Liverpool 3-1 Saints - Match Thread

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Sule brace for a sneaky point.

[austsaint]

8 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Sule brace for a sneaky point.

He’s done it before!

[Gloucester Saint]

11 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Sule brace for a sneaky point.

The only brace he’ll get at Anfield is on his teeth.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Thank me later… 🤣

[Pamplemousse]

In hindsight, spending £100 plus on tickets plus travel for this game was a mistake.

[SaintsBarry74]

The great escape begins at Anfield!

[S-Clarke]

12 minutes ago, SaintsBarry74 said:

The great escape begins at Anfield!

If we win our last 11 games we can get to 42 points, so we can still do it!

[SNSUN]

1 hour ago, S-Clarke said:

If we win our last 11 games we can get to 42 points, so we can still do it!

35 will be enough to survive this year I reckon. So we can afford to lose 2 of our last 11 and win the others! Simples.  😉

[CB Fry]

49 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

35 will be enough to survive this year I reckon. So we can afford to lose 2 of our last 11 and win the others! Simples.  😉

Can't imagine it will be even that high.

[Turkish]

absolutely buzzing for this great game of soccerball in match week 28!! A true honour to play in this magnificent stadium with such history. When they sing "you'll never walk alone" it'll send shivers down our spine. Be wonderful to see the great club march toward another English title. Going to be tough to get a tie here with their strong roster but maybe we can keep the glovesman busy with a couple of shots on target and not let their offense score too many.  Lets go Southampton Saints!!

[Lighthouse]

2 hours ago, SNSUN said:

35 will be enough to survive this year I reckon. So we can afford to lose 2 of our last 11 and win the others! Simples.  😉

I said on another thread; I honestly think our points total of 25 from two years ago might be enough to stay up this year. It'll be tight but Leicester or Ipswich need 9 points from 11 games and at the moment they both look incapable of that kind of form.

[The Kraken]

11 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

I said on another thread; I honestly think our points total of 25 from two years ago might be enough to stay up this year. It'll be tight but Leicester or Ipswich need 9 points from 11 games and at the moment they both look incapable of that kind of form.

This doesn’t make sense.

If we manage to stumble our way to 25 points this season we’ll surely go down as Wolves already have 22 points, and they’re in 17th position. To avoid going down we’d need to score more points than Wolves finish on. Which I’m fairly confident won’t be 25 points.

[Lighthouse]

6 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

This doesn’t make sense.

If we manage to stumble our way to 25 points this season we’ll surely go down as Wolves already have 22 points, and they’re in 17th position. To avoid going down we’d need to score more points than Wolves finish on. Which I’m fairly confident won’t be 25 points.

I didn't mean we would need 25 points to stay up, I mean that will be somewhere around the cutoff this year as the team in 18th may well have fewer.

[Turkish]

2 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

I didn't mean we would need 25 points to stay up, I mean that will be somewhere around the cutoff this year as the team in 18th may well have fewer.

But we’d need to finish 17th not 18th. 18th still gets you relegated. Wolves have 22 so have got 11 games to get 3 points. So 25 ain’t going to be keeping anyone up as everyone above wolves is on more than that already 

[Saint Fan CaM]

All this talk of 25 points is laughable. Just remind me - how many points have we accrued so far? How many goals have scored in the last 11 games? This squad is incapable of taking more than another point for the remainder of the campaign - I’ve seen nothing performance wise this season to persuade me to think otherwise.

[sledger]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

But we’d need to finish 17th not 18th. 18th still gets you relegated. Wolves have 22 so have got 11 games to get 3 points. So 25 ain’t going to be keeping anyone up as everyone above wolves is on more than that already 

maybe 18th if the unthinkable happens and man city get thrown out the league

[Turkish]

6 hours ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

All this talk of 25 points is laughable. Just remind me - how many points have we accrued so far? How many goals have scored in the last 11 games? This squad is incapable of taking more than another point for the remainder of the campaign - I’ve seen nothing performance wise this season to persuade me to think otherwise.

Not a single person has said we will get to 25 points, read the thread 🙄

[Lighthouse]

A team which is not Saints, Ipswich or Leicester, such as Wolves, could hypothetically stay up on 25 points this season. In other words our dreadful team from two years ago might actually turn out to be better than all three of the promoted clubs in this years PL. HTH.

[IFHP]

17 hours ago, Pamplemousse said:

In hindsight, spending £100 plus on tickets plus travel for this game was a mistake.

