| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game 09:51 - Apr 15 with 8483 views | SaintNick |
1. Shane Long got the best reception I have seen from the crowd in the Fan Zone, which probably tells you about the demographics of those who go in their, it was far better than the likes of David Peach & Steve Williams for instance.
2. Cameron Archer made a massive contribution last night and should get some plaudits for that, he will offer options in the next month or so.
3. The atmosphere was terrible, at times you could hear a pin drop, what is the point of going to a game if you aren't going to offer some sort of encouragement, even just a "Come on Saints" every 10 minutes would be better than just sitting and watching, at times it was like being sat in a cinema.
4. The quality of stewarding is appalling, half of them have no idea of the section of the ground they are stewarding, what the seat numbers are etc and in which direction, all they do is block the exits and walk up and down the steps every 10 mins, thus blocking the view of those trying to watch the game.
5. Why are there so many taxis in Southampton that are Toyotas, its become a lucky omen to count them between St Mary's Leisure centre & the Railway footbridge on Northam Road, last night it was a record 18 |  |
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| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 10:51 - Apr 15 with 7325 views | grumpy |
Fans are probably worn out there's been a lot of celebrating lately Nick  |  | | |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 11:27 - Apr 15 with 7231 views | SaintNick |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 10:51 - Apr 15 by grumpy |
Fans are probably worn out there's been a lot of celebrating lately Nick |
You would think that after 9 years of not much celebrating, that they would grab every opportunity  | |
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| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 11:45 - Apr 15 with 7159 views | Butty101 |
In addition to Archer, Larin and Matzuki were very good.
I really want Fellows to come good - i thought yesterday he drifted a long abit and barely noticed he was on the pitch. |  |
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| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 11:45 - Apr 15 with 7166 views | Gennaro_Contaldo |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 11:27 - Apr 15 by SaintNick |
You would think that after 9 years of not much celebrating, that they would grab every opportunity |
Pft, fatigue. we now know how Man City fans feel, right? |  |
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| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 12:41 - Apr 15 with 7079 views | dirk_doone |
Fans sense what's needed and last night that was a routine victory with minimum fuss and as little energy expended as possible. The time to drive the team on to leave it all out there on the pitch, as they battle for victory, will be against Ipswich and, of course, the play offs.
The last thing the Saints players needed last night, especially once they were in the lead and the heat had been taken out of the game, was for the crowd to bring the game back to life, the tension and pace to be increased and Blackburn stirred to keep fighting for a result.
It was quiet, dull, routine and exactly what was needed. |  |
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| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 13:08 - Apr 15 with 7025 views | GRIM |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 11:45 - Apr 15 by Butty101 |
In addition to Archer, Larin and Matzuki were very good.
I really want Fellows to come good - i thought yesterday he drifted a long abit and barely noticed he was on the pitch. |
Fellows is definitely under achieving.
He's starting to look likea one trick pony, a couple of step overs then cuts inside.
He has very little end product & gives the ball away far too often.
I prefer to see Matsuki playing in front of Bree, that's a much better combo. |  | | |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 15:33 - Apr 15 with 6814 views | saint22 |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 13:08 - Apr 15 by GRIM |
Fellows is definitely under achieving.
He's starting to look likea one trick pony, a couple of step overs then cuts inside.
He has very little end product & gives the ball away far too often.
I prefer to see Matsuki playing in front of Bree, that's a much better combo. |
Agree I really like fellows but his end product is poor, he has a lot of chances to shoot he never takes
Also if he is left footed why not try him on the other side now and again | | | |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 17:54 - Apr 15 with 6631 views | shotters |
I read that last night was the first time Nathan Redmond had started a game for 3 years. It showed, he looked like he was playing because he'd won a raffle.
A shame the way his career has gone as whilst he was no world beater he had some good spells for us and scored a cracker at Fratton Park |  |
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| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 18:36 - Apr 15 with 6566 views | Southamptonfan |
It is really interesting that against Arsenal, so many people around me (middle aged men) people I had never seen before, were really roaring on Saints loudly. Stood up, properly passionate, really loud and hyped up.
Then last night, apart from the usual few who try to get an atmosphere going but then give up, people just sat there in silence. They don't even move, they look half dead some of them. Where did all those ferociously passionate fans from the Arsenal game disappear to? I agree, the atmosphere at times was terrible for a team on the verge of automatic promotion, almost embarrassing. As Nick said, you really could hear a pin drop at times, this in the stadium of a team unbeaten in 18 and were 2 nil up.
