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fran-MLs little camera said:
Interesting that your overall ratings are higher than some posted earlier....perhaps because not written immediately after game. For those who don't go to the game these ratings are important although it's only the score that really matters. What would be the overall judgement of the team performance? Did we play badly and then put them under pressure or was it a decent performance against a team playing well?
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We started really well, Millwall stood off us a bit, and we managed to get the ball going and had a couple of attacks.

We scored and relaxed. We were playing as if they were still standing off but they were now chasing everything and intercepting a lot of passes/headers. We just about managed to hold out to half-time thankfully, and we were better in the 2nd. When De Ridder came on we were more dangerous. Schneiderlin was at times left alone by Hammond but when Do Prado moved central and Sharp came on there was a bit of surprise that Guly hadn't been subbed. Our pressure kept building and ultimately Millwall's defensive discipline went AWOL and bam, 2 penalties. We were a bit more direct than normal as when we tried to pass Millwall were all over us.

We didn't deserve to win, but the pressure from about the 65th minute onwards earnt us it, although they did hit us on the break a lot.

My Report is now up if you want to read some more, I couldn't type much more here!

http://www.itsroundanditswhite.co.u...wall-2-3-southampton-saints-fans-perspective/
 
St Godders of Windsor said:
greensaint said:
Who's joi de vivre, some french bloke we've signed or what! If he's that good has he fallen from grace through envy or scandal. We should be told.
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He was a mate of Morgan's who used to play for Nancy I think and was with us on trial for a few weeks. He wasn't very fast in fact he moved at a snails pace and when he jumped to head the bail he ended up about two feet further forward. Something to do with his long bow legs. I think he drove a fast car because he was always talking about " ees car go!" he seemed not to know the word for fast. I think he had a Welsh girl friend called Gronwee. She must have been quite tasty as he would lick his lips at the very mention of her name.
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Was his brother called Brian?
Please no more snail references. Did you know Magic Roundabout was originally a French creation?
 
-Dan said:
Davis - 6 - Couple of dodgy kicks but no howlers
Richardson - 4 - Really bad game for him. So so so many wasted forward balls and looked dodgy at the back, he was a liability, and I'm usually a huge fan.
Hooiveld - 6.5 - Not his best game and looked dodgy a couple of times but ultimately did his job.
Fonte - 6 - Much like Hooiveld, just looked dodgier.
Fox - 6 - Fewer wasted forward balls than Frazer and better at the back, but still wasted the ball a lot.
Hammond - 5 - Thankfully faded out of the game because when he was in it, he offered nothing positive.
Morgan - 7.5 - Classy player, kept that up today.
Chappers - 3 - What has happened to him? Since coming back from injury he's looked rusty but he was appalling today. Lost out on every tackle, hardly played a pass right and didn't seem to be a Championship level player at all. Hoping it was just a bad day but my word he was terrible.
Lallana - 5.5 - Unimpressive. First half, showed some of the talent we know he has but got caught in possession a few times and created little.
Rickie - 8.5 - Class player, honestly believed he was going to miss the second penalty. Only rated down because he failed to get the ball away a couple of times but once again what a piece to have in our team.
Guly - 7 - Had a few people in the crowd screaming at him all game but I thought he was quite good. Held the ball up brilliantly a few times, but played a few dodgy balls.


De Ridder- 7 - Injected some fire into the team which we much needed. Didn't offer much directly but made us look more dangerous.
Sharp - 6.5 - Useful player to bring on, very impressed by him taking it into the corner at the end when he could have had a free run on goal. Played it safe instead of going for glory.
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Agree with this completely. I thought we played terrible. Took any opportunity to get the ball in the air, even when passing 10 yards to each other. I thought Fox had an awful game, literally playing long ball after long ball to no one. Absolute doom and gloom until 85 minutes when King Rick steps up as always, we owe the guy everything!

On Chaplow, did anyone see his Tweets before the game? Perhaps this is why he was so appalling.

"Love it when my hotel room is across the road from a nightclub, it's really quiet! #not"

and

Wowzers, might Aswell put my bed on the pavement! #toomanysirens
 
The original thread was written shortly after yesterday's game.

You published yours at 1am!

How f***ing distracted were you lol... <doh>

Anyway who cares!

3 points! COYR!
 
Rickie Lamberts Golden Boot said:
The original thread was written shortly after yesterday's game.

You published yours at 1am!

How f***ing distracted were you lol... <doh>

Anyway who cares!

3 points! COYR!
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If you really want to know...

I got in at 9pm, I then got called away to help out with something. I had some dinner and had a chat with the family over dinner. By this time it was about 22:15. Some of the topics involved Muamba, the government and also religion and Chinese culture.

I then spent 2 hours watching some TV with the family before starting to write my article for the website and start the thread I intended to start much earlier in the early hours.

Is that okay by you now I have explained myself?
 
Doing The Lambert Walk said:
If you really want to know...

I got in at 9pm, I then got called away to help out with something. I had some dinner and had a chat with the family over dinner. By this time it was about 22:15. Some of the topics involved Muamba, the government and also religion and Chinese culture.

I then spent 2 hours watching some TV with the family before starting to write my article for the website and start the thread I intended to start much earlier in the early hours.

Is that okay by you now I have explained myself?
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What did you have for dinner? And what are your views on Chinese culture?
 
As far as I'm aware the OP had already put that edit in before anyone posted. So I don't see the problem here other than nobheads crying and reaching for the tissues over a second ratings thread. OP already acknowledged that and apologized so there should be no problem but as usually the whiners have arrived on the scene
 
Well was at the game and a poor team performance I thought. Started off good and thought we were in for a repeat of the Watford away game which I was also at. Then Millwall scored from their first meaningful attack, unlucky for Fonte and Saints confidence appeared to be shaken. Schneiderlin and Lallana then appeared to go missing, Chaplow wasn't there in the first place and it was left to Guly yes the hated (by some but not by me) Guly to try and stem the tide. Make no mistake, we were lucky to reach HT at 1-2

This is when the strength of our bench came into play and at the start of the second half, every time de Ridder got the ball, he looked dangerous and the game became end to end. Sharp looked up for it and lively when he came on and I was honestly thinking if we could get one, we could get another one here and lo and behold, the opportunities arrived and were greedily taken by a nerveless Lambert. Team deserves great credit for keeping going when around half of them were having an off day but too many aimless passes

Thought NA got all his subs exactly right on the day and it will be interesting to see how he approaches the game on Tues at Hull as he intimated he got the team preparation (ie journey timings) wrong for the Leeds away game. That's 2 successive poor away performances but 6 points out of 6 and it's points that matter at this stage of the season - makes you wonder what will happen when we play well <ok> COYS
 
i thought fox was immense against barnsley, but have to agree he had a poor game yesterday and was at fault for the first goal, he drifted out of position and lost his runner. the second millwall goal was also due to poor defending, we had about 3 chances to clear that corner and messed it up.

HOWEVER it was a below par team performance so it's not really fair to single anyone out. can't argue with 3 points.
 
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