Man City 5-2 Saints - Match Thread

[obelisk]

Another dangerous attack breaks down with Redmond.

[Jonnyboy]

Wow, not sure I've ever seen JWP burst forward like that! 

[Heisenberg]

Redmond 😂😂

dear oh dear 

[Saint_clark]

Fernandinho should get a second yellow for that.

[SW5 SAINT]

2 minutes ago, SKD said:

Given the side we put out, 5-2 isn’t a bad result for us (still 10 minutes to go). 

ultimately, if we don’t win on Saturday it’ll be for nothing. But I think given the injuries we’ve had, the right decision. 

We’re not going to win on Saturday or lose either for that matter......

[Toussaint]

2 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Our heaviest defeats have all involved McCarthy. Is that a theme or just a coincidence?

Yes, we frequently capitulate, we’d make the best of keepers look hapless on our off days

[Jonnyboy]

Have city conceded three in many/any matches this season? 

[Micky]

2 minutes ago, Jonnyboy said:

It's a lot better than 0-9.

FFS, is that our bar now, really?  How low can we get. 

[AlexLaw76]

2 minutes ago, SKD said:

Which is exactly why Ralph didn’t play him tonight. He got it spot on. 

I have to agree.  No matter how much this result not being good.  It was obvious he is saving something for the weekend.  Lets hope we win

[Hawkswood]

Ive missed the whole game but noticed KWP isnt on. What happened ?

[Saint_clark]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

I have to agree.  No matter how much this result not being good.  It was obvious he is saving something for the weekend.  Lets hope we win

Given tonight's performance if we don't win at the weekend will tonight have been a mistake? 

[trousers]

1 minute ago, Jonnyboy said:

Have city conceded three in many/any matches this season? 

Just once. Conceded 2 three times

Edited 10 March, 2021 by trousers

[Jonnyboy]

1 minute ago, Micky said:

FFS, is that our bar now, really?  How low can we get. 

Relegated. 

[Jimmy_D]

Just now, Hawkswood said:

Ive missed the whole game but noticed KWP isnt on. What happened ?

Just not ready for three games in a week after coming back from injury just yet.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 minute ago, Toussaint said:

Yes, we frequently capitulate, we’d make the best of keepers look hapless on our off days

Not sure there is much between either of them. It seemed to me that the back four were a little more confident with Forster though

[Lighthouse]

Pompey to win a trophy and give it back a day later? 😂

[SKD]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

Given tonight's performance if we don't win at the weekend will tonight have been a mistake? 

Impossible to answer. Had KWP or Diallo played and pulled their hamstring, everyone would slag Ralph off. 
 

 

Edited 10 March, 2021 by SKD

[Hawkswood]

Just now, Jimmy_D said:

Just not ready for three games in a week after coming back from injury just yet.

Ok thanks

 

[badgerx16]

6 minutes ago, Saint Billy said:

How many of the advocators of playing a weakened side will be happy if the score stays at 5-2? 

If we beat Brighton and B'mouth it will be worth any score.

[DT]

Finishing pretty well. Something to build on. Structure so much better with Diallo on. Tighten up and we should be okay v Brighton. But will have to fight. 

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Lighthouse said:

Pompey to win a trophy and give it back a day later? 😂

That game is only delayed so much because they refused to refund their fans for tickets bought until recently. Scum club.

[Heisenberg]

Just now, Micky said:

FFS, is that our bar now, really?  How low can we get. 

This place hasn’t changed. Saints “fans” that celebrate a 5-2 humping as it could’ve been worse. 

Mentality midgets on and off the pitch

[Jonnyboy]

Just now, Heisenberg said:

This place hasn’t changed. Saints “fans” that celebrate a 5-2 humping as it could’ve been worse. 

Mentality midgets on and off the pitch

Where was anyone celebrating? 

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Heisenberg said:

This place hasn’t changed. Saints “fans” that celebrate a 5-2 humping as it could’ve been worse. 

Mentality midgets on and off the pitch

After the run we've been on we need to take the positives wherever we can. It's not a quick turnaround when you've been as shit as we have.

[trousers]

Textbook

[Jimmy_D]

Guh.

Decent game, all our mistakes ruthlessly punished.

Another day we might have got something out of that.

[Dangerspoon]

We’ve been a much better side since Diallo came on, and I think Ralph was right to rest key players for either the first half or second half of the game.

Given our injuries and important games coming up I’d take what is essentially a 3-0 defeat to City.

[davefizzy14]

Diallo was quality when he came on

[CB Fry]

One level above abject humiliation. Let's hope we win on Sunday.

[Lighthouse]

Meh. Standard. Oh well...

[itchen]

Quite encouraged by that. Strange thing to say about a 5-2 defeat but play like that against lesser teams and we'll be fine.

