Sparta Prague 1 Saints 0 - Match Thread & Melt Down

[whelk]

McQueen has looked good so far.

 

Yeah v impressive

[OttawaSaint]

Pity we can't make 7 changes on this forum and rotate out:

 

Heisenburg

Alpine

Dalek

St-Robbie

Niceandfriendly

9-3

Batman

 

permanently...

[Batman]

Yeah v impressive

 

looks like a great player in the making

[Gunnery]

It must be great playing as a defender against Southampton, we are all fart and no shît ..

[Convict Colony]

Pity we can't make 7 changes on this forum and rotate out:

 

Heisenburg

Alpine

Dalek

St-Robbie

Niceandfriendly

9-3

Batman

 

permanently...

 

[Saint Benali]

Jwp is playing total gash. Might as well be playing with 10 players

[DT]

Jay Rod. Time to admit game over

 

 

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[doddisalegend]

Can't help feeling we should have played Long against pool the way we were set up and played Austin tonight were we are going to have a lot more action around their box.

[saint77]

Jay Rod. Time to admit game over

 

 

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Agreed

[Convict Colony]

whilst we all have angst when we play can we agree that our forward line at least is not clinical enough for the premier league or europe.

 

With Long/Redmond/Jayrod/Austin up top Charlie is the only killer, the rest are "stretch them" type forwards, that is why I at least get frustrated.

 

Is Sam Gallagher a lesser option ? I like all our forwards especially Long but I like goals more

[Saint Albert]

Inter 2-0 up now, according to my commentators

[Plastic]

VvD standing in the box like a ****ing striker! Wouldn't surprise me if he was getting a bit frustrated with our quality

[Heisenberg]

Can't help feeling we should have played Long against pool the way we were set up and played Austin tonight were we are going to have a lot more action around their box.

 

Austin has played once in the last 19 days - pretty sure our players can manage

 

We are making too many changes every game and it's killed us in the league and again tonight

[BotleySaint]

Seems a sticky pitch. We look vulnerable to their counter attacks

[Convict Colony]

VvD standing in the box like a ****ing striker! Wouldn't surprise me if he was getting a bit frustrated with our quality

 

VVD is the best modern footballer we have ever had

[Batman]

Austin has played once in the last 19 days - pretty sure our players can manage

 

We are making too many changes every game and it's killed us in the league and again tonight

 

and people used to moan at MoPo prioritising the league over the cups

[BotleySaint]

Getting closer.

[ALWAYS_SFC]

and people used to moan at MoPo prioritising the league over the cups

 

Yep you did

[Heisenberg]

and people used to moan at MoPo prioritising the league over the cups

 

7 changes from the weekend!! Completely uneccecary

 

Leicester have a similar size squad to us and playing in the champions league... made 1 change

[Convict Colony]

Yep you did

 

[Plastic]

7 changes from the weekend!! Completely uneccecary

 

Leicester have a similar size squad to us and playing in the champions league... made 1 change

 

It's a fair point

[ALWAYS_SFC]

7 changes from the weekend!! Completely uneccecary

 

Leicester have a similar size squad to us and playing in the champions league... made 1 change

 

Worth posting twice is it...

[doddisalegend]

whilst we all have angst when we play can we agree that our forward line at least is not clinical enough for the premier league or europe.

 

With Long/Redmond/Jayrod/Austin up top Charlie is the only killer, the rest are "stretch them" type forwards, that is why I at least get frustrated.

 

Is Sam Gallagher a lesser option ? I like all our forwards especially Long but I like goals more

 

 

Gallagher isn't an option he is on a season Long loan.

 

TBH are problems in front of goal aren't new to this season last season our forwards were good at the start and the end of the season and dire during the middle of the season. Since we got back to the PL I think only lambert has managed 15 or more league goals in a season and he had all the penalties to do that. We haven't had a prolific striker/forward since we got back to the PL really.

