Man City 4-0 Saints - Match Thread

[Manuel]

I've given up on it.  No enjoyment whatsoever.  

 

[Saint NL]

Was that Adams just stood watching? Pathetic effort

[The Juice]

Haaland 20 goals for the season on October 8th - jesus christ 

[Sunglasses Ron]

And there goes the Haaland trophy…

[hypochondriac]

This has been really embarrassing. 

[BotleySaint]

Team was really static there until it was too late.

Real lack of effort being shown which makes you wonder if they are no longer behind the manager.

[Chez]

KWP gets his distances wrong...game over. Well, another goal. It was game over yonks ago.

[jamesfp1]

Moi and Djeneppo snuck on for the lols

[Saint Fan CaM]

And there it is. He’s got a goal - can we stop the game now please? There’s more chance of finding life on Mars as us scoring.

The gap in class is huge. It’s like watching a mediocre Prem team going up against a non-league side.

[The Kraken]

Djenepo and Elmo brought on. Fuck me.

[Jonnyboy]

We should've held onto Romeu for one more season. 

[Convict Colony]

Is cancelo the predator cos he's spent all afternoon skinning KWP

[Mr X]

1 minute ago, Edmonton Saint said:

Time for the Ralph Train to get out of Southampton on a way one ticket to Sacksville.

He'll still be here at Xmas with semmens at the helm 

[SNSUN]

One Saints goal and I'm rich, rich beyond my wildest dreams!

 

Nah I didn't put a bet on for Saints to score. If we can't do it against Villa, Wolves and Everton...

[obelisk]

Get KWP off before he gets sent off.

[Sheaf Saint]

Nobody is making any tackles or even trying to make life difficult for City. None whatsoever. We are literally just standing off them and letting them pass around us. And the captain is the worst culprit of them all. It's painful to watch.

 

[jamesfp1]

1 minute ago, The Kraken said:

Djenepo and Elmo brought on. Fuck me.

This is like when you go "if they sack me I'll shit in the kettle on my last day"

[Miltonaggro]

Blackmore in full Ralph apologist mode on Solent. Some of the material relatively original. 

[SOTONSEASTSIDE]

How much more of this Ralph torture, do we have to take. 3 years is enough punishment 😳

[Chez]

1 minute ago, Saint NL said:

Was that Adams just stood watching? Pathetic effort

why is he still on the pitch? Complete passenger. Get Edozie on.

[BotleySaint]

Chasing shadows here. A mixture of City being sublime and our players totally lacking in belief and energy.

Don't expect to beat City but you hope we'd at least put in some effort.

[trousers]

Just now, Chez said:

Get Edozie on.

Not sure the rules allow us to bring on a player not named in the squad?

[SNSUN]

Just now, Chez said:

why is he still on the pitch? Complete passenger. Get Edozie on.

Not on bench

[Saint NL]

Elyounoussi kicking Aki in the head is the best things saints have managed all day

[SNSUN]

Bring on Walcott for the lols

 

 

[Convict Colony]

I forgot Aribo is playing

[Chez]

1 minute ago, SNSUN said:

Not on bench

ah. Do we have any attacking players on the bench that can actually attack?

[trousers]

Just now, Chez said:

ah. Do we have any attacking players on the bench that can actually attack?

Mara...

Edited 8 October, 2022 by trousers

[Convict Colony]

Just now, Chez said:

ah. Do we have any attacking players on the bench that can actually attack?

Ralph was a striker, not sure what he's like now

[Chez]

1 minute ago, Convict Colony said:

I forgot Aribo is playing

Aribo, Amstrong and Che.  If you want to try and hit teams on the break, are these the players you want?

[SNSUN]

1 minute ago, Chez said:

ah. Do we have any attacking players on the bench that can actually attack?

We do not.

[The Kraken]

6 minutes ago, BotleySaint said:

Don't expect to beat City but you hope we'd at least put in some effort.

Like you say, don’t expect any points from this, but…

I expect our team to be well drilled. I expect them to make the game as difficult as possible for City. I expect them to get into the opposition, not consistently stand off them and let them play. I expect more than 1 shot (off target) in 75 minutes. I expect City to score, but they should have to work hard for their goals, not be gifted them by a series of mistakes and piss poor play.

Except, I don’t expect that. Under Ralph, this performance is everything I expected.

Edited 8 October, 2022 by The Kraken

[saintant]

Being hammered and not had a shot on target. About as gutless as it gets Ralph.

[OldNick]

I knew my week end was going to be rubbish as Saints were going to lose. So not as bad as I feel sometimes

Cherries winning FFS

[SNSUN]

Tempting fate but I said 4 nil before the game...

[Chez]

2 minutes ago, trousers said:

Mara...

get him on. Maybe he wont be completely in Aki's pocket like Che has. 

[badgerx16]

2 minutes ago, Chez said:

 Do we have any attacking players ........that can actually attack?

Corrected.

[Miltonaggro]

1 minute ago, The Kraken said:

Like you say, don’t expect any points from this, but…

I expect our team to be well drilled. I expect them to make the game as difficult as possible for City. I expect them to get into the opposition, not consistently stand off the, and let them play. I expect more than 1 shot (off target) in 75 minutes. I expect City to score, but they should have to work hard for their goals, not be gifted them by a series of mistakes and piss poor play.

Except, I don’t expect that. Under Ralph, this performance is everything I expected.

I’d also expect Grealish to be kicked up in the air. 

[Sunglasses Ron]

Just now, SNSUN said:

Tempting fate but I said 4 nil before the game...

There’ll be dancing in the streets of Southampton tonight if it stays that way as we rejoice at avoiding a complete humping.

[Saint Fan CaM]

4-0 and 20 minutes left. Could still be an even bigger embarrassment.

[Chez]

76 minutes and Che finally holds a ball up. 

 

[SNSUN]

 Ralph keeping this from being 9 nil surely saves his job for another season...

[saintant]

Bournemouth sacked their manager after a nine nil defeat. Seems to have worked quite well for them so far - maybe we should try it.

[Saint NL]

Predictions for the time of Ralph's p45 delivery? I reckon he's gone at 5:15.

 

Dragan needs to get it done early so he can watch Strictly in peace.

Edited 8 October, 2022 by Saint NL

[Sheaf Saint]

Fucking hell this is poor. Sooooooo gutless from saints. No effort whatsoever to make life difficult for City. It's almost like it's a pointless friendly and nobody wants to get injured.

[InvictaSaint]

Ironic cheers from travelling Saints fans as we get our first corner…and a 2nd shot!!!!

[Chez]

JWP must be 60:40 to get that ball but he's so slow and Cancelo beats him to it. 

[saintant]

Just now, Saint NL said:

Predictions for the time of Ralph's p45 delivery? I reckon he's gone at 5:15.

Not this week I'm afraid. If West Ham beat us at home and it's another pathetic performance he might get the bullet then but I get the feeling he's teflon coated.

[OldNick]

It is so sad that we cant really say who else in our squad who is fit should have played!!

Pretty concerning

[OldNick]

Just now, Chez said:

JWP must be 60:40 to get that ball but he's so slow and Cancelo beats him to it. 

His mind doesnt seem to be on playing