Saints 0-1 Stoke - Match Thread

[Mr X]

15 minutes ago, Winnersaint said:

And if they're injured for the play offs?

Then Nothing lost as we haven't the bottle anyway 

[trousers]

4 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

He should let Downes play the second half to get match fit.

 

1 minute ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

He's out on his own warming up, looks likely he'll be on

If he comes on, here's hoping he doesn't pick up one of his innocuous "slight knocks"...

[Bad Wolf]

Just now, austsaint said:

Drab, slow and hard to watch.  We seem to have a three man attack if you can call Mara an attacking player.   Brooks seems to be playing as an attacking mid, while Charles and Smallbone are both anonymous in CM.   What is the point of Smallbone?   He,s neither a holding nor attacking midfielder and acts as a handbrake on quick movement.   I realise there are a few players being rested but as a lead up to the play offs this is a flat performance.

He's an academy player though so he'll get away with it for years before he's eventually sold to a League Two club and they'll be calls of "BUT HE NEVER GOT A FAIR CHANCE!!!"

[washsaint]

Just now, austsaint said:

Drab, slow and hard to watch.  We seem to have a three man attack if you can call Mara an attacking player.   Brooks seems to be playing as an attacking mid, while Charles and Smallbone are both anonymous in CM.   What is the point of Smallbone?   He,s neither a holding nor attacking midfielder and acts as a handbrake on quick movement.   I realise there are a few players being rested but as a lead up to the play offs this is a flat performance.

Smallbone and Stephens were our two best players first half.

[SNSUN]

Just woke up after night shift. Not one youngster on the bench in a dead rubber. That we're currently losing. Rubbish.

Leeds next. That's a spanking. WBA or Norwich be lolling.

[Jack]

Just now, washsaint said:

Smallbone and Stephens were our two best players first half.

Shows how incredibly low the bar has been set, as they’ve both been shite as well 

[OldNick]

13 minutes ago, vectraman said:

Bree’s cross - omg that’s woeful. 
changes at half time please. Get AA and Che on, get that useless lazy twat Mara off. What a waste of money he is 😱

we cant risk our importnt players pre playoffs. So we lose to Stoke, in the bg picture its not important, if we lose the playoffs then lets go for him

[OttawaSaint]

Yes. I'm not afraid to admit when I'm wrong.

2 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said:

If we go into the playoffs all fresh, pump the opposition and breeze through them, would you admit to being wrong? Genuine question. Because for me it's worth it

 

[washsaint]

What the heck are those subs about?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Aribo and Bedders on
THB and Charles off

[Saint NL]

Thb off is an interesting one. He's looked well off the pace today.

 

[Zorba]

1 hour ago, Master Bates said:

He wants us to lose.

 

Let's have a sing song....

 

WHERE'S YOUR CARAVAN
(where's your caravan)
DIRTY LITTLE SKATE
(dirty little skate)
WHERE'S YOUR CARAVAN
(where's your caravan)
FAR FAR AWAY,
FAR FAR AWAY YAY YAY YAY YAY,

LAST NIGHT I SAW THEM STEAL YOUR CAAAARAVAAAAN,
OOOOH EE, YOU POOR LITTLE SKATE C**T,

YOU WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND YOUR CARAVAN'S GOOOOONE,
OOOOOH EE; YOU POOR LITTLE SKATE C**T,
YOU POOR LITTLE SKATE C**T,
SKATE!

WHERE'S YOUR CARAVAN
(where's your caravan)
DIRTY LITTLE SKATE
(dirty little skate)
WHERE'S YOUR CARAVAN
(where's your caravan)
FAR FAR AWAY,
FAR FAR AWAY YAY YAY YAY YAY.....

Think we should adopt Notts County’s song for a while..

I HAD A WHEELBARROW, THE WHEEL FELL OFF,

I HAD A WHEELBARROW, THE WHEEL FELL OFF.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Stephens was on a booking and had pulled a shirt. So that tough manager call of keeping him on and risking a card, or taking him off and losing all our pashun. 🙂 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Fraser looks at least interested today.

