Sheff Utd 2-2 (p.2-4) Saints - Match Thread

[jamesfp1]

Chelsea Away. Tut. 

[Chris cooper]

Fucking redknapp cunt!!! 

[Micky]

Here endeth the cup run....!

[Saint_Jonny]

Our never ending stint of away draws in the League cup continues. Nightmare draw.

[trousers]

 

[Dark Munster]

[sad saints fan]

Question: When was the last time we got a home draw in any cup competition? It doesn't seem to happen to often.

[Whitey Grandad]

Why do I bother?

[CB Fry]

Well, we did have some tough draws on the way to the final a few years back.

 

 

Also, we're out and no mistake.

[beatlesaint]

As soon as I saw that twat with his chirpy cockney persona was involved in the draw I knew it would end badly 😆

[trousers]

5 minutes ago, sad saints fan said:

Question: When was the last time we got a home draw in any cup competition? It doesn't seem to happen to often.

23rd January 2021 v Arsenal (FA Cup 4th Round)

[davefizzy14]

Would have liked a home draw but hopefully we can get through

[trousers]

Looking on the bright side, it's 3 and a half years since we last lost at Stamford Bridge

[macca155]

Chelsea away, not the best draw.

We've a chance, can't be scared of them.

Have to play them at some point. 

Behind the usual bravado, I doubt their fans think we're a push over.

West Ham have City away after dumping Utd out. Bet they're happy.

 

[trousers]

Actually, on reflection, this could be a good draw for us. Chelsea have a congested fixture list in October so will likely field a fringe team and I assume Ralph will revert to us playing full strength (yes, I know Chelsea's fringe players are probably better on paper than our first 11, however...)

Edited 22 September, 2021 by trousers

[Chris cooper]

Chelsea have games oct 16th .20th 23rd 26th and 30th …. We have just 5 games all month .. 

[Saint Keef]

Livarmento to score the winner!!!!  

No Broja obviously.

[Whitey Grandad]

2 minutes ago, Saint Keef said:

Livarmento to score the winner!!!!  

No Broja obviously.

Not Lyanco?

[HarvSFC]

Chelsea played a mix of first/second string tonight. But, their second string consists of Ziyech, Chillwell, Loftus-Cheek, Hudson-Odoi, Werner and Saul. Not players you'd view as weaknesses from our end on paper. Will be difficult for sure.

[JRM]

26 minutes ago, trousers said:

Looking on the bright side, it's 3 and a half years since we last lost at Stamford Bridge

We now get to do it twice in a month 

[JRM]

18 minutes ago, trousers said:

Actually, on reflection, this could be a good draw for us. Chelsea have a congested fixture list in October so will likely field a fringe team and I assume Ralph will revert to us playing full strength (yes, I know Chelsea's fringe players are probably better on paper than our first 11, however...)

Have you seen how much their fringe players cost? They won't play kids. 

Big week for us with Burnley and Watford to play as well could be six- pointers 

[woodsaint1]

15 of our last 21 domestic cup draws have been away from home according to Adam Blackmore. Mike Dean must be involved somehow

[trousers]

3 minutes ago, JRM said:

Have you seen how much their fringe players cost? 

Dunno. Is it more or less than the cost of the Man Utd and Man City teams we recently drew against...?

Edited 22 September, 2021 by trousers

[teamsaint]

15 minutes ago, woodsaint1 said:

15 of our last 21 domestic cup draws have been away from home according to Adam Blackmore. Mike Dean must be involved somehow

2.59% chance of getting 15 aways out of 21.

 

100 chance of Dean being involved 

[Kingsbridge Saint]

Not the kindest draw, but we can get through. They won't field the first team and we can get a draw and take it to penalties.

 

[Charlie Wayman]

Best team in Europe? Pah! Easy Peasy! 3-0 to Saints

[Saint_clark]

8 hours ago, Chris cooper said:

Chelsea have games oct 16th .20th 23rd 26th and 30th …. We have just 5 games all month .. 

