then somewhat faster, rather than the "arse over elbow" versions today. But I don't care, that was the most one sided match I have seen at St Marys since.... Well certainly 2nd half vs Crystal Palace, any road. The atmosphere was a bit special. This is the kind of match that lives long in the memory!
I am quite happy for us to be an all-star, no-star outfit. It's brilliant that we are a fabulous team, rather than relying on one talisman. Happy days!

 

Same here, the atmosphere was great as well. We made it look so easy second half.

 

Not sure I've ever seen a team play us and be dominated in such a way, even in league 1 and the Championship

 

I have to go for Lambert, even though usually I like to look away from whoever scored/set up the goals. Best game of his season I think.

Particularly enjoyed it when we went 2-3-5 with Clyne and Shaw up front.

 

I remember thinking about 10 minutes in that we need to score a couple whilst Fulham were shakey. Luckily we did and that shakeyness lasted throughout the game! The goals have finally come but I really think we should have battered them 5-0.

 

Here are some highlights for those of you who can't wait for MOTD:

http://www.goalsaim.com/southampton-vs-fulham-2-0-highlights-2013-premier-league/

 

We didn't need to tho, second half we basically coasted.

 

And here's the (inevitable, but still impressive) interview with JWP:

http://talksport.com/football/southampton-europe-bring-it-says-ward-prowse-13102665645?

 

Which did disappoint me just a tiny bit, in reality Fulham never threatened even in a couple of periods where we were really slack, but would have been great if we could have really stamped them out with another goal at least. Jamie Redknapp said at half-time the only way we weren't going to win 3 or 4 nil was if we got bored and started believing our own hype, and we did to a degree, but even when we were bored and complacent we were still playing very well and Fulham very poorly.

I don't mean to needlessly pick faults, we were still excellent no two ways about it, but in the second half we didn't quite place the cherry on the top of the cake. The cake was still delicious, though.

 

Win is a win .

 

Basically what Mauricio said after the game: "you get 3 points for winning 2-0, and you still get 3 points for winning 4-0 or 5-0." Hope we don't fail to qualify for Europe on GD then!

 

Thanks Chilco. Expected to be watching Saints by now, but MOTD unaccountably think there are better matches to watch in the PL.

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We haven't thrashed anyone since Villa last season. We won't play many worse teams this season.

 

And? We won....

 

Fulham aren't great, but I think Saints deserve credit. I think we are getting better and better.