Saints 2-1 Plymouth - Match Thread

[DT]

Small one is very poor tonight. Our final ball is pretty bad. Need to run at them at pace I to the box. Get that pen to set us off

[FarehamSaintJames]

Smallbone’s crossing is piss poor.

We have got to make changes early as possible in the second half or at HT.

Aribo, Stu Armstrong or Fraser would improve this.

[obelisk]

Back to walking football to end the half.

[Winnersaint]

Adams ffs

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Manning picks up a yellow for stop[ping another counter. We're getting more vulnerable to that has the half has progressed. While at the same time, not getting anywhere near as many chances ourselves. We;ve managed to tire ourselves out attacking. 🙂

[Saint Fan CaM]

Just now, Saint NL said:

Manning is a clown

Drags the quality of the team down by some shocking margin. And Adams is so poor in front of goal.

[saintant]

Adams scuffs another.

[DT]

Please get Che off. Absolute gash

[obelisk]

Adams misses sitter shock!

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Still not sure what Smallbone brings to the team. 

[Mr X]

Looks like it's going to take something spectacular today & Plymouth do look dangerous on the break 

[FarehamSaintJames]

Just now, DT said:

Small one is very poor tonight. Our final ball is pretty bad. Need to run at them at pace I to the box. Get that pen to set us off

Spot on.

He slows us down massively, dare I say it Charles does too a tad, we miss Downes.

[coalman]

Sub Bree -> Manning, Aribo -> Smallbone, Mara -> Adams

[Mr X]

Lol Adams 

[OttawaSaint]

Scuffer Adams. Ugh!

[disconnect]

Any streams other than the Sport 10 one please? Gone down and can’t get it working again

[SNSUN]

Ooh Adams late chance...

Nil nil HT. 

Definitely been the better side but lack cutting edge. Ref and lino aren't helping.

[GrumpyYorkshireSaint]

Their keeper isn't exactly being over worked despite the attacking possession 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Oooh. Good ball in for Adams. He controls it well, but just doesn;t get the connection. Better.

[obelisk]

Let's get the first team on for the next half.

[AlexLaw76]

Controlled the game, but pretty slow on too many occasions in getting the ball forward...not tested their goal anywhere near enough

[Turkish]

should be 3 up, Plymouth do have a threat on the counter but we are so much better than them. Will be a big fail not to win this.

[adrian lord]

Pace dropped inexorablly as the half went on, poor final balls, hopeless finishing. Martin needs to sort it. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Lovely move. Manning gets it in. But defelcted.

[SNSUN]

Just now, coalman said:

Sub Bree -> Manning, Aribo -> Smallbone, Mara -> Adams

Yeah how I'd do it too. AA been quiet too. If anything Che has been involved more but I'd still sub Che over AA.

[Saint_clark]

Never understand passing backwards when the clock is up. Just get it in the box, if they clear it or run away with it the ref will blow the whistle anyway.

[Convict Colony]

2 minutes ago, FarehamSaintJames said:

Smallbone’s crossing is piss poor.

We have got to make changes early as possible in the second half or at HT.

Aribo, Stu Armstrong or Fraser would improve this.

came to post this, its been terrible always hitting first man.

Anyway plymouth will get tired and we will score

[sfc4prem]

1 hour ago, sfc4prem said:

Please don't make this thread a moan-fest.

It's going to be a breeze. In 0-0 at the break having kept possession well and cut them apart a couple of times. 4-0 having worn them down by 90 mins. Cmon lads.

Still on track for this.

[Sheaf Saint]

2 minutes ago, obelisk said:

Adams misses sitter shock!

Its cos he was onside. He'd have buried that if the flag had already gone up.

[Challenger]

2 minutes ago, saintant said:

They've got our number at the moment.

Our number is easy to work out to be honest, we lack pace and a target man.

Everything else is spot on.

[manji]

5 minutes ago, FarehamSaintJames said:

Sunak - get out. Bellend.

Smallbone booked, pulling back a player. Sun him off at HT.

