Disco Stu

Come on Saints. Hold on!

We need fresh legs.

I'm not sure whether to celebrate knowing us.

I wonder when we'll make a sub?

haha omg. We're really pathetic.

Lifeline.

How predictable. Slow start to the second half AGAIN.

Let's see how Ralph reacts to these subs.

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Very underwhelming to see Moi and Theo starting. Good to see Forster back though.

Perhaps a bit of both. We do miss Vestergaards height when taking corners but I wouldn't say his corners have been particularly notable. He struggled to beat the first man quite a few times at the start of this season.

Postponed. Disappointing. We actually had a chance of a result with their dwindled team.

Today is the reason why he starts. We struggle for goals and his free-kicks are our get out of jail free card. I also think he's our best midfielder overall (that's a pretty low bar I know) although his corners are very average.

He was fine today but I think some on here have had their bar lowered by some pretty abject goalkeeping performces these last few years. I didn't see anything especially worth noting.

Absolute must win now. Our ongoing record of no wins without S Armstrong continues although I hear Brentford will have an 18 year old in goal playing his first professional game so we need to test him. Despite this, I still have no confidence in this team winning games even when we take the lead.

Despite this we took the lead and it was Jordan Ayew ending his goal drought that caused the equaliser. As I say, there has been no tactical deviation so therefore, the same problems persist. Lack of quality can be alleviated with a good game strategy. We don't have to drop leads almost every week. Teams with squads of similar quality don't hold our unwanted records.

Because they are well managed. Over the course of a year, the repeating offences should have been alleviated with tactical deviation. There has been no/minimal deviation so the problems persist.

We lack quality but I dont believe we have the worst squad in the league. We can't keep using lack of quality as an excuse against teams like Norwich, Brighton, Palace, Newcastle... they don't have the embarrassing records we sadly now hold. It isn't just the teams quality. Not at all. I doubt our strategy. If we lack the quality to play the system, don't play the system.

But we do take leads regularly. We don't score a lot no but we've gone ahead many times this year but not won the majority of those games. I can accept that some games turn on their head and you lose points. That's bearable in isolation. I shouldn't be able to predict it every week though.

No but something changes tactically and it doesn't work.

That's very telling!

Have we gone two goals clear in a game this season? It always feels like we hold on for dear life after taking leads. Such bad strategy. In isolation, bad day at the office/ unlucky. Over 3 years...???

Leading half time. We didn't win. I hate how predictable it is now. I don't enjoy watching us play anymore. I just knew we wouldn't be able to play a good second half and once again our opponents get the last laugh. I wish I wouldn't feel so angry after every game but this team let's us down every week after positive first halves. We are lucky we got two sucker-punch goals. Nothing to do with our strategy today.

I'm so fed up with this teams inability to hold a lead. Once again, we give our opposition the initiative immediately in the second half. It's like a switch. WTF does Ralph tell them to do?!

Are we though? We just lump it forward after each palace attack.