Other Games 21/22

[Ex Lion Tamer]

1 hour ago, Micky said:

The bottom line is we are pretty crap and if we don't go this season it's highly likely we go the next.  We are only delaying the inevitable. 

People have been saying this on here for years and we somehow keep managing to stay up.

That said, of course relegation is always a possibly for a club with our resources, and given how long we've been in the Premier League now, we're probably "due"

[Lee On Solent Saint]

9 hours ago, Ex Lion Tamer said:

There's always one team that goes on a horrendous run and finds themselves in the mix. Could be Brentford this time I feel

Have a feeling Brentford will be ok. I'd be looking at Brighton for a team to slide down. 

[HarvSFC]

Portsmouth are the Sky match tonight, Prutton doing the presenting, Adkins one of the two pundits. 😁

[whelk]

Brighton v Spurs looks likely to be off as COVID outbreak at Spurs. Fantasy football turmoil again.

[JRM]

1 hour ago, whelk said:

Brighton v Spurs looks likely to be off as COVID outbreak at Spurs. Fantasy football turmoil again.

Quite surprised they got Europa conference game off, thought they would force them to play with whatever players they have available. 

[Lighthouse]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59587170

The lowest rated player on the pitch was Bertrand, with an average of 3.6/10.

Edit: Had a quick peruse of the Foxes forum and this gem was at the top:

https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/127373-worst-player-to-wear-the-shirt-in-the-prem-era/

[Micky]

1 minute ago, Lighthouse said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59587170

The lowest rated player on the pitch was Bertrand, with an average of 3.6/10.

Even on the highlights he looked awful, the locals ain't happy...

https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/127373-worst-player-to-wear-the-shirt-in-the-prem-era/

[egg]

3 minutes ago, Micky said:

Even on the highlights he looked awful, the locals ain't happy...

https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/127373-worst-player-to-wear-the-shirt-in-the-prem-era/

Just been over there. They've really got the hump. "Worst player ever", "at fault for all the goals". Ha ha 😂

[Turkish]

“In a night of bad performances he still managed to be the stand out pile of shite.“

this was the highlight for me. I seem to remember quite a few other fans laughing at us during the summer for selling our best defenders, how little they knew and how much we did know 

Edited 10 December, 2021 by Turkish

[S-Clarke]

I feel sorry for Ryan, to me it's been clear for a couple of years that his legs are going/gone and he doesn't have the capabilities to perform at the highest level like he once did.

He was a cracking servant for us under some of our best years in the PL, but I think he's setting himself up for a fail if he keeps prolonging his PL career. He needs to drop down a level to where he can now compete.

[Lighthouse]

WTF was up with Bachman there? Brentford went to grab the ball back off him, he goes down like he’s been on the receiving end of a rock bottom and needs 5 minutes of medical treatment.

[Tamesaint]

2 poor teams tonight in Watford and Brentford with Watford resembling us in bottling it at the end.

[CB Fry]

Brentford very nicely placed to stay up now. 20 points miles before Christmas is a very solid platform. They only need to be about as shit as Norwich are for the rest of the season and they'd still stay up. About 16  more points from 22 games.

So they can on a horrendous run but they probably will still get the points.

The annoying thing is that could have been us.

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, CB Fry said:

Brentford very nicely placed to stay up now. 20 points miles before Christmas is a very solid platform. They only need to be about as shit as Norwich are for the rest of the season and they'd still stay up. About 16  more points from 22 games.

So they can on a horrendous run but they probably will still get the points.

The annoying thing is that could have been us.

Incorrect. They absolutely have to get 40 points or they are done for and definitely going down. They still need 20 points from their last 22 games. But they look far more likely than doomed saints to get to 40 points. 

[AlexLaw76]

Just in case no one is aware, Gerrard returns on Anfield today. Isn't it really special?

[DT]

That’s not a penalty. But it’s Man City. So it is. 

[AlexLaw76]

you'd be pissed if that decision went against you.

 

[Whitey Grandad]

Just now, DT said:

That’s not a penalty. But it’s Man City. So it is. 

The game has become a joke. They’ll be giving out penalties with Christmas Crackers soon. Man City couldn’t get themselves a goal so they cheat by aiming at the defenders’ arms instead.

I hate what this game has turned into.

[Whitey Grandad]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

you'd be pissed if that decision went against you.

 

I’m pissed and it’s not even against my team

[Baird of the land]

So after Man City win with a dodgy penalty, the refs in the later games follow suit for the other title rivals. quel surprise

[SaintTex]

29 minutes ago, Baird of the land said:

So after Man City win with a dodgy penalty, the refs in the later games follow suit for the other title rivals. quel surprise

Yep flops by salah and on rudiger (extra time).

while it makes me ragey, those are good results for saints. Leeds, Villa, and Wolves with no points because of it. 

how daft is that? We really need to root for the top 6 to hammer the teams we are actually competing with.

Makes me throw up in my mouth. 

Edited 11 December, 2021 by SaintTex

[DT]

Norwich look better than us. Tighter, more disciplined, well coached. Good manager. We need one who can get the most out of our players. Ours seem idealess and too easy to break down, like a hot knife through butter. No grit. Worrying. 

[badgerx16]

1 hour ago, SaintTex said:

how daft is that? We really need to root for the top 6 to hammer the teams we are actually competing with.

 

That's stretching it. We don't compete with anybody.

[Micky]

I don't often root for united  but I'll make an exception tonight. 20 minutes to win this one. 

And Ronaldo duly obliges...

Edited 11 December, 2021 by Micky

[hackedoff]

56 minutes ago, DT said:

Norwich look better than us. Tighter, more disciplined, well coached. Good manager. We need one who can get the most out of our players. Ours seem idealess and too easy to break down, like a hot knife through butter. No grit. Worrying. 

