Palace 2-2 Saints - Match Thread

[OttawaSaint]

Much much better but we've got to see this one out or it's pointless.

I'm still expecting to be thoroughly pissed off at FT.

[Mystic Force]

My peackock app went funny and missed the second goal 😣

[ButtikonSaint]

yellow, yellow 

[Mr X]

Lets get the third! 

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, Mystic Force said:

My peackock app went funny and missed the second goal 😣

Interesting because my cock went funny after the second goal...

[CB Fry]

Feels likely that we will just lose 4-2 anyway, but at least it's been fun.

[Chez]

we've been desperate for goals out of nowhere...and we get two in five minutes. Long way to go though... 

[Koolman]

Only need to score 9 more in this match and we'll go ahead of Palace on GD. COYS!

[obelisk]

Daft to give away a free kick there. Palace screw it up though.

[Saint86]

Romeu skirting a booking now.

[Saint86]

Caballero does not inspire confidence re commanding his area. Is it rust or was he always been like that?

[obelisk]

Let's have a decent JWP corner now.

[CanadaSaint]

Let Smallbone take it FFS

[Saint Fan CaM]

Watch us spunk it away in the 2nd half!

Edited 15 December, 2021 by Saint Fan CaM
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[adrian lord]

Someone gag Ralph at half time. 

[OttawaSaint]

Great play by Broja. Unlucky!

[obelisk]

Will someone make sure Ralph is locked out of the dressing room at half time.

[Mr X]

Broja is class wish we could afford him 

[OttawaSaint]

2 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Watch us speak no it away in the 2nd half!

din yit a had storke?

[Saint_Tony]

what changes is Ralph going to make to ensure we implode in the 2nd half? In all seriousness, please, please just win for a change

[Saint86]

currently 14th, 8 points clear of the relegation zone 🙈

[Uncle Albert]

We all know what happens next.

[ButtikonSaint]

two great goals... feels like we were really lucky to have turned it around in that first half but I'll be positive and say that our players woke up and played as they should.

COYS

[AlexLaw76]

So, 2nd half shit-show?

[Teddeer]

That's how to do it...play shit for 20 minutes then turn on the after burners. The exact opposite of what we usually do. Fair play and two great goals. Let's hope we come out for the second half.

[Wade Garrett]

Decent first half.

Really hope we can banish our second half blues.

[CanadaSaint]

Everything changed when we stopped the turning back and started going at them. They are piss poor backpeddlers and we’re good for a couple more as long as Ralph doesn’t change it.

[M271]

Come on Saints I don't want another evening of despair and disappointment.

[Chez]

1 minute ago, Mr X said:

Broja is class wish we could afford him 

yep. Has everything you need, pace power and goal scoring boots. If his goals keep us up, his price will be through the roof.

[davefizzy14]

Absolute magic from Prowsey and Broja COYR

[Mr X]

We can't defend leads we all know that so we must attack second half at all costs, don't wanna see another attempt at sitting back 

[VictiAbNonem]

I hope it doesn't end up the sort of game where we need the special talents of Theo and Shane.

[Chez]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

So, 2nd half shit-show?

but for the out of the blue goals, it was a shit show 1st half

[Nemi]

Broja has been a great signing - now would be a great time for him to show he can score twice in a game and help us kill it off. 
 

That’s what would set Ings apart.

[Baird of the land]

A shame we couldn't have got a third while we had them on the ropes. We still don't look particularly solid when they counter.

Fantastic recovery, those first 15 minutes were bad. Livramento looked poor defensively and Caballero save and their finishing stopped us being overrun.

Great to get a free kick in the JWP goldilocks zone and for him to nail it.

Broja has been excellent. Run their defence ragged.

My favourite moment was Lyanco bullying Zaha and the camera then zooming in on Zaha moan face.

Pls pretty please can we carry this on and see this game out.

[hackedoff]

4 minutes ago, obelisk said:

Will someone make sure Ralph is locked out of the dressing room at half time.

Dressing room ? Thought they spent half time in the bar.

[qwertyell]

Weird sport. We were shite for 90% of that half, but two absolute belters later and we're sitting on a lead.

Too open and too sloppy for it to last, but hey - small mercies and all that.

Broja's a real handful. If only he can stay fit for a while.

[Toadhall Saint]

2 minutes ago, Chez said:

yep. Has everything you need, pace power and goal scoring boots. If his goals keep us up, his price will be through the roof.

Scored more than most of the Chelsea strikers so far this season.

[DT]

Watch the Ralph masterclass of ‘trying to hold onto a lead’ by taking off a striker and adding a midfielder. Or ballsing up completely by bringing on Theo. 
we need to go for it because we just can’t defend. 

[Nordic Saint]

Does that make Ward-Prowse the all-time greatest Premier League goal scorer from free kicks or just 1st= with Larsson? I'm not sure when this was last updated:

 

Premier League Player Stats - Freekicks scored

Edited 15 December, 2021 by Nordic Saint

[suewhistle]

Two pints first half, 1 for half time and possibly 2 in the second. I just hope they are celebratory in the second, not the drowning your sorrows ones.

Can't be arsed to go back now but what's the opinion of that tackle from behind in the second minute..?

[Ted Bates Statue]

Just now, qwertyell said:

Weird sport. We were shite for 90% of that half, but two absolute belters later and we're sitting on a lead.

Hope this means we've had our regulation bad half already

[itchen]

32 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said:

It's so annoying that essentially, this game is over. Our lot don't have the gumption to turn this around but if we were 1-0 up, we'd have to nervously get through the game waiting for the inevitable.

Well, not over.  Plenty of time to lose yet though.

[Manuel]

Thought we were poor for most of it but are winning.  Will take that every day of the week.  Please now a decent second half...

 

[Chris cooper]

We need to go all out to keep the boy Broja .

[Chez]

10 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Caballero does not inspire confidence re commanding his area. Is it rust or was he always been like that?

i don't get this rust thing. He's been training with Wimbledon every day. so should be sharp as a tack, but he's just old. McCarthy is miles better. I'd take Forster too. When is he gonna be fit? Is he really injured or has he just downed tools?

[Nordic Saint]

1 minute ago, Chris cooper said:

We need to go all out to keep the boy Broja .

Yes, he looks as promising as Shearer did at the same age. Unfortunately, Chelsea can probably see that too.

Edited 15 December, 2021 by Nordic Saint

[Thereisonlyonemickychannon]

6 minutes ago, VictiAbNonem said:

I hope it doesn't end up the sort of game where we need the special talents of Theo and Shane.

Ha ha ha....Shane long oh dear....dreadful innit

[CanadaSaint]

We’re quite innovative. Under Ralph we’ve invented a new concept called “pre-second half nerves”.

All I want him to say in there is “Keep running it at them”, but it would be totally out of character.

[VictiAbNonem]

I've been really impressed with KWP so far. Was great to see him even covering Tino at RB!