[washsaint]

Mara, lol.  Striker - I think not

[Saint NL]

Fucking hell Mara you idiot 😂😂😂

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Waaay wide from Mara.

But we're at elast getting a bit more forward.

[Micky]

Close from Mara....

 

Ok you know. it wasn't, but hey ho....

[Zorba]

Good ol’ MARAdonna. Useless.

[washsaint]

Edozie really does flatter to deceive

[Saint NL]

Just now, washsaint said:

Edozie really does flatter to deceive

He did well there tbf to him

[Challenger]

7 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said:

If we go into the playoffs all fresh, pump the opposition and breeze through them, would you admit to being wrong? Genuine question. Because for me it's worth it

If we go into the playoffs with this team and this mindset though we'll undoubtedly be beat and I'll be in the Martin out camp but until that happens, I'm happy to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Honest question 

Ladbrokes have just offered you a free bet on your two mentioned scenarios, £1000 if you're correct. Where do you put the money?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

It took a while, but Edozie's cut back was decent a few mins back.

Aribo a bit more forward thinking. Just saw Smallbone not offer himself for a forward pass. So that ended up with Stoke.

[Saint NL]

Great save McCarthy 

[Bad Wolf]

Brilliant save McCarthy!

[Draino76]

We will never forget the 

DOUBLE MCCARTHY

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Good again from Edozie. Got past his man, and Brooks could have done better.

We immediately give them a chance at the other end. A really good chance.  Right into McCarthy.

[Sheaf Saint]

Should have been 0-2 there. A let off. 

Fucking dogshit defending. Again.

[Bad Wolf]

2 minutes ago, Challenger said:

Honest question 

Ladbrokes have just offered you a free bet on your two mentioned scenarios, £1000 if you're correct. Where do you put the money?

Honestly? I'd probably bet on us to bottle it but I'd also do that if we were 5-0 up here. I always bet against us purely to soften the blow. Not sure I've ever put a single penny on Saints to win.

[obelisk]

Saints defence cut apart ... and again. McCarthy saves.

[Mr X]

That was a save from McCarthy should be two nil down at least 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

We tried one of those direct passes from deep, and I was just thinking that they didn;t work at all for Leeds...when we gave it away too. Aribo a bit lax in picking out his pass.

[Saint NL]

Stoke cutting us open at will

[obelisk]

Saints on the ropes.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Lots of space for the shot. Stephens blocked it.

[Edmonton Saint]

Martin’s inability to get defenders even doing the bare minimum of defending should be a sackable event in itself. We really are that bad at defending.

[Saint NL]

Mara is an awful footballer.

[LGTL]

Looks very likely to be Norwich in the play offs. We’re fucked 

[Jack]

Glad to see we’ve improved with Martin’s inspired subs. Fucking dross. 
 

Walking football is shit, it sets the tempo for the whole game, normalises slow, uncreative shit and wide open space for the opposition to play into 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Mara's pass had far too muich on it. But He did try to pick out Fraser, who was makign a good run. GOod measured pass from Aribo.

From small acorns do successful play offs grow, or something. 🙂

Edozie having a lot of joy against his marker. Shame AA isn;t on to take advantage of any of them.

[Saint NL]

Che and Downes coming on

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Mara and Brooks off

Che and Downes on

[Saint NL]

Brooks and Mara off.

Good change imo

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Mara limping off a bit. Clearly the root of all his problems today. 🙂 

[Saint NL]

That looked a penalty to stoke 😱

[BotleySaint]

Martin seems unable to stop the rot and raise spirits now that automatic promotion is lost. A losing mentality has set in.

Edited 27 April, 2024 by BotleySaint

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Ref didn't give a pen. Got a good look at it.

[captainchris]

8 minutes ago, Edmonton Saint said:

Martin’s inability to get defenders even doing the bare minimum of defending should be a sackable event in itself. We really are that bad at defending.

RM hasn’t given our back four more than ten seconds coaching all season, agree totally with what you say in that it is a sackable offence on its own… 

Edited 27 April, 2024 by captainchris

[Micky]

Looked a pen to me, thought ref unsighted.

[Saint NL]

Ref could have given that, lucky for us