Saints 1-0 Villa - Match Thread

[HarvSFC]

Konsa getting a red is a positive for us.

[LGTL]

Konsa suspended on Friday now too. 

[whelk]

McGinn suspended too

[Sheaf Saint]

Villa 1-3 down now.

[Micky]

  On 31/10/2021 at 18:08, whelk said:

McGinn suspended too

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Yep,  good news for us. 

[Sheaf Saint]

1-4 now!

[whelk]

We are going to hammer them. This defeat will hit them hard - 2 suspensions and few injuries. 

[Dorchester Saint]

I wonder if Danny Ings regrets his step down…

[Baird of the land]

Really hope we can go for the throat and heap more pressure on them rather than being the team that gift wraps them a recovery.

[Sheaf Saint]

Never a better time to play them.

Ings injured and Watkins woefully out of form.

Konsa and McGinn suspended.

Their other big summer signing Buendoa looking a flop.

Unrest in the camp by all accounts.

Huge pressure on Dean.

It's got all the makings of a 1-0 away win, hasn't it 🤦

[qwertyell]

That was only McGinn's 4th yellow, I think, so no suspension.

[whelk]

  On 31/10/2021 at 18:22, qwertyell said:

That was only McGinn's 4th yellow, I think, so no suspension.

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Commentator said he was suspended was all I was going on

[Saint_clark]

  On 31/10/2021 at 18:22, qwertyell said:

That was only McGinn's 4th yellow, I think, so no suspension.

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Premier League website as him down as having 4, I really doubt they'd have updated it already so I reckon that's his 5th.

[suewhistle]

From what I saw of the game tonight there was an awful lot of hoof ball from both sides, and Villa looked really disjointed. What was Ings ostensible reason for joining them again?

[Chapel End]

  On 31/10/2021 at 18:28, suewhistle said:

From what I saw of the game tonight there was an awful lot of hoof ball from both sides, and Villa looked really disjointed. What was Ings ostensible reason for joining them again?

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European football 🤣🤣

[Appy]

Was McGinn’s 4th yellow, commentator said “close to a suspension”

[captainchris]

Villa are really really dreadful. We should easily see them off… 

[Micky]

  On 31/10/2021 at 18:34, captainchris said:

Villa are really really dreadful. We should easily see them off… 

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I take your point, but in the last year,  18 months even,  who have we 'easily' seen off ?

[Dorchester Saint]

Villa humped 4-1 by West Ham…..all set up for a massive reaction under the lights at St Mary’s….🤦🏻‍♂️

[manji]

[beatlesaint]

They are a dirty lot of bastards, they were against Arsenal the other week then again today. How they got away with that forearm smash I just don’t understand, then Targett’s neck high challenge on Antonio went completely unpunished.

[Lighthouse]

  On 31/10/2021 at 18:24, Saint_clark said:

Premier League website as him down as having 4, I really doubt they'd have updated it already so I reckon that's his 5th.

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It’s his 4th, he won’t be suspended.

[tajjuk]

Injuries, suspensions, poor form, day less to prepare, just got hammered, we are going to eff this up aren't we. 

Hope Ralph does his homework and they really pressure Mings, he was dropped today for too many eff ups, but will have to play now with the sending off. 

[Viking Saint]

  On 30/10/2021 at 20:28, VictiAbNonem said:

Does anyone think Lyanco wouldn't be an improvement on Bednarek?

Bednarek has been attacked on here after nearly every game he's ever played

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Bednarek is guaranteed one brain fart per game, and Lyanco did look the real deal against Chelsea. Good to finally have some decent options.

[gandalf]

  On 31/10/2021 at 10:18, suewhistle said:

Thanks, fortunately I'm heading East past enemy territory..

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When we pass through that area we ensure all windows are closed and the car is set to recycle the air.

[Sheaf Saint]

Seems their fans are seething about the officiating tonight.

Karma's a bitch ain't it.

[nta786]

Just an observation, but I thought PL rules for away game allocations is either 10% of stadium capacity or max. 3,000.

Slightly frustrating then to see Villa receive a 3,344 allocation per their website (which they have sold out) 

 

[Sideways Jim]

  On 31/10/2021 at 18:08, whelk said:

McGinn suspended too

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Is he? 

 

Thought that was his 4th booking of the season

[northam soul]

Unusual for Ings to be injured LOL Hope he hasn’t got that mystery ailment that a certain Brighton player always suffered with when he was due to face us.

 

[Saint_lambden]

Friday night under the lights at St Mary's, on TV, when all is pointing to a home win. We know how this ends....

[Trader]

  On 31/10/2021 at 18:16, Dorchester Saint said:

I wonder if Danny Ings regrets his step down…

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Nah, he’s getting his big(ger) money, and if the worst comes to the worst, he’ll just move on to the next sucker club.

