Non-Saints Games - 24/25

[Saint_clark]

27 minutes ago, adrian lord said:

Has a ref ever had the courage of his decisions to stick with the on-field one at pitchside review? If not then there's no point in pitch side review and the VAR should impose their decision and save time. VAR is not used for what it was intended  - clear and obvious errors - but hair-splitting analysis. 

Yeah, this whole thing about the referee on the field having the final say is nonsense. If the people in the booth are qualified then get them to make the decision. 

[Dr Who?]

15 hours ago, woodsaint1 said:

Why? Leeds, Sheff Utd and Burnley who are the three best sides in the Championship are nowhere near equipped to deal with the PL and I dont think any big spending by either side (unlikely as it is anyways) is going to change that. Championship sides are largely reliant on an established PL team having a desperate season - like us in 22/23

Just feel they are all better at the back. That is if Leeds, Sheff U and Burnley go up. I feel they have a little more about them. We will see. 

[Football Special]

1 hour ago, Dr Who? said:

Just feel they are all better at the back. That is if Leeds, Sheff U and Burnley go up. I feel they have a little more about them. We will see. 

I've been so impressed with Burnleys organisation , they are so well drilled and know exactly what their roles are, can't remember when we last could defend like that. 

Leeds will give it a go and spend. 

[Sunglasses Ron]

Forest give four goals away in 11 minutes in desperate attempt to look like us.

Hopefully Isak doesn't score an even quicker hat-trick than Mane!

Edited February 23 by Sunglasses Ron

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

Didn't realise Liverpool FC started in a chapel!

First Spurs copy our iconic song and now the scousers...

[trousers]

4 minutes ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

Didn't realise Liverpool FC started in a chapel!

Scousers? Probably started in the Confessional...

[BotleySaint]

Premier League season has been pretty poor in general. Title and relegation places pretty much wrapped up and it's not even March. Just going through the motions now till seasons end. Like us I guess. 

[Dark Munster]

16 minutes ago, BotleySaint said:

Premier League season has been pretty poor in general. Title and relegation places pretty much wrapped up and it's not even March. Just going through the motions now till seasons end. Like us I guess. 

Still many teams fighting for a CL place. 

[FarehamSaintJames]

Meslier is a terrible keeper. How many mistakes has he made this season now?

[Football Special]

Sheffield United v Leeds was a good game, both sides would comfortably beat us currently. Leeds look certain to go up so at least we won't have to play them next season 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

28 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Sheffield United v Leeds was a good game, both sides would comfortably beat us currently. Leeds look certain to go up so at least we won't have to play them next season 

When I tuned in for the 2nd half, BBD had a couple of quicker moments. It really helped him having some attacking players to pass to ahead of him.

Rothwell was also playing. Gets into central positions for a shot. But easily the most puffed out player Leeds had. And that was him only being there for the last 30 mins. Works best with lots of speed and attack around him.

He might be a man-child in some of his antics, but Gnonto made a big impact when he came on.

Former Saints target Piroe was quiet, but still got a good goal.

A good attacking game where the quality of Leeds in depth got the win. They've moved on a fair number of players but are still doing well. But they must look at other promoted sides and wonder what it's going to take to stay up.

[Lighthouse]

Remember in the summer when we were supposedly trying to get sign this bloke. Looks every inch the complete Saints striker to me.

 

[Gloucester Saint]

Even Che would’ve scored that! Does Rasmus deliberately go around the world looking for the most shit players he can find on video clips?

He’d have signed Ali Dia for £30m in today’s money.

[Weston Super Saint]

9 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Even Che would’ve scored that!

Now, now, let's not get ahead of ourselves.

[Lighthouse]

That clips is actually a perfect amalgamation of recent Saints strikers. There’s the first touch of a shire horse from Tall Paul, the blast it straight at the keeper a yard away and feign disappointment from Adam Armstrong and the ‘just knock it into an empty net from two feet away with any part of your body, except your… oh FFS!’ From Che Adams.

[Matthew Le God]

Live from 7pm tonight

 

 

[Gloucester Saint]

I think that’s it for Nigel in management now https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c62zq8nj16po

Carlisle probably the SR in that league - new overseas owners, big budget and rock bottom with Mark Hughes trying a rescue act. 

