Saints 1-5 Chelsea - Match Thread

[Daft Kerplunk]

7 minutes ago, saintant said:

He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!

Think we may need to look on the bright side of life more

[Saint_clark]

Martin in his pre-match interview summed up why I can't stand him - "Nathan's come in who's played for US before at Swansea"

"Us" should mean Saints, but in his mind this is all about him and his team and their careers. 

[64saint]

Chelsea manager just said it's going to be there toughest game of the season....wtf !!!!

These opposition managers love praising us up. 

[Football Special]

9 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

The Man Utd 9-0 bench was:

Fraser Forster

Harry Lewis

Kegs Chaulke

Will Ferry

Ryan Finnegan

Nathan Redmond

Allan Tchaptchet

Caleb Watts

Dan N’Lundulu

 

Gueh!

Would be a good quiz question that , weak but did have two England internationals 

[OneMrsWallace]

Unless it's a 30 yard worldy, I can't see a goal from us in that line up. So once they score, it's game over, just try and keep it to a minimum. I'll now stop stating the bleeding obvious and make a start on the beers to numb the pain. 

[trousers]

3 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Martin in his pre-match interview summed up why I can't stand him - "Nathan's come in who's played for US before at Swansea"

"Us" should mean Saints, but in his mind this is all about him and his team and their careers. 

I'm not normally one to reach for an Ad Hominem but... What a twat... 

[Mr X]

23 minutes ago, stknowle said:

Yeah, that’s officially terrifying. 

KWP & Fernandes aside that's a championship side and not a particularly good one! This could be our first real mauling... Or we could surprise everyone! 🤔

[david in sweden]

Given the obvious problems re: unavailable players .....before the kick-off, 

If we can finish the game undefeated ?....it will be one of the best results of the season. 

Does anyone have a stream  please?

[Saint_clark]

Surely we have to get a random out of the blue result that nobody ever expected at some point. 

[Dark Munster]

15 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

TBF, if ABK and Taylor were playing they'd be playing next to each other for the first time as well.

ABK is refusing to get game time in the reserves, so he doesn't deserve to get a chance anyway. Taylor has clearly had a run in, or maybe he's not great playing in a Martin system.

All players are crap at playing Martin's system.

[Saint_clark]

3 minutes ago, trousers said:

I'm not normally one to reach for an Ad Hominem but... What a twat... 

Harsh, and here I thought we were friends.

[manji]

2 minutes ago, david in sweden said:

Given the obvious problems re: unavailable players .....before the kick-off, 

If we can finish the game undefeated ?....it will be one of the best results of the season. 

Does anyone have a stream  please?

Amazon Prime if you can get it.

[Sheaf Saint]

Ooooh, there's the light show.

Next up is the shite show.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Lovely lights. That’ll show ‘em!

[LGTL]

This team wouldn’t look out of place in League 1. Fucking funny and terrifying in equal measure 

[trousers]

Commentator: "Southampton have been showing signs of having a pulse recently"

😂

[bangkoksaint]

A very English looking team!

[Mr X]

No team with 5 points after 13 games has ever survived this league! Russ has effectively finished us off before Xmas 

[Farmer Saint]

I imagine we may well see Stephens stepping up into midfield a lot today like on Friday to create a 4-5-1.

[Farmer Saint]

18 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

In my view ABK has been backed into a corner and RM is being typically dogmatic not finding a route for him back into the team. Poor management masterclass.

You have no idea what's happened TBF. If he got his head down and played some football I'm sure he'd get a chance.

[sandwichsaint]

1 minute ago, Farmer Saint said:

I imagine we may well see Stephens stepping up into midfield a lot today like on Friday to create a 4-5-1.

The Penzance Pirlo.

[trousers]

First lower league style challenge from Wood...

[trousers]

How has Aribo not buried that?! (Offside anyway)

[CB Fry]

All over them. 

[Saint_clark]

Is it jumping/skipping for anyone else? Happens every few seconds.

[Farmer Saint]

2 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Is it jumping/skipping for anyone else? Happens every few seconds.

Nope

[CB Fry]

If we play like this for the rest of the season we'll be fine.

[trousers]

Commentator: "Jack Stephens captaining the side tonight" 

Great insight there...

[Saint_clark]

Blatant foul on the keeper.

[Farmer Saint]

What a ball in that is.

[Saint Scott]

4 minutes ago, trousers said:

How has Aribo not buried that?! (Offside anyway)

I think it would of been given, defenders trailing leg playing him on 

[trousers]

FFS 

[adrian lord]

FFS

[Toussaint]

Great shame after such a good start

Edited 4 December, 2024 by Toussaint

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Game over

[Mr X]

And that's that after 7 minutes 

[Sheaf Saint]

Wood is a red card waiting to happen isn't he.

Oh - goal. Game over then.

[SouSaint]

Pathetic defending. Pathetic goalkeeping. 

[Saint_clark]

So you're allowed to just shove the keeper then. Ok, let's remember that.

[obelisk]

Abject defending.

[Toussaint]

What no five minute VAR ??? 

[Maggie May]

VAR?

[Toussaint]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

So you're allowed to just shove the keeper then. Ok, let's remember that.

They are, we aren’t 

[Suhari]

Quality defending.

[trousers]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

Blatant foul on the keeper.

Fouls are rarely given for nudges on the keeper (unfortunately)

[SNSUN]

Holy hell. This could be embarrassing.

[adrian lord]

Swear VAR has a big club weighting factor. 

[Farmer Saint]

It's a shame because the last few games we seem to have turned a corner going forward - we just have a very, very poor defense.

[Toussaint]

Just now, trousers said:

Fouls are rarely given for nudges on the keeper (unfortunately)

We’ll see if that applies to us should a similar situation occur 

[badgerx16]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

So you're allowed to just shove the keeper then. Ok, let's remember that.

You are also allowed, as a defender, to actually mark the opposition attackers.