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Dman

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There is absolutely no belief in this team, none whatsoever. 
 

1 mistake costs us a goal and we look a different team, completely in our shell allowing Fulham to play as they please. 
 

Mentally so, so poor. 

Mr X

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Just now, Turkish said:

Yet some people insist he should play CM

We recruited quite a few players that are nowhere near ready for this league 

Mr X

Mr X

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1 minute ago, Convict Colony said:

What does Jones do ? Freak goal, we have played ok and created chances. 

That's fine but we need someone who can quickly instill mental strength somehow, as soon as we concede we look like we give up 

jimmysaint7

jimmysaint7

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On 24/11/2022 at 12:48, farawaysaint said:

We were also the first? Football club in England to have an eye gym which has now been used by numerous premier league clubs.

In a lot of ways we were really ahead of the curve at the time but we didn’t have the financial clout or strong leadership for it to actually matter. 

 

1 minute ago, Sheaf Saint said:

And yet we've still had more shots on and off target than Fulham. 

We winning on shots then! Phew 🤦‍♂️

Convict Colony

Convict Colony

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3 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

And yet we've still had more shots on and off target than Fulham. 

yeah big believer in possession is the wrong metric for a game, i remember when we had good possession and were shit.

Give me shots etc everytime

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OttawaSaint

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JWP muttering and swearing to himself while heading off. 

The team need to be better mentally. Miss a chance, let it go, stay focused, make a mistake, let it go.

Ever since the goal Saints have thrown the towel in "luck is against us, why bother". Reset, get fucking stuck in and your can turn it around. Not this headcase team, they're beaten already.

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davefizzy14

davefizzy14

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Just now, Chez said:

Done OK. Looked reasonably solid, but Che and Edozie chances need to be taken to win games like this.

 

Absolutely this. We need Stuart Armstrong on too :)

Baird of the land

Baird of the land

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Pretty happy with the perofrmance. ABK and Lyanco looking good at the back.

We've been much more aggressive.

We just didn't take our chances. Adams & Edozie with lack of clinicalness and salisu with an awful header.

Their goal, i do wonder about Bazanu on crosses. Is he too deep as didn't get  there like last week. The corner, just poor not to mark the guy on the edge of the box and then an unlucky deflection on a shot going wide(when you need a bit of luck to go your way)

Hopefully we can come out fast after the break and get the equaliser.

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Chris cooper

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6 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Aribo has been anonymous, get S. Armstrong on for him.

Passenger !  And has no work rate about him at all .. not wot we need in a relegation fight! 

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obelisk

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Whether Saints concede a lucky deflected goal or a brilliant strike that breaks the net it doesn't matter. Our big, big problem is in converting chances to goals. It's been that way for a long time now and this game will likely pan out in just the same way as all those that preceded in 2022.

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Mr X

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1 minute ago, LeBizzier69 said:

Seeing JWP say “f*ck me man” (how I saw it) to himself walking off the pitch says a lot I think.

What do you think it says? Asking for a friend 😂

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sfc4prem

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2 minutes ago, Mr X said:

That's fine but we need someone who can quickly instill mental strength somehow, as soon as we concede we look like we give up 

Can one individual do that? Isn't it more of a team ethos and spirit sort of thing that is developed throughout the changing room to the training ground? I guess that comes from the types of characters we have across the squad.

Certainly not a quick fix or solvable with one new player.

benjii

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We're shit.

We don't have anyone who is a quality finisher (maybe Stuart Armstrong), we have no central midfield.

We've got our best right back at left back. We've got a slow, technical, poor quality winger in central midfield. 

Aribo was a pointless signing.

Edozie is good but we are reliant on him, which is wrong.

We're screwed.

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DT

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3 minutes ago, LeBizzier69 said:

Seeing JWP say “f*ck me man” (how I saw it) to himself walking off the pitch says a lot I think.

