Saints 1-3 Arsenal - Match Thread

[Jonnyboy]

What a ball from Cedric. Sh*t player apparently 🙄

[Viking Saint]

FFS 

[obelisk]

Oh well.

[Saint_clark]

Great covering by Stephens in the middle.

[Mr X]

Game over 

[BotleySaint]

Game over then. 

Squad depth really working against us as we try to push on.

[adrian lord]

We totally fell for the Arsenal time wasting rhythm breaking trap and went to sleep

[Jonnyboy]

Diallo at Left back eh? 

[saintwbu]

Bednarek playing them all onside - #StephensOut

[Whitey Grandad]

Please can we have our team back.

[Viking Saint]

Stephens not even bothering to stretch and try to cut it out ffs

[trousers]

1 minute ago, Jonnyboy said:

What a ball from Cedric. Sh*t player apparently 🙄

"Inconsistent" probably a better word 

[Saint_clark]

Ralph giving up on the game with those subs.

[Mr X]

May as well go for it now nothing to lose, no-one in goal everyone up front 😜

[beatlesaint]

Just now, Whitey Grandad said:

Please can we have our team back.

When the injuries clear up yeah

[Chez]

Great pass from Cedric, sadly.

[Yorkshire Saint]

Ings attitude not looking great.

[BotleySaint]

I hope we keep this respectable.

[Lighthouse]

We’re a 7th-12th team. Arsenal are a top 8 team who’ve been underperforming. It was always going to level out eventually.

[Viking Saint]

Just now, Chez said:

Great pass from Cedric, sadly.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day!! 

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Nick75Sfc said:

Ings attitude not looking great.

He's been shit since coming back from injury and has the audacity to have a sulk on with Ralph and his teammates.

[Dorchester Saint]

1 minute ago, Nick75Sfc said:

Ings attitude not looking great.

Must be off yeah? That’s how it works here isn’t it? 

[adrian lord]

....ominous shot of Ings muttering  darkly in the stands after being substituted....

[Chez]

Pepe taking the piss out of us. They just have better quality tonight.

[igsey]

Just now, adrian lord said:

....ominous shot of Ings muttering  darkly in the stands after being substituted....

Good. I want my strikers to be pissed off if they get hauled off after having a poor game.

[Chez]

2 minutes ago, Viking Saint said:

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day!! 

where's my lighter fuel.

[Dark Munster]

Focus on the Cup.

[Doctorkmt]

Vokins and valery were always going to struggle...and have. Subbing ings instead of Adams is astounding. 

[Jonnyboy]

1 minute ago, Viking Saint said:

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day!! 

His team and him are winning. 

He was a significant part in our best ever league positions in our modern history

[obelisk]

Saints totally lacking in ideas now.

[Mr X]

Can see arsenal scoring again unfortunately

[LaptopSaint]

1 minute ago, igsey said:

Good. I want my strikers to be pissed off if they get hauled off after having a poor game.

Exactly. He's probably pissed off because he's been off it tonight. Stuey's been carrying the front line.

[SaintZamboni]

Disappointing that this has basically ended any excitement in our league campaign. 
not got the press we usually do and I’m afraid 3/4 of our defence clearly aren’t first choice.

[Sheaf Saint]

2 minutes ago, adrian lord said:

....ominous shot of Ings muttering  darkly in the stands after being substituted....

Would you prefer he was laughing and joking instead?

[adrian lord]

The substitutions have rendered us totally ineffectual. 

[aintforever]

Paying the price for not resting players at the weekend but I’d rather we won the cup game anyway.

[Chez]

1 minute ago, Doctorkmt said:

Vokins and valery were always going to struggle...and have. Subbing ings instead of Adams is astounding. 

Lot of games and he had the injury so maybe protecting him. Not sure he has done a lot tonight.

[DT]

Not many smiles in the camp. Something not right. Bloody transfer window. We were in this for about five minutes of the 90 in truth. 

[obelisk]

Adams running in treacle when put through.

[Chris cooper]

Ings has had his head turned and  we he under performs the whole team do .. we’ve missed our full backs badly tonight but infront of goal is the worry .. adams or Walcott couldn’t hit a donkeys arse with a banjo ! 

[DT]

 But God Diallo is good

Edited 26 January, 2021 by DT

[BotleySaint]

Just now, DT said:

Not many smiles in the camp. Something not right. Bloody transfer window. We were in this for about five minutes of the 90 in truth. 

We are losing and its tipping it down with rain on a cold night. And you think they should all be grinning?

[Chez]

Adams didn't do enough there. The chip was on.

[Saint_clark]

Redmond better fuck off away from this freekick.

[CB Fry]

1 minute ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Would you prefer he was laughing and joking instead?

Would be interested to know what faces he is supposed to pull to communicate to us all that isn't going to leave and he is going to sign a new contract.

[Doctorkmt]

Safe upper Mid table and a deep cup run would please me immensely......can we get to a final, can we win it?

[obelisk]

JWP chance.

[beatlesaint]

1 minute ago, DT said:

Not many smiles in the camp. Something not right. Bloody transfer window. We were in this for about five minutes of the 90 in truth. 

They are 3-1 down, what the fuck do you expect?

[Jonnyboy]

Lol not a free kick

[trousers]

Bit of a 'perfect storm' this game... 

- Arsenal playing at the top of their game with an intensive press that I doubt they've played all season

- us missing key players (today's game highlights how important the full backs are to our system)

- us having a bad day at the office overall (bit of fatigue from Saturday?)

Hopefully more of a dip than a sign of things to come...

#glasshalffull

 

Edited 26 January, 2021 by trousers