Saints 1-5 Chelsea - Match Thread

[stknowle]

Fucksake it could VERY easily have been 4-1 now. Make that 5. 

[sydney_saint]

This could be 9. It's due.

[Sheaf Saint]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

Fucking great save Lumley. 

He's brilliant at shot stopping and claiming crosses, stop asking him to play like Ederson FFS.

Clearly can't defend corners though.

[trousers]

1 minute ago, Lighthouse said:

Why is that in quotation marks? He literally is our fourth choice keeper.

I just like using unnecessary "quotation marks" 

[Farmer Saint]

We are so bad defensively - poor players and poor coaching.

[Colinjb]

We are flimsier then toilet paper. 

Floodgates surely about to open.

[stknowle]

Just now, stknowle said:

Fucksake it could VERY easily have been 4-1 now. Make that 5. 

6

[Saint_clark]

Love this high risk low reward football. But hey when it works...we have the ball 20 yards from our own goal facing away from the opposition. Worth it.

[Harry_SFC]

This is what being brave is all about! Passing it to players when the opposition is on their back...

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 minute ago, Tanlee said:

The players must feel great and not soul destroyed at all keep getting into games then this tosser insists on his bullshit, has to be friction surely? 

Judging by all the hugs, they still fuckin think he is God.

[Toussaint]

Commentator “the way this is going it looks as though Southampton could concede from every Chelsea attack”

[obelisk]

Saints very poor at corners both in attack and in defence.

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Sheaf Saint said:

Clearly can't defend corners though.

He was shoved out the way and still managed to get his hand to the player that headed the ball. Without the shove he gets the ball.

[captainchris]

Does Martin never work on defending in training - never! 
 

[OttawaSaint]

Lol. Chelsea like playing with their prey. 

Brave capitulation this...bravery at its finest!

[badgerx16]

1 minute ago, sydney_saint said:

This could be 9. It's due.

Russell is safe then. We never sack a manager on the back of conceding 9.

[Harry_SFC]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

He was shoved out the way and still managed to get his hand to the player that headed the ball. Without the shove he gets the ball.

Tbf no one went with Disasi. Lumley could've done better but it's terrible defending. Second goal obviously his fault. He's made two very good saves since. 

[badgerx16]

Just now, captainchris said:

Does Martin never work on defending in training - never! 
 

Yes, but it is against our attackers.

[Mr X]

Ffs dragan grow a backbone and ditch Martin it's clear he can't coach a defence! 

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, Lighthouse said:

Why is that in quotation marks? He literally is our fourth choice keeper.

#1, #2 and #3 have all made hideous errors with their feet because they are goalkeepers. Catching, stopping, that sort of thing. Not the crazy shit beardy wants them to do.

#4 Bazanu is better with his feet but as much a goalkeeper as Paul Merson was David Seaman. Gavin couldn’t catch crabs from a prostitute in Bevois Valley.

[obelisk]

This is on target for 9-1 so an improvement I guess.

[Suhari]

Some of our forward play is encouraging. I absolutely believe our squad is better than our league position.

RM and his mental philosophy is dragging us down.

[Sheaf Saint]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

He was shoved out the way and still managed to get his hand to the player that headed the ball. Without the shove he gets the ball.

I was also referring to the one just now when they hit the bar.

[Farmer Saint]

1 minute ago, captainchris said:

Does Martin never work on defending in training - never! 
 

When you have average Championship defenders it doesn't help, but you also have specific defensive coaches to work with the defenders day in, day out - do we know who they are?

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

Love this high risk low reward football. But hey when it works...we have the ball 20 yards from our own goal facing away from the opposition. Worth it.

That, in a nutshell is why it's so ludicrous. In pre season of the Championship I repeatedly asked what the benefit was of taking huge risks to get 15 yards up the field and was scolded repeatedly by football experts on here.

[Challenger]

4 minutes ago, Sir Ralph said:

We will be relegated because of our passing out at the back. Martin alone is to blame for this and he solely must take responsibility. Sack him now

Going to get relegated due to crass naivity.

[Doctoroncall]

Where is the midfield?

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 minute ago, Farmer Saint said:

When you have average Championship defenders it doesn't help, but you also have specific defensive coaches to work with the defenders day in, day out - do we know who they are?

Colin Calderwood, but he's probably coaching the keepers.

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, Doctoroncall said:

Where is the midfield?

Suspended after 5 yellows.

[Toussaint]

Lumley needs to ignore instructions and hoof it out for the sake of his reputation and dignity 

[Saint NL]

This is suicidal stuff. 

The Chelsea press kills us every time.

[bpsaint]

3 minutes ago, Mr X said:

Ffs dragan grow a backbone and ditch Martin it's clear he can't coach a defence! 

Wishful thinking, until those in the ground that pay money to watch this shit find their voice of dissent then everyone will carry on with the slow motion car crash.

[obelisk]

For a few minutes Saints gave Chelsea some problems when moving the ball forward quickly. Then came the instruction from Russ to stop that sort of thing and get back to tippy-tappy at the back. This is high risk, low reward stuff.

[Sheaf Saint]

JUST. FUCKING. STOP. IT.

 

[trousers]

FFS Archer

[Toussaint]

What dickhead blocked Archers run

[badgerx16]

Just now, Toussaint said:

Lumley needs to ignore instructions and hoof it out for the sake of his reputation and dignity 

Who is our 5th choice keeper ? Because for Lumley that would be a sacking offence.

[Lighthouse]

Square it FFS!

[stknowle]

Just now, Sheaf Saint said:

JUST. FUCKING. STOP. IT.

 

We ain’t changing for NO-ONE.

[Mr X]

1 minute ago, bpsaint said:

Wishful thinking, until those in the ground that pay money to watch this shit find their voice of dissent then everyone will carry on with the slow motion car crash.

We are doomed there's no doubt about it 

[CB Fry]

Not surprising Cameron Archer ran out of steam just then. He couldn't see his options to work it back to the keeper from there.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Mass exdous at half time?

[adrian lord]

Game well and truly over. 

[Saint_clark]

Glad we play out from the back to create that one half chance for Archer. 

9 goals conceded from errors? Irrelevant.

[Mr X]

Officially game over now 

[Colinjb]

So very terrible.

[Toussaint]

Yay, I’m now a Chelsea fan, we are winning, yay. Go team

[Sheaf Saint]

Just now, obelisk said:

For a few minutes Saints gave Chelsea some problems when moving the ball forward quickly. Then came the instruction from Russ to stop that sort of thing and get back to tippy-tappy at the back. This is high risk, low reward stuff.

Yep. It's so obvious. We looked decent in the early stages when we moved it forward quicker. As soon as we retreat back into the tippy tappy bollocks we surrender all momentum.

There's number 3.

[trousers]

FFS... Shite "4th choice keeper"....

[AlexLaw76]

Just the 3 goals conceded in 33 mins

classic Russell Martin 

can’t wait to understand the level of scar tissue we have built up