Southampton 1-1 Arsenal - Match Thread

[Saint NL]

Lyanco smashing Martinelli out the park.

Think we'll need a few of those today 

[Saints foreva]

Early signs aren't promising. They've had 3 good chances. 

[Sheaf Saint]

Just now, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Lyanco wastes a good move by having a go. We may not get loads of chances, so that deserved a rollicking. Then AA doesn;t make a run, where a striker with some confidence would always make.

Can't for the life of me work out why he didn't follow through with that run.

[adrian lord]

We look worryingly open at the back 

Edited 23 October, 2022 by adrian lord

[Saint_clark]

Ffs what was Salisu doing on his arse there!?

[egg]

They're just walking through our midfield. Back 4 haven't got a prayer. 

[OttawaSaint]

4 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Somehow Villa managing to take the lead without the tactical genius of Steve G 🙂

2-0. "But a new guy would just be the same with these players".

[Saint NL]

One way traffic.

Ings scored for villa

[AlexLaw76]

New manager (or no manager) bounce at Villa

[Holmes_and_Watson]

We;re making some strong challenges. This season, the refs should be letting a lot of them stand. Hopefully Arsenal lose their composure a bit, falling over.

Missing that defensive midfielder again. Noone stopping them from deep.

[OttawaSaint]

Leicester 1 up at Wolves.

[adrian lord]

It so easy for them. We could get thrashed here

Edited 23 October, 2022 by adrian lord

[obelisk]

Arsenal runners just strolling into space on the edge of Saints penalty area. Saints lucky to still be level.

Oh! They're not any more.

[Saints foreva]

Woeful defending. We're gonna get battered. 

Ralph out. 

[nta786]

1-0 Arsenal...  it was coming 

 

[Mr X]

Lasted ten minutes.... Looks a matter of when not if though! 

[AlexLaw76]

We are not even competing

What is the point in Hassenhuttl?

[Saint_clark]

Game over.

[Saint NL]

One nil.

 

Game over 

[Toussaint]

Forest really stuck it up Liverpool yesterday, it’s the only way to get any joy from the big teams, it’s what we used to do in the good old days 

[Mr X]

Stream behind dam 

[RedArmy]

Ward prowse is a passenger in this game

[OttawaSaint]

Oh boyyy 0-1

[Holmes_and_Watson]

And that's it. 10 mins. >sigh<

[Turkish]

How is someone in the middle of the penalty area with no one anywhere hear them? 

[adrian lord]

We are timid and indolent. 
 

Arsenal are casually strolling towards our goal and shooting at will.

Edited 23 October, 2022 by adrian lord

[Suhari]

Some hit that was.

Being completely outclassed. Unsurprisingly.

[Mr X]

And now we have conceded in the first 15 

[Saint_clark]

Forster would have saved that just by virtue of being twice the size of Bazunu.

[Saint NL]

Lucky that wasn't a penalty 

 

We are asleep

[Suhari]

Just now, RedArmy said:

Ward prowse is a passenger in this game

Not for the first time this season.

[Sheaf Saint]

Far too easy.

[OttawaSaint]

JWP and Armstrong miles away from their men. Great leaders these senior players...

[SaintZamboni]

Absolutely woeful start to the game. Runners waltzing through with ease, shape is all wrong, sloppy passing all around and Elyo and Aribo pretty much absent. 
We’re going to get hammered 

[FarehamSaintJames]

Well that was completely expected. 1-0

 

Right, might go back to the housework now 👍🏻

[Thereisonlyonemickychannon]

Ralph will get a hat trick at this rate. 3 9-0s

[Turkish]

This could be our annual thumping. They are walking through us 

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Turkish said:

How is someone in the middle of the penalty area with no one anywhere hear them? 

No defensive minded midfielder to follow them in. Selling Romeu was mental.

[egg]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

We are not even competing

What is the point in Hassenhuttl?

I'm one of his biggest critics, but I'm not sure what he's supposed to do with our midfield. He's put out all he's got and they're getting swatted like flies. 

[LGTL]

1 minute ago, RedArmy said:

Ward prowse is a passenger in this game

Replace this with every. 

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

How is someone in the middle of the penalty area with no one anywhere hear them? 

Saints...

[sambosa75]

This will be an absolute pasting.

[egg]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

How is someone in the middle of the penalty area with no one anywhere hear them? 

Yep. Nobody picking up the runners. Looking like men against boys. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

noone picking up the danger.

Thee was a good ball avaialbe for AA to run onto and get away. So, obviously we don;t bother doing that.

[cloggy saint]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

Game over.

One for you

1 minute ago, Saint NL said:

One nil.

 

Game over 

And one for you.

[Lighthouse]

1 minute ago, OttawaSaint said:

JWP and Armstrong miles away from their men. Great leaders these senior players...

Jogging back the pair of them. Pathetic.

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, egg said:

I'm one of his biggest critics, but I'm not sure what he's supposed to do with our midfield. He's put out all he's got and they're getting swatted like flies. 

we are not competing anywhere around the park

[OttawaSaint]

2 minutes ago, RedArmy said:

Ward prowse is a passenger in this game

Should have cashed in a bought a forward etc.

[Saint Fan CaM]

JWP caught ball watching in our area. Aribo looks behind the pace and disinterested. Tactically no different from Ralph. It’s going to be a long afternoon.

[Mr X]

Going to be a long long game for us!