Pre Season 2021-22

[Turkish]

2-0. Where was Valery? 

[Sir Ralph]

Awful midfield play and defending 2-0

[Chapel End]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:41, OttawaSaint said:

Yes some of the wrist slitters on here are annoying but you’re not doing yourself any favours. Why bait them?

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Fair point but all this whining is a joke, its a friendly Ffs and will have little bearing on the actual season

[OttawaSaint]

Classic Bednarek running backwards getting turned the wrong waylay, good finish though.

[John Boy Saint]

Pick that one out!! Hmmmmmm

 

[obelisk]

Shambles. Even Armstrong.

[Convict Colony]

ralph gets to practice his first major bollocking of the season

[Maya's Dad]

armstrong tends to give away chances from over doing it in the middle of the park. better get them all out now rather than next week

[Wade Garrett]

There is your squad depth.  Shocking, Rafa must be shitting his pants.

[Shroppie]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:42, Toussaint said:

He’s on mascot duty for the b team.

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Edited 7 August, 2021 by Shroppie

[Kenilworthy]

Ideal celebration of 20 years at St Mary's as first game ever we got humped by a Spanish team

[Chapel End]

No one was getting overexcitable about the pre season wins so why all the overreacting to this one?

[for_heaven's_Saint]

Not really surprising with this team out is it. 

[TWar]

Not Valery's fault that one, Armstrong can't give the ball away there. Good finish but I still feel a keeper shouldn't be done at his near post from that angle.

[egg]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:43, Turkish said:

2-0. Where was Valery? 

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On the pitch, unfortunately. Feck knows where though.

[Shroppie]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:42, Convict Colony said:

cheers oriel losing the ball in midfield

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Think it was Armstrong

[OttawaSaint]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:43, Chapel End said:

Fair point but all this whining is a joke, its a friendly Ffs and will have little bearing on the actual season

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I don’t see any “whining” just football talk amongst some rightly concerned Saints fans. Mistakes have been made today in team selection and on the pitch. Hopefully we learn from them.

[Saints foreva]

Djenepo diving in a friendly. 🤣

HT. Piss poor which I guess was to be expected when you're playing with two League One standard strikers. 

[Chapel End]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:46, OttawaSaint said:

I don’t see any “whining” just football talk amongst some rightly concerned Saints fans. Mistakes have been made today in team selection and on the pitch. Hopefully we learn from them.

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Its just a practice match.

Yes hopefully we will

[northam soul]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:43, Chapel End said:

Fair point but all this whining is a joke, its a friendly Ffs and will have little bearing on the actual season

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How is getting stuffed in a pre season friendly good for the club / players and fans  going into the first game.

It doesn’t matter that some won’t be starting next week playing shit and getting hammered doesn’t do anyone any good.

[S-Clarke]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:45, TWar said:

Not Valery's fault that one, Armstrong can't give the ball away there. Good finish but I still feel a keeper shouldn't be done at his near post from that angle.

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There were a few faults in the build up to that goal, they broke midfield too easily, got at our back 4 who backed off. And Valery was totally out of position and no where near their left sided player who was in the box.

[Delmary]

Yes it's a friendly, but we have been shocking. We'll struggle without Ings. The club must not risk its premier league status by going for a cheap replacement. It would be unforgivable.

[Turkish]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:43, Chapel End said:

Fair point but all this whining is a joke, its a friendly Ffs and will have little bearing on the actual season

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No one is whining. People are commenting on the game. You should try it instead of just posting about other posters 

[Chapel End]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:47, northam soul said:

How is getting stuffed in a pre season friendly good for the club / players and fans  going into the first game.

It doesn’t matter that some won’t be starting next week playing shit and getting hammered doesn’t do anyone any good.

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Mmmmm

Didn't Everton get stuffed today ?

 

 

[OttawaSaint]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:47, Chapel End said:

Its just a practice match.

Yes hopefully we will

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True.

But from what we know Ralph can be very stubborn in his approach/tactics. We can’t really afford to take 0 points from the first few games. 

Not saying that will happen but this last game should be as close to our starting line up as possible. 

[obelisk]

Ref could have given us a pen just to help try and make a game of it. Would have probably missed anyway.

As an attacking force Saints look as sharp as a big wobbly, bobbly thing. We looked ok for 15 minutes or so but then Athletic had the measure of us. Is this performance designed to fool Everton into taking it easy next week?

[badgerx16]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:46, Saints foreva said:

HT. Piss poor which I guess was to be expected when you're playing with two League One standard strikers. 

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Would explain the 0 but the midfield and defence are to blame for at least the second of the 2, ( assuming you blame Long for the first ).

Edited 7 August, 2021 by badgerx16

[redkeith]

I do like the way that Long always lets the man get in between him and the ball, including the scorer of the first goal.  If he is not doing that, then he is offside !

The man still has no understanding of the game of football after 24 years FFS !

