Palace 1-0 Saints - Match Thread

[saintant]

Get this fraud out of our club.

[Mr X]

Jesus shambolic today... Ralph's pattern just keeps repeating one or two good games followed by multiple shit games! 

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

Foul on Lyanco and looked offside.

Please 😂

[Saints foreva]

Lynaco is trash. Wouldn't get it any other PL team yet the clueless manager plays him RB. 

[saintscottofthenortham]

Fuck off Ralph you utter cunt. 

[Saint Fan CaM]

Goal was coming - so much of our game relies on tippy-tappy crap football from our defence. They’ll be fawning over it on MOTD.

[washsaint]

What kind of f**** tactics is this from the clueless Austrian?  Saints have been set up to not concede and have not had any attacking threat (or any of the ball).  It's shambolic, pathetic and embarrassing - Crystal Palace are not Real Madrid.

I cannot think of a single Saints player who has done well - and Lyanco should be subbed immediately.

Terrible tactics, terrible team selection and terrible game.

Wonder if the Stuart Armstrong fanboys are out in force?  he has been absolutely terrible as he has been for over a season.

[Billy the Kidd]

Think Id rather watch a Puel team than this one. This is only down to Ralphs poor tactics. We cant string a pass together, Diallo must have a pass completion rate of 50%, and for 38 mins we have been utter dogshit., And he still stands there doing nothing.

[adrian lord]

Salisu should have done better. 

[JohnS]

Let’s take the positives out of that 1st half! 🤔🤔🤔 Absolutely abysmal! 

[madge]

We can’t even pass a fecking ball and move into space…. Embarrassment 

[The Kraken]

We are so utterly terrible to watch. And shit, too.

[Mr X]

Can't say palace haven't deserved that 

[OttawaSaint]

How does Ralphn watch this dross week in week out and say "yes, this is the style I want, I'm happy with this shape and tactics"?

Diabolical from the very first kick today. 

[Sheaf Saint]

Just now, Saints foreva said:

Lynaco is trash. Wouldn't get it any other PL team yet the clueless manager plays him RB. 

So with KWP and Tino both injured, who would you play there instead?

He's a long way away from the worst player on the pitch today.

[Saints foreva]

Just now, Sheaf Saint said:

So with KWP and Tino both injured, who would you play there instead?

He's a long way away from the worst player on the pitch today.

Mainland Niles. 

[Saint_clark]

FUCK OFF YOU CUNTS!!!! I am fucking sick of us being in a crossing position and passing it all the way back to the defense to just punt it long to their keeper. Fucking ridiculous.

[bpsaint]

We haven’t played that differently in our last 3 games, we’ve just been lucky the opposition haven’t been on their A game. Those 5 points just paper over the same fucking cracks that are always there with Ralph in charge. Just fucking get rid of him please Saints for fuck sake!!

[saintscottofthenortham]

Been played off the park, can’t string a pass together and two of our back four booked well before HT. 

Can see us going down to ten men and, if we haven’t already, completely falling apart. 

[The Kraken]

Just now, Sheaf Saint said:

So with KWP and Tino both injured, who would you play there instead?

AMN would be an obvious candidate, though I reckon Saints have done an agreement with him to not play him there.

Payne is on the bench and, given Lyanco’s performance so far, I’m wondering if he would have done any worse.

[saintant]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

FUCK OFF YOU CUNTS!!!! I am fucking sick of us being in a crossing position and passing it all the way back to the defense to just punt it long to their keeper. Fucking ridiculous.

It's called Ralphball and he's written a playbook on it. Charlatan.

[Millbrook Saint]

What the fuck is it with the back 3 shit, no attacking intent whatsoever, it may work against arsenal last week, but for fuck sake this is Palace take the fucking game to them

[AlexLaw76]

Can't wait to see how Adam Blockmore defends this dross

[Mr X]

Shocking how far JWP has fallen apart from free kicks he is soooo Mediocre 

[Viking Saint]

Ralph looks absolutely clueless and out of ideas

[OttawaSaint]

We look like a fucking div 2 team. Pathetic display.

Loads of feel good puff pieces by Saints media all week. Could we not get the balls out and play shirts vs skins or something. Players look like they don't know each other. 

[cloggy saint]

I want Saints to win and play well as much as the next man, but saying that I do enjoy the in-game meltdowns on here!

[nta786]

AMN, Larios, Edozie on please

Lyanco, Diallo and Aribo off

If still not working after 60/70 minutes get Adam Armstrong and Djenepo/Mara on for more pace.

We have no pace compared to Crystal Palace, our fullbacks are slow, our centremids are slow, our wide attackers are slow and our strikers are average.

Palace deservedly 1-0 up, should probably even be more. 

[SaintZamboni]

Our three centre backs are constantly spread so wide that when palace break we’re more open than when we used to play 4222. We’re too easy to play through

[Saint NL]

Palace only win when they go behind.

Saints have won most points coming from behind.

 

So I'm suggesting this'll end 2-0 to palace

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Mr X said:

Shocking how far JWP has fallen apart from free kicks he is soooo Mediocre 

He was at his best when he was pressing high up the pitch, getting the ball in advanced positions for early crosses/passes. He can't get too far forward now because we have no cover alongside him.

[Edmonton Saint]

Fuck off Elyounoussi. A nothing player. 

[Mr X]

Does any team pass backwards as much as us? 

[adrian lord]

Yet another booked. 

[Saint Fan CaM]

We all knew this would be the deal today. No cohesive or convincing game plan from our tactical genius Ralph.

[Saint_clark]

Zaha bought that, his legs went from under him before Moi even touched him.

[OttawaSaint]

Pro footballers and not able to pass 15 yards to a teammate. I fucking give up!

[trousers]

1 minute ago, Edmonton Saint said:

Fuck off Elyounoussi. A nothing player. 

Yeah, nowhere near man of the match quality...

[Mr X]

We definitely aren't going to finish with eleven on the pitch 

[washsaint]

f**k me - I had no idea Aribo was playing!  Did he touch the ball in the 1st half?

[Suhari]

Big half time decisions to be made here.

We look like having some joy down the left....maybe Edozie on?

[davefizzy14]

Poor first half performance. Second best. Ralph needs to make some changes at half time that is pretty obvious. AMN, A.Armstrong, Edozie and Theo I would bring on for a start. 

Edited 29 October, 2022 by davefizzy14

[Saints foreva]

HT. Lucky it's 1-0. Ralph out. Moi out. Diallo out. Lyanco out. Semmens out. 

[AlexLaw76]

I would say Adams and Perraud have been our only positive

Lyanco and Diallo have been very poor. Mo rubbish and Bazunu looking pretty crap

[OttawaSaint]

Booooooooooo!

 

Ralph out!

[beatlesaint]

2 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Can't wait to see how Adam Blockmore defends this dross

Words to the effect of “their 3 best players are out injured, what do you expect Saints fans! “ would be my guess

[Colinjb]

Well, I had called Ralph predictable, at least now we are bad in the first half as well to go with the second.

[StrangelyBrown]

We have a fundamental problem in the attacking third - we only have one player who can retain possession (che) everyone else gives the ball away really cheaply meaning we're constantly defending. Stuey, aribo, JWP, elynoussi all very guilty of this. Aribo really is a waste of a shirt IMO

[obelisk]

Saints awful. Unable to keep the ball at all. Lucky it's only 1-0. Saints also still lucky to still have 11 on the pitch.

[jamesfp1]

The worst half I can remember. Even from the dark, dark days.