John D Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 The view from some of the United match going fans in the office is that they are playing ok but not taking chances. Also had a couple of debatable VAR decisions go against them. They fancied the win today but were a lot less confident than in previous years especially after I waxed lyrical on how good we were against Spurs. Fans at the game are behind the manager but may get restless if we go ahead.
macca155 Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 I hate to say this but I fear some on here may be getting a tad over excited. Utd have some magnificent players. McTominay can out run all our players with ease. Plus he is supported by Pogba and Fernández. One false move and they are past our midfield and it will be Ronaldo v Bendarek. I'm not being defeatist. Their defence is equally as wobbly as ours, but they will put serious talent on that pitch. If it clicks then Saints will be over powered. I expect blood and thunder from Saints, and maybe a draw. That would be a fabulous result in itself. Yes I'm managing my expectations..... I've learnt to. 3
Stud mark of doom Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 9 minutes ago, SaintBobby said: I’d say Man Utd are still heavy favourites despite everything - but with our tails up and their heads down this is the best time to play them. If we avoid defeat, anyone know the last time that we were undefeated in the league by Manchester teams? Probably our last season in the championship:-) 1
sfc4prem Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 I fear our defending from set pieces in this one with their aerial threat. Nonetheless I reckon we can scrape a draw if we play well. It'll be a tough one, though - head says 3-0 to Manchester.
LiberalCommunist Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 I do hope nobody on here plays the 9-0 drinking game. You'll be in a coma by 11am. Jesus, only been up 20 minutes and I'm absolutely bored shitless by the crap reporting, and the constant word jizz coming from Sky. Shall we try adding some context...... We put out a team when others would have been begging for a postponement. We suffered the fastest ever red for a reckless challenge from a over excited debutant. We also suffered another red, which was later recinded. Dean & Mason combo. Enough said. Perhaps our players will be as annoyed with the talk......lets hope so 1
JRM Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, LiberalCommunist said: I do hope nobody on here plays the 9-0 drinking game. You'll be in a coma by 11am. Jesus, only been up 20 minutes and I'm absolutely bored shitless by the crap reporting, and the constant word jizz coming from Sky. Shall we try adding some context...... We put out a team when others would have been begging for a postponement. We suffered the fastest ever red for a reckless challenge from a over excited debutant. We also suffered another red, which was later recinded. Dean & Mason combo. Enough said. Perhaps our players will be as annoyed with the talk......lets hope so Looking at the line up, Kayne Ramsay, we even had a player called Tchaptchetat who seems to have given up football since?! Blimey doubt there's been a weaker team in Premier league history Edited 12 February, 2022 by JRM
saintwbu Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 Will be tough but would be great to have gone 6 games without defeat to City, Spurs and United this season. 1
Toadhall Saint Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 26 minutes ago, CB Fry said: Much like Wednesday I don't expect us to win and have a low expectation of a draw. But I was wrong then and hopefully let's be wrong again. If nothing else there's no pressure on us whatsoever. Got to be this for me. I was more optimistic about today before weds but since weds I’ve started thinking banana skin mainly, due to rising expectations. That from many years supporting Saints is when you get kicked in the goolies 4
Toadhall Saint Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 9 minutes ago, JRM said: Looking at the line up, Kayne Ramsay, we even had a player called Tchaptchetat who seems to have given up football since?! Blimey doubt there's been a weaker team in Premier league history Don’t be silly everyone knows we had a team only bettered by MCFC & PSG. That’s why it was such a spectacular result for little ol’ MUFC.
tajjuk Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 A win would be a great redemption story, but maybe asking a bit much. I'd take a point, they have lots of dangerous players and are very effective on the break so don't even need to play that well just get a couple of breaks on us and we'll concede. Plus we need to take out chances better, we should have been comfortable against Spurs. We'll have to see, if we play like we did against Spurs then we will trouble them whatever, if they are not up for it then there is a chance. To be honest I think just keep up the good performances, whatever the results, so we can keep in form for whenever we play Newcastle because I really want to beat them.
