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Match Day Thread Saints vs FC Midtjylland - Europa League Play Off 1st leg

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by Libby, Aug 18, 2015.

  1. The Ides of March

    The Ides of March Well-Known Member

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    Woe is me! Athletic were 2-0 up at half time but managed somehow to lose 3-2!! That is poor! Still the home leg to come.
     
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  2. Schad

    Schad Well-Known Member

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    Well, we will have to earn it.
     
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  3. Beef

    Beef Well-Known Member

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    Sevilla are a better team then us.
     
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  4. pompeymeowth

    pompeymeowth Prepare for trouble x Staff Member

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    They have nothing on the poorly named Sporting Braga, if you get through and play a Portuguese side you'll see what I mean.
     
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  5. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    Worse than 0-0, better than losing 1-0. Nothing else to say really. We're not out of it by any means, but nerves are going to be stretched.
     
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  6. Beef

    Beef Well-Known Member

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    Les please say to Sisto "Don't worry about getting on the plane mate. You are signing for us."
     
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  7. Beef

    Beef Well-Known Member

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    Not really Fran.
     
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  8. The Ides of March

    The Ides of March Well-Known Member

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    Definitely but there is no harm in observing.
     
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  9. Pelletron

    Pelletron Well-Known Member

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    Owen Hargreaves must have the strangest accent in punditry.
     
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  10. - Doing The Lambert Walk

    - Doing The Lambert Walk Well-Known Member

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    I thought Steven Caulker was pretty good. He's an old-school, physical defender. Suited him tonight.
     
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  11. SaintsForTheWin

    SaintsForTheWin Any holes a goal

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    Realist
     
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  12. The Ides of March

    The Ides of March Well-Known Member

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    I think Villareal are the strongest of the Spanish teams in the EL. God knows why Athletic Bilbao have to qualify as they finished 7th and Celta Vigo 8th. Spain usually has 2 automatic qualifiers.
     
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  13. Beef

    Beef Well-Known Member

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    Caulker and Pelle best players for me.
     
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  14. Templar TDM

    Templar TDM Active Member

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    Hope we play Ward-Prowse against next week, they struggled with his set piece deliveries.

    And hopefully we work a bit more on defending from those long throws, though in the end we didn't concede from one.

    Overall I thought the second half performance was really good though we seemed to tire toward the end.
     
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  15. - Doing The Lambert Walk

    - Doing The Lambert Walk Well-Known Member

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  16. SaintinSerbia

    SaintinSerbia Annoying Twat

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    who needs realists? - this is football!
     
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  17. SaintsForTheWin

    SaintsForTheWin Any holes a goal

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    Lets hope we turn up next week. 23 shots and 1 goal is like us a few years back.
     
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  18. SaintsForTheWin

    SaintsForTheWin Any holes a goal

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    You can't argue against me ...

    1-1 draw at home isn't a good result. Let's leave it at that.
     
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  19. SouthamptonFCroatia

    SouthamptonFCroatia Well-Known Member

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    Didn't watch the match, obviously slightly disappointed with the result. It's only the first leg, so plenty of time to set thing right. But I will be genuinely gutted if we don't qualify to group stage.
     
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  20. Beef

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    First half was poor. Secong half was far better and more like us.
     
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