So we both have 5 games?

[alehouseboys]

18 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

So we both have 5 games?

I assume he's comparing it to the 3 games we have over the same period.

Villa have just got a draw there (lost on pens), it's doable*.

Edited 23 September, 2021 by alehouseboys
*if we go with our strongest side

[Uncle Albert]

I reckon we can get though tbh.

[CB Fry]

41 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

So we both have 5 games?

Last time I looked, we weren't involved in the Champions League this season.

[Turkish]

8 hours ago, trousers said:

Actually, on reflection, this could be a good draw for us. Chelsea have a congested fixture list in October so will likely field a fringe team and I assume Ralph will revert to us playing full strength (yes, I know Chelsea's fringe players are probably better on paper than our first 11, however...)

A player who couldn’t get a game for them, left because of limited first team football chances has been hailed as an insane signing by us and already been told he won’t be with us very long in here. I don’t fancy our chances against their fringe players either 

[Pilchards]

If we put out a strong team with 3,000 supporters cheering them on then I don’t see why we can’t win it.

Chelsea don’t always have a strong run in this cup as it always clashes with the champions league.

Going a nervy 2-1 to Saints.

[Pilchards]

21/22	Third Round	Aston Villa	5:4 on pens
20/21	Fourth Round	Spurs	5:6 on pens
19/20	Fourth Round	Man Utd	1:2
18/19	Final	Man City	3:4 on pens
17/18	Semi-Finals	Arsenal	0:0	1:2
16/17	Fourth Round	West Ham	1:2
15/16	Fourth Round	Stoke City	5:6 on pens

[Saint_clark]

23 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Last time I looked, we weren't involved in the Champions League this season.

It was early, he listed 5 for them and 5 for us. I didn't look at the dates. 

[steve green]

3-1 Saints, easy.

[NorthLondonSFC]

Always hope for a London away draw in the cup but this was definitely the worst possible one after going to the Bridge 3 weeks earlier. Brentford would of been the preferred choice.  I’m still slightly optimistic, we always seem to give a good account for ourselves in the away cup games in London. The 3-2 loss at Spurs a few years ago springs to mind as a great game/evening but in recent years we’ve knocked out arsenal at the Emirates a couple times and always seem to get Fulham at the cottage and beat them.  
 

Chelsea will offer us the entire end behind the goal for this, 5k I think? Whether we will take the full allocation after taking 3k up there 3 weeks earlier is questionable, another Ldn trip that weekend aswell with Watford away may deter some fans. 

[david in sweden]

1 hour ago, Pilchards said:

21/22	Third Round	Aston Villa	5:4 on pens
20/21	Fourth Round	Spurs	5:6 on pens
19/20	Fourth Round	Man Utd	1:2
18/19	Final	Man City	3:4 on pens
17/18	Semi-Finals	Arsenal	0:0	1:2
16/17	Fourth Round	West Ham	1:2
15/16	Fourth Round	Stoke City	5:6 on pens

Ouch !.... our penalty shoot-out record is almost as bad as England's . 

[DT]

Ah well. Good while it lasted. Will be good game but Chelsea too strong in most departments. Unless we raise our game, as we seem to do against the better sides...

[Fabrice Fernandes no.1 fan]

50 minutes ago, david in sweden said:

Ouch !.... our penalty shoot-out record is almost as bad as England's . 

Good thing that is Chelsea's record not ours then 😉

 

Not the best draw, but one of those games where if they put out a weak team, we could manage to get a result! Looking through the fixtures for the next round not very many exciting matches.

[Sarnia Cherie]

12 hours ago, davefizzy14 said:

Would have liked a home draw but hopefully we can get through

That's the spirit! All these moaners about the draw. If we want to win a trophy, we will have some tough teams to face both home or away. Get on with it, with heads held high, proud to be wearing a Saints shirt and giving 100%. COYS!!!

