Saints 1-5 Chelsea - Match Thread

[Sheaf Saint]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

That should be a penalty, it would be given against us.

Did VAR even check it? Was unclear from the replay I saw.

[Toussaint]

I forgot Armstrong was still playing 

[Scoobysaint]

I would rather bring nobody on at all than BBD! 

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Sheaf Saint said:

Did VAR even check it? Was unclear from the replay I saw.

One look and a "nope". No ricochet off his own body and took the ball away from Fernandes. Utter joke.

[BotleySaint]

Just now, Scoobysaint said:

I would rather bring nobody on at all than BBD! 

Yep

[Sheaf Saint]

Just now, Toussaint said:

I forgot Armstrong was still playing 

Yep. Been anonymous.

[Saint NL]

Just incase you didn't dislike these clowns enough, on come Sulemana and BBD to really hammer it home 😂

[OttawaSaint]

Saints xG = 27.69!

Expected giveaways...

[AlexLaw76]

No one edge of the box for the corner - where have we seen the before?

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, obelisk said:

Saints look ok when moving the ball forward quickly. Should be 2-3.

And have all season. See Everton winner, second half on Friday night. Pity that doesn’t fit with the charlatan of a managers ‘philosophy’.

Worse than Jones, Pellegrino and Branfoot put together. 

[Saint_clark]

Fernandes got an elbow in the stomach there.

[sfc4prem]

8 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Fans finally taking the piss with the "oles" and chanting "we've got the ball" while we pass it around pointlessly.

I mean, fair play. Do him and his coaching team take us for absolute mugs or wet-behind-the-ears pricks?

We've, in recent history, seen our club get to League Cup Finals, European football, beat all the 'big clubs' on a regular basis.

He can't expect anything more than he's getting if our fans are offering up some discontent.

[Viking Saint]

Brereton Diaz. If he's the answer, what's the question??

[Patches O Houlihan]

Did BBD just say to Lumley: "Just launch everything up to me!" 😁

[BotleySaint]

It's dire a lot of the time. I find myself amazed when we actually do something good.

[Mr X]

1 minute ago, Saint NL said:

Just incase you didn't dislike these clowns enough, on come Sulemana and BBD to really hammer it home 😂

They are world class

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, sfc4prem said:

I mean, fair play. Do him and his coaching team take us for absolute mugs or wet-behind-the-ears pricks?

We've, in recent history, seen our club get to League Cup Finals, European football, beat all the 'big clubs' on a regular basis.

He can't expect anything more than he's getting if our fans are offering up some discontent.

He is very, very, very lucky they haven’t turned before now. But once you lose the bulk of our fans, they ain’t coming back.

[AlexLaw76]

Another one missed lol

[Saint NL]

We've been utter shit again, but some of the attacking play has been a marked improvement from recent weeks. So there's that.

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Patches O Houlihan said:

Did BBD just say to Lumley: "Just launch everything up to me!" 😁

He actually did well as a target man when he came on the other day. Won a few long balls in the air.

[Obstacle1]

1 minute ago, Viking Saint said:

Brereton Diaz. If he's the answer, what's the question??

How bad can your touch be and you still get to play premier league football?

[OttawaSaint]

Sulemana to bag a scintillating hattrick for us...in a 6-6 draw on final day that keeps Everton up and gets us to 7 points. 

[Saint_clark]

Commo is a prick, "Lumley knows not too much about it". Must have been an involuntary spasm that made his leg extend out to save it then.

[BotleySaint]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

Another one missed lol

World class save you mean 👏 

[RedArmy]

1 minute ago, Viking Saint said:

Brereton Diaz. If he's the answer, what's the question??

Which saints player sprints in slow motion? 

[Mr X]

Just now, Saint NL said:

We've been utter shit again, but some of the attacking play has been a marked improvement from recent weeks. So there's that.

Shame it counts for sod all 

[Baird of the land]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

Fernandes got an elbow in the stomach there.

Yeah it does make the whole violent conduct thing silly. It was clearly deliberate as you saw them clashing before th 1st attempt too.

