Preston 2-2 Saints - Match Thread

[benali-shorts]

How does Edozie not get ahead of Potts in a 60 yard race? 

[adrian lord]

What price seeing a Martin hokey-cokey at Full Time now?

[Block41 Saint]

  On 25/10/2023 at 20:08, benali-shorts said:

How does Edozie not get ahead of Potts in a 60 yard race? 

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Because he's not very good. 

[Guest]

It’s alright lads.

We had 95% possession and made 7,637,847 passes. 👍🏻

[Saint NL]

Free kick in a very dangerous position 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Is the ref aware that he can also book Preston players

[SaintTex]

Hologram Bazunu strikes again.

[Saint NL]

Waste of a freekick, straight down the middle

[Saint Gifford]

Yet again our game management is just shocking.
 

That comes from the managers game plan, I am definitely no football manager, but even I could see that PNE were going to come out really strong with some strong arm dark arts. 
 

What did he say at half time, what were the instructions.

[badgerx16]

  On 25/10/2023 at 20:10, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Is the ref aware that he can also book Preston players

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Whiteman is in the book.

[Challenger]

Makes you wonder what was said in the remaining 14 minutes of half time after the manager instructs hanging on to the 1-0 ?

[Saint Billy]

I take the dog for a quick walk at half time and come back to this. Ironically dog and team both produce shit.

[SambaMaverick]

Che Adams is twice the player of Mara.

Can't believe he's become the scapegoat somehow for this shit.

[Thereisonlyonemickychannon]

Fing useless twat. MARTIN OUT!

[bpsaint]

  On 25/10/2023 at 20:08, sambosa75 said:

2-1.  Again Bazunu should be doing better.  Seems to turn away from the shot

What about that one? 

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Dunno what you’re trying to prove, second one he could have closed his legs yeah but that first goal still wasn’t a keeper error.

[Saint NL]

Is Sulemana playing deep?

What's he doing when he has such pace? This is really weird

[Greedyfly]

  On 25/10/2023 at 20:12, SambaMaverick said:

Che Adams is twice the player of Mara.

Can't believe he's become the scapegoat somehow for this shit.

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Because he's fucking shit?

 

Mara being shit doesn't exonerate Che from also being shit.

 

Bednarek is an actual wet fanny of a defender too, and absolutely responsible for the second.

[badgerx16]

When Einstein wrote his definition of insanity, he was referring to watching Saints and expecting an improved performance.

[SNSUN]

COME ON SAINTS ffs - It's not over yet...

 

I'd take a draw...

[sambosa75]

  On 25/10/2023 at 20:13, bpsaint said:

Dunno what you’re trying to prove, second one he could have closed his legs yeah but that first goal still wasn’t a keeper error.

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Nope, not an error but I’d expect a competent keeper to be saving it.  It was hardly top bins or tucked away in the bottom corner. 
 

I’d forgive any keeper who didn’t save it, it was well struck, as long as they occasionally did save that kind of shit which Bazunu literally never does.

Edited 25 October, 2023 by sambosa75
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[whelk]

  On 25/10/2023 at 20:12, SambaMaverick said:

Che Adams is twice the player of Mara.

Can't believe he's become the scapegoat somehow for this shit.

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Did you watch the first half?

[verlaine1979]

We're just not good enough to play this style. It won't come with practice. It all falls apart if you misplace any of the short quick passes, and you can guarantee in almost every passage of possession we'll play at least one ball behind the intended recipient that makes them have to backtrack to retrieve it. It's so easy to get pressure on us because we simply do not have the technical quality to play through it. It's so fucking dumb.

[adrian lord]

We have no shape in the final 3rd

[Soton7]

Those blaming Baz give your heads a wobble. How about directing your blame towards Bednarek’s woeful pass who put us in that position.

[sydney_saint]

Our captain has gone missing again

[Thereisonlyonemickychannon]

  On 25/10/2023 at 20:11, Saint Gifford said:

Yet again our game management is just shocking.
 

That comes from the managers game plan, I am definitely no football manager, but even I could see that PNE were going to come out really strong with some strong arm dark arts. 
 

What did he say at half time, what were the instructions.

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OK lads. We are just like Man City. Just pass pass pass and oh by the way what do you think of my Barnet. Its so now isn't it. Oh where are the pencils for my nostrils Baldrick. Wobble wobble wob. That's what the deluded Martin said to the 2nd rate Man City team at half time!

[AlexLaw76]

  On 25/10/2023 at 20:15, Soton7 said:

Those blaming Baz give your heads a wobble. How about directing your blame towards Bednarek’s woeful pass who put us in that position.

