Saints 1-2 Millwall - Match Thread

[Suhari]

Is Brooks available today?

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[Block41 Saint]

Looking like another season of failure for Sport Republic. We've fallen off a cliff. 

[obelisk]

Fraser kicked off the pitch.

[Saint NL]

Edozie absolutely clattered on his first touch.

 

FFS ref

[Suhari]

Yellow, surely?

[Saint86]

  On 24/02/2024 at 15:21, Suhari said:

Yellow, surely?

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Yup. Clear on the replay he took player before ball there. poor from the ref. How many injuries are we going to get!

[Saint Fan CaM]

Terrible foul on Edozie and no card. We get nothing from the FK.

[Guest]

Does Russell Martin treat it like kids Sunday league football?

They’ve paid their subs for the season so they just get an equal share of game time regardless of ability or form?

[Saint Fan CaM]

We’ve said it before but now it’s clearer than day. We’ve been found out big time.

[Galway saint]

  On 24/02/2024 at 15:18, Saint86 said:

You're in cloud cuckoo land mate. We are wide open defensively and have been for weeks. We're home to a side that have just sacked their manager and are 1 point of the relegation zone, whilst we're chasing automatics.

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that’s as maybe mate but we are losing because of a goalkeeping error 

[Saint Fan CaM]

Can see a red card coming and it could be anyone’s.

[Saint NL]

Their tactics are working, you could see Edozie chicken out then when he should have beaten his man. 

[Mr X]

  On 24/02/2024 at 15:23, Saint Fan CaM said:

We’ve said it before but now it’s clearer than day. We’ve been found out big time.

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How can we go from so good to sooo bad guess that's saints for you 

[SNSUN]

Big loss Fraser. Hope it’s not serious.

[wadesmith]

Hull have given everyone the blueprint to beat us. This team is bare jokes.

[macca155]

No need to panic yet, they are pretty vulnerable.

Like the way Stephens is putting some strong tackles in. It's what we need. We are a better side with him in it.... so there.

[Saint NL]

Penalty all day long ffs

[Anthony]

I'm not his biggest fan, but would love to see Sulemana coming on in the second half.

I reckon with him running at defenders at full pelt, with their defenders on yellows or warnings, could cause them real trouble.

[Saint86]

Better now, started to put our foot on the ball and make runs.

[OttawaSaint]

Forum full of pussies. We'll win this league, no sweat...

[coalman]

It didn't take us long to go from unbeaten run to "we're a joke". If we play to our potential the game is still ours. COYR

[AlexLaw76]

Surely Millwall cant keep taking this amount of pressure

[Saint86]

  On 24/02/2024 at 15:25, Mr X said:

How can we go from so good to sooo bad guess that's saints for you 

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Too much rotation and an allergy to playing an actual CDM/Anchor. That and weak full back and cdm cover generally in the squad. Both easily avoidable errors.

[Saint NL]

They are kicking lumps out of us

[Anthony]

Still confident we will win this, just need to keep the composure.

[AlexLaw76]

That move right there was just bizarre. Adams gets (and loses) the ball in CM, whilst Stephens was sat in teh striker position

[Mr X]

  On 24/02/2024 at 15:29, Saint86 said:

Too much rotation and an allergy to playing an actual CDM/Anchor. That and weak full back and cdm cover generally in the squad. Both easily avoidable errors.

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We look so poor without a downes romeu type midfielder 

[OldNick]

  On 24/02/2024 at 15:29, Saint86 said:

Too much rotation and an allergy to playing an actual CDM/Anchor. That and weak full back and cdm cover generally in the squad. Both easily avoidable errors.

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I wonder if Ipswich and Leeds rotate the team like RM, apart from injuries of course

[Saint Fan CaM]

We still don’t have a decent striker - someone who knows where to be at the right time in the box.

[Miltonaggro]

Officials in this league are appalling, and the lower league journeymen know just how to play them. 

[Suhari]

Dean Hammond must have splinters in his arse.

So many on the fence comments.

[Saint NL]

Lots of aimless crosses but their keeper hasn't made a save yet

[Saint Fan CaM]

Smallbone did a good clearing up job there. Edozie lots of movement - no end product.

[Mr X]

We are going to have to score at least two goals in the second half if we want to win at this rate..... 

[egg]

  On 24/02/2024 at 15:28, OttawaSaint said:

Forum full of pussies. We'll win this league, no sweat...

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One right, one wrong. 

[Suhari]

Che!!!

[Saint NL]

Che 1-1

[Saint Fan CaM]

Excellent goal !!!! Che!!!

[Saint86]

Cracking goal there. Lovely weighted cross by Stu, and good run and goal from Che...

[Mr X]

Hope! 

[AlexLaw76]

Nice goal...Surely had to come, they can't keep defending their defensive 3rd like this

[saintant]

That's better. Now put them to the sword in the final minutes before the break.

[tdmickey3]

No streams working for me🙄

[Polaroid Saint]

https://soccerinhd.com/games/southampton-vs-millwall/

 

just in time for the goal, but I was on here posting the link. doh.

[Saint NL]

Sums Edozie up, he beats his man with ease then screws the cross

[obelisk]

A deserved equaliser. Now keep the foot on the gas Saints.

[Saint86]

Stephens is very well suited to this style of game - doesn't take any of it and certainly gives it back. Whereas a couple of rough tackles on edozie seem to have him intimidated and playing in his shell a bit atm.

Edited 24 February, 2024 by Saint86

[Suhari]

Unlucky Stu!

[Anthony]

  On 24/02/2024 at 15:40, Saint86 said:

Stephens is very well suited to this style of game. Whereas a couple of rough tackles on edozie seem to have him intimidated and playing in his shell a bit atm.

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Seems to be true, but e is only young, and only just got back from injury after being taken out by a bad challenge

Edited 24 February, 2024 by Anthony

[Saint NL]

Stu Armstrong has done very well so far, everything goes through him