Huddersfield 0 Saints 0 - Match Thread

[Viking Saint]

Anyone got a nun to hand??

[Edmonton Saint]

How did Bertrand miss?

[Saints foreva]

Bertrand off the line.

[Dalek2003]

What a surprise we can't score. We've got some truly terrible attacking players.

 

Of all the players we have sold, we miss the unpredictability of Mane

[Saint Albert]

A Bertrand header is cleared off the line.

[OttawaSaint]

Ohhhhhh Bertie. Ffs!!!

[5string]

How did Bertrand miss?

 

Bottom lip got in the way?

[shurlock]

Poor header- didn't get all his head on it it seemed.

[Donatello]

First time Bertrand's got forward all game.

[Viking Saint]

Bertrand off the line!

[Dalek2003]

Ohhhhhh Bertie. Ffs!!!

 

If only...just a bit of luck needed.

[adrian lord]

Poor header- didn't get all his head on it it seemed.

 

Well it is in Liverpool...

[ALWAYS_SFC]

Best 2 chances fell to us... both missed

[Saint Albert]

Free kick to Saints wide left...JWP to take it surely...and headed wide by Romeu.

[Edmonton Saint]

Another chance missed by Romeu. Great delivery by JWP

[shurlock]

Another chance missed by Romeu. Great delivery by JWP

 

Offside.

[Dalek2003]

FT we could have nicked 3 points but would not be deserved.

[ALWAYS_SFC]

Another chance missed by Romeu. Great delivery by JWP

 

Offside

[Saint Albert]

Full time: 0-0

[striker]

WE should have won that

[Shanghai Saint]

Big physical team and passionate home ground that might prove a valuable point come the end of the season.

[benjii]

Decent point.

[Suhari]

So....great that we get a point away against the league leaders.....or

 

Another shapeless and toothless performance?

[leeham_69]

utterly static in defence and attack ... barely a 50/50 or contested header won all game ... no end product from any of davis, redmond, JWP, Tadic, Cedric ... bertrand playing like he's in a rush to get home ... ack I don't mean to be such a sad sack but that was not very enjoyable. I have changed my view of the VvD situation - we should sell to fund 2 serious, key attacking midfield players ASAP.

 

lemina had an excellent game while he was on. the defence is just about solid enough - but so much of that game was played in the wrong half. long - for all his faults - improved the side today when he came on with his willing movement. jack stephens might be our best playmaker?

 

i'm a mess.

[Pamplemousse]

Draw a fair result.

 

Serious issues need to be addressed though.

[ALWAYS_SFC]

Still unbeaten..

[obelisk]

Saints not exactly clinical with their chances. Again.

[SaintBobby]

So frustrating at the moment.

 

4 matches played this season. One goal scored from open play.

 

Grrrr. We're not awful, just very annoying.

[mrfahaji]

Scrappy in a sort of entertaining way though. I'd much rather we didn't look under threat from their attacks, but it certainly isn't a game at the moment that has "0-0 written all over it". Should probably whack a tenner on 0-0 now...

 

Yep. Should have put that £10 on.

[Saint IQ]

Quite an entertaining 0-0, fair result. Both sides should of had a couple of goals.

[niceandfriendly]

Reasons to be positive:

 

Performance wise, it will never, ever get worse than that

JWP is finished as a Prem footballer

We got the luckiest point in the history of professional football

[Shance]

Something needs to be done about Tadic and Bertrand. There's having a poor game, then there's sulking around doing **** all.

 

Also, wtf was with the subs?

 

Fair play to Huddersfield though. They played really well. Bags of energy and play a pressing style. Hope they stay up.

[Pamplemousse]

Could be worse, we could be Palace or West Ham fans! Or Bournemouth for that matter

[OttawaSaint]

We were utter **** but could have and should have won that with the quality of chances we had. How Redmond and then Bertrand didn't score is beyond me.

[Dalek2003]

Looking ponderous. We need to zap it up a bit.

[Danbert]

We were poor, but there were encouraging signs and I'm sure we'll get better. Credit to Pellegrino for the subs, we were better with Shlong on the pitch.

