Bournemouth 0-1 Saints - Match Thread

[Saint NL]

Jesus, that was close.

Why aren't we wasting time?

[FboroSaint21]

7 minutes ago, FboroSaint21 said:

Bazunu showing good confidence under the high balls.

I’m going to shut my mouth …ffs

[DT]

Keep possession!!!!  Ffs

[Saint_clark]

Wow. Saints fans actually get a decent chant going for Djenepo to "wonderwall" and then drown it out with "ohhhh moussa Djenepo"

[AlexLaw76]

How the fuck does Stuart Armstrong not start a game?

[Saint NL]

If any of our players could shoot we'd have won this comfortably

[Colinjb]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

Wow. Saints fans actually get a decent chant going for Djenepo to "wonderwall" and then drown it out with "ohhhh moussa Djenepo"

It's back, sounding good.

[Jonnyboy]

Maybe, just maybe, there are three teams in the league who are worse than Saints.

[jasonb]

1 minute ago, DT said:

Really terrible. What’s happened to him?

Low on confidence? Loss of form? Take your pick I guess. If he was a 9/10 player every week he wouldn't still be at Saints. 

His form and confidence will return. Probably trying everything to regain both but sometimes that can be part of the problem too. 

[Turkish]

2 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Wow. Saints fans actually get a decent chant going for Djenepo to "wonderwall" and then drown it out with "ohhhh moussa Djenepo"

It sounds bloody awful! 

[Saint86]

Has to be said that was a good/tough battling performance from the team. Especially given the injuries and low confidence. Rode our luck a bit but made good subs to turn the game around and deal with the injury to kwp, had far and away the better chances and really should have scored another 2 at least.

Che, perraud, salisu and bazunu all did really well from the starters. Stu added a lot when he came on. Car looks decent. 

Hopefully the injury to kwp isn't too bad. 

Hopefully we can use this as a springboard, but eitherway, we have arsenal next and this is a much needed 3 points!

COYRs.

Edited 19 October, 2022 by Saint86

[Mr X]

When we absolutely have to win we can .... Let's hope we can do this in our potential relegation battle 

[USaint]

Terrible game and management again but a very welcome 3 points. Adams absolutely bossed the Bournemouth players. Pleased for Bazunu who finally gets a clean sheet even after a mistake near the end. Confidence of this win will help the players.

[Saint_clark]

Well we needed the three points. 

Now we need improvement in performances.

[Saint Matty 76]

A terrible 2nd half but to their credit, they played out injury time brilliantly. What a weird fucking team we are.

Start. Stuart. Armstrong.

[BotleySaint]

We actually got better as the game went on. Marginally better. I'd still sack Ralph.

[Disco Stu]

What a shit victory 😂

[stknowle]

7 minutes ago, Turkish said:

And after all you’re my Djenepo ffs 🤦‍♂️ 🤣

Oh THAT’s what they were singing. 

[davefizzy14]

Three massive points, get in! Che was superb tonight

[DT]

We were absolutely shite. But hey

[Turkish]

Well it wasn’t pretty but a wins a win. Saw it out quite nicely in the end. Bournemouth shockingly bad. 
 

Adams rightly man of the match. 

[Sunglasses Ron]

A win? A clean sheet?

What is this sorcery!

Edited 19 October, 2022 by Sunglasses Ron

[obelisk]

Saints were excellent in the last 10 minutes. Kept possession well but still missed a couple of good chances for a second goal.

[CB Fry]

Honestly that is a win of a relegated team. Absolutely fucking dreadful against a terrible opponent.

[Turkish]

Just now, stknowle said:

Oh THAT’s what they were singing. 

It sounded terrible, doesn’t even rhyme 🤣

[Jimmy_D]

Gerrin!

Hard fought win there, but we were able to close it out professionally there.

[Toadhall Saint]

Well done saints. Che Adams ran himself into the ground 👍

[The Cat]

4 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Wow. Saints fans actually get a decent chant going for Djenepo to "wonderwall" and then drown it out with "ohhhh moussa Djenepo"

It's a shit chant because it's based on a horrific song and I hope we sell him in January so I don't have to listen to it again.

[Whitey Grandad]

Well bugger me backwards with a barge pole. A clean sheet!

