Saints 1-1 Man City - Match Thread

[Ohio Saint]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

Is that phrase allowable in this day and age...?

Shut up you ponce

[Saint_clark]

For f**k sake Redmond! 

[OttawaSaint]

Just now, DT said:

Redmond doesn’t seem to be doing any marking

Maybe Pep did have a word with him...

[DT]

More non marking from Redmond   Well rescued Salisu. 

[Warriorsaint]

Foster having a blinder.

 

Think I might delete this comment. Tempting fate.

[trousers]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

For f**k sake Redmond! 

What happened? My stream is still on Thursday

[Picard]

Bednarek Vs Grealish

[trousers]

Just now, Picard said:

Bednarek Vs Grealish

Can't see any contact on that shot

[stknowle]

6 minutes ago, DT said:

Salisu is so slow. 

Yeah, he's fuking useless 🥴

[verlaine1979]

Get Redmond off at half time. Become a complete liability last fifteen.

[Saint_clark]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

What happened? My stream is still on Thursday

Good counter was on and he just boots it straight to the city centrebacks.

[Miltonaggro]

Bloody great first half Southampton and we should be two nil up one way or the other. Walker-Peters, Salisu, Broja and Perraud have been excellent, the latter a right little terrier against the flailing Sterling. Would love to beat these bastards, their officials, and commentary team! COYR! 

[DT]

Great half saints. Will it last? Think the only way we can do this is go for more goals because they will surely score. Let’s go for it! Nout to lose

[trousers]

Half time. That's my favouritist first half thread on Saintsweb for a long while #banterfest #nomoaners

[Ohio Saint]

How many points for leading at half time?

 

[verlaine1979]

Diallo for Redmond, please.

[OttawaSaint]

2 minutes ago, trousers said:

What happened? My stream is still on Thursday

Branfoot just told Moody to sit back down....

[obelisk]

They just keep on coming. Saints getting some chances on the break though.

[Ohio Saint]

1 minute ago, OttawaSaint said:

Branfoot just told Moody to sit back down....

Branfoot. Noew i'm just depressed again

[CB Fry]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

Half time. That's my favouritist first half thread on Saintsweb for a long while #banterfest #nomoaners

You might as well put the league table up, we're home and dry.

[NewYorkSaint]

How great was that?!  leading against the world's best team.  And Broja a hairsbreadth from doubling.  Salisu and Forster already heroic in defense. Whatever happens from here, this was an awesome 45...

 

[Mr X]

That first half must have taken its toll, we've done great!  can we end our good first half abysmal second half style, City will definitely  throw everything  at us! 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Whew! Happy to hear the whistle. Cracking team performance.

[Ohio Saint]

the second half has 0-0 written all over it

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Mr X said:

That first half must have taken its toll, we've done great!  can we end our good first half abysmal second half style, City will definitely  throw everything  at us! 

Thing is there wasn't a huge amount of running done by saints there. It was all about our positioning. Ward prowse and Romeu hardly noticed but vitally important keeping that space outside the box occupied.

[Suhari]

1 minute ago, Ohio Saint said:

the second half has 0-0 written all over it

I'd be happy with a dull, scoreless draw in the second half.

[Ed Rooney]

Salisu an absolute rock 

[Sheaf Saint]

5 minutes ago, trousers said:

Half time. That's my favouritist first half thread on Saintsweb for a long while #banterfest #nomoaners

Time for the nuns yet?

[trousers]

Just now, Ed Rooney said:

Salisu an absolute rock 

Yeah, but "too slow"...  (c)@DT

[trousers]

Just now, Sheaf Saint said:

Time for the nuns yet?

Still looking for one with side boob. Will keep you posted.

[Saint_clark]

Very nervous now, upgraded my coke to a rum and.

[qwertyell]

I know the only way we had of winning this was scoring early and hanging on, but it's bloody agony to watch.

Salisu having a storming game. Forster excelling at, well, being a big fucker.

Not convinced we can hold out, and I'm sure there'll be a game changing penalty and/or red card (Bednarek the hot favourite) in the pipeline, but we've been really decent so far.

Redmond still looks underpowered to me after covid. Doesn't look like he can break into a sprint.

Fingers crossed for the second half, I guess. Not sure what else we can do.

