Saints 3-2 Stoke - Match Thread

[LGTL]

This is fucking embarrassing against one of the worst teams in the Championship. Anyone who thinks this isn’t on our twat of a manager is fucking blind. 

[Lighthouse]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:05, Saint_clark said:

There is absolutely a side and a style of play that can be effective from this squad. Guardiola style football is not it. We play this way for one reason only - Martin's vanity and, he's hoping, for his next job.

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We’ve completely outplayed Stoke here, they’ve not had a sniff apart from two goals from individual howlers.

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:04, danjosaint said:

Yes, don't fucking play them

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So we’ll add them to the list, along with Smallbone, Bazunu, McCarthy, Wood, Fraser, Manning, Bree, Stephens, Diaz and Armstrong. We’re a bit short of decent options, all things considered.

[whelk]

Tall Paul is my favourite player

[Toussaint]

We love Russell

He’s our man

if he can’t do it,

nobody can

 

Rah rah rah

[Saint NL]

BBD on to score loads of goals and stuff 

 

Oh and Tall Paul

Edited 29 October, 2024 by Saint NL

[RedArmy]

Here comes the slow motion cart horse to save the day 

[Master Bates]

[whelk]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:12, LGTL said:

This is fucking embarrassing against one of the worst teams in the Championship. Anyone who thinks this isn’t on our twat of a manager is fucking blind. 

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And not their first team at that

[Saint86]

Tall Paul's first goal incoming tonight 😎

[Toussaint]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:12, LGTL said:

This is fucking embarrassing against one of the worst teams in the Championship. Anyone who thinks this isn’t on our twat of a manager is fucking blind. 

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** the worst teams reserves 

[Suhari]

Couple of big units upfront now.

Lucy's been rubbing off on Russ.

[Saint_clark]

The stoke player kicks Les after the ball is gone there. Disgusting.

[obelisk]

Time to ditch laborious, slow Russball and just put it in the box for Tall Paul.

[Saint Matty 76]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:12, Lighthouse said:

We’ve completely outplayed Stoke here, they’ve not had a sniff apart from two goals from individual howlers.

So we’ll add them to the list, along with Smallbone, Bazunu, McCarthy, Wood, Fraser, Manning, Bree, Stephens and Armstrong. We’re a bit short of decent options, all things considered.

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I respect your positivity but how have we completely outplayed them? We've had one chance outside of a penalty and a set piece, so you could make the same argument for our goals as well 

Absolutely nothing from open play today. "Completely outplaying" a team is not just passing it about 30 yards from goal

 

[OneMrsWallace]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:03, Lighthouse said:

Do you think a different manager would be able to build a better game plan around the hapless performances of Les, Cornet and Suga?

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But RM was in charge when we brought them in to the club. They're here because I assume he wanted them. Hopefully a new manager can at least make some changes in January if it's not too late by then. It's a shit show from top to bottom but the buck stops with Martin.

[Mr X]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:12, Toussaint said:

We love Russell

He’s our man

if he can’t do it,

Somebody else can

 

Rah rah rah

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Fixed 

[LGTL]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:03, Lighthouse said:

Do you think a different manager would be able to build a better game plan around the hapless performances of Les, Cornet and Suga?

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How dare we expect the manager of a football team to work with, or dare improve, three players he signed. Fucking cheek of it eh. 

[Master Bates]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:12, LGTL said:

This is fucking embarrassing against one of the worst teams in the Championship. Anyone who thinks this isn’t on our twat of a manager is fucking blind. 

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My blind brother thinks this isn't on our twat of a manager, but then my brother's never seen a march, he's deaf.

[Saint_clark]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:12, Lighthouse said:

We’ve completely outplayed Stoke here, they’ve not had a sniff apart from two goals from individual howlers.

So we’ll add them to the list, along with Smallbone, Bazunu, McCarthy, Wood, Fraser, Manning, Bree, Stephens and Armstrong. We’re a bit short of decent options, all things considered.

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What a load of nonsense. A ridiculous amount of sideways and backwards passes doesn't equal outplaying someone. And in case you haven't noticed, their style of play has given them the same amount of goals.

[Saint NL]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:13, Suhari said:

Lucy's been rubbing off on Russ.

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Well there's an image 

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Over 80% possession so far 🥳

[RedArmy]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:14, Saint NL said:

Well there's an image 

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She can rub off on me too if she likes. 