 

And a win

[Master Bates]

2 GAMES UNBEATEN, 
WE HAVE GONE 2 GAMES UNBEATEN,
2 GAMES UNBEEEEEEAAAATEN,
WE HAVE GONE 2 GAMES UNBEEEEAATEN

[jasonb]

Something to build on. 4pts in last two. Glass half full here. 

[Saint_clark]

I wish we'd stop doing that hand holding celebration until we're actually playing well consistently.

[Saint NL]

Wow, three points. 

Overall a pretty horrid performance, but some encouraging signs at least. The game management towards the end was surprisingly good.

Che is very important to the team, there's a huge difference when he's playing well. His hold up play is superb.

 

Much needed, well done lads 👍

[obelisk]

Ralph always manages to pull off something to keep the sack at bay.

[DT]

Good news: 3 points. Bad news: retain terrible manager. Ah well. Small victories. 

[Turkish]

The unbeaten run continues!

[Sheaf Saint]

The subs made us much better but Bournemouth had burned themselves out by that point. Did well to play keep ball and see it out for the last 10 mins though.

Very welcome 3 points though, even if it does paper over the cracks a bit.

[Colinjb]

Regardless of result, we were sh*t. 

This reprieves Ralph and prolongs the agony. Don't let 'success bias' cloud how dreadful we were.

[Turkish]

Just now, Master Bates said:

2 GAMES UNBEATEN, 
WE HAVE GONE 2 GAMES UNBEATEN,
2 GAMES UNBEEEEEEAAAATEN,
WE HAVE GONE 2 GAMES UNBEEEEAATEN

Who can stop the Southampton juggernaut?! 

[Toussaint]

Not the cringe champions league celebration , nooo 

[DT]

1 minute ago, CB Fry said:

Honestly that is a win of a relegated team. Absolutely fucking dreadful against a terrible opponent.

Was extraordinarily bad. We were shocking all over the pitch. 

[Dorchester Saint]

A win and a clean sheet is very welcome, but let’s not pretend it isn’t just papering over the cracks, we were terrible for large parts of that. Attack me if you like, couldn’t give a toss. We will lose more than we win with this clown in charge 
 

RALPH OUT!! 

[qwertyell]

Win's a win, no matter how shite. Very welcome clean sheet.

Don't know who's playing RB against Arsenal if KWP is out and AMN club tied. 

Might have to go three at the back and hope Djenepo can fill in at wing back - or give Lewis Payne a baptism of fire.

[SNSUN]

Still averaging a point a game, it was a big win. A shit win, yes, but a very important win.

 

And a clean sheet!

[Baird of the land]

That was pretty pathetic. Especially in the 2nd half where for the bulk of it we contrived to avoid having the ball.

Fortunate that we came against a championship standard team.

S. Armstrong was excellent when he came on. Surely there has to be a place for his quality on the ball in the starting xi.

Adams MOM. Worked extremely hard, got his goal. He's no Ings/Lambert but he's a solid premier league attacker and has to play 90 minutes if fit until we invest properly there.

No clue what we'll do without KWP. Larios looked lost when he came on. I don't fancy seeing Elyounessi play there again. A decent team would have exploited him more than once.

 

[The Juice]

Obviously glad of the three points but another result Ralph will live off for the next three months now. 

 

[Toussaint]

Just now, Colinjb said:

Regardless of result, we were sh*t. 

This reprieves Ralph and prolongs the agony. Don't let 'success bias' cloud how dreadful we were.

We weren’t dreadful, good substitutions and closed out the game really well.

[StrangelyBrown]

Will done saints ground out a result - hopefully we can take some confidence from that. Substitutes were absolutely bewildering, but we got away with it. Hope stuey starts over aribo against the arse.

Bournemouth really are proper shite though. Very difficult to judge us against them.

[Convict Colony]

Maybe start the subs in the next game 

[AlexLaw76]

What a much needed win, with a fucking terrible performance.  Daylight robbery really, we were that bad.

I will say, the players left everything out there, but we are going to get absolutely rinsed by Arsenal.

Adams MoM, Perruad good as was Salisu.

Stuart Armstrong never starts, which is incredible really

 

Ralph OUT