Match Day Thread Sparta Prague v Southampton Thurs 24th Nov 6pm

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If we can't score away from home we don't deserve to go through. It's not even about getting results at this point, I just want to score some ****ing goals! Of course I hope we go through, but unless we beat Beer Sheva comfortably I can't say we deserve to.

I just want to get through.

The time has come for the stronger teams in the cups rather than the league though imo.
 
Give us a chance to fight in the league and local cups though. And saves me having to watch this ****e. No wonder I pick to watch rugby over saints then.

And **** off old man.

Why do you bother then? Go watch rugby and bask in the glory of another club. This is Saints, been disappointing supporters for years ....
 
Some of these comments. <laugh>

Anyway, Virgil is so damn good that it feels like nitpicking (mainly since it isn't his primary job), but man... He should've pretty much won this group for us already. Would've papered over the cracks a bit for sure though - much to learn.
 
Looks like we hit a purple patch a month and everything looked rosy and now its all gone wrong. Think we still qualify but my word that was poor against a fairly poor Sparta side
 
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A home draw against Hapoel should see us through.

But a rubbish performance. In the last three matches (Hull, Liverpool, Sparta, I might even add Chelsea to the list) we barely created a chance worth mentioning. It's a worrying trend.

Has to be 0-0. 1-1 and they go through on the fourth tiebreaker.
 
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Why do you bother then? Go watch rugby and bask in the glory of another club. This is Saints, been disappointing supporters for years ....

I had a few promotions to hold on to. At least in rugby they put some effort in. Even VVD couldn't give a **** tonight.

It was embarrassing tonight, it was embarrassing vs Hull. We are truly inept at the moment. As some one else mentioned above, we haven't looked like scoring in open play for a long time.
 
This is a learning curve for Saints. Sparta are a vastly experinced European team so know how to go about qualifying from a group stage. I doubt they will win the competition though as there are classier teams in the tournament. If I was a betting man, Shaktar have to be the favourites.
 
Some of these comments. <laugh>

Anyway, Virgil is so damn good that it feels like nitpicking (mainly since it isn't his primary job), but man... He should've pretty much won this group for us already. Would've papered over the cracks a bit for sure though - much to learn.
Martina was my motm
 
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On current form I think we can get 0 against Hapoel.
Let's hope they can match it.
Very disappointing second 45 minutes. At least we looked like a team with a plan, in the first half.
Not looking forward to the return of Koeman, based on recent form.
 
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Glad I didn't go to a away game. No goals and only 1 point isn't good.
 
Yeah i missed that. Don't understand why though Uefa has them ahead of us at the moment, as we drew our match, but we have a better goal difference.

Right now, our better overall GD comes into play. It's lower on the totem pole than away goals in head-to-heads, though.
 
Not going to worry about the game itself. We have played **** games before. What I am worrying about is how few goals we get.

Completely agree. One game in a while, fine. But I'm not sure how many times I can take losing because we can't hit a cow's arse with a banjo.
 
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