Aston Villa 1-0 Saints - Match Thread

[Disco Stu]

We've been awful. Not surprising though 

[coalman]

  On 16/09/2022 at 19:43, trousers said:

The scorer was offside when ball first played in...

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But they scored versus Saints so...

[Jimmy_D]

VAR useless yet again.

[OttawaSaint]

Fucking hit the bar twice. Bollock!

[Gingeletiss]

That’s about as offside as it gets, yet given. FFS

[trousers]

  On 16/09/2022 at 19:42, Saint_clark said:

Is that a DELIBERATE play from the defender? I don't think so. Bounces off his head.

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Nope, it was deliberate (looking at replay)

[Edmonton Saint]

He was offside ? I don’t understand this nonsense any more 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Djenepo was a yard off concedign the corner. We were slow stopping the short corner, and unlucky that the flick back fell right to the guy who was offside moments before.

[Sheaf Saint]

So can someone please explain to me how the two players in offside positions are not interfering with play?

[coalman]

On the plus side, it won't contribute to our points lost from winning positions stat

[Suhari]

Points. From. Losing. Positions.

Let's do it again.

Shirley we'll be better second half.

[Mr X]

Both sides have been crap but somehow we manage to be slightly shitter.... Hope we wake up now! 

[OttawaSaint]

No use looking ok if we lose 1-0 to equally poor teams, Man U, Wolves, Villa?

[gsweet87]

Worst we've looked this season by a distance. Not shown up at all.

[macca155]

Villa are terrible and they are 1 0 up!

Mo just not up to it. Midfield being overrun.

We all knew that woukd happen when the team was announced.

Come on Ralph sort this out.

[adrian lord]

Bloody Bailey ought not even be on the pitch. 

 

[Streaky]

Diallo is so shit, what does he actually do other than give the ball away.

[The Kraken]

Crisp packet wrists from Bazunu, shit defending all round. saints have been crap so far, Elmo is a waste of a shirt and Diallo has no midfield presence at all, how we miss Romeu and Romeo.

[trousers]

All our points this season have come from losing positions, so no panic folks....

[jabei]

How bad does Elyonoussi have to be to start getting the abuse Redmond got?

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[Saint Fan CaM]

Utter dross all over the park. Seriously poor tactical management AGAIN from Ralph.

[harvey]

As per usual.....diabolical going forward.

[BotleySaint]

Defence looking very open. 

[Whitey Grandad]

  On 16/09/2022 at 19:45, Sheaf Saint said:

So can someone please explain to me how the two players in offside positions are not interfering with play?

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The ball came to the goalscorer via a deliberate play by a defender. No, I don’t really understand the Laws either.

[coalman]

Can we tell Villa that we're ok with them bringing Bednarek on at half time?

[saint lard]

So when can we call for Ralph to be sacked?…. Still living a charmed life as far as I’m concerned. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Mr X]

  On 16/09/2022 at 19:46, Saint Fan CaM said:

Utter dross all over the park. Seriously poor tactical management AGAIN from Ralph.

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Noone in our team has been above a 6 so far 

[Tanlee]

We may get something out of this game yet, but fuck me we lack any creative inspiration 

[Saint NL]

Freekick there?

Ffs ref

[macca155]

  On 16/09/2022 at 19:45, Sheaf Saint said:

So can someone please explain to me how the two players in offside positions are not interfering with play?

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Salisu played it to them

[adrian lord]

Bazunu gives me the jitters every time he has a shot to deal with. 

[trousers]

  On 16/09/2022 at 19:46, Saint Fan CaM said:

Utter dross all over the park. Seriously poor tactical management AGAIN from Ralph.

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Maybe wait until the end of the game before coming to such a conclusion? #callmeoldfashioned 

[OttawaSaint]

Utter bullshit! Never a foul there by Arma. 

[Convict Colony]

Come on Reuben Selles, pump yourself up to fire up ralph and lets up the ralph mode, take the hand brake off.

I want another body in midfield and I want a attackers who have ball control and pace.

Moi and Arma off

[Holmes_and_Watson]

of course that was a free kick ref. Saints would have had an attack. Can;t have that.

[AlexLaw76]

  On 16/09/2022 at 19:47, OttawaSaint said:

Utter bullshit! Never a foul there by Arma. 

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aye, it was. he nidged him out of the way whilst he was 5ft in the air

[trousers]

  On 16/09/2022 at 19:47, saint lard said:

So when can we call for Ralph to be sacked?…. Still living a charmed life as far as I’m concerned. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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If only you'd posted that before we conceded we'd now be hailing you a footballing genius...

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[Saint_clark]

  On 16/09/2022 at 19:47, adrian lord said:

Bazunu gives me the jitters every time he has a shot to deal with. 

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So far he's been a poor signing. We'd have been better off with Forster in goal.

[Crab Lungs]

Villa are there for the taking.

sadly, so are we. Completely impactless midfield being unsurprisingly overrun.

 

[Turkish]

Well what a crap first half. 

[Saint Matty 76]

Diallo and Elyounoussi not good enough for this level.

Armstrong, Perraud and Djenepo not far above.

Terrible line-up and a terrible performance.

[Ed Rooney]

Ralph teamtalk 

Right lads I don’t know how to play attacking football so go out there and defend with 10…. If they score, sorry I’m fucked then, so just ignore everything I say and do what you want. 

[Mr X]

Lamest 45 from us for some time! 

[Disco Stu]

We always have to put ourselves at a disadvantage. Losing the midfield battle big time.

[obelisk]

Villa are awful so you can almost guarantee that Saints would be worse.

[Saints foreva]

HT. Utter dogshit performance from us. 

Not convinced with Bazunu, weak as fuck for their goal. 

[Yorkshire Saint]

Adams cut adrift up front.. id change the formation as Villa are shit.

[woodsaint1]

For all the plaudits that the likes of ABK, KWP and Salisu have been getting, still no clean sheet in the league this season

[Holmes_and_Watson]

  On 16/09/2022 at 19:47, adrian lord said:

Bazunu gives me the jitters every time he has a shot to deal with. 

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He does come across as flappy, doesn;t like catching and obviously not as physical as Forster. But he's not done anything wrong.

[Saint NL]

Very poor.

I had to double check that Diallo was playing, I genuinely don't recall him doing anything in that half. Elyounoussi has been awful, but at least I knew he was on the pitch.

 

Big changes needed for the second half. There's nothing up front, Che needs someone to pass to him.