Leeds 1-0 Saints - Match Thread

[Saint_Ash]

Ok, it's nil nil. 45 minute match. Let's go. 

[Jonnyboy]

Is this the end of the cringey Selles worship? 

[Saint Matty 76]

4 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said:

So many games like this and we lose 1-0.

This is the worry.

Wolves, Villa x2 and Forest are all games that looked similar to this and we threw them all away 1-0 to terrible performances from the opposition.

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

1 minute ago, Baird of the land said:

That was bad.

AMN being exposed.  Lucky to escape Bednarek's normal brainfart too. Get KWP and DCC on please.

Madness that these 2 were not on from the start.

[Micky]

Two awful teams, neither look anywhere near premiership quality.  I'm normally a big fan of Armstrong, but today he has been woeful, no idea what he was thinking when he had our best chance of the half.  My bet is that we will be playing Leeds next season as well, but not in this league. 

[Brissysaint]

1 minute ago, Jonnyboy said:

Is this the end of the cringey Selles worship? 

God forbid we get behind the team once this year and have a bit of hope!

[sfc4prem]

Just now, Golac's Cunning Stunts said:

Madness that these 2 were not on from the start.

Tbf Bednarek and AMN were OK last time round. But yeh, get them off now.

[vectraman]

6 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said:

So many games like this and we lose 1-0.

Hopefully our turn to win it 1-0 today..🤞🤞

[OttawaSaint]

KWP and Alcaraz for AMN and Stu/Moi (flip a coin) to start 2nd please.

[Saint NL]

Just saw the SArmstrong chance again, it looks even worse than I remember.

 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Leeds have a hard working midfield that can allow them to dominate the game and create chances. Wehre they struggle is creating that final pass and finishing, as they're not so good up front. If you can pass through their midfield, or bypass it, then they're defence will struggle.

Unfortunately, we can;t string a pass together. So, no chance of getting it past the middle third. We do have a target man, but haven;t used him in that way, and he's not usually in the best position to pick anything up.

We have little shape out there, and any forward action depends on how Leeds failed to convert, rather than any system of passing from us. Some slack passing gave them three or four attacks too. Nothing came from them, but that's because of their limitations. If we keep  doing it, it increases their chances. It certainly stops us doing anything.

 

[hypochondriac]

Still in the game. We weren't great but I've certainly see us play worse. Need some attacking impetus off the bench for me. 

[jamesfp1]

Bednarek doing his best to relegate us. 

[NewYorkSaint]

Need Alcaraz on for Ely...  And maybe C-C for Bednarek.

[Bad Wolf]

Get Moi off - Put Alceraz on to partner Lavia and push JWP further forward. 

[OttawaSaint]

Not a single goal today in the Prem so far!

[saintant]

Not watching as not a fan of streams. Sounds like we've been very poor and changes will be needed at half time if we are to get anything from this game. From what I read on here Moi and Stu have been really ineffective so I'd swap them for KWP and Alcaraz. The good news is that it's level at half time but the feeling I get is that Leeds are the likely winners unless we up our game by a long way and start giving them more to worry about. Has the feel of a scrappy 1-0 defeat with nothing to take out of it. Hope Ruben can lift them at half time because we need to be offering more against a Leeds side who last won in November.

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, Saint NL said:

Just saw the SArmstrong chance again, it looks even worse than I remember.

 

Even worse considering we know what he is capable of. No confidence or conviction at all. 

[Bad Wolf]

5 minutes ago, Jonnyboy said:

Is this the end of the cringey Selles worship? 

Yeah, he's been in charge nearly two weeks now and we've still not turned on him or called for him to "do the decent thing and resign". Must be a record for our fanbase.

[Wade Garrett]

We might be playing shit, but we’re not losing.

Make a few changes Ruben and let’s go out and fucking destroy the Northern wankers.

[NewYorkSaint]

We know we can play a lot better than this...   Let's see what Selles can do to galvanize something.  I still think we can win this. Growing pressure on them. Growing freedom for us.

 

 

 

[Micky]

1 minute ago, jamesfp1 said:

Bednarek doing his best to relegate us. 

Not really, he's had some ups and downs, in this one.  But obviously that goes against the narrative. 

[OttawaSaint]

Hopefully Rubes is smashing cups and giving them the hairdryer treatment right now.

[Patches O Houlihan]

13 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Bazunu does well to react and get the ball away after being fouled by bamford.

So you think maybe he has potential now?! 😀 

[bugenhagen]

Playing for the manager, right... this usless bunch of footballers have once again reverted to the norm.

Doesn't really matter who the manager is when we are blessed with players like these.

[Saint_clark]

1 minute ago, Micky said:

Not really, he's had some ups and downs, in this one.  But obviously that goes against the narrative. 

