Saints 1-1 Boro - Match Thread

[FarehamSaintJames]

14 minutes ago, FarehamSaintJames said:

My prediction of 1-1 is looming.

Large domination amounts of domination followed by………

Yay. Called it.

Bottlejobs.

[Mr X]

Piss Poor finishing has cost us! 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Just now, saintant said:

Let me guess....it was a free header?

It was indeed

[Sunglasses Ron]

Just now, Holmes_and_Watson said:

It was indeed

Assuming it was also at the Chapel End in front of the away fans?

[skintsaint]

And that's that for any chance of autos.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Just now, Sunglasses Ron said:

Assuming it was also at the Chapel End in front of the away fans?

Probably not.

[Mr X]

Just now, skintsaint said:

And that's that for any chance of autos.

Definitely, it was a very slim chance anyway!

[sambosa75]

Fucking bottlejobs.

A draw here is an absolute disgrace.

[SNSUN]

Did Sekou make love with a plug socket?

[Saint NL]

How many people here could see what was going to happen? There were multiple posts predicting a late equaliser, but sadly Russ can't see it.

 

[DT]

So predictable and Martin-Saintsy. Che Adams is an appalling footballer. Still, easy money at the bookies

[RedArmy]

Seconds left and we’re just passing it about like we’ve got a 3-0 lead. 
 

fuck russball

[Challenger]

1 hour ago, Challenger said:

Game following an all too familiar pattern thus far.

And in the traditional, time honoured way it comes to pass. The outfit that NEVER, EVER learn.

Naivity runs though this lot like words within a stick of rock.

Edited 29 March, 2024 by Challenger

[DT]

Playoffs confirmed. And no chance there. 

[Saint NL]

This is shit, when's the next international break? 

[obelisk]

And that, folks, is why we'll be playing in the Championship next season. And the season after that. And ... etc, etc.

[AlexLaw76]

FT 1-1

Nothing has really changed since before the break. We did not play well today, still can keep out the opposition, and a good advert why we are not going up.

Expect us to get beaten at Ipswich

Martin is a bang average manager, with a bag of riches with this squad.

[trousers]

It's a good job this is our "best season in over 100 years" otherwise I'd be right pissed off....

[saintant]

2 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

How many people here could see what was going to happen? There were multiple posts predicting a late equaliser, but sadly Russ can't see it.

 

I don't think in game tactics is one of RM's strong points. He's never struck me as one who knows how to change the momentum of a game with a clever switch or two.

Edited 29 March, 2024 by saintant

[Mr X]

Just now, DT said:

So predictable and Martin-Saintsy. Che Adams is an appalling footballer. Still, easy money at the bookies

Behave he's not an appealing footballer at all at this level, just not premier league quality 

[niceandfriendly]

Play offs will be fun. Or not.

[Zorba]

WAAAAANNNNNKKKKK!!!

[benali-shorts]

That one’s on Che. Unbelievably poor CF play for the three chances. 

[Saint_clark]

Too fucking slow, complacent at 1-0. Absolute bunch of wankers. 

[Osvaldorama]

Che adams’ fault. 
 

Can’t be a professional footballer and miss chances like those. Genuinely fucking pathetic. 
 

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Point gained on the autos. Successful afternoon so far with other results going out way.

[LGTL]

A game that sums up the season really. Pathetic finishing, rancid defending and another missed opportunity 

[Convict Colony]

That was fucking shit.

At least we get our disappointment about the autos out of the way early and can focus on losing the playoffs.

[The Kraken]

Shit result and honestly didn’t really enjoy it that much as a spectacle.

[Block41 Saint]

That's autos gone. Russell Martin gets praised for achieving the bare minimum. 

[Patches O Houlihan]

That has properly pissed me off. What the fuck did Valderama achieve? Jogging about conserving energy when he's only got 15 mins to play at best?! 

Fraser & Brookes were excellent. What could we have got with them playing longer?

And Che wants to take a long hard look at himself - he did well to be in the right positions to get the shots, but he really needs to be doing better.

 

[washsaint]

Wow, we do not deserve to go up.  An extremely average side that had a hot streak.

Saints would get destroyed every week in the Prem.

Pathetic attacking play, pathetic defending and Che Adams can f*** right off at the end of the season.  Terrible footballer

[SaintNewForest]

Those misses by Adams were shocking. We had a striker who we can rely on, we'd have won that easily. 

Hey ho, off to Wembley we hopefully go.

[obelisk]

Now the job will be to hold on to 4th place and I'm not sure about that.

[niceandfriendly]

Let's look on the bright side. The way Martin plays + Bazunu would have been utterly destroyed in the Premier League. At least next season we get to beat the fishy few twice.

[LGTL]

Really awful game too. 3 weeks preparation to deliver that utter shite. Martin the fraud continues. 

[Saint Fan CaM]

So disappointing. Honestly, Adams is a waste of a strikers position. He has no pace, no composure and no positional sense. And seemingly other priorities other than scoring for Saints. Whether we go up or not, I’ll be glad to see the back of him.

[Saint NL]

Considering Ipswich are the late goal specialists, I can't wait until we repeat this again on Monday 

[Jimmy_D]

Well that was gutting, especially after missing so many gilt edged chances.

[Saint_clark]

1 minute ago, Block41 Saint said:

That's autos gone. Russell Martin gets praised for achieving the bare minimum. 

If we don't get in the top two he hasn't achieved the bare minimum for me.

[StrangelyBrown]

Well that was all a bit predictable - all fart and no shit again.

Come on giosaints tell us why we should be happy about that collosal load of guff?

[DT]

3 minutes ago, Mr X said:

Behave he's not an appealing footballer at all at this level, just not premier league quality 

You’re right. Not appealing at all

[IOWSaintDaz]

Che deserves to be dropped from the rest of the season on that piss poor showing, terrible showing in front of goal today from him and a few others too, just makes you wonder what Martin has had them doing in the time we had

[sfc4prem]

Oh dear!

[Morse]

Play offs it is then, and I don't have much hope there to be honest.  At least next season we'll be shot of Che Adam's. Hopefully. 

[aintforever]

At least we get shot of Adams next season.

[Lighthouse]

Just now, aintforever said:

At least we get shot of Adams next season.

Hopefully our shooting is better than his.

[S-Clarke]

It was how I feared, returned from a long break sluggish, slow and one-paced. We played within ourselves for most of that game.

The subs made us worse, Brooks especially. Might be controversial as he is a good player and I like him individually, but I think he's made us so much worse as a team for some reason. He just doesn't fit, there was an example of him jumping with KWP at the same time etc. He's just totally unsettled the entire side.

That one is on Adams though in the main. I still cannot fathom why PL clubs want him, he can't finish. He's a 2-5 goal a season PL player, 10-15 at best in the Champ. Today his finishing was just off the negative scale though.

A really shit and depressing start to this 10 game run, in fact it's probably already over before it even began. I guess it's now just about preparing to get into the playoffs with the best form possible and watch Ipswich, Leicester and Leeds battle it out from afar. I think we'll end up stranded in 4th.

Felt shit today so didn't go, seemingly made the right call.

[The Cat]

Enough chances to win at a canter.

The 10 minutes of the ginger steward and the blokes banging the hoardings in the Kingsland Northern corner was a non footballing highlight of the season. Absolutely hilarious.

[Saint NL]

Just now, Morse said:

Play offs it is then, and I don't have much hope there to be honest.  At least next season we'll be shot of Che Adam's. Hopefully. 

Imagine it's the play off final. After a tough draw against Leicester, it's penalties. Saints are a goal down going into the final penalty, up steps Che Adams.....