Saints 1-4 Leicester - Match Thread

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  On 15/09/2023 at 20:34, RedArmy said:

You’re watching a different game fella. 
 

Theyve been clinical because our mistakes have been far worse but we had plenty of chances to punish their mistakes too. 
 

Before that goal we had more shots than them. 

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Have you seen our powder puff shots?

[Sidney Fudpucker the 3rd]

All that money and they can't afford a defensive coach. 

Russell Martin is a clueless cunt! 

[saintant]

  On 15/09/2023 at 20:34, RedArmy said:

You’re watching a different game fella. 
 

Theyve been clinical because our mistakes have been far worse but we had plenty of chances to punish their mistakes too. 
 

Before that goal we had more shots than them. 

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Don't be silly, they are away from home and have been all over us.

[SW5 SAINT]

How many games is it now since a clean sheet…….?

[Lee On Solent Saint]

We've even managed to make Vestergaard look decent. 

[sfc4prem]

  On 15/09/2023 at 20:36, saintant said:

Don't be silly, they are away from home and have been all over us.

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This is it. They've ripped us apart on numerous occasions, same as Norwich did. At our gaff. Infront of our fans. And we've fucking spread our legs for them.  Fucked it.

[Galway saint]

it’s pretty clear SR have got it wrong yet again with martin 

[SNSUN]

This is hard to watch. Defensively crap. No defensive midfield. I still think we'll come good but my god we've had a couple of shit games that highlight where the issues are.

 

It is now on Martin to earn his money and sort it out.

[obelisk]

Hopeless KWP. Can't even get a cross in.

[Micky]

  On 15/09/2023 at 20:32, woodsaint1 said:

Yet we could have scored 3 or 4 ourselves

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We really couldn't, not with our level of finishing.  Leicester have won this at a canter. 

[John Boy Saint]

Oh let’s slow it down even more and bring Aribo on!

[RedArmy]

  On 15/09/2023 at 20:36, saintant said:

Don't be silly, they are away from home and have been all over us.

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Yeah apart from the bits where we’ve more possession and more shots. 
 

They haven’t outplayed us, we outshitted them. 

[saintant]

Where do we go from here? Anyone got any ideas? It's frighteningly bad.

[Sunglasses Ron]

  On 15/09/2023 at 20:36, SW5 SAINT said:

How many games is it now since a clean sheet…….?

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Given up counting now to be fair. I see only letting one or two in as a form of success these days.

[Uncle Albert]

Aribos the man to get us out this mess!

[The Kraken]

  On 15/09/2023 at 20:36, SW5 SAINT said:

How many games is it now since a clean sheet…….?

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They said it earlier, 18 🤣

[LaptopSaint]

  On 15/09/2023 at 19:53, SNSUN said:

We need Charles in midfield. Trouble is, at the moment, that means playing Holgate. But it that's the case, so be it. We are too open in midfield and at the back. We can't keep trying to outscore teams. (Albeit we have to now!)

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Agree with this. Midfield without Charles hopelessly inadequate.

Fuck me, I thought we’d suffered enough last season. Obviously not. 
 

Time for players to look each other in the eye and say this is not fucking good enough. 

[AlexLaw76]

League 1 is better anyway

[trousers]

  On 15/09/2023 at 20:34, AlexLaw76 said:

you've changed

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Well spotted Inspector Clouseau...

[bobby_charles]

 

  On 15/09/2023 at 20:40, saintant said:

Where do we go from here? Anyone got any ideas? It's frighteningly bad.

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Ive got two words, 
BIG

 

SAM

[Saint Keef]

It would be an insult to schoolboys to say we're making schoolboy errors. How many managerial fuck ups can this lot make?

I'm afraid to say I'm all for Martin leaving now. From what I have seen, this is the worst we have been in a very, very long time. He is absolutely tactically clueless.

[Paul.Studio]

Martin said after Sunderland that it won't happen again - well not for two weeks! And the answer isn't Armstrong and aribo

[JRM]

  On 15/09/2023 at 20:40, saintant said:

Where do we go from here? Anyone got any ideas? It's frighteningly bad.

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Martin has to go for a start. 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

  On 15/09/2023 at 20:40, saintant said:

Where do we go from here? Anyone got any ideas? It's frighteningly bad.

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Get shot of Martin and bring in someone who actually knows how to set up a team properly 

[obelisk]

I don't want to see this lot clapped off at the end the game this time. Time to get angry.

[northam soul]

This THB came here with a glowing reputation and we have managed to make him look fucking shit.

An absolute dogshit performance and just shows we haven’t learned a thing.

All any team has to do is break on us quickly and we are done.

