Brighton 2-2 Saints - Match Thread

[Lee On Solent Saint]

This long throw thing is a crock of shit. Really need to stop it.

[Toadhall Saint]

Just now, hypochondriac said:

I wonder if we will lose every game until the end of the season now. 

Wonder what the odds are?

[Saints foreva]

Why does Ralph want to persist with these long throws so much?

[OttawaSaint]

Tella just runs around and falls over a lot.

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, OttawaSaint said:

Tella just runs around and falls over a lot.

Never had a good game.

pointless long throw from Salisu

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

This long throw thing is a crock of shit. Really need to stop it.

Comms on DAZN said the same thing. 

[Teddeer]

Thought this game might have suited our feckless lot...near the beach, smell of the sea, seagulls and all that. Shame Brighton didn't stick deckchairs in the dug-out so we could really relax. 

[jawillwill]

Just now, OttawaSaint said:

Tella just runs around and falls over a lot.

Could say "He Tell-a over!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Holmes_and_Watson]

3 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Another masterclass from Ralph

It's not Ralph's fault that other teams turn up and look fitter, work harder, don't faff around with their selection and have a structure! 🙂

 

4 minutes ago, Sarisbury Saint said:

Something to do with ceilings I think.

Can we not just invest in renovating their living rooms, to give them higher ceilings...or something...🙂

[DT]

4 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Another masterclass from Ralph

Clueless manager. Roulette line-ups. Zero motivation. Time to go

[Midfield_General]

13 minutes ago, Suhari said:

Is he going to go full retard?

Judging from the first 20 minutes - yes, yes he is. 

[OttawaSaint]

Just now, Teddeer said:

Thought this game might have suited our feckless lot...near the beach, smell of the sea, seagulls and all that. Shame Brighton didn't stick deckchairs in the dug-out so we could really relax. 

Instead were bent over and getting a good bumming...

[FarehamSaintJames]

As I said in another thread, Ralph needs to stop fucking about with 4-2-2-2 and overloading the attack playing tippy-tappy passing games that gain you all possession but score you no sodding goals.

4-2-3-1, buy an AM, a winger and a competent CB this summer.

Sick of this, classic Saints now.

No more of the “this isn’t his team”, the deadwood has been sold now. This is HIS squad.

I’ve made so much money betting against Saints this season because they’re so, so predictable, every game the same.

Something has got to change this summer. We’ve hovered around the lower relation threatened teams year after year and because of a couple of decent spurts of form we have stayed up. 
This is getting too close now and next season we could see some huge problems arise.

Edited 24 April, 2022 by FarehamSaintJames

[manji]

I can’t be arsed to look it up but didn’t Ralph do this at the end of the season when we were safe ? Fucked around with the line ups and we lost a few. Later claimed he was testing new ideas. 

[Donatello]

1 minute ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

This long throw thing is a crock of shit. Really need to stop it.

Don't really understand why there isn't someone at the club who's able to highlight how entirely f*cking pointless they are. And why Salisu doesn't tell Ralph every time he's asked to take a long throw, that he can't actually take them :S

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 minute ago, Donatello said:

Don't really understand why there isn't someone at the club who's able to highlight how entirely f*cking pointless they are. And why Salisu doesn't tell Ralph every time he's asked to take a long throw, that he can't actually take them :S

Because Ralph is all powering, and nobody is allowed to question him whatsoever

[Saint NL]

Walker peters is the only player out there that looks up for it.

Not the first time either. I wouldn't be surprised if his agent was looking to get him a move in the summer.

[Saints foreva]

The CMs aren't doing their job. We need another body in there.

[skintsaint]

Freekick in a great position.

[Teddeer]

Have we taken our ice cream break yet?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 minute ago, Donatello said:

Don't really understand why there isn't someone at the club who's able to highlight how entirely f*cking pointless they are. And why Salisu doesn't tell Ralph every time he's asked to take a long throw, that he can't actually take them :S

There was that article that pointed out that the idea isn't to actually win the header from the throw in, or heaven forbid, score from them. It's to increase the chances of winning the second ball from them. It helps us prevent break aways from our own throw ins, apparently.

[skintsaint]

whats with JWP's socks and the holes on the back lol

[AlexLaw76]

Is Ralph going to change it?

is he fuck!