Showing a bit of fight and backbone for a poor side ,it's the least they can do. Another quality missing from our lot.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

6 minutes ago, hackedoff said:

Showing a bit of fight and backbone for a poor side ,it's the least they can do. Another quality missing from our lot.

Exactly. Without De Gea Norwich get something from that game 

[Lighthouse]

So when Norwich have plenty of possession in promising areas but failed to create many clear chances and miss them when they do, they’ve clearly got some decent fight and are unlucky? If that had been us out there, the verdict would be all about how we’re going down and failed to take our chances.

 

Net result today is that all five teams down the bottom lost and considering our injuries, suspensions and opponent, it’s been okay as damage limitation goes.

[Micky]

3 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

So when Norwich have plenty of possession in promising areas but failed to create many clear chances and miss them when they do, they’ve clearly got some decent fight and are unlucky? If that had been us out there, the verdict would be all about how we’re going down and failed to take our chances.

 

Net result today is that all five teams down the bottom lost and considering our injuries, suspensions and opponent, it’s been okay as damage limitation goes.

I watched the match,  Norwich were good.  DeGea got man of the match, united were lucky to get all three points.

[Lighthouse]

3 minutes ago, Micky said:

I watched the match,  Norwich were good.  DeGea got man of the match, united were lucky to get all three points.

So did I but still - no goals scored and zero points.

[East Kent Saint]

F1 making VAR look professional! What a fiasco , this is our decision , change tyres Max just in case … Oh we changed our minds Max you can regain your position with your new soft tyres , not only that the safety car is going off , joke.

Edited 12 December, 2021 by East Kent Saint

[whelk]

Never a penalty to Leicester. Comical but hey helps us.

[whelk]

3 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said:

F1 making VAR look professional! What a fiasco , this is our decision , change tyres Max just in case … Oh we changed our minds Max you can regain your position with your new soft tyres , not only that the safety car is going off , joke.

Started thread in lounge on F1 farce.

[beatlesaint]

Leicester score 4 against a team coached by Eddie Howe……who’d of thought it? 🤣

[Jeremy Corbyn]

Leicester had 5 shots on target, 4 goals, would love some of that efficiency.  Newcastle's next three - Man City, Liverpool, Man Utd.  Hopefully we can pull away a bit.

[whelk]

If I was Newcastle fan I’d genuinely be quite looking forward to relegation. Not the financial ruin many clubs fear and will have cracking season next year with guaranteed promotion

[Sheaf Saint]

Watching Palace v Everton and both teams have been dire. 

[Charlie Wayman]

On 07/12/2021 at 09:32, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Have a feeling Brentford will be ok. I'd be looking at Brighton for a team to slide down. 

They were one of my choices at the start of season prediction thread but most on here ridiculed the suggestion.

[Charlie Wayman]

2 hours ago, beatlesaint said:

Leicester score 4 against a team coached by Eddie Howe……who’d of thought it? 🤣

Only 4? Shame we didn't sign him up. Leicester scored 9 against our current flop of a manager!

 

[Toussaint]

25 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Watching Palace v Everton and both teams have been dire. 

I only saw the last 20, I quite enjoyed the feistyness  of it, we won’t perform if Palace get stuck into us like that.

[Dark Munster]

6 hours ago, whelk said:

If I was Newcastle fan I’d genuinely be quite looking forward to relegation. Not the financial ruin many clubs fear and will have cracking season next year with guaranteed promotion

Yep, they've got nothing much to worry about if they go down. A minor inconvenience.

Unfortunately it's the opposite for us!

[SuperSAINT]

Typical!  Brentford set for a rest midweek 

[Ted Bates Statue]

18 hours ago, Dark Munster said:

Yep, they've got nothing much to worry about if they go down. A minor inconvenience.

Unfortunately it's the opposite for us!

Even under Mike Ashley they were relegated twice (?) and still bounced back easily. So many supporters would bite your hand off for their club to be able to do that.

[trousers]

[Give it to Ron]

https://twitter.com/ESPNFC/status/1470453639009521670/video/1 a stuffed toy would probably play better than Saints players but how good is this.

Real Betis fans threw thousands of stuffed toys onto the pitch at half-time yesterday

It's an annual tradition to make sure disadvantaged children don't go without a gift at Christmas ❤️🎁

[Chris cooper]

The bees 🐝 fresh as daisy’s come Saturday ! 🙄

[Sunglasses Ron]

57 minutes ago, Chris cooper said:

The bees 🐝 fresh as daisy’s come Saturday ! 🙄

Yeah, because we're always epic after a break 🙃

[Chris cooper]

50 minutes ago, Sunglasses Ron said:

Yeah, because we're always epic after a break 🙃

Well we won’t be as high energy as Brentford will we.. rather they played tonight.. Chance of injuries etc 

[Sunglasses Ron]

7 minutes ago, Chris cooper said:

Well we won’t be as high energy as Brentford will we.. rather they played tonight.. Chance of injuries etc 

Yeah, would be better for us but I'm not having this being used as excuse for not beating them.

Liverpool smashed us 4-0 recently in a reverse situation. 

[Chris cooper]

16 minutes ago, Sunglasses Ron said:

Yeah, would be better for us but I'm not having this being used as excuse for not beating them.

Liverpool smashed us 4-0 recently in a reverse situation. 

Slight difference in squad depth quality tho 

[Sunglasses Ron]

11 minutes ago, Chris cooper said:

Slight difference in squad depth quality tho 

Massive difference! But we have a better squad than Brentford (despite what some might say). They also have people out so we should still accept nothing less than a win against them.