Spurs 3-1 Saints - Match Thread

[VectisSaint]

14 minutes ago, Tauro said:

Well that brings the curtains down on what has to be the most abjectly, poor season in football history. Nothing short of shambolic from top down (aside from Fernandes).

 

I have no faith that we will come straight back up. We are so much weaker than when we went down 2 years ago and don't trust the charlatans running the club to turn it around in the summer.

Would be a really bad idea to come straight back up. Needs 2 seasons at least to completely rebuild and with players that can compete in the PL. I would be happy with 7th next season.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Just now, VectisSaint said:

Would be a really bad idea to come straight back up. Needs 2 seasons at least to completely rebuild and with players that can compete in the PL. I would be happy with 7th next season.

If we sell our best players and replace them with the same level of dross that we’ve become accustomed to and you’ll be satisfied, although 7th might be pushing it somewhat.

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

If we sell our best players and replace them with the same level of dross that we’ve become accustomed to and you’ll be satisfied, although 7th might be pushing it somewhat.

Can see it now. Saints set to sign striker Luigi Slowman from Lecce. Check stats 98 games and 3 goals, 1 assist...

[hypochondriac]

7 minutes ago, VectisSaint said:

Would be a really bad idea to come straight back up. Needs 2 seasons at least to completely rebuild and with players that can compete in the PL. I would be happy with 7th next season.

Then you're a bloody idiot. How's that working out for Leeds? 

[gammon cheeks]

All over now 

A season of  absolutely embarrassing shit !

[Lighthouse]

7 minutes ago, VectisSaint said:

Would be a really bad idea to come straight back up. Needs 2 seasons at least to completely rebuild and with players that can compete in the PL. I would be happy with 7th next season.

It’s doesn’t work like that, you can’t build a PL team slowly in the Championship. Anyone PL quality will very quickly get poached and you’ll end up back at square one, minus the parachute payments. The goal has always got to be coming straight back up. We just need much, much, much better recruitment next time.

[OttawaSaint]

Are championship teams ever going to be able to compete in the EPL?

Forest stayed up but had to shell out on a whole new squad. Nearly didn't succeed. 

[Lord Duckhunter]

23 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

The only thing more embarrassing that going down this quickly is our fans giving the players a standing ovation at the end. Absolutely ridiculous.

Peak Noddy. 
 

Went down without a fight, the first week in April. None of them want to stay, fucking disgrace and our Nods clap them. 
 

Pretty poor squad, but other poor squads like Luton, Blackpool, Sheffield Utd, fucking put up more of a fight. Going down isn’t a disgrace, going down by Easter with 10 points on the board fucking is. Fucking soft arsed bottlers, standing ovation, my fucking arse….Lets see how many of the cunts want to stay, my monies on a big fat fucking zero. 
 

One thing for sure, I won’t be clapping those wankers next Saturday…..

[CB Fry]

11 minutes ago, VectisSaint said:

Would be a really bad idea to come straight back up. Needs 2 seasons at least to completely rebuild and with players that can compete in the PL. I would be happy with 7th next season.

Jesus fucking wept.

[ApprenticeBillionaire]

12 minutes ago, VectisSaint said:

Would be a really bad idea to come straight back up. Needs 2 seasons at least to completely rebuild and with players that can compete in the PL. I would be happy with 7th next season.

What the hell....

Dear God 

[Saint Fan CaM]

Just now, Lighthouse said:

It’s doesn’t work like that, you can’t build a PL team slowly in the Championship. Anyone PL quality will very quickly get poached and you’ll end up back at square one, minus the parachute payments. The goal has always got to be coming straight back up. We just need much, much, much better recruitment next time.

Exactly.  I’ve been saying for a long time - to achieve sustainable PL promotion from the Championship you need to build a team capable of competing in the PL, with the emphasis on TEAM - not a bunch of fucking misfits with 4 LB’s to every striker.

[Whitey Grandad]

8 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

Peak Noddy. 
 

