John Boy Saint

…….then she lets herself down with that elbow

I have to say I like this Female ref - she is not taking any shit - need a few in the Prem if they are going to stamp out the gamesmanship that gets on many of our tits.

Saints fans were doing just that at Readings Elm Park when we played them in the League Cup 1978. As the second half wore on they were getting higher and higher until they reached the barbed wire. The PA announcer tried in vain to politely ask them to come down, and the Coppers weren't going in to get them down, as back then that would have been asking for trouble.

We are in the equivalent “in old money” (until 1958) Division 3 South - Trying to get into the Championship - then through to the WSL.

I want to know when this Michelin Starred Chef computer game is coming out? 🤪

Djenepo and Redmond both bring similar problems to the rest of the team, both capable with the ball at their feet. But once the ball is at the business end of the pitch others are having to guess where they might pass it and when. Djenepo running into the box like a rubber ball fired out of a cannon into a small room, Redmond head down ball at his feet hoping the bigger boys don’t hurt him: if he isn’t already going back the other way

Would Xisco at Watford still be in a job this morning if their seemingly good goal at Leeds hadn’t been chalked off?

Pharaoh - must have been sweating on not getting on the scoresheet leaving it so late. They certainly are a ruthless bunch

The volume of numpties sat in the middle lane of an empty motorway should answer that question.

Having now seen the Red card - it’s hard to give any defence, black boots with a red sole: studs up through the back - slick pitch doesn’t help. Ah well nothing new - the slice of toast has land butter side up sooner or later, because it’s not as if we are totally crap.

Mike Dean must be knocking one out at that decision - jeez

“Sold as seen”

Obstruction is no longer a foul in football was replaced with impeding, and impeding is only called when the ball is not within playing distance of either player.

Maybe he’s come back to find simulators have actually had their cards marked by the officials here before he’s kicked a ball. How many times have we seen Shane Long absolutely clattered playing for us and refs gone “nothing to see here”. Bale suffered the same in his season before toddling off to Real.

I was too as the taters were looking for offside in the build up but I didn’t see the flag go up - and Wan-Bissaka piled right through the back. I can only think Atkinson, who was the VAR ref for our game yesterday, is obviously still waiting for his cataract operation to come through.

Don’t worry Billy Shite has a reliable source for the VAR transcripts - we should see it in the next couple of days when he submits his post match report 😜

Redmond will likely stay in the squad - rip the Blades to shreds just to top up his first team ticket and frustrate the hell out of all of us until Christmas

Bit on the Beeb this morning - most of it stuff we know already. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58350650

Well if Sky are planting trees for all the carbon dioxide that comes out of the commentators mouths - the amount of Bollocks they spout, that’s the whole south coast up to the M4 resembling a rain forest. Methinks its a damn good wheeze to sell acres of expensive advertising slots to every “green” product producing company in the UK. With the small print of £0.0001 per was given to tree planting properties.

I think the big problem is we have seen what he is capable of in the time he has been with us, trouble is most of real Nathan Redmond is in his past. “The Pep talk” was probably on the money when he said that Redmond tore them apart in the previous season, we get snapshots of what he can do, now almost it’s as if he doesn’t believe in himself that he can do it - The amount of times we have all seen him race up to the box only to be greeted by a couple of bigger boys and you can see the steam coming out of his ears as he says to himself “errr” “what do I do now?”. Saturday that dilly dallying in the box was beyond belief. What was nearly as criminal was one of his runs to nowhere across the pitch outside the box, Mo was stood in a gaping gap between the WH back line pointing to the spot he should have played the ball to for him to be in on, blinkered he just carried on to have a look at the cement mixers over the road. You need decisive play around the box, I would imagine most defences are comfortable with the ball at his feet approaching them and our players. Trying to guess when he is going to play it. Its not good that many of us knock him but when many of us can read him like a book it’s hard to be enthused when his name appears on the team sheet.

@Sheaf Saint Is there a still a big sink hole outside Decathlon? That was a pretty handy spot a few years ago with a pretty tidy get away.

p*mpey dumped out at home by Chichester & Selsey from the same league.

Perrauds pace to get back was also a big help too

Tella should have been on earlier - last few minutes of the 90 West Ham were blowing out of their arses especially at the back, Him and Broja would have not been fun to defend against.

Gave a good bollocking to the referee too for a really crap decision - I like his “I really don’t give a f*** who you are” attitude. Him and Salisu seem to be clicking.