[Badger]

How often have we seen depleted and makeshift sides come and frustrate us, even pulling off a win against the odds ?

Would expect us to win given the confidence in respective camps but certainly can't take it for granted that Villa will be as poor against us as they have been the last couple of games.

[Badger]

  On 31/10/2021 at 19:30, nta786 said:

Just an observation, but I thought PL rules for away game allocations is either 10% of stadium capacity or max. 3,000.

Slightly frustrating then to see Villa receive a 3,344 allocation per their website (which they have sold out) 

 

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Are we giving away teams more tickets this season ? Looked to me that Man U/Leeds for instance had an extra block compared to what it used to be (two years ago !!), but it might be age and memory.

[bpsaint]

  On 31/10/2021 at 19:30, nta786 said:

Just an observation, but I thought PL rules for away game allocations is either 10% of stadium capacity or max. 3,000.

Slightly frustrating then to see Villa receive a 3,344 allocation per their website (which they have sold out) 

 

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We do it all the time, it’s a fucking joke. Must be the most welcoming away day for any set of supporters. 

[CB Fry]

  On 31/10/2021 at 19:30, nta786 said:

Just an observation, but I thought PL rules for away game allocations is either 10% of stadium capacity or max. 3,000.

Slightly frustrating then to see Villa receive a 3,344 allocation per their website (which they have sold out) 

 

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Probably minimum 3,000, not maximum. I doubt it is against the rules to sell 300 more tickets if that’s what the home club want to do.

Agree annoying.

[SuperSAINT]

  On 31/10/2021 at 18:08, whelk said:

McGinn suspended too

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Didn't know this.  I read Luiz is out with Covid currently (unsure when he's back).

[benjii]

  On 31/10/2021 at 17:39, Sheaf Saint said:

They've even got their very own version of Lord DuckHunter 😂

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Pony!

[Lighthouse]

  On 31/10/2021 at 19:31, Sideways Jim said:

Is he? 

 

Thought that was his 4th booking of the season

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It was. He isn’t.

[Saint_clark]

  On 31/10/2021 at 18:56, Lighthouse said:

It’s his 4th, he won’t be suspended.

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Apparently so, surprised at how quickly they update the stats on the Prem website.

 

[JRM]

I think we've got a good chance with McGinn being out 

[Guest]

From what I've seen of Villa they seem to have bought an awful lot of players that all play in the same positions, much like when all Arsenal bught ten years ago was AM's when everyone knew they had defensive problems.

Please, please, please win Saints!

[Nordic Saint]

  On 31/10/2021 at 19:41, Badger said:

Are we giving away teams more tickets this season ? Looked to me that Man U/Leeds for instance had an extra block compared to what it used to be (two years ago !!), but it might be age and memory.

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Block 43, directly behind the goal, used to be left empty for fan segregation. Now, it's been given to away fans. The fan segregation zone now is just half of Block 42, as it was for the Leeds game.

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[revolution saint]

  On 31/10/2021 at 20:10, JRM said:

I think we've got a good chance with McGinn being out 

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Absolutely. McGinn being out is a real game changer 

[Badger]

  On 31/10/2021 at 20:18, Nordic Saint said:

Block 43, directly behind the goal, used to be left empty for fan segregation. Now, it's been given to away fans. 

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Way of finding some extra £ I suppose

[Badger]

  On 31/10/2021 at 20:19, revolution saint said:

Absolutely. McGinn being out is a real game changer 

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Except other's are now saying he isn't.

Hopefully that isn't a game changer.

[revolution saint]

  On 31/10/2021 at 20:21, Badger said:

Except other's are now saying he isn't.

Hopefully that isn't a game changer.

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OK, didn’t know that. At least McGinn is suspended though. I think that’ll make real difference.

[Pamplemousse]

Watford win by three goals, then put in a lacklustre performance against us

 

Villa lose by three goals, who then.... ??  against us

 

We SHOULD win, but I have a feeling they'll just shut up shop and grind out a bore 0-0 to stop the rot

[SuperSAINT]

  On 31/10/2021 at 20:21, Badger said:

Except other's are now saying he isn't.

Hopefully that isn't a game changer.

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Anyone know of a website to know for sure if he's out? 

[Lighthouse]

  On 31/10/2021 at 20:29, SuperSAINT said:

Anyone know of a website to know for sure if he's out? 

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Yes. This post on Saints Web: McGinn isn’t suspended.

[revolution saint]

  On 31/10/2021 at 20:31, Lighthouse said:

Yes. This post on Saints Web: McGinn isn’t suspended.

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Are you sure? I’ve heard McGinn is suspended