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Wales Playoff
at 23:22 25 Mar 2024

This is maybe a dumb question and I am sure it is obvious somewhere, but how come the Wales Playoff semi and final is single legged played in Wales and not two legged in both countries?
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Yellow/Red cards so far
at 13:51 25 Mar 2024

This surprised me. Joint top on yellows:-

The dirtiest Championship Teams this season:
1️⃣ Sheff Wed - 86🟨 5🟥
2️⃣ Stoke City - 88🟨 3🟥
3️⃣ QPR - 84🟨 4🟥
4️⃣ Watford - 86🟨 3🟥
5️⃣ Southampton - 88 🟨 2🟥
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Great sporting day yesterday
at 09:50 10 Mar 2024

Went to the Saints vs Sunderland game. Another entertaining chamionship game but hell do they put you through the wringer with emotions. For the first half and start of the second half we were in total control. For a better conversion rate we should have finished the half 3 or 4 goals to the good, though I was not convinced by the penalty awarded but I have not seen a repeat of it to really comment but 2-0 at half time was the least we deserved. Sunderland were very poor and we could/should have done to them what they did to us at the Stadium of Light early in the season. So how come we allowed them back into the game the way we did?

For me, we surrendered our lead largely around the early substitutions. I did not understand (and hearing loads of others say the same) why we made the changes we did at the time we did when we were so in control but there was still a third of the match to go? Had we been 4-0 up, yes, or if someone was carrying an injury. But at that point, at that time, it did not make sense and neither did it to the players as you could visibly see. I think it sent the wrong message to the players and the fans - the attitude by the management/coaches appeared to be "it is ok, we are 2-0 up we can't lose this" - oh yes we can and for a moment we nearly did. Sunderland out of no where scored 1 goal and then a superb second and suddenly we were on the backfoot by our own undoing.

Fortunately as a team and as a season we seemed to pull a rabbit out of the hat and we scored 2 great winning goals - Rothwell - not a great player but does seem to know where the goal is when it matters.

So a good entertaining game but I cannot really see how we can expect to win promotion and even less so stay in the PL should somehow we do it with our kamikaze approach to goalkeeping, failure to convert chances and to shutting down games. But for sheer entertainment and for the joy of the Championship I am not sure I am really that bothered if we go up - but then we will lose quite a few players should we not go up. A double edged sword really.

Other observations - Bazunu was poor. Needlessly put our defence under pressure with his messing around - people say that is how he has been instructed. Well, I may have been told how to drive but if you see a car in front of you braking you don't carry on pressing on the accelerator - respond to what you see and take ownership of the situation, don't be a robot! Our conversion rate is making our games more difficult than they need to be and we do not make the most of the endless corners we get. Sulemana - he really worked hard and does the right stuff until he gets in the box - everyone was willing him to score and wants him to score. Che Adams played well and Brooks was excellent which made his substitution all the more strange and Bednarek had a good game though an odd choice for man of the match. The fans - I like to defend our own fans but the vocal support was patchy even when we were 2-0 in the lead and you could sense the edginess when Sunderland leveled when we really need to get behind and lift the team. Great noise though with the 3rd and 4th goals.

A good game of football and then the pub to see the rest of the England Vs Ireland game and an exciting win for England who were the underdogs from the media perspective and to top it all the Azurri's won.

Finished off with a Chinese meal.
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Will Smallbone
at 12:29 2 Mar 2024

I will admit I have been less than convinced at times by Will Smallbone's capability and he messed up when he came on the other night but I really hope us genuine fans really get behind him today and going ahead. He is a good honest lad doing his best - sometimes his best is not as good as we would like and hope and that goes for alot of players. For him and indeed anyone to face the level of mindless abuse from whoever is completely and totally unacceptable.
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Blackburn Vs Newcastle and Shearer comments on Chris Nicholl
at 23:06 27 Feb 2024

Alan Shearer comments on Chris Nicholl was a nice touch and very appreciative of what Chris had done for him and other players.

I know teams from a lower league often raise their game when they play against a higher level but Blackburn Rovers looked pretty good tonight. Fast attacking football and some good performances. That Szmodic looks a useful player - though injured at the end.
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Birmingham Away ticket available
at 10:16 24 Feb 2024

Dear Saints

I am now unable to attend the above game and my ticket is available at face value for anyone interested. I will take the first person interested. Given the time I would want to post it to the person Monday or Tuesday at the latest.

[Post edited 24 Feb 10:25]
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No room for error or complacency
at 18:50 17 Feb 2024

As if we did not know already, but today has shown again that if for one second we take our foot off the pedal, show any sign of complacency or just get it wrong Leeds and Ipswich are more than capable of capitalising on it. Leeds (I hate to say, because I really dislike them in every respect) in particular seem unstoppable, arguably more so than Leicester at the moment. That win last night was so important because if we hadn't a small gap would have been created.

The game in hand on Tuesday becomes very important now - though it probably was anyway.
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The football today
at 23:46 13 Jan 2024

I was kind of apprehensive about today. I did feel that this was a game where we might come unstuck, but I needn't have been apprehensive because, apart from a couple of rash moments near the beginning where it looked like we wanted to give the opposition a head start we were superb today in just about every department - and even our vocal support was not that bad - still patchy at times but not bad.

At times our football certainly at this level was sublime. The interaction, the passing, the understanding and the effort was all there. At the risk of nit picking, if I had one complaint it is how wasteful we were at the numerous corners we had. For some reason we did not work out that they had 2 central defenders of height who met just about every cross into the box so why did we persist in it?

But,. that is one negative in a long list of positives. I did not actually think Sheff Wed were that bad it was just that we were streets ahead and this despite some play acting by the opposition and an official who seemed hell bent on not clamping down on that.

Fraser was brilliant today but you could have picked almost anyone as being a major positive contribution.

Thoroughly enjoyed it today. It is darn typical that this season there are 3 or 4 clubs who seem to be able to keep with the pace. We now have 4 games away from home and we are going to have to repeat some of our home performances away because to date they have cost us some points. Well done Saints though. It has been a while since I have gained pleasure in watching our football but right now I am. I know at some point this will end but when it does, lets hope that that end is a blip and this football continues to win through.
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Jurgen Klopp
at 19:20 7 Jan 2024

I know this is completely irrational and makes no sense whatsoever but for some strange reason I just cannot abide seeing the guy on TV or hearing him. I am just dying for someone to knock that grin off his face.

Well thats, that off my chest. I just felt the need to share it.

Thanks for listening
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