Saints v Chelsea Semi Final Match Thread

There are a mixture of honest hard working players lacking ability and a bunch of players with ability who just don’t want to be there. Would take Lemina off for JWP, total passenger so far.

We are clearly very scared of Hazard, Giroud etc. Playing a waiting game. We need to take our chance if we get one.

This is pitiful. Even when we make any progress forward, we seem to have no idea whatsoever what to do next. Then play ourselves into trouble and put ourselves back under pressure. Once chelsea get their first I can see this being a rout.

1 win in 20. It shows. But we're hanging on so far!

Awful from Lemina. We finally had an extra man and he gave it straight away.

Commentators have noticed that the Saints fans are getting frustrated with Lemina.

Yoshi gets a yellow.

Commentators have noticed that the Saints fans are getting frustrated with Lemina.

 

Yoshi gets a yellow.

Not hard to see why. He isn’t trying. What a turd.

Boufal had a ruck with Mark Hughes about being left out the first team Thursday so Hughes left him at home . Obviously continuing.

Ah. Well, there's not enough time left in the season for divas & tantrums & I get the impression Hughes has no patience for that kind of behaviour anyway, so no surprise really.

Looks like a forwards vs defence training exercise.

Bednerek had come to play. Impressed with his attitude.

Looked a little better at the end of the half

Bednerek had come to play. Impressed with his attitude.

Yep, a far cry from wasters like Lemina who don’t want to be there. Well played Jan.

Ah. Well, there's not enough time left in the season for divas & tantrums & I get the impression Hughes has no patience for that kind of behaviour anyway, so no surprise really.

Not the sharpest tool that Boufal. He believes the hype surrounding him. He's done about 4 decent things in 2 years.

Mario Lemina doesn’t give a toss. Get him off and put JWP on.

Mario Lemina doesn’t give a toss. Get him off and put JWP on.

Agreed. Disgrace.

To be honest I can’t wait for the inevitable drop down to the championship and to get rid of all these self-serving mercenaries

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Mario Lemina doesn’t give a toss. Get him off and put JWP on.

He started off so promisingly this season.

i thought this formation might suit pre game, problem is we need to get the wingbacks forward to provide the width then should be plenty of options

Been watching Lemina closely for the last 15 minutes, he was just strolling around! A chance to impress and maybe get into a final and he is showing that he cannot give a toss.

Mario Lemina doesn’t give a toss. Get him off and put JWP on.

Liverpool are going to sign him in the summer you know.

He started off so promisingly this season.

It was obvious from the Spurs away game on Boxing Day that he thought he was too good for us and he’s been a disgrace since then. Two woeful performances against Newcastle and WHU which have really hurt us and he gets a recall in a glamour semi final. Poor decision really, just rewards chronic underperformance and lack of effort.

An absolute crime that JWP hasn’t been rewarded for being one of our best players this year with a start whilst Lemina gets in. Get rid ASAP, preferably to someone less “glamorous” than Liverpool.

Interesting that it's always the toy throwers who then when selected don't do anything to justify the tantrums.

Expect to see more of an attacking player come on for Lemina, like Tadic or Redmond

Waaaaaay too deep.

Still in it though. Can't blame Long & Austin, had no service.

Defended pretty well to be fair

Dire going forward, seem too scared to do anything with it

Lemina has to be of some creative spark or may as well get off

Bednarek looks decent again.

You can tell we are going down, pretty clearly

0-0 HT.

Sparky's come for a point. It's absolutely desperate - I feel sorry for the fans who've shelled out to watch a team trying to not lose too heavily in a semi final.

Chelsea have been under so little pressure they haven't conceded a single foul.

It's only a matter of time before they score, and then it's over. Which will come first, a Chelsea goal or a Southampton touch in the opposition box?

Chelsea's keeper is top banana in penalty shootouts anyway, so it's not like a draw is great outcome for us at any rate.

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Lots of criticism happening online for that. Must say I'm surprised there are so many empty seats. Ticket prices? Protest? Expecting defeat? Cba?

Or do we not have that many fans?

We’ve definitely got the fans, lets not forget the 50k or so we took there’s for the JPT. Theres just a general apathy around the place following results of the past 18 months or so, as well as the disappointment in the way the club is being run.

The fact that the FA wanted £80 a ticket for those front blocks didn’t help matters either.

Bednarek seems to be settling into the position

This is gonna end in a Chelsea win. We've been ****e.

Why oh why dobee give them so much space? And then when we have the ball we slow it right down. The only way we can beat them is if we do the exact reverse. But we never ever do. Appalling.

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The ultra defensive slow, ponderous and negative play inculcated in the players by the idiot Pellegrino is still there for all to see. We need energy and commitment and I can't see any anywhere. Lemina should actually be shot like a lame horse. At least with s

Sims you get a bit of ballsiness. Not on bench?

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I see a lot of spirit in the side. they're understandably under-confident. Hojbjerg, Yoshida, Bednarek wonderful. wd like to see JWP