Non-Saints Games - 24/25

[Lighthouse]

EFL kicking off on SS with Blackburn hosting Derby. Will be interesting to see if the three relegated teams are as dominant as we were (with the addition of Ipswich) last season.

[Guest]

Can we rename this thread “Other Games/Teams”.

So glad the EFL is back ⚽️

[Pamplemousse]

I hope in the build up to the Leeds/Portsmouth game they show the play-off final goal, I feel that's something both set of fans will really enjoy

[Patches O Houlihan]

  On 09/08/2024 at 21:15, Pamplemousse said:

I hope in the build up to the Leeds/Portsmouth game they show the play-off final goal, I feel that's something both set of fans will really enjoy

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Maybe the DJ will play Freed From Desire in the pre-game too 😁

Feels like it is played at every sporting event this summer - not sure how I feel about that

[Dark Munster]

  On 09/08/2024 at 18:59, FarehamSaintJames said:

Can we rename this thread “Other Games/Teams”.

So glad the EFL is back ⚽️

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Or at least "Non-Saints Games".

[Winnersaint]

Skates crossbar rattled 3 times in first 7 mins, and have just given a pen away. They are shite. 1-0 Leeds😂😂

Edited 10 August, 2024 by Winnersaint

[whelk]

Leeds raising themselves for their biggest game of the season

[St Chalet]

If Leeds v Pompey were a boxing match the ref would have stopped the fight by now.

[Bad Wolf]

  On 10/08/2024 at 11:44, St Chalet said:

If Leeds v Pompey were a boxing match the ref would have stopped the fight by now.

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That bad? Their fans don't have much confidence for the season.

[gio1saints]

Melier. What awally . Gives Pompey an equaliser with crisp packet hands. 

[Winnersaint]

Leeds undone by their shite keeper. Baz has stronger hands than Meslier.

[skintsaint]

Oxford beating Norwich...

[V.Johnathan.Wilson]

Oxford up 1-0, good press from Harris and a bit of maybe suspect goalkeeping assisting him. 

[Micky]

Cracker from Pompey...!

[Lighthouse]

That was the Leedsiest half I’ve ever seen.

[Pamplemousse]

It's Leeds so it is actually really, really funny.

[Pamplemousse]

Tbh this is a good lesson for us next week against Newcastle, if they start strongly and get an early goal. 

[Bad Wolf]

  On 10/08/2024 at 12:22, Pamplemousse said:

It's Leeds so it is actually really, really funny.

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I like Leeds. But the blatant media bias toward them here is almost making me want the Skates to win. They were gutted when P*mpey equalised.

[skintsaint]

Leeds equalise, Oxford get a second. Millwall two down to Watford.

[Winnersaint]

  On 10/08/2024 at 12:44, Bad Wolf said:

I like Leeds. But the blatant media bias toward them here is almost making me want the Skates to win. They were gutted when P*mpey equalised.

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Skates under the cosh a bit now

[Winnersaint]

Pompey penalty in stoppage time. Wouldn’t be one with VAR

Edited 10 August, 2024 by Winnersaint

[SouSaint]

Useless twats. 

[Bad Wolf]

  On 10/08/2024 at 13:21, Winnersaint said:

Pompey penalty in stoppage time. Wouldn’t be one with VAR

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Oh great so not only do Skates win, but Leeds are gonna be complaining about that all season because everyone hates them or something...

[Winnersaint]

Ha ha.

[Micky]

Leeds equalise, lol

[bpsaint]

Ha! Skates fucked it!

[Baird of the land]

Was about to credit pompey for a good result and then they blow it in the 97 minute

[Bad Wolf]

  On 10/08/2024 at 13:27, Baird of the land said:

Was about to credit pompey for a good result and then they blow it in the 97 minute

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Still a good result from them tbf. Leeds fans will be having a meltdown.

[Winnersaint]

What a miss that was!

[Micky]

Leeds should have won it, missed sitter

[Jack]

That would’ve been too funny 

[Gloucester Saint]

Lewis Payne has made both Cheltenham goals and best player on the pitch so far.

Good start for Michael Flynn v Newport, his long-time club. Away end full, they’ve travelled over the border in good numbers.

Then I posted the above and jinxed it. Lewis gave the ball away and further into the Newport move brought down his opposite number quite needlessly conceding a penalty. 

2-2 at HT

Edited 10 August, 2024 by Gloucester Saint

[LuckyNumber7]

Vokins scores for Eastleigh

[SambaMaverick]

Yan Valery starts for Wednesday, will be interesting (if you're as sad as me) to see how he does

[Nordic Saint]

I've been reading Dave Roberts' books, including his wonderful The Bromley Boys, so I was pleased to see that Bromley FC, founded in 1892, played the first Football League game in their long history yesterday and won it 2-0. It's just a shame that Dave Roberts wasn't still alive to see it.