Spending tickets on most of our games this season is a mistake 

[bpsaint]

8 hours ago, sledger said:

maybe 18th if the unthinkable happens and man city get thrown out the league

Imagine we finish on 10 point to break the Derby record and then Man City get docked 100 points. Bullet dodged 😂

[ApprenticeBillionaire]

21 hours ago, Pamplemousse said:

In hindsight, spending £100 plus on tickets plus travel for this game was a mistake.

And the rest.

Last time me and my mate went to Anfield we spent about £500 quid.

Their fans are tinpot as tinpot gets, only time you hear them is their anthem crickets after that.

They also lob things off the balcony at away fans below. Shithouses.

[Mr X]

9-0 away deafeat incoming 😂

I predict we won't win another game this season, the players have clearly given up and the manager is on a hiding to nothing and hasn't helped himself!

We will finish on 9 points as another embarrassing nail in the coffin.

Sports Republic certainly need to repay fan faith and goodwill in the championship or it could turn nasty 

Special mention to anyone who travels to the scousers we salute you! 

[Micky]

I'd rip your arm off to get away at a 4 nil loss, though we are that bad so I fear it will be much worse. 

[die Mannyschaft]

11 hours ago, Turkish said:

Not a single person has said we will get to 25 points, read the thread 🙄

Everyone knows that's impossible,  even 10 points is now very unlikely let alone 11. 

[Guest]

At least five conceded, probably more.

[Pamplemousse]

13 hours ago, IFHP said:

Spending tickets on most of our games this season is a mistake 

Worth it to guarantee tickets to Fratton Park next season. I've never been before, it will be good character building for my young soul, like my grandparents telling me about the war.

[Galway saint]

I'd take 3-0 and two shots on target with one requiring a decent save from their keeper. it really is that bad ...

[spyinthesky]

I really am amazed that we have sold out our 3,000 allocation for the Liverpool game.

Fair play to all those who travel away to watch under underperforming group of soccerball players

It seems there are only around 1,000 tickets remaining for the Wolves game.

With prices in excess of £40, even a long standing supporter like myself would rather stay at home and miss the disappointment of another home thrashing

[Gloucester Saint]

On 01/03/2025 at 22:58, Pamplemousse said:

Worth it to guarantee tickets to Fratton Park next season. I've never been before, it will be good character building for my young soul, like my grandparents telling me about the war.

Most of their stadium was built before the war so it’ll certainly be retro. The toilets really are out of a museum.

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

37 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Most of their stadium was built before the war so it’ll certainly be retro. The toilets really are out of a museum.

Built on an old farmer’s field, the original Cabbage Patch Dolls. That not a bad nickname for ‘em tbh……

[Gloucester Saint]

38 minutes ago, TheAlehouseBrawlers said:

Built on an old farmer’s field, the original Cabbage Patch Dolls. That not a bad nickname for ‘em tbh……

Or going back 22-23 years https://shop.ty.com/catalog/beanie-babies/?lang=en&srsltid=AfmBOorF7a72Ll5_kNSa7He4QqtD9VSBdujGqy0TfpBzwJIWlhKGk1Y1

[Saint Fan CaM]

On 01/03/2025 at 07:51, Turkish said:

Not a single person has said we will get to 25 points, read the thread 🙄

Feeling a bit touchy? I didn’t accuse anyone of saying we’d get to 25 points - however you were talking about 25 points being enough for safety, which I found mildly amusing under the circumstances we find ourselves in. Read the room. 🙄😘

[CB Fry]

On 01/03/2025 at 09:07, Lighthouse said:

A team which is not Saints, Ipswich or Leicester, such as Wolves, could hypothetically stay up on 25 points this season. In other words our dreadful team from two years ago might actually turn out to be better than all three of the promoted clubs in this years PL. HTH.

Well it's possible that Wolves only get 3 more points but if they do they'll probably be relegated because a collapse that bad would be a huge motivation to Ipswich or Leicester.

No one hypothetically stays up by matching what the 18th place team did.

HTH

 

[SaintBanks]

On 03/03/2025 at 18:03, spyinthesky said:

I really am amazed that we have sold out our 3,000 allocation for the Liverpool game.

Fair play to all those who travel away to watch under underperforming group of soccerball players

It seems there are only around 1,000 tickets remaining for the Wolves game.

With prices in excess of £40, even a long standing supporter like myself would rather stay at home and miss the disappointment of another home thrashing

I applaud anyone that has travelled regularly this season and hope the football hasn’t got in the way of good days out with mates. 

