Coventry 1-1 Saints - Match Thread

[adrian lord]

Subs needed don't wait for the 60 mins marker

[SNSUN]

The team that scrapes into the play-offs is always the dark horse to win it. Could be us... 😀

[Stu Man Do]

3 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

12 game unbeaten run, and further behind Ipswich from when the run started

Well done Lego Head

By one point, which shows you just how well Ipswich are doing this year!

[DT]

So fucking slow. Why are we so fucking slow? Does the manager think that will work, magically? Desperately dull

[Saint NL]

Just now, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Outplayed by another bang average shite Championship team again. 

They didn't even need to outplay us for 90 mins.

Just 5 mins after half time is enough it seems

[Saint Keef]

9 minutes ago, trousers said:

I refer the right honourable gentleman to my previous observational post...

I'm obliged sir, for the due respect shown in your response. 😀

[Suhari]

Couple of subs by the looks of things.

[skintsaint]

Blimey we played a through ball, AA offside though.

[Suhari]

Fraser and Edozie it looks like.

[adrian lord]

OWTS 

[Chez]

Charles attacks on the break...gets a nose bleed and then loses it.  

[Saint Matty 76]

Edozie and Fraser, surprised about no Alcaraz

[Andrew Watson]

How the hell are we unbeaten in 12,utter shambles since h/t,as for the managers blue eyed boy.

[saintant]

That reminds me, must put out the recycling.

[stknowle]

It’s the lack of pace and urgency that I can’t stand about the way we play. Been the same all season win draw or lose.

[Saint86]

And wtf is with our corners? 

[OttawaSaint]

Can't remember the last Saints game that had me buzzing afterwards. Hmm, maybe that 3-2 vs Spurs under Ralph...

[Osvaldorama]

This is fucking shit. 
 

Manning is Sunday league. Honestly one of the worst players I’ve ever seen play for us. Wouldn’t get anywhere near our league one team. 
 

Although neither would some of his teammates tbf. Wake the fuck up saints 

[skintsaint]

SA looking poor.

[Bad Wolf]

As shit as Manning is in his half, Adams is every bit as poor in the opposition's.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

I get the feeling Martin told them to up the tempo. Ascended up with them not being able to do that, resulting in a lumped ball forward, a run into no where from Charles, prone to error as we struggle to change. Now one down, and offering nothing at present. Coventry happily soaked up our possession all first half. Now, they can afford to not attack, while we wonder what to do.

Subs imminent.

[Saint Billy]

6 minutes ago, Andy Hill said:

Maybe SR will finally wake up and realise that we are going nowhere fast without a decent striker.

It's not just the question of a striker though, it's the system they are being asked to play.

[SNSUN]

Time seems to be going quicker now we're losing. Oh... and Maddie Moate. 

[Block41 Saint]

Charles doesn't look a £12m player. That should get you a top quality player at this level. 

[Elmore Saint]

Three recurring themes..

1. Toothless up front

2. Susceptible to a counter attack 

3. Shite after the break

 

[redkeith]

I think that we have lost every game so far that Alcarez hasn't started. I know he wasn't good on Saturday,  but Aribo has been shit today. 

[RedWillie]

Just now, Saint86 said:

And wtf is with our corners? 

They're awful. 

[igsey]

Very odd team selection tonight, I'm not surprised we're losing.

Manning's deficiencies are well-known, his positioning is genuinely shocking but nobody seems to pick him up on this. No idea what Bree did wrong to get dropped (I do, he's not the manager's mate).

I like Charles, I think he's a good player, but I have no idea why he's playing as our marauding box-to-box midfielder, he's not good enough going forward. Smallbone is doing his job, and not very well.

Aribo has shown he's absolutely useless out wide over the last two years, he had 1.5 decent games playing in the centre of midfield, so for some reason he's been out on the left, where he has been actively detrimental.

Adams' best performances for us were when he was playing with Ings, coming short and playing quick passes. We're playing with two strikers again, but for some reason Adams and A.Armstrong are never anywhere near each other.

S.Armstrong and KWP have been our only good players, but they are overcompensating for having to do everything themselves.

The whole team not helped by Bednarek having his worst game all season.

Edited 13 December, 2023 by igsey

[Saint NL]

Who didn't expect to see Fraser come on at 60mins?

That was the most obvious thing that's ever happened

[Saint86]

I'm confused, we've made a sub and haven't introduced Alcaraz? What?!?

[saintant]

How did Manning stay on?

[BotleySaint]

Just now, Elmore Saint said:

Three recurring themes..

1. Toothless up front

2. Susceptible to a counter attack 

3. Shite after the break

 

For basically the last 3 years.

[Chez]

Is Sulemana injured?

[Bakovnetski]

Aribo is still on!!!!

[BotleySaint]

Just now, Chez said:

Is Sulemana injured?

Till Jan yes.

[Suhari]

1 minute ago, SNSUN said:

Time seems to be going quicker now we're losing. Oh... and Maddie Moate. 

Has she got a hairy Croatianun?

[skintsaint]

Manning thinks we are playing in sky blue.

[Wade Garrett]

Manager is a cunt

[hypochondriac]

What a shit lineup we picked to start this game. That midfield was crap and Bree has done nothing wrong to be dropped. 

[StrangelyBrown]

Smallbone epitomises everything that is wrong with this team. No urgency, no bite, plays it safe far too much/unwilling to gamble, but technically a good player who could offer a lot more. 

[igsey]

How the fuck has Aribo avoided being subbed?

[Block41 Saint]

First man every single time we put a cross in. 

[saintant]

Urgency level hasn't gone up much.

[sfc4prem]

Hmm. Those saying it never seems like we really play well for a whole game... we're being outplayed by Coventry.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Pooh. Shot on target. Not that powerful, but progress.

[skintsaint]

Coventry starting to chop players down a bit more.

[sfc4prem]

Also, who remembers the days when we used to comfortably win in the PL? Good times.

[SNSUN]

KWP down

[Saint Matty 76]

Absolutely fucked if KWP is out here

[BotleySaint]

Just having a quick look at the table.