 

Edited 22 January, 2022 by qwertyell

[HKsaint]

We should find a way to stop sterling. Don’t let him catch the ball so easy. 

[trousers]

4 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

You might as well put the league table up, we're home and dry.

Keep up sir, I already did that on 20 mins  

[OttawaSaint]

I'm exhausted. To paraphrase the great Murray Walker, "I'm shedding buckets of adrenaline!"

[trousers]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

Very nervous now, upgraded my coke to a rum and.

Just about to crack open rosé bottle #2 here. Doesn't get much more nervous than that 

Edited 22 January, 2022 by trousers

[Ed Rooney]

Just need to find a way to tighten up our left side as Sterling getting free far to much, nothing first half down kwp side from city 

[Warriorsaint]

7 minutes ago, verlaine1979 said:

Diallo for Redmond, please.

Not sure about this. Need that quick transition from defence to attack when we get a chance 

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

Very nervous now, upgraded my coke to a rum and.

70 minutes just swinging from the bottle

80 minutes, industrial glue

90 minutes, trying to inject ibuprofen 

95 minutes, meth lab set up

[DT]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

Yeah, but "too slow"...  (c)@DT

I think he’s great. Just that he was slow when Foden passed him like he was stood still. As he also did against wolves. But hey. Thanks for trying to provoke. Like you always do. Tit. 

[ButtikonSaint]

great team effort... keep it going boys... certainly feel we can sneak a second one on the break, just got to keep working hard

COYR

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Warriorsaint said:

Not sure about this. Need that quick transition from defence to attack when we get a chance 

I agree, I wouldn't make any subs. Redmond just needs to make quicker decisions when he receives the ball and look down the line more rather than constantly cutting inside. 

 

[Saint Fan CaM]

We’ve been fantastic value for our 25% possession. We all know where it’s going in the 2nd half, but we’ve won the 1st half.😘 I do think Che Adams needs to step up a bit more - not putting in enough of a defensive shift for me. But guess what - it’ll be Broja that gets pulled off. Need another goal within 15 minutes or we’ll lose.😉

[trousers]

9 minutes ago, Ohio Saint said:

How many points for leading at half time?

 

We'd qualify for the Champions League if the answer was "3"

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Redmond did some good covering for Perraud and ran in swiftly to put off a City shot. So plenty of pluses in there for sure.  Did he get an assist too?

[DT]

3 minutes ago, qwertyell said:

I know the only way we had of winning this was scoring early and hanging on, but it's bloody agony to watch.

Salisu having a storming game. Forster excelling at, well, being a big fucker.

Not convinced we can hold out, and I'm sure there'll be a game changing penalty and/or red card (Bednarek the hot favourite) in the pipeline, but we've been really decent so far.

Redmond still looks underpowered to me after covid. Doesn't look like he can break into a sprint.

Fingers crossed for the second half, I guess. Not sure what else we can do.

 

Agreed. Redmond just seems too ‘loose’. ‘Zonal’ is no good if it just means losing your man too much and losing possession when you have it. Perhaps he’s nervous about Pep’s loving gaze. 

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Saint Fan CaM said:

We’ve been fantastic value for our 25% possession. We all know where it’s going in the 2nd half, but we’ve won the 1st half.😘 I do think Che Adams needs to step up a bit more - not putting in enough of a defensive shift for me. But guess what - it’ll be Broja that gets pulled off. Need another goal within 15 minutes or we’ll lose.😉

Adams has held the ball up superbly when we've got it forward to him, he's absolutely necessary in this game to give us that strong outlet that gives the defence time to reorganise and have a breather.

[Toadhall Saint]

Just now, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Redmond did some good covering for Perraud and ran in swiftly to put off a City shot. So plenty of pluses in there for sure.  Did he get an assist too?

Yep

[badgerx16]

11 minutes ago, Ohio Saint said:

How many points for leading at half time?

 

none. Which is exactly how may we would lose if City score.

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Redmond did some good covering for Perraud and ran in swiftly to put off a City shot. So plenty of pluses in there for sure.  Did he get an assist too?

Absolutely, he just seemed to get nervous in the final 20 minutes and tried to play too conservative, ignoring an easy forward pass in favour of a riskier backwards pass.