 

[Maya's Dad]

are we expecting valery to stay this season? just asumed the chelsea lad would be 2nd choice

hope we pick our level up considerably next week...we look so shit with the ball

[Turkish]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:52, Maya's Dad said:

are we expecting valery to stay this season? just asumed the chelsea lad would be 2nd choice

hope we pick our level up considerably next week...we look so shit with the ball

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Nothing up front, soon as it goes to midfield we lose it as neither long or Obafemi are any good at finding space. 

[Teddeer]

Good confidence builder this. Long and Obafemi having their own private competition to see which one of them can be caught offside more often. Armstrong invisible other than giving away possession leading to the second goal. We have created the square root of diddly squat. They are coasting and still 2 up at half time. Surprisingly thought Valery looked reasonable. Ah well, it's only a friendly and I'm sure we will be fine tuned like a well oiled machine by next week.

[OttawaSaint]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:51, redkeith said:

I do like the way that Long always lets the man get in between him and the ball, including the scorer of the first goal.  If he is not doing that, then he is offside !

The man still has no understanding of the game of football after 24 years FFS !

 

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I think his legs are gone. Shouldn’t be anywhere near our bench let alone on the pitch. I’m thankful to him for his service but he knows that he can’t do it in the EPL anymore. Club should have let him go rather than get sentimental with the extension.

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[LGTL]

Didn’t MLG assure us that we’d be saving our best team for the final friendly of the season? He’s never wrong, so I look forward to the HT subs. 

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[Teddeer]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:55, LGTL said:

Didn’t MLG assure us that we’d be saving our best team for the final friendly of the season? He’s never wrong, so I look forward to the HT subs. 

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Presume you mean sandwiches as in subs because our bench is down to the bare bones.

[Baird of the land]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:50, obelisk said:

Ref could have given us a pen just to help try and make a game of it. Would have probably missed anyway.

As an attacking force Saints look as sharp as a big wobbly, bobbly thing. We looked ok for 15 minutes or so but then Athletic had the measure of us. Is this performance designed to fool Everton into taking it easy next week?

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Is that what everton were trying by losing 4-0 to utd today.

[Toussaint]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:55, LGTL said:

Didn’t MLG ensure us that we’d be saving our best team for the final friendly of the season? He’s never wrong, so I look forward to the HT subs. 

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We’ve only got 5 subs, they have 12. I have no idea what Ralphy boy is hoping to take from this game,

[Give it to Ron]

Don’t blame Valery he has 2 players every time Armstrong going through motions leaving Valery alone. 
All our play is through Valery who went up pitch when Armstrong gifted it away.

The forward line wouldn’t cope in league 2 but absolutely no service 

[suewhistle]

Thanks to  whoever posted the link.. I'm trying to take a few positives from the game but it's difficult. Obafemi is certainly putting more effort in and looks faster but Long alongside him makes me despair. Salisu looking better all the time, McCarthy definitely not.. Valery looks stronger but his full back positional play is no better although he has used his pace once or twice to recover situations. Armstrong not quite at the races but he's not a worry in the longer term. Djenepo is Djenepo, shame he spoiled that final run by going down so easily but at least he's likely to do something unexpected.

[Toussaint]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:58, Give it to Ron said:

Don’t blame Valery he has 2 players every time Armstrong going through motions leaving Valery alone. 
All our play is through Valery who went up pitch when Armstrong gifted it away.

The forward line wouldn’t cope in league 2 but absolutely no service 

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Don’t tell me he’s had his head turned as well!

[Disco Stu]

I hate how often Djenepo dives when he has legitimate options.

[Teddeer]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:59, suewhistle said:

Thanks to  whoever posted the link.. I'm trying to take a few positives from the game but it's difficult. Obafemi is certainly putting more effort in and looks faster but Long alongside him makes me despair. Salisu looking better all the time, McCarthy definitely not.. Valery looks stronger but his full back positional play is no better although he has used his pace once or twice to recover situations. Armstrong not quite at the races but he's not a worry in the longer term. Djenepo is Djenepo, shame he spoiled that final run by going down so easily but at least he's likely to do something unexpected.

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Unexpected as in pass to one of his team mates rather than the opposition

[steve green]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:58, Toussaint said:

We’ve only got 5 subs, they have 12. I have no idea what Ralphy boy is hoping to take from this game,

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Have they charged people actual money to go today?

Surely training sessions should be secret or free.

[NewYorkSaint]

Excited to see Livramento. I have a good feeling about his prospects here.

[S-Clarke]

Theo and Tino on. Didn't even realise he was on the bench.

[Toussaint]

Ah good, the entertainment manager is on

[SKD]

Class from Livramento there. 

[OttawaSaint]

  On 07/08/2021 at 14:58, Toussaint said:

We’ve only got 5 subs, they have 12. I have no idea what Ralphy boy is hoping to take from this game,

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It’s really bizarre. Was there any explanation for this. We are a team with a paper thin squad, what if we’ve made our subs and a key player gets a slight knock. We can’t afford to have players try to play on through an injury. 

 

[S-Clarke]

absolute quality that by Livramento. Equally quality movement by Theo to get into the space.

Something the two actual strikers haven't done all game!

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[NewYorkSaint]

see what I mean?!

 

[Disco Stu]

lol