Arsenal 3-0 Saints - Match Thread

[OttawaSaint]

Ball watching Bednarek playing everyone on. Tosser. Why Stephens ahead of Lyanco.

[Disco Stu]

When it rains it pours.

[Viking Saint]

Too easy. Embarrassing.

[IronCitySaint]

This team is so feeble. It really is embarrassing to watch.

[obelisk]

Good start. Miss loads of chances. Concede. And then concede again. Too easy for Arsenal.

[AlexLaw76]

Oh well..standard stuff away when we go for it

 

 

 

 

[BotleySaint]

Unmarked, just allowed to head in. Everyone ball watching.

[Teddeer]

You couldn't make it up. Redmond wins it in midfield and JWP gives it back to them and they score. Captain my arse.

[nta786]

Leeds now 1-0 up too.

@trousers time for the PL table klaxon?  

[sambosa75]

We are going down.  There aren't 3 worse sides than us in the league over the course of a season.

[the colonel]

no streams!!

[Edmonton Saint]

Oh well it was a fun opening 15 minutes or so.  Is anyone else worried that JWP’s form has fallen off a cliff this season ? He’s just not influencing games at all and his patented free kicks aren’t going in either. Sell and reinvest if you ask me.

[BotleySaint]

Just now, the colonel said:

no streams!!

Probably not worth the pain to be honest.

[qwertyell]

Okay, that was pathetic. Gave Tierney three chances to cross it, and when he did we had a box full of statues marking nobody.

And Lacazette's just messed up a three on one.

We've caved in.

[AlexLaw76]

Our set up is suicidal. CBs are so high 

 

Ralph is awful.

[Teddeer]

This is getting ugly.

[manji]

Am I imagining it ? We had the best defence in the league this season ?

[Baird of the land]

Glad i bet on Arsenal. Completely predictable result. Let's just hope it doesn't end up another 9-0.

[BotleySaint]

Just now, DarrenLeTiss said:

Oh well it was a fun opening 15 minutes or so.  Is anyone else worried that JWP’s form has fallen off a cliff this season ? He’s just not influencing games at all and his patented free kicks aren’t going in either. Sell and reinvest if you ask me.

He had something extra last season. Quality, confidence.

Whatever it was, it has gone now and he's back to normal sadly.

[Sheaf Saint]

Oh fuck you Saints. Seriously, fuck the lot of you. That's one too many times you've ruined my saturday now. I'm outta here.

Absolute shitshow in defence, gifting the opposition soft goals once again having utterly failed to convert early dominance into goals.

[Viking Saint]

www.hesgoal.com but save yourself the misery

[OttawaSaint]

My mate the Arsenal fan gave me a lift to indoor football last night. Said that Arsenal were slumping and had no confidence. In told him "don't worry, Saints will be just the tonic they need. They'll be purring by half time".

[obelisk]

Didn't we have a good run when JWP was suspended? He certainly needs dropping given his current form.

[Ken Tone]

1 minute ago, the colonel said:

no streams!!

Try hesgoal.com Eventually got one in Dutch  ---- though it's just locked up!

[Ed Rooney]

Don’t worry lads, Ralph has something up his sleeve, he’s quality 

[Chez]

lot of ball watching by Redmond for their second. Man at the back never picked up. 

[Mr X]

This is why it was important  to take 3 points from the Norwich & Brighton games 

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, obelisk said:

Didn't we have a good run when JWP was suspended? He certainly needs dropping given his current form.

Not sure he is the issue. We are wide open all over the park. We CBs are always high. 

[BotleySaint]

1 minute ago, adriansfc said:

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE - no second half disappointment

That's true. It'll be refreshing not to have the usual hanging on waiting for the inevitable.
We'll be out of sight by HT unless Ralph changes things at the back. Nobody seems to know what they should be doing.

[Chez]

6 minutes ago, Chez said:

got to hold your hands up, they beat the press well. We (Not sure if it was Tella or KWP) gambled and it didn't pay off. Painful, as always.

watched it again, both Tella and KWP gambled. Didn't pay off.

[Saints foreva]

3 wins in 16 games and we only managed to get 2 points from the current bottom 3, how is this acceptable? The manager is clueless. 

[Sheaf Saint]

Just look at those stats FFS.

Everything in our favour; Arsenal: 2 shots on target, 2 goals.

So fucking predictable.

[OttawaSaint]

2 minutes ago, DarrenLeTiss said:

Oh well it was a fun opening 15 minutes or so.  Is anyone else worried that JWP’s form has fallen off a cliff this season ? He’s just not influencing games at all and his patented free kicks aren’t going in either. Sell and reinvest if you ask me.

He's been atrocious. Can't defend, and now his passing has gone to shit. Cost us 2 points vs  BHA, his corners are awful and he's not even chipping in with free kicks.  

[adrian lord]

1 minute ago, Ed Rooney said:

Don’t worry lads, Ralph has something up his sleeve, he’s quality 

A handkerchief, perhaps?

[Matthew Le God]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

Not sure he is the issue. We are wide open all over the park. We CBs are always high. 

If they were deep the press wouldn't work at all. A press requires compactness.

[Micky]

We'll turn this around in the second half...!

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Matthew Le God said:

If they were deep the press wouldn't work at all. A press requires compactness.

How's it working out?

 

[Ken Tone]

Think it's a bit harsh to blame any individual player  It's more about the way we play as a team. Naive,  leaving too much space for a counter attack.

[Baird of the land]

Just now, Chez said:

watched it again, both Tella and KWP gambled. Didn't pay off.

Teams will sometimes beat the press. The issue is how other players react. Unfortunately Bednarek thought doing nothing was the right action.

[Mr X]

Is Ralph practicing to be Austrias next top model after his career goes tits up? 

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, Matthew Le God said:

If they were deep the press wouldn't work at all. A press requires compactness.

It's going great though! 

[Matthew Le God]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

How's it working out?

It is generally working very well in the game, Saints have been on top apart from two fuck ups. Which is of course all that matters.

Do you agree now a press requires the centre backs not to be deep?

[Wade Garrett]

Fuck off Ralph you cockwomble.

[haddock22]

Can't take anymore misery so stopping watching to do something more useful and fun

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Matthew Le God said:

It is generally working very well in the game, Saints have been on top apart from two fuck ups. Which is of course all that matters.

Do you agree now a press requires the centre backs not to be deep?

Working well, other than 2-0 down

[Wade Garrett]

1 minute ago, Matthew Le God said:

It is generally working very well in the game, Saints have been on top apart from two fuck ups. Which is of course all that matters.

Do you agree now a press requires the centre backs not to be deep?

Can someone tell me how to put this fuckwit on ignore please.

[LGTL]

At least we usually come out much better in the second half. 

[Sheaf Saint]

Another JWP corner straight onto the head of a defender. What a surprise.

[Saints foreva]

How many other teams in this league would take Stephens, Bednarek, Tella, Redmond and Armstrong in their starting line up? Not many. 

[Matthew Le God]

Just now, Wade Garrett said:

Can someone tell me how to put this fuckwit on ignore please.

What am I wrong about in that post?

https://www.saintsweb.co.uk/ignore/