Aston Villa 4-0 Saints - Match Thread

[HKsaint]

Ings

[Disco Stu]

What a disaster.

[Micky]

Mess

[Edmonton Saint]

Schoolboy hour in our defence right now . 

[DT]

Ings. Of course

[The Kraken]

🤪 fucking hell Saints

[Viking Saint]

Said to my wife earlier that Villa are exactly the type of crap side we'd come unstuck against. Not at the races today at all. Had to happen at some point. Just don't let Ings score.

[Chez]

  On 05/03/2022 at 16:11, obelisk said:

All from a stupid free kick caused initially by a stupid cross field pass.

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this. Its the little things that add up.

Fuck me. Should be four.

[Scully]

Get our annual 9-0 in today

[Saints foreva]

Those Saints fans booing Ings feel stupid now. 

[obelisk]

This is embarrassingly laughable from Saints. Villa cutting through at will.

[verlaine1979]

Err are we looking at our now-annual 9-0?

[Mr X]

No excuses we haven't turnt up!

[SaintBobby]

This is grim

[SNSUN]

Typical timing as I'm at SMS for both games next week. Shit.

[Teddeer]

Oh dear, house of cards crashing down. This could be anything.

[AlexLaw76]

Battered 

And of course, Ings with a goal 

[badgerx16]

Obviously Ralph played his strongest team in the cup.

[CB Fry]

Still, only one of Villa's squad would improve our wonder team 🙄

[Micky]

We've completely caved in, totally gone.  This could be this seasons nine... or worse...

[Mr X]

Serious questions need asking assuming we get though this without going over 5 

[obelisk]

The half time change has actually made Saints even worse.

[SNSUN]

No Salisu no party.

[OttawaSaint]

We need to shut this down ASAP. 6 or 7 and our morale will be in the gutter for weeks. 

Shake it off. 

[Miltonaggro]

Fair play to Ralph, fancied for the Man U and Spurs jobs and still able to invent a time machine! 

[Chez]

all those CBs and no one goes near Ings. Woeful. The tactical change has made us worse.

[Saints foreva]

We had a chance!!!

[Teddeer]

Feel sorry for those who made the trip. They'd have set off full of optimism.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Ugh! Just got in to see the 4th go in. Still, I'll keep watching for stunning 5 for Saints.

[Singapore Saint]

Let's get the annual 9-0 out of the way 😆

[SNSUN]

Still time to make the scoreline respectable. We were 4 up against Villa and they came back with 3 last season. I'd take that now.

[Chez]

  On 05/03/2022 at 16:15, SNSUN said:

No Salisu no party.

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the drop in quality is massive. 

Adams not doing his job either. He's had a poor game so far.

[DT]

Newcastle will be more of the same unless we shut up shop here at least

[Saints foreva]

  On 05/03/2022 at 16:15, SNSUN said:

No Salisu no party.

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Worth noting that they're missing their best CB and first choice LB and we haven't laid a glove on them. 

[BotleySaint]

I hate to say it but we are due another 9 nil..

[adrian lord]

  On 05/03/2022 at 15:54, adrian lord said:

If we get a quick goal after half time the complexion of the game will change markedly. 

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“These aren’t the early goals you’re looking for…”

[OttawaSaint]

I wonder if the whole "RH read prematch comments" and his response created a bit of cockiness in the squad. 

Team our size has no room to get complacent. They expected a stroll today and are gettig a spanking as a result.

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[Edmonton Saint]

Welcome back to The Saints we all know and love. 

[Teddeer]

  On 05/03/2022 at 16:17, Saints foreva said:

Worth noting that they're missing their best CB and first choice LB and we haven't laid a glove on them. 

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Agree, they're not great at the back but we've even managed to make Chambers look good.

[saintscottofthenortham]

Woeful performance all over the shop but I'd be delighted to never see Bednarek in a Saints shirt again. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

just in time for our first shot on target, apparently.

[Mr X]

We all thought this team had turned a corner really hope this is a one off! 

[Mr X]

  On 05/03/2022 at 16:18, saintscottofthenortham said:

Woeful performance all over the shop but I'd be delighted to never see Bednarek in a Saints shirt again. 

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He's been poor for a year now 

[Saint Billy]

And no Long to save the day. 

[DT]

Still, Pompey are three up. Grrr

[trousers]

We don't ever do bad days by halves, do we? 

[adrian lord]

Down to earth with a bump. I had a feeling  the hype in the press and online was reaching a crescendo that made such a performance and result almost inevitable.

[Donatello]

Woeful CBs aside, both Adams and Broja have been v.poor...they're supposed to be physical. 

[DT]

Still need quality CBs.

[Chez]

If KWP is fit enough to play, I think he should be starting ahead of Tino. If you lose Salisu to injury, why change a second member of your back four? Try and keep that settled winning side if you can.