Saints 2-1 Lincoln City - Match Thread

[Sheaf Saint]

5 minutes ago, Suhari said:

And no Lavia.....?

That's a concern. Hope he's not injured again, but it's prime cold/flu/covid season so it's entirely possible he's just ill and it's nothing serious.

[LGTL]

The World Cup made me forgot just how bad our squad is. 

[captainchris]

I thought Ralph had left!!! 
What sort of team is that Nathan? 

[verlaine1979]

Hah until I saw the team sheet, I'd forgotten just how sick I am of this squad.

[The Kraken]

Just now, LGTL said:

The World Cup made me forgot just how bad our squad is. 

Me too. I looked at the team and immediately thought FFS. Then I realised that’s basically our best line up. A depressing reality.

[Archers Road Stand]

Really hope 3 CBs isn't a sign of things to come, especially if one of them is Lyanco. 

[Convict Colony]

To be honest our defenders have been the better performers this season.

I want to see if our forward play looks better.

[CB Fry]

Well, it's a first choice selection, at least.

[saintant]

14 minutes ago, Suhari said:

And no Lavia.....?

Going in January I would guess.

[Jonnyboy]

Any streams? 

[Suhari]

Just now, saintant said:

Going in January I would guess.

There's been links to Chelsea.

[Snwilliams10]

Id forgotten how poor our squad is 😒

[Badger]

9 minutes ago, qwertyell said:

Relegation fodder, if the manager's looked at all our squad for the last month and decided that's pretty much the best we can do.

Ah well. Should be enough to see off Lincoln, you'd hope.

Not much in the way of alternative options though.

[captainchris]

1 minute ago, CB Fry said:

Well, it's a first choice selection, at least.

So you think S Armstrong is not as good as Eli ? Lol And Adam Armstrong should be first choice lol ? 

[Nordic Saint]

13 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

 

 

12 minutes ago, InvictaSaint said:

He must be absolutely terrified of the Lincoln attack. There are 8 defensive players in our starting 11.

[Pamplemousse]

3 minutes ago, saintant said:

Going in January I would guess.

Why would we sell him asap? His value is hardly going to go down

[FarehamSaintJames]

Our squad is so poor isn’t it.

Hope three at the back isn’t going to become a permanent thing. Three at the back is basically five at the back when we play that.

[saint1977]

If he wants to play 3CBs then very surprising Caleta Car isn’t amongst them. Realise it’s the only part of the squad that has proper depth after 6 years of consistent transfer window fuck ups but even so, a surprise.

It’ll be close and Wednesday played Saints off the park in the first half last round but 2-1 Saints AET. That Saints XI is nowhere near good enough to feature competitively in the PL and the weakest top flight squad in our history but they’ll just about squeak through tonight. The Lincoln side that knocked Sunderland out of the play offs a couple of years ago would have been very dangerous tonight as they were a handy outfit.

[saintant]

2 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

Why would we sell him asap? His value is hardly going to go down

You must know how it works by now.

[CB Fry]

5 minutes ago, captainchris said:

So you think S Armstrong is not as good as Eli ? Lol And Adam Armstrong should be first choice lol ? 

Lol all you like you weirdo.

I didn't say it was our best possible line up.

Just saying pleased it isn’t a bunch of kids and back ups, which of course it didn't need to be.

[StrangelyBrown]

Oh goody more 5 at the back shite - I wonder if this is the Sport Republic way and it was forced on Ralph earlier in the season?

[The Kraken]

Just now, CB Fry said:

Lol all you like you weirdo.

I didn't say it was our best possible line up.

Just saying pleased it isn’t a bunch of kids and back ups, which of course it didn't need to be.

Think you had it right originally with just saying first choice, Elmo and AA would very much be classed as first teamers, they’ve started 12 and 11 league games between them and overall both are joint second in appearances made this season.

[SaintZamboni]

3 minutes ago, StrangelyBrown said:

Oh goody more 5 at the back shite - I wonder if this is the Sport Republic way and it was forced on Ralph earlier in the season?

It’s 3412 I’d suggest. Jones played it a lot with Luton

[The Kraken]

2 minutes ago, StrangelyBrown said:

Oh goody more 5 at the back shite - I wonder if this is the Sport Republic way and it was forced on Ralph earlier in the season?

I very much thought that was the case with Ralph earlier this year. I believe Jones likes to play with wing backs though, so maybe he sees this as the best way to do that. Hope it’s that simple.

[Convict Colony]

1 minute ago, SaintZamboni said:

It’s 3412 I’d suggest. Jones played it a lot with Luton

outrageous coming in here with knowledge hahahaha

[Pamplemousse]

We desperately need a striker. That's the biggest thing that screams out to me.

[Nordic Saint]

4 minutes ago, SaintZamboni said:

It’s 3412 I’d suggest. Jones played it a lot with Luton

And how did they do in the EFL Cup this season?

[trousers]

[Turkish]

lol or team is shit. Amazing we had the biggest net spend window ever and our squad got worse 🤣

[saintant]

Just now, trousers said:

Minor niggle my arse 🙂

[Disco Stu]

Lavia is a sick note.

[trousers]

1 minute ago, saintant said:

Minor niggle my arse 🙂

 

 

Edited 20 December, 2022 by trousers

[Jonnyboy]

14 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

Think you had it right originally with just saying first choice, Elmo and AA would very much be classed as first teamers, they’ve started 12 and 11 league games between them and overall both are joint second in appearances made this season.

Jesus wept. 

[CB Fry]

17 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

Think you had it right originally with just saying first choice, Elmo and AA would very much be classed as first teamers, they’ve started 12 and 11 league games between them and overall both are joint second in appearances made this season.

Indeed. He's picked a team to do the job which should be a step up from a friendly but a competitive test ahead of an important league match on Boxing Day. That team should beat Lincoln and then let's hope we go on from there.

[Suhari]

I'm going 4-0, after a shaky first 15 minutes.

AA with a brace.

[HarvSFC]

Key thing is KWP being back. When on form he's one of our best attacking outlets, the wing-back formation could suit him and we're begging for a good attacker at the moment.

[Psycrow]

Don't suppose there's anywhere we can watch this?

 

[stknowle]

30 minutes ago, FarehamSaintJames said:

Our squad is so poor isn’t it.

 

Yes it absolutely is.

[Fabrice29]

24 minutes ago, StrangelyBrown said:

Oh goody more 5 at the back shite - I wonder if this is the Sport Republic way and it was forced on Ralph earlier in the season?

Our best attacking wide players are our full backs. Encouraging them to be further up the field by playing 3 at the back is sensible. 

[Suhari]

WTF is with the Lincoln badge?!

[FarehamSaintJames]

2 minutes ago, Psycrow said:

Don't suppose there's anywhere we can watch this?

 

This 🤷🏻‍♂️

[charliemiller]

http://motornews.live/novo/events/Southampton-s3/

 

[sadoldgit]

Perhaps this is team for Brighton and he is given them more time to gel? Can’t see why else he would play so many defenders otherwise.

[The Kraken]

A very sparsely attended St Mary’s.

Come on Saints. Give us something to be positive about.

[stknowle]

1 minute ago, charliemiller said:

http://motornews.live/novo/events/Southampton-s3/

 

Nice one Charlie

[nta786]

1-0 down

[eurosaint]

Watching in Belgium live on TV from Bulgaria 👍 perfect HD picture !

funny old world 🤣

[Disco Stu]

Wow

[Suhari]

Lol.

We're losing.

[AlexLaw76]

Bazunu still shite