Man Utd 1-1 Saints - Match Thread

[trousers]

Our supporters need to stop shouting "shooooot!" when Romeu gets the ball 30 yards out!

[OttawaSaint]

Ohhh Stu, not enough power. Ughhh

[Saints foreva]

Ahhh awkward bounce for Armstrong there. 

[trousers]

Just now, OttawaSaint said:

Ohhh Stu, not enough power. Ughhh

He got a deceptive bounce to be fair 

[Chez]

none of you need me to tell you, but fuckin ell, Broja is the real deal.

Is there a better striker in the Prem at this moment? 

[BotleySaint]

Just too high for him to hit. We've had a couple of good chances. Could easily be 1-1.

[OttawaSaint]

We've not been bad. United are quality and have been under the microscope all week. If we can ride it out to HT and keep making chances we could pinch one.

[OttawaSaint]

Great play Perraud. Unlucky!

[Mallagroth]

Getting better we’ve been a lot more lively in last 10 mins and look more threatening. Think maybe the old Trafford jitters are settling. Keep the score to half time and we can still get something from this

[DT]

If we want fresh legs and a bit more zip I’d suggest resting KWP and brining Livramento on. 
Che has been very poor though

[moonraker]

United continuous fouls need to be punished 

Edited 12 February, 2022 by moonraker

[Saint NL]

Pretty good so far, I'd say we've been the better team.

Broja has been very quiet, if he can get into the game then we have a real chance

[Sheaf Saint]

Perraud is gonna get one soon. Just needed to hit that a bit harder.

[obelisk]

If Saints could just convert more chances. It's one area that needs improvement.

[CB Fry]

16 minutes ago, Saints foreva said:

We've looked awful unfortunately. 

Er, no.

[Sheaf Saint]

How is that their throw FFS?

[OttawaSaint]

Lots of diving in with feet raised by Utd.

[Chez]

Good to see Perraud still going for that despite it being on his right peg. 

We are creating chances at least. Feels like its only time until we concede again though. Really need to get a goal and knock the stuffing out of them

[OttawaSaint]

Lol. Pogba! Ronaldo only 10 yards off...

Edited 12 February, 2022 by OttawaSaint

[CB Fry]

Just put the bloody flag up. Jesus.

[OttawaSaint]

I think we did well there. They broke a few times but we grew into that and could be level.

[Sheaf Saint]

We're not out of this by any means.

[trousers]

1-0 at half time. Happy with that all things considered. We've had a couple more attempts on goal and slightly more possession.

Edited 12 February, 2022 by trousers

[coalman]

C'mon Saints! You can do this second half

[obelisk]

Saints doing ok, creating chances but starting to look a bit laboured towards the half time. Not out of this by any means.

[Sheaf Saint]

Just now, trousers said:

1-0 at half time. Happy with that all things considered.

I'm still blaming you for it not being 0-0 though 😉

[gammon cheeks]

Just got to be patient and not press so high as its too risky against united ......

[SaintBobby]

Pretty good first half all in all. Kinda feel we just need a lucky bounce or two.

[Toadhall Saint]

1 minute ago, Sheaf Saint said:

We're not out of this by any means.

Exactly this. 

[benjii]

Very much in with a shot here. Unfortunately the 15 mins with the back 3 worked out badly as we missed Romeu too much in midfield. I can see why Ralph changed as we were getting overrun out wide but it was a mistake, in hindsight.

When we get on the ball we’re good. Just need to watch against over committing as counter attack is the only way they look likely to hurt us.

[trousers]

Just now, Sheaf Saint said:

I'm still blaming you for it not being 0-0 though 😉

Next you'll be telling me not to post the league table when we go 2-1 up with 10 minutes to go...

[Baird of the land]

Thought Armstrong had scored with that volley. Overall the score probably a fair reflection. They've looked very dangerous breaking on us. Saints looked ok but not quite as sharp as wednesday.

Hopefully Ralph will look to freshen up early in the second half.

[Shroppie]

7 minutes ago, Chez said:

Is there a better striker in the Prem at this moment? 

Has pace, strength and finishes well. If he can add decision-making he'll be awesome

[NewYorkSaint]

Any independent looking at that would say Saints at least as good a team as Man U....  Which means that performance/£ is 3x.  I just love watching Saints play. Brilliant, fast, composed passing. If the gods are with us, an equalizer is in our future. 

 

 

[BotleySaint]

We look pretty solid. Yet with their quality I think Utd could probably beat us easily if they put a bit more effort in. 

[coalman]

United's last two games. Go 1-0 up then lose interest second half.

[Sheaf Saint]

I'm actually surprised at the number of fouls the ref has given in our favour. Quite unusual for OT. 

[Baird of the land]

Found it really annoying despite showing multiple replays that BT Sport commentators failed to even notice Sancho's shot came off KWP.

[Saint_clark]

11 minutes ago, trousers said:

He got a deceptive bounce to be fair 

Needed to wait an extra half second really. Shaw was moving across, not towards the ball...he still had time.

[coalman]

1 minute ago, Sheaf Saint said:

I'm actually surprised at the number of fouls the ref has given in our favour. Quite unusual for OT. 

Don't worry, Fernandes will go explain to him during half time. That won't happen second half

[Saint_clark]

1 minute ago, Sheaf Saint said:

I'm actually surprised at the number of fouls the ref has given in our favour. Quite unusual for OT. 

Really f**king me off that Ronaldo keeps going and "explaining" things to the ref. Tell him to jog on.

[SNSUN]

12 minutes ago, adrian lord said:

BBC text updates totally pro-UTD

Shamoon Hafez. It’s not the first time I’ve noticed his biased comments against Saints and pro- any team that plays us. He seems to hate us. Wonderful BBC impartiality.

 

I’m not watching the game as I don’t have BT so largely I read the positivity and negativity on here. It sounds like we started slowly and came back into it. Be brave Saints and keep pushing. The best thing about Saints win against Spuds is our heads didn’t go down.

[Turkish]

14 minutes ago, trousers said:

Our supporters need to stop shouting "shooooot!" when Romeu gets the ball 30 yards out!

Why? It’s absolutely hilarious 

[Sheaf Saint]

1 minute ago, Baird of the land said:

Found it really annoying despite showing multiple replays that BT Sport commentators failed to even notice Sancho's shot came off KWP.

Hoddle just mentioned it.

[qwertyell]

Not quite at it today - the sharpness of touch and movement from midweek isn't there. Very open at the back - feels like United could run away with the game if they were more ruthless.

But it's only 1-0 and we've cobbled together some chances ourselves. Wouldn't count out a cheeky point. Not betting the house on it, though.

[Turkish]

We’re still in this and will get chances. A draw will still be a very good result. 

[S-Clarke]

Still well in the game. Utd started at a much faster pace than us and it took us a while to get into it as we couldn't get near them.

Utd have dropped off a little though, certainly after 30 mins, which allowed us to get more of a foothold as the pace slowed down.

Certainly still in for a chance of something, we looked the most likely in the final 10 mins.

Edited 12 February, 2022 by S-Clarke

[Miltonaggro]

Still well in this and seem well up for it. Keep up workrate, rub of the green and some superstar / franchise fans complacency and we might get something.

COYR!

  

[LiberalCommunist]

Feels like we've been saving our energy somewhat. Bodes well for the second half. 

But, must not get too gung ho. Silly mistakes will get punished. But if we can keep it tight, it won't take much to turn the crowd toxic.

Come Saints. Box clever now......

 

Edited 12 February, 2022 by LiberalCommunist

[davefizzy14]

We are still in this and all we need is one chance. We've created a fair few so far. COYR