coalman Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 If we play with the intensity of Wednesday night then Man U won't enjoy it. But, we all know there will be at least one shit refereeing decision to take the wind out of our plucky sails.
trousers Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 It's a narrow Man Utd win for me unfortunately
Smirking_Saint Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 A lot is going to come down to the line ups of both sides but lets be realistic, Utd as a team are still very very much able to best anybody of their day, and we will need to be on Wed night levels again imo to beat them They are coming off the back of a poor showing against Burnley, one in reality they should have won They still create some of the most chances in the prem, so we’ll need to be on our game defensively and hopefully someone like Adams can occupy Maguire enough to allow Broja to make those runs in behind I think it could come down to who scores first, an early Saints goal should allow the Old Trafford faithful to get on top of them Like many have said, it feels like a free hit, If happily walk away with a draw I think, but Id love to pour more misery on this lot 2
Manuel Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 Shame about the midweek game otherwise I think we might have got something today. Think it's asking a bit much to duplicate the performance against Spurs so soon.
VectisSaint Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 1 hour ago, JRM said: Looking at the line up, Kayne Ramsay, we even had a player called Tchaptchetat who seems to have given up football since?! Blimey doubt there's been a weaker team in Premier league history Tchaptchet joined Grenoble Foot 38 in French Ligue 2 in January 2022. He was a free agent and signed a two and a half year deal at the Stade des Alpes.
badgerx16 Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 16 minutes ago, VectisSaint said: Tchaptchet joined Grenoble Foot 38 in French Ligue 2 in January 2022. He was a free agent and signed a two and a half year deal at the Stade des Alpes. Excellent use of Wikipedia 😉
whelk Posted 12 February, 2022 Author Posted 12 February, 2022 Get anything from today and will mean unbeaten against 3 of big 6 this season. Where is Glasgow these days?
Lighthouse Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 4 minutes ago, whelk said: Get anything from today and will mean unbeaten against 3 of big 6 this season. Where is Glasgow these days? Just off the M80 I think. 5
jawillwill Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 Got a strange feeling there's going to be a bit of an upset today. 2-1 United. 1
CB Fry Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 4 minutes ago, whelk said: Get anything from today and will mean unbeaten against 3 of big 6 this season. Where is Glasgow these days? Too busy lamenting the state of his beloved Toffeemen.
Lighthouse Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 50 minutes ago, Manuel said: Shame about the midweek game otherwise I think we might have got something today. Think it's asking a bit much to duplicate the performance against Spurs so soon. Didn’t we finish off at The Dell by beating United and Arsenal consecutively in our last two games? Everyone remembers Arsenal but I think United was the game where Pahars looked about 20 yards off but wasn’t.
Dr. Kucho Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 18 minutes ago, whelk said: Get anything from today and will mean unbeaten against 3 of big 6 this season. Where is Glasgow these days? How about Dalek? If we continue performing we won’t finish 17th.
Toadhall Saint Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 4 minutes ago, Dr. Kucho said: How about Dalek? If we continue performing we won’t finish 17th. Whatever happened to him? Did someone get at him with a sonic screwdriver?
Manuel Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 15 minutes ago, Lighthouse said: Didn’t we finish off at The Dell by beating United and Arsenal consecutively in our last two games? Everyone remembers Arsenal but I think United was the game where Pahars looked about 20 yards off but wasn’t. Indeed. May 2001. Seems like a lifetime ago.
M271 Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 2 hours ago, Toadhall Saint said: Got to be this for me. I was more optimistic about today before weds but since weds I’ve started thinking banana skin mainly, due to rising expectations. That from many years supporting Saints is when you get kicked in the goolies Exactly this. Man U are due an upturn in form and we have higher expectations. 4 - 1 to Utd to put us back in our place. Hope not obviously. COYS.