Bednarek and THB playing very well, so calm and composed.

Sunaks parents are fans but clearly Rishi doesn’t want to be there. “ you mean I’ve got to sit in the cold “

[OttawaSaint]

We've been great but finishing has been rather poor. I don't understand why Adams doesn't do a better job of staying onside. That far up the pitch, it's literally a quick look, step back, then go, and finish like he did. It's not like the defender stepped up.

[FarehamSaintJames]

You could easily sub off any of Adams (missed chances), A. Armstrong and Alcaraz (non existent tonight), Smallbone (what does he provide), Manning (absolute liability) tonight.

[obelisk]

Walking football is fine as long as you mix it up with balls over the top or through the lines to runners. Otherwise it's far too easy to defend.

[Saint86]

Not good enough. Smallbone and Adams the week links that are holding us back this game. Manning as well to a lesser extent, but not as bad as the other two. 

Edozie again our best outlet, alcaraz and kwp dictating a lot of play with Armstrong. But with Che and smallbone either wasting chances or killing our attacks it's just not enough atm.

 

 

Edited 29 December, 2023 by Saint86

[Andy Hill]

Get Adams and AA off. So poor.

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, FarehamSaintJames said:

You could easily sub off any of Adams (missed chances), A. Armstrong and Alcaraz (non existent tonight), Smallbone (what does he provide), Manning (absolute liability) tonight.

WHen you say the forwards are non-existent...plenty of movement from them, no ealy balls over the top or to their feet.......none at all really

[saintant]

Love to see us hammering a few shots when we get close to their box. They have numbers back so it's hard to break through but some long shots could be the answer as they might ricochet off someone and cause some havoc. The danger is they get one on the break because they have the players for it. We need a goal soon after half-time.

[Block41 Saint]

Going to be one of those days isn't it 

[FarehamSaintJames]

I reckon this team has been picked with half an eye on the Norwich game, but quite frankly just get them all on. Keep the good form and consistency.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

We've created a ton of chances in that first half. The goal will come.

There may have been periods of "walking football" but they've generally been followed by a chance. Slow, slow, fast. Ready to pounce

[Galway saint]

get fraser and stu on 

too slow 

[Convict Colony]

1 minute ago, obelisk said:

Walking football is fine as long as you mix it up with balls over the top or through the lines to runners. Otherwise it's far too easy to defend.

I watched countless runners not had the ball played over to them tonight, so frustrating.

[Disco Stu]

Bar the first 10 minutes, we've been pretty poor. Easy to defend against us when we move the ball around so slowly.

[adrian lord]

Some weak performances  - Manning, SmallB, and Alcatraz is anonymous. Edozie a bright point. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

81% possession. Loads of lovely passing, exploiting space and movements. Plenty of balls across their box. Only 2 shots on target though.

We're using the squad tonight. Lots of bright moments, but we have the experience, form and quality of Stu, Aribo and Fraser in the second half to grab the game.

We were very dominant. Argyll had some counters though, as per our usual drawbacks. Also as normal these days, we were organised in stopping them.

If anything, we dropped off our tempo as we looked for new ways of getting at their goal.

Sky put up 110 successful passes in the final third, to their 8. That sums up the dominance.

 

[FarehamSaintJames]

0-0 is 5/1 at the moment. Awfully tempting to put a tenner on.

[Convict Colony]

Just now, FarehamSaintJames said:

0-0 is 5/1 at the moment. Awfully tempting to put a tenner on.

make it a grand

[sfc4prem]

Just now, FarehamSaintJames said:

0-0 is 5/1 at the moment. Awfully tempting to put a tenner on.

Don't waste a fucking tenner. You may as well burn it.

[Sheaf Saint]

Don't know what Aribo and Stu did to deserve being dropped. Hopefully they will get some minutes in the second half.

We always look worse without Downes. Hope he's gonna be better soon.

Edozie has been good again but their RB has done well so far. Let's see how he manages against Fraser once he tires later.