Bournemouth 3-1 Saints - Match Thread

[OttawaSaint]

If we don't such Helmet head Martin soon we'll be massively adrift in no time. I've seen all the other teams and they are all far more dynamic than us. Even Ipswich, even Everton. 

Wec look utterly abject, clueless, and wasteful all over the park.

[hypochondriac]

Well promotion was a total waste of time. To lose is one thing but to not even compete is unforgivable. Martin will come out after the game and say he is to blame and not the players and he's probably right. To have lost a game against a mid table team 30 minutes in is just aopaling

[Saint NL]

Will Bournemouth be arsed in the second half?

If we got to the end with it only being 3-0 it'd feel like a win 

[Sheaf Saint]

Fuck me this is just beyond pathetic.

I don't think I've ever seen such an abject performance. I'll be amazed if it stays 3-0.

[DT]

Appalling. Time to go. 

[Saint_clark]

3 minutes ago, Suhari said:

I wonder what Dragan is up to right now?

Looking at this page I imagine. 

 

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[Turkish]

absolutely dreadful, getting absolutely dominated all over the pitch. We look like a disorganised pub team. 

[Thereisonlyonemickychannon]

2 minutes ago, adrian lord said:

Promotion flattered to deceive. Need a new guy ASAP. God knows who will come here though. 

Potter???

[Saint Gifford]

5 minutes ago, BotleySaint said:

Have there actually been a worse team in Premier League history? I think it's going to be very close between us and Derby.

Swindon ??????

[Farmer Saint]

1 minute ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Fuck me this is just beyond pathetic.

I don't think I've ever seen such an abject performance. I'll be amazed if it stays 3-0.

We've lost 9-0 twice mate... 

[saintant]

That was very embarrassing. Men and boys. Even basics like marking from throw-ins - we leave their men free while they are all over ours.  You have to get the basics right - RM and his coaches don't. Hope this is his last game in charge or it's going to be lots more humiliation.

[BranfootsLoveChild]

Although Martin has no plan b, or c, or d......the players just aren't good enough for the Premier League. Sports Republic havn't backed us at all in the transfer window, apart from Ramsdale. Absolute shit show. How the fuck they thought this squad could compete is beyond me. The whole club from from top to bottom needs re-modelling. I also cannot see who is going want to come in instead of Martin and turn this around. Going to be one hell of a job.

Edited 30 September, 2024 by BranfootsLoveChild

[Hatch]

What do these cunts do in training ffs. 
 

Leslie.  Off

Downes off

Fraser off 

Cornet. Off. 
Dibling  off 

[beatlesaint]

This has been a total embarrassment, this is fkin Bournemouth ffs, what the hell will Arsenal do to this lot Saturday ?

[Winnersaint]

Players have lost it. No confidence in the system, and many know they’re neither good enough or experienced enough at this level. 

[Saint NL]

Half time review.

Minutes 0-6. We looked alright, some nice fast passing and a couple of shots.

Minutes 7-45. Awful, worse than anything we've seen even under Nathan Jones. Shameful stuff.

 

What will minutes 46-90 bring?

Edited 30 September, 2024 by Saint NL

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, hypochondriac said:

Well promotion was a total waste of time. To lose is one thing but to not even compete is unforgivable. Martin will come out after the game and say he is to blame and not the players and he's probably right. To have lost a game against a mid table team 30 minutes in is just aopaling

He has not changed the formation during this game. It was clear early in that it was stupid…. No strikers again, why does he do this?

[Convict Colony]

Martin is coaching like someone whose got the basics of golf right but then starts getting clever with their swing and fucks it up massively.

[Farmer Saint]

Just now, Thereisonlyonemickychannon said:

Potter???

He wants a bigger job than ours. Moyes is the only one I think would come, and even then we only have one player who can play the way he does in TP. 

[hypochondriac]

Genuinely think that Martin is as out of his depth as Jones was. In many ways it's actually worse as Jones never had a preseason or an entire season to work on what he wanted the players to do. 

[Micky]

2 minutes ago, adrian lord said:

Promotion flattered to deceive. Need a new guy ASAP. God knows who will come here though. 

What manager would want to try and save this ship with our crew, we are woefully short of any quality players.

[DT]

Zero players with any balls. Horrible set up. Terrible selections. Woeful quality. No heart. And don’t seem to be bothered playing for the manager. Looks like time is up already. 

[obelisk]

Apparently the last time B'Muff scored 3 in the first half it ended 3-3. Can anyone really see Saints even getting into the final third 3 times?

[Toussaint]

3 minutes ago, whelk said:

Anyone know a hypnotist who can stop me being interested in football?

Professor Pornhub 

[Sheaf Saint]

1 minute ago, Farmer Saint said:

We've lost 9-0 twice mate... 

Yeah but I didn't watch either of those games 😉

[Lord Duckhunter]

That was worse than anything Nathan Jones served up. Worse performance since Redknapps surrendered at Fratton. 
 

It’s down to Lego head, unorganised, shite formation, truly horrendous. How anyone can defend the twat after this is beyond me. 

[Micky]

Just now, hypochondriac said:

Genuinely think that Martin is as out of his depth as Jones was. In many ways it's actually worse as Jones never had a preseason or an entire season to work on what he wanted the players to do. 

Yes, but it's also very clear that these players are not capable of doing what this manager wants, city we ain't.

[Toadhall Saint]

Absolutely abysmal 

[Saint86]

6 minutes ago, Sunglasses Ron said:

This is special, even by our abysmally low standards.

Could we be watching the worst side in Premier League history?

Yes. 

[Farmer Saint]

Championship Manager, Championship Players, League 2 fans. 

No surprise we're not getting anywhere. 

[hypochondriac]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

He has not changed the formation during this game. It was clear early in that it was stupid…. No strikers again, why does he do this?

It's the sort of thing that is either genius or retarded. 15 minutes in it was clearly retarded and at that point he should have reverted to a normal formation. Why on earth we bothered to change the team from last week I have no idea. 

[davefizzy14]

Really angry with that first half performance. We are second best all over.

[Colinjb]

10 minutes ago, Toussaint said:

In Glen Hoddle’s brief tenure he would make changes after a few minutes if things weren’t working. The writing was on the wall before the first goal went in and yet nothing perceptible has changed. 

Never mind Hoddle, even Alan Pardew would change things on the fly. 

[benali-shorts]

I can't wait to see what subs we bring on at half time. 

 

Unforgivable to play Dibling through the middle. Amazingly naive tactically, and crass man-management. I appreciate we've got shit players, but that decision alone is a sackable offence. 

[Dellyears]

Just now, Micky said:

What manager would want to try and save this ship with our crew, we are woefully short of any quality players.

No we are not. We have quality players. They are just not showing it in the present system.

[sfc4prem]

Oh fucking dear. Oh dear.

A pretty abysmal performance... toothless and embarrassingly weak. They're slicing through us like a knife through hot butter.

we look like a poorly organised Championship outfit.

[Scoobysaint]

Just don’t get it. We have been creating chances in all our games, playing well at times but just not converting. So why change the whole system. Dibling has been lost this evening yet he has run the show in previous games. If he believes it was working, and I did think it was, why make the wholesale changes. And even then at 2-0, why not change it.  
He won’t get the boot but I hope he learns from this. Second half, get back to the way we were set up before. 

[Toussaint]

1 minute ago, Farmer Saint said:

He wants a bigger job than ours. Moyes is the only one I think would come, and even then we only have one player who can play the way he does in TP. 

What’s a bigger job than trying to get a win out of Saints?

[Saint NL]

Just now, Farmer Saint said:

Championship Manager, Championship Players, League 2 fans. 

No surprise we're not getting anywhere. 

Yeah, it's the fans fault 

[Jonnyboy]

Have the new signings actually made us worse?

Or is the gap in quality between Champ and Prem bigger than ever?

[RedArmy]

Just now, Lord Duckhunter said:

Worse performance since Redknapps surrendered at Fratton. 
 

 

Have you been in a coma for 19 years? 

[Midfield_General]

This is genuinely traumatic to witness. 

[Saint_clark]

2 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

He wants a bigger job than ours. Moyes is the only one I think would come, and even then we only have one player who can play the way he does in TP. 

Bit of a myth that Moyes is a long ball manager. He is more in the Koeman mould, mixing it up with direct passing to someone who can hold it up or getting it down the wings with pace. 

[Patrick Bateman]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

absolutely dreadful, getting absolutely dominated all over the pitch. We look like a disorganised pub team. 

That good?? You're generous.

Dibling has also been kicked out of the game, someone on here predicted that a couple of weeks ago too.  Les I don't see the fascination with, YET, maybe I'm missing something? Walker-Peters not being on the pitch is criminal.  Yes we all loved Fraser last year, but he shouldn't be playing at this level. And then we have 3 players from 2 relegated teams who went down without a fight in the squad. Amazing recruitment. The club (as a whole) has really fked this up with piss poor recruitment and extending Martin's contract.

 

[Farmer Saint]

Just now, benali-shorts said:

I can't wait to see what subs we bring on at half time. 

 

Unforgivable to play Dibling through the middle. Amazingly naive tactically, and crass man-management. I appreciate we've got shit players, but that decision alone is a sackable offence. 

I think he read the posts on here saying Dibling should play through the middle. 

[hypochondriac]

1 minute ago, Micky said:

Yes, but it's also very clear that these players are not capable of doing what this manager wants, city we ain't.

I agree. But we could have told Martin that before the season started. No one other than Martin wanted to stick with a mental strategy of continuously playing out from the back and keeping it in our own half. 

[Lighthouse]

5 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

We only got promoted because Stephens was injured for a long period of time and Bazunu got injured for the crucial games at the end. If we had his first choice team all season we'd still be down there, he scraped by achieving the absolute bare minimum and it over inflated his ego. 

Yeah, thank f**k that happened. The 3 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats since then have been a breath of fresh air.

[david in sweden]

30 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Yep. Because we are playing again without a striker, because far too many times the oppo scores with their first shot on target

and yet we have  5 (five) strikers sitting on the bench !

[Farmer Saint]

Just now, Dellyears said:

No we are not. We have quality players. They are just not showing it in the present system.

Quality players 🤣

[saintant]

16 minutes ago, Hawkswood said:

Everyone, do yourself a favour and do what I have done. Do something else. It'll make you less angry.

But you're on here tonight?