[Football Special]

1 hour ago, SaintBanks said:

I applaud anyone that has travelled regularly this season and hope the football hasn’t got in the way of good days out with mates. 

I dread to think how much has been spent on match tickets and travel going away this season, crazy really 

[Lighthouse]

22 hours ago, CB Fry said:

Well it's possible that Wolves only get 3 more points but if they do they'll probably be relegated because a collapse that bad would be a huge motivation to Ipswich or Leicester.

No one hypothetically stays up by matching what the 18th place team did.

HTH

 

I’d say Ipswich and Leicester have both had enough motivation all season and been pretty useless with it, I’m not seeing how Wolves suddenly becoming hopeless is going to improve either of them.

Never said, implied or even thought the bit in bold but thanks anyway.

[CB Fry]

40 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

 

Never said, implied or even thought the bit in bold but thanks anyway.

Yeah, ok.

On 01/03/2025 at 09:07, Lighthouse said:

A team which is not Saints, Ipswich or Leicester, such as Wolves, could hypothetically stay up on 25 points this season. 

 

[notnowcato]

So we only need 26 points then... cool, doable 🫠

[Football Special]

Hope Juric is watching their game v PSG closely tonight , look for their weaknesses, hopefully a PSG win so Liverpool need to save everything for the 2nd leg next Tuesday 

[East Kent Saint]

32 mins so far Liverpool have no shots unlike PSG

[SaintsBarry74]

12 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said:

32 mins so far Liverpool have no shots unlike PSG

They're shit. Easy job for Juric's lads.

[East Kent Saint]

They managed one shot in the first half but PSG haven't converted any of their many attempts

[kevdoh]

All I keep seeing is articles about our players and their agents already looking for their way out. More fool any club that signs any of them. Besides fernandes I couldn't give a shite about any of the fuckers that want out, the more the better. They are overpaid mercenaries that I would gladly not see put our shirt on ever again. I've never hated a squad of our players so much. Useless, don't give a fuck bunch of cunts. It's past the point of cheering the boys on. It should either be nobody bothers turning up for the games or just 90 mins of telling them what they are. They are an absolute embarrassment 

[kevdoh]

3 hours ago, Football Special said:

Hope Juric is watching their game v PSG closely tonight , look for their weaknesses, hopefully a PSG win so Liverpool need to save everything for the 2nd leg next Tuesday 

With our squad of dossers, we would be better off getting dicked by their first team. Less embarrassing than getting dicked by their youth, because whatever their line up, our little pussies bringing shame on our shirt, are getting dicked 

[East Kent Saint]

2 shots now and a goal ! Football,  you couldn't make it up !

[Football Special]

8 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said:

2 shots now and a goal ! Football,  you couldn't make it up !

Madness, Martin would be proud of those PSG stats 

[Lighthouse]

An interesting fact about Liverpool that few people realise is that Yul Brynner, who famously never wore any aftershave, used to be a huge fan. For anyone who is going to Anfield on Saturday, you might hear them sing, “Yul never wore Cologne!” In tribute to him.

[LeBizzier69]

Saints = Andy Dufresne

Liverpool = The Sisters

Hope the coach has cooled as well as heated seats for the trip home.

[goodymatt]

Looks like everyone is fit at least (excluding James Bree), plus Juric saying he needs to adapt more and it will be important to press well and low block. All of that combined ‘should’ make us a bit harder to score against. Liverpool with have one eye on PSG and League cup final too. We will lose comfortably but I’m hoping we can keep the score down. I’m going to this one, can’t say I’m looking forward to it!

Edited Thursday at 14:03 by goodymatt

[Midfield_General]

12 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

Looks like everyone is fit at least, plus Juric saying he needs to adapt more and it will be important to press well and low block. All of that combined ‘should’ make us a bit harder to score against. 

'Press well with a low block'. It sounds so sensible, obvious even. 

So if he is aware that we need to go back to basics, why does he then set up to do the maddest shit imaginable like playing a 3 man defence with an out-of-position, championship level full-back and an out-of-position midfielder where the centre-backs should be, and then put the nutcase cherry on top of his mental cake by telling these poor confused souls to mark man-to-man?  

This season has got to the point where the only real entertainment comes at 1.45pm when we see how whoever is managing the team has managed to outdo themselves in terms of how barmy they can make the team selection and tactics. So in that respect, I'm almost looking forward to it, if only out of sheer morbid curiosity. 

Edited Thursday at 14:08 by Midfield_General