[Mallagroth]

starting to wonder if we intentionally recruit players with poor composure lol

[BotleySaint]

Odd no one's passing to Redmond

[Lighthouse]

It's a fair point

 

Not really, they've gone from League champions to bottom half.

[Saints foreva]

Austin on at half time please. This "attacking" side as Puel called it has no goals in it.

[DT]

Looks pretty bad from here. Might need to get half time sausage. Bleak

 

 

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[SuperSAINT]

What a frustrating half.

[ALWAYS_SFC]

We will come good 2nd half..........

[Heisenberg]

Feel sorry for our fans out there

 

This isn't football

[Convict Colony]

Ever since I saw Cuco on our magazine looking like a hipster with his hat I knew we were ****ed in europe

[Batman]

Not really, they've gone from League champions to bottom half.

 

we are a whole 2 points above them.

whilst they pish the champions league at the expense of a title defence knowing full well that last season was a one-off.

 

would you prefer us to go out all guns blazing in the Europa league and say be 14th in the league right now?

[Gunnery]

Our forward line is embarrassing...

[OttawaSaint]

Maybe we should run out to "changes" by David Bowie?

[whelk]

This is like Hull. Baffled how losing

[Plastic]

No injury time. Odd.

[Saint_clark]

Clasie and Martina showing just how poor they really are. Hurry up and sign them Koeman.

 

Clasies been our best player so far.

[5string]

Wherever I look on the pitch, we have fewer players than them. Are we too predictable? Making bad passing choices? Poor movement off the ball?

 

Are we too spread out, so our passes are longer (and floatier), giving them the chance to catch up?

 

Been trying to work it out, but I'm struggling.

 

We do go backwards a lot, I've noticed. That seems to be the first option, even when there's space going forward.

[Stu Man Do]

Played some prett uninspiring football there. Midfield not really in it and passenger JRod up front yet oddly I still think we'll get a goal second half.

[brett24]

Awful.....

[OttawaSaint]

we are a whole 2 points above them.

whilst they pish the champions league at the expense of a title defence knowing full well that last season was a one-off.

 

would you prefer us to go out all guns blazing in the Europa league and say be 14th in the league right now?

 

But according to you and your bumpals here, Saints are an embarrasing, toothless bunch of total **** losers. So that makes all conquering Leicester an embarrasing, toothless bunch of total **** losers -2.

[Pamplemousse]

7 changes from the weekend!! Completely uneccecary

 

Leicester have a similar size squad to us and playing in the champions league... made 1 change

 

Leicester are below us in the league. And aren't in the EFL Cup.

 

We've also had something like the 4th or 5th hardest set of fixtures in comparison to everyone else in the league.

[whelk]

Clasies been our best player so far.

 

Yeah regardless how he plays there are always clueless cnts that go after him

[Norm]

Very average 45 minutes from two very average sides. Well worked goal but sloppy defending.

[ALWAYS_SFC]

This is like Hull. Baffled how losing

 

Just hang around on here for a bit the "football managers" will enlighten all...

[Mallagroth]

familiar... all over them without really doing much except the same rotating semi circular football. we have no playmaker on the pitch looking to play decent through balls

[washsaint]

Well, that was ****e. Utter ****e.

 

We just never look like scoring and our fluidity of earlier this season is but a distant memory. Shane Long has been absolutely terrible as have the midfield 3 of Hojberg, Clasie and JWP.

 

Our build up is so slow, delivery into the box shocking and our forwards look like they could play for the next month and not come close to scoring.

 

Worrying times and Puel needs to start earning his money now. This is simplynot good enough.

[Pass the Dutchie]

Feeling very confident about the 2nd half. We're a much better team, especially after some changes.

[tobes8]

We are terrible to watch... slow in possession, nobody in midfield capable of a forward pass. Absolutely no cohesion between front 3 who need to play closer together. Absolute garbage, bar McQueen.