West Ham 1-1 Saints- Match Thread

[trousers]

On 18/04/2025 at 09:41, ApprenticeBillionaire said:

It's almost as if we haven't lost 9-0 twice...

What's your point?

[SNSUN]

It's Gameday!

 

Saints will win this or I'll stuff 10 Creme Eggs up my bum.*

*SNSUN reserves the right to withdraw this threat at any time.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

8 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

It's Gameday!

 

Saints will win this or I'll stuff 10 Creme Eggs up my bum.*

*SNSUN reserves the right to withdraw this threat at any time.

Given how long it takes to get an ambulance, I hope you've already phoned. They should arrive in time for the tenth.

[Lighthouse]

35 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

It's Gameday!

 

Saints will win this or I'll stuff 10 Creme Eggs up my bum.*

*SNSUN reserves the right to withdraw this threat at any time.

TBH that would be much more enjoyable than watching a Saints match, so I’ve been told by a friend, who says he sometimes uses anal beads, apparently.

[Wurzel]

1 hour ago, SNSUN said:

It's Gameday!

 

Saints will win this or I'll stuff 10 Creme Eggs up my bum.*

*SNSUN reserves the right to withdraw this threat at any time.

Keep the wrappers on so they won't go to waste afterwards

[Gloucester Saint]

1 hour ago, SNSUN said:

It's Gameday!

 

Saints will win this or I'll stuff 10 Creme Eggs up my bum.*

*SNSUN reserves the right to withdraw this threat at any time.

Could be dangerous/messy for Mrs SNSUN if you fart afterwards. 

[Whitey Grandad]

2 hours ago, SNSUN said:

It's Gameday!

 

Saints will win this or I'll stuff 10 Creme Eggs up my bum.*

*SNSUN reserves the right to withdraw this threat at any time.

If you don’t have any Crème Eggs just stuff ordinary eggs up there. When they eventually come out nobody will know the difference.

[obelisk]

[CB Fry]

Probably our best 11. We will still lose.

 

[RedArmy]

Back 5 again 

[It's There]

Agreed

[Wade Garrett]

How the fuck are we going to win with 5 at the back.  4 if you discount Manning who defends like a cheap whore on Christmas Eve.

Fucking hell, Rusk and Lallana have bollocks the size of garden fucking peas.  Another 3-0 beckons.

[tdmickey3]

0 - 3

[SaintBanks]

Zero optimism despite these being terrible. 

[Saint NL]

Five at the back, loads of goals on the bench waiting to come on. 

Roll on August.

[vectraman]

Away from home, 5 at the back, keep it tight until second half makes sense. Frustrate the hammers fans, go to 4 at the back and throw Archer/Dibling up front. Then hope for the best…?!

Unexpected 1:1 draw today 🤞

[Baird of the land]

Just got to hope we don't bring any of the bench players on

[davefizzy14]

Pleased that both Downes and Onuachu are starting. COYR 😊

[gio1saints]

5 minutes ago, vectraman said:

Away from home, 5 at the back, keep it tight until second half makes sense. Frustrate the hammers fans, go to 4 at the back and throw Archer/Dibling up front. Then hope for the best…?!

Unexpected 1:1 draw today 🤞

I hope we get that draw-or better - but think that is pretty much the best we can hope for. West Ham under Potter will be DESPERATE for a big win and we could be the team to give it them. 
 

Our management clearly are not just chucking the kids on and going full on attack so it looks like keep it tight game ( yeah like we’ve not been able to do all season bar a match or a half or two..) has to be the limit of our optimism - to be all square going into the last third or so and hope to snatch a winner. 
Big up to all Saints fans going, keep the volume and humour up! 😁😇

[ButtikonSaint]

Do we celebrate if JWP gets the record?
I mean he might as well do it when we're in the stands.

[Saint Billy]

3 hours ago, SNSUN said:

It's Gameday!

 

Saints will win this or I'll stuff 10 Creme Eggs up my bum.*

*SNSUN reserves the right to withdraw this threat at any time.

I think you should upgrade to  Toblerones to add a bit more discomfort to the proceedings.

[StrangelyBrown]

3 at the back again... Because that works so well 🤯

[Baird of the land]

13 minutes ago, StrangelyBrown said:

3 at the back again... Because that works so well 🤯

Things have hardly turned out well when we've tried 4 at the back

[steve green]

43 minutes ago, obelisk said:

 

I've reached the stage where whoever's the gurning "player" they put by the team list I immediatly want to smack them in the gob with a wet fish.

 

The magic of matchday.

[StrangelyBrown]

4 minutes ago, Baird of the land said:

Things have hardly turned out well when we've tried 4 at the back

They've not been any worse with 4 at the back and arguably we've looked marginally less shit at the back with a back 4.