[vin]

Sulemana has made more tackles that the rest of the team combined

[LGTL]

If Martin was an ugly fucker and annoying like Jones, everyone would hate him. This is arguably even worse then that period. 

[Sheaf Saint]

  On 15/09/2023 at 20:40, RedArmy said:

Yeah apart from the bits where we’ve more possession and more shots. 
 

They haven’t outplayed us, we outshitted them. 

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More possession and more shots doesn't mean shit if we're not even testing their keeper.

Tapping it around in the final third and hitting tame long range shots straight at the keeper does not qualify as "outplaying them".

Edited 15 September, 2023 by Sheaf Saint

[harvey]

I don't think Nathan was so bad afterall 🤷‍♂️

[Roo1976]

  On 15/09/2023 at 20:28, Ed Rooney said:

Hope those smallbone lovers because he came up through that ranks have had a head hobble, what a fuckin pile of shit he is 

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yup...........no vision and fuck me slow as...................why does he keep staring in front of alcaraz?..........anyway leicester will score more.........

 

[SNSUN]

Tippy tappy bollocks with no cutting edge. 

[RedArmy]

  On 15/09/2023 at 20:42, Sheaf Saint said:

More possession and more shots doesn't mean shit if we're not even testing their keeper.

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Doesn’t make Leicester any better. A good team would have beaten them tonight, they’ve been shocking for a team that’s top of the league. 
That’s how bad we are. 

[GrumpyYorkshireSaint]

  On 15/09/2023 at 20:36, SW5 SAINT said:

How many games is it now since a clean sheet…….?

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Games or seasons? 

[AlexLaw76]

  On 15/09/2023 at 20:44, RedArmy said:

Doesn’t make Leicester any better. A good team would have beaten them tonight, they’ve been shocking for a team that’s top of the league. 
That’s how bad we are. 

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They have been much better than us....

[macca155]

Knew that Leicester would be the toughest challenge.

They are clearly a better side, way more stable and well drilled. They deserve to be ahead but good grief we've made it easy for them.

Ridiculous tactics anyone can see that. After shipping 4 and 5, I'd have expected a dour gritty match.

First aim would be not to concede. Charles has to be in midfield. Holgate just has to cope. FBs need to stay in their proper position. Make Leicester play against two resilient walls of 4. Bluntly both man and ball should ever pass.

Once control has been established gradually let the flair players loose.

Be pretty grim to watch but neither would Saints be 4 1 down.

 

[capnordest]

The only good thing about this game is that I can watch it on a live stream without having to pay Sky|

[obelisk]

If Saints played until midnight they'd not get the ball in the net. This is dispiriting stuff.

[rudi-skacel]

In my opinion we have been shite since smallbone came back in. 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

People laughed at Leicester signing Winks. Pretty much head and shoulders above anything we have in midfield 

[CB Fry]

  On 15/09/2023 at 20:44, RedArmy said:

Doesn’t make Leicester any better. A good team would have beaten them tonight, they’ve been shocking for a team that’s top of the league. 
That’s how bad we are. 

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They are better than us by some distance.

Edited 15 September, 2023 by CB Fry

[Saint_clark]

The attendances will drop off sharpish.

[Baz Fl]

Thank god we have a set piece coach, make’s corners more dangerous. RM is a nice bloke but so is my next door neighbor. Major problems !

[Saint_clark]

  On 15/09/2023 at 20:45, Lee On Solent Saint said:

People laughed at Leicester signing Winks. Pretty much head and shoulders above anything we have in midfield 

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Agreed. I said I wanted him here and got laughed at. 

Vestergaard also better than any of our CBs.

[Sheaf Saint]

  On 15/09/2023 at 20:44, RedArmy said:

Doesn’t make Leicester any better. A good team would have beaten them tonight, they’ve been shocking for a team that’s top of the league. 
That’s how bad we are. 

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They've made a few mistakes but they have kept a decent defensive shape to stop us getting through and been clinical on the counter. A perfect away performance really. 

[iansums]

What an embarrassing fucking joke  of a club we are employing yet another inept manager.

[LGTL]

Anyone thinking Leicester won’t win this league by 10 points is a moron. We’ll be luckily to be top half. 

Smallbone is fucking terrible, just as we all knew. 

[Suhari]

  On 15/09/2023 at 20:41, vin said:

Sulemana has made more tackles that the rest of the team combined

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Is that a real stat?

[Zorba]

Leicester haven’t broken sweat. They’re just sitting back now waiting for an easy counter. Preparing for a few seasons in this league.. if we’re lucky!

[Saint NL]

Their midfielder just walked passed Smallbone for the 20th time tonight, an absolute Casper the friendly ghost of a performance from him.