[Toussaint]

Les hasn’t completed a pass tonight 

[a1ex2001]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:15, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

Over 80% possession so far 🥳

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That’s how era’s are formed!

[Monk]

Who is sat with RM? Is that the club secretary? 
 

Camera just panned to them and he’s wetting himself laughing.  

[Tamesaint]

  On 29/10/2024 at 20:03, stknowle said:

Who is he? Irritating the 

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Edited 29 October, 2024 by Tamesaint

[Toussaint]

I think we may struggle this season, just a feeling I have.

[Farmer Saint]

This is fucking turgid.

[Suhari]

Is  doing a paint by numbers?

[Saint NL]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:17, Monk said:

Who is sat with RM? Is that the club secretary? 
 

Camera just panned to them and he’s wetting himself laughing.  

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Must be Russ' accountant

[stknowle]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:06, Gloucester Saint said:

I’m just at the stage of finding it highly amusing. Clueless manager who thinks tactics are mints, clueless players signed by an even more clueless SR ‘transfer guru’ based on data from computer games and spreadsheets. 

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Thing is it really ain’t funny. If this twat is allowed to carry on we’ll end up a permanent laughing stock courtesy of a single digit points finish which may never be ‘beaten’. 

[skintsaint]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:17, Monk said:

Camera just panned to them and he’s wetting himself laughing.  

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Well RM promised fun, someone is having it.

[Mr X]

Hopefully Russ is writing his resignation in the stands..... Wishful thinking! 

[Saint Matty 76]

This cocommentator is hilarious

Just making up scenarios and getting annoyed at them

[Gloucester Saint]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:17, Monk said:

Who is sat with RM? Is that the club secretary? 
 

Camera just panned to them and he’s wetting himself laughing.  

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Henrik Kraft? It is not Parsons or Bitcon.

Edited 29 October, 2024 by Gloucester Saint

[Harry_SFC]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:14, Saint_clark said:

What a load of nonsense. A ridiculous amount of sideways and backwards passes doesn't equal outplaying someone. And in case you haven't noticed, their style of play has given them the same amount of goals.

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Lighthouse is worse than Fabrice these days.

[whelk]

Will bookies give odds on us finishing the season with one point?

[Saint NL]

Commentator is speculating that we're playing for penalties and Russ has just written the penalty takers on a list. 

 

At 74 mins, at home to a Championship team.

[Hatch]

Who is co comms on Sky ?

[Farmer Saint]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:19, Saint Matty 76 said:

This cocommentator is hilarious

Just making up scenarios and getting annoyed at them

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He's doing the list for the penalties!

[Master Bates]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:14, Saint NL said:

Well there's an image 

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So you're the one hiding in the bushes, you didn't need to share the video you recorded.

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[RedArmy]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:19, Mr X said:

Hopefully Russ is writing his resignation in the stands..... Wishful thinking! 

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Think he was writing a love letter to Jack Stephens. 

[Lighthouse]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:14, Saint_clark said:

What a load of nonsense. A ridiculous amount of sideways and backwards passes doesn't equal outplaying someone. And in case you haven't noticed, their style of play has given them the same amount of goals.

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We’re outplaying them by any metric you can muster. All the play is in their half and if Armstrong, Suga and Les could do the simple things properly, we’d have been 3-0 up at half time.

[obelisk]

These balls into the box are useless.

[Farmer Saint]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:20, Hatch said:

Who is co comms on Sky ?

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Someone really fucking boring. I'm going CB Fry 😉

[Suhari]

FFS. It's not hard.

Get it wide, chuck it in the box at pace.

Stop fucking tippy-tapping.

 

[whelk]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:20, Hatch said:

Who is co comms on Sky ?

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No one knows. Gary Mabbutt’s brother?

[Saint_clark]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:20, Lighthouse said:

We’re outplaying them by any metric you can muster. All the play is in their half and if Armstrong, Suga and Les could do the simple things properly, we’d have been 3-0 up at half time.

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🤔

Anyone know what the score is?

[obelisk]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:20, Lighthouse said:

We’re outplaying them by any metric you can muster.

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My metric is goals.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

  On 29/10/2024 at 21:21, Suhari said:

FFS. It's not hard.

Get it wide, chuck it in the box at pace.

Stop fucking tippy-tapping.

 

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Need a goal?

Try Russ' risk averse football.

Make sure you get that new contract first though.