Non-Saints Games - 24/25

[Holmes_and_Watson]

4 for Spurs.

City's slump really taking the shine off Russ' brave, brave, plucky narrow defeat without taking the game to them.

[Disco Stu]

5 losses on the trot since our game. Rather takes the shine off our glorious defeat to them.

[whelk]

Walker looks hopeless. Would back Tall Paul to out run him

[bpsaint]

  On 23/11/2024 at 18:28, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Pep will be on the phone tonight, asking Russ on how to adapt to a more extreme possession based system. When this works out due to the talent at Pep's disposal, Russ comes in as assistant.

 

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It’s almost like some weird film, where the shake of hands at the end of game saw some of Martins shiteness transfer to Pep, and now they have to touch again to break the curse 😂

[SW5 SAINT]

Recent City results make our 1-0 defeat up there look worse, they were there for the taking that day….!

[Holmes_and_Watson]

  On 23/11/2024 at 19:40, bpsaint said:

It’s almost like some weird film, where the shake of hands at the end of game saw some of Martins shiteness transfer to Pep, and now they have to touch again to break the curse 😂

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Unfortunately, it was a one way transfer.

[Nordic Saint]

  On 23/11/2024 at 19:41, SW5 SAINT said:

Recent City results make our 1-0 defeat up there look worse, they were there for the taking that day….!

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Their recent form is even worse than ours. They've lost their last 5 games. The possession game really is sh!t unless you have a player like Rodri, who acts like a quarter back, spraying passes forwards from the halfway line to keep the opposition's penalty area under siege and then stops them whenever they try to counterattack. And there really is only one Rodri.

[Saint_clark]

  On 23/11/2024 at 16:38, obelisk said:

I wonder if that was the plan all along. Not going to make St Mary's a very happy place if the defeats keep on coming though.

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Like a Marie Curie end of life ward.

[BotleySaint]

I know Pep signed the new contract this week but you do have to wonder how long he has left. 

5 defeats in a row with today a total thrashing at home. I can't recall a time where something like this has happened with a top team falling so far.

[Nordic Saint]

  On 23/11/2024 at 21:43, BotleySaint said:

I know Pep signed the new contract this week but you do have to wonder how long he has left. 

5 defeats in a row with today a total thrashing at home. I can't recall a time where something like this has happened with a top team falling so far.

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In the Premier League, it's never happened before. But, in the old Division 1, it happened with Chelsea 68 years ago. I  guess there has never been a team whose entire style of play is so dependent on one player as City's is with Rodri. They are currently as rudderless as an NFL team would be without its quarter back. At Barcelona, of course, Pep had Xavi, Iniesta AND Busquets.

Edited 23 November, 2024 by Nordic Saint

[Tommy Mulgrew]

And we’ve got Downes and … … … .  Oh, and Lesley.  And Stephens.  Not quite Busquets, Iniesta and Xavi is it?

[East Kent Saint]

  On 23/11/2024 at 21:43, BotleySaint said:

I know Pep signed the new contract this week but you do have to wonder how long he has left. 

5 defeats in a row with today a total thrashing at home. I can't recall a time where something like this has happened with a top team falling so far.

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Perhaps Pep thought ending speculation about his future will help the team . The problem is obviously injuries to too many key players plus several players past their peak , Walker being out paced by Werner for the fourth goal ! It could be all the FFP investigations etc have dented City's ability to buy replacements in the conveyer belt style of previous seasons 😄.

Haarland had 5 chances yesterday ! even Holgate and Brooks scored 😄

[Midfield_General]

  On 23/11/2024 at 22:26, Nordic Saint said:

In the Premier League, it's never happened before. But, in the old Division 1, it happened with Chelsea 68 years ago. I  guess there has never been a team whose entire style of play is so dependent on one player as City's is with Rodri. They are currently as rudderless as an NFL team would be without its quarter back. At Barcelona, of course, Pep had Xavi, Iniesta AND Busquets.

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And peak Messi

[CB Fry]

  On 23/11/2024 at 22:26, Nordic Saint said:

In the Premier League, it's never happened before. But, in the old Division 1, it happened with Chelsea 68 years ago. I  guess there has never been a team whose entire style of play is so dependent on one player as City's is with Rodri. They are currently as rudderless as an NFL team would be without its quarter back. At Barcelona, of course, Pep had Xavi, Iniesta AND Busquets.

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Leeds and Blackburn's title defence seasons in the 1990s were both pretty disastrous.

[Gloucester Saint]

  On 24/11/2024 at 08:26, CB Fry said:

Leeds and Blackburn's title defence seasons in the 1990s were both pretty disastrous.

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Not least Leeds’s away record - answers on a postcard as to where they finally broke that very long sequence?

[rallyboy]

Sounds like Anthony Taylor has been up to his old tricks again.

From booking anyone who moved during our Leicester game, apparently today he let everything go.

If you are able to predict the unusual patterns of cards he gives on certain days, you'd be making a fortune every time he referees.... 

[Sarnia Cherie]

A very worrying state of affairs. This weekend's football matches have seen 6 of the teams just above us pick up points. We are 4 points adrift and I cannot see where the points are coming from any time soon.

[tdmickey3]

  On 26/11/2024 at 08:02, Sarnia Cherie said:

A very worrying state of affairs. This weekend's football matches have seen 6 of the teams just above us pick up points. We are 4 points adrift and I cannot see where the points are coming from any time soon.

