Fulham 0-0 Southampton - Match Thread

[Suhari]

Afternoon all.

Let's push on from the Liverpool second half.

COYP(!!?)

[Saint_clark]

  On 22/12/2024 at 14:01, Suhari said:

Afternoon all.

Let's push on from the Liverpool second half.

COYP(!!?)

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That was my answer when my missus asked what I wanted to do for my birthday.

[whelk]

I like the thought of Juric having an ‘in tray’ with a memo saying stop conceding so many fucking goals

[Saint NL]

First touch for Ramsdale is to punt it long. Big change

[DJ_TOAST]

anyone got a stream please ? cant seem to get on my normal one

[the colonel]

any streams?

 

 

[Suhari]

  On 22/12/2024 at 14:03, Saint NL said:

First touch for Ramsdale is to punt it long. Big change

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GET IT FAAAARKING FORWARD!!!

[obelisk]

Sloppy from Dibling. Puts Saints under pressure.

[Master Bates]

WINNER!!!

[Suhari]

Decent attack. Very nice.

[Saint_clark]

  On 22/12/2024 at 14:04, Master Bates said:

WINNER!!!

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You bastard, I thought I was behind and we were scoring at the end of that one touch passing move.

[AlexLaw76]

Where have all these longer passes come from?

[Killers Knee]

Passing forwards!  Is this allowed?

[Saint NL]

Much better, one touch football going forward....

[trousers]

Feels like I'm watching the inner workings of a coconut ice factory

[SNSUN]

First time in ages I'm actually going into a game with only a 50 per cent sense of dread compared to the full 100%.

[Saint NL]

We are definitely slowing down our corners and throw ins. Each one has taken a long pause. Must be a rusk tactic

[Saint_clark]

Wood looking decent again. 

 

Ramsdale with Mickey mouse gloves on.

[Saint NL]

  On 22/12/2024 at 14:09, Saint_clark said:

Wood looking decent again.

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Good pace and strength so far. Looks a decent player 

[trousers]

Webbed finger gloves.... Assume he had to go to Gunwharf Quays to source those....?

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[Baird of the land]

Just bizarre to me not having any target man upfront while trying to hit more direct

[Saint_clark]

  On 22/12/2024 at 14:11, Baird of the land said:

Just bizarre to me not having any target man upfront while trying to hit more direct

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Not seeing much of this pressing from Armstrong that he's supposedly in the side for either. Might as well have Paul up there.

[coalman]

We're so much harder to play against when we tackle and put pressure on the player receiving the ball.

[trousers]

Matey in the dugout next to Rusk talking into a microphone...? Wonder who to...?😉

[the colonel]

Does anyone have any decent streams. thanks

[obelisk]

Saints a tad slower to every ball. Need to get those fitness levels up a bit.

[Saint_clark]

  On 22/12/2024 at 14:13, trousers said:

Matey in the dugout next to Rusk talking into a microphone...? Wonder who to...?😉

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Chastity on channel 908.

[trousers]

  On 22/12/2024 at 14:14, obelisk said:

Saints a tad slower to every ball. Need to get those fitness levels up massively 

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Tweaked it for you...

[egg]

  On 22/12/2024 at 14:14, obelisk said:

Saints a tad slower to every ball. Need to get those fitness levels up a bit.

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Yep. We've not been fit enough all season. 

[obelisk]

Dibling needed to unload that a bit quicker either with a shot or a pass.

[coalman]

Lovely turn by Dibling.

[SNSUN]

I'll never be able to work out the enigma that is Aribo. Sometimes he looks brilliant and sometimes he looks like he's never played football before. Been decent so far though tbf, I like it when he uses his gangliness to shield the ball.

[egg]

  On 22/12/2024 at 14:09, Saint_clark said:

Wood looking decent again. 

 

Ramsdale with Mickey mouse gloves on.

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He's really surprised me, in a good way. 

[Harry_SFC]

That's the main reason why Dibling needs more time before he goes to a bigger club. His final action/decision making is still lacking, which is understandable.

[Mr X]

You would think Ivan has had reassurances that one of fernandes and dibling are staying to agree to come here? So probably fernandes as there's no way dibling will sign 

[trousers]

How are we doing on the all important possession stats folks?

[Saint_clark]

Slipping back into overplaying it here, ignoring forward passes for "safer" backwards ones that just invite more pressure.

[Saint_clark]

  On 22/12/2024 at 14:17, Mr X said:

You would think Ivan has had reassurances that one of fernandes and dibling are staying to agree to come here? So probably fernandes as there's no way dibling will sign 

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I doubt their names even came up in the negotiations tbh.

[Saint NL]

  On 22/12/2024 at 14:18, trousers said:

How are we doing on the all important possession stats folks?

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We don't measure that any more.

So far, Saints have had 0.2 heavy metals, slightly behind Fulham.

[trousers]

  On 22/12/2024 at 14:18, Saint_clark said:

Slipping back into overplaying it here, ignoring forward passes for "safer" backwards ones that just invite more pressure.

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It's going to take a while to flush that particular 'automatism' out of their mindset

[Challenger]

0-0 best we're going to get here.

[Gloucester Saint]

  On 22/12/2024 at 14:16, egg said:

He's really surprised me, in a good way. 

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Will be an important player next season. Will be frustrating if the hair pulling, swearing plank displaces him once his ban is up.

[trousers]

Leicester 0 Wolves 1

[Saint_clark]

I'm fucking begging rusk to get Armstrong off for Onuachu. He is a total non entity, just an empty carrier bag floating around the pitch. 

[Greedyfly]

  On 22/12/2024 at 14:19, Saint NL said:

We don't measure that any more.

So far, Saints have had 0.2 heavy metals, slightly behind Fulham.

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Someone put on some Cradle of Filth, or something please!

[OttawaSaint]

  On 22/12/2024 at 14:18, trousers said:

How are we doing on the all important possession stats folks?

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We're slightly ahead in xLowBlock and slightly behind in xHighPress.

[Andy Hill]

0-0 our best hope. No threat at all in the final third.

[adrian lord]

  On 22/12/2024 at 14:19, trousers said:

It's going to take a while to flush that particular 'automatism' out of their mindset

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I wonder, Is it a sane automatism, or an insane automatism?

[trousers]

  On 22/12/2024 at 14:22, Andy Hill said:

0-0 our best hope

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Will happily take that

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[obelisk]

Still can't resist with fannying it around in our penalty area.