Bednarek has actually be very good other than the big cock up. Thankfully he got it out his system and we didn't concede so hopefully that'll be his quota of cock ups filled for this game (although he owes one for the Chelsea game! )

[ElTrinidad]

What happened to Edozie??? Not even on the bench…

Hopefully Sulemana ups his game 2nd half, if not get Mara on for him. 

AMN isn’t playing too badly, but no chance he starts over KWP at right back, he’s one of our best players

 

[Convict Colony]

ok that 1st half was horrendous watching unless your putting together a blooper real.

Just got a bottle of red to help me cope with the 2nd half.

Want Armstong off and probably Moi as well either at HT or at 60mins.

Tall paul has looked ok when he's had the ball the rest seem hurried, like JWP telling everyone to slow it down which makes sense as Leeds can only play fast fast fast.

Araonsen looks like a diver and Selles looked proper pissed off going down the tunnel.

[SotonianWill]

what did I do in a former life to deserve watching elyonoussi? we sold redmond and he’d easily get in this team now and he’s done nothing in turkey other than get a hair transplant (maybe) 

[Saint_clark]

2 minutes ago, Patches O Houlihan said:

So you think maybe he has potential now?! 😀 

I've always said his potential is irrelevant, he could well be the best keeper in the world by the time he's 28 but I won't give a shit if we get relegated because he doesn't make meaningful contributions.

[Patches O Houlihan]

4 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said:

Get Moi off - Put Alceraz on to partner Lavia and push JWP further forward. 

JWP and Lavia working pretty well together. Would rather see Alcaraz running at them from a little higher up the pitch

[jamesfp1]

3 minutes ago, Micky said:

Not really, he's had some ups and downs, in this one.  But obviously that goes against the narrative. 

Not on here enough to know what narrative you're referring too. He was just shitter in that half than anyone else who was shit. 

[Bad Wolf]

1 minute ago, ElTrinidad said:

What happened to Edozie??? Not even on the bench…

Hopefully Sulemana ups his game 2nd half, if not get Mara on for him. 

AMN isn’t playing too badly, but no chance he starts over KWP at right back, he’s one of our best players

 

Edozie played for the kids team last night. I think he was having too much pressure put on him. I had an argument with someone on FB last night because they called Edozie a waste of money because he has no end product because he has 0 goals or assist. Football fans are so autistic.

[egg]

8 minutes ago, Golac's Cunning Stunts said:

Madness that these 2 were not on from the start.

Not madness to keep a winning team. You'd be whinging if he'd made those changes and we conceded cos of an error that one of them had made. 

[Brissysaint]

I thought the point of playing Paul and sulemana up top was he would play off knock downs use his pace etc, he wasn’t anywhere near him all half? 
 

AMN has been fine it’s the wingers I worry about.

[Convict Colony]

One postive that has carried on from chelsea is our all round shithousery and gamesmanship.

Keep it up

[Saint_clark]

Selles talking intently to Bednarek as the players come out. Not JWP or ABK. Interesting that he clearly sees him as something of an organiser and a leader.

 

[Baird of the land]

4 minutes ago, ElTrinidad said:

What happened to Edozie??? Not even on the bench…

Hopefully Sulemana ups his game 2nd half, if not get Mara on for him. 

AMN isn’t playing too badly, but no chance he starts over KWP at right back, he’s one of our best players

 

AMN was ok last week but yeah i don't get the logic in not playing 1 of our best players because we won last week.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Here we go. C'mon Saints!

[Sheaf Saint]

If we were Leeds fans right now we'd all be saying how shit we've been to not punish Saints for being so crap on the first half, and that they can't possibly be that bad again in the second half and we all know what's going to happen now.

There's still hope.

[OttawaSaint]

Shit that looked like a penalty...

No, clear dive.

Edited 25 February, 2023 by OttawaSaint

[Saint_clark]

That looked a penalty to me...

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

Selles talking intently to Bednarek as the players come out. Not JWP or ABK. Interesting that he clearly sees him as something of an organiser and a leader.

 

That international experience that NJ couldn;t handle. 🙂

[Brissysaint]

How the fuck do we look even worse 

[Archers Road Stand]

Worryingly they're still checking it. 

[Saint Matty 76]

Onuachu is a completely different level with the ball at his feet compared to what I expected, fair play to him.

[Saint_clark]

Bit soft to be fair.

 

 

[madge]

Elynoussi just looks way off 

[Baird of the land]

I dislike bednarek but that's not a penalty, Bamford initiaies the contact.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Bamford made sure he went over. Bednarek was half into his hand raising protest as Bamford was still going down. Seen 'em given though.