Partik Fissel 0 Saints 4
Team :: Main,McQuillan,Davison,Attila,Weir,Griffin,Dasovic,Tosh,Grant,
Georgio,Jenko
Subs :: King,Whiteford,Scott
Welcome to the first game of the season to almost not take place. With a
combination of the atrocious winter weather conditions and the fact that
15 mins before kick-off Partick still had 6 players missing led to the
stories of an Estonia-style award of the points to the Saints. But the
game went ahead (with Partick missing Zorro and Saints without Preston and
ONeil). And suffice to say Charlie "I'll score a hat-trick tonight"
Adam was left eating shit.
Saints got off to an excellent start on the real novelty of a Firhill
pitch containing grass, with Callum Davison latching on to a loose ball on
the edge of the box to send a rocket into the net. Saints seemed to lose
the place after that and although Partick didn't look like scoring, the
midfield seemed to be losing the place a bit. The refereeing of
replacement Bobby Tait also left a lot to be desired as he seemed to
incredibly miss the blatant Partick fouls.
Saints second came from a Jenko cross which was met by Danny Griffins
head for him to snatch his first goal for the club. Roddy and Georgio both
had efforts and Jenko missed a sitter before half-time.
The second-half was all Saints as in 58 minutes they got the third from
Roddy after a goalmouth scramble over a Jenko corner. Saints kept up the
pressure and the defence was hardly troubled with Tosh and Dasovic both
doing a lot of good work in midfield.
Saints fourth came after 72 mins when Dasovic fed a through ball to Roddy
who beat the offside trap and the defender to get the ball, then cut back
in to beat two more defenders before sending a low curving shot into the
net. Easily his best goal for Saints in recent times.
Scott came on for Tosh with 10 mins to go as Saints pushed for a fifth,
but it was Partick who came more into the game. But Weir and Danny were
immense in defence and held firm. No bookings for Saints but 2 for Partick
which was pretty amazing given the crap homer refereeing. Oh yes and
Dasovic now joins Attila in the post-match cheers.
Saints are now 6 points clear at the top of the league with a vastly
superior goal difference. Thats also 4 league clean sheets in a row for
Jesus.
Some days its great to be a Saintee !!!