Thought that was the epitome of what a captain should not be

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Holmes_and_Watson

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Like some of the Ralph games, it's down to an error that leads to a gola we can't come back from. In this case, not shutting down that corner far sooner. AMN allowed the ball to fizz in to give the corner in the first place, but even so we should have dealt with it better.

When Fulham have got in behind us, the 3 at the back has done it's job. Mitrovic is going to spend the afternoon falling over at the slightest touch.

At the other end. Che is very isolated. Edozie isn;t getting in behind, in the way Fulham can. On the other side, Aribo held the ball up well a couple of times, but hasn;t offered much else. Should Jones opt to be mroe direct, there's noone close to Che for him to bring into the game.

Despie having to fashion most of his chances, Che has had a couple of opportunities. He does the right things, but just does them too slowly. That split second is the difference between it going in and the keeper blocking.

Salisu should have done a lot better from a JWP corner too.

We've not really offered much once they went ahead. I hope Jones can turn it round in a way that Ralph could not. It will be interesitng to see how we react to this.

macca155

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Well it's better than Brighton.

Look promising for a while. Bazumu fluffed his clearance straight to a Fulham player in space. Panic stations loss of composure and a freak goal gives them the lead.

Aribo is AWL he is exposing AMN who looks up for it today.

Not out of the game yet but midfield weaknesses are giving them room to attack.

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adrian lord

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3 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said:

JWP muttering and swearing to himself while heading off. 

The team need to be better mentally. Miss a chance, let it go, stay focused, make a mistake, let it go.

Ever since the goal Saints have thrown the towel in "luck is against us, why bother". Reset, get fucking stuck in and your can turn it around. Not this headcase team, they're beaten already.

Let’s hope Nate works his famed motivational magic during the break 

DT

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1 minute ago, adrian lord said:

Let’s hope Nate works his famed motivational magic during the break 

We’re going to need Jesus Christ to come on

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imadirtyurchin

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According to Tanswell @the athletic the club “have decided over the Christmas period to do pre match pressers after the game before that will be unpublished and the quotes embargoed”

 

now why would they do that? Is a definite change from the Ralph days. To protect NJ? To reduce transparency? I don’t think it bodes well. 

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Baird of the land

Baird of the land

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2 minutes ago, macca155 said:

Well it's better than Brighton.

Look promising for a while. Bazumu fluffed his clearance straight to a Fulham player in space. Panic stations loss of composure and a freak goal gives them the lead.

Aribo is AWL he is exposing AMN who looks up for it today.

Not out of the game yet but midfield weaknesses are giving them room to attack.

Yeah i don't really get Aribo as a wide mid. He seems unsuited to it for me. Hopefully we get S.Armstrong on for him.

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OttawaSaint

OttawaSaint

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5 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Anyone know that all important XG stat?

xG, so 2021 Turkey!

Today its about xHK, xPGS and xFAC.

Che had an xHK (hit keeper) of 2 

Saints had a xPGC (preventable goal conceded) of 1

Gazunu had a xFAC (flapped at cross) of 4

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OttawaSaint

OttawaSaint

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3 minutes ago, DT said:

Thought that was the epitome of what a captain should not be

New guy is in but we still have the same captain and Salisu still taking throw ins. Oh and we're still shit. 

qwertyell

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Pretty messy, but there's something there for us today. Fulham haven't been very special. Scored with their only shot. Adams has missed a sitter - of course - and Elyounoussi scandalously refused to play in a clean through Aribo and instead take a speculative shot. We should have two goals to our name.

Don't look like much of a team, and our play is totally incoherent, but we're in this game.

SotonianWill

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Just now, OttawaSaint said:

New guy is in but we still have the same captain and Salisu still taking throw ins. Oh and we're still shit. 

But we have no better captain, and why would anyone expect Jones to lose the players within a day of coming in by removing the captaincy from our supposed 'best player'

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Sfcphilc

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Played well, didnt take chances, concede out of nothing, heads drop, beaten already. No belief in this team that they can come back and win this. 

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