Saint NL Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 All over. Poor quality, but WBA are nothing to be afraid of. Stop with Stephens, he's a liability. Same with Mara. We can beat them, just need to play to our strengths. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 (edited) Not unhappy with that all things considered. At least we know we've got to go for it in the second leg rather than sitting back. Edited May 12 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 I’ll take that. Gives us a very decent chance of finishing it off at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BotleySaint Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Happy with the result. We spent too long staying in our shell as usual. Stephens epitomising the negative backwards play. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonaggro Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Will take that. McCarthy was a cool head amongst headless chickens today. We will do them on Friday! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Would have taken nil nil but not exactly showing our intention! Some good moments but a lot of very poor defending! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 FT. WBA were aggressive in the press, fair play We were crap. I felt the formation/set up did not do us justice this game. Jack 'the shoehorn' Stephens was crap but Bednarek and McCarthy were great, Not sure I can recall Baz putting in a commanding performance like that against a good side... 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhari Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 If you can't score, don't concede. Good result. We didn't play great, but happy with that. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Anyone on here know the blue haired bird in the Saints end? She was the highlight of the match for me. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Let's just hope adams is fit and on it in the 2nbd leg as Saints were completely toothless today (barring a deflection). Really disliked the really negative approach of last 10 minutes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken spoke Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 1 minute ago, RobJones1971 said: What are people expecting, us to batter them 5-0 with 99%!! I'd take that.... lol 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Bazunu plays and we probably lose that 2-0 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Just came on at the end of the game to look at the reactions....just off to slit my wrists.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Question tho is why play 2 at the back for the whole season then play 3 at the back v leeds and here. Interesting time to change philosophy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfc4prem Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Just now, Saint_clark said: Anyone on here know the blue haired bird in the Saints end? She was the highlight of the match for me. Put an ad in the Echo, mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Quite a disappointing display that. AMC and Bedders about the only bright spot. KWP and Flynn nowhere near their top levels. Boner a bit of a passenger, THB looked a bit shaky, don’t know what happened with AA but he clearly got a big whack to the face and it really affected him.. Stephens the worst player on the pitch, Manning not far behind and Mara just isn’t good enough. If Che isn’t fit I think I’d I’d prefer to risk LND from the start and make a sub if we need to, Mara up top is absolutely not the answer. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 1 minute ago, Saint_clark said: Anyone on here know the blue haired bird in the Saints end? She was the highlight of the match for me. I thought the same and quickly scanned for others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonaggro Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 1 minute ago, Saint_clark said: Anyone on here know the blue haired bird in the Saints end? She was the highlight of the match for me. John Westwood. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Matty 76 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Seriously need Che to be fit for Friday, bloody hell Still, got to be confident going level into the home leg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronCitySaint Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 So dull. Our keeper probably had 10 times more touches than our forwards. This negative attitude drives me nuts. Football used to be for entertainment. Going to need to show some ambition in the second leg at some point. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 (edited) McCarthy made some great saves and dominated his area. Really good performance from him. Stephens found a West Brom shirt more than their man of the match. Edited May 12 by Wade Garrett 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Fans sounded great. Tough game v a well coached side. Good saves from McCarthy when needed. Little goal threat but in the circumstances I’ll take that. Brooks apparently came on as a sub but I’m not convinced as I never saw him. Need to be better on Friday but we know we can be 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Just now, The Kraken said: Quite a disappointing display that. AMC and Bedders about the only bright spot. KWP and Flynn nowhere near their top levels. Boner a bit of a passenger, THB looked a bit shaky, don’t know what happened with AA but he clearly got a big whack to the face and it really affected him.. Stephens the worst player on the pitch, Manning not far behind and Mara just isn’t good enough. If Che isn’t fit I think I’d I’d prefer to risk LND from the start and make a sub if we need to, Mara up top is absolutely not the answer. Bit harsh KWP was double teamed all game and downes was everywhere busting his gut going forward and back. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhari Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 3 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: Anyone on here know the blue haired bird in the Saints end? She was the highlight of the match for me. Pics or it didn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Matty 76 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 McCarthy very good btw, can't help but wonder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 1 minute ago, Wade Garrett said: McCarthy made some great saves and dominated his area. Really good performance from him. Stephens found a West Brom shirt more than their man of the match. Made an edit "McCarthy made some great saves and dominated his area but couldn't kick a cat. Really good performance from him." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Just now, Convict Colony said: Bit harsh KWP was double teamed all game and downes was everywhere busting his gut going forward and back. Dont think either had a bad game, they’ve just got super high levels and I don’t think they hit them today. Always gonna happen in some games. Good result overall though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca155 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 0 0 perfectly ok, team was set up for that. Adams first 60 on Friday, glass vase Stewart on for the last 30. Oh and stop passing it across the 6yd area. McCarthy MoTM, good to see him growing in confidence. Downes brilliant as usual. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintant Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 3 minutes ago, The Kraken said: Quite a disappointing display that. AMC and Bedders about the only bright spot. KWP and Flynn nowhere near their top levels. Boner a bit of a passenger, THB looked a bit shaky, don’t know what happened with AA but he clearly got a big whack to the face and it really affected him.. Stephens the worst player on the pitch, Manning not far behind and Mara just isn’t good enough. If Che isn’t fit I think I’d I’d prefer to risk LND from the start and make a sub if we need to, Mara up top is absolutely not the answer. Thought Downes was superb. Must have watched a different game. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Matty 76 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Thought Flynn and Bednarek were our best outfield players personally 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Play average and dont lose, that was west brom's best chance. Now we will have a stadium of fit blue haired birds for them to ogle and be distracted by. As an aside what saints fan dyes their hair blue ? 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 6 minutes ago, trousers said: Not unhappy with that all things considered. At least we know we've got to go for it in the second leg rather than sitting back. Very reasonable summation of the situation I have thought Two wins to return to the PL is ideal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvSFC Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 (edited) After these last handful of games it has become clear that during our dip in form Martin should have pulled Bazunu out of the firing line when it felt like every shot against us was going in and put McCarthy in. The latter wasn't good enough for a Premier League number one spot, but similar to Davis, he's perfectly capable in the Championship. Felt as though one of Sulemana/Edozie should have come on for the last ten minutes for Stephens also. Add a bit off chaos/unpredictability up the field for us because everything we did was very predictable and eaten up by the West Brom defence apart from the Downes and Stewart chances in either half. I don't really get what happened with Edozie, he was in good form, played most weeks, then got injured following a bad tackle, but he hasn't really played since. Got a start against Stoke, but everyone was bad that day. Can't have a handful of midfielders and attackers who can only make sideways passes on the pitch. Need the gamechangers also. Ah well, 0-0. Nothing to chase, nothing to defend. Psychologically, it's just another game we're going into with home advantage. Do need Adams, though. Up the Saints. Edited May 12 by HarvSFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Gifford Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 If we go up and want to stay up, we should be destroying WBA, we are not changing 11 starters for next season. That’s impossible. No problem with RM but yet again proves he clearly wouldn’t be anywhere near Prem level. A lot of money to be spent in the right way to stay up if we make it. A big second leg. Norwich Leeds the same I know. Need something to inspire the lads, because we will have a lot of them if we go up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 What's your opinion of Ross Stewart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisonlyonemickychannon Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Stewart was bloody pointless 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galway saint Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 9 minutes ago, Jonnyboy said: Bazunu plays and we probably lose that 2-0 those were my thoughts exactly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 7 minutes ago, Convict Colony said: Question tho is why play 2 at the back for the whole season then play 3 at the back v leeds and here. Interesting time to change philosophy Good time too. Our goals conceded this season has been appalling. Three at the back worked a treat against Leeds so I for one am happy see us continue with it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintant Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 1 minute ago, Mr X said: What's your opinion of Ross Stewart? If Adams is unfit I'd start Stewart for the second leg. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patches O Houlihan Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 8 minutes ago, Convict Colony said: Question tho is why play 2 at the back for the whole season then play 3 at the back v leeds and here. Interesting time to change philosophy Because we lost Stu Armstrong. You want your best players on the pitch. RM would rather have the aggression and leadership of Stephens at the back freeing up KWP and Manning to roam forwards, rather than ask Brooks or Rothwell to play Stu's role and make a Horlicks of it... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 6 minutes ago, Convict Colony said: Made an edit "McCarthy made some great saves and dominated his area but couldn't kick a cat. Really good performance from him." We would have lost with Bazunu in goal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 20 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: Fraser has been completely anonymous since coming on. So has Brooks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obelisk Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Stewart was showing and making runs in behind the WBA high line but he was ignored for more tippy-tappy and lose the ball stuff. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 11 minutes ago, RobJones1971 said: Can’t believe the negativity here. After first 10 minutes we have controlled this game. Totally removed the impact of their crowd. Yes, there are players we all do not like and some disagree with the style of play, but every team playing away would be happy with the score and 64% possession. What are people expecting, us to batter them 5-0 with 99%!! Spot on. A hard fought 0-0 away from home, will do for me. I couldn't give a monkeys about the performance. Its completely in our own hands now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 1 minute ago, Turkish said: So has Brooks Can't remember brooks even touching the ball? 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfc4prem Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 I mean, Stewart created and nearly converted (assisted by the deflection, I know) a a great chance. I don't reckon you could call him pointless. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 3 minutes ago, Thereisonlyonemickychannon said: Stewart was bloody pointless He wasn't. Your post was. Great to have him out there. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintant Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 I think the point about Stewart is he's a goal scorer. In a shortish cameo he had our best effort and but for a worldie save would have won it for us. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stknowle Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 I would have taken 0-0 at half time, probably even before the game started, and I’ll take it now. Professional enough job overall, if we’d gone balls out for the win and left ourselves open and lost everyone would be moaning like fuck. If we play like that at home then we deserve pelters but I don’t think we will. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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