[waylander]

Going to be last on MOTD

[Saint-Reece]

Reasons to be positive:

 

Performance wise, it will never, ever get worse than that

JWP is finished as a Prem footballer

We got the luckiest point in the history of professional football

 

Oh do f*ck off you massive WUM

[shurlock]

Not a great performance but respect the point.

 

Perhaps Long should have started given they like to press high? Kind of pub side that he thrives against.

[ALWAYS_SFC]

utterly static in defence and attack ... barely a 50/50 or contested header won all game ... no end product from any of davis, redmond, JWP, Tadic, Cedric ... bertrand playing like he's in a rush to get home ... ack I don't mean to be such a sad sack but that was not very enjoyable. I have changed my view of the VvD situation - we should sell to fund 2 serious, key attacking midfield players ASAP.

 

lemina had an excellent game while he was on. the defence is just about solid enough - but so much of that game was played in the wrong half. long - for all his faults - improved the side today when he came on with his willing movement. jack stephens might be our best playmaker?

 

i'm a mess.

 

You want us to sell VVD and but want to buy attacking midfielders but complain about the defence?

[obelisk]

Could and maybe should have won that at the end when 'uddersfield ran out of puff.

[Micky]

Still unbeaten..

Shhhh, far too positive for this thread..

 

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[S-Clarke]

2nd half was better, It kinda went as I thought it would. Huddersfield tired, they weren't able to keep up their intensity. We got more of a grip on the game, but annoyingly didn't do enough. I thought we were much better with Long and that was a good sub. Huddersfield play a high line, he was stretching it after he came on and we were more of a threat.

 

But 2nd half was better, 1st half was pants from us. A point in the third game away at a newly promoted side is a positive, but still plenty to work on and still plenty to improve with. Work in progress, but we've got ourselves some decent foundations.

[LaptopSaint]

Could be a lot worse. We could have started like Palace or Wham. But five points the very least I would have expected from those three games. And - putting it politely - MoPe hasn't exactly stamped his style on our play yet.

[red&white56]

Reasons to be positive:

 

Performance wise, it will never, ever get worse than that

JWP is finished as a Prem footballer

We got the luckiest point in the history of professional football

 

Jeez, get a grip. You surely haven't been supporting Saints for very long if you think that was the luckiest point .................

[Baird of the land]

Reasonable display today. I'd have taken a point before against a team high on confidence.

Our finishing is still very much letting us down. Bertand header, Redmond shot wide etc. Those are the things in tight away games that make the difference between a point and 3 points.

 

Defence was pretty solid. Yoshida and Stephens dealt with everything. Stephens had one lovely moment coming out with the ball at the end of the first half.

Lemina, Romeu and Davis were all good. I assume fitness is why Lemina came off.

Thought Long made a difference when he came on. Should have started for me.

Tadic & Redmond not great today.

[Manuel]

Saints chances as rare as a Bertrand smile.

[MAY-Z]

A million miles better with long on but no idea why the last 2 subs were what they were, especially with Austin and boufal on the bench.

 

Need far better linkage between defence and attack, partially with the full backs getting forward more and also better passing from Davis

 

Lemina pretty good whilst he was on

 

2 top saves from Forster (even if one shouldn't have needed to be made)

[DuncanRG]

We improved a fair bit as Huddersfield took their foot off the gas and Pellegrino's substitutions were smart, but that wasn't an encouraging performance even in the brighter moments. Lemina looks a player though.

 

So far we've been playing better whenever Ward-Prowse is on the pitch. He keeps us moving and pops up everywhere to link play or defend. He can't be a permanent solution in the front line but has to be in with a shout of starting when Redmond and Tadic are out of sorts.

Edited 26 August, 2017 by DuncanRG

[S-Clarke]

Not a great performance but respect the point.

 

Perhaps Long should have started given they like to press high? Kind of pub side that he thrives against.

 

I did wonder if he would have been a good starter today, but having someone like him up your sleeve when a team like Huddersfield tire isn't a bad option and he took advantage of that once he came on. Right subs I think.