vectraman

I think it’s crap if saints are crap, which we are.. I’d defy anybody to call Brentford v Wolves dull as ditchwater, Man City V Fulham also decent ( if Traore could shoot, Fulham could have comfortably won there). Note to Russ Martin - watch how Fulham attack from their own area, quick, players up the pitch, incisive passes created loads v possibly Europe’s best side. It’s the way forward literally, not crab football.

Russ, shouldn’t you be doing last minute team talk and tactics, not spouting off to the Saints forum….?

After Monday night’s game RM was extolling the virtues of Ross Stewart and Joe Aribo, so I’d assume they’ll both be starting. My best guess (who can predict the tombola line up after all?) is: Ramsdale Sugawara ABK Harwood-Bellis Walker-Peters Downes Aribo Dibling Lallana Fernandes Stewart I think if Stephens wasn’t suspended he’d have gone 5 at the back, so unless out of the blue Bella-Kotchap comes in, I can’t see Wood or Edward’s starting instead. You just never know with our Russ though, there is always one curve ball in there…

If we bought 4 quality players rather than 8 squad players it would help. All we did was bloat out the squad with championship standard players. Ramsdale was quality and it clearly shows. Nobody else we bought was proven prem quality. Also shows. Budget team, budget manager. Absolutely no hope of staying up. Leicester and wolves will both beat us.

We look so much better on the front foot going for it. Scrap the tippy tappy happy shit.

Thb nice one.

All those who said Bompey were shit before this started - 🤣🤣🤣🤣 They gave Liverpool problems just didn’t score. Remember these are our easy games. Arsenal will bend us over and destroy us. Crap recruitment - too many squad players, too little quality. Always, always going to show us up. I mean seriously Nathan fucking Wood. Russ’s buddy, of no use whatsoever in the prem. Bloated wank squad. Very little quality. Even Flynn looks crap tonight.

Not as shite as us sadly. Switched off at a free kick and one down. Embarrassing defending from a quick free kick.

Prime example of why it is more risk than reward…. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1009278614218478/?mibextid=WC7FNe Huddersfield beautifully demonstrating why it is dumb, as tippy tappy Bolton gift them a goal.

If - the biggest little word 😉

Wolves playing the Saints game of ever decreasing circles playing out from the back. I really can’t see how the rewards with this system outweigh the risks…. Unless you’re City or Arsenal and have the top players to play the system. Everyone else are copycat losers at it…

Never apparently in the prem! And nobody has ever scored 6 in a game. He’s got 45 mins to be the first! Three of Chelsea’s goals have come from trying to play out from the back. Red alert for RM if we think we will get away with that against them….

His movement is good, with a touch more luck he would have scored two on Saturday. It’ll come for him. He’s a definite upgrade on Che. A little patience required, but I’ve got a feeling he will work out just fine with us.

He was shit, and we should have got far better than Ché. If the question is why didn’t we keep him, then the answer has to be our recruitment is total and utter shite. Che was a busted flush here, and we shouldn’t and didn’t keep him. We just replaced him with crap.

Especially as all the possession crap is meant to wear the opposition down and we pounce when they’re tired. Not working is it? Pointless passing for no gain whatsoever. Don’t get it and never will. Possession is pointless without purpose. Sigh.

Who is with Downes in midfield? We will get over run in there without big Les alongside. No muscle in there at all. oh well fingers crossed for a high possession jammy 1-0 win. As opposed to a high possession no shots on target 1-0 defeat…

We actually have a striker who has never been given a chance in Tall Paul. I’m sure if he’d been on the pitch last 20 mins v Forest he would have created a bit of confusion/chaos in their box. But no, not even on the bench. That to me is madness. Clearly RM doesn’t fancy him as he doesn’t fit the ‘system’ but if the system is we tippy tappy all around the area looking for a perfect through ball, and not crossing it, we are really going to struggle to score goals. I feel sorry for TP - he has scored goals, but never got a proper chance with us. I hope he starts tomorrow night v Cardiff and gets a decent runout.

In his second ever premier league match. He has never played at this level, and he may or may not be good enough. I believe he will be, but this is the problem with learning as you go. Sometimes you learn by being crap. Sometimes by being good. Fingers crossed he comes good. I think he will 🤞🤞

We need tall Paul in the middle. Good crosses no one to get in the end of them ☹️

We’ve been terrible and got away with it. Our turn to have a good second half and sneak a win out of this 🤞

He’s going to have to wait a while to be old enough to play walking football..

My heart: We defend with our lives and get to half time 0-0. SJP is getting anxious they can’t get a goal against us despite dominating. Second half sees a resolute backs to walls defensive masterclass, Lady Luck co on our side. Holding out at 0-0 until we get a rare foray into their half, BBD scores with our only on target shot and we win 1-0. 🤞 My head: We get caught in possession pissing about at the back. Gordon squares to Isak, 1-0 after 8 minutes. We carry on trying to play out. Keep getting caught out and ht it’s 3-0. Second half we try and tighten up but it’s too late. A kind Newcastle score 2 more for a comfy 5-0 win.

So we have signed 12 players (allegedly - I can’t think who they all are) but we will kick the season off with possibly only 2 new starters from last seasons side. BBD and Taylor. Yes, yes I get that we spent £35 million securing THB and Downes, but that means we have spent £22 million on another 10 players… Quantity over quality at its finest. Fingers crossed we get some quality loan signings in, else our shopping in Poundland will only end with one outcome sadly. 🤞 3 quality loan signings who are first team starters change the odds of survival a bit more in our favour…

Whilst I understand what you mean with the team spirit line, it didn’t help Burnley, Sheffield Utd or Luton stay up last season, and they must have also been on a high… I am not sure team spirit alone will stop us conceding 80 odd goals next season.

As a possession based team, what do we do against the really good possession based teams when we don’t have the ball? Eg half the prem teams…