Saints 3-1 West Ham - Match Thread

[trousers]

Shane Long is so good at engineering those fouls 😂

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, Teddeer said:

You can see why most of these never make the first team 🙂

Not many of them staking a claim.

Comm said RH rewarding players. Fuck the participation ribbons and win the cup!

[Saint NL]

Just now, Chez said:

Long really knows how to earn a foul. Excellent.

Yes, that was great play. Armstrong needs to learn from him

[doc oli]

Well bugger me we’ve at least made a fist of it

[Saint Matty 76]

Good half!

I hope he doesn’t wait around for too long and invite them onto us.

[Chez]

Just now, Croissaint said:

Is Djenepo a better defender than winger? 

is it better to be shot in the arm or the leg?

[Uncle Albert]

How the hell are we winning?

[OttawaSaint]

HT 1-0. Now ring the changes and see this out.

[Saint86]

Diallo the weakest player so far, couple of very shaky passes. I would also bring salisu on for Valery (if he had made the squad 😅) 

Che Adams on for one of our 2 strikers. 

Edited 2 March, 2022 by Saint86

[Teddeer]

Who'd have thought it? Ralph is a genius 🙂

[CB Fry]

Pretty decent half in the end.

We gave WHU some opportunities on a plate so we still need to sharpen up second half if we want to make it through.

[Lighthouse]

FFS! If we keep going like this, we'll end up with our women's U-15 reserves beating Man City 4-0 in the final.

[sydney_saint]

I do feel a little bit for djenepo. He really needed a run of games to develop and he's never really got it. Especially his style of position which needs confidence. I remember he put in a motm performance against chelsea, then got dropped for Redmond, and barely saw another minute that season (despite often on bench so likely fit). With Redmond getting chance after chance after bloody chance, djenepo deserved a run after that performance to see what he could with some confidence and not worrying about his position. 

But clearly he is done here and best thing will be to release him

[Jimmy_D]

A bit more sloppy at times than the first team, lucky to get away with a couple of chances,  but good to see us recognisably playing like Southampton.

What an utterly fantastic goal that was too!

[Ed Rooney]

Time for the big guns 

[Chez]

i thought we were mostly poor. Great goal, obviously, but other than that, West Ham carved us open or two or three great chances and created almost nothing.  The important thing though is we have something to hold on to now, so our lack of penetration doesn't matter as long as we can keep a clean sheet. I'd make lot of subs right now.

[Charlie Wayman]

Diallo, Djenepo, Smallbone off please

[Chez]

3 minutes ago, Uncle Albert said:

How the hell are we winning?

Agreed.

[trousers]

1 minute ago, Ed Rooney said:

Time for the big guns 

First change will be Redmond for Djenepo I reckon. Can't see Ralph making too many changes too early

Edited 2 March, 2022 by trousers

[VictiAbNonem]

It was littered with mistakes, but there was also a lot of really good stuff there. 

For our reserves to be beating full strength top class opposition is amazing.

[Pamplemousse]

West Ham have been terrible

 

Going forward we haven't been much better. Long and Djenepo off for Broja and Redmond. Keep Armstrong on because off the ball he's doing well.

[notnowcato]

Valery looks utterly lost. 

[NewYorkSaint]

I'll defend Djenepo. We know he's capable of real quality. In this game he's regained possession for us on many occasions. Yes, a couple of terrible passes. But I think he'll come good. (However, with the stakes high for this game wouldn't argue with bringing on Armstrong for him.)  I do think there's something up w Diallo's confidence and would love to see Romeu on second half.  Overall, it's pretty amazing how good a squad we have. Perraud... pure gold.  Shane Long is still blistering fast. And great in the air. And smart.  C'mon Saints. We must win this!!!!!!

[Warriorsaint]

Just now, Charlie Wayman said:

Diallo, Djenepo, Smallbone off please

Wouldn’t agree with Smallbone, playing his way into this I think. 

[Saint_clark]

Just now, notnowcato said:

Valery looks utterly lost. 

Sorry!? 

[badgerx16]

4 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Diallo the weakest player so far, couple of very shaky passes. I would also bring salisu on for Valery. 

Che Adams on for one of our 2 strikers. 

That would be a good trick, Salisu not on the bench.

[VectisSaint]

1 minute ago, Charlie Wayman said:

Diallo, Djenepo, Smallbone off please

Why Smallbone, having a good game. Diallo is having a mare, Djenepo is just not very good, but he has improved as the half progressed. 