Went down without a fight, the first week in April. None of them want to stay, fucking disgrace and our Nods clap them. 
 

Pretty poor squad, but other poor squads like Luton, Blackpool, Sheffield Utd, fucking put up more of a fight. Going down isn’t a disgrace, going down by Easter with 10 points on the board fucking is. Fucking soft arsed bottlers, standing ovation, my fucking arse….Lets see how many of the cunts want to stay, my monies on a big fat fucking zero. 
 

One thing for sure, I won’t be clapping those wankers next Saturday…..

You’re not going then? 😉

[Mr X]

I still don't get how are recruitment was as shocking as it was?..... What did they see in players like Stewart who was already injured and BBD, jo aribo, Cameron archer... Playing Stephens or manning with bednarek... The list goes on or was it a case that they left recruitment too late and We were left with the shit noone wanted.... Seems we gambled soo much only saints would spend ten million plus on an already injured player that's made of glass 

[Scoobysaint]

No surprise really. Our two big signings were players we had on loan last season and then we could only manage fourth in the Championship. 
Get rid of Juric, get rid of the dead wood, get a decent manager (Rohl?) and a quality striker. That is what keeps you up. Look at Fulham with Mitrovic, Brentford with Toney, us with SRL. Stay up a season and then you can convince better players to join. 
 

Edited April 6 by Scoobysaint

[Convict Colony]

23 minutes ago, VectisSaint said:

Would be a really bad idea to come straight back up. Needs 2 seasons at least to completely rebuild and with players that can compete in the PL. I would be happy with 7th next season.

[beatlesaint]

Club captain Jack Stephens: "The fans deserve that whoever is here gives absolutely everything.

"I will be giving absolutely everything to get the club back to the Premier League."
 

Oh that’s just fkin great 🤦‍♂️

[Challenger]

45 minutes ago, saintant said:

It's a no brainer, only one player comes out with any credit from this shit show.

And the only one I would really like to see us keep. 

[BarberSaint]

1 minute ago, beatlesaint said:

Club captain Jack Stephens: "The fans deserve that whoever is here gives absolutely everything.

"I will be giving absolutely everything to get the club back to the Premier League."
 

Oh that’s just fkin great 🤦‍♂️

 

Is that his way of saying he's leaving then? As the only way he can help us is to leave/not play.

[stknowle]

2 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said:

Are championship teams ever going to be able to compete in the EPL?

 

I don’t think they are no, FFP or whatever the fuck it’s called now has virtually made it a closed shop. Unless that changes I think a team managing to stay up will be a rarity.

[Mr X]

2 minutes ago, Challenger said:

And the only one I would really like to see us keep. 

Fernandes? 

[Mr X]

Do we have the record of earliest relegation to add to our bow? 

[beatlesaint]

19 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

.Lets see how many of the cunts want to stay, my monies on a big fat fucking zero. 

 

Nope, Captain Jack wants to stay 😔

[saintant]

Complete rebuild needed but, in all honesty, who is going to take the majority of this crap off our hands? The stark reality is that we are stuck with most of them because few will attract interest from other clubs. Fernandes is the stand out but after him who has really performed for us this season? 

[beatlesaint]

Absolutely correct Jo Tessem !

[Wade Garrett]

12 minutes ago, beatlesaint said:

Club captain Jack Stephens: "The fans deserve that whoever is here gives absolutely everything.

"I will be giving absolutely everything to get the club back to the Premier League."
 

Oh that’s just fkin great 🤦‍♂️

Just like you did when you kept getting sent off.  Wanker.

[Vancouver Saint]

What an embarrassing shambles of a season.

Has an announcement been made about the new manager yet? SR have had plenty of time to plan ahead of our predictable relegation.

Juric needs to go today with our without a replacement in mind.

They need to send a signal that things change as of now. My hope is Rohl comes in asap and helps us keep the one or two players we will need to compete for a promotion place in the Championship. Also get the points we need to beat Derby's unwanted record.

