Saints 0-4 Brighton - Match Thread

[benjii]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

Sadly, the points weren't.... 

Similar.

[saint michael]

Saints playing walking football

 

[HKsaint]

6 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

Looks like we’re all over them….

Yes I think so. They are just not allowed to shoot only. 

[the colonel]

Even MLT would have struggled to keep this team in the top flight.

[obelisk]

Corner to Saints!!!

[Saint Fan CaM]

Fuck me we’ve won a corner 

[Saint NL]

Just now, the colonel said:

Even MLT would have struggled to keep this team in the top flight.

He would have been one of the fastest in the team too 😂

[OttawaSaint]

Welington just did somthing quite good!

 

We can ditch the "we march on" 

For

"sometimes we do something that's quite good".

Edited yesterday at 15:40 by OttawaSaint

[woodsaint1]

5 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

 

Cheers Chris

Despise that cunt, but hes not wrong

[The Kraken]

#heavymetal

[Mr X]

Just now, woodsaint1 said:

Despise that cunt, but hes not wrong

Everyone knows we are relegated and just playing for pride but we can't even manage that! 

[trousers]

4 minutes ago, benjii said:

Similar.

Indeed. Both very poor.

Edited yesterday at 15:40 by trousers

[Matthew Le God]

Ivan Jurić as a toddler picking shapes for holes

[OttawaSaint]

Just now, Matthew Le God said:

Ivan Jurić as a toddler picking shapes for holes

What makes you say that?

[Mr X]

ABK is awful... Rusty I guess 

[trousers]

1 minute ago, Matthew Le God said:

Ivan Jurić as a toddler picking shapes for holes

Good analogy, but to be slightly fair to Juric, he has inherited a squad largely of square pegs and round holes... 

[Matthew Le God]

Just now, OttawaSaint said:

What makes you say that?

He tries putting things into places by any means possible even if they don't fit at first

[Sheaf Saint]

We've not had a single touch in the Brighton box. Not one.

[It's There]

2nd half well come alive… I hope

[John Boy Saint]

Just now, Mr X said:

ABK is awful... Rusty I guess 

You were right on the first one.

if he was any good he’d have been long gone - even when broken 

[OttawaSaint]

Just now, trousers said:

Good analogy, but to be slightly fair to Juric, he has inherited a squad largely of square pegs and round holes... 

He inherited a squad of petrified dog shit...

[SNSUN]

Might as well have a raffle every week with the prize being a Saints fan gets to manage the team for one fixture. Probably do better.

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, Matthew Le God said:

He tries putting things into places by any means possible even if they don't fit at first

Maybe he needs an unofficial update...

[Matthew Le God]

1 minute ago, OttawaSaint said:

Maybe he needs an unofficial update...

Well if it is anything like the official FM Saints data I did, then it won't help. We are shit on that. It would have been a very difficult challenge had the game come out this season. 

Edited yesterday at 15:47 by Matthew Le God

[miserableoldgit]

20 minutes ago, Mr X said:

Do you want to see us in the championship under juric? Or think there's better options? We would be a hard sell to any manager of quality 

No I don't particularly. Other clubs seem to uncover diamonds when we uncover duds. Despite people saying that we have a number of good Championship quality players, I think we need a complete clearout from top to bottom.....Manager and squad. There are very few, in any, player in the current squad that I any affinity with. I hate to use the "Scar Tissue" comment that a certain recent manager was fond of using, but I think that is justified in this case. We are stuck with SR, so I just hope that Dragan is ruthless enough and that he and  Spors see what needs doing and they do it even if it takes a couple of seasons in the Championship. We HAVE to get it right this time!

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Wow!

Passes to nowhere. shots into the stands. Choosing to pass than get the ball into where there are bodies near their goal. Slow, tentative and with no cohesion. A lot of going through the motions, rather than with any real desire (although that's been the case for a long time since they were turned into tactics drones).

Such a lifeless performance, from such a poor side with such poor management and coaching.

 

[OttawaSaint]

Starting to think we might not be a good team and could get relegated if we're not careful.

[trousers]

2 minutes ago, John Boy Saint said:

You were right on the first one.

if he was any good he’d have been long gone - even when broken 

I'm not inclined to defend ABK for the sake of defending him, but how does a player who "isn't any good" end up anywhere close to selection for Germany, let alone winning two caps?