[Saint Keef]

Not sure which thread to post this into, but I thought our friend Turkish might be interested in the BBC title of this article.......

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cly4n430knpo

What is going on Turkish?

Cheers

[Ted Bates Statue]

On 25/02/2025 at 19:02, Matthew Le God said:

Live from 7pm tonight

 

 

Thanks for the link, although as such a stickler for accuracy, I wonder what was going through your mind when you decided Watford v Saints youth should be posted in the 'non-saints games' thread

[East Kent Saint]

JWP starting again tonight,  Vest to shut him out for Leicester!

[Harry_SFC]

Shame we're not playing Leicester anytime soon because I actually think they might be worse than us. Somehow. They've barely got out their own half. 

Edited Thursday at 20:47 by Harry_SFC

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

21 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Shame we're not playing Leicester anytime soon because I actually think they might be worse than us. Somehow. They've barely got out their own half. 

When we do play them they'll still be shit but they will have Jamie...fookin...Vardy and we all know what happens then.

[bpsaint]

26 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Shame we're not playing Leicester anytime soon because I actually think they might be worse than us. Somehow. They've barely got out their own half. 

The only fixture left where we could possibly get a point IMO, they’ve been fucking shite.

 

[Lighthouse]

Remember how sh*te we were two years ago? I’m fairly sure that points total would keep a team up this year.

[Gloucester Saint]

1 hour ago, East Kent Saint said:

JWP starting again tonight,  Vest to shut him out for Leicester!

Or score an OG.

Astonishing that Leicester ran rings around Vest in the 0-9, then decided to refund Saints the £17m Mr Senile paid for him from Bremen. The same Leicester manager.

Edited Thursday at 21:20 by Gloucester Saint

[Doctoroncall]

11 hours ago, East Kent Saint said:

JWP starting again tonight,  Vest to shut him out for Leicester!

JWP has played well in the last two games. 

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Burnley (too classy for Saints in the previous round) thrashed in the cup by Preston.

[CB Fry]

1 minute ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

Burnley (too classy for Saints in the previous round) thrashed in the cup by Preston.

Doesn't mean anything. You might as well say Plymouth are Premier League champions because they beat Liverpool in the last round. 

[obelisk]

49 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Doesn't mean anything. You might as well say Plymouth are Premier League champions because they beat Liverpool in the last round. 

Well it does mean we have a day off from the misery today so there is that.

Rather strangely I find myself missing the discussion of another abject defeat.

[obelisk]

Brereton Diaz scores again then. Championship would appear to be his level.

[East Kent Saint]

39 minutes ago, obelisk said:

Brereton Diaz scores again then. Championship would appear to be his level.

It must be great for him , not being slagged off week in week out . Plus Saints obviously need better recruitment but pleased for him regardless . 

[spyinthesky]

Mid table Championship Preston beat Burnley 3-0 in the FA Cup whereas our more or less full strength Prem side miserably lost to Burnley 1-0.

Next year aint gonna be easy!!

[Lighthouse]

20 minutes ago, spyinthesky said:

Mid table Championship Preston beat Burnley 3-0 in the FA Cup whereas our more or less full strength Prem side miserably lost to Burnley 1-0.

Next year aint gonna be easy!!

I don’t think anyone has ever claimed that any season will be ‘easy’ but a couple of cherry picked FA Cup ties have no bearing at all on next season.

[Sunglasses Ron]

Sat here watching Plymouth putting in a good account of themselves against Man City and wondering why the fuck we can’t have the shape, tactics and basic desire they are showing.

[Football Special]

1 hour ago, spyinthesky said:

Mid table Championship Preston beat Burnley 3-0 in the FA Cup whereas our more or less full strength Prem side miserably lost to Burnley 1-0.

Next year aint gonna be easy!!

I can predict now our bunch of losers melt at fratton and we lose there, also predict Ruben Selles Hull will beat us, plus chance Charlton will come up from league one, if that happens I'll put my house and life savings on Nathan Jones beating us 

 

[Gloucester Saint]

Shades of Schumacher 1982 WC here - did it really need to go to VAR? Foul play red card x10. Steve Parrish furious. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/videos/cvge808nyn2o

[Fabrice29]

2 hours ago, Sunglasses Ron said:

Sat here watching Plymouth putting in a good account of themselves against Man City and wondering why the fuck we can’t have the shape, tactics and basic desire they are showing.

