Badger Posted January 16 Posted January 16 3 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said: Such a good performance, night and day compared to a few matches ago and the players look fitter and faster, challenging hard, chasing down, loved it. Gutted we couldn't hold on for a draw, but that performance was so much better. But I enjoyed that, for once this season. I enjoyed it, despite the defeat. Everything we've been missing was there. Just emphasises the folly of sticking with Martin as long as we did. 11
obelisk Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Of all the substitutions available I must admit that putting on Smallbone to play something that might be considered to be a false 9 was not in my playbook. From that moment on it was one way traffic. 7
Dusic Posted January 16 Posted January 16 3 minutes ago, Sarnia Cherie said: When will we stop playing out from the back!!! How many goals have we gifted with that this season? We did this brilliantly tonight and it really contributed to how well we played IMO. Much more purpose to it. Yes third goal was a big error but it was gone by then anyway. 1
Turkish Posted January 16 Posted January 16 8 minutes ago, trousers said: Given the whole bench is mediocre, the alternative was to run the starting 11 into the ground, and Juric would've then been criticised for not taking off tired players soon enough... Yep everyone saying manager fucked it but his bench is so poor. We lost all our physicality on midfield when Fernandes and Aribo went off. You can blame the m manager for the subs but £250m and we’ve only got about 6 decent players 8
Sarnia Cherie Posted January 16 Posted January 16 1 minute ago, captainchris said: Because he is really crap??? When Armstrong came on my heart sank. I didn't hear his name mentioned from then to the final whistle. Therein lies the reason, coupled with playing out from the back which we made another balls up with tonight, for the reason we are where we are. 1 1
Thereisonlyonemickychannon Posted January 16 Posted January 16 1 minute ago, Fozzybear said: It’s football, there’s no need to be a fucking prick about it. Hope the mods take action on this undignified comment. Shameful way to publicly represent yourself. Oh bloody hell. One of Starmers little cancel culture clowns are we? 4
SambaMaverick Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Just look at the fixture list, where are the points coming from to get us to 12? It's all well and good thinking 'if we play like we did tonight, we'll be alright', but the confidence is just going to drain and drain.
Disco Stu Posted January 16 Posted January 16 (edited) 17 minutes ago, bangkoksaint said: I’m gutted for the 2500 that were there. I’m fed up chucking my money at them currently. Safe journey home to you all you deserve medals I could hear them all game. Fair play to them! Edited January 16 by Disco Stu 6
notnowcato Posted January 16 Posted January 16 6 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said: Smallbone is just ok for a team passing around slowly with little purpose like Russell fucking Martin wanted In a team trying to play quick attacking, high press football he is utter useless and most know it and now hopefully Juric does too Stoke loved Smallbone the season before. Honestly, you need to move on.
Saint_clark Posted January 16 Posted January 16 10 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said: Armstrong was the 2nd top scorer in the league with 24 goals. Why would you let that go ahead of another Championship season a mere year later? Nice try. I was talking about Smallbone. 1 1
Berudenot2 Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Gutted. The first half performance was excellent. The quality of our substitutions made us weaker and the end result seems like an injustice. Oh what fun to be a Saints fan. 2
Saint_clark Posted January 16 Posted January 16 (edited) 2 minutes ago, notnowcato said: Stoke loved Smallbone the season before. Honestly, you need to move on. Where did they finish? Edit for those who don't know - 16th. Quality. Edited January 16 by Saint_clark 4 1
