Man City 0-0 Saints - Match Thread

[badgerx16]

My City supporting wife has just told me to stop crowing about the result and complaining about the ref.

[Chapel End]

3 minutes ago, Toadhall Saint said:

Great result - I’d ask duckgrunter about the backbone and grit though - seems to know his stuff

He`s out with his son in law doing shopping

[The Cat]

2 hours ago, Gingeletiss said:

Now convinced, he does not know what he is doing.

 

2 hours ago, Saint-Reece said:

Dropping Salisu for Bednarek and Redmond keeping his place is nuts! 

 

2 hours ago, OttawaSaint said:

How could have have watched Moi and Redmond last week and thought, “yep, we’ll played, they’re going to keep their place”.

Why drop our best CB? Is he injured?

 

2 hours ago, DarrenLeTiss said:

So we’ve dropped Salisu who has been arguably our best player , not played Broja who looked quality, stuck with Redmond who was utter gash, and we’re playing a right back at left back again.  Ralph you’re not helping yourself man.

 

2 hours ago, whelk said:

Clueless Ralph out

 

2 hours ago, beatlesaint said:

Great idea dropping you best looking centre back last week when you toddle off to the hardest match of the season.

Still I’m sure the non effective Moi and Redmond from last week will be equally non effective.

I do wonder what the fuck Ralph thinks he’s doing sometimes….

 

2 hours ago, OttawaSaint said:

Perraud and Salisu were great in the last game. Redmond and Moi awful. Broja came on and was excellent.

So he drops 2 of the best players, picks the 2 worst and ignores Broja for Adams.

WTF is his thinking here? 

That stupid fucking waistcoat too.

Clueless.

 

2 hours ago, benjii said:

Mental team selection as usual.

 

2 hours ago, adriansfc said:

Horrible line up again. That is an atrocious CB pairing and keeper for city away, especially with two wingers who won’t defend much. 
 

as for redmond, what can you say at this stage. Rewarding poor performance and a poor attitude. I just want his time with saints over ASAP. 
 

6-0 city. 

Absolute bunch of idiots.

[niceandfriendly]

From BBC: 

Cod: VAR: created to remove controversy in football matches however has only succeeded in creating x1000 more controversy. Quite impressive.

 

[The Cat]

2 minutes ago, cloggy saint said:

 

Let me save you the effort!

 

 

 

 

 

😂😂

[OttawaSaint]

5 minutes ago, Chapel End said:

Yep need to wait to see how it pans out before overreacting

So from now on, no match threads! ? Just reaction threads to the result?

We played well but you and the others can crow all you like but Redmond wasted many opportunities so you don’t know for sure that with a better player in there we could have won. 

Im happy with a point but think that we’d have won with Djenepo on and Broja from the start. But again, we’ll never know.

Edited 18 September, 2021 by OttawaSaint

[Minsk]

Well fuck me, maybe Ralph does know what he's doing. No doubt though, the same people will spend the hour before kick-off slating him for his team selection ahead of the Wolves match.

Well played Saints. Each and everyone of them gave their all. Really hard to pick a MoM, a toss up between Romeu, Tino, KWP and Bednarek. Even Moi and Redders gave very good performances (even though the latter should have done better when through on goal). And a great save from Macca before their (rightly) disallowed goal. 0-0 draw an excellent result up their, and should have been a win but for the cheating twat Moss is!

[Picard]

Clutch!

[VictiAbNonem]

I get the feeling Jack's injury may have helped us. As impressive as he's been this season, I'm not sure he would have been as good today as Salisu was.

[sambosa75]

Hell of a shift lads.  Well done.  Be great to start picking up a few wins now though.

[Sheaf Saint]

Back to back clean sheets against WH and City isn't to be sniffed at.

Away at the Etihad is the toughest test for any team, and we passed that test with flying colours.

I'm very happy with a point from a game where we all expected we would get thrashed, but I'm just aghast at that shitshow from Moss. Whether he's a cheat or just a coward, I don't know, but he needs to be removed from reffing games for a while.

[The Cat]

2 clean sheets in a row for McCarthy, today's included an absolute worldy to keep out the first header before the offside follow up.

But yeah, clueless Ralph should have picked Forster.

[Toadhall Saint]

4 minutes ago, Chapel End said:

Terriible choices by Ralph eh?

😂

[LiberalCommunist]

Far better team in the fast half. Screwed by Moss in the second half. 

