Hawkswood

Everyone has different opinions.......I think its fair play to rest the first 11.

This has been on my mind for quite some time. Im not saying we would have kept all of them, but had the club not been run so ineptly you'd think we'd have kept Lavia, Livremento, Fernandes and Dibling for a bit longer ( Im sure Im forgetting others), and started to build a really exciting squad. Just so painful to watch.

Sadly I didn't get to see any of last nights match so I can only go hy what I heard on here. First of all Id completely rest Stewart. Its abundantly clear that the rest of the season essentially rests on him being avaliable. Id start Larin to give him a run up and build up his minutes. He'll be blowing out his arse by the 60th, so loathed as I am to use him, it might have to Archer to replace him. Or actually okekunle but he looks very raw. Id be tempted to start Jander and Fellows, simply to redeem themselves. Id also rest Leo Downes Wellington and Stephens for Matsuki Charles Manning Quarshie in that order. Bragg Romeu Jelert Edozie Robinson could come on.

I missed the whole lot. Crushing

Cant believe i didn't get to watch that. Gutted

Well I think thats the season done. Night night everyone

Personally for me I would never mess with a back four that are keeping clean sheets, unless of course there is an injury. Leave those sort of changes for the cup game.

Definitely agree with this. Not sure if you noticed how many times he cut in on his first man, which is fair enough, and Stewart, nearly every time, made a smart little run inbetween the cb and full back and not once did he recieve the pass. Instead, as you mentioned, he just ran ran and ran and ended up killing our .momentum.

Was just about to quote someone else about this. Wellington in particular has been as solid as I think you can get in a left back at this level. Really impressed with him. Probs my MoM last two matches.

Adding that to my vocab

Look, it wasn't great but Watford were much better than I think we all gave them credit for. Very well organised. But its sometimes good to get those wins, toughing it out. Wellington once again solid and I thought Tonda made the correct subs at the correct time.

Correct subs i think

The fact that they've screenshot some of the insults on here and even their fans find it funny is brilliant

He kinda walked into that one 😀

Oddly, Im starting to warm to Downes ( the player). Never thought Id feel or say that. Isn't the world full of surprises!! So we go to a back four and look far more solid. If only a few more people on saintsweb would've spotted that. Solid performance and players looking like they give a shit. Wellington my MoM today. One little mistake towards the end but I thought he looked solid throughout. Most of the back 5 decent plus Downes and Jander looked good.

Was that meant to say doing alright ?

Was thinking/ hoping the same

Agreed with the first point. Not the second though. I thought he did well. 🤷‍♂️

I take it youre trying to pick an argument with that second sentence

Agreed with all the points in bold. I thought we looked solid today and were only going to concede from a set piece. The fact that it was a shite goal didn't surprise me. What did pleasantly surprise me was Downes putting himself about today. Actually looked like he gave a shit. Big fan of the keeper. I thought we were the better side and honestly didn't thing we did too much wrong. Of course it wasn't perfect but there was a lot I liked today. We deserved the win I thought.

4 players jumped for the ball ( which was travelling at pace) in front of him

4 players jumped in front of him. Probably unsighted

Bit harsh to blame anyone for that I think. One of those thjngs from a set piece

Thats the thing. I always remember Scholes talking about Alex ferguson when it came to a cup game. He always said, match them for effort no matter who it is. As long as you do that your superior ability will eventually wear them down. Or words to that effect. Just hope it happens today.