BRISTOL ROVERS AT ST MARYS

Can we get out of our minus points situation? Would you make changes from Saturday's team? Are you going to the match?

I will be there health allowing. Twizzle might go as well to keep me company.
We need a good performance and then the points will look after themselves. Looks like we will have a good gate so atmosphere should be electric.

Big gate could lead us to cheering the team home and us into plus points. I sure hope so anyway.

Will try to get a quick one in the Chapel before the game. DH will one day be asked if she is who we think she is by Twizzle. You have been warned DH.

If he is fit I would definitely play Thomas at right back to strengthen our defence. Would also give Holmes and Papa more of a go if needed.

Did it again my post gone into the ether!!

Davis
Harding Jaidi Trotman Thomas (If fit if not Perry)
Scheiderlin Hammond Lallana Holmes
Lambert Saganoski

Subs Bart, James, Mellis, Wotton, Waigo, Paterson and Mills

Holmes for some width, Saga to play closer to Lambert and start anticipating he will win flick ons not wait until he heads the ball.

Tight game 2 - 1 to saints will be there in Northam

Swap Bart as sub goalie with Forsyth, just heard on sky Bart gone to Barnsley as emergency loan for week!

SFC Forever wrote: DH will one day be asked if she is who we think she is by Twizzle. You have been warned DH.

.......I'd like to see the confrontation if you are wrong!! :cloak:

I expect it to be close, no more than 1 goal in it.

im feeling good 2-0 me thinks lambert and lallana. coyr

SaintMike wrote:

SFC Forever wrote: DH will one day be asked if she is who we think she is by Twizzle. You have been warned DH.

.......I'd like to see the confrontation if you are wrong!! :cloak:

From what we have seen so far the female stewards are all friendly.

From the BBC: Bristol Rovers' Paul Trollope said

"We're not going to play at St Mary's or play one one of the biggest teams in the division, we're going there to play Southampton and beat Southampton."

Cheeky bugger! Let's ram his words right back down his throat and send Rovers packing pointless tonight. I hope Pards has pinned that up in the dressing room and made our players read it. COME ON YOU SAINTS!

Half an hour into the game and no-one on here.

0-0
Thomas out......Saints line-up:
01 Davis
02 Harding
06 Jaidi
12 Trotman
23 James
14 Hammond
19 Schneiderlin
35 Mellis
07 Lambert
09 Papa Waigo
20 Lallana
Substitutes
13 Forecast, 05 Perry, 15 Lancashire, 18 Mills, 10 Wotton, 11 Holmes, 04 Saganowski

Some extracts from the BBC commentary online......

3:25
Morgan Schneiderlin challenges Jo Kuffour unfairly and gives away a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Carl Regan.

4:11
Morgan Schneiderlin takes a inswinging corner to the near post, Aaron Lescott manages to make a clearance

5:33
Dean Hammond sends in a cross, Mikkel Andersen makes a comfortable save.

7:44
Morgan Schneiderlin sends in a cross, save by Mikkel Andersen

8:16
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Neal Trotman by Jeff Hughes. Kelvin Davis takes the free kick.

:GOAL:

SAINTS SCORE!!!

33:03
The assist for the goal came from Richard Lambert.
33:03 GOAL - Adam Lallana :
Southampton 1 - 0 Bristol Rovers Adam Lallana fires in a goal from the edge of the penalty area low into the middle of the goal. Southampton 1-0 Bristol Rovers

:go saints:

Rovers have had Coles and Hughes booked.

:oh no:

1-1
41:21
Assist on the goal came from Mark Wright.
41:21 GOAL - Chris Dickson :
Southampton 1 - 1 Bristol Rovers Chris Dickson fires in a goal from inside the area to the bottom left corner of the goal. Southampton 1-1 Bristol Rovers.

Hammond has been booked.

Hi Mike.

frustrating eh? We go 1-0 up and...every bloody time we fail to defend it! :x

Let's hope we can score again in the second half and this time defend it.

45:00+3:10
The half-time whistle blows.
44:39
Outswinging corner taken by Morgan Schneiderlin from the right by-line played to the near post, Danny Coles manages to make a clearance.
43:31
Unfair challenge on Mikkel Andersen by Ndiaye Papa Waigo results in a free kick. Free kick taken by Mikkel Andersen.

Two first-half corners both taken by Schneiderlin.

2-1 to Saints, Lambert gets the goal. :GOAL: