Brentford 3-1 Saints - Match Thread

[RedArmy]

Fuck off Martin this system is shit 

[saintant]

Predictable as is the fact that Russ probably will make no changes at half time.

[obelisk]

Will you please stop fannying around with the bloody thing. 1 down.

[hypochondriac]

Embarrassing. 

[BotleySaint]

Half the game to go but you've got to say it's been coming. Looking like three defeats in three. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Sod. We just gave them a goal. 2 dreadful defensive errors.

[AlexLaw76]

So, 2 of the 3 goals we have let in this season have come from fucking around at the back

That will send us down and bottom of the leagie

Edited 31 August, 2024 by AlexLaw76

[Viking Saint]

"And Southampton only have themselves to blame".....

[Mr X]

It's early days but if RM doesn't ditch playing out from the back we just as well not bother! 

[Saint_clark]

"It will bring more positive moments than negatives" Russell Martin said. 

3 games in, heading for zero points and 2 goals directly caused by the way we play. 

[Zorba]

This is going to happen every week.

[Wade Garrett]

When does the transfer window shut for managers?

Russ is having a fucking mare today.  Although to be fair, apart from his lineup and tactics he hasn’t done much wrong.

 

[OttawaSaint]

3 goals conceded and all 3 replays show us on the ball as they begin.

[striker]

shocking. Really Brentforcelona could have had 2 or 3. 

[OttawaSaint]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

"It will bring more positive moments than negatives" Russell Martin said. 

3 games in, heading for zero points and 2 goals directly caused by the way we play. 

Looking forward to all these positive moments. -3 so far...

[SNSUN]

1 minute ago, SNSUN said:

I hope this is the last time we see this line up. It doesn't work

Formation rather. Well formation and line up.

Nil points, nil goals. 

[Saint Billy]

There we go, fucking about at the back once again, fuck RM's principles.

[CB Fry]

And we have people on this forum blathering on about how players all over will all be desperate to learn at the feet of Russell Martin.

Absolute suicide football.

[6ft8saint]

This style of playing out from the back is killing us. Come on Russell see the light

[macca155]

Totally self inflicted, there is no need to keep fanning around like this. They aren't very good at it and it is pointless.

 

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

"It will bring more positive moments than negatives" Russell Martin said. 

3 games in, heading for zero points and 2 goals directly caused by the way we play. 

I'd say 3/3. Aribo could have punted it vs Forest but was looking to make a pass.

[Jack]

2 minutes ago, Viking Saint said:

"And Southampton only have themselves to blame".....

We should make that the big flag for next season. Trademark it 

[Saint NL]

Armstrong FFS you idiot

[Mr X]

Fucking joke of a Style to play at this level we are not man city and Martin is too stubborn to change! 

[AlexLaw76]

Armstrong can fuck off also

[OttawaSaint]

AA you COCK! 

[Micky]

Was that the miss of the season already.... ffs

[HKsaint]

Let’s continue to have more possession. No need to score 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Oh just fuck off Armstrong. Not enough at this level.

[Disco Stu]

Where's Archer?

[whelk]

Fuck off Armstrong

[Sheaf Saint]

Oh Arma.

[BotleySaint]

Total miskick AA. Should be 1-1

[Andy Hill]

Lucky to have nil - so toothless. 

[stknowle]

For fuck’s sake. Sorry but if you blithely insist ‘this is the way we play and ain’t changing it for no-one’ and this keeps happening as a result then you fuck off.

[Harry_SFC]

The reality is we got away with it in the Championship. Teams will just press us every week in this league and we will concede huge amount of goals just like that one. 

[SNSUN]

Jesus christ Adam

[Wade Garrett]

It didn’t work for Burnley last season and it won’t for us now.

 

[Saint Billy]

Jesus Armstrong.

[The Kraken]

Just fuck off Arma 🤣

[Toussaint]

We are so painfully slow in our build up we are always trying to pick our way through 11 players 

[GDog07]

Well, that’ll be it because we aren’t scoring.

Russ will be gone before he realises if, as he insists, he’s stubborn enough not to change it up.

Same line-up next week for zero goals, see you then.

 

[Master Bates]

Miss kick

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Aribo got past someone a while back in a one on one. Had he lost it, we would have been in trouble. There is was our player against 2.

I'ts a throwback to Holgate. The players are instructed to play a certain way. It's drummed into them, and over common sense. With 3 at the back, we should always have passing options to get the ball out, and into midfield. There, we were static, took a daft risk and got punished.

Martin will say individual error. But it's more than that. We've been here before. Managers who set us up to play a rigid style, should basically be asking how we can score two, because we will concede at this level.

[6ft8saint]

Thatan urgency were playing with pace now we're 1-0 down. We should play like this all the time

 

[Saint Matty 76]

Switch to a 433, get Fernandes and Archer on and try to attack a football game.

Embarrassing stuff. 

[Costa del Solent]

A lot of people raised this in the championship. We got away with errors at the back a lot. We won’t, as evidence suggests, get away with it at the level. 
 

Russel needs to consider adapting his approach to suit the league he is playing in. 
 

and sort the midfield out. 

[whelk]

1 minute ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Oh just fuck off Armstrong. Not enough at this level.

 Not even about level. A fucking air shot 

Edited 31 August, 2024 by whelk

[AlexLaw76]

If Martin does not ditch this system, I hope we ditch Martin!

[saintant]

3 minutes ago, Mr X said:

It's early days but if RM doesn't ditch playing out from the back we just as well not bother! 

Well I agree but even more important than that is to pick your best players with no sentiment or loyalty like all good managers do.