This season has been such a cluster-f_ck I suspect people will be referring to 'Doing a Southampton' in a disparaging way for years to come.

[LGTL]

Can’t wait to boo the fuck out of every last one of these useless wankers next week. Any of those saps clapping them today need to have a word with themselves. 

[saintant]

4 minutes ago, Vancouver Saint said:

What an embarrassing shambles of a season.

Has an announcement been made about the new manager yet? SR have had plenty of time to plan ahead of our predictable relegation.

Juric needs to go today with our without a replacement in mind.

They need to send a signal that things change as of now. My hope is Rohl comes in asap and helps us keep the one or two players we will need to compete for a promotion place in the Championship. Also get the points we need to beat Derby's unwanted record.

This season has been such a cluster-f_ck I suspect people will be referring to 'Doing a Southampton' in a disparaging way for years to come.

Now is probably not the time for knee jerk reactions. Let IJ finish the season and give a new man a fresh start with no association to this car crash.

[Lighthouse]

2 minutes ago, LGTL said:

Can’t wait to boo the fuck out of every last one of these useless wankers next week. Any of those saps clapping them today need to have a word with themselves. 

If this team wasn’t trying their hardest, they be losing 10/11-0 every game, not 3-1. We saw in the first half of the home game against Spurs how bad this team is when they down tools. Apart from that 45 minutes I’ve seen very little to suggest they weren’t trying. 3-1 is basically a fair reflection of us versus the rest of this league. Against teams of comparable quality we’re P3 W1 D1 L1 GD 0.

[Saint Billy]

5 minutes ago, Vancouver Saint said:

What an embarrassing shambles of a season.

Has an announcement been made about the new manager yet? SR have had plenty of time to plan ahead of our predictable relegation.

Juric needs to go today with our without a replacement in mind.

They need to send a signal that things change as of now. My hope is Rohl comes in asap and helps us keep the one or two players we will need to compete for a promotion place in the Championship. Also get the points we need to beat Derby's unwanted record.

This season has been such a cluster-f_ck I suspect people will be referring to 'Doing a Southampton' in a disparaging way for years to come.

I see Rohl's name mentioned alot despite the fact that his Sheffield Wednesday side are mid table in the championship. I must be missing something.

[saintant]

Just now, Saint Billy said:

I see Rohl's name mentioned alot despite the fact that his Sheffield Wednesday side are mid table in the championship. I must be missing something.

Unfortunately he's likely to be as good as we can attract.

[Harry_SFC]

2 minutes ago, Saint Billy said:

I see Rohl's name mentioned alot despite the fact that his Sheffield Wednesday side are mid table in the championship. I must be missing something.

To have that Sheffield Wednesday side outside the bottom 4 is an achievement in itself, let alone mid table. 

[Nordic Saint]

7 minutes ago, Saint Billy said:

I see Rohl's name mentioned alot despite the fact that his Sheffield Wednesday side are mid table in the championship. I must be missing something.

You're missing the fact that they're 13th, 31 points off the automatic promotion places and they've got the 3rd worst defensive record in the Championship.

That sort of a managerial profile is highly attractive to Sport Republic.

[Whitey Grandad]

42 minutes ago, Mr X said:

Do we have the record of earliest relegation to add to our bow? 

Not earliest by date but earliest by number of games. 

[Midfield_General]

17 minutes ago, Saint Billy said:

I see Rohl's name mentioned alot despite the fact that his Sheffield Wednesday side are mid table in the championship. I must be missing something.

 

5 minutes ago, Nordic Saint said:

You're missing the fact that they're 13th, 31 points off the automatic promotion places and they've got the 3rd worst defensive record in the Championship.

That sort of a managerial profile is highly attractive to Sport Republic.

Have you seen the circumstances he's working under at Wednesday? He's basically performing miracles. 