Sat here looking at Plymouths position in the Championship and thinking we probably do have a similar shape, tactic and basic desire by the looks of it.

[Sunglasses Ron]

57 minutes ago, Fabrice29 said:

Sat here looking at Plymouths position in the Championship and thinking we probably do have a similar shape, tactic and basic desire by the looks of it.

Don’t forget that wonder manager Rooney got them into that mess, but they appear to have found someone who has immediately improved them.

[Badger]

1 hour ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Shades of Schumacher 1982 WC here - did it really need to go to VAR? Foul play red card x10. Steve Parrish furious. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/videos/cvge808nyn2o

I thought todays was worse than Schumacher as the GK had his foot at head height. 
 

My recollection of Schumacher was that he lead with his hands.

Agree that VAR shouldn’t have been needed

[Badger]

3 minutes ago, Sunglasses Ron said:

Don’t forget that wonder manager Rooney got them into that mess, but they appear to have found someone who has immediately improved them.

Both clubs kept faith in inadequate managers for too long. 

[Pamplemousse]

We'll be well up there next season. We've played four Championship teams this season and won 3 out of 4 - Cardiff, Stoke, Swansea and Burnley

Replicate that form across 46 games gets you 103 points (or 103.5 to be precise) which would obviously get us top spot comfortably.

Of course I don't want to go all MLG on everyone (but I'll add the caveat that if you add our results against Ipswich, who will probably join us next year) betters that outcome...

 

We'll be more than fine.

[East Kent Saint]

9 hours ago, Badger said:

I thought todays was worse than Schumacher as the GK had his foot at head height. 
 

My recollection of Schumacher was that he lead with his hands.

Agree that VAR shouldn’t have been needed

As I remember it Schumacher's was a straight assault no ball involved ! Was he even penalised ??

[Whitey Grandad]

1 hour ago, East Kent Saint said:

As I remember it Schumacher's was a straight assault no ball involved ! Was he even penalised ??

Not even given as a foul, which would have been a penalty, and no cards issued. That was 1982 and Battiston has never fully recovered. He lost two teeth, broke three ribs and sustained lifelong damage to some vertebrae.

Told by the French media that he'd knocked Battiston's teeth out, the German shrugged: 'If it's only the teeth, tell him I'll pay his dentist.'

that Mateta incident yesterday was probably even worse. To go flying in with your leg stretched out at head height is criminal.

[the saint in winchester]

14 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Not even given as a foul, which would have been a penalty, and no cards issued. That was 1982 and Battiston has never fully recovered. He lost two teeth, broke three ribs and sustained lifelong damage to some vertebrae.

Told by the French media that he'd knocked Battiston's teeth out, the German shrugged: 'If it's only the teeth, tell him I'll pay his dentist.'

that Mateta incident yesterday was probably even worse. To go flying in with your leg stretched out at head height is criminal.

I am as sickened as any of you. But the only mitigating factor is that maybe the Millwall keeper had no intention to kick JPM, his intention was more to kick the ball. Look at the video again and I wonder if Mateta's shoulder barge/shove on the defender put himself into the kick path from the keeper. Timing.

Or we can put a line through that mitigation, and say it was intentional, that the keeper wanted to kick Mateta in the face. Then why? Then we are into dark forces, aren't we.

[Whitey Grandad]

27 minutes ago, the saint in winchester said:

I am as sickened as any of you. But the only mitigating factor is that maybe the Millwall keeper had no intention to kick JPM, his intention was more to kick the ball. Look at the video again and I wonder if Mateta's shoulder barge/shove on the defender put himself into the kick path from the keeper. Timing.

Or we can put a line through that mitigation, and say it was intentional, that the keeper wanted to kick Mateta in the face. Then why? Then we are into dark forces, aren't we.

I’m sure the keeper will be mortified by what happened but there’s no justification for flying in with an outstretched leg at head height keeper or not.

[Sarnia Cherie]

On 01/03/2025 at 21:41, Badger said:

Both clubs kept faith in inadequate managers for too long. 

Now what other club does that remind me of?