Just talked on Sky about our superb come back. Promised the goals in the next hour...usually means in 2-3 hours.
Thought the ref was excellent, let a lot of little things go that others would have given Chelsea's way at the bridge.
The BBC say that Lambert is the top scoring Englishman in the Premiership. Have they: 1. Confused being English with being white? 2. Neglected to update the scoring chart? 3. Forgotten about Jermaine Defoe? Or am I missing something?
great quote from the commentator on my stream - 32 million pound Hazard against 17 year old acadamy player Shaw, and its hard to tell which one cost 32 million pounds. Mata beat Shaw once, tried it again 5 minutes later but Shaw had learnt his lesson and nicked the ball, the kid is the real deal
I said I was happy with a draw and happy it worked. And said great draw as well. I even said I might be wrong. Read my post again LOL... I had Lambert and Puncheon in my fantasy football team. Lambert as captain. So I'm obviously not negative hahaha
Joint top Englishman on 10. He's coming for you, he's coming for yoooouuuu, Robin Van Persie, he's coming for you.
Highlights just finished on Sky 2 Channel 402 repeated at 0230 if you can stay awake or set the record, or again at 0900 this morning
Have to admit, it made me smirk a little when I saw that Ramires had fouled Ramirez, but then the thought struck me that this was action from the English Premier League... 90:00 + 0.01 - Free kick awarded for a foul by Nascimento Ramires on Gaston Ramirez. Gaston Ramirez produces a shot on goal direct from the free kick, blocked by Fernando Torres. It just caught my funny bone on the way through.
Can't believe this attitude. I would easily take this result two or three seasons into being an established Premier League side. If we were right at the top and challenging for the title, and Chelsea were struggling against being in a relegation position I might begin to wonder about the commitment of Saints to the cause, but for goodness sake, have the nounce to know when to be be satisfied. Don't over-analyse, this was an all-up excellent result.
Something I forgot to mention, that has happened to Saints very successfully, and that is Counter-Attacking..! I love it. I love tippy-tappy when it is us that is doing it. Last season, against Boro we passed the ball around for those memorable 25 passes until David Connolly, bless his little cotton socks, passed the ball into the net for the 26th. But possession football can be utterly boring when it's the opposition or you have two neutral sides. Then it's great to see football of the more raiding style - enter counter-attacking. Saints are doing this rather well at present. Recent history and primarily, we haven't been a counter-attacking team but we've kind of adopted it as a way of getting results, and it suits me fine. Against Villa the hairs on the back of my neck stood up when we charged forward. There's something about the 100% commitment to attack, after being pinned back, which thrills like no other football style does. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to see it happen all the time. I want Saints to dominate matches, but I just love it when we've been under the cosh and we surge forward, sending the opposition scurrying back. Did I say I love it..?
I agree TSS. For me that just shows NA is really a top manager. He can adjust the style of play to counter the opposition and not just park the bus. Parking the bus is easy. How do you score from that. We can play the beautiful passing game and we can play the counter. That versatility is key along the with changing the players to counter the other team. It just makes me more confident we have the management and team to stay up.
When healthy, we have two ball-winning CMs with classy passing, two fullbacks with pace to burn, a number 10 with a love for the home run ball, and a center forward who can win knockdowns by the bushel and plays otherworldly outlets to the wing, and two wide players with an eye for goal. Isn't your classic power-and-pace counter-attacking unit, but sometimes it's about how fast the ball moves, rather than the players. One thing I really liked about the second goal: Shaw hit the cross early, and he hit it low to the edge of the box rather than trying to float one into a crowd or squeeze one through from the end line. On the counter, the defenders are rushing back to make sure that no one beats them to the goal for a tap-in, so there's often space to be found; Puncheon had all the time in the world to execute that volley.