Are people so worn out from.work during the day that they can hardly move or just totally miserable? Well done to the Chapel for starting an OWTS chant though that I heard at the other end. It doesn't help having so many empty seats. It really dilutes the atmosphere and Saints need to get creative with this, to get more people in. And it doesn't help that nearly every game is.live on tv! | |
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| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 19:10 - Apr 15 with 6504 views | mushinexile |
The Toyota's are hybrids and I think Taxi firms get Very good deals indeed on them. | |
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| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 09:39 - Apr 16 with 6100 views | Number_58 |
Has nobody mentioned the Blackburn keeper's poor attempt at putting the corner flag back up? He'd make a useless far-right flag shagger. |  | | |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 10:07 - Apr 16 with 6055 views | onedannywallace |
I watched the Blackburn game on tele (which I guess makes me part of the problem - although I'm going next Tuesday). The Saints fans sounded pretty loud on the TV - maybe it depends where the effects microphones are put, but some fans must have been singing. | | | |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 12:21 - Apr 16 with 5907 views | SaintPaulVW |
It's probably a different fan base - the season ticket holders are probably in the main a bit more weathered in having seen it all before. The Arsenal game went to a general sale so the 'event' fans turned up ready to have a 'big' night out.
The home West Brom Semi Final in the playoffs was similar - completely different from a normal West Brom game in the regular season.
It would take a lot of effort for a club the size of Saints with relative little history of success in football competitions to convert big event fans into regular season ticket holders. The best place to start would be an organised effort to get the Northam wall more rowdy. Build from there. | | | |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 12:27 - Apr 16 with 5894 views | kingslandstand1 |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 09:39 - Apr 16 by Number_58 |
Has nobody mentioned the Blackburn keeper's poor attempt at putting the corner flag back up? He'd make a useless far-right flag shagger. |
I recall the Northam advising him appropriately that "you don't know what youre doing!" or "fkng useless, da da da da" etc |  |
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| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 13:11 - Apr 16 with 5842 views | felly1 |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 10:07 - Apr 16 by onedannywallace |
I watched the Blackburn game on tele (which I guess makes me part of the problem - although I'm going next Tuesday). The Saints fans sounded pretty loud on the TV - maybe it depends where the effects microphones are put, but some fans must have been singing. |
There was lots of singing mate.
I sit in the Itchen north and loads of us join in with the Northam.
It was never going to be a cauldron of noise and passion ....we were effectively playing a training match at a slow pace against Blackburn on a wet Tues night...Ive been to loads of away matches and Saints fans are no better or worse than many others.
If you've been on here long enough you get used to Nick moaning about the fans... | | | |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 08:57 - Apr 17 with 5576 views | SaintNick |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 13:11 - Apr 16 by felly1 |
There was lots of singing mate.
I sit in the Itchen north and loads of us join in with the Northam.
It was never going to be a cauldron of noise and passion ....we were effectively playing a training match at a slow pace against Blackburn on a wet Tues night...Ive been to loads of away matches and Saints fans are no better or worse than many others.
If you've been on here long enough you get used to Nick moaning about the fans... |
Yes I do moan about the fans, I do so because I want us to be passionate, you wont want to hear this, but in the early 1990's Fratton Park was a soulless place rarely anyway near capacity and then up came a man with a bell who changed their mindset.
We can either sit back an accept that we are a reserved fanbase or we can stand up and change it.
Ask your self this, Saints fans are no better or worse than others, but can you say the same about Pompey ?
Whenever I moan about the fans someone always pops up and defends a poor atmosphere, there are always excuses, it was a Tuesday night, a slow pace ( Not sure on this one ) it was raining etc etc
We will always be average as supporters if we take every excuse, why can't we turn ourselves into something special ?
There is only one reason, we accept it, against Arsenal we all stood up and cheered, at Wrexham the away support was outstanding, yet then just days later we have two games in a row where large parts of the fanbase said nothing.
I'm not interested in standing in the Northam and singing, but I shout encouragement for the team, yet there are people around me who say absolutely nothing, not even the odd "Come on Saints"
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| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 09:47 - Apr 17 with 5519 views | Bridders2 |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 08:57 - Apr 17 by SaintNick |
Yes I do moan about the fans, I do so because I want us to be passionate, you wont want to hear this, but in the early 1990's Fratton Park was a soulless place rarely anyway near capacity and then up came a man with a bell who changed their mindset.
