Stoke vs Saints Thread

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GET IN FORSTER

fook me a save!

Yesssss FF saves!

Penalty? For that? Really?? Hmm. Come on FF...

... YYAAAASSSSS, good save!

**** off Van Dijk you ****.

calm down deary

Good save by Forster. VVD having a total made of a game. I'd take him off.

VVD gave the pen away, tugging Berahino. GREAT SAVE FF!!!

Well done FF. Got VvD out of prison.

Bloody hell well done Forster but **** me we sound ****. Just can't see us scoring.

Almost as good as a goal that

Right now let’s ****ing build on that and win this. We have to throw caution to the wind now.

Game over - we really are s***e. IF Pellegrini is a step up from CLaude Puel I'm a f*****g CHinaman.

The guy is clueless - we are much worse than last year and are truly awful. Make no mistake we are in a relegation battle this year.

WTF have Tadic and Redmond got to do to be dropped? Or Davis?

Birtles has it spot on ..... we are so easy to play against as our midfield is static and whoever plays up front is totally isolated. When we have the ball it is sideways, sideways backwards and about as much cutting edge as a blunt knife.

Why could we have not recruited someone who at least wants to play attacking football rather than this s***e that is being served up

Well done FF but meaningless as we won't score.

if the club doesnt invest in a proven scorer in January then we deserve everything coming to us

Good save by Forster. VVD having a total made of a game. I'd take him off.

What game have you been watching? He was immense until that moment.

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Good save by Forster. VVD having a total made of a game. I'd take him off.

He isnt, he`s made one bad mistake

Almost as good as a goal that

I cheered it like a goal. Scared the cat.

That whole episode was caused by redmond getting the ball beyond 2 Stoke players, turning back between them so he couldn't go forwards, then passing back to our defence.

Idiot! Get him off and bring on an ATTACKING midfielder.

Comm can't remember a Butland save haha. Fool. He made a great save from Long.

Almost as good as a goal that

Goal what's that? Football's all about possession stats isn't it...

Too many passes all over the pitch. We look pretty to watch, but we just aren't clinical. Long has made five decent runs now and we haven't even tried to find him.

Well done FF but meaningless as we won't score.

So better if he let it in then..... some people are weird

Oh dear, If only we had a £50m plus CB in the side we wouldn't have needed Forster to make that save! Strange game, football, with our key player having had a hand in Stoke's first goal as well as conceding the penalty. Onus must be on VVD to score in the second half.

Mope needs to change his obsession with this totally dysfunctional midfield/ forward formation second half or leave

Another backline that are so comfortable against our goal shy attack.

Redmond off Gabbi on please.

stoke havent been that much better than us overall yet they can score!

Until we change the inept threesome of Davis, Tadic and Redmond we will struggle in every game. They offer nothing going forward and it's been a problem which the club seems reluctant to address.

The usual suspects coming out of the woodwork. All we need is Heisenberg to pop on from whatever golfing trip he’s on

Boufal for Redmond x 1000

Southampton NIL.

Mope needs to change his obsession with this totally dysfunctional midfield/ forward formation second half or leave

Well, leaving would be a bit much at this stage. Change in attitude (or compass) for those players would be a start.

Argh, Redmond! Backwards again, when in a good position to go forwards! Point proven.

What a poor first half. The good news is it's only one goal when it could have been more. MP needs to change tactics now and be more attacking. Bring Gabbi on.

Well we sure look pretty out there with plenty of pace. Too bad all that means nothing if you never shoot. Our only two proven goal scorers are sitting in comfy chairs on the bench. If football was only about pace, then why not just sign Usain Bolt. He'd be great.

Southampton NIL.

get used to those words this season

Until we change the inept threesome of Davis, Tadic and Redmond we will struggle in every game. They offer nothing going forward and it's been a problem which the club seems reluctant to address.

This!

68% possession

6 attempts

1 on target.

Sums us up. Lot of ball, no balls.

get used those words this season

I got used to them last season.

