Batman Posted 25 August, 2018 Share Posted 25 August, 2018 Brighton (a) - Cup Palace (a) Brighton (h) Liverpool (a) Wolves (a) Bottom of the league by then. terrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 25 August, 2018 Share Posted 25 August, 2018 Draw&Pens Loss Win Loss Loss Imho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashnats Posted 25 August, 2018 Share Posted 25 August, 2018 Brighton (a) - Cup Palace (a) Brighton (h) Liverpool (a) Wolves (a) Bottom of the league by then. terrible 7 pts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 25 August, 2018 Share Posted 25 August, 2018 1 point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabbage_Face Posted 25 August, 2018 Share Posted 25 August, 2018 -3 points Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 25 August, 2018 Share Posted 25 August, 2018 3 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally_uk Posted 25 August, 2018 Share Posted 25 August, 2018 If we don't get at least 3 points then I'm sorry but changes sooner rather than later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 25 August, 2018 Share Posted 25 August, 2018 Well we won't get any points against Brighton in the cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 25 August, 2018 Share Posted 25 August, 2018 Look on the bright side chaps, if we are bottom of the league, the only way is up from there on. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhari Posted 25 August, 2018 Share Posted 25 August, 2018 Well we won't get any points against Brighton in the cup Can't abide these negative posters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 25 August, 2018 Share Posted 25 August, 2018 On the evidence so far, West Ham, Cardiff and Huddersfield are also absolute garbage. Several other teams are a bit suspect. As with most survival situations, you don't need to out run the wolf, you just need to out run the fat kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 25 August, 2018 Author Share Posted 25 August, 2018 On the evidence so far, West Ham, Cardiff and Huddersfield are also absolute garbage. Several other teams are a bit suspect. As with most survival situations, you don't need to out run the wolf, you just need to out run the fat kid. west ham have played arsenal and liverpool away...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 25 August, 2018 Share Posted 25 August, 2018 On the evidence so far, West Ham, Cardiff and Huddersfield are also absolute garbage. Several other teams are a bit suspect. As with most survival situations, you don't need to out run the wolf, you just need to out run the fat kid. 3 fat kids! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 25 August, 2018 Share Posted 25 August, 2018 Look on the bright side chaps, if we are bottom of the league, the only way is up from there on. That's what Palace said last season. Oh wait ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 25 August, 2018 Share Posted 25 August, 2018 I'll be concerned if we haven't won at all after the Brighton home game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 We will beat Palace next week. Scrappy 1-0. See a draw against Brighton, Nothing expected at Liverpool. Will have to see more of Wolves but not confident of anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo1976 Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 On the evidence so far, West Ham, Cardiff and Huddersfield are also absolute garbage. Several other teams are a bit suspect. As with most survival situations, you don't need to out run the wolf, you just need to out run the fat kid. So are we crap or slightly overweight?.....cause i havent seen too many differences to our season so far as it seems to be same as last already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 west ham have played arsenal and liverpool away...... West Ham also have a nightmare 7 games coming up. Bloke on Talksport says they will be lucky to get 3 points out of 21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 West Ham also have a nightmare 7 games coming up. Bloke on Talksport says they will be lucky to get 3 points out of 21. I don’t want to disclose any trade secrets but in a league competition each team plays each other twice. Home and away. There I said it: the cat is well and truly out of the bag. The point is pal that West Ham have had a significantly harder start to the season than us -both in terms of opposition quality and home advantage (or lack of it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW5 SAINT Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 Look on the bright side chaps, if we are bottom of the league, the only way is up from there on. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk I think Yazz sang a song about it........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 I can’t see where the next win will come from. It’s a re run of last season. We are **** from top to bottom. **** owners....**** managerial structure with Reed and Krueger. **** manager and coaches. Mediocre bordering on **** players. Basically the cub is ****. To quote..... This is a crisis. A large crisis. In fact, if you got a moment, it's a twelve-storey crisis with a magnificent entrance hall, carpeting throughout, 24-hour portage, and an enormous sign on the roof, saying 'This Is a Large Crisis'. A large crisis requires a large plan. But the plan is ****. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 You might as well kill yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordic Saint Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 Brighton (a) - Cup Palace (a) Brighton (h) Liverpool (a) Wolves (a) Bottom of the league by then. terrible A reality check for those who say it's just 3 games: 1 point from 3 games, including two of our easiest home fixtures, means that, in order to stay up we need to average more than a point a game from our remaining 35 fixtures, which include 12 games against the big six. Under Hughes we've picked up just 8 points from 11 league games. We'll go into our next game at St Mary's with just one home league win in 10 months ( a lucky one against the mighty Bournemouth) so unless there is a very drmatic change in our form or Hughes's, there aren't going to be many 3-pointers. It's no wonder that the bookies now have us as one of the relegation favourites. Where did it all go wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 A reality check for those who say it's just 3 games: 1 point from 3 games, including two of our easiest home fixtures, means that, in order to stay up we need to average more than a point a game from our remaining 35 fixtures, which include 12 games against the big six. Under Hughes we've picked up just 8 points from 11 league games. We'll go into our next game at St Mary's with just one home league win in 10 months ( a lucky one against the mighty Bournemouth) so unless there is a very drmatic change in our form or Hughes's, there aren't going to be many 3-pointers. It's no wonder that the bookies now have us as one of the relegation favourites. Where did it all go wrong? Burnley and Leicester are not two of the easiest fixtures. Most fans dismiss every team that isn’t the Big6 and bleat if we don’t beat them easily at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IFHP Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 Burnley and Leicester are not two of the easiest fixtures. Most fans dismiss every team that isn’t the Big6 and bleat if we don’t beat them easily at home. True, but you would have thought we might have managed to get more than a point from the two fixtures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 Burnley and Leicester are not two of the easiest fixtures. Most fans dismiss every team that isn’t the Big6 and bleat if we don’t beat them easily at home. Talking about the Burnley side that struggled against Aberdeen, hammered by Watford and Olympiacos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordic Saint Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 Talking about the Burnley side that struggled against Aberdeen, hammered by Watford and Olympiacos? Yes, a Burnley team which had just flown back from a tough game in Turkey and a Leicester team missing their goal scorer and focus of their attack, Vardy. In order to stay up these are the home games you need to really target as crucial 3-pointers because we tend to lose both our home and away games against the top 6 teams and our away games against most teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 True, but you would have thought we might have managed to get more than a point from the two fixtures. We got 0 in the corresponding fixtures last season. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IFHP Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 We got 0 in the corresponding fixtures last season. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk And your point is? We would have hopped to get more the 0 points from last season's fixtures too and what a successful last season turned out to be...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 We got 0 in the corresponding fixtures last season. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 3 points against Palace it is then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 26 August, 2018 Author Share Posted 26 August, 2018 sure we got a point away to Everton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 sure we got a point away to Everton? What’s that got to do with home games against Burnley & Leicester Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 26 August, 2018 Author Share Posted 26 August, 2018 What’s that got to do with home games against Burnley & Leicester Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Nothing. Just adding a corresponding fixture seeing as the home games matter for comparison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 You might as well kill yourself You contribution to this thread was invaluable. You can join the **** that is our club. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon Saint Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 Brighton (a) - Cup Palace (a) Brighton (h) Liverpool (a) Wolves (a) Bottom of the league by then. terrible I think we’ll get a point at home to Brighton and lose the rest. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 I think the sooner we're relegated, the better. Then we can start planning for next season. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 A few short seasons ago we bestrode south coast football like a colossus, and our legions of fans could s****** at the minnows either side of us that spanned the length of Wessex from Hove to Argyle. Now, we are careering down a path to being eclipsed by Bournemouth and Brighton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faz Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 Brighton (a) - Cup Palace (a) Brighton (h) Liverpool (a) Wolves (a) Bottom of the league by then. terrible I suspect that you'll be as wrong on this as you have been on so many past dire proclamations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 You contribution to this thread was invaluable. You can join the **** that is our club. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I love your posts you ray of sunshine. #lovelife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 Talking about the Burnley side that struggled against Aberdeen, hammered by Watford and Olympiacos? And Fulham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 26 August, 2018 Author Share Posted 26 August, 2018 And Fulham and watford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 Okay, I get that results are everything but I'm seeing more positives than negatives - certainly compared with last season. Players seem much more role-aware and engaged, and we've been moving the ball around quite well. The football is much better on the eye. It's not like we have the wall-to-wall problems of last year. For me it's just central defence and RB. I'd like to see Stephens on the right - he doesn't give a lot in the forward third but nor does Cedric these days, and he's much better defensively, especially in the air. And I'd like to see Yoshida partnering Vestergaard. Hughes's regard for Austin will decline when he realizes how little he contributes outside the box - and these days inside it as well. We played well and could easily have picked up a point at Everton, the Cedric/Hoedt issues (and PEH's stupidity) cost us at least a point yesterday and probably all three. Yoshida and Gabby might well have been starting yesterday but it sounds like they had injury issues, so for all we know Hughes might not have been able to field his preferred line up. The underwhelming Burnley draw I'll put down to first game against a team that had played several games. So the point we have could easily be 4, 5 or even 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 Okay, I get that results are everything but I'm seeing more positives than negatives - certainly compared with last season. Players seem much more role-aware and engaged, and we've been moving the ball around quite well. The football is much better on the eye. It's not like we have the wall-to-wall problems of last year. For me it's just central defence and RB. I'd like to see Stephens on the right - he doesn't give a lot in the forward third but nor does Cedric these days, and he's much better defensively, especially in the air. And I'd like to see Yoshida partnering Vestergaard. Hughes's regard for Austin will decline when he realizes how little he contributes outside the box - and these days inside it as well. We played well and could easily have picked up a point at Everton, the Cedric/Hoedt issues (and PEH's stupidity) cost us at least a point yesterday and probably all three. Yoshida and Gabby might well have been starting yesterday but it sounds like they had injury issues, so for all we know Hughes might not have been able to field his preferred line up. The underwhelming Burnley draw I'll put down to first game against a team that had played several games. So the point we have could easily be 4, 5 or even 7. A very sensible and accurate post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stknowle Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 And your point is? We would have hopped to get more the 0 points from last season's fixtures too and what a successful last season turned out to be...... Personally I’d have hopped, skipped AND danced for more points. Forward roll, Arab spring whatever it takes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 Okay, I get that results are everything but I'm seeing more positives than negatives - certainly compared with last season. Players seem much more role-aware and engaged, and we've been moving the ball around quite well. The football is much better on the eye. It's not like we have the wall-to-wall problems of last year. For me it's just central defence and RB. I'd like to see Stephens on the right - he doesn't give a lot in the forward third but nor does Cedric these days, and he's much better defensively, especially in the air. And I'd like to see Yoshida partnering Vestergaard. Hughes's regard for Austin will decline when he realizes how little he contributes outside the box - and these days inside it as well. We played well and could easily have picked up a point at Everton, the Cedric/Hoedt issues (and PEH's stupidity) cost us at least a point yesterday and probably all three. Yoshida and Gabby might well have been starting yesterday but it sounds like they had injury issues, so for all we know Hughes might not have been able to field his preferred line up. The underwhelming Burnley draw I'll put down to first game against a team that had played several games. So the point we have could easily be 4, 5 or even 7.There are more problems than you suggest. After 3 games we startes with Shane Long up front, who has been proven beyond doubt to be not good enough. RB and CB are big weak areas but so is the whole attack. Who will score the 40+ goals needed for a passable season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topcat Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 1 point from 2 home games and 1 away game when none of the 3 was a top 6 side is relegation form. Games against top 6 sides occur every 3.2 games so usually we will have played a top 6 side already. To succeed in the Prem does require overall improvements each year using the money provided. Saints have added a better striker in Ings but several other strikers are older and slower. Midfield has lost its most creative player but added some younger legs. Defence has added 1 potentially dominating CB but nothing else. It does look like compared to the bottom half rivals that most clubs have improved more than we have. Hence only getting a draw. All of these decisions are controlled by Les Reed and Gao's budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 There are more problems than you suggest. After 3 games we startes with Shane Long up front, who has been proven beyond doubt to be not good enough. RB and CB are big weak areas but so is the whole attack. Who will score the 40+ goals needed for a passable season? Shane long was used as a foil for Ings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 We play Liverpool September 22nd Remarkably that will mark 868 days since we last beat a top 6 side in the league!!! Not sure Y but got a sneaky feeling we will win this one *cheeky insurance bet just in case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BotleySaint Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 If we don't get at least 3 points then I'm sorry but changes sooner rather than later...Sorry. Transfer window closed till January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint in winchester Posted 26 August, 2018 Share Posted 26 August, 2018 Brighton (a) - Cup - defeat Palace (a) - draw Brighton (h) - draw Liverpool (a) - defeat Wolves (a) - defeat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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