We can either sit back an accept that we are a reserved fanbase or we can stand up and change it.
Ask your self this, Saints fans are no better or worse than others, but can you say the same about Pompey ?
Whenever I moan about the fans someone always pops up and defends a poor atmosphere, there are always excuses, it was a Tuesday night, a slow pace ( Not sure on this one ) it was raining etc etc
We will always be average as supporters if we take every excuse, why can't we turn ourselves into something special ?
There is only one reason, we accept it, against Arsenal we all stood up and cheered, at Wrexham the away support was outstanding, yet then just days later we have two games in a row where large parts of the fanbase said nothing.
I'm not interested in standing in the Northam and singing, but I shout encouragement for the team, yet there are people around me who say absolutely nothing, not even the odd "Come on Saints"
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Well said Nick, totally agree.
I feel like giving some of them a kick ! | |
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| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 10:46 - Apr 17 with 5445 views | Southamptonfan |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 08:57 - Apr 17 by SaintNick |
Yes I do moan about the fans, I do so because I want us to be passionate, you wont want to hear this, but in the early 1990's Fratton Park was a soulless place rarely anyway near capacity and then up came a man with a bell who changed their mindset.
We can either sit back an accept that we are a reserved fanbase or we can stand up and change it.
Ask your self this, Saints fans are no better or worse than others, but can you say the same about Pompey ?
Whenever I moan about the fans someone always pops up and defends a poor atmosphere, there are always excuses, it was a Tuesday night, a slow pace ( Not sure on this one ) it was raining etc etc
We will always be average as supporters if we take every excuse, why can't we turn ourselves into something special ?
There is only one reason, we accept it, against Arsenal we all stood up and cheered, at Wrexham the away support was outstanding, yet then just days later we have two games in a row where large parts of the fanbase said nothing.
I'm not interested in standing in the Northam and singing, but I shout encouragement for the team, yet there are people around me who say absolutely nothing, not even the odd "Come on Saints"
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I am with Nick on this. There are times when people just sit there in silence. That is not support. The team at the moment deserve our support. If you want to just sit in silence, you might as well stay at home and watch it on tv. Read the Ipswich forum, to find out just how intimidating and loud Fratton Park was the other night, with fans clamberouring over the advertising boards etc and all 3 sides singing passionately, showing their missing front teeth.
Not to forget that we have produced some incredible atmospheres at St Mary's (West Brom, Arsenal), and I know at Wembley and away games we will be loud and proud with sold out followings, but then in other games you can hear a pin drop in other big games. So what that it was Blackburn on a rainy night? This moment, this team deserves a 12th man. Stop making excuses and sing for this moment of "success". Roar Saints on to promotion and FA cup glory. We all want a loud, encouraging crowd don't we? It annoys me too, when we are playing so well, on the verge of promotion, and some people sit there looking like they are watching an episode of the antiques roadshow. [Post edited 17 Apr 11:15]
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| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 11:25 - Apr 17 with 5394 views | PatfromPoole |
This is basically why I moved from the Northam.
I got fed up of being surrounded by people who were more interested in being on their phones than supporting the team.
I have moved to the back of the Chapel, and I know many will say "we can't hear the Chapel".
I am however in a group of 20 or so like-minded souls at the back of Blocks 20 and 21 who will basically sing all game, and don't piss about on phones.
For the Arsenal game, quite a few others joined in with us, but that was a fairly exceptional game.
As Frannies Tache has said on here, it is going to take time to evolve, probably a year or two. Though that is part of the fun watching it grow.
But I do get a feeling of excitement in there that it could be like the Itchen North was pre-COVID, which was just a brilliant place to be. |  |
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| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 12:53 - Apr 17 with 5290 views | franniesTache |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 11:25 - Apr 17 by PatfromPoole |
This is basically why I moved from the Northam.
I got fed up of being surrounded by people who were more interested in being on their phones than supporting the team.
I have moved to the back of the Chapel, and I know many will say "we can't hear the Chapel".
I am however in a group of 20 or so like-minded souls at the back of Blocks 20 and 21 who will basically sing all game, and don't piss about on phones.
For the Arsenal game, quite a few others joined in with us, but that was a fairly exceptional game.
As Frannies Tache has said on here, it is going to take time to evolve, probably a year or two. Though that is part of the fun watching it grow.
