Middlesbrough 2-1 Saints - Match Thread

[The Juice]

crazy to give away that pen. Attacker was nowhere near that ball and KWP was dealing all day. 

We're in a real mess 

Edited 23 September, 2023 by The Juice

[Saint Fan CaM]

Sully coming on - too fucking late Russ.

[DT]

As predicted

so, so shit

[Saint86]

1 minute ago, Baird of the land said:

We just look so completely unthreatening it is frightening

Well its hardly surpring when you've got good premier quality players like Alcaraz and Sulemana being dropped to the bench for smallbone, armstrong and fraser 🤣

[adrian lord]

Never mind promotion, we’re gonna start worrying about staying up at this rate!

[saintant]

Just now, Saint NL said:

Bye bYe Martin 

He's here for the duration I'm afraid. JW is not going to sack him.

[Toussaint]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Just a bit of scar tissue, right?

No, this time it’s us fans on saintsweb being negative has transmitted to the team 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Martin picks up a yellow.

Some may think a red from his board is in order. All the mistakes from previous games are still here.

[CB Fry]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Just a bit of scar tissue, right?

Harwood Bellis still in shell shock from the Selles era or something.

[Saint NL]

Sulemana is really quick, so he can chase back when smallbone loses the ball again 🤣

[sambosa75]

Surely this charlatan is in trouble if we do end up losing today?

[BotleySaint]

2 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Just a bit of scar tissue, right?

Yes like what we've seen from Leeds and Leicester. 

[Chez]

the state of that pass by Manning. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Martin making the change he needed to make before we went behind. SO our pace merchant is on yet again against a defence who will be looking to soak up pressure from deeper. Well done.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Change in fortunes after Russ brings his mate Manning on.

[Sheaf Saint]

2 minutes ago, Mr X said:

Is it too early to say Martin out? 🤔

No.

He's out of his depth. There is no way that this squad of players should be underperforming so badly. We're staring at 4 consecutive defeats and he doesn't appear to have the slightest clue what to do about it.

[Viking Saint]

3 minutes ago, Mr X said:

Is it too early to say Martin out? 🤔

Nope

[The Juice]

Statistically the worst defence in the league 

[Mr X]

We are soooo easy to play against it's unreal every team knows they are guaranteed a goal against us while we tippy tap to nothing 

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Chez said:

the state of that pass by Manning. 

he is f-ing shite

[trousers]

Sulemana about 17 feet offside there

[sydney_saint]

2 minutes ago, washsaint said:

Sh**e club, sh**e players, s***e manager.

The whole nonsense of buying and loaning man city players is ***E.  Bellingham looks as bad as Holgate.

Yet none of our own youngsters can get a look in.

Done with this club

It's not like the City academy has brought through loads of world class talent either. Only really Foden for now. Some promising like Palmer and Lavia, but that's about it. We would be way better off taking them from Chelsea if we had to go down that route

[Monk]

Currently at FP working, who are currently comfortable 2-1 up and top of the league.

We’re getting fucking ridiculed by this lot in the stands. 
 

Have we been poor again? 

[DT]

More clever clever bollocks when all we want is solidity, experience and grit. Atrocious. Oh. Piroe scored again. Not good enough for us though. Twats

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Monk said:

Currently at FP working, who are currently comfortable 2-1 up and top of the league.

We’re getting fucking ridiculed by this lot in the stands. 
 

Have we been poor again? 

yip

[Chez]

Fraser rightly subbed for Sulamana.

[badgerx16]

Which of our summer signings has so far shown he is worthy of the shirt ?

[Baird of the land]

2 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Well its hardly surpring when you've got good premier quality players like Alcaraz and Sulemana being dropped to the bench for smallbone, armstrong and fraser 🤣

Yeah the treatment of Alcaraz is bizarre to me. Gone from starting to barely being involved

[Master Bates]

Thank fuck for that, losing 2 1, keeps the bed wetters happy, thank fuck.

[DG]

Just now, The Juice said:

Statistically the worst defence in the league 

In every league surely? Manager needs to be sacked asap.

[Turkish]

Joel Piroe scores again for Leeds. 

[Saint NL]

I started watching in the 41st minute when the score was 0-1 and everything was rosy 🤣

 

Maybe I should switch it off again

[Suhari]

Why make another change 3 minutes after the last? Why not at the same time?

[trousers]

Just now, Monk said:

Currently at FP working

Security guard for the charity buckets?

[OttawaSaint]

Are we actively trying to lose? We just gift the opposition easy easy goals.

What a total shambles of a team. RM out!

[Patrick Bateman]

Regardless of the final score today - I've seen enough (again) to know Russell Martin has to go now. Before it gets worse. 

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Master Bates said:

Thank fuck for that, losing 2 1, keeps the bed wetters happy, thank fuck.

Do you think Martine will turn it around and get saints promoted this season?

[OttawaSaint]

9 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said:

He's waiting until we're 2-1 down...

"Told you so" medal please @trousers

[badgerx16]

Dean Hammond on commentary "Saints have been the better team".

Lol.

 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Just so lightweight all over the pitch. Tessem on Solent not holding back.

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, Monk said:

Currently at FP working, who are currently comfortable 2-1 up and top of the league.

We’re getting fucking ridiculed by this lot in the stands. 
 

Have we been poor again? 

Yes, very. But I like Russell’s hoodie

[harvey]

Smallbone still on FFS!!!

[Saint Gifford]

And RM is a former defender????
 

Jeeezzz. Warnock before someone else tempts him to get us out of this mess. 
 

 

[Sheaf Saint]

Charles and Adams off for Edozie and Stu.

That will definitely shore up our midfield then.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Edozie coming on. Hard on him not to be starting. But Martin clearly wanted a mroe experienced side for this particular defeat.

Maybe Stu too. Again, getting a player to pin them back directly, when they are already going to not be bothered dropping back.

Still, they might be able to unpick their defence, in a way that our disjointed passing effort failed to.

Adams off, so I guess AA up front now.

[FarehamSaintJames]

They had to get the manager right after screwing up on Hassenhutl staying on that summer. They didn’t, they got Nathan Jones.

They had to get the Nathan Jones replacement right, they didn’t.

They simply had to pay out for an experienced manager to try and keep us up when it was still well within our hand, they didn’t.

There was no excuses for not getting it right this summer…

…get the picture.

Sport Republic masterclass once again.

[Saint86]

We have one of the best attacking midfielders in the league on the bench ffs... we're losing... and he still doesn't bring him on. Let alone not starting Edozie or sulemana. Manager is just clueless?

[Mr X]

Just now, badgerx16 said:

Dean Hammond on commentary "Saints have been the better team".

Lol.

 

Yeah we were for about ten minutes then back to the same old shit 

[Saint Matty 76]

The lack of Alcaraz is absolutely baffling.

[Toadhall Saint]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Do you think Martine will turn it around and get saints promoted this season?

Not a fucking chance