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Your Southampton v Arsenal Match Reports

Mattsgrandad added 22:26 - Apr 4 Didn't look like they were worried even at 1.1 Stunning performance from all. Can't wait for Wrexham on Tuesday. Very proud tonight.
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Flamingbankers added 22:26 - Apr 4 Organised, competent and fully professional performance. All the lads played well. My men of the match:Peretz, Manning, Fellows. And the lad Charles did it again. What a team performance. Now for Wrexham.
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YosemiteSaint added 22:40 - Apr 4 I think the best bit about today is that for the full 90 minutes we played _our_ game: nothing fancy, absorb pressure, speed on the wings, and counterattack as necessary. As the match wore on, I fully expected an Arsenal equalizer, which we allowed quite fecklessly. (Alas, this has been part of our game for some time now as well). But here's the thing: Despite the equalizer it never felt like we would lose. We stuck to the plan, played our game, and in the end—like we've done so many times in the past three months—it paid off. If Arsenal ended up looking quite ordinary, it was because they found out what fourteen previous sides have discovered lately: We play our game. We get results. We go to Wembley. COYY!

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silverspringsaint added 22:49 - Apr 4 Historic night for Saints! Everyone played well, didn’t have any fear going up against the league leaders. A bit worried at first when Leo fluffed his lines with those two early chances. Then we went a bit tippy tappy at the back for a while. After the goal we settled in well and were always in with a shout. Just gives us immense security to have Peretz in goal with THB playing with renewed authority In the center of defence. Pity Fellows could not put his chance away, but we were able to create enough to get over the line. COYR!

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Flamingbankers added 00:26 - Apr 5 Forgot to mention Bree who also had an excellent game.
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SaintPaulVW added 00:27 - Apr 5 The shock result that wasn't a shock given how well we played. Got to keep Stewart fit for the playoffs. UTFS
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Boris1977 added 00:53 - Apr 5 Perez, Bree and Larin have turned this season around. Janders tactical foul in the 90th minute was pure Oriel. This manager and team is what saint's have always been about. Violinists and roadsweepers as Laurie Mac might have said. COYRs
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Bowlercow added 09:54 - Apr 5 I think we may have seen a couple of ways we can hurt them That must be the understatement of the season I predicted a 90 minute draw and was never so glad to be wrong
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darthvader added 18:48 - Apr 5 Shaking for ages after the game .The players were brilliant all of them deserve 10. Ref did us early doors and looked like 'one of them refs again' but let more things go when he realised Arsenal were trying to cheat there way through. The fans all around the ground were fantastic best atmosphere at st marys imo since i cant remember when . Oh and the balloons ? In the fanzone and then 1 of 2 that annoyed the opposition on the pitch ...hahaha . One problem i had was when a few arsenal fans were being removed from the northam , my mate was having a ' word ' with one and then the useless over zealous eye bulging steward and then his little hitler chums, grabbed him and dragged him out like a piece of meat ,a Saints fan in his mid 60s ...when a word in his ear would have done the trick ... Disgusted with that and it could have caused much more problems and injury..totally unnecessary.

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