It wasn't only the weather that made it hard going for Saints tonight! The inclusion of Papa Waigo for the absent Lallana (injured?) saw Saints in a new formation with Papa 'in the hole' behind Lambert and Barnard. It didn't work. Saints were out of shape and no-one seemed to know what they were meant to do. Once we went back to 4-4-2 it all began to fall into place - except for Hartlepool taking the lead! Jason Puncheon had a terrible game and seemed intent on only passing to people in blue!
In the second half Schneiderlin was taken off - I hope only as a precaution, and replaced by Wotton. At that point Saints lost control of the mid-field and with that the game. We went 3-1 up but Austin scored with a well-placed shot from 30 yards to bring it back to 3-2 - a great goal.
Hartlepool were supported by about 100 travelling fans - well done them.
Everyone was a little pre-occupied with Sunday. See you at Wembley?
COYR
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