OttawaSaint Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 1 minute ago, Farmer Saint said: It's where we were predicted to finish by everyone - papers, bookies, OPTA - and yet we have fans annoyed that we lost 1-0 at possibly the best team in the World. Some of our fans are utter knob heads. We're not annoyed at that. We're annoyed that we can hold City to just one goal but in the games that actually count we shipped easy goals to Brentford, Ipswich, Leicester and Forest. Is this that hard to understand? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 2 minutes ago, Andy Hill said: Bottom and deserve to be. Picking Stephens must be a sackable offence. i didnt see stephens do anything bad today, think its important to judge on each performance not just a whimsical narrative. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMrsWallace Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 2 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said: Yeah, but we all expected to be relegated before the season started anyway - we were favourites. If that's your attitude I guess we may as well not play the remaining games. Yes we lost as expected but the lack of ambition in the last 10 minutes was depressingly familiar. I would think RM needs a minimum of 4 points from the next two games to save himself. Unless the board have agreed to stick with him whatever happens this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKsaint Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Let’s celebrate 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintant Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 1 minute ago, Farmer Saint said: It's where we were predicted to finish by everyone - papers, bookies, OPTA - and yet we have fans annoyed that we lost 1-0 at possibly the best team in the World. Some of our fans are utter knob heads. Yes, we were predicted to finish in the relegation spots but some of our fans expected more than one point at this stage after a reasonably easy run of games with some winnable ones. Doesn't make us knob heads, just means we have a different take on it to you which we are entitled to. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer Saint Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 1 minute ago, CB Fry said: Tick that off your predictable response bingo card everyone. 1 point from 9 is shite. Playing Manchester City is a complete irrelevance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldandtired Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 5 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said: Yeah, but we all expected to be relegated before the season started anyway - we were favourites. If that's your attitude I guess we may as well not play the remaining games. Yes, but we all expected to at least give it a go, not become the pile of dogshit we have under this manager. I wouldn’t mind if we went for it tooth and nail but we have become the total southern softies of the league. No fight, no passion, no nothing except managerial crap by the bucketload. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 3 minutes ago, Edmonton Saint said: Martin -“ incredibly proud. We hurt them a bit , keep up this aggression and spirit we will be fine “ He truly does believe his own bullshit. 5 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunglasses Ron Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 That Ipswich equaliser against us was so damaging, would be right in the mix had we held out. Even more so if you add in last week's last second goal. So close, yet so far. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Just now, OneMrsWallace said: Yes we lost as expected but the lack of ambition in the last 10 minutes was depressingly familiar. I would think RM needs a minimum of 4 points from the next two games to save himself. Unless the board have agreed to stick with him whatever happens this season. Eh? We actually looked like we were trying to get an equaliser in injury time, and had the City defence pegged back more than we had managed in the whole game up til that point. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer Saint Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 2 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said: We're not annoyed at that. We're annoyed that we can hold City to just one goal but in the games that actually count we shipped easy goals to Brentford, Ipswich, Leicester and Forest. Is this that hard to understand? Ah, ok, cool, cos there's been loads of comments about the fact that this is the worst result we could have etc. Brentford and Forest we were shite, but it was early in the season. Ipswich was unlucky but shit defending from a corner, and Leicester we were down to 10 men and got arse-raped by the ref. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemi Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 11 minutes ago, VectisSaint said: As predicted, do reasonably well against a top club and get nothing, we'll be shite against the rubbish teams. Exactly we’ll be awful against Everton next week 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer Saint Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 4 minutes ago, OneMrsWallace said: Yes we lost as expected but the lack of ambition in the last 10 minutes was depressingly familiar. I would think RM needs a minimum of 4 points from the next two games to save himself. Unless the board have agreed to stick with him whatever happens this season. Don't disagree. I think he needs to go as he's alienated too many people, but it's a decent enough result. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Just now, Colinjb said: He truly does believe his own bullshit. Heaven forbid he should say something positive and back his players. What do you want him to say, "We're sh*te, we'll probably lose the next game 6-0, this team's definitely getting relegated and I should be sacked!" These are media trained interviews, I'm not sure why you're expecting him to say different. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 20 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said: I bet you £10k they won't. The OP was joking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer Saint Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Just now, adrian lord said: The OP was joking. But it wasn't funny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Not getting humped feels like a win. COYR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 1 hour ago, Farmer Saint said: I used to love those days, long balls to a huge lumbering striker, monkey chanting at the blacks, smoking mandatory for all over 7's, 2 day weeks and nonce's allowed to abuse whoever they wanted as they are just "the dirty bloke round the corner". Those were the days. Now you're talking. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordic Saint Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Just now, Sunglasses Ron said: That Ipswich equaliser against us was so damaging, would be right in the mix had we held out. Even more so if you add in last week's last second goal. So close, yet so far. That Ipswich point is certainly not to be sneered at. It's the only one we've got from our opening 9 games, which means we can all breathe a huge sigh of relief as we're on course for 4 points at the end of the season rather than none. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambtiss Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 25 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said: They were playing sides not remotely close to Man City in ability. But we didn't show that backbone against either of Ipswich or Leicester, when it mattered as against today when it didn't 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 (edited) Make no mistake, this is not brave football - it’s damage limitation football and that’s why it’s it’s so boring / predictable. And if the players are being brave, then the result is a bunch of injuries that will also hurt us - like Downes getting clattered today without any help from the Ref. Thats what Russ demands - draw the opposition onto you and release the ball last minute (but you might get clattered). The fact we’re now bottom, with one point from ??? just shows the system is simply not working. And he’s had enough time to see if his experiment will work, so how much longer??? Bore off elsewhere Russ - I just don’t like what we do 80% of the time. How’s that stat for you? Edited October 26 by Saint Fan CaM 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 11 minutes ago, Convict Colony said: i didnt see stephens do anything bad today,...... I didn't see Stephens do anything today. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonaggro Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 29 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said: Trust the process. Mussolini 1940… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Lighthouse said: Heaven forbid he should say something positive and back his players. What do you want him to say, "We're sh*te, we'll probably lose the next game 6-0, this team's definitely getting relegated and I should be sacked!" These are media trained interviews, I'm not sure why you're expecting him to say different. I have no issue with managers backing their players in difficult circumstances. I have a huge issue with him clearly disappearing up his own arse in the process. There was nothing 'aggressive' about that. Edited October 26 by Colinjb 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midfield_General Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 19 minutes ago, Edmonton Saint said: Martin - “ Incredibly proud. We hurt them a bit. Keep up this aggression and spirit we will be fine “ 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Apart from archer hitting the crossbar every time we half managed to get near their goal area it ended up straight back with Ramsgate within five seconds!.... Impressive! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeBizzier69 Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Good effort lads. I like Rusty, and I hope he can turn it around. Lallana made such a difference when playing out from the back. They looked much more comfortable with him involved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfc4prem Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 1 minute ago, Midfield_General said: I do like Russ's determined positivity and protection of his team. If only we actually turn it around. Can't see it, though. We're soft and lackadaisical against opposition we need to be picking up points against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vectraman Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 20 minutes ago, trousers said: I think it was more down to City having a below par day rather than us giving them a "hard game" TBH, but we don't have to agree on that viewpoint, of course. If Man City had to win by 5 goals today to win the league they would have done, no question. They weren’t bothered, played in Europe and again next week. We made it a nice stroll for them, and contributed virtually nothing to one of the most boring games ever seen. Possession football? I’ll pass on that…😉 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said: Brentford and Forest we were shite, but it was early in the season. Ipswich was unlucky but shit defending from a corner, and Leicester we were down to 10 men and got arse-raped by the ref. You seem to have forgotten Bournemouth, which was a complete & utter shit show, and Newcastle where we played against 10 men for an hour. Manchester Utd, aren’t great shakes this season either. So well done Lego head, we didn’t get smashed against Arsenal or City. Deserves a new contract. Edited October 26 by Lord Duckhunter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintant Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 4 minutes ago, Mr X said: Apart from archer hitting the crossbar every time we half managed to get near their goal area it ended up straight back with Ramsgate within five seconds!.... Impressive! That's bravery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Football Special Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 15 minutes ago, badgerx16 said: I didn't see Stephens do anything today. Didn't watch the game then 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer Saint Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said: You seem to have forgotten Bournemouth, which was a complete & utter shit show, and Newcastle where we played against 10 men for an hour. Manchester Utd, aren’t great shakes this season either. So well done Lego head, we didn’t get smashed against Arsenal or City. Deserves a new contract. Bournemouth was a shitshow, yeah. As I've said multiple times he should go, but it doesn't mean we have to criticise for the sake of it - 1-0 at City is a good result for 90% of teams. Edited October 26 by Farmer Saint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 29 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said: It's where we were predicted to finish by everyone - papers, bookies, OPTA - and yet we have fans annoyed that we lost 1-0 at possibly the best team in the World. Some of our fans are utter knob heads. Not too sure of that to be quite honest. People are pissed off at the culmination of the season up to now - drawing with Ipswich in the last minute, horrendous display away at Bournemouth, last week at home to Leicester - they are the games that are killing us. Nobody is bothered about losing today at City - I never even looked at the score until half an hour ago - it was a given. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintant Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 4 minutes ago, vectraman said: If Man City had to win by 5 goals today to win the league they would have done, no question. They weren’t bothered, played in Europe and again next week. We made it a nice stroll for them, and contributed virtually nothing to one of the most boring games ever seen. Possession football? I’ll pass on that…😉 Agree - having scored an early goal they were able to stroll through the game comfortably and were confident we'd not go hunting an equaliser. Had we scored they'd have gone up 3 or 4 gears. We didn't hold out against a rampaging, gung-ho City, we weren't so good defensively that they had no answers - we played a less than brave game and held a side that knew they needed to expend very little energy to take the points. Let's not kid ourselves. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_SFC Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Bernardo Silva and Pep both complimenting Russell Martin. Exactly what he wanted out of this game. Bet he's absolutely buzzing with that. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Football Special Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Taking today's game in isolation I thought it was a decent performance, Archer and Tall Paul should have done better with good chances, Armstrong also should have drilled his chance low. Awful defending for the goal , keeper should have done better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Just now, Harry_SFC said: Bernardo Silva and Pep both complimenting Russell Martin. Exactly what he wanted out of this game. Bet he's absolutely buzzing with that. People do come up with some bizarre personas for people they've never met. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer Saint Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 1 minute ago, Harry_SFC said: Bernardo Silva and Pep both complimenting Russell Martin. Exactly what he wanted out of this game. Bet he's absolutely buzzing with that. TBF, their opinion is probably more valued than the freaks we have on this forum. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 3 minutes ago, Football Special said: Didn't watch the game then Watched from kickoff to final whistle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallBoy Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 This is so much like our relegation season. We have respectable performances against the top teams but still lose. Then we conspire to throw away points to the teams around us. Net result: no wins. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer Saint Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Just now, Lighthouse said: People do come up with some bizarre personas for people they've never met. But, but, but he's a vegan with a beard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Matty 76 Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Bernardo and Pep are just happy we played perfectly into their hands and would rather teams did that as opposed to making it tough for them Not difficult 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_SFC Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Just now, Lighthouse said: People do come up with some bizarre personas for people they've never met. Just going by how he comes across in his interviews etc 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 2 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said: Bernardo Silva and Pep both complimenting Russell Martin. Exactly what he wanted out of this game. Bet he's absolutely buzzing with that. Easy to do when they have the 3pts. Fergie used to pull the same shit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vectraman Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 2 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said: Bernardo Silva and Pep both complimenting Russell Martin. Exactly what he wanted out of this game. Bet he's absolutely buzzing with that. I wonder if Pep told Russell how brave and courageous his Saints team had been…🤦♂️ Just to give that ego a nice belly rub. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 2 minutes ago, Football Special said: Taking today's game in isolation I thought it was a decent performance, Archer and Tall Paul should have done better with good chances, Armstrong also should have drilled his chance low. Awful defending for the goal , keeper should have done better. If City had felt the need they would have switched out of second gear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_SFC Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said: TBF, their opinion is probably more valued than the freaks we have on this forum. Yes because the style isn't too dissimilar to their own. Of course they will compliment it as it was a relatively easy day for them. Doesn't mean it works for every team though, does it? Edited October 26 by Harry_SFC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derry Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 That display was entirely predictable, pack the box and stop the opposition. In that respect it went well. We managed 43% possession which was nearly twice as much as I thought we would get even though most of it was close to our goal. The pluses, Fernandes played well. Archer hitting the bar, he did well there. All the players put in a shift. That free kick at the end needed a ball into the box aimed at Onuachu. Armstrong worked hard and was a threat. I don't see any reason why we couldn't put out a decent team to play defend hard and counterattack ditching the own half possession. It won't happen under Martin. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintant Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Just now, badgerx16 said: If City had felt the need they would have switched out of second gear. But as we played most of the game in reverse gear they didn't need to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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