03/02/09 - Southampton Match Thread

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Hope knowone out-shadows paddy kenny. I didnt go to the game but just by listening to it he made some vital saves!

And also Slugger, 4) we won with 10 men!

All round top performance by the blades, 4 days before the big game, Awesome!
 

good result indeed, but im not getting carried away, wer in 4th level on points with a team who have 2 games in hand on us

not optimistic nor pessimistic about saturday, no idea what the result will be

would love to see webber and ward up front, pace which has been needed for a long time
 
Just got back. After wondering all day whether to go as the snow showers kept coming, well worth it! Didn't really see what happened for the red card - up till then we seemed pretty comfortable and I couldn't see them troubling us too much. Had to do a backs to the wall job after that, defending v well but often too deep and so with only Webber up front the ball kept coming back at us. Absolutely gutted to concede in the 89th minute, seemed like we'd dropped 2 points after giving it everything. But step forward Jamie Ward - great poise, fantastic finish, right in the very corner which was the only way it was going to get past the keeper from that angle. Haven't celebrated a goal like that in years, everyone went totally mental, and the tiny remaining Saints support all headed straight for the exits. The whole team came to celebrate the goal, ward lifted onto the shoulders.

Terrible and tiny home crowd, very respectable Blades following given the weather, midweek kickoff etc, and some pretty good baiting of Southampton ("Your grounds too big for you" was quite good, and very true). Well done to all the team (apart from Hendo if he did lash out), and the twat behind me at Preston who spent the whole game there saying how he "****ing hated Webber, he's a lazy B*stard" should have seen him running around on his own up front for about 50 mins doing everything he could to give the lads behind a break and create something.

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Yay... I did a score!

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Against a poor team in the relegation zone

You can only beat what is put in front of you.

Good result in my opinion, and I'm happy for Ward scoring.

Maybe Saturday we will have some pace flying up front now instead of having it against us.
 
A few more points - Monty (the other main target of the idiot behind me at Preston) was absolutely tireless as always, gave it his all, and made quite a few decent passes too. Killa had a few dodgy moments first half, a few times it looked from a slippery surface making it hard to keep his balance, but both him and Bromby did a great job when we were up against it with 10 men. Paddy was more commanding than sometimes in the box, the only hairy moment when he came miles out of his area in the second half to boot the ball into the stands, only to be stranded when the ballboy immediately threw another ball to the Saints player so they could take a quick throw-in while Paddy was away from the goal. Squinny didn't seem to want to stop celebrating with the Blades fans at the end. And the Blades fans were great - not too far for me and other southern Blades, but credit to all those who made the trip down from Sheffield with more snow forecast.

Roads this morning more slippery than they were driving back last night!
 
Was another poor game really last night until the last 5 minutes.

They had 2 good chances early on where they should have taken the lead, but after that we took control, went 1-0 up and were at ease until Henderson got sent off. Sky says it was an elbow but their player was holding his leg so it must have been a kick.

The back 4 was excellent, soaked up everything that came at them, reducing them to long shots throughout the second half. Not sure who didn't track Surman into the box for the goal but it was an excellent finish.

Jamie Ward though, fair play to the lad. Good ball from Quinn and Ward did something nobody else can really do for us, he got away from the defence with some good pace. Great finish aswell, seemed to be going in slow motion when we were there!

It was ironic that me, Ross and Keenzy were talking about how it was a while since we'd scored a last minute winner :D
 
Thought the fans were brilliant last night too!

We were singing something all the way through.

But most of the time it was "Sheffield......United" for about 20minutes of second half.

Oh and Keenzy was shouting OOO! From the Greasy Chip Buttie song for 5minutes. He tasted blood.
 
That was keenzy was it!! If i'd have known it was him i'd have gone up there and given him a smack! He sounded like a special case! and after 5mins it was pretty annoying!

Cracking atmosphere last night though! and the delerium when Ward polished off the winner was well worth being sat in the cold for nearly 2 hours! :D
 
That was keenzy was it!! If i'd have known it was him i'd have gone up there and given him a smack! He sounded like a special case! and after 5mins it was pretty annoying!

Cracking atmosphere last night though! and the delerium when Ward polished off the winner was well worth being sat in the cold for nearly 2 hours! :D

HAHA!

Me and Daz were telling him he was special. haha!
 

Other than the juvenile keenzy going OOOOOOOOO! for 10 minutes, i thought the fans were awesome, although i did get the impression that there were more than the reported 500 fans there
 
ha, my voice isn't back yet..... haha

We started off better, still the long ball but got the ball down on the floor more and looked better. Good ball from howard for the first.

Hendo gets sent off for something stupid. Fine him and give the money to charity. We had backs up against the wall then and a superb goal from jamie ward. Great celebration too, started at the back of the stand and ended up at the front after random group hugs and high fives.


Still disappointed in what we have done in january RE the transfers, we need more cover at CB and up front.
 
It's funny how we give high fives and hug each other like it was us that just won the game:D
 

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