Villa 1-0 Saints - Match Thread

[Weston Super Saint]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:29, OttawaSaint said:

Have we tried our "5th best" keeper yet?

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No. He's on loan to Goztepe.

[Saint NL]

What are we doing at the back? Thee are not the conditions to be bouncing balls back to the keeper 😂

[AlexLaw76]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:29, badgerx16 said:

So has McCarthy.

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Not in the last game

[Greedyfly]

Archer is utterly toss as expected.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:29, AlexLaw76 said:

Both Blackmore and House are incredibly weak on Martin

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Scared to lose their precious access 

[OttawaSaint]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:28, Greedyfly said:

11th.

 

Clown show

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11th in 14.5 games. But the risk is worth it because we've scored *checks notes* zero goals from this tactic...

[SambaMaverick]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:28, AlexLaw76 said:

There will be. 
Trying to be the new John Stones he is not

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No one will see that nuance, we will have him next season

[Doctoroncall]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:27, Turkish said:

Is that our 10th error leading to a goal this season?

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Yes, and 3 errors leading to shots in this match. 

[OttawaSaint]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:26, tdmickey3 said:

Shambles 

Now for the complete collapse

Pass pass give it away

Pass pass give it away

Panic panic panic

Enjoy it lads 

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But but but...the process!!!

[Weston Super Saint]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:31, Doctoroncall said:

Yes, and 3 errors leading to shots in this match. 

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It's not possible to be brave playing any other way.

[OttawaSaint]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:31, Doctoroncall said:

Yes, and 3 errors leading to shots in this match. 

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Makes it 33 chances directly from errors.

[sfc4prem]

Tune in again next week for the next installment of the Rusty show!

[coalman]

It's only matter of time before we gift them another goal

[miserableoldgit]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:31, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Scared to lose their precious access 

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Not much point having dedicated reporters with no access.....

[Mr X]

Hope our away fans make their feelings known today 🙏 

[Turkish]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:33, coalman said:

It's only matter of time before we gift them another goal

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Hopefully if we’re going to hold records they need to be virtually impossible to break 

[trousers]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:29, AlexLaw76 said:

Both Blackmore and House are incredibly weak on Martin

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I like Adam but it's obvious that he's wary of rubbing Martin up the wrong way given the way he tiptoes around asking directly critical questions.

Edited 7 December, 2024 by trousers

[AlexLaw76]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:33, miserableoldgit said:

Not much point having dedicated reporters with no access.....

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But they offer little critique!

which is remarkable given how terrible we are

[OttawaSaint]

I'm bored.

[whelk]

[chownie20]

Same bloody story. Better team, waste chances,  gift the opposition a goal. Becoming unbelievable. 

[Turkish]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:34, trousers said:

I like Adam but it's obvious that he wary  of rubbing Martin up the wrong way given the way he tiptoes around asking directly critical questions... 

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he got quite prickly with him a few times last season when we were doing well so god knows what he’d be like now he has broken a premier league record already 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:33, miserableoldgit said:

Not much point having dedicated reporters with no access.....

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True, but the shit they ask is just a waste of time

[CanadaSaint]

It doesn’t help that we don’t have a solid left side CB on the books. Oh, wait … we do but he’s got an attitude issue that’s apparently a much bigger problem than a ball-watcher who gets two red cards in twelve games.

[OttawaSaint]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:34, whelk said:

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That's more than my 6-a-side team and we're all 50+.

[die Mannyschaft]

Can Saints make the record of goals conceded by us passing, setting up the opposition to score. 9 goals setup so far and nearly another 3. Is there a stat for this?

[Mr X]

How is Martin's position not untenable??? it beggars belief!..... It buggers belief! 

[Sheaf Saint]

That was too easy for Villa. Should have been two 

[Edmonton Saint]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:34, whelk said:

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He should be fired for gross misconduct.

[OttawaSaint]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:36, Mr X said:

How is Martin's position not untenable??? it beggars belief!..... It buggers belief! 

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It's clearly not about the football, must be about $$$.

[miserableoldgit]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:34, AlexLaw76 said:

But they offer little critique!

which is remarkable given how terrible we are

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i agree, but they are damned if they do, and damned if they don't...........

[Sheaf Saint]

Armstrong offside.

There's a surprise.

[coalman]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:34, whelk said:

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Best in Europe at creating goals

[washsaint]

Armstrong can never seem to stay onside.

From a birght, but non-threatening, start we now look comepletely bereft of ideas and talent.  Even Dibling is playing very poorly today

[OttawaSaint]

They gift us one but AArm just strolls back in an offside position. Brave!

[Viking Saint]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:27, Baird of the land said:

1 goal closer to being rid of the clown 

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As if. He's bulletproof

[AlexLaw76]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:39, washsaint said:

Armstrong can never seem to stay onside.

From a birght, but non-threatening, start we now look comepletely bereft of ideas and talent.  Even Dibling is playing very poorly today

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To be fair, dibling should have released the ball slightly earlier

[trousers]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:38, Sheaf Saint said:

Armstrong offside.

There's a surprise.

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Already ticked that off the Saints bingo card when he was first way offside 15 minutes ago...

[OttawaSaint]

We don't allow goals...we GIFT goals!

[Turkish]

 

[trousers]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:39, washsaint said:

Even Dibling is playing very poorly today

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It's taken Martin longer than usual to stifle the natural instinct of this player but he's got there in the end...

[AlexLaw76]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:40, Turkish said:

 

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That trophy will sit nicely next to the net spend trophy 

[Saint NL]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:40, Turkish said:

 

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That's the first of many records broken this season. Well done Saints!

[miserableoldgit]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:39, washsaint said:

Armstrong can never seem to stay onside.

From a birght, but non-threatening, start we now look comepletely bereft of ideas and talent.  Even Dibling is playing very poorly today

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First 10 mins or so against Chelsea seemed hopefull........didn't last long though.....

[tdmickey3]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:40, OttawaSaint said:

We don't allow goals...we GIFT goals!

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Well it is Christmas 

[Mr X]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:38, OttawaSaint said:

It's clearly not about the football, must be about $$$.

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Definitely about 💰 💰 🤑 it's like some sick experiment and Martin's been given all the torture devices! The due diligence on SR must have been appalling 

Edited 7 December, 2024 by Mr X

[coalman]

Come on TayTay tell us again how the tactics are working and that this is what the players want.

[Saint Matty 76]

Not sure what I did in a previous life to deserve to watch this Armstrong Archer partnership each week

[Saint NL]

Villa fans seem on par with Everton fans for booing 

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:41, Saint NL said:

That's the first of many records broken this season. Well done Saints!

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Brave