Tottenham 4-1 Saints - Match Thread

[SNSUN]

1 minute ago, bpsaint said:

Embarrassing but not surprising, I put £20 on us to lose 4-1 at 16/1

Cash Out. I doubt that'll be the end of the scoring!

[Sheaf Saint]

Oh FFS. Well at least we scored.

[Delmary]

Have been a Ralph loyalist but he needs to go now. Enough is enough.

[saintscottofthenortham]

We are a totally predictable mess. Don’t get me wrong, I expected nothing, but to get it so wrong is unforgivable. 

[SambaMaverick]

Just now, Disco Stu said:

What could have been if Tottenham got the red card they deserved.

No chance

[egg]

1 hour ago, Lighthouse said:

We have, as evidence by the three players who are in it. Without Baz, Lav and Aribo we’d mostly likely be playing a different formation with Forster, Moi and Redmond. Djenepo is only playing because we have injuries to two first choice fullbacks, Valery is clearly preferred to ABK and Lyanco today but that’s not to say this will be permanent. We just have better options.

All that said, we’ve still got three weeks to go and are apparently still in the hunt for a decent striker.

Madness to suggest that today's team is an upgrade on last season's. We were shit then, and are worse now. 

[saintant]

Ralph needs to go. He has no clue I'm afraid. Another embarrassing shit show. Spurs could run riot here.

[obelisk]

Spurs should be down to 9 men. They'd still win mind.

[DT]

3 minutes ago, FarehamSaintJames said:

Superb selection.

Superb tactics.

Superb defending.

Superbly inexperienced.

🤣

So negative 

[Suhari]

No yellow?

How!?

[Baird of the land]

Is that not a reckless challenge?

[Sheaf Saint]

Fucking hell. Did he seriously not get a card for that!?

[Saint_clark]

Academic now but Royal looked way offside for their own goal? 

[adrian lord]

A New Dawn Fades.

[charliemiller]

Oh Dear 

[IOWSaintDaz]

Sean Dyche in please!!!

[Saint Fan CaM]

Why is that not a red for a reckless challenge on Romeu - not even a fooking yellow?!?!

[bpsaint]

2 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

Cash Out. I doubt that'll be the end of the scoring!

Cashed out for £240. This is fucking bullshit, Ralph out seriously, same shot as the end of last year, fucking saints.

[aintforever]

All that money spent and the first XI is no better at all, fucking madness.

[Sheaf Saint]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

Academic now but Royal looked way offside for their own goal? 

No, it was actually Salisu playing him on.

[northam soul]

So we change shape to stop conceding, well that worked a treat.

Might help if we played players in their best positions and played the best players for those positions.

Ralph has to go.

[Toussaint]

4 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Probably not the only one, but Djenepo was well out of position all the way through that move for the 4th.

He was, but he’s not a defender and he was committed to attack, that is the risk using full backs as wingers. 

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Sheaf Saint said:

No, it was actually Salisu playing him on.

Amazing. What the fuck was he thinking. 

Glad we switched to this defensive formation to help us concede less.

[Ekelund]

Watch Bednarek for the 4th goal. Made himself as small as possible. Nails 

[CylonKing]

It was good for 20 minutes. Have had to stop listening. Same old, same old. So disappointing! ☹️

[obelisk]

Saints all over the place. If Spurs don't get 6 they'll be having an inquest.

[SNSUN]

I was excited for the season this morning. Now I can see it is going to be a long season. Sack off this 3 at the back nonsense (we don't have the CBs!) and go back to 4-2-2-2. At least we'd offer more in attack than trying to go defensive against one of the best attacks in the Premier League.

[Disco Stu]

Has Ralph actually made any tactical changes? Looks like we're still playing the same shape despite being so toothless.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 minute ago, Toussaint said:

He was, but he’s not a defender and he was committed to attack, that is the risk using full backs as wingers. 

true. I've been wondering why we've not been able to get him into more attacking places, where it's okay to try and take people on. He's doing it from deep positions, and SPurs toy with him, drawing him out of position adn punishing him.

[Turkish]

Same old shit.  Fucking pathetic 

[Chris cooper]

Nice to see the new shape working well .. up the ralphy baby 👌🏻

[aintforever]

Why the fuck did we buy that Ketchup bloke if he’s not as good as Stephens?

[Saint_Jonny]

The absolute bedwetting scenes on here. I won't lose sleep after losing one game to a top four team with one of the best attacks in Europe. 

Yes we could have stopped the balls into the box they scored from, and the OG was laughable, but calm the fuck down. 

[whelk]

Just now, Disco Stu said:

Has Ralph actually made any tactical changes? Looks like we're still playing the same shape despite being so toothless.

Doesn’t know how to manage a game. Needs to go

[Jonnyboy]

1 minute ago, obelisk said:

Saints all over the place. If Spurs don't get 6 they'll be having an inquest.

Should be an inquest into this ref. 

[Saint Fan CaM]

Unfortunately this was on the cards - new players maybe, but same tactical shite from Ralph. I honestly think a better Manager gets more from this squad, but we desperately need a much better striker or two…not bargain basement.

Good to see Ralph has done the obvious and brought on a defender when 4-1 down. FFS.

[vectraman]

We. Can’t. Defend. At.  All. ☹️

[StrangelyBrown]

Nice to see the usual spazweb meltdown

[stknowle]

fuck

Edited 6 August, 2022 by stknowle

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Saint_Jonny said:

The absolute bedwetting scenes on here. I won't lose sleep after losing one game to a top four team with one of the best attacks in Europe. 

Yes we could have stopped the balls into the box they scored from, and the OG was laughable, but calm the fuck down. 

🤣

[UpweySaint]

F*ck me! Fallen apart. Spurs have so much more quality than us but quite how Romero didn't get a booking is beyond me.

 

I'm a  Ralph fan but he's got this very wrong. I didn't expect to win but we need to find a way to be more competitive. How we are playing with no striker is beyond me - clearly isn't working. 

[Saint_clark]

1 minute ago, aintforever said:

Why the fuck did we buy that Ketchup bloke if he’s not as good as Stephens?

Jesus I didnt even clock that.

[saintant]

Many of us said that 3 at the back would suck the life out of our creativity whilst still conceding goals for fun. Today has proved the point.

Edited 6 August, 2022 by saintant

[Dorchester Saint]

I can’t defend Ralph anymore, this is pathetic!! 
I just don’t know who could replace him though. 

[Baird of the land]

Don't worry Adams is going to get a load of goals from the bench.

[saintant]

2 minutes ago, StrangelyBrown said:

Nice to see the usual spazweb meltdown

The last 15 games does that to you unless you don't give a shit of course.

[UpweySaint]

1 minute ago, Saint_Jonny said:

The absolute bedwetting scenes on here. I won't lose sleep after losing one game to a top four team with one of the best attacks in Europe. 

Yes we could have stopped the balls into the box they scored from, and the OG was laughable, but calm the fuck down. 

I expected to lose today but to see us capitulate again is surely a concern? This could be a cricket score and it's not because we are 'going for it' in any way. If we went for it at 2-1 down and Spurs smashed a few in fine but I can't even discern what the plan was/is today.

[John Boy Saint]

Oh mariner does have his pen in his pocket then 

[Disco Stu]

Everyone's afraid to put in a challenge.

[badgerx16]

Alpine Klopp ? More like Alpine Klott.