[Harry_SFC]

Tbf Aribo, Manning, Archer, Fernandes, Wood, KWP have all been pretty good today. 

Edited 4 December, 2024 by Harry_SFC

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, Saint NL said:

We've been utter shit again, but some of the attacking play has been a marked improvement from recent weeks. So there's that.

Playing against the managers approach. This season was likely to be unsuccessful but it’s a never had a chance. Sacrificed at the monumental ego and incompetence of Russell Martin and Rasmus Ankerson.

I reckon the latter rat is preparing to push Russ under the bus tonight, as his sort always do at work.

[Saint_clark]

Aribo, Archer and Fernandes really impressed me today. So annoying that we have players that could compete if they were played the right way.

[Saint NL]

BBD has been on the pitch for 2 minutes and looks knackered already.

[CB Fry]

Just now, Harry_SFC said:

Tbf Aribo, Manning, Archer, Fernandes, Wood, KWP have all been very good today. 

Agree.

[Micky]

14 minutes ago, RedWillie said:

Turned us into a laughing stock.  Embarrassing 😳 

This.  I don't mind losing, hell I don't mind getting relegated.  But let's at least have a go, we know that Russball doesn't work, so very obviously we need to do things differently. 

But no, we continue to make the same mistakes week in, week out, and stink this league out.

We are going down with embarrassing figures, and there's really no need for it. 

[Saint NL]

Just now, Micky said:

This.  I don't mind losing, hell I don't mind getting relegated.  But let's at least have a go, we know that Russball doesn't work, so very obviously we need to do things differently. 

Exactly.

Luton went down last season with their heads held high. 

We will do the complete opposite.

[FarehamSaintJames]

Manning has been brilliant.

And dare I say it, arguably our best player this season. And he didn’t play the first number of games.

 

[Suhari]

Stop saying "around the world". That's a rudie thing.

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, Harry_SFC said:

Tbf Aribo, Manning, Archer, Fernandes, Wood, KWP have all been pretty good today. 

I think Wood has some ability, get him away from Martin and we will start seeing more of it. Edwards will also be helped by not being smashed to bits by Russell’s mad experiments. 

[Saint86]

I watched Ralph's team through every minute of the 9-0s and all the other shit fests. I'm not watching the rest of this car crash tonight.

[OttawaSaint]

Playing better with Stephens off and no one replaced him. Let that sink in Russ...

[OttawaSaint]

Just now, Saint86 said:

I watched Ralph's team through every minute of the 9-0s and all the other shit fests. I'm not watching the rest of this car crash tonight.

I'd rather sit in a van with Neil Shipperley...

[Sheaf Saint]

Just now, Saint86 said:

I watched Ralph's team through every minute of the 9-0s and all the other shit fests. I'm not watching the rest of this car crash tonight.

That's a shame because, despite everything, there's been some good individual performances from us tonight, and we've actually looked half decent going forward at times.

[Saint_clark]

Brees having a solid game too. Deserved a chance all season.

[johnnyboy]

Just now, OttawaSaint said:

I'd rather sit in a van with Neil Shipperley...

You wanker 😁😁

[Saint_clark]

Archer off for Sugawara...?

[captainchris]

Pathetic subs what the hell … 

[OttawaSaint]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

Archer off for Sugawara...?

Keep it tight, we've got the moral victory...

[Sheaf Saint]

That is yet another of RM's baffling subs.

[bugenhagen]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

Brees having a solid game too. Deserved a chance all season.

Thought the same. Half the team has put a decent shift in, their hard work undone by utter madness...

[SNSUN]

I really hope we don't throw money at the team in January trying to keep us in the league. We need to be building for next season. Knowing we'll lose Fernandes, Dibling, Ramsdale, THB and KWP at the very least shows where we need to be investing.

Not that I trust SR to do any of what I just said, let alone successfully. I just don't want to be lumbered with Orsic's, Onuachu's, Sulemana's and Alcaraz's when they'll be no good to us in the Championship. 

[Saint NL]

Where the hell is Sugawara playing? Or are we too smart to play in actual positions now?