Saints 1-2 Liverpool - Match Thread

[SuperSAINT]

Good lord almighty.

[It's There]

On no...help

[Lighthouse]

Forget cricket scores, this could be the prize money in Squid Game.

[Baird of the land]

Probably fitting if he goes after another 9 nil.

[Teddeer]

Have 3 players from one side ever scored hat-tricks in the same match? Could be Ralph's next shiny new record plus he'd probably eclipse his two nine nil shit shows.

[nta786]

Now, we have 10 days until this fixture, whilst Liverpool play Spurs tonight, Villa on the 10th, then an FA Cup final on the 14th against Chelsea.

Now who do we think will look fresher on the pitch?

Ralph can win some goodwill back if we miraculously get something from this game, although I suspect for many the damage is now done. 
 

The team I would play? Honestly probably too soon to care right now.

Prediction: Saints 1-4 Liverpool.

[Lighthouse]

Just now, Baird of the land said:

Probably fitting if he goes after another 9 nil.

Liverpool are going to score 9! (Yes, it's a mathematics joke)

[Toadhall Saint]

[Matthew Le God]

 

Edited 7 May, 2022 by Matthew Le God

[cloggy saint]

Everyone banging on about 9-0, I think we're looking at anything between 12 and 18.

[S-Clarke]

You know what's going to happen, don't you?

We'll end up winning this somehow, then go on to lose the Leicester game the next weekend. It's just how we do things and why we are such an infuriating team.

Edited 7 May, 2022 by S-Clarke

[trousers]

[Master Bates]

We win by 1 goal.

[BotleySaint]

Liverpool players must surely be thinking about our various 9 nils and thinking its their turn. Maybe go one more and make it 10. About time we broke some more records.. 

 

[Micky]

It doesn't bear thinking about what they will do to us.   Jeff Stelling and the team on Sky were saying how we are liable to folding, and that was against Brentford...! There is no fight or desire in this team so if it starts to go pear shaped early on it could well get embarrassing again.  Our best hope is that VVD and Sadio take pity on us and ease up.

[Pamplemousse]

Hopefully we don't see Forster, Bednarek or Salisu anywhere near the team, we may stand a chance of at least keeping it respectable.

[It's There]

goalkeeper + Play 10 in defence?

Maybe 6 3 1 ?

Play salisu, bednarek, Stephens, Simeu, Gallery , KWP, Peraud, JWP, Romeo, Smallbone and Forster.

Defend,defend,defend!

[AlexLaw76]

Liverpool will batter us.  Probably win by around 5

[Lighthouse]

5 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Liverpool will batter us.  Probably win by around 5

Most of our opponents win by around twenty past three.

[Whitey Grandad]

2 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Most of our opponents win by around twenty past three.

Which reminds me of the old joke,

”I see that Saints are losing again”

”How on earth can you know?”

”It’s ten past three”

[fanimal]

Liverpool will do just enough as they won’t be as fresh probably 3 or 4-1 couple of late goals from subs just to make sure 

[SNSUN]

Liverpool 9 - Southampton Nein.

 

Can we just get 5 or whatever players sent off and take the 3-0 defeat?

[OttawaSaint]

26 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Liverpool will batter us.  Probably win by around 5

What about the second half?

[The Cat]

Contemplating putting my tickets up on the exchange, especially if Man City drop any points beforehand.

Not sure I can sit through us getting hammered while watching Liverpool fans celebrate being a step closer to the title.

[Whitey Grandad]

39 minutes ago, The Cat said:

Contemplating putting my tickets up on the exchange, especially if Man City drop any points beforehand.

Not sure I can sit through us getting hammered while watching Liverpool fans celebrate being a step closer to the title.

I shall be there. When a loved one is on its sick bed they need all the support that you can give them.

[The Cat]

10 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

I shall be there. When a loved one is on its sick bed they need all the support that you can give them.

I'm going to Leicester. By that point it might be like seeing the lifeless corpse dragged out in a coffin.

[Dark Munster]

[SNSUN]

Comes to something where I'm actually hoping we play Valery in a 3 man defence. 

 

🤦‍♂️

[cloggy saint]

1 hour ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Which reminds me of the old joke,

”I see that Saints are losing again”

”How on earth can you know?”

”It’s ten past three”

Or the classic "What time are Saints kicking off today?"

"3.00, 3.07, 3.12, 3.21 etc etc."

[LeBizzier69]

Can we do a Newcastle style Covid postponement perhaps? Until 2027?

I'm going to go purely because it's the last home game of the season, but this really could get very ugly both in scoreline and atmosphere. 

[Saints foreva]

Lube up boys, they're going in dry. Wouldn't be surprised it they effectively win the league here. 

[Baird of the land]

17 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

Comes to something where I'm actually hoping we play Valery in a 3 man defence. 

 

🤦‍♂️

I'd rather play something like 4-5-1.

[SNSUN]

Just now, Baird of the land said:

I'd rather play something like 4-5-1.

Forster

KWP Bednarek Salisu Perraud

Valery Lyanco Stephens Romeu Small

JWP

 

That oughta hold them off for a nil nil. 😛

[The Cat]

Probably drop Bednarek for Lyanco, not sure about 3 at the back. Put Romeu back in place of Diallo.

Adams has to play as we'll need someone vaguely competent at holding up the ball when we play it forward.

[Kenilworthy]

19 minutes ago, The Cat said:

Probably drop Bednarek for Lyanco, not sure about 3 at the back. Put Romeu back in place of Diallo.

Adams has to play as we'll need someone vaguely competent at holding up the ball when we play it forward.

We will play the ball forward? Sounds better than I expect.

[Ivan Katalinic's 'tache]

Would holding them to 5 feel like a win? They have Villa and Chelsea before us so is it too much to hope they'll be knackered???

[Holmes_and_Watson]

39 minutes ago, Baird of the land said:

I'd rather play something like 4-5-1.

10-0-0 helping  Forster form a human barricade in our goal🙂

[The Kraken]

2 minutes ago, Ivan Katalinic's 'tache said:

Would holding them to 5 feel like a win? They have Villa and Chelsea before us so is it too much to hope they'll be knackered???

The biggest hope is that Spurs hold on for a point at Anfield, Villa somehow beat them to kill their title chase, Kloppitty then plays the reserves so he can rest the squad for the CL.

I mean, it won’t happen, and we’d lose anyway, but maybe not by a hammering.

[The Cat]

18 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

The biggest hope is that Spurs hold on for a point at Anfield, Villa somehow beat them to kill their title chase, Kloppitty then plays the reserves so he can rest the squad for the CL.

I mean, it won’t happen, and we’d lose anyway, but maybe not by a hammering.

Part 1 is complete.

[BotleySaint]

At least we should know a little more of our fate by the time this game comes around.
Both Leeds and Everton will play 3 times and Burnley once more before we face Liverpool.

Hopefully we can go into this one already knowing we are safe by then... 

Edited 7 May, 2022 by BotleySaint

[Teddeer]

1 hour ago, Saints foreva said:

Lube up boys, they're going in dry. Wouldn't be surprised it they effectively win the league here. 

Think they handed City the title tonight.

[kyle04]

Can we just put 11 men on the goal line for 90 mins ?

[geoffnut]

Could be a double digit score .

[Suhari]

There was a tanker delivering KY Jelly to St Mary's earlier on.

That should make things go smoother.

[Wiseone]

Why bother with this topic??...surely we all know what the outcome will be.

[Whitey Grandad]

Last home game of the season. Lap of appreciation anybody? Will there be anybody left in the stands to see it?

[Teddeer]

26 minutes ago, kyle04 said:

Can we just put 11 men on the goal line for 90 mins ?

Not unless it's in Ralph's playbook.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

12 minutes ago, Wiseone said:

Why bother with this topic??...surely we all know what the outcome will be.

Definitely the home win. 🙂

[Saint Billy]

Ever wanted to witness an execution. 

[Teddeer]

Lambs to the slaughter.