Saints 1-2 Fulham - Match Thread

[goodymatt]

Wouldn’t be a surprise if all of Stewart’s injuries have reduced his pace. He looked pretty quick at Sunderland.

[OttawaSaint]

2 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Stewart is slow as shit 

And physically weak. Frustrating, clean through twice and it looked like he was wearing wooden clogs.

[Saint NL]

The MOTD highlights tonight will mostly feature Jack Stephens at this rate

[Saint NL]

Sulemana needs to win a penalty there

[Disco Stu]

100% a penalty if he goes down.

[obelisk]

Sully too honest

[Viking Saint]

Just now, Disco Stu said:

100% a penalty if he goes down.

Definitely, too honest!!

[Obstacle1]

Wow, Sulemana has zero football intelligence. 

[Saint NL]

Does Willian have a left foot? You can see what's he's going to do every single time 😂

[East Kent Saint]

Stephens scores from a Manning assist , a unique statement this season 😄

[OttawaSaint]

Dont get too excited. Traore on the bench, slathering himself with 3 bottles of baby oil in anticipation of bagging his usual 2G 1A vs us...

[Saint NL]

11 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said:

And physically weak. Frustrating, clean through twice and it looked like he was wearing wooden clogs.

Add "Can't tackle" to the list

[Mr X]

Stewart looks terrible.... Not surprising I guess! 

[Saint86]

Carry on with current intensity and i can only see another loss.

[obelisk]

Another first half clean sheet. A lot of defending required though. 1-0.

[Harry_SFC]

1 minute ago, Saint86 said:

Carry on with current intensity and i can only see another loss.

Could go similar to the Villa game although Fulham have nowhere near as much quality. 1-1 would do me..

[Saint NL]

Half time.

A better performance. Luckily Fulhams strikers have had stinkers so far, the few chances they did create got fluffed.

Stephens is having one of those games where he looks decent, let's hope he can keep it up.

Might be a good game to chuck Archer on at h/t rather than wait until 60 mins and do the usual triple sub. 

[sockeye]

Need to push on for a second. Stewart needs to come off.

[Lighthouse]

Ipswich behind in the East Coast derby, looks like relegation being wrapped up today.

[Harry_SFC]

1 minute ago, sockeye said:

Need to push on for a second. Stewart needs to come off.

I'd be surprised if he comes out for the second half. He's been terrible and understandably doesn't look fit. Could see him needing to drop down to League 1 or something when his contract runs out. 

[captainchris]

24 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

Wouldn’t be a surprise if all of Stewart’s injuries have reduced his pace. He looked pretty quick at Sunderland.

Wow, Ross Stewart is probably the worst player I have ever seen …

Always on his heels, weak, basically terrible player. Get him off! 

[Harry_SFC]

7 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Half time.

A better performance. Luckily Fulhams strikers have had stinkers so far, the few chances they did create got fluffed.

Stephens is having one of those games where he looks decent, let's hope he can keep it up.

Might be a good game to chuck Archer on at h/t rather than wait until 60 mins and do the usual triple sub. 

Archer hasn't been good at all but he's never looked as bad as Stewart just did. 

[HKsaint]

Armstrong or BBD is better than Stewart. 

[Sheaf Saint]

Unchanged at HT.

[OttawaSaint]

Aww fuck here comes Saints killa Traore...

[Saint NL]

Fucking around at the back is back on the menu 🔥🔥🔥

[Saint86]

Only a matter of time...

[OttawaSaint]

Do Saints realize we've switched sides? Running the wrong way. 

[Saint NL]

Lesley looks much improved of late. Sulemana, not so much.

[Sheaf Saint]

Bednarek lucky to avoid a yellow there.

[Challenger]

Did they all get pissed at half time ?

[obelisk]

Saints already taking on the role of plucky Championship side. Defend deep and rely on long balls/set pieces. Maybe should have started the season this way.

[Saint NL]

Ref gave us everything in the first half and nothing in the second 😂

[Saint NL]

Off the post.

We're hanging on a bit

[OttawaSaint]

5 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Lesley looks much improved of late. Sulemana, not so much.

He'd have been better moving to the right and having a shot. Low IQ Sulemana made no effort to change his path to allow a pass towards goal and put him in clear. Sulemana happy to just remain wide with no option. Better running and it's a great chance. He'll  (Sule) never improve.

Edited 7 hours ago by OttawaSaint

[Sheaf Saint]

Stewart handles because he was fouled, but they get the FK 🫤

[Saint NL]

It's not often you can say that I hope Stephens isn't injured, but today is one of them days

[stknowle]

Desperately trying to hang on against a superior team. Only choice we got I guess.

[OttawaSaint]

Stewart is so weak. Is he 8 stone or something?

[Saint NL]

So unlucky KWP

[OttawaSaint]

Again Sulmana, no incisive run, happy to be out wide with many defenders in front of him. Lazy.

[stknowle]

16 minutes ago, HKsaint said:

Armstrong or BBD is better than Stewart. 

A tad harsh HK my old pal, Stewart’s played about 3 hrs in the last 3 years. Needs a bit of time to get up to speed.

[OttawaSaint]

Just now, Saint NL said:

So unlucky KWP

Stewart should have got to the rebound but is so slow.

[Saint NL]

Downes got away with that one 😂

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, stknowle said:

A tad harsh HK my old pal, Stewart’s played about 3 hrs in the last 3 years. Needs a bit of time to get up to speed.

So walking speed next week and then after that, a slight jog?

Edited 7 hours ago by OttawaSaint

[StrangelyBrown]

Just now, stknowle said:

A tad harsh HK my old pal, Stewart’s played about 3 hrs in the last 3 years. Needs a bit of time to get up to speed.

Seems a sensible strategy to get him a few games to see if we can get him back to some sort of form

[Saint NL]

Archer on for Stewart

[Harry_SFC]

2 minutes ago, StrangelyBrown said:

Seems a sensible strategy to get him a few games to see if we can get him back to some sort of form

I don't think there's much point. He looks a million miles from a Premier League player.

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Harry_SFC said:

I don't think there's much point. He looks a million miles from a Premier League player.

Thankfully for us……. Matters not

[Saint NL]

Archer off the post, good start