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Post by staggerstag on Apr 12, 2021 16:52:44 GMT
To be relegated
West Brom 1/50
Southampton 150/1
Not to be relegated
West Brom 18/1
Southampton 1/1000
It mostly depends on Fulham, of course. And at the moment they are in pieces. You'd think everyone above Fulham will be safe. But can Allardyce claim his million pound survival bonus by springing a late late show? His traveling sideshow pitched up at Chelsea last week and put on a first-class freak show that saw him run out a 5-2 winner.
Here he is speaking just now :
“Let’s focus on winning but not going all out, not going gung-ho, doing it with the right stability, and the right stability has been from a good solid defensive unit playing the right way to create opportunities to attack when we win the ball back. We need to win this game, a draw is no use to us based on the four points Newcastle have picked up over the last two games. So let’s try to win and stay in touch if we can.”
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Post by DrKrippen on Apr 12, 2021 17:01:07 GMT
Two minutes of silence takes forever.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 12, 2021 17:02:06 GMT
Yet another 2 minute silence but now the ref signals the start of play. West Brom in their bar code tops look like rejects from the Pound/Dollar store. Can Southampton turn in a decent performance here? You wanna see Allardyce squirm. But he won't, he never does, long as he gets his paydirt all is well.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 12, 2021 17:08:32 GMT
Early VAR on '3. West Brom's Diagne gets the ball in the net and the flag goes up immediately. VAR wants to check it anyway. Yes, it's offside by a small margin.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2021 17:10:27 GMT
The EPL and EFL have greatly overestimated who gives a fuck about the death of Phil the Greek.
Nobody cares.
They probably murdered him like they did George V anyway.
Inbred mutants the lot of them.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 12, 2021 17:22:01 GMT
It's West Brom who have had the better of the opening 20. Several chances but no decent finishing. Southampton can't get a grip.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 12, 2021 17:25:45 GMT
The commentator reveals that the VAR decision for the offside goal was defaulted to the original linesman decision because the lines on their screens are playing up. Faulty VAR lines. You can't make this up.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 12, 2021 17:35:22 GMT
Half hour gone and, despite 3 shots each on target, no goals. It's a decent game.
PENALTY!
Maitland-Niles upended by Forster.
GOAL
Pereira slams it more or less down the middle and it's one-nothing West Brom, quite deservedly.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 12, 2021 17:40:00 GMT
GOAL
Oh it's a dreadful ball back from Ings and it's seized on by Maitland-Niles who runs with it and feeds an inch-perfect cross into Philips who hooks it home for two-nothing on '35.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 12, 2021 17:49:42 GMT
It's half-time. 3 shots on target does not a good first half make, and Saints have otherwise been unimpressive. West Brom haven't stopped, they're still running on the fumes of last week's result.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 12, 2021 18:13:34 GMT
It's Southampton who have started this half with the most intent. West Brom content for now to ease off the pedal and allow the visitors some room.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 12, 2021 18:31:45 GMT
GOAL
Southampton have been threatening to pull one back but it's West Brom who have potted the third. Robinson broke in midfield on '69, got past his man and slid a low one past Forster for 3-0. A sucker punch for Saints.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 12, 2021 18:33:24 GMT
That's eight goals in their last two outings, and there's still 20 minutes left here. That's about one-fifth of their season's haul.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 12, 2021 18:45:55 GMT
West Brom's Maitland-Niles is down and about to be stretchered off. He went up for a challenge and landed in pain. He's surrounded by staff. No, no, he's up, no stretcher, he's walking off unassisted. That's a relief for West Brom as initially it looked very serious and they can't afford to be without Niles for the rest of the season as their revival and escape to victory threatens to take shape.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 12, 2021 18:55:58 GMT
Penalty Southampton. Stoppage time. Townsend on Djenepo.
It's gonna be Ward-Prowse to take.
Johnstone goes the right way! He saves. He saves.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 12, 2021 18:56:22 GMT
An impressive performance for 3-0.
West Brom move to within two points of Fulham and eight points of Newcastle and Brighton, the latter playing DrKrippen's favourite prediction team Everton a bit later.
Southampton's next outing is the FA Cup semi versus Leicester at the weekend.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2021 18:59:12 GMT
Hands up everyone who backed Fat Sam's Baggies for the win 🙋♀️
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Post by WullieFort on Apr 12, 2021 21:02:06 GMT
Fat Sam to take the reins at Spurs?
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