[stknowle]

Just now, Dangerspoon said:

We’ve been a much better side since Diallo came on, and I think Ralph was right to rest key players for either the first half or second half of the game.

Given our injuries and important games coming up I’d take what is essentially a 3-0 defeat to City.

This is very true. I think maybe coincided with City (or Citeh LOL) taking their foot off the gas. Anyway, relieved to get out of there with only a 3 goal losing margin.

[nta786]

I’m upset at losing of course but we have to think bigger picture.

I’m expecting nothing less than a win against Brighton to be honest.

[Baird of the land]

Decent performance.

Too many square pegs in round holes though, which cost us chance to really push for a shock result.

Stephens and salisu badly shown up out  of position in 2nd half.

Good to see Adams looking confident in front of goal,Tella and diallo  looked bright from the bench.

Hopefully resting key players will pay off in big game at the weekend

 

[Lord Duckhunter]

1 minute ago, davefizzy14 said:

Diallo was quality when he came on

Against a side going through the motions. Let’s see when it’s needed, when the games on the line. Easy out there last half an hour, like a friendly 

[Saint Billy]

5 minutes ago, Heisenberg said:

This place hasn’t changed. Saints “fans” that celebrate a 5-2 humping as it could’ve been worse. 

Mentality midgets on and off the pitch

Agreed. 

 

[aintforever]

Decent result, would have taken that before kickoff.

 

[Dorchester Saint]

Didn’t get humiliated, made a game of it , Adams in the goals and we rested some of our better players. Not too shabby. 

[JustinSFC]

We were exponentially better when Stephens got subbed for Diallo, looked a lot more solid.

Tella is a talent. Wasn't he the player Barcelona were rumoured to want from our academy a few years back?

He looks like he could be something.

Early doors I thought this was going to be a pegging, but we actually held our own in the 2nd half.

We'll beat Brighton. imo.

[trousers]

Consolation: Only the 3rd side to score 2 against City in the league this season. If we beat Brighton then I'll be happy with 3 points from these two games. 

[DT]

Just now, Dangerspoon said:

We’ve been a much better side since Diallo came on, and I think Ralph was right to rest key players for either the first half or second half of the game.

Given our injuries and important games coming up I’d take what is essentially a 3-0 defeat to City.

Yep. Me too. Trouble with this resting policy is it does put an awful lot of pressure on the next one. But hey. Positives - Vestergard, JWP, Diallo, and Redmond in places. Amazingly. Bad - McCarthy, Salisu, Djenepo, Bertrand. We so need KWP and Diallo in the side. And Forster back at the weekend please. That final ten to fifteen minutes is certainly something to build on though. So not all bad. 

[obelisk]

Sorry but I just can't find any positives in a 5-2 defeat. Too many mistakes in defence and poor in the final third again. Ok, pretty passing triangles in midfield but they too often peter out on the edge of the penalty area.

Now need to get something from the game on Sunday.

[Whitey Grandad]

Jellyfish defending cost us tonight. And too many players out of position. No cohesion in the midfield and back line. Stephens watched the game go past him bin both directions.

Cut out the silly mistakes, put Forster in goal and we might have got something out of that game.

[LiberalCommunist]

Really encouraging start, till they scored. But glad to come through that without any issues for the Brighton game. Moussa wouldn't have started anyway. 

Glad to see we can shift 3 or four from the starting line up. I reckon we are going to be well fired up. 

City are just different class, no shame in losing to them. 

 

[trousers]

2 minutes ago, Saint Billy said:

Agreed. 

 

Typical post from you

Edited 10 March, 2021 by trousers

[SKD]

1 minute ago, JustinSFC said:

We were exponentially better when Stephens got subbed for Diallo, looked a lot more solid.

Tella is a talent. Wasn't he the player Barcelona were rumoured to want from our academy a few years back?

He looks like he could be something.

Early doors I thought this was going to be a pegging, but we actually held our own in the 2nd half.

We'll beat Brighton. imo.

Who’d have thought playing players in their actual positions would improve us aye! 

[Archers Road Stand]

The way we concede goals for fun is a joke. All 5 of those goals were piss poor to concede but hey, at least it wasn't 9. That's the standard we set now. At least it wasnt fucking 9. 

[moonraker]

Losing is always disappointing, but what did people actually expect when playing the best team in the league.  A makeshift side with players playing out of position, and notable injuries.  Played well at times but made some schoolboy errors.

[ButtikonSaint]

Everyone knew this was a free hit... we got easily beat, no surprise... move on with the knowledge that a few of our players got a rest 

COYS 

[badgerx16]

1 minute ago, LiberalCommunist said:

City are just different class, no shame in losing to them. 

 

Precisely