Saints 'B' Team

[davefizzy14]

6 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said:

I went to the game and really enjoyed it. It was only when the two sets of players were walking off the field together that I realised the physical size difference between the two teams. Quite literally men against boys.

Who impressed you the most tonight mate? 

[Bad Wolf]

11 minutes ago, davefizzy14 said:

Who impressed you the most tonight mate? 

Dibling by a long way. Oozed class when he came on. You can see he didn't have the experience to properly impact the game but the football brain and technical skill were there to see. Other than that, Ballard and Payne were very good as you'd expect having played for the first team. Also, not sure of the name of Olli Lancashire's CB partner but I thought he looked extremely assured

Edited 4 October, 2022 by Bad Wolf

[daldridge7]

Watching Dibling tonight and in the highlights from the U18 his close control is insane. Very similar to Jack Grealish, he will win a lot of penalties and free kicks. He’s also one of our physical most developed young players too, especially against the other high potential forwards such as Ballard and Morgan. I think that will get him closer to the first team quicker but, having left briefly in the summer, he does have some catching up to do. 

[SuperSAINT]

18 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said:

Also, not sure of the name of Olli Lancashire's CB partner

Nico Lawrence 

[Bad Wolf]

13 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

Nico Lawrence 

Can't say I recognise the name and don't think I'd seen him before but he was very imposing and dealt with most things they threw at him

[HarvSFC]

50 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said:

Dibling by a long way. Oozed class when he came on. You can see he didn't have the experience to properly impact the game but the football brain and technical skill were there to see. Other than that, Ballard and Payne were very good as you'd expect having played for the first team. Also, not sure of the name of Olli Lancashire's CB partner but I thought he looked extremely assured

And all those years ago you probably expected/hoped to never see Lancashire in a Saints shirt again!

[Bad Wolf]

3 hours ago, HarvSFC said:

And all those years ago you probably expected/hoped to never see Lancashire in a Saints shirt again!

I was only thinking last night, I did not expect to be watching Oliver Lancashire play for Saints at Exeter on a Tuesday night in the JPT in 2022!

[skintsaint]

7 hours ago, Master Bates said:

45 +3 mins 2 1

Good to see the playbook working at all levels. 1-0 up to 2-1 down in a short space of time.

[JRM]

Out of the pizza cup , hope we play a bit of a stronger B team at Fratton Park next week , regardless of micky mouse competition always have to win that one. 

[Bad Wolf]

1 hour ago, JRM said:

Out of the pizza cup , hope we play a bit of a stronger B team at Fratton Park next week , regardless of micky mouse competition always have to win that one. 

What competition is that again?

[JRM]

4 hours ago, Bad Wolf said:

What competition is that again?

Hampshire Senior Cup 

[Bad Wolf]

9 minutes ago, JRM said:

Hampshire Senior Cup 

So it is just our B team against their B team?

[JRM]

3 hours ago, Bad Wolf said:

So it is just our B team against their B team?

You'd hope so, however Saints news story makes it very clear its a B match the Pompey makes no mention of academy, youth, B etc 

https://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/2022/october/ticket-information-hampshire-cup/

[SuperSAINT]

22 minutes ago, JRM said:

You'd hope so, however Saints news story makes it very clear its a B match the Pompey makes no mention of academy, youth, B etc 

https://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/2022/october/ticket-information-hampshire-cup/

Skates will likely play a strong team.  

[Nordic Saint]

3 hours ago, Bad Wolf said:

So it is just our B team against their B team?

No, it's listed as Portsmouth v Southampton B. They will use first team players.

[egg]

1 hour ago, SuperSAINT said:

Skates will likely play a strong team.  

 

57 minutes ago, Nordic Saint said:

No, it's listed as Portsmouth v Southampton B. They will use first team players.

I'm not sure they will. Defeat against us would be bad enough for them, but even worse if they put out a strong team. I think they'll play kids and fringe players. 

[Bad Wolf]

Did we play in this and was it our first team in this when we were in League One?

[M271]

My son has gone todays match v Aston Villa. Currently 2 0 (Doyle and Pearce) up but down to 10 men for last man foul. Ballard is on the bench and the new youngster from Spurs Sam Amo-Ameyaw “looks very very good”.

[davefizzy14]

4 minutes ago, M271 said:

My son has gone todays match v Aston Villa. Currently 2 0 (Doyle and Pearce) up but down to 10 men for last man foul. Ballard is on the bench and the new youngster from Spurs Sam Amo-Ameyaw “looks very very good”.

Great to see Kami Doyle back and scoring Thierry Small back too  Sam Amo-Ameyaw is a huge talent.

 

Edited 8 October, 2022 by davefizzy14

[Saint Charminster]

Finished 2-0 Saints

u18s won at Derby 1-0

[JRM]

2 hours ago, M271 said:

My son has gone todays match v Aston Villa. Currently 2 0 (Doyle and Pearce) up but down to 10 men for last man foul. Ballard is on the bench and the new youngster from Spurs Sam Amo-Ameyaw “looks very very good”.

