Sunderland 5-0 Southampton

[LGTL]

6 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

We are not finishing top two with this amount of goals conceded.

Be lucky not to finish bottom two if we keep this up. 

[Sheaf Saint]

Sunderland keeper fucks up royally and gets away with it.

[OttawaSaint]

Holgate misses wide open header. Shocking display 😂 😂 😂 

[Micky]

6 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

We are not finishing top two with this amount of goals conceded.

We'll be lucky to be top half, never mind top two..! There are much better teams to come than Sunderland. 

[Chez]

1 minute ago, James said:

Surely he cant be worse than Bazunu..

In his last season there he was really poor. He made exactly the same errors McCarthy was chastised for. Near posts goals, poor decision, handling errors...

[The Kraken]

So Holgate has got a 50p head too.

Great signing.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Fraser getting it in far, far more directly than any of the others. Game well gone though, sadly.

[LaptopSaint]

Gonna be an exciting season. No more drab 0-0s 🤣

[James]

Mara is also shite. Unbelievable he is still on. 

[OttawaSaint]

Fuck this, changing my Colgate for Crest. Don't want to end up with shit breath...

[Chez]

2 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Sunderland keeper fucks up royally and gets away with it.

all the championship keepers make these errors, but we only care about our own one.

[DrSuess1979]

Hallelujah 

[BotleySaint]

Honestly, Russel Martins managerial record is nothing special. Nothing to suggest he'd do well here. 

Early days but should we be that surprised if this continues? 

Edited 2 September, 2023 by BotleySaint

[Saint Fan CaM]

Mara trying hard to impersonate a striker. And failing hard.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Annoying: When players recieve the ball in space and duck out of looking forward. Smallbone there, and there were a few in the first half. Allosw the opposition all the time they need to reset.

[adrian lord]

What were people saying, lauding the window?

[LGTL]

I’d send Holgate back after that display. Not even joking, he’d be gone tonight. 

[sydney_saint]

The issue with a project manager like Martin is that there is no real track record of success for us to hold on to. If you look at Spurs with Ange, yes he hasn't managed at that level before, but he's got a track record of implementing a style of play and delivering success. Martin doesn't have that, so it's hard to know whether we are just going to end up a team that passes the ball around and go nowhere with it, or end up with a fluid sucessful style. At the moment the signs are a tad worrying

[ButtikonSaint]

From experience, a once in a while good spanking works wonders with the wife (and kids)

Maybe they need that too...

[OttawaSaint]

Holgate subbed, now take him out back and shoot him. 

[Convict Colony]

our midfielders currently thankful for the defence and goalie for coping all the shit from today but I am sorry they have been fucking awful.

[Saint_clark]

Harwood-Bellis looked pissed off there with Charles coming in at CB ahead of him.

[Saint Matty 76]

RM has to take the entirety of the blame for starting Holgate over Charles at CB today.

And for whatever part he played in bringing him here, fucking terrible.

[Sheaf Saint]

Holgate taken off at last.

Up there with the worst debuts in history. Never saw that coming 😐

[Saint NL]

Going 5 at the back once you're 4-0 down is an exciting move 🤣

[SNSUN]

Sunderland could get their revenge for the 8-0 if we keep being shit.

[BotleySaint]

Just now, adrian lord said:

What were people saying, lauding the window?

Window fine. Squad is fine. Needs time to get established and decent manager.

[skintsaint]

13 hours ago, skintsaint said:

Feel good factor is back, so in typical Saints fashion I predict a meek 3-0 loss to being us back down to earth.

🥲

Three was optimistic.

Edited 2 September, 2023 by skintsaint

[stknowle]

2 minutes ago, James said:

Mara is also shite. Unbelievable he is still on. 

Sadly have to agree. Laboured and ineffective. Complete non-entity.

[BotleySaint]

Just now, Saint NL said:

Going 5 at the back once you're 4-0 down is an exciting move 🤣

I'd take 4-0.

Still think it'll be more. 

[Saint_clark]

How was that offside????? It was cleared by the defender!!!!

[obelisk]

Fraser given offside even when a Sunderland player last played the ball. One of those days.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 minute ago, stknowle said:

Sadly have to agree. Laboured and ineffective. Complete non-entity.

Easy to see why there were no takers in the window.

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

How was that offside????? It was cleared by the defender!!!!

Thank god for real football and no VAR.

[whelk]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

Thank god for real football and no VAR.

Shut up you boring twat

[OttawaSaint]

So is this what it is? ANOTHER stubborn manager who will refuse to learn and be system before players rather than finding a formation and system that suits who we have. 

You can't have Janny B and Massy H passing in their own box.

[SotonianWill]

Che Adams being a dick

[Convict Colony]

What did Martin say after we conceded 4 v Norwich - If downes was there we wouldnt of conceded 4.

[trousers]

We were never going to go the whole season without a 'bad day at the office' here and there. The trouble with Saints historically though is that bad days often turn into bad weeks/months. Here's hoping this is a one off rather than the start of a trend....

[Chez]

4 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Mara trying hard to impersonate a striker. And failing hard.

he ain't a right winger. Why is he playing there? He is having to track players back to our own byeline. He doesn't strike me as a player that does that naturally.

[Saint NL]

Che had a bet on him getting booked today 

[Saint_clark]

Just now, whelk said:

Shut up you boring twat

#RealFootball #RealReferees #RealShitDecisions

[obelisk]

Adams needs to calm down.

[Convict Colony]

Just now, SotonianWill said:

Che Adams being a dick

at least someone is fucked off

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 minute ago, sydney_saint said:

The issue with a project manager like Martin is that there is no real track record of success for us to hold on to. If you look at Spurs with Ange, yes he hasn't managed at that level before, but he's got a track record of implementing a style of play and delivering success. Martin doesn't have that, so it's hard to know whether we are just going to end up a team that passes the ball around and go nowhere with it, or end up with a fluid sucessful style. At the moment the signs are a tad worrying

The expectation for the season, with our resources, is promotion. We started strong enough to look to the top 2. Martin will have to step up to achieve this as, as you say he just doens't have that track record. This is an excellent chance for him to step up to that level.

He did say there were going to be off days, and this is definietely one of them. We will get better. But we can all see how Sunderland have dismantled his set up. Everyone will be lookign to do that. And he will have to adapt accordingly.

[adrian lord]

Mara ‘mare. 
 

[Saint Fan CaM]

Adams trying hard to get a red.

[coalman]

Just now, Saint NL said:

Che had a bet on him getting booked today 

Only a booking?

[Chris cooper]

This is on Martin … complete ignores the art of defending especially in this league.. he was the same at mk dons and swansea.. t

we shouldn’t be so high up the field when we get turned around it’s basic !! 

Hopefully he learns quickly 

[Saint NL]

Samedo just casually strolling around while 4 defenders stand there and watch....