David123 Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 We're you happy at how well we did in Europe? I'm sure most people felt we should have beat Minsk!!! But we did beat a top European team!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mc Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Will never get over losing our unbeaten record,to a team as cynical and average as Minsk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edstar101 Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 As much as the Rosenburg night at McD was simply astounding, i'm afraid for me the whole European thing will always be a bit tainted by the 'what could have been' factor. We should have, and failed to, put away a poor Minsk team mad saints fan, uphallsaint, sixties saintee and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uphallsaint Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Says it al Edstar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik2304 Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Sniff... Europe ... Sniff uphallsaint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Had an absolute ball in Trondheim. Those memories will live with me forever. So glad I spent the money and travelled to Norway. Minsk, meh. Distant memory. Dave Ferg and Dr Christmas Jones 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AthensSaint Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 what a very boring question. saintbear 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edstar101 Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 what a very boring question. Enhanced though by your exciting and uplifting post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AthensSaint Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 some people shouldnt be allowed to start threads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edstar101 Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 (edited) some people shouldnt be allowed to start threads I must confess (even though I posted) that I did feel it was a bit 'going over old ground' But, hey, I think he is a young laddie, and he's getting involved. Edited September 5, 2013 by Edstar101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex-montrosesaintee Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Jeez - there's nothing in the forum rules that says you need agreement to ask a question! If you don't like it, move on. The Rosenborg game was one I'll never forget. The Minsk game was a harsh lesson in European football. I don't think TW or the players are to blame for that loss, except perhaps the quality of the penalties, but penalties are not about skill, they are about nerve and luck. I'd like to think that the results have given us the belief that we can qualify again next year, and improve on how we did this time. Celtic came up against a similar obstacle in Karagandy. Tactics they were not used to or ready for, cynical and calculated. They were within 30 seconds of extra time, and potentially going out the same way. I reckon Minsk and Karagandy were similar in terms of their ability, so I don't feel any shame in the loss we suffered. I hope we are better prepared next time as a result. David123 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE LARK SAINT Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 (edited) some people shouldnt be allowed to start threadsHey Grumpy, was yer port off this morning? or was it below 30 deg in yer retirement home? i believe the OP is just a bairn? Remember them? i think you had at least two, give the wee lad a break! Edited September 5, 2013 by THE LARK SAINT Edstar101 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik2304 Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 some people shouldnt be allowed to start threads Your about as much fun as Singapore Saint was AthensSaint and Dr Christmas Jones 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejksjfc Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 That is half our European campaigns where we have put out better teams than eventually put us out!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davis Love III Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 it wasn't an adventure,more like an excursion and it was spoiled by over bragging fans thinking they are the best and over payed players thinking the job was in the bag and did not do what needed to be on the day....all in all, we were very unprofessional, like the season before! time to grow up folks and get real (the minsk return game was a shambles and for that reason alone, i can understand why some refuse to renew a season ticket fuquing tubes, didnt expect a reply like that, did you s? no harm will become you if you tell the truth, so be honest take away your wee cherished fantasy,and what do you have left? Saintdunc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamora Fan Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 penalties are not about skill, they are about nerve and luck. this is why British teams lose so many penalty shootouts! Of course penalties are about skill, if you practice over and over and over again putting the penalty into the corners you'll never miss. There's pressure in everything footballers do and they don't let it effect them so I don't see why it suddenly affects them when they take penalties. Penalty taking is a skill in the same way crossing, shooting and passing are skills. Sorry for the rant MS- the penaltys being all about luck statement is a pet hate of mine! ex-montrosesaintee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Saints Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 fuquing tubes, didnt expect a reply like that, did you s? From you? Yes, probably. Saintdunc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejksjfc Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 No professional football player should miss the target from the penalty spot. But if the goalie saves it that is where the luck comes in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintdunc Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 No professional football player should miss the target from the penalty spot. But if the goalie saves it that is where the luck comes in.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxKeepers are not just lucky. It is well known that they study clubs favoured penalty takers so to say that professsionalfootballers should never fail to score a penalty is dismissing the part the keeper plays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerthSeany Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Keepers are not just lucky. It is well known that they study clubs favoured penalty takers so to say that professsional footballers should never fail to score a penalty is dismissing the part the keeper plays. the Minsk GK couldnt of studied our PK takers as only 1 player had taken more than 1 Pen for saints since they signed if i remember right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Mannus admitted he doesn't study penalities. Thinks it pointless as players can easily change their style of hitting them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Saints Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 i expected a reply like that from you,fuquing fakie away and squeeze your pluques You're a total bampot. I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abernethy Saint Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Anyway.................... to the wee laddie who started this thread............so glad you enjoyed the Euro campaign. Getting guys like you, with your enthusiasm and commitment on board is vital to Saints, and also important to this site. Good on ye, and keep it up. Here's hoping that when you're as old and crusty as us, you'll be talking about the 2013 Euro campaign as just one of many that happened afterwards. I may be mad, but I think we're in for a few years of top 6, the occasional cup run, a bit of Europe here and there. I think we MAY be looking at the end of the days of yo-yo, at least for a while. uphallsaint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfk Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 qualify three times in five years is more than a reasonable ambition Or three years in a row ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Patterson Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Will never get over losing our unbeaten record,to a team as cynical and average as Minsk! As a wise man pointed out, it was like the Undertaker being beaten at WrestleMania by Grandmaster Sexay after being hit in the back by a steel chair when the ref's back was turned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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