[Yozzman]

1 minute ago, Charlie Wayman said:

Diallo, Djenepo, Smallbone off please

Smallbone has done OK, agree with the others though.

[miserableoldgit]

4 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Diallo the weakest player so far, couple of very shaky passes. I would also being salisu on for Valery. 

Che Adams on for one of our 2 strikers. 

Not on bench 

[Chez]

1 minute ago, NewYorkSaint said:

I'll defend Djenepo. We know he's capable of real quality. 

struggling to think of too many occasions when he has shown it.

[Warriorsaint]

Completely confused as what to do here. Thank God Im not a manager. Press needs a little more cohesion though

[qwertyell]

Fair play, we're giving it a go.

Djenepo and Armstrong are shocking, though. That's £30m we won't get much return on.

Diallo had a mental couple of minutes, be he seems to have recognised that passing to Saints players is the preferred course of action.

Beautiful strike from Perraud - he's been threatening it for weeks. Defensively, he's been caught in some odd positions, mind you.

Smallbone has been fairly decent.

Let's see what the second half brings. We've done well to limit their set pieces so far.

[Saint86]

6 minutes ago, Teddeer said:

Who'd have thought it? Ralph is a genius 🙂

Don't say that. Billy will take offense! 

[Saint_clark]

Valery has had a good game so far. Found an entirely new lease of life as a centreback.

[saint77]

2 minutes ago, notnowcato said:

Valery looks utterly lost. 

Not at all 

 

[adrian lord]

Smallbone has a great 1st touch. 
 

looks like we have a real prospect on our hands.

[Saint Scott]

2 minutes ago, notnowcato said:

Valery looks utterly lost. 

Agreed. He's useless at RB let alone CB being faced up by Antonio. 

I'm perplexed how he's still at the club, no where near PL level. 

[Dellman]

Impressive the way players I would never have chosen are fitting in and doing their bit, Smallbone and Djeneppo surprise me

[Warriorsaint]

3 minutes ago, qwertyell said:

Beautiful strike from Perraud - he's been threatening it for weeks

Is he now to be known as “Threat” Perraud. Seems hes been threatening a lot for weeks

maybe “The Threat” Perraud 

Edited 2 March, 2022 by Warriorsaint

[CanadaSaint]

Appetizing to think that we could have JWP and Perraud standing over a free kick outside the box - a righty, a lefty, and both can hit the corners, especially when the keeper's not sure who'll take it.

[Teddeer]

Right Ralph, 3 subs at half time and see this through.

[Saint86]

4 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

That would be a good trick, Salisu not on the bench.

Squad was weaker than I knew. In fairness I just looked at the starting 11 and decided that Ralph was having one of his mentalist nights! 

[Mr X]

Surely we have to bring on some experience  to central defence now as well as che Adams 

[SNSUN]

Ok last post and I'll use it now. At times West Ham have ripped us apart, but the longer that half went on, spurred on by GOAL OF THE ROUND from Perraud, we grew in confidence and actually started to look decent. It's far too early to dispel the pre-match worries but most of us would have taken 1-0 up at half time.

 

I can see Ralph changing the shape at some point and going 3 CBs if West Ham continue to push us, and our bench is also freaking strong if the need comes to mix it up. We'll have to soak up a lot of pressure in the second half.

 

IF, and it's a big if, we qualify for the next round, I will be amazed and delighted and retract all my pre-match statements!!!

[nta786]

Romeu, Broja, Adams, Redmond all have to come on at some point please. 

[Chez]

1 minute ago, adrian lord said:

Smallbone has a great 1st touch. 
 

looks like we have a real prospect on our hands.

like to see him play with a first choice side around him. I only ever seem to see him in these makeshift sides and we tend to look weak and open in midfield - which makes me question him - which is unfair. 

[Scoobysaint]

Djenepo has been dreadful. He offers more defensively than going forward. A very poor man’s Papa Waigo!! As for the rest, it’s going ok. AA needs this season to acclimatise, just as Che did. Bring on Romeu, Broja and Redmond. Take off AA, Diallo, Djenepo.

Edited 2 March, 2022 by Scoobysaint

[Mr X]

Just now, nta786 said:

Romeu, Broja, Adams, Redmond all have to come on at some point please. 

Don't worry they will get a good 5 minutes 🤣

[Warriorsaint]

Dors West Ham have any Russians? Fancy finding a villain for this game

[Chez]

Just watching the Liverpool game. Pukki misses a great chance again. Would be nice if another big side went out along with the Spuds. But you have to take chances.