[Mr X]

I literally would be happy to never see Amy of these players again and have a completely new team for the championship! I think it's what we need 

[IronCitySaint]

Of all the shitty performances this season, this is right up there. We look like conceding every time Brighton have the ball. And, of course, don't look like scoring in a million years. It truly is awful.

[Matthew Le God]

Just now, Mr X said:

I literally would be happy to never see Amy of these players again and have a completely new team for the championship! I think it's what we need 

Not even Fernandes?

[obelisk]

Good run and cross from Sully but nobody trying to get across the defence for a tap in.

[OneMrsWallace]

Never going to be much of a challenge for the opposition when they're playing against 11 deckchairs. 

[miserableoldgit]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

I'm not inclined to defend ABK for the sake of defending him, but how does a player who "isn't any good" end up anywhere close to selection for Germany, let alone winning two caps?

Same could be said of Bednarek?

[AlexLaw76]

Another game with no midfield

They are routinely able to pass the ball from their keeper/defence, through the middle, to a player man marked by a defender.

 

Juric is dreadful 

[Saint Fan CaM]

At least twice their keeper has been able to pass the ball centrally half the length of the pitch uncontested to one of their players. THATS how open our midfield is - dogshit game management.

[Mr X]

Just now, Matthew Le God said:

Not even Fernandes?

No he doesn't deserve to have the misery of playing for us! 

[OttawaSaint]

Saints about to do a lap of honour after finally getting a touch in BHA's box. Then they remembered they're not that fit. 

[obelisk]

Have to be grateful it's only 0-1. These performances are just getting worse.

[OttawaSaint]

2 minutes ago, Mr X said:

I literally would be happy to never see Amy of these players again and have a completely new team for the championship! I think it's what we need 

Amy at gate 7?

[The Kraken]

Just now, OttawaSaint said:

Amy at gate 7?

Turnstile A.

[Saint NL]

2 minutes ago, trousers said:

I'm not inclined to defend ABK for the sake of defending him, but how does a player who "isn't any good" end up anywhere close to selection for Germany, let alone winning two caps?

I think it gets glamourised because it's Germany. If you look at England for example, such great players as Zat Knight, Nicky Shorey and Paul Konchesky have two caps.... It doesn't mean all that much.

[Baird of the land]

Get archer off for onachu

Defence looks like it’s going to leak like a sieve. I remembered Abk being quick & doesn’t seem like that at all anymore.

[gio1saints]

Brighton Comfortably one of the worst away teams at SMS this seasons. Still good enough to score against us of course.
 

Highlight I think is kameldeen skinning his man a few times (=+ £2M-£3M to his fee) and BK getting applauded for, erm, jogging onto the pitch pass g to someone same shirt as him (=+£1m to his fee). 
Expect Brighton to score second half cos they should be 3 up so we will need two to get a draw at least imo. Unlikely. 

[Baird of the land]

4 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Another game with no midfield

They are routinely able to pass the ball from their keeper/defence, through the middle, to a player man marked by a defender.

 

Juric is dreadful 

Think it is more our midfield options are terrible.

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Baird of the land said:

Get archer off for onachu

Defence looks like it’s going to leak like a sieve. I remembered Abk being quick & doesn’t seem like that at all anymore.

Has he even been part of training this season until Juric took over?

[imadirtyurchin]

Dreadful performance so far. Non existent midfield. All at sea in defence and powderpuff up top. Our idea of attacking play is to pass it backwards and then lump it long…. Like I get it but why do it with archer on the pitch who absolutely cannot play this way. And onuachu on the bench 🤷🏼‍♂️ boring shite. 

[OttawaSaint]

A few eyebrow raising scores.

Bournemouth losing at home to Wolves

Fulham losing at home to Palace

Arsenal losing at home to West Ham

Spurs winning...

[gio1saints]

What’s most alarming is the lack of intensity. We are nowhere near Brighton most the time. It’s not intense death metal football, it’s more like morris dancing. 

[Saint Fan CaM]

1 minute ago, Baird of the land said:

Get archer off for onachu

Defence looks like it’s going to leak like a sieve. I remembered Abk being quick & doesn’t seem like that at all anymore.

You’ve got to remember, he’s playing with Aribo as a CB partner. He’s hardly match fit, let alone in the EPL. The mismanagement of the player is a joke. I don’t blame him at all.