Non-Saints Games - 24/25

[Harry_SFC]

4 minutes ago, whelk said:

Kyle Walker what a cunt

That play acting was even worse than BBD at Newcastle. 

[Lighthouse]

13 minutes ago, whelk said:

Kyle Walker what a cunt

As pathetic as the play acting was, I do wonder how monumentally dense, even by footballer standards, you need to be to go head to head with another player in 2024 with VAR. It's up there with Stephens against Chelsea as the most astonishingly brainless thing I've seen in football.

[whelk]

You got to love Keane as a pundit.

Richards - Walker is better than that

Keane - I’m not so sure 

[whelk]

5 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

As pathetic as the play acting was, I do wonder how monumentally dense, even by footballer standards, you need to be to go head to head with another player in 2024 with VAR. It's up there with Stephens against Chelsea as the most astonishingly brainless thing I've seen in football.

What is frustrating is that VAR could correct this sort of shit rather than worrying about interfering armpit. Red for Walker would be 100% justified. 

[Baird of the land]

13 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

As pathetic as the play acting was, I do wonder how monumentally dense, even by footballer standards, you need to be to go head to head with another player in 2024 with VAR. It's up there with Stephens against Chelsea as the most astonishingly brainless thing I've seen in football.

I do wonder if pulling someone's someone hair is violent conduct why isn't the whole headpressing thing too.

[coalman]

Man City have gone full Southampton.

[East Kent Saint]

Pep has certainly learned from RM !

[SaintsBarry74]

5 minutes ago, coalman said:

Man City have gone full Southampton.

I wonder what happened?

 

[trousers]

Man Utd go 17 points above us... Doubt we'll catch them now

[Whitey Grandad]

1 hour ago, SaintsBarry74 said:

I wonder what happened?

 

Get a room, FFS!

[HarvSFC]

Bournemouth had 29 shots this evening. Imagine that!

[Suhari]

2 minutes ago, HarvSFC said:

Bournemouth had 29 shots this evening. Imagine that!

I think that's more than we've had so far this whole season!

[Harry_SFC]

10 minutes ago, HarvSFC said:

Bournemouth had 29 shots this evening. Imagine that!

What's a shot?

[East Kent Saint]

but only scored one goal , from a free kick !

[Gingeletiss]

So glad we gave Spurs their mojo back.

[LGTL]

Forster having a nightmare 

[Jack]

Spurs are just Russball with better players. Dross 

[64saint]

Fraser Forster been taking advice from our keepers. Two big howlers tonight.

[SambaMaverick]

Ange, like Martin, is playing the equivalent of the football mind virus.

I may be thick, but I don't understand the payoff. I understand it in theory, but how often does playing out from the back actually completely break down a team of well-drilled Premier League (or even Championship) players.

The risk outweighs the reward significantly, and especially when you have goalkeepers without the capabilities.

The sooner it's gone from our game, the better. It stinks.

[saintant]

Felt sorry for Big Fraser tonight. Worth a look if you haven't seen his two howlers - Spurs were coasting at 3-0 and within a six minute disaster spell it was 3-2. I half expected Ange to substitute him because his head was gone and he had more of a glazed look about him than normal.

[Graffito]

That second united goal. Lurch swang his size thirteen like he was kicking a flat tyre.
Spurs. They sing our song. They buy our duds. They copy our tactics. What do they expect. They can have macarthy. He can do everything Forster can do, and more.
 

 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

24 minutes ago, saintant said:

Felt sorry for Big Fraser tonight. Worth a look if you haven't seen his two howlers - Spurs were coasting at 3-0 and within a six minute disaster spell it was 3-2. I half expected Ange to substitute him because his head was gone and he had more of a glazed look about him than normal.

Ah, that's a shame. The tators in his first game coming in were mentioning the good saves he was making. I was pleased for him.

[saintant]

10 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Ah, that's a shame. The tators in his first game coming in were mentioning the good saves he was making. I was pleased for him.

Yeah, he's been making some very good saves in games I've watched. Unfortunately, Ange is another who likes to get his keeper involved with passing out and we all know that Fraser is hopeless at it - he's just too slow and cumbersome with the ball at his feet.

[Patrick Bateman]

1 hour ago, SambaMaverick said:

Ange, like Martin, is playing the equivalent of the football mind virus.

I may be thick, but I don't understand the payoff. I understand it in theory, but how often does playing out from the back actually completely break down a team of well-drilled Premier League (or even Championship) players.

The risk outweighs the reward significantly, and especially when you have goalkeepers without the capabilities.

The sooner it's gone from our game, the better. It stinks.

Listening to him after the game ... I was having Martin post-match interview PTSD. Mentions of 'moments' and 'philosophy' and other such bollocks. Ugh.

[Sarnia Cherie]

You can take Fraser Forster out of Southampton but you can't take Southampton out of Fraser Forster. A decent goalie must be top of Ange Postecoglu's shopping list.

[saintant]

13 minutes ago, Sarnia Cherie said:

You can take Fraser Forster out of Southampton but you can't take Southampton out of Fraser Forster. A decent goalie must be top of Ange Postecoglu's shopping list.

He'll be in for Baz.

