Saints 1-5 Chelsea - Match Thread

[Lighthouse]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:14, Saint_clark said:

...what? What the hell were you watching? Nkunku swung his leg through Mannings to get to the ball.

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Manning’s right foot caught the back of Nkunku’s right heel as he went to kick the ball and they both collapse in a heap. I’m sorry but I don’t see anything in that.

[AlexLaw76]

Classic Russell Martin

Amazing anyone thought it would be any different.

[Gloucester Saint]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:17, saintant said:

Sulemana waste of money, waste of a shirt and of oxygen

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Fixed it

[Saint NL]

Looked offside. Meh

[Mr X]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:17, Saint_clark said:

Get a few more Chelsea try and get him sacked please.

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Why would that get him sacked? He's already said his job is safe 

[Toussaint]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:15, AlexLaw76 said:

Liverpool are going to win the league, aren't they

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Conversely, we are not

[obelisk]

Attacking free kick to Saints. It's played short and then backwards until Chelsea nick it before racing away to make it 5-1. Totally Russball.

[CB Fry]

There's still time.

[OttawaSaint]

Surely that guy on the far side interfered with Lumley's vision.

I'm joking.

[RedArmy]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:17, Sheaf Saint said:

Manning was arguing the point with the ref for a long time, but it wasn't even mentioned on the comms.

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Not like there wasn’t a massive break for subs that they could have had at least one look at it. 

[The Kraken]

We want 6 (six).

[Saint_clark]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:18, Saint NL said:

Looked offside. Meh

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Nowhere near offside. Edwards playing him on.

[Suhari]

Oh. They did another one.

Shock and shame.

[Sheaf Saint]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:17, saintant said:

Sulemana waste of money and waste of a shirt.

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Completely forgotten he had come on.

[Farmer Saint]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:17, saintant said:

Sulemana waste of money and waste of a shirt.

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It's insights like this that we just couldn't get anywhere else.

[BotleySaint]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:18, CB Fry said:

There's still time.

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Definitely. With stoppage time also they could still get 7 or 8.

[Viking Saint]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:17, Saint_clark said:

Get a few more Chelsea try and get him sacked please.

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I'd actually take a hammering if it gets that prick out of our club

[tdmickey3]

Score flattering for us, should have been 10

[Gloucester Saint]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:08, Sheaf Saint said:

Not even a VAR check. FFS.

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It’s irrelevant in the scheme of things and the officials.

SFC needs to respect itself, clean up it’s act, new manager, restructured/owners.

Then once we are respectable we can moan about officials.

[SNSUN]

Russ has been sacked...

 

...from my Profile photo. I now have a kid upset about being given a Saints shirt for Christmas. Apt.

[badgerx16]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:18, Saint_clark said:

Ronnie Edwards sitting deeper than the rest of the defence who all call for offside. 

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He's obviously been training with Jack Stephens.

[Saint NL]

That's 5 goals, 2 posts, 1 crossbar, 3(?) saves, 2 bad misses....

Could be 13 with better finishing 😂

[trousers]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:17, Sheaf Saint said:

Manning was arguing the point with the ref for a long time, but it wasn't even mentioned on the comms.

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Other teams would angrily surround the ref rather than leaving it to one player to have an amicable chat over a virtual cup of tea. I'm not saying I agree with mobbing the ref but if other teams get an advantage from such 'dark arts' then so should we...

Edited 4 December, 2024 by trousers

[Saint_clark]

Early look at our first choice centreback pairing for next season.

[tdmickey3]

Been brave though hasn’t it🙄

[Gloucester Saint]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:20, SNSUN said:

Russ has been sacked...

 

...from my Profile photo. I now have a kid upset about being given a Saints shirt for Christmas. Apt.

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You tease you!

[ChristopheVAFC]

My courage, my friends, really, SR really needs to make decisions as quickly as possible....

[badgerx16]

Aribo's goal was our last shot on target.

[Saint_clark]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:20, tdmickey3 said:

Been brave though hasn’t it🙄

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So brave, such great lads, lovely beards, cracking banter.

[Harry_SFC]

Ridiculous how he wasn't sacked after the Bournemouth game. Now it's too late for anyone to turn it around (not that I think they will sack him this season)

[Lighthouse]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:20, Saint_clark said:

Early look at our first choice centreback pairing for next season.

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If it means Stephens never plays for us again, I’ll take it.

[pingpong]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:21, badgerx16 said:

Aribo's goal was our last shot on target.

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Of the season, probably.

[Saint NL]

What's absolutely amazing is that we haven't scored an OG. We're always good for one or two.

[Harry_SFC]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:21, badgerx16 said:

Aribo's goal was our last shot on target.

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Fernandes in the second half? 

[OttawaSaint]

Probably shouldn't have triple captained Lumley...

[Lee On Solent Saint]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:21, Saint_clark said:

So brave, such great lads, lovely beards, cracking banter.

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You forgot we love them all

[Saint Billy]

Well if RM isn't being sacked the fans should sack the club by none attendance.

[Challenger]

SR, can you change our shirt colour to blue and get us a Matelot mascot ? Can't be any more embarrassing than this.

[Gloucester Saint]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:20, trousers said:

Other teams would angrily surround the ref rather than leaving it to one player to have an amicable chat over a virtual cup of tea. I'm not saying I agree with mobbing the ref but if other teams get and as advantage from such 'dark arts' then so should we...

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We are no longer a club people outside of SMS and Staplewood who are respected or worthy of respect. Our players don’t, most of the fed up fans don’t, manager doesn’t care, staff don’t care, owners don’t. Media don’t. So the officials won’t.  

We need gut the club and start again to the point in a few years where we are again. 

[It's There]

I think a lot of our players have played well. Stephen’s sending off was a disaster

 

[LGTL]

Absolutely nailed on we don’t reach Derby’s point total. Sack the cunt!!!!

[Saint_clark]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:22, Lee On Solent Saint said:

You forgot we love them all

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"He's a beautiful boy" was a particularly weird one. 

[Suhari]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:21, badgerx16 said:

Aribo's goal was our last shot on target.

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For the rest of the season.

[AlexLaw76]

we have to be one of, if the not the worst, Premier League side of all time?

[Monk]

Yep that confirms it. 
 

RM has surpassed Redknapp and Nathan Jones in my eyes. 
 

Ironically, for someone that possesses such a clear ‘identity’ & playing style as a coach. He is absolutely useless, no patterns other than goal kicks. No approach play patterns in the opposition half and no plan B. 
 

Poortvliet would’ve got this lot up last season. 

[RedArmy]

Not sure I’ve ever seen a team hit the woodwork this many times in a game. 
 

Chelsea could have hit double figures and they barely got into a canter. 

[Harry_SFC]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:23, It's There said:

I think a lot of our players have played well. Stephen’s sending off was a disaster

 

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It's weird isn't it. We've just lost 5-1 and there's been a number of half decent performances. 

[SNSUN]

When Jack Stephens was keeping Martin Caceres out the team, I predicted he'd be in the England squad within a year.

#shitSNSUNsays

[Greedyfly]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:19, The Kraken said:

We want 6 (six).

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Its the confirmation of "(six)" that really illuminates this post 

[chownie20]

  On 04/12/2024 at 21:21, Lighthouse said:

If it means Stephens never plays for us again, I’ll take it.

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He's let us down massively. Learn from the United game ffs.