Leicester 5-0 Saints - Match Thread

[Saint NL]

So much space for Leicester when they break, this is shocking stuff from saints 

[Elmore Saint]

What is up with KWP at the moment - is he trying to play his way into an extended stay at SMS?

[Saint NL]

Hahahahaja, good one ref for calling the dive

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, saint michael said:

We just keep taking too many touches, slowing everything down. No real movement and one touch stuff. 

it's what we do

[trousers]

1 minute ago, Lighthouse said:

Time for some good old fashioned lucky muffins.

Nah, what we need is a sexy nun cake... Win win...

 

[Block41 Saint]

Leicester break our press with ease. 

[SNSUN]

To think had we won at Cardiff we would have been going into this game with some hope of autos to be greeted by this performance.

If we do go up we will be murdered without a raft of signings we probably couldn't afford.

[Sheaf Saint]

1 minute ago, Badger said:

Have we given up on the nuns ? 

I think he tried to type nuns into image search but typed buns instead, and just went with it.

[6ft8saint]

All season backwards football. Every fan knows it every opposition team knows it. We are afraid all over the pitch and don't take our chances to go and get a goal

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Brooks and Rothwell link up...throw in to Leicester

And off they go on another attack right through us.

Elsewhere, KWP is very aware of us having to go direct. Sadly, no one, especially Aribo, bothers to pick him out.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Just now, Block41 Saint said:

Leicester break our press with ease. 

What press??

[Chez]

tried to pass it out, under pressure we are not good enough to do it, turned the ball over quickly and it led directly to conceding.  

My word. In contrast, Leicester beat our pathetic press with ease and we are in massive trouble.

[jamesfp1]

Have we brought in Pellegrino to manage us this week?

[FarehamSaintJames]

Adams has spent most of the half on the ground rather than on his feet.

I like Russell Martin, but this is piss poor tonight. No creativity whatsoever.

[Baird of the land]

Pathetic cowardly play by saints

[Saint NL]

Rothwell is having a shocker. 

[LGTL]

This is unreal. Never thought I’d miss Smallbone

[Chez]

Adams is really giving his all, but even then he is still struggling to hold it up. 

[coalman]

Time to sub Rothwell and replace with Smallbone.

[6ft8saint]

We sold the idea of Brooks but he's utter shite. The last 3 games he's bought nothing to the game

[Mr X]

Well the players certainly got themselves pumped up for this one! 

[GrumpyYorkshireSaint]

Has anyone told the lads they can pass forward in the other teams half?

[AlexLaw76]

This, if Martin was a good manager instead of a decent one, he would change this, as they are breaking against us with ease / making us go long.....

Of course, Martin is not a good manager, so that is that

[SambaMaverick]

Rothwell is overweight / unfit for a footballer, no?

Edited 23 April, 2024 by SambaMaverick

[LGTL]

Rothwell off, thank fuck!!

[WGC Saint]

A bit of aggression and passion wouldn’t go amiss Saints. FFS do we want to have a go at promotion or not? 

[Saint Scott]

This is like watching us in September, like a group of stangers

[Crouchie's Lawyer]

Perfect example of why Leicester are where they are and why we will not get automatic promotion. Ball with Leicester defence, they play the ball around our high press in the same way we do with opposition strikers but once the ball was played out to their defensive midfielder he makes a scything through ball straight to their pacy attackers. In that situation we would go from our defensive midfielder back to the left back, back to centre back, back to goalkeeper, back to right back, then to defensive midfielder again before knocking it back to the left back then up to a winger then back to the left back then centre back and back to goalkeeper. Meanwhile their whole team get back into position again. I get the playing our the back but it needs to be more zippy in getting it up the pitch. It's passing just for passing sake which is frustrating as sh!t to watch.

[Lord Duckhunter]

Just now, FarehamSaintJames said:

Adams has spent most of the half on the ground rather than on his feet.

 

He’s a fucking disgrace. Going through the motions. He needs to get his body round the ball & hold off the centre halves. For all this talk of brave, he’s fucking hiding. 

[Saint NL]

Smallbone on.

Normally that's not great, but today it'll be a huge improvement 

[saintant]

Is RM watching this - it's pathetic. An insult to those who've paid their hard earned and given up their time to travel up to watch this shit.

[The Curse of St Mary's]

Smallbone is no Stu Armstrong but he's a far better option than Rothwell. Unless Smallbone has a knock it's another baffling selection from RM. 

[Saint Matty 76]

Have to be some kind of useless for me to be thankful for Smallbone to be subbed on in your place to add more of a presence to the midfield

[Lighthouse]

2 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Rothwell is having a shocker. 

He’d been asking to come off for over five minutes, no idea why it took so long to get Smallbone ready.

[macca155]

Good Smallbone will add something to the midfield. Well anything really will be better

Edited 23 April, 2024 by macca155

[Viking Saint]

Thank fuck for that. Don't want to see Rothwell in a Saints shirt again

[Sheaf Saint]

FFS Rothwell, if you're not fit enough to play then go down and get the play stopped so you can get treatment. Don't just trot aimlessly about the pitch until you get subbed and leave us effectively a man down.

[sandwichsaint]

£10m for Charles when we had no reliable striker or keeper. Funny piece of business.

[Turkish]

Rothwell now gone off injured in one of the worst 40 minutes you’ll see from a player

[coalman]

Now for Brooks to go off too replaced with Edozie or Fraser.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

That the end of the game for Rothwell. Sadly before he started it. Not a fit for whatever RM is asking of him.

[Badger]

4 minutes ago, Edmonton Saint said:

Whatever we needed in the January window. It wasn’t Brooks and Rothwell. Terrible.

Apparently Darren Mowbray was clocking up air miles looking at players, and of course we had Jason Willcox as acclaimed football guru in charge. But we still end up with two loans from along the coast at Bournemouth. 

 

[saintant]

Clearly they want it more. No excuse for that.

[Lighthouse]

Just now, Turkish said:

Rothwell now gone off injured in one of the worst 40 minutes you’ll see from a player

He went from impersonating Walcott to impersonating Bella-Kotchap.

[obelisk]

Saints in a good attacking position. Ball lost and now Leicester corner. Rubbish.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Smallbone on for 2 seconds, and we already look much more fluid.

[LGTL]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

Rothwell now gone off injured in one of the worst 40 minutes you’ll see from a player

Wasn't’’t quite fat Chaz at Fulham away a few years back, but slots right in at number 2. 

[Saint NL]

Not going to be many midfield options for the playoffs at this rate....

[Baird of the land]

At some point you've got to try and play the ball towards the box.

[Chez]

Leicester showing

1 minute ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

He’s a fucking disgrace. Going through the motions. He needs to get his body round the ball & hold off the centre halves. For all this talk of brave, he’s fucking hiding. 

don't agree with this. He's not hiding. He's trying hard but just is not good enough.