[Totton Saint]

30 minutes ago, Sarnia Cherie said:

That's the spirit! All these moaners about the draw. If we want to win a trophy, we will have some tough teams to face both home or away. Get on with it, with heads held high, proud to be wearing a Saints shirt and giving 100%. COYS!!!

Well said

[Saint86]

Ralph's got a good record vs Chelsea, and our style seemed to cause Tuchel problems last year. If we were going to play a big team then i'd pick chelsea over someone like city or Liverpool. Definitely winnable.

Edited 23 September, 2021 by Saint86

[OttawaSaint]

5 hours ago, david in sweden said:

Ouch !.... our penalty shoot-out record is almost as bad as England's . 

That’s Chelsea results.

As far as I can tell we’ve won 3 of 7: Man U in 91/92, Everton in 18/19, and Sheff Utd 21/22.

We’ve lost to: Bolton in 01/02, Derby in 06/07 and 18/19, and Leicester in 18/19.

Do the stattos know if there were more?

Edited 23 September, 2021 by OttawaSaint

[The Left Back]

29 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said:

That’s Chelsea results.

As far as I can tell we’ve won 3 of 7: Man U in 91/92, Everton in 18/19, and Sheff Utd 21/22.

We’ve lost to: Bolton in 01/02, Derby in 06/07 and 18/19, and Leicester in 18/19.

Do the stattos know if there were more?

I was at the game (JPT?) when we beat Norwich in a shoot out.  It was an evening game.  They absolutely murdered us during the game and I was convinced we would win the shoot out as we had got out of jail, and it looked like our players did too.  don't think we missed one.  It was at the Chapel end.

[Lighthouse]

3 minutes ago, The Left Back said:

I was at the game (JPT?) when we beat Norwich in a shoot out.  It was an evening game.  They absolutely murdered us during the game and I was convinced we would win the shoot out as we had got out of jail, and it looked like our players did too.  don't think we missed one.  It was at the Chapel end.

I’m pretty sure we also beat Torquay on penalties. Pretty sure that was the game when I thought Waigo would get booked for time wasting if he was offside one more time.

[cloggy saint]

16 hours ago, woodsaint1 said:

15 of our last 21 domestic cup draws have been away from home according to Adam Blackmore. Mike Dean must be involved somehow

Yeah, I bet Redmond had a hand in it too, the swine.

[Billy the Kidd]

52 minutes ago, The Left Back said:

I was at the game (JPT?) when we beat Norwich in a shoot out.  It was an evening game.  They absolutely murdered us during the game and I was convinced we would win the shoot out as we had got out of jail, and it looked like our players did too.  don't think we missed one.  It was at the Chapel end.

I was there too, think a little kid ran on the pitch and was a big cheer when he got past one of the stewards.

Didnt we equalise right near the end?

[SaintTex]

17 hours ago, woodsaint1 said:

15 of our last 21 domestic cup draws have been away from home according to Adam Blackmore. Mike Dean must be involved somehow

statistically more crazy... 9 of our last 10 League Cup draws have been away from home

2018/19 - 3 away matches

2019/20 - 3 away matches

2020/21 - 1 home match

2021/22 - 3 away matches (so far)

[SNSUN]

49 minutes ago, Billy the Kidd said:

I was there too, think a little kid ran on the pitch and was a big cheer when he got past one of the stewards.

Didnt we equalise right near the end?

Papa Waigo in the last minute. Then Bialkowski saved 3 pens. I was in the Kingsland taking the piss out the wife (who thought they'd won) and it was frigging freezing.

[Billy the Kidd]

8 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

Papa Waigo in the last minute. Then Bialkowski saved 3 pens. I was in the Kingsland taking the piss out the wife (who thought they'd won) and it was frigging freezing.

Yeah it was freezing. I also thought our big CB got one, forgot his name.