The Round Ball Game - II

[Alison]

Nice performance from Monsieur Puel's men. All the subs that came on looked good too, I hope this proves a good appointment.

If Sainty is looking in, could he confirm my belief that Claude was pretty good at organising his team for away matches?

[BBMmk2]

Sunday scores

Brighton 1 Southampton 1 Forum derby,Saints took an early lead,Seagulls equalised early in the 2nd half
Leicester City 2 Everton 0 Good start for the new manager,back to back league wins

Thanks ER! Glad Seagulls had a draw! At least it was a point

[teamsaint]

Nice performance from Monsieur Puel's men. All the subs that came on looked good too, I hope this proves a good appointment.

If Sainty is looking in, could he confirm my belief that Claude was pretty good at organising his team for away matches?

We've been pretty well organised at the back for a while now, and Puel's teams were fine in this regard. That said, we have had a really good group of back four players for the last few years. To be honest, I could organise Bertrand, VVD , Font/Yoshi and Cedric into a tidy unit, especially with decent cover in front.

With quick forwards of the quality of Vardy, you should pick up plenty of points. I thought we should have given Puel another season, and our new bloke doesn't seem to be an upgrade, really.

When Puel arrived, he started with a really rigid diamond midfield, which really didn't work with the players we had, but he pretty soon abandoned it.

I'd see CP as a decent safe pair of hands,really.

Thanks to ER for his fine round up.

I missed the Saints welcome point at BHA, as I was at the NFL game at Twickers, watching my team the Browns.First NFL game for me. Lots of fun, I'll definitely go again.

[Lancashire Lass]

Well, that's us out of the Checkatrade Trophy, all we need is to lose to Lincoln City on Saturday and that's a hat-trick of Cups we're out of.

Really sad for Neal Ardley, he has always been a hero after that photo of him sitting crying on the pitch when we got relegated from the Premiership at The Dell in 2000, popular assumption was he was the only player who cared (probably unfair, but anyway). I hope he pulls something out of the bag on Saturday but people are expecting us to lose. Some dissatisfaction tonight that we've lost the chance of more prize money that could have helped us in the transfer window in January.

Thanks for your kind words BBM, yes I'll be posting on here again, don't worry :-)

[BBMmk2]

Great to hear LL!

[EdgeleyRob]

Well, that's us out of the Checkatrade Trophy, all we need is to lose to Lincoln City on Saturday and that's a hat-trick of Cups we're out of.

Really sad for Neal Ardley, he has always been a hero after that photo of him sitting crying on the pitch when we got relegated from the Premiership at The Dell in 2000, popular assumption was he was the only player who cared (probably unfair, but anyway). I hope he pulls something out of the bag on Saturday but people are expecting us to lose. Some dissatisfaction tonight that we've lost the chance of more prize money that could have helped us in the transfer window in January.

Thanks for your kind words BBM, yes I'll be posting on here again, don't worry :-)

Fingers crossed here for Wimbledon on Sat LL.

Midweek latest

League games

Burnley 1 Newcastle United 0 2nd half goal,1st league defeat in 4 games
Norwich City 0 Wolves 2 Scored in each half,back on top of the league
Sheffield Wednesday 2 Millwall 1 Went 2-1 up just before the break,1st league win in 4 games
Hereford 2 Dunstable Town 0 Both goals in the 2nd half including a pen

Champions League

Roma 3 Chelsea 0 Well beaten,1st defeat for an English side in this season's competition
Manchester United 2 Benfica 0 An OG and 2 pens,1 saved,100% record in the group
Tottenham 3 Real Madrid 1 All over by the 65th min,qualified for the last 16
Liverpool 3 Maribor 0 All the goals in the 2nd half,remain top of the group
Napoli 2 unmentionables 4 Came back from a goal down,qualified for the last 16

Football League Trophy

Bristol Rovers 1 West Ham United U21s 3
Wimbledon 1 Luton Town 2

[BBMmk2]

Oh no! Toon lost to Burnley!! my God!

[EdgeleyRob]

Latest

Europa League

Arsenal 0 Red Star Belgrade 0 Through to the last 32

FA Cup 1st round

Notts County 4 Bristol Rovers 2 From being 2-0 up after 12 mins

League

Wolves 2 Fulham 0 Both goals in the 1st 26 mins,4 points clear at the top

Busy weekend so the next round up will not be posted until Sunday evening,apologies for that.

[eighthobstruction]

....yer a good man rob....rovers doing the opposite of the unmentionables....an average season....

[EdgeleyRob]

Stoke City 2 Leicester City 2 Led twice,unbeaten in 5 in the league
Newcastle United 0 Bournemouth 1 Forum derby,Cherries last min goal and out of the bottom 3,Toon 2nd 1-0 defeat in a week
Southampton 0 Burnley 1 Conceded a late goal,down to 13th
Swansea City 0 Brighton 1 1st half winner,unbeaten in 4 league games
West Ham United 1 Liverpool 4 Scored twice in each half,back to back league wins
Tottenham 1 Crystal Palace 0 Forum derby,goal on 64 mins,Spurs won 5 of last 6 league games,Eagles just 4 points and goals all season
unmentionables 3 Arsenal 1 Forum derby,home team 9th straight league win,Gunners slip to 6th
Chelsea 1 Manchester United 0 Forum derby,goal on 55 mins,Blues 3 league wins in a row,Reds 1 league win in last 4
St Johnstone 0 Celtic 4 1 point from last 6 league games
Hamilton Academical 2 Aberdeen 2 Equalised 2 mins after going 2-1 behind
Rangers 3 Partick Thistle 0 Conceded the goals in the 1st 47 mins
Aston Villa 0 Sheffield Wednesday 2 2-0 up at half time,back to back league wins
Stockport County 4 FC United of Manchester 1 Led 3-0 at half time,scored a 2nd half pen
York City 2 Curzon Ashton 1 Held on after being 2-0 up at the break
Dundee United 2 St Mirren 1 Conceded in each half,late consolation,top on goal diff
Livingston 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 Unbeaten in 5 league games
Stranraer 3 Queen's Park 0 Back to back league defeats,now bottom of the table
Edinburgh City 1 Stirling Albion 2 Took a 1st half lead,5th consecutive league defeat
Fort William v Buckie Thistle was postponed
Selkirk 0 East Stirlingshire 3 Forum derby,no details