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There wont be any...

[saintant]

For those who continually berate our fans as somehow worse than others Man City with all their array of trophies and countless victories were booed from the field last night - let that sink in.

[benjii]

  On 27/11/2024 at 09:01, saintant said:

For those who continually berate our fans as somehow worse than others Man City with all their array of trophies and countless victories were booed from the field last night - let that sink in.

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Will be hilarious if they get properly hammered for their financial cheating.

[Tommy Mulgrew]

  On 27/11/2024 at 09:09, benjii said:

Will be hilarious if they get properly hammered for their financial cheating.

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Not if they finish in 18th or 19th place.  That would make one fewer promotion places from the Championship next season.
 

 

[SaintsBarry74]

Bet he’s starting to regret that handshake with Martin.

[The Kraken]

Whoops.

 

[Lighthouse]

Phil Taylor getting drunk and a bit lairy again.

[Master Bates]

Ran out of money to top the key up.

Still not kicked off.

Edited 27 November, 2024 by Master Bates

[trousers]

Now postponed.

Still as tin pot as ever then.

Edited 27 November, 2024 by trousers

[sfc4prem]

That's fucking tin pot right there. Shit hole of a stadium, no wonder they can't be arsed to light it up for all to see.

[Ted Bates Statue]

Second time in a month Millwall get to sing "No-one lights us"

[Sunglasses Ron]

  On 27/11/2024 at 21:22, sfc4prem said:

That's fucking tin pot right there. Shit hole of a stadium, no wonder they can't be arsed to light it up for all to see.

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I see Saints’ social media team still have a sense of humour…

 

[macca155]

I know we are supposed to hate other teams and all that nonsense..... but this tackle was worthy of Bobby Moore. 

[Patrick Bateman]

  On 28/11/2024 at 07:45, Sunglasses Ron said:

I see Saints’ social media team still have a sense of humour…

 

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Saints are utter shit but, we're still not that lot down the road 😂

[Lighthouse]

This social media post aged like a prawn sandwich.

[Saint_clark]

Forster made some incredible saves for Spurs tonight. 

[Badger]

  On 28/11/2024 at 14:27, Lighthouse said:

This social media post aged like a prawn sandwich.

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Obviously drained the battery pack 🪫 quicker than the skates thought it would. 

[Lord Duckhunter]

Palace V Newcastle should be renamed the Lego Derby. Both sides had 0 shots on target first half, 

[trousers]

Decent results... The survival dream is back on..!

Edit: apart from Palace's last gasp equaliser!

 

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[BallBoy]

Good day for us. Could/Should have been better

 

[Sunglasses Ron]

0-9 watch between West Ham and Arsenal (again)!

[Lighthouse]

As poor as we've been for large parts of this season, we've put in nothing so bad as this West Ham performance.

Edit: No sooner have I posted it than they score twice.

[Sunglasses Ron]

Haha and then they score the minute I type that!

[Sunglasses Ron]

  On 30/11/2024 at 18:07, Lighthouse said:

As poor as we've been for large parts of this season, we've put in nothing so bad as this West Ham performance.

Edit: No sooner have I posted it than they score twice.

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We’ve proper given Arsenal the kiss of death here, 2-4!

[OttawaSaint]

Wtf?! How is that a penalty in WHU vs Arse?

[Wiggles31]

There really is some absolute dog shit teams this season. The bottom 6 are really piss poor. All the bottom 6 (above us) play each other mid week. Any other season we’d be dead and buried. 
 

Any know what’s happening with rumoured points deductions? I can’t help but wonder if Saints are holding fire on sacking RM because they know something about points deductions. 

[Maggie May]

  On 30/11/2024 at 16:03, Lord Duckhunter said:

Palace V Newcastle should be renamed the Lego Derby. Both sides had 0 shots on target first half, 

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The hate for Russell Martin is getting out of hand. Some people need to Lego.

[saintstowin]

I thought for Arsenal's 2nd goal that Havertz was (possibly) offside and slid in to try to score from the cross, missed the ball and Troussard tapped it in. If he was off he was as or more interfering than Arma. Not that I think it should have been disallowed, but not a mention. 

[Turkish]

  On 30/11/2024 at 21:14, Wiggles31 said:

There really is some absolute dog shit teams this season. The bottom 6 are really piss poor. All the bottom 6 (above us) play each other mid week. Any other season we’d be dead and buried. 
 

Any know what’s happening with rumoured points deductions? I can’t help but wonder if Saints are holding fire on sacking RM because they know something about points deductions. 

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It’s been the same the last few years. The bottom 4-6 are miles off the rest if can survive two seasons, invest well then you’ve got a good chance of being a top half midtable side after that. The premier league outside of the top 4-6 is bang average despite the hype. 

[austsaint]

  On 30/11/2024 at 22:14, Maggie May said:

The hate for Russell Martin is getting out of hand. Some people need to Lego.

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It’s not hate.  It’s a belief the Board should let-him-go.

[saintant]

Man Utd 3-0 up and even Rashford has scored two goals - amazing what a new manager can do 🙂

Edited 1 December, 2024 by saintant

[Sarnia Cherie]

If Chelsea can make it look easy against Villa what will they do to us?

[whelk]

Gary Neville has turned from a very good pundit into a very fucking annoying co-commentator