Coventry Saint Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Have we not had a fair bit of Northampton Town crossover recently? I feel like Dylan Connolly went there, and had Morias not played there before us? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Hi Ya! It’s John, John Needham… hi ya! Yeah, St Mirren. That’s me… How’s it going mate? Doing anything on Tuesday? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldchap Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Arch Stanton said: IIRC the last time Saints played Northampton was the mid sixties, they lost 2-0 in the annual Paisley Charity Cup match. Think Archie Gemmell suffered a broken leg in that game and missed a good part of the season 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttocks Brown Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 8 hours ago, Coventry Saint said: Have we not had a fair bit of Northampton Town crossover recently? I feel like Dylan Connolly went there, and had Morias not played there before us? Connolly didn't last long at Northampton, now at Morecambe (Robinson signed him in January). They have a few though who played in the top league up here very recently: Jon Guthrie (Livingston), Louis Aperre (Dundee Utd), Aaron McGowan and Mitch Pinnock (Killie). Good opposition but we should be a bit further ahead in terms of fitness. If Saints hadn't got in contact then their first, proper friendly would have been West Brom on the 13th. They're at a training camp in St Andrews this week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 25 minutes ago, Buttocks Brown said: Connolly didn't last long at Northampton, now at Morecambe (Robinson signed him in January). They have a few though who played in the top league up here very recently: Jon Guthrie (Livingston), Louis Aperre (Dundee Utd), Aaron McGowan and Mitch Pinnock (Killie). Good opposition but we should be a bit further ahead in terms of fitness. If Saints hadn't got in contact then their first, proper friendly would have been West Brom on the 13th. They're at a training camp in St Andrews this week. I'm glad they've agreed to play. Step up in quality from Hartlepool as well, so that's good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 (edited) Had a quick look at what appear to be the main Northampton and Hartley-Pool fan forums to gauge reaction. Northampton is along the lines of ‘hey, we just arranged a friendly, will likely get hammered as they’re ahead of us in preparation’. Hartley-Pool is eye-bleedingly full of wallopers gibbering pish and arguing with each other, with one voice of sanity shouted down by the wallopers. The sole voice of sanity merely stated the opinion that he understood the decision, but the way they did it makes them look amateurish. From the wallopers side, much reference to ‘jocks’ and ‘chilly jockland’ etc. Having dipped into those forums, started to wish I’d stuck with Wimbledon, but the game they were showing involved two grunters who couldn’t hit a shot without giving it the ‘uuuuuhhhhhhhh!’ bollocks. Fcuk watching that pish. Edited July 4, 2022 by pozbaird 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 21 minutes ago, pozbaird said: Had a quick look at what appear to be the main Northampton and Hartley-Pool fan forums to gauge reaction. Northampton is along the lines of ‘hey, we just arranged a friendly, will likely get hammered as they’re ahead of us in preparation’. Hartley-Pool is eye-bleedingly full of wallopers gibbering pish and arguing with each other, with one voice of sanity shouted down by the wallopers. The sole voice of sanity merely stated the opinion that he understood the decision, but the way they did it makes them look amateurish. From the wallopers side, much reference to ‘jocks’ and ‘chilly jockland’ etc. Having dipped into those forums, started to wish I’d stuck with Wimbledon, but the game they were showing involved two grunters who couldn’t hit a shot without giving it the ‘uuuuuhhhhhhhh!’ bollocks. Fcuk watching that pish. That's pretty much exactly the same as Black and White Army to be fair! I think, from what I've read, that it's probably better that we are not playing Hartlepool now. They barely have a squad, and to be honest, looking at the signings they have made, I can see why the fans aren't exactly inspired so far. Hartley might have a bit of a job on his hands there. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Buttocks Brown Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 10 minutes of highlights. Ayunga certainly looks like he'll add something and the team, as a whole, well-organised and in decent shape. Their goal came from our 15 year old centre-half getting beat on the touchline. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Saintsible Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Grieve reminds me of Alan Logan a little bit! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Good finish by O'Hara from the edge of the box, dreadful defending resulting in a goal line tap-in for their goal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttocks Brown Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 9 changes to be made by Northampton at HT. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW saint Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 O'Hara playing well alongside Ethan. Still think we lack a Gogic type of player. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmcc Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Captain Saintsible said: Grieve reminds me of Alan Logan a little bit! Yep, always has Edited July 5, 2022 by davidmcc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 While you can never read too much into pre-season games, the defending for the last 3 goals conceded from open play would embarrass a schoolboy. Speaking of which, Campbell, Taylor, Reid and Offord all did well when they came on. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Ach well, at least they're no taking the Charity Cup down the road this time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Goodness sake, one of my good friends is a Northampton Town fan and I always assured him we would beat them no problem [emoji37] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW saint Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 It was a friendly nothing else. Both sides made multiple changes. We finished the game with a lot of young lads while the changes made Northampton better. Not too fussed with result. I feel the new players looked promising especially Gallagher, Ayunga and O' Hara. Ethan looked a player at last. He strolled it and never put a foot wrong or a pass. Add a bit of steel behind him and O'Hara and it looks promising. Hoping Robinson can add a couple more but the young lads will do a job. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wragg Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Just saw this Hartlepool cancellation thing.Were there some fans booked down for a wee jolly? Shite if so.I'd imagine if Thistle had announced a pre season friendly in a reasonably accessible north east England town there would've been keen interest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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