But I do get a feeling of excitement in there that it could be like the Itchen North was pre-COVID, which was just a brilliant place to be. |
If we want the chapel to be decent though it needs to be it's own thing, if it suddenly gets filled up by nippers from the northam who want to sing the same songs as in the northam but also rush the away fans it'll be sh*t and it'll be shut down in a season.
One of the things i enjoy is that it's not singing the whole time, it's more a noise and backing when needed, a few songs, a laugh with your mates, and a load of slightly surreal nonsense that confuses the f*ck out of the away fans. |  | | |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 13:02 - Apr 17 with 5278 views | Joiedevivre |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 11:25 - Apr 17 by PatfromPoole |
This is basically why I moved from the Northam.
I got fed up of being surrounded by people who were more interested in being on their phones than supporting the team.
I have moved to the back of the Chapel, and I know many will say "we can't hear the Chapel".
I am however in a group of 20 or so like-minded souls at the back of Blocks 20 and 21 who will basically sing all game, and don't piss about on phones.
For the Arsenal game, quite a few others joined in with us, but that was a fairly exceptional game.
As Frannies Tache has said on here, it is going to take time to evolve, probably a year or two. Though that is part of the fun watching it grow.
But I do get a feeling of excitement in there that it could be like the Itchen North was pre-COVID, which was just a brilliant place to be. |
We only sing when we’re winning. The problem is we win quite a f*cking lot. |  | | |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 13:20 - Apr 17 with 5237 views | FredTheLeg |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 12:53 - Apr 17 by franniesTache |
If we want the chapel to be decent though it needs to be it's own thing, if it suddenly gets filled up by nippers from the northam who want to sing the same songs as in the northam but also rush the away fans it'll be sh*t and it'll be shut down in a season.
One of the things i enjoy is that it's not singing the whole time, it's more a noise and backing when needed, a few songs, a laugh with your mates, and a load of slightly surreal nonsense that confuses the f*ck out of the away fans. |
Yeah we need anyone moving over to be doing so because they want an alternative to the northam and not because they want to be near the away fans.
Will definitely be interesting to see what happens next year. Half expecting the club to make a big song and dance about standing there at renewal time to try and put people off. | | | |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 13:28 - Apr 17 with 5196 views | franniesTache |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 13:20 - Apr 17 by FredTheLeg |
Yeah we need anyone moving over to be doing so because they want an alternative to the northam and not because they want to be near the away fans.
Will definitely be interesting to see what happens next year. Half expecting the club to make a big song and dance about standing there at renewal time to try and put people off. |
actually don't mind if the club do do that, would put off the right people and let it be a good laugh still | | | |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 14:27 - Apr 17 with 5144 views | felly1 |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 12:53 - Apr 17 by franniesTache |
If we want the chapel to be decent though it needs to be it's own thing, if it suddenly gets filled up by nippers from the northam who want to sing the same songs as in the northam but also rush the away fans it'll be sh*t and it'll be shut down in a season.
One of the things i enjoy is that it's not singing the whole time, it's more a noise and backing when needed, a few songs, a laugh with your mates, and a load of slightly surreal nonsense that confuses the f*ck out of the away fans. |
This kind of reminds me of the Dell days in the 80s and 90s when you could graduate from the back of the Milton (the muppets)....to where the more grown up wit and banter occurred in the East Stand.
I remember the guy who always turned his support from Saints into a left wing political comment ..think it was that Perry guy and the fan who made exotic bird noises always amused me. | | | |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 14:53 - Apr 17 with 5117 views | franniesTache |
| 5 Things About The Blackburn Game on 14:27 - Apr 17 by felly1 |
This kind of reminds me of the Dell days in the 80s and 90s when you could graduate from the back of the Milton (the muppets)....to where the more grown up wit and banter occurred in the East Stand.
I remember the guy who always turned his support from Saints into a left wing political comment ..think it was that Perry guy and the fan who made exotic bird noises always amused me. |
Yeah that's how i see it, the northam are the modern milton muppets and the chapel lot are more of the old east stand benches types, not sure where you'd place the west stand benches casuals lot these days as i don't think something like that really exists anymore.
And you're right i was Perry, had a column in the paper version of the ugly called Perry on the left wing. Always had a lot of time for Perry, really good bloke & had many a chat with him at games, on the doors of pubs (mainly the hobbit) and at the taxi ranks | | | |
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