Sheaf Saint Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 Took me a while to work out why the Finnish national anthem sounded so familiar. But of course it's from watching all those F1 race wins by Hakkinen and Raikonnen. What a dreadful atmosphere at Wembley so far. I know the weather is crap, but even so. Shockingly quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Kent Saint Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 England adopting the Saintsweb tactics of 4 2 3 1 with Kane in the Loch Ness Drogba role 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 4 hours ago, Sheaf Saint said: Took me a while to work out why the Finnish national anthem sounded so familiar. But of course it's from watching all those F1 race wins by Hakkinen and Raikonnen. What a dreadful atmosphere at Wembley so far. I know the weather is crap, but even so. Shockingly quiet. I believe Estonia has exactly the same tune, possibly with different words, I can’t quite remember. Needless to say, they’ve yet to win an F1 race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint NL Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Leicester winning. Wiley old dog Vardy is the scorer of course, what Saints wouldn't do for a player that knows where the goal is like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmes_and_Watson Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 22 minutes ago, Saint NL said: Leicester winning. Wiley old dog Vardy is the scorer of course, what Saints wouldn't do for a player that knows where the goal is like him. We'd have him hugging the touchline, allowing the defence to reset so he'd have to beat 4 players to get a shot in. That's if he's not too tired running about for passes that never come, or having to drop incredibly deep to recycle it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint NL Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Forest giving it a good go at anfield, one nil up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 According to the label, the colours of Aston Villa's home shirt are "Serenity and Rhododendron". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint NL Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Danny Ings with a last minute equaliser for west ham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Everton one up at villa... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 (edited) Disastrous day so far. Edited September 14 by Disco Stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 10 minutes ago, Micky said: Everton one up at villa... Make that 2.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midfield_General Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Uh-oh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloucester Saint Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 16 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Disastrous day so far. That is what a lack of organisation and structure causes. Over to SR to learn from their mistakes. The trendy option rarely works in football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Watkins 1 - 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 All square, Watkins again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midfield_General Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Calvert-Lewin spunks a one-on-one with all the time in the world, then Watkins equalises for 2-2. 58 mins. Everton are going to find a way to lose this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted September 14 Author Share Posted September 14 If Everton can lose from 2-0 up again, that’ll be hilarious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Wow, great strike 3 - 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted September 14 Author Share Posted September 14 I’ve decided to just become a professional Everton laugher atter. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midfield_General Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Absolute screamer. What a goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 CL 1 on 1 with the keeper smashes it off the bar, should've scored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint NL Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Great game this, really good entertainment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 1 minute ago, Saint NL said: Great game this, really good entertainment Yep, two teams trying to score goals, playing direct attacking football, so refreshing to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee On Solent Saint Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Dyche possibly just ahead of Martin in the race to get sacked first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 I mean, we're so much better at football than Everton. Just need to stick it in onion bag and Europe is our whore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Would be so funny if we get a late equaliser at Goodison in the last game to take them down with us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint NL Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 So basically, out best bet of beating Everton on Tuesday is to give them a 2-0 lead. Seems easy enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 32 minutes ago, Midfield_General said: Absolute screamer. What a goal. Reminds me of their first at Cardiff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 I'm not pissed off with us losing the first four games. In fact there have been some missed opportunities. But what is getting to me is that at the moment, I feel we're the poor man of the league. Seeing Bournemouth being a match for Chelsea and looking at Brighton and Brentford, I'm wondering: 'when did our stock fall so low?' It's almost like this happened last year when we were in the championship for just one season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted September 14 Author Share Posted September 14 Just now, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said: I'm not pissed off with us losing the first four games. In fact there have been some missed opportunities. But what is getting to me is that at the moment, I feel we're the poor man of the league. Seeing Bournemouth being a match for Chelsea and looking at Brighton and Brentford, I'm wondering: 'when did our stock fall so low?' It's almost like this happened last year when we were in the championship for just one season. The full picture is that it’s been happening since we sold Virgil and blew the lot on terrible players, which not only contributed very little on the pitch but crippled us financially for years. Coupled with an owner who did absolutely nothing whilst most of our rivals were investing in their squad and you can see our slow decline. We did have one shining light who managed to make the team far greater than the sum of its parts - Ralph. He kept us in the PL year after year with a team built around McCarthy, Bednarek, Stephens and other Galacticos such as Jan Valery, Charlie Austin and Shane Long. Bizarrely, some fans thought that regularly fighting relegation and finishing 15th was an underachievement with that squad and that he should be sacked. Eventually the new owners agreed and since the day Ralph left we’ve been nothing other than a PL basket case or at best a solid Championship playoff team. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 4 minutes ago, Lighthouse said: The full picture is that it’s been happening since we sold Virgil and blew the lot on terrible players, which not only contributed very little on the pitch but crippled us financially for years. Coupled with an owner who did absolutely nothing whilst most of our rivals were investing in their squad and you can see our slow decline. We did have one shining light who managed to make the team far greater than the sum of its parts - Ralph. He kept us in the PL year after year with a team built around McCarthy, Bednarek, Stephens and other Galacticos such as Jan Valery, Charlie Austin and Shane Long. Bizarrely, some fans thought that regularly fighting relegation and finishing 15th was an underachievement with that squad and that he should be sacked. Eventually the new owners agreed and since the day Ralph left we’ve been nothing other than a PL basket case or at best a solid Championship playoff team. That's a unique take on reality. It's undeniable that Ralph lost his way and had to go. That he was replaced by worse, and we've not improved on him, doesn't mean that he hadn't been failing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted September 14 Author Share Posted September 14 10 minutes ago, egg said: That's a unique take on reality. It's undeniable that Ralph lost his way and had to go. That he was replaced by worse, and we've not improved on him, doesn't mean that he hadn't been failing. Roughly where do you think the players we had then and now belong in the PL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Kent Saint Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 I expect JWP enjoyed being part of a solid midfield that helped a win at Anfield 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BARCELONASAINT Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 Stu ARMSTRONG scored his first goal for Vancouver Whitecaps last night in their 2-0 win, came on as a sub and finished well from about 12 yards out. Nice to see Stu enjoying his football 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey McStripe Shirt Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 Lemina (Mario Jnr?) just put Wolves ahead v Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_SFC Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 Wolves are another team tipped to be down there this season that look a lot better than us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordic Saint Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 Pompey 0-3 WBA. At least we won at Cardiff. Pompey haven't won any of their 6 games this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 You've actually got to scroll for a while to find Pompey on the flashscores league table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 28 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said: Wolves are another team tipped to be down there this season that look a lot better than us. I don't think they'll be involved at all, solid players with an excellent manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_SFC Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 30 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: I don't think they'll be involved at all, solid players with an excellent manager. Having said that they've just capitulated in this second half... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnersaint Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 (edited) 1 hour ago, Harry_SFC said: Wolves are another team tipped to be down there this season that look a lot better than us. I've not seen any team this weekend that looks as least competitive in this league as we do. Cant see us beating Bournemouth on the evidence of last night for example. You just know their £40 million striker will open his account against us. Let that sink in, Bournemouth have a £40 million striker and we have fucking Sheffield Utd's failed forward line from last season. Wolves look streets ahead of where we are. Everton can at least score as long as DCL stays fit, even if they do chuck away two goal leads for fun. I couldn't see us going to Villa and doing what they did last evening. As a support base we blithely assumed we'd pick up points v Forest and Brentford, two of the so called 'weaker' teams. The former won at Anfield and the latter gave City a game by all accounts yesterday. We are so far out of our depth both in terms of players, their experience and the experience, or lack thereof the manager. We really did look like a plucky lower league team playing Man U in the cup yesterday. Throw the kitchen sink at them in the first 30mins knowing that there would be only one outcome if we didn't score whilst doing so. We'll likely win a few games, but not many. To put it in perspective in 22/23 during Ralph's last few months in charge prior to the World Cup we had 12 points in the first 13 games, 7 from the first 4, we're nowhere near that level of competitiveness this season. So I'll take the odd bright moment this season when and if they come and try to be as positive as possible. I don't get the embarrassment emotion that some express on here when it comes to Saints. It is what it is. Edited September 15 by Winnersaint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted September 15 Author Share Posted September 15 32 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: I don't think they'll be involved at all, solid players with an excellent manager. And yet they're currently looking at one point from their first four, same GD as Saints and six conceded against Chelsea. I'm not sure their forum will share your optimism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhari Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 1 hour ago, Nordic Saint said: Pompey 0-3 WBA. At least we won at Cardiff. Pompey haven't won any of their 6 games this season. That's a correct score for me on my Fools Panel game. Originally I went 0-14, but decided to change at the last moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarehamSaintJames Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 Plucky old Pompey struggling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint NL Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 (edited) A very Saintsy goal in the champions league in the Young Boys vs Villa game. https://streamff.com/v/af4fde0f Edited September 17 by Saint NL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 3 minutes ago, Saint NL said: A very Saintsy goal in the champions league in the Young Boys vs Villa game. https://streamff.com/v/af4fde0f Terrible decision from the VAR just now though, never a handball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patches O Houlihan Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 42 minutes ago, Saint NL said: A very Saintsy goal in the champions league in the Young Boys vs Villa game. https://streamff.com/v/af4fde0f Men against Boys 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 Epic stadium name is Wankdorf. "What did you do today? Wanked off at the Wankdorf." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raging Bull Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 The Preston and Fulham penalties tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintstowin Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 What a shootout! Not ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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