FA Cup 1st round

Wimbledon 1 Lincoln City 0 Scored on 7 mins
Forest Green Rovers 1 Macclesfield Town 0 Conceded just before half time
Gateshead 2 Chelmsford City 0 Conceded the goals in 4 1st half mins
Hereford 1 Telford United 0 Scored after the visitors were reduced to 10 men
Morecambe 3 Hartlepool United 0 Still in it until conceding a 2nd on 67 mins
Charlton Athletic 3 Truro City 1 Pulled 1 back when 2-0 down
Coventry City 2 Maidenhead United 0 Both goals in 10 1st half mins
Exeter City 3 Heybridge Swifts 1 All the goals in the 2nd half

No game for Wrexham

[BBMmk2]

The Toon loosing to Bournemouth now!

[teamsaint]

Stoke City 2 Leicester City 2 Led twice,unbeaten in 5 in the league
Newcastle United 0 Bournemouth 1 Forum derby,Cherries last min goal and out of the bottom 3,Toon 2nd 1-0 defeat in a week
Southampton 0 Burnley 1 Conceded a late goal,down to 13th
Swansea City 0 Brighton 1 1st half winner,unbeaten in 4 league games
West Ham United 1 Liverpool 4 Scored twice in each half,back to back league wins
Tottenham 1 Crystal Palace 0 Forum derby,goal on 64 mins,Spurs won 5 of last 6 league games,Eagles just 4 points and goals all season
unmentionables 3 Arsenal 1 Forum derby,home team 9th straight league win,Gunners slip to 6th
Chelsea 1 Manchester United 0 Forum derby,goal on 55 mins,Blues 3 league wins in a row,Reds 1 league win in last 4
St Johnstone 0 Celtic 4 1 point from last 6 league games
Hamilton Academical 2 Aberdeen 2 Equalised 2 mins after going 2-1 behind
Rangers 3 Partick Thistle 0 Conceded the goals in the 1st 47 mins
Aston Villa 0 Sheffield Wednesday 2 2-0 up at half time,back to back league wins
Stockport County 4 FC United of Manchester 1 Led 3-0 at half time,scored a 2nd half pen
York City 2 Curzon Ashton 1 Held on after being 2-0 up at the break
Dundee United 2 St Mirren 1 Conceded in each half,late consolation,top on goal diff
Livingston 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 Unbeaten in 5 league games
Stranraer 3 Queen's Park 0 Back to back league defeats,now bottom of the table
Edinburgh City 1 Stirling Albion 2 Took a 1st half lead,5th consecutive league defeat
Fort William v Buckie Thistle was postponed
Selkirk 0 East Stirlingshire 3 Forum derby,no details

FA Cup 1st round

Wimbledon 1 Lincoln City 0 Scored on 7 mins
Forest Green Rovers 1 Macclesfield Town 0 Conceded just before half time
Gateshead 2 Chelmsford City Conceded the goals in 4 1st half mins
Hereford 1 Telford United 0 Scored after the visitors were reduced to 10 men
Morecambe 3 Hartlepool United 0 Still in it until conceding a 2nd on 67 mins
Charlton Athletic 3 Truro City 1 Pulled 1 back when 2-0 down
Coventry City 2 Maidenhead United 0 Both goals in 10 1st half mins
Exeter City 3 Heybridge Swifts 1 All the goals in the 2nd half

No game for Wrexham

Thanks for the. Round up ER, brilliant stuff as ever.
Saints heading into a tough set of fixtures in poor form, and goals in extremely short supply.

[johncorrigan]

Thank you for the great round-up, Rob. The Buddies have been suffering from a spot of vertigo, I reckon. Still you have to laugh...I think. This one will run and run!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw-Ehkea8Vs&app=desktop

[EdgeleyRob]

Thank you for the great round-up, Rob. The Buddies have been suffering from a spot of vertigo, I reckon. Still you have to laugh...I think. This one will run and run!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw-Ehkea8Vs&app=desktop

Latest

Football League Trophy

Morecambe 2 Leicester City U21s 2 Foxes Lost on pens
Stevenage 3 Brighton U21s 1
Northampton Town 3 Southampton U21s 3 Saints Lost on pens
Oldham Athletic 4 Newcastle United U21s 1
Coventry City 2 West Brom U21s 1
Bristol Rovers 2 Swindon Town 4

League

Chester 0 Wrexham 1 Scored just before half time,up to 2nd

I like this article http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41931184

[teamsaint]

Thank you for the great round-up, Rob. The Buddies have been suffering from a spot of vertigo, I reckon. Still you have to laugh...I think. This one will run and run!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw-Ehkea8Vs&app=desktop

Magic.
Would have been perfect in the old Spot the Ball competitions. ( this weeks jackpot £1000.......)