We ballsed up massively not signing any attackers in the summer.

we could play unil next sat and not score

seriously how stupid do you have to be to see these players in this formation is about as threatening as my nan

same thing week in, week out

try something different ffs, 3-5-2 or 4-4-2 or anything ...

So better if he let it in then..... some people are weird

You realise that saying its meaningless (i.e. likely won't affect the result as we won't score) isn't the same as saying he'd have preferred he let it in right? Some people need to learn to read posts before dishing out the insults.

Oh dear, If only we had a £50m plus CB in the side we wouldn't have needed Forster to make that save! Strange game, football, with our key player having had a hand in Stoke's first goal as well as conceding the penalty. Onus must be on VVD to score in the second half.

Game over - we really are s***e. IF Pellegrini is a step up from CLaude Puel I'm a f*****g CHinaman.

 

The guy is clueless - we are much worse than last year and are truly awful. Make no mistake we are in a relegation battle this year.

 

WTF have Tadic and Redmond got to do to be dropped? Or Davis?

 

Birtles has it spot on ..... we are so easy to play against as our midfield is static and whoever plays up front is totally isolated. When we have the ball it is sideways, sideways backwards and about as much cutting edge as a blunt knife.

 

Why could we have not recruited someone who at least wants to play attacking football rather than this s***e that is being served up

Hard to disagree. The persistence with Redmond and Tadic is driving me ****ing mad. I'm actually beginning to detest the pair of them. Just move Long into Redmond's role and bring on Gabbi.

we could play unil next sat and not score

 

seriously how stupid do you have to be to see these players in this formation is about as threatening as my nan

 

same thing week in, week out

 

try something different ffs, 3-5-2 or 4-4-2 or anything ...

I just don't understand the manager's decision making. Gabbiadini - scores in our first three games = dropped. Long - hasn't scored in 18 games = keeps his place. Redmond - consistently crap = automatic starter, Boufal - crap in a game where the whole team were crap = instantly dropped.

Change or go for me, this guy is Puel MKII.

You realise that saying its meaningless (i.e. likely won't affect the result as we won't score) isn't the same as saying he'd have preferred he let it in right? Some people need to learn to read posts before dishing out the insults.

And you need to understand the meaning of "insults" before attempting to be "clever"

That was awful. Pellegrino should hang his head in shame - his tactics are baffling and we have regressed from last season big time.

I could not fathom why Puel was fired - and MP seems to be quite a big step DOWN from Puel.

Why fire one defensive, well organized manager for a defensive, shambolic tactics manager? Makes no sense........and I wish Tadic had f****d off in the summer. Toothless tiger.

This conservative approach to every game is beyond annoying. Give it a bloody go for gods sake and play 2 up top - we are not going to score in a month of SUndays with the current setup. And you don't need to be a highly paid manager to see that.

I am starting to think we have made a very, very bad hire in the summer.

But at least his press conferences are entertaining.

Could be worse I suppose. Palace now 6.5 games without a goal.

Hard to disagree. The persistence with Redmond and Tadic is driving me ****ing mad. I'm actually beginning to detest the pair of them. Just move Long into Redmond's role and bring on Gabbi.

This. All day this. I don't particularly like Long either but he's got to be a better option than Redmond.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41379524

And you need to understand the meaning of "insults" before attempting to be "clever"

If calling someone weird isn't an insult then I clearly don't understand the English language and bow to your superior intellect.

Yoshi was at fault for their goal - lost his man who scored. Redmond is a liability - get Gabbi on asap. Long may score one day before he retires, but don't put money on it. Positive - Forster is having a good game. This is looking so much like so many other games - lots of possession - predictable play - no goals - lost game. At the moment can't see us getting anything from this one.

The manager just can't seem to see the failing system. How Gabiadini can't get on the pitch is beyond me!

We’ve had a couple of half decent chances. Redmond should have done much better with his chance and Long could’ve done better too. I wouldn’t say they’ve been any better than us, with their goal coming from some poor marking.

That said, surry MP will make a half time sub?? Gabbiadini or Boufal could make a difference.