[Saint_clark]

36 minutes ago, Baird of the land said:

Just got to hope we don't bring any of the bench players on

Whilst simultaneously hoping the players starting don't stay on for the entire 90...paradoxical. 

[Wade Garrett]

43 minutes ago, vectraman said:

Away from home, 5 at the back, keep it tight until second half makes sense. Frustrate the hammers fans, go to 4 at the back and throw Archer/Dibling up front. Then hope for the best…?!

Unexpected 1:1 draw today 🤞

Stay on the back foot inviting West Ham to bombard us.  Fucking game will probably be over at half-time.

[Micky]

It's one of those isn't it. Should be going into it thinking we could actually get 3 points, but it quickly dawns on you just how awful we've been.  If they score first I think it'll pretty much be game over.  Another loss incoming unfortunately. 

[Barton Saint]

Wellington not better/quicker/stronger than Manning? Would rather he played the left side of a midfield 3 and exclude JS defending nowhere in particular 

[Saint_clark]

4 minutes ago, Barton Saint said:

Wellington not better/quicker/stronger than Manning? Would rather he played the left side of a midfield 3 and exclude JS defending nowhere in particular 

Yeah I would like to see Wood instead of Stephens and Wellington at left wing back, but hey ho. 

[Saint_clark]

Someone posted a link last game to a website that always has streams and said to bookmark it. 

I did not bookmark it. 

Anyone know the website i'm referring to?

 

EDIT: nevermind, found it pretty sharpish on the Villa thread. 

http://www.fawanews.com/

Edited 2 hours ago by Saint_clark

[Viking Saint]

2 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Someone posted a link last game to a website that always has streams and said to bookmark it. 

I did not bookmark it. 

Anyone know the website i'm referring to?

www.fawanews.com is pretty reliable

[Holmes_and_Watson]

23 minutes ago, steve green said:

 

I've reached the stage where whoever's the gurning "player" they put by the team list I immediatly want to smack them in the gob with a wet fish.

 

The magic of matchday.

If only this was the meet the players day...

 

[Saint_clark]

Absolutely buzzing, COME ON SAINTS!!!!!!!111111

 

Don't think i've ever been less up for football than right now. 

[OttawaSaint]

Fulkrug absolutely nailed on to score today.

I've run of whelms to describe the Saints starting XI.

[OttawaSaint]

JWP will also score. Prob a free kick...did he ever tie or get the EPL record?

 

Edit: they just said he hasn't. Hmmm.

Edited 2 hours ago by OttawaSaint

[Saint_clark]

3 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Absolutely buzzing, COME ON SAINTS!!!!!!!111111

 

Don't think i've ever been less up for football than right now. 

Having said this, I went away with Dorchester to Frome Town yesterday and watched Brett Pitman win the game for the Magpies in the last few minutes, amazing scenes with the away fans, around 250 of us went up. Been great watching honest attacking football that isn't about the money with a proper community feel to the days out. 

[miserableoldgit]

Is the game happening? 10 mins in and no comments?

[HarvSFC]

Our players just don't engage with the opposition. Everything West Ham do is unchallenged, not trying to force any errors from them

[coalman]

We've lasted 10 minutes without conceding. Today could be the day we catch up with Derby.

[tdmickey3]

Just now, HarvSFC said:

Our players just don't engage with the opposition. Everything West Ham do is unchallenged, not trying to force any errors from them

Pathetic 

[tdmickey3]

No intent whatsoever 

hope for a nil nil..awful attitude 

[Barton Saint]

What is the point of ‘playing’ like this not even competing?

 It’s ridiculous handing the opponent the initiative immediately 

[tdmickey3]

Just now, Barton Saint said:

What is the point of ‘playing’ like this not even competing?

 It’s ridiculous handing the opponent the initiative immediately 

Obviously want the most terrible PL ever”accolade”

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, Barton Saint said:

What is the point of ‘playing’ like this not even competing?

 It’s ridiculous handing the opponent the initiative immediately 

And the we put in the 3 donkeys at the back to really put the fear into WHam.

[OttawaSaint]

Sulemana held back there?

Forget it, Twatwell on VAR.

Edited 2 hours ago by OttawaSaint

[Saint_clark]

Just now, OttawaSaint said:

Sulemana held back there?

Looked that way to me. 

[SNSUN]

7 minutes ago, miserableoldgit said:

Is the game happening? 10 mins in and no comments?

I've been busy shopping for Creme Eggs.

I got home and the wife has bought me this one. Might be a challenge...

[OttawaSaint]

Easy chance missed by Sulemana. Offside anyway.

[Saint NL]

Sulemana is offside, fast as hell and still can't get a shot in before the defender gets back