[die Mannyschaft]

Oh well if you coach negative football yiu get negative results. Constantly passing back and across own box must have helped ship half our goals in.  can't just hoof ball out or put defenders on person in box, Rush to close down. It's been down to turning players into robots with no creativity.  Unless the coach instructs players to kick ball out and £1,000 fine per back pass I can't see how we are going to get 2 more draws. It's been better going forward but walking football at the back !!

[beatlesaint]

10 minutes ago, Nordic Saint said:

You're missing the fact that they're 13th, 31 points off the automatic promotion places and they've got the 3rd worst defensive record in the Championship.

That sort of a managerial profile is highly attractive to Sport Republic.

And the fact the players weren’t paid last week. The rot started to set in a few months ago, it’s not on Rohl it’s on the owner if you bother to read what’s happening up there.

Edited April 6 by beatlesaint

[Pamplemousse]

We can do better than Rohl - Steve Cooper would be the perfect choice

 

[aintforever]

I would take Cooper, he knows how to get out the Championship and is the sort of personality we would need to turn round the mentality of our bunch of losers.

Edited April 6 by aintforever

[Lee On Solent Saint]

47 minutes ago, Saint Billy said:

I see Rohl's name mentioned alot despite the fact that his Sheffield Wednesday side are mid table in the championship. I must be missing something.

Exactly my thoughts, If Rohl hadn't been here previously everybody would be calling it another what the fuck appointment. 

[Mr X]

32 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Not earliest by date but earliest by number of games. 

Whoop we are a record breaking team then! ..... For the wrong reasons 

[ErwinK1961]

25 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

We can do better than Rohl - Steve Cooper would be the perfect choice

 

This. 

[AlexLaw76]

27 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

We can do better than Rohl - Steve Cooper would be the perfect choice

 

Agree. Although I can't stand 3 at the back, which Cooper likes

[macca155]

I've seen my team relegated 5 times. This one is by far the worst, and totally humiliating.

Four home games left and I'm really struggling to raise the enthusiasm to go. I have never felt that way before.

I wonder if SR realise the damage they have done to the supporter base. They'll have a shock with next year's season ticket sales

The owners have cocked it up big time. Saints were relegated in August due to their incompetence. I suggest they stay off social media and reflect on their errors. It will take them a while.

First job get rid of the 'relegation' stink. That means a clear out of players and staff who can't take us forward.

Having made poor managerial appointments previously, they really need to get it right this time.

Rohl does not excite me one bit.

Cricket season now, Hampshire won so there's that.

[Harry_SFC]

I'm sure most fans would've turned their noses up at Corberan as well, despite him now showing what a great coach he is at Valencia. 

Edited April 6 by Harry_SFC

[Saint NL]

 

We got away with that one. 

How is the red line closer to the goal when he's behind the blue line? Make it make sense.

 

 

Note: wtf is Manning doing?

Edited April 6 by Saint NL

[Whitey Grandad]

1 minute ago, Saint NL said:

 

We got away with that one. 

How is the red line closer to the goal when he's behind the blue line? Make it make sense.

He’s leaning forward.

[imadirtyurchin]

18 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

 

We got away with that one. 

How is the red line closer to the goal when he's behind the blue line? Make it make sense.

 

 

Note: wtf is Manning doing?

Spurs line is red. Saints is blue. That’s why. (Edited: you already realise this - and it’s not the question you asked! DOH)

but The spurs players shoulder is allegedly further forward.  (Make the colour choices make sense though) 

Edited April 6 by imadirtyurchin
I’m an idiot who can’t read

[Oldandtired]

1 hour ago, Saint Billy said:

I see Rohl's name mentioned alot despite the fact that his Sheffield Wednesday side are mid table in the championship. I must be missing something.

Deja vu. Where was he who must but not be named when we appointed him? Oh I remember, Mid table in the championship. 
Noooooo...

[Miltonaggro]

1 hour ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Exactly my thoughts, If Rohl hadn't been here previously everybody would be calling it another what the fuck appointment. 

Good and valid point.