CAH61 Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 I remember this match being shown to us at school on an old projector screen as and end of term treat,This was the match when Sir Matt Busby described Ron Davies at "the best CF in Europe"...
trousers Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 (edited) 35 minutes ago, whelk said: Where is Glasgow these days? He pops his head around the door every now and then... #momentumcurve #stalkerwatch #textbook Edited 12 February, 2022 by trousers
Manuel Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 Unchanged! Brave from Ralph. Get the energy pills out... 1
DT Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 Good. Well done Ralph. Resisted the urge to tinker. Thought he might. Coys
davefizzy14 Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 Unchanged line up liking this! So hoping we beat them. Come on lads 2-1 to us - Prowsey and Broja COYR
coalman Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 1 minute ago, Manuel said: Unchanged! Brave from Ralph. Get the energy pills out... That happy moment where we don't feel like we've lost when we see the teamsheet
VictiAbNonem Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 1 minute ago, Manuel said: Unchanged! Brave from Ralph. Get the energy pills out... No Theo on the bench. We obviously just picked him to troll the spuds.
TWar Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 2 minutes ago, Manuel said: Unchanged! Brave from Ralph. Get the energy pills out... Certainly bold. Strong bench though so hopefully we use subs well when players are exhausted
Turkish Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 1 hour ago, Smirking_Saint said: A lot is going to come down to the line ups of both sides but lets be realistic, Utd as a team are still very very much able to best anybody of their day, and we will need to be on Wed night levels again imo to beat them They are coming off the back of a poor showing against Burnley, one in reality they should have won They still create some of the most chances in the prem, so we’ll need to be on our game defensively and hopefully someone like Adams can occupy Maguire enough to allow Broja to make those runs in behind I think it could come down to who scores first, an early Saints goal should allow the Old Trafford faithful to get on top of them Like many have said, it feels like a free hit, If happily walk away with a draw I think, but Id love to pour more misery on this lot BUT WE GIVE AWAY MORE POINTS FROM WINNING POSITIONS THAN ANYONE
whelk Posted 12 February, 2022 Author Posted 12 February, 2022 Well done Ralph. Maybe all those going about inevitable fatigue and required changes can learn something
coalman Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 1 minute ago, trousers said: That's not a line up that screams "high press". Though it's probably going to spend time rolling around screaming 4
whelk Posted 12 February, 2022 Author Posted 12 February, 2022 Just now, TWar said: Certainly bold. Strong bench though so hopefully we use subs well when players are exhausted Do you know what exhausted means?
CB Fry Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 Old school "don't change a winning team" vibes then. Let's see if they have the energy for it.
whelk Posted 12 February, 2022 Author Posted 12 February, 2022 46 minutes ago, CB Fry said: Too busy lamenting the state of his beloved Toffeemen. Blimey yeah forgot. He must be in all sorts of trouble
whelk Posted 12 February, 2022 Author Posted 12 February, 2022 1 minute ago, CB Fry said: Old school "don't change a winning team" vibes then. Let's see if they have the energy for it. Half an orange and a cup of sugary tea at half time will do the job 1 3
badgerx16 Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 5 minutes ago, Turkish said: BUT WE GIVE AWAY MORE POINTS FROM WINNING POSITIONS THAN ANYONE YOU CANNOT GIVE AWAY / LOSE POINTS THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE.
TWar Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 5 minutes ago, whelk said: Do you know what exhausted means? I'm using it to mean "worn out", "very tired", or "fatigued" in this context.
saintwbu Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 Moi looked to be cramping up a bit to me on Wednesday so it’ll be interesting how much he has left in the tank. Happy with the unchanged team though, a point would be great.
CB Fry Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, whelk said: Half an orange and a cup of sugary tea at half time will do the job In the seventies you could play eight games a week on mud bath pitches in Steel boots after double egg and chips and twelve pints of mild. Edited 12 February, 2022 by CB Fry 2 1
bpsaint Posted 12 February, 2022 Posted 12 February, 2022 For the first time in my life I’m confident that we’re going to go to Old Trafford and not lose. Probably finish 3-0 but hey it’s nice not to feel a huge cloud of dread for once. 1
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