[jamesfp1]

We need that new ownership bounce again. #DraganOut

[OttawaSaint]

RH has totally mismanaged many of these young players. He's so rigid that he takes away their flare and then punishes them when they struggle.

[Sarisbury Saint]

Reckon we’ll win 2 v 1.

 

[BotleySaint]

Pretty much a continuation of the last game by the sounds of it.

[skintsaint]

Livramento is fucked. Went down bad.

[Saints foreva]

That looks like a bad one. 

[OttawaSaint]

Ugh oh, this doesn't look good for Tino.

[Nordic Saint]

13 minutes ago, whelk said:

And noting we have the worst record in PL for conceding from set plays. Some coach we have

That and the fact we don't score from corners, crosses and long throws is because we don't have anybody who can head the ball, either in defence or in attack, which is a serious deficiency at any level of football, let alone the Premier League, especially as our main mode of attack is high crosses and corners from our wing-backs.  Let's hope we can buck the trend today and scrape a draw with a ball accidentally bouncing off the back of one of our strikers heads into the Brighton net. 

[The Curse of St Mary's]

Dread to think what Liverpool are going to do to us. We are a mess. It's not an over reaction to think that Liverpool could easily put more than 9 past us based on how badly we are playing. No organisation at all. 

[skintsaint]

looks like ankle injury.

[Chez]

Cruciate?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

I hope Livramento is going to be okay. Ralph's still going to pick him after all.

[Chez]

5 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

whats with JWP's socks and the holes on the back lol

it's the new Fowler nose band.

[Sunglasses Ron]

1 minute ago, The Curse of St Mary's said:

Dread to think what Liverpool are going to do to us. We are a mess. It's not an over reaction to think that Liverpool could easily put more than 9 past us based on how badly we are playing. No organisation at all. 

Thankfully, at this stage of the season, they’ll be looking to win 1 or 2 nil then ease off (I hope).

[Donatello]

2 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

There was that article that pointed out that the idea isn't to actually win the header from the throw in, or heaven forbid, score from them. It's to increase the chances of winning the second ball from them. It helps us prevent break aways from our own throw ins, apparently.

Be interested to read it. That being said, the theory doesn't appear to match reality though. Plus the same could be achieved by any player lofting it up the pitch. (realise you're not defending it btw)

Ugh, Tino.

[AlexLaw76]

Going to have a few months out there. 

[Psycrow]

Say what you want about Shane Long, but not for the first time, he's the one the there dealing with the situation. Talking to Tino, helping him through it

[nta786]

1 minute ago, The Curse of St Mary's said:

Dread to think what Liverpool are going to do to us. We are a mess. It's not an over reaction to think that Liverpool could easily put more than 9 past us based on how badly we are playing. No organisation at all. 

Only saving grace is we will have c. 10 days rest before that Liverpool game, whilst they’ll have a midweek fixture vs Villa and then the FA Cup final vs Chelsea before playing us.

Note that despite all their fixtures they’ll end up looking fitter than our statues.

[skintsaint]

his left leg/ankle is all strapped up.

[Sarisbury Saint]

1 minute ago, Chez said:

it's the new Fowler nose band.

Ralph’s looking at his spreadsheet 

[Chez]

1 minute ago, Chez said:

Cruciate?

the replay suggests cruciate to me. 

[Manuel]

Shame for Tino.  Thankfully the one position that we have decent cover.

[gammon cheeks]

Tino been playing with an injury and has played to much this season in my opinion ....looks burnt out for a while now .

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

Going to have a few months out there. 

I'm still not sure if it was knee jarring from the weight he put on it or the ankle?

[MAY-Z]

3 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

looks like ankle injury.

Looks an ACL to me

[whiteleySaint30]

1 minute ago, Psycrow said:

Say what you want about Shane Long, but not for the first time, he's the one the there dealing with the situation. Talking to Tino, helping him through it

Yeah brilliant, let's give him a new contract....... not sure if anyone's told you but his job is to score goals

[OttawaSaint]

Just now, whiteleySaint30 said:

Yeah brilliant, let's give him a new contract....... not sure if anyone's told you but his job is to score goals

No his job is to miss chances to give us a better chance of winning the second ball...