Saints 3-1 Birmingham - Match Thread

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Right. COYR!

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Bad Wolf said:

Rooney looks like Ralph!

Harsh on Ralph, he kept himself trim. 

[sydney_saint]

Oh what, we are playing already? 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

A massive hoof out in the opening seconds. It's not all passball. 🙂

[Saint_clark]

Just now, sydney_saint said:

Oh what, we are playing already? 

Early kick off on Sky mi amigo.

[Matty's Caddy]

And that sums up everything about KWP…. 

[Saint_clark]

KWP playing right wing so far.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

A second hoof set KWP free!

All that Martin style of play was a total ruse

Commentator says that Martin said "some people want him to fail" Oh dear.

[Saint NL]

Dean Hammond discussing KWP playing at number 10. Probably not the worst idea in the world

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Holmes_and_Watson said:

A second hoof set KWP free!

All that Martin style of play was a total ruse

Commentator says that Martin said "some people want him to fail" Oh dear.

Pompey fans, nobody at the club wants him to fail. If his style of play wins us games, great. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

A nice shift to MartinBall. A pass with decent length , at pace, and we were in their box for a moment.

[RedArmy]

1 minute ago, Saint NL said:

Dean Hammond discussing KWP playing at number 10. Probably not the worst idea in the world

Why on earth would we do that when he’s the best right back in the league and playing great there? 

[Saint NL]

Nice positive start, early days but nice to see

[Saint Billy]

Smallbone treats the ball like an unwanted gift.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

We've shown a good mix of passing. Some from very deep, and a bit of shorter passing, but from further up the park. Promising.

[Saint_clark]

Thought that could have been a pen for the challenge on Smallbone. 

Lots of direct passing over the top so far. Watch us get a 1-0 lead and then revert to Martins preferred style of play, throwing it away. 

[Bad Wolf]

Smallbone is garbage.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Arg. Ball played just behind Sule. Next bit of play had a silly pass across the box, when Smallbone clearly wasn;t set, and we lose possession.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Just now, Bad Wolf said:

Smallbone is garbage.

He just did well, running back and holding off their player as you typed that. 🙂

[Saint NL]

All these crosses, big Paul would have had a field day

[Colinjb]

Birmingham fans must be so f**ked off. Replacing a manager who had done nothing wrong for this.

[Saint_clark]

Birmingham struggling to get hold of it. Lots of Saints threat in the box so far. 

[goodymatt]

THB! What a start.

[Colinjb]

Harwood Belis. We deserve that. 

[stknowle]

YESSSS!!!! This is better!

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Oooh. Lovely pass across. Armstrong just couldn;t finish it. Some good work form KWP, Alcaraz and Smallone linking things up.

[goodymatt]

Offside but not VAR, lovely.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

ah, blocked before it got to Armstrong. Nearly.

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Saint NL said:

All these crosses, big Paul would have had a field day

Annoying really, guy was never given a chance. 

Just now, Colinjb said:

Birmingham fans must be so f**ked off. Replacing a manager who had done nothing wrong for this.

It's a joke.

[Saint NL]

Great finish.

Perfect start 

[adrian lord]

1-0

[saintant]

Great goal and this is a proper start from us. Mixing it up and causing them loads of problems.

[the colonel]

Stream anyone?

 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Get in!!!!!!

[OttawaSaint]

THB!!!

[Saint Billy]

Great cross from Armstrong

[Saint NL]

He looked offside to me, but god knows what the rules are this week 😂

[OttawaSaint]

Oh, that'd have been disallowed with VAR, foot was offside.

[adrian lord]

commentator banging on about offside??

[Master Bates]

[Holmes_and_Watson]

We had been building it. Trying different things. Testing them out. Really nice to see a ball into the box for a headed goal. Nice finish, and good to see we can create a mix of chances (that one was just a minute or two, after a low ball across the box, and a cross to the centrte form the other flank).

[AlexLaw76]

Lovely

THB. 

[RedArmy]

And we’ve switched off after scoring again 🤦🏻‍♂️

[Bad Wolf]

Just now, adrian lord said:

commentator banging on about offside??

He said it was close. It was onside but it WAS close. 

[AlexLaw76]

probably be offside in the prem

[Bad Wolf]

Brum corner. Here we go...

[Saint NL]

They've got a corner, squeeky bum time

[AlexLaw76]

5 minute countdown - go

[Bad Wolf]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

probably be offside in the prem

Nah, AA's maybe is playing him on. It would be given but they'd still be checking it now. 

[Saint Billy]

Let's see how long we can hold the lead