Great display. Well done Ralph. Spot on. 

[whelk]

I see Saints fans all saying conspiracy- I didn’t think it was a pen.

[OttawaSaint]

3 minutes ago, The Cat said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Absolute bunch of idiots.

So what. A better selection and we win 1-0.

 

[beatlesaint]

3 minutes ago, The Cat said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Absolute bunch of idiots.

To be fair Salisu played over an hour of that game after all……so get your facts right 

[Toadhall Saint]

5 minutes ago, obelisk said:

That's 4 points more than I thought we'd have by this time. 😁

Ditto

[whelk]

 Brilliant performance

[cloggy saint]

1 minute ago, The Cat said:

2 clean sheets in a row for McCarthy, today's included an absolute worldy to keep out the first header before the offside follow up.

But yeah, clueless Ralph should have picked Forster.

A certain someone will be along to say it was a routine save that any keeper would be expected to make.

[northam soul]

Paul Merson reckoned before the game we should of just air mailed the points to city.

3-4 or 5 he said take your pick.

Edited 18 September, 2021 by northam soul
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[wild-saint]

1 minute ago, whelk said:

I see Saints fans all saying conspiracy- I didn’t think it was a pen.

i would imagine most city fans think the same but they are also completely wrong as well

[whelk]

5 minutes ago, The Cat said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Absolute bunch of idiots.

You know it’s traditional?

[Lighthouse]

2 minutes ago, niceandfriendly said:

From BBC: 

Cod: VAR: created to remove controversy in football matches however has only succeeded in creating x1000 more controversy. Quite impressive.

 

It was never brought in to remove controversy. It was brought in to remove the clear and obvious howlers, the absolute injustices which are obviously wrong. There will always be debatable decisions but hopefully now less of the Henry vs Ireland incidents.

[OttawaSaint]

4 minutes ago, The Cat said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Absolute bunch of idiots.

I highlighted Moi, Redmond and dropping Salisu and Perraud as bad choices.

Redmond was gash,

Salisu came on and was brilliant 

Perraud came on to shore things up

Moi was decent.

So I got 3/4 or 75%

[RedArmy]

3 minutes ago, The Cat said:

 

But yeah, clueless Ralph should have picked Forster.

McCarthy conceded the only shot on target 

[Sheaf Saint]

1 minute ago, whelk said:

I see Saints fans all saying conspiracy- I didn’t think it was a pen.

On what basis?

Walker didn't go for the ball, and stuck his leg in front of Arma's to stop him from getting to it. Anywhere else on the pitch it's a clear foul.

[niceandfriendly]

2 minutes ago, whelk said:

I see Saints fans all saying conspiracy- I didn’t think it was a pen.

Well there always has to be one, I suppose. Watch Walkers hip. Then watch how it smashes into Armstrong without going anywhere near the ball. The only angle that makes it look even SLIGHTLY not a foul was the one Moss was shown. And even that showed it was a clear f*cking foul. Can you imagine if that was Bednarek on Sterling? 😂...

[Snopper]

Perhaps  we can now accept that Ralph knows more than we do and knows what he`s doing - time to support the team and stop the pointless moaning about individuals.

[Baird of the land]

2 minutes ago, whelk said:

I see Saints fans all saying conspiracy- I didn’t think it was a pen.

I thought it was(especially once given), put his leg across to stop the attacker and didn't get any of the ball.

[whelk]

1 minute ago, wild-saint said:

i would imagine most city fans think the same but they are also completely wrong as well

It’s is quite amusing watching everyone acting like toddlers and so much agreement. Yeah Jon Moss was paid off right?

[Totton Saint]

3 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Back to back clean sheets against WH and City isn't to be sniffed at.

Away at the Etihad is the toughest test for any team, and we passed that test with flying colours.

I'm very happy with a point from a game where we all expected we would get thrashed, but I'm just aghast at that shitshow from Moss. Whether he's a cheat or just a coward, I don't know, but he needs to be removed from reffing games for a while.

Why did VAR cjicken out and put it back to moss to decide, when he had already given it as a penalty.  Appalling decision

[niceandfriendly]

Just now, Snopper said:

Perhaps  we can now accept that Ralph knows more than we do and knows what he`s doing - time to support the team and stop the pointless moaning about individuals.

Ralph and the lads were absolutely phenomenal today. Absolutely class. Play like that we're going to have a superb season. So proud of the lads.

[Fitzhugh Fella]

Dragging up old posts to mock views made without the benefit of hindsight is a little sad. Football is about opinions and who is ever right 100% (besides Turkish)? 

For me that was a miraculous unexpected point but maybe we could have done better with a different team? We’ll never know, but I will settle for the result we got. 

[niceandfriendly]

Just now, whelk said:

It’s is quite amusing watching everyone acting like toddlers and so much agreement. Yeah Jon Moss was paid off right?

Wow. Just wow.

[Shroppie]

4 minutes ago, whelk said:

I didn’t think it was a pen.

I could agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong and utterly deluded.

[Toadhall Saint]

4 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said:

So what. A better selection and we win 1-0.

 

So what - your selection and we lose 1 - 0

[whelk]

1 minute ago, niceandfriendly said:

Well there always has to be one, I suppose. Watch Walkers hip. Then watch how it smashes into Armstrong without going anywhere near the ball. The only angle that makes it look even SLIGHTLY not a foul was the one Moss was shown. And even that showed it was a clear f*cking foul. Can you imagine if that was Bednarek on Sterling? 😂...

why did Moss give it in first place? Surely a lot easier not to, given he has been paid off?

[Dellman]

6 minutes ago, The Cat said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Absolute bunch of idiots.

Thank God we are not managed by this forum. Thanks Ralph and let's hope supporters actually support you. Great effort by everyone

[cloggy saint]

1 minute ago, Fitzhugh Fella said:

Dragging up old posts to mock views made without the benefit of hindsight is a little sad. Football is about opinions and who is ever right 100% (besides Turkish)? 

For me that was a miraculous unexpected point but maybe we could have done better with a different team? We’ll never know, but I will settle for the result we got. 

Being a bed-wetting cry-baby without the benefit of foresight is equally sad.

[Baird of the land]

2 minutes ago, whelk said:

It’s is quite amusing watching everyone acting like toddlers and so much agreement. Yeah Jon Moss was paid off right?

I don't think he was paid off. I simply think he was influenced by the fact it was Man City, not quite as blatant as he first though and didn't apply the rules.

[alpine_saint]

Chuffed with that 👍🏻

[OttawaSaint]

Just now, Toadhall Saint said:

So what - your selection and we lose 1 - 0

Exactly. We’ll never know. 

Yes I slated the lineup because I want the squad to be based on performance. What kind of message does it send those not picked when they see the Redmond clown show each week?

[niceandfriendly]

Just now, whelk said:

why did Moss give it in first place? Surely a lot easier not to, given he has been paid off?

What are you f*cking talking about paid off? Huh? He gave it because it was a foul. Then VAR said ooooh maybe it's not a foul. He went over and saw a chance to overturn a decision against a big club and he took it. 

I thought I was the biggest fool on here at times. You've just taken that prize off me with aplomb. 

[Saint Matty 76]

Even if you don't think it's a penalty, it isn't a clear and obvious mistake.

If he didn't give it and then looked at the footage and thought there wasn't enough, okay. However to give the penalty and then say it's clear and obvious that it isn't a foul, that is utterly horrendous.

[miserableoldgit]

9 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said:

So from now on, no match threads! ? Just reaction threads to the result?

We played well but you and the others can crow all you like but Redmond wasted many opportunities so you don’t know for sure that with a better player in there we could have won. 

Im happy with a point but think that we’d have won with Djenepo on and Broja from the start. But again, we’ll never know.

Yeah...but...no....but...

[OttawaSaint]

3 minutes ago, Fitzhugh Fella said:

Dragging up old posts to mock views made without the benefit of hindsight is a little sad. Football is about opinions and who is ever right 100% (besides Turkish)? 

For me that was a miraculous unexpected point but maybe we could have done better with a different team? We’ll never know, but I will settle for the result we got. 

Exactly. Happy clippers acting like holier than thou cunts. 

[OttawaSaint]

To think of those VAR decisions vs West Ham, Wolves and Villa last year. We got shafted then and we got shafted again today.

Edited 18 September, 2021 by OttawaSaint

[Teddeer]

8 minutes ago, northam soul said:

Paul Merson reckoned before the game we should of just air mailed the points to city.

3-4 or 5 he said take your pick.

He's probably pissed out of his head and had a big wedge on City to win

[rooney]

Anybody could see it was a penalty, anybody could see the offside and over 3 mins extra time was played. Moss bottled it and tried to give the game to them. Says it al.

Well done Saints