Match Day Thread Northampton Town vs Saints - Tuesday, August 12 - 19:45 KO

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It'sOnlyAGame said:
I don't see a problem with posters expressing their concerns even after an exciting win. It's a forum designed to discuss different viewpoints after all. Most people agree that overall, it wasn't the best of performances so it's not like the concerns are coming after a brilliant display.

I know it's human nature to see positive thought = good and negative thought = bad but on a forum criticisers should be allowed to criticise without being criticised is a catchy mantra which I've just made up.
Do we want to sit around the camp fire all singing kumbaya after every match or have a discussion?

If people want to hear opinions where almost everyone thinks the same, posts the same and ban those who think differently, they should head over to the politics thread.
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I get that and that is the whole point of the forum - different opinions. I just am trying to point out that it isn't all doom and gloom and there are many things to be cheerful about. We had a lot of shortcomings on Saturday, but IMO not anything that can't be fixed. I like the embryo of what I saw and can see this becoming an exciting season.

Do we want to sit around the camp fire all singing kumbaya after every match or have a discussion?
^^^^ Possibly not as it would be changed to the JWP version and descend into insults on how we sell the Crown Jewels all the time :)
 
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It'sOnlyAGame said:
I don't see a problem with posters expressing their concerns even after an exciting win. It's a forum designed to discuss different viewpoints after all. Most people agree that overall, it wasn't the best of performances so it's not like the concerns are coming after a brilliant display.

I know it's human nature to see positive thought = good and negative thought = bad but on a forum criticisers should be allowed to criticise without being criticised is a catchy mantra which I've just made up.
Do we want to sit around the camp fire all singing kumbaya after every match or have a discussion?

If people want to hear opinions where almost everyone thinks the same, posts the same and ban those who think differently, they should head over to the politics thread.
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Completely agree, I'm very aware I can be deemed negative but I just can't ignore the negatives in favour of the positives. I was one of a very small minority who was still negative during RM's 20-odd game unbeaten run because I was adamant it was papering over very large cracks in the performances that would be shown when we play opposition that know how to exploit it, I remember getting destroyed in these forums for suggesting we probably shouldn't go up in 23/24 because we will get battered every game in the PL and could probably do with another year to build some cohesion in the team. Then last year happened and I will not lie the only joy I had last season was the vindication of that feeling. And it was very similar concerns in Saturday's game in that if we played a Coventry, Ipswich or Leicester I think we would have got slammed. However, I can also acknowledge that it was the first game of a season under a new manager with a great win and much needed and will hopefully bring some confidence that we really need at the club right now. I have no issue with people who think it was a great performance.
 
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I just used them as examples as they are also favourites, everyone is a bit of an unknown quantity at this point.
 
StJabbo1 said:
No extra time until the semifinals to decide who progresses should the score be level after 90 minutes.
"The rationale put forward by the EFL is that withdrawing the additional 30 minutes of play would directly address any additional fatigue issues that are occasionally caused when the midweek ties go beyond the traditional 90-minute period,"
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Mmmm, if it looks like 'chobblers' and it sounds like 'chobblers'.......... then it's "cobblers"!
For info, also a lowly teams nickname, is it not!!
 
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RSS said:
Assuming that Still has now learnt that Adarma doesn't really work through the middle as a lone striker. I'm going to guess that Stewart is currently next in line to start there in the league, however it would be unwise to start him in this game and against Ipswich given his fitness record. So this seems like the perfect opportunity to get Downs up to speed. And depending on what formation we go with this time. Either Archer playing off him in a front two. Or Archer left and Armstrong right of Downs. With our lack of proper wide options, I think we need to keep Fraser and Robinson for Ipswich. Then I'd probably go with Charles, Sesay and Matsuki in the middle. And Manning or Taylor LB, Wood and THB CB and Sugawara or Bree RB.
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So you're not going to pick a starting 11 then?
 
Deserana said:
Completely agree, I'm very aware I can be deemed negative but I just can't ignore the negatives in favour of the positives. I was one of a very small minority who was still negative during RM's 20-odd game unbeaten run because I was adamant it was papering over very large cracks in the performances that would be shown when we play opposition that know how to exploit it, I remember getting destroyed in these forums for suggesting we probably shouldn't go up in 23/24 because we will get battered every game in the PL and could probably do with another year to build some cohesion in the team. Then last year happened and I will not lie the only joy I had last season was the vindication of that feeling. And it was very similar concerns in Saturday's game in that if we played a Coventry, Ipswich or Leicester I think we would have got slammed. However, I can also acknowledge that it was the first game of a season under a new manager with a great win and much needed and will hopefully bring some confidence that we really need at the club right now. I have no issue with people who think it was a great performance.
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I think the point is that getting all overly concerned after a single game (the first one) of the season, when nobody knows exactly what our squad is going to look like, when people are finding their feet (and fitness) under a completely new set-up, and indeed a game that we showed the heart to go and win, might just be a little bit previous (particularly when nobody has looked all that good, and understandably so, because everyone is in that position).
 
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Deserana said:
And it was very similar concerns in Saturday's game in that if we played a Coventry, Ipswich or Leicester I think we would have got slammed. However, I can also acknowledge that it was the first game of a season under a new manager with a great win and much needed and will hopefully bring some confidence that we really need at the club right now. I have no issue with people who think it was a great performance.
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Coventry who played out a bore draw with expected relegation battlers Hull, Leicester who scraped past 10-man crisis club Sheffield Wednesday in the 87th minute and Ipswich who played badly and got a fortuitous penalty in the dying seconds to avoid an opening day loss to a team that was in L1 last season?
 
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Appreciate Still keeping some continuity, but the squad is so vast that a completely different eleven(starting at least) would not be beyond the pale.
Would be interested to see if we continue with a back three again. I don’t have a complete issue with it, but not when combined with two DMs.
As someone said on the match thread, we’re not going to be away to PSG this season, chill out Will
 
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- Doing The Lambert Walk said:
So, here we are: The Hampton Derby

A winning start to the league campaign and now two games in six days ahead of us. Let's see if we can keep rolling and stack up some wins

And much more importantly, obviously, let's figure out if I actually do have the winning touch this season or if it was a total flash in the pan and I can re-retire from match threads promptly...

Didn't know then, still don't now
What the hell is a Carabao?
But now the first round and the Cobblers await
Take a good guess at our team, we'll rotate

If anyone can nail the Starting XI perfectly then I'll pop a small charitable donation to the Saints Foundation in the forum's name :emoticon-0150-hands
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For what it's worth...

McCarthy
Edwards Wood THB Taylor
Sesay Matsuki Bragg Manning
BBD Downs
 
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