Went to the game, was a comfortable win despite being down to 10 men for an hour (looked a very harsh decision to send off Lawrence) 

Sam Amo-Ameyaw lots of tricks but needs to learn when to release the ball. 

Thierry Small back at left back I thought looked out of sorts,  no pace to take on a man when attacking might need to change position for a big lad. 

Doyle and Pearce up front look a good partnership 

[S-Clarke]

5 hours ago, JRM said:

Went to the game, was a comfortable win despite being down to 10 men for an hour (looked a very harsh decision to send off Lawrence) 

Sam Amo-Ameyaw lots of tricks but needs to learn when to release the ball. 

Thierry Small back at left back I thought looked out of sorts,  no pace to take on a man when attacking might need to change position for a big lad. 

Doyle and Pearce up front look a good partnership 

Thierry Small is back, what did I miss?

If he struggles to get game time at Port Vale then he has a problem.

[egg]

Decent result. Does anyone know what's happened to Diamond Edwards?

[Saint Charminster]

Think he’s injured

[Master Bates]

[Master Bates]

Newport 1 Saints 0

[Master Bates]

FT Forest Green 4 Exeter 1. Saints need to win by 2 goals

[Master Bates]

46mins BALLARD WITH THE LOW DRIVE saved by Townsend

[Master Bates]

55mins Amo-Ameyaw strikes over the top from the edge of the box.

[Master Bates]

Adam Lewis crosses from the left, Aaron Lewis knocks it to Bogle who Offloads To Moria-Welsh SHOOTS PARRIED AWAY TO WAITE WHO DOUBLES THE LEAD FROM YARDS OUT 2-0!

Edited 18 October, 2022 by Master Bates

[Master Bates]

Sam Bellis, Luke Pearce, Will Merry and Cam Bragg on

Jimmy Jay Morgan, Sam Amo-Ameyaw,  Kami Doyle and Jayden Meghoma off

[Master Bates]

Tyler Dibling on for Dom Ballard.

[Master Bates]

76mins Oh a Mix Up at the back it's gone OOOVER Townsend AND BELLIS BUNDLES IT IN, FROM A YARD OUT 2 1

[Master Bates]

FT: 2 1

[JRM]

Out of the Hampshire Cup, out of the Pizza Cup......looking like another season without silverware 

[SotonianWill]

Who is the B team rb? As we now have no recognisable rb other than potentially AMN who can’t play sunday 

[tunit]

11 minutes ago, SotonianWill said:

Who is the B team rb? As we now have no recognisable rb other than potentially AMN who can’t play sunday 

Lewis Payne. Played against Cambridge

[trousers]

Cor blimey guvnor...

 

[bpsaint]

Some line up that. Probably still get battered.

With fairness we should be giving the bench players more game time in the B team, as football used to be back in the reserve team days when it was a good chance to see a mixture of first teamers returning from injury, bench players and youth team.

[Fabrice Fernandes no.1 fan]

5 minutes ago, trousers said:

Cor blimey guvnor...

 

Good to see we’re testing out next seasons starting 11 for the championship…

Very strong squad that, got to feel for some of the B team who work so hard to play each week and will have to sit this one out or drop back to u18s.

Will be interested to see how Edozie and Mara do across 90 minutes and bloody glad to see Lavia back

[Saint Garrett]

Not quite sure why AMN is playing, but whatever. 

[trousers]

I'm entering conspiracy territory here but I wonder if this B Team line up is a result of the owners/board pulling rank on Hassenuttl and getting some game time for the some of the 'rising stars' ahead of Ralph being shown the door? 

(More likely to be just a case of giving the fringe players some much needed match time but one is prone to ponder these things...)

[The Cat]

6 minutes ago, Saint Garrett said:

Not quite sure why AMN is playing, but whatever. 

Maybe so they can see how he performs alongside Lavia in midfield?

[JRM]

Just put my whole bank balance on Saints to win when I saw that line up , surely it could even be double figures 

[Fabrice29]

27 minutes ago, trousers said:

I'm entering conspiracy territory here but I wonder if this B Team line up is a result of the owners/board pulling rank on Hassenuttl and getting some game time for the some of the 'rising stars' ahead of Ralph being shown the door? 

(More likely to be just a case of giving the fringe players some much needed match time but one is prone to ponder these things...)

Truth is more likely to be a combination of some of the better youngsters had to go down to the U18's to ensure they started picking up some results and with a League Cup tie next week, the staff have seen an opportunity to get some minutes into fringe players who might get a run out.

AMN and Diallo to get 45 minutes each I suspect.

Edited 30 October, 2022 by Fabrice29

[obelisk]

Goal machine Theo gets the first.

[Pilchards]

If we don’t score in this game then we really are fucked for the season.

[obelisk]

Moussa Djenepo wins a penalty after a mazy run, and Sekou Mara steps up to convert! [2-0]

[iansums]

3-0

[wooley7]

Is the game live somewhere?