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LOL

the ball went straight through the keeper LOLOLOL

[Saint Fan CaM]

Mara has no intelligence in front of goal whatsoever. Our bench is frankly L1 level.

[badgerx16]

  On 25/10/2023 at 20:16, Saint Fan CaM said:

Mara has no intelligence

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Might have left it there.

Edited 25 October, 2023 by badgerx16

[bpsaint]

  On 25/10/2023 at 20:14, sambosa75 said:

Nope, not an area but I’d expect a competent keeper to be saving it.  It was hardly top bins or tucked away in the bottom corner.

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Hit at pace through a crowded box and took a deflection, sorry I know everyone loves to hate on Baz and I’m certainly not a fan of his but you can’t blame that one on him.

[whelk]

Fucking ref is shite too

Jeremy FFS

[Block41 Saint]

Mara is so bad. 12 million quid. Fucking hell. 

[Saint86]

bringing on 2 of sulemana, armstrong, and carlos when we're losing..... have to start these guys as much as possible. No slight on Edozie, but charles, downes, and smallbone in the middle is just way to defensive. Martin only has himself to blame tbh.

[Convict Colony]

I like Brees effort on this left 2nd half

[sambosa75]

  On 25/10/2023 at 20:15, Soton7 said:

Those blaming Baz give your heads a wobble. How about directing your blame towards Bednarek’s woeful pass who put us in that position.

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It would just be nice to have a keeper that digs us out of trouble every so often.  Can’t say he was at fault for either goal but I’d argue he could have done better with both.  I’d expect a competent keeper to have kept at least one of them out.

[Saint NL]

The 4 As

 

Adam Armstrong anonymous again

[gammon cheeks]

  On 25/10/2023 at 20:15, verlaine1979 said:

We're just not good enough to play this style. It won't come with practice. It all falls apart if you misplace any of the short quick passes, and you can guarantee in almost every passage of possession we'll play at least one ball behind the intended recipient that makes them have to backtrack to retrieve it. It's so easy to get pressure on us because we simply do not have the technical quality to play through it. It's so fucking dumb.

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Martins style is concede loads score a few been that at all his clubs ,so nothing will change here .

[Ekelund]

  On 25/10/2023 at 20:15, Soton7 said:

Those blaming Baz give your heads a wobble. How about directing your blame towards Bednarek’s woeful pass who put us in that position.

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Fuck off, jesus

[Lord Duckhunter]

  On 25/10/2023 at 20:15, Soton7 said:

Those blaming Baz give your heads a wobble. How about directing your blame towards Bednarek’s woeful pass who put us in that position.

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The manager tells centre halves to pass out from the back, he’s not fucking  Franz Beckenbauer he is going to give it away. Unless Lego head tells him to stand there with his legs apart doing a Katie Price impression, it’s poor goal keeping. 

[AlexLaw76]

  On 25/10/2023 at 20:18, gammon cheeks said:

Martins style is concede loads score a few been that at all his clubs ,so nothing will change here .

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This game is classic Russell Martin.....everything he has done in his non-descript career is playing out in front of our eyes.

[woodsaint1]

Ref must have forgot his cards for this second half, at least 3 blatant yellows for Preston and fuck all

[saintant]

If you want to play passing football you need to be fizzing the ball around - our passes are all slow and that reflects how we play.

[SotonianWill]

  On 25/10/2023 at 20:16, sydney_saint said:

Our captain has gone missing again

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Who’s our captain?

[Harry_SFC]

Honestly it's like Mara has just been plucked out of the crowd and been asked to have a go. 

[RedArmy]

Why is Sulemana hitting every cross to the other side of the box where nobody is? Third time now 

[Katalinic]

Do we ever have anybody at the back post. FFS.

[woodsaint1]

  On 25/10/2023 at 20:19, Lord Duckhunter said:

The manager tells centre halves to pass out from the back, he’s not fucking  Franz Beckenbauer he is going to give it away. Unless Lego head tells him to stand there with his legs apart doing a Katie Price impression, it’s poor goal keeping. 

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Keeper beat between the legs, never seen it happen before, never

[Convict Colony]

With all these crosses if only we had a 6ft 9 striker 

[SotonianWill]

Downes off? He’s the only one putting in a tackle in the middle. Fraser should’ve been on the pitch ahead of Mara anyways

[Saint NL]

  On 25/10/2023 at 20:20, RedArmy said:

Why is Sulemana hitting every cross to the other side of the box where nobody is? Third time now 

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He beats his man so easily and then shanks the cross. It's infuriating