[SambaMaverick]

50 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

Listening to him after the game ... I was having Martin post-match interview PTSD. Mentions of 'moments' and 'philosophy' and other such bollocks. Ugh.

Giving it all the "are you not entertained?"

It's great for the neutral to see you fuck it up spectacularly mate, but the fans won't have it if you stay out the top four and continue winning sweet fuck all.

[AlexLaw76]

Hopefully villa smash city and their slump continues, and guardiola calls it a day soon.

Pep is brilliant but his influence to lower end managers’ is frightening.

[Sarnia Cherie]

2 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Hopefully villa smash city and their slump continues, and guardiola calls it a day soon.

Pep is brilliant but his influence to lower end managers’ is frightening.

I think Man City's recent slump is an enjoyment to many. It's surely no coincidence that since we played them and RS had a cosy chat with his superhero that City have fallen off a cliff. Teams like City will always lose a game here and there but this run of defeats is something new for them. He has had it easier than many managers with the huge amount of money at his disposal to buy the very best. This will show whether Pep is a great manager or not. And yes, come on Villa!

[Sarnia Cherie]

On 15/12/2024 at 17:32, whelk said:

You got to love Keane as a pundit.

Richards - Walker is better than that

Keane - I’m not so sure 

I like watching those 2 as pundits. No holds barred.

[Sarnia Cherie]

On 20/12/2024 at 06:18, AlexLaw76 said:

Hopefully villa smash city and their slump continues, and guardiola calls it a day soon.

Pep is brilliant but his influence to lower end managers’ is frightening.

You got the right result. 1 win in 12. Keep it up City!!!

[coalman]

8 minutes ago, Sarnia Cherie said:

You got the right result. 1 win in 12. Keep it up City!!!

Pep gets what he deserves for trying to claim Russell Martin's side played the best football. If you lower yourself to talk such utter bollocks you don't deserve to win any more games ever again. He took advantage of a naive vegan when he was at his lowest and there's no excuse for that.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

27 minutes ago, Sarnia Cherie said:

You got the right result. 1 win in 12. Keep it up City!!!

How many more games does Pep have to lose before Russell Martin's recent run is better?

City clearly need to be even more extreme in their possession football. Who better to bring in, than the man Pep said they had learned so much from.

🙂

[Maggie May]

Pep sacked

[Maggie May]

FFS. Sorry, was going through a tunnel.

Pep sacked if this carries on, surely? 

[OttawaSaint]

51 minutes ago, coalman said:

Pep gets what he deserves for trying to claim Russell Martin's side played the best football. If you lower yourself to talk such utter bollocks you don't deserve to win any more games ever again. He took advantage of a naive vegan when he was at his lowest and there's no excuse for that.

He's been like that for years, so arrogant and smug. His comments about Martin were a dig and meant to belittle him. Rustie is too dim to figure that out.

Smug peppy is getting his comeuppance.

[Harry_SFC]

Teams have finally worked out that if you attack City, they are crap defensively. Especially without a natural DM. 

[sledger]

i think pep conned other managers telling them how good it was to play this way because it made it easier for city,times are changing,players not interested and a big punishment loom down the line.

[Gingeletiss]

Watching match of the day, and having watched two matches on Sky yesterday, I note, that all these teams are making big mistakes trying to play out from the back. So not just us.

[Sarnia Cherie]

16 hours ago, OttawaSaint said:

He's been like that for years, so arrogant and smug. His comments about Martin were a dig and meant to belittle him. Rustie is too dim to figure that out.

Smug peppy is getting his comeuppance.

Spot on! Pep has a patronising tone when 'complimenting' the little managers. RM will have fallen for it. Pep's a bit like Manuel from Fawlty Towers at the moment. "I know nothing, I'm from Barcelona".

[Wsaint]

Forster having another bad time

[Micky]

11 minutes ago, Wsaint said:

Forster having another bad time

Yep,  just had the third put straight through his legs. 

[Gloucester Saint]

14 minutes ago, Wsaint said:

Forster having another bad time

Stealing a very substantial wage since his knee injury v Burnley.

[Harry_SFC]

27 minutes ago, Wsaint said:

Forster having another bad time

Doesn't help that the manager is just as fixed on playing out from the back as Martin was. Forster has never been good at that. 

[Nordic Saint]

How can you expect Man United, Man City and Spurs to compete with a top team like Bournemouth? 

[whelk]

Is it over the top to be considering suicide as I don’t have Salah in my fantasy team and every other fucker does?

[Lighthouse]

47 minutes ago, whelk said:

Is it over the top to be considering suicide as I don’t have Salah in my fantasy team and every other fucker does?

Play fantasy anti-football, it’s much more fun.

[East Kent Saint]

Another set of results that are quite hilarious , you couldn't make it up 😄

[Saint_clark]

12 hours ago, Gingeletiss said:

Watching match of the day, and having watched two matches on Sky yesterday, I note, that all these teams are making big mistakes trying to play out from the back. So not just us.

Everyone trying to copy Pep who has always had the money to buy the best ball playing keeper and defenders in the world. 

[skintsaint]

4 hours ago, whelk said:

Is it over the top to be considering suicide as I don’t have Salah in my fantasy team and every other fucker does?

Thats called being brave.