saintant Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Some harsh comments on here tonight mostly probably derived from the disappointment of having a possible 3 points snatched from us in the final 10 minutes. Come on, let's give some credit to the performance which for most of the game was very good and we deserved something out of it. There were some good signs that Ivan is getting to grips and considering he's been here a few weeks and inherited an extremely unfit squad I think he earns credit. We looked like a football team where everyone knew their jobs and it's a while since that's been the case. Our subs weakened us whereas Utd's generally made them better. Much to be encouraged about tonight and I got the performance but not the result as expected. Not convinced we shouldn't have been given a penalty when Sulemana's shot was blocked and reckon VAR would have given it if it was a Utd player having a shot blocked at the Stretford End. Great effort for no reward but more than enough to show that Ivan knows what he's doing. 4
Winnersaint Posted January 16 Posted January 16 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Thereisonlyonemickychannon said: Oh bloody hell. One of Starmers little cancel culture clowns are we? It's just not nice my friend. Many of us on here will have been affected by and lost loved ones to cancer, so perhaps it jars a bit. That's as polite as I can be. Edited January 16 by Winnersaint 3
warsash saint Posted January 16 Posted January 16 34 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said: Always looks like he has leukemia, no wonder oppo players just brush him aside. Dont be a cunt!!! 9
Turkish Posted January 16 Posted January 16 2 hours ago, CB Fry said: All set up for a lovely honourable defeat here tonight. Called it 2
Lee On Solent Saint Posted January 16 Posted January 16 10 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said: We didn't... that has been the problem! I'm suggesting what we should do next time we get a promotion! We don't need to shift players like Arsmrong now. They are good enough to do very well in the Championship next season. He scored 24 league goals! What we should do is shift them after the promotion! Martin was too loyal to some of the players from last season, Smallbone, Stephens, Armstrong and Fraser in particular. 3
woodsaint1 Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Even Amorim acknowledged that we tired in the last 20 and had to take our best players off. Hope they're back in tomorrow morning to do the bleep test. Fat cunts 2
Polaroid Saint Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Martin Out! Seriously tho', that defeat was primarily down to our horrendously unfit squad which is all RM; it's an open secret that we have trained all season, pre-season and last season in a way that is not rigorous enough for "top level athletes". It was showing a year ago, and it's shown all season. Will we have a team, a squad, capable of lasting ninety, a hundred, 100+, minutes next year? And competing? Let's hope so. 3
Convict Colony Posted January 16 Posted January 16 5 minutes ago, SambaMaverick said: Just look at the fixture list, where are the points coming from to get us to 12? It's all well and good thinking 'if we play like we did tonight, we'll be alright', but the confidence is just going to drain and drain. Everton and Leicester and some random win.
Winnersaint Posted January 16 Posted January 16 1 minute ago, Turkish said: Called it Was always going to be thus.
notnowcato Posted January 16 Posted January 16 2 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: Where did they finish? Edit for those who don't know - 16th. Quality. Oh fuck me, follow the thread. Unless Russell Martin was managing Stoke your point is worth the same number of points we left Old Trafford with. 1
Lee On Solent Saint Posted January 16 Posted January 16 4 minutes ago, notnowcato said: Stoke loved Smallbone the season before. Honestly, you need to move on. That would be Championship Stoke, Championship being Smallbone's level. 2
tdmickey3 Posted January 16 Posted January 16 2 minutes ago, notnowcato said: Stoke loved Smallbone the season before. Honestly, you need to move on. Sell him to stoke then, remind me how stoke did that season? He isn’t good enough for quick football and you know it. Hopefully that twat you love gets a job soon and he can have him. 4
Ekelund Posted January 16 Posted January 16 2 minutes ago, warsash saint said: Dont be a cunt!!! Wow. What a prick @OttawaSaint 2
ant Posted January 16 Posted January 16 5 minutes ago, Thereisonlyonemickychannon said: Oh bloody hell. One of Starmers little cancel culture clowns are we? Oh, give over. Why do you support the original comment, then?
notnowcato Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Just now, Lee On Solent Saint said: That would be Championship Stoke, Championship being Smallbone's level. Not disputing that.