The Bromley Boys: The True Story of Supporting the Worst Football Team in Britain 

"In the late 1960s, in the warm glow of England winning the World Cup, Dave Roberts, like most teenage boys his age, was football mad. There was just one difference: rather than supporting the likes of Arsenal or Manchester United, Dave’s team of choice was the ever so slightly less glamorous Bromley FC"

Dave Roberts: Remembering a Bromley legend - Ronin Marketing

Edited 11 August, 2024 by Nordic Saint

[CamSaint]

  On 11/08/2024 at 15:22, Nordic Saint said:

Bromley FC, founded in 1892, played the first Football League game in their long history yesterday and won it 2-0.

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I have been led to believe that Bromley are the only team in the top 4 divisions to lie in a constituency that has a Conservative MP!

[Nordic Saint]

  On 11/08/2024 at 15:53, CamSaint said:

I have been led to believe that Bromley are the only team in the top 4 divisions to lie in a constituency that has a Conservative MP!

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And by just 302 votes 

Only one single football league club now exists in a Conservative constituency following the 2024 general election results | FourFourTwo

[Maggie May]

  On 11/08/2024 at 14:32, SambaMaverick said:

Yan Valery starts for Wednesday, will be interesting (if you're as sad as me) to see how he does

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He’s tearing it up.

[Gloucester Saint]

  On 11/08/2024 at 16:24, Maggie May said:

He’s tearing it up.

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He is, but Plymouth are not set up right here at all. Wide open in midfield, getting caught in possession in their own half, and the front players are not in the game. Whittaker, a player Saints are rumoured to be tracking has had 5 touches of the ball tops.

Wendies already singing ‘sacked in the morning’ to Rooney.

Its so bad, Weds could and should have scored three more and Adam Forshaw has ‘Foreshaw’ on the back of his shirt.

Edited 11 August, 2024 by Gloucester Saint

[SambaMaverick]

  On 11/08/2024 at 16:24, Maggie May said:

He’s tearing it up.

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MOTM as well, always felt he was an ok player (going forward at least) and Championship is probably his level

[S-Clarke]

Maybe one day club owners will stop considering Wayne Rooney. He'll ruin Plymouth and it'll be too late for them this season before they realise.

[The Cat]

https://x.com/centregoals/status/1822571062522974553?t=mvYoCyFhEuVLoHEPeaZ94w&s=19

Another points deduction for Everton?

[Suhari]

  On 11/08/2024 at 17:36, The Cat said:

https://x.com/centregoals/status/1822571062522974553?t=mvYoCyFhEuVLoHEPeaZ94w&s=19

Another points deduction for Everton?

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Yes please.

Any idea when decisions are made on Leicester?

[The Cat]

Some definite Che Adams vibes here

https://x.com/GordieBryce/status/1822285761749631259?t=RtjXmalyVbtlRveQ0PpONQ&s=19

 

[Challenger]

  On 11/08/2024 at 17:04, S-Clarke said:

Maybe one day club owners will stop considering Wayne Rooney. He'll ruin Plymouth and it'll be too late for them this season before they realise.

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He'll get them plenty of television revenue and relegation, heck of a trade off.

[Gloucester Saint]

  On 11/08/2024 at 17:04, S-Clarke said:

Maybe one day club owners will stop considering Wayne Rooney. He'll ruin Plymouth and it'll be too late for them this season before they realise.

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Barry Bannan is a good little player, but mid-30s now, and operates in certain midfield space. Even Martin managed to flood the midfield twice last season and stop that. 

Rooney names him as a threat but then plays a two man CM.

I wish him well because I like Plymouth as a club but that performance today was as bad as anything Saints produced in Ralph’s later 2021/22, Pellegrino, Nathan Jones. Sturrock opening day at Villa was probably the easiest comparison in terms of how wide open midfield was and the low energy levels. The lack of organisation on the pitch was frightening. 

 

Edited 11 August, 2024 by Gloucester Saint

[Pamplemousse]

EFL Cup starts today, the draw for the next round is tomorrow, so any of the winners from the Southern section could be our opponents.

The skates have Millwall at home so possible that they make it through.

[Suhari]

  On 13/08/2024 at 17:51, Pamplemousse said:

EFL Cup starts today, the draw for the next round is tomorrow, so any of the winners from the Southern section could be our opponents.

The skates have Millwall at home so possible that they make it through.

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They didn't. Lost 0-1.

Shame that. Very sad. 

[Ted Bates Statue]

  On 13/08/2024 at 20:50, Suhari said:

They didn't. Lost 0-1.

Shame that. Very sad. 

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Most years they don't dare to win their first round match. One notable exception was in 2019 and they learned the hard way not to make that mistake again.

[RedArmy]

Why have Fulham got Royal Caribbean sponsoring their kids shirts instead of Saints?