Ed Rooney Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Absolutely cracks me up that any fan really thought we would have enough to win tonight. Weak mentally and Weak physically, doesn’t bode well when other teams are technically better 1
notnowcato Posted January 16 Posted January 16 1 minute ago, tdmickey3 said: Sell him to stoke then, remind me how stoke did that season? He isn’t good enough for quick football and you know it. Hopefully that twat you love gets a job soon and he can have him. Quick football 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
notnowcato Posted January 16 Posted January 16 2 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said: Sell him to stoke then, remind me how stoke did that season? He isn’t good enough for quick football and you know it. Hopefully that twat you love gets a job soon and he can have him. Martin’s long gone. Get over it. 1
Ed Rooney Posted January 16 Posted January 16 8 minutes ago, notnowcato said: Stoke loved Smallbone the season before. Honestly, you need to move on. As long as Stoke liked him 4
Convict Colony Posted January 16 Posted January 16 (edited) 10 minutes ago, notnowcato said: Already answered Edited January 16 by Convict Colony
Winnersaint Posted January 16 Posted January 16 (edited) Some on here earlier wanted a decent performance. I think they got that for the most part. Onwards. Edited January 16 by Winnersaint 6
Disco Stu Posted January 16 Posted January 16 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Obstacle1 said: I agree he is our best finisher and there's a role for him to play. A front 3 of sulemana, Dibling and Fernandes looked really positive tonight though, so I don't know where you fit Archer in. I guess that's a good problem for Juric but my feeling is Archer was the better option to bring on after the Dibling injury than Smallbone. I think Archer could thrive in a similar way Sulemana seems to be. Edited January 16 by Disco Stu 5
stknowle Posted January 16 Posted January 16 13 minutes ago, Micky said: This horrible shitty nightmare can't end soon enough for me. Yeah, I know it’s only a game and all that but this season is really, really getting to me. I never EVER thought I’d be relieved to see my team reach 12 points. I will be if we do. Massively. 2
tdmickey3 Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Just now, notnowcato said: Quick football 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Yep, the complete opposite to Martin, argue like fool all you like 1
notnowcato Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Just now, tdmickey3 said: Yep, the complete opposite to Martin, argue like fool all you like I’m only a fool for arguing with you. Sleep well princess.
Harry_SFC Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Just now, Winnersaint said: Some on here earlier wanted a decent performance. I think they got that for the most part. Onwards. Agreed. Can't moan at the performance when we had our best players on the pitch. In that sense Juric has definitely improved us, even if the results don't show it. He now needs to show that he won't make the same mistakes again. I.e bringing on players like Smallbone and Armstrong when you're trying to defend a lead (or bringing them on at all for that matter) 3
Matthew Le God Posted January 16 Posted January 16 9 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: Nice try. I was talking about Smallbone. I didn't say Smallbone should be a first choice starter. But he is fine as squad filler for a promotion chasing Championship team. The issue is once promotion is achieved he needs to be upgraded and we didn't do that this time.
tdmickey3 Posted January 16 Posted January 16 2 minutes ago, notnowcato said: Martin’s long gone. Get over it. But the disaster is taking a while to recover from. Your mate was a stubborn and stupid fool and the fans are suffering for it, we are where we are because of him. 5
Saint_clark Posted January 16 Posted January 16 1 minute ago, Matthew Le God said: I didn't say Smallbone should be a first choice starter. But he is fine as squad filler for a promotion chasing Championship team. The issue is once promotion is achieved he needs to be upgraded and we didn't do that this time. As should Armstrong, I don't care if he scores 50 goals in the championship next season he's a proven non-entity in the Prem. 3
OneMrsWallace Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Juric has had to improve poor levels of fitness and that takes a bit of time. Too soon to get a result for this game but signs are good. On the subject of Armstrong we shouldn't be having a debate. He should have been told in the summer 'thanks for helping us get promoted but you're not good enough for the PL so we're selling you.' Ridiculous that he's still here. 6
Saint_clark Posted January 16 Posted January 16 1 minute ago, tdmickey3 said: But the disaster is taking a while to recover from. Your mate was a stubborn and stupid fool and the fans are suffering for it, we are where we are because of him. Every Sunday and Monday off 🤦🏼♂️ 2 1
obelisk Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Fitness lacking still. Physically and mentally unable to last 100 minutes. Getting there but getting over Martin's bad influence is going to take more time yet. 3
Chez Posted January 16 Posted January 16 We played well, but we must do it again on Sunday...and hopefully get a result. It can't be a one off. Forest are flying. It will be incredibly tough.
Lighthouse Posted January 16 Author Posted January 16 So as per Liverpool, Leicester and the home game against United; we played well enough for parts of it but didn’t take our chances and when it came to crunch time and we needed to keep it tight, we conceded three goals. 1
captainchris Posted January 16 Posted January 16 17 minutes ago, Convict Colony said: I would also add Armstrong scored those goals in the russball system, can he do it in the juric formation. Not in the Premier League he didn’t and nor would he again in the Championship.
tdmickey3 Posted January 16 Posted January 16 2 minutes ago, notnowcato said: I’m only a fool for arguing with you. Sleep well princess. The loss of Russ has really broke your heart hasn’t it, doubt you will ever get over it 1
tdmickey3 Posted January 16 Posted January 16 1 minute ago, Saint_clark said: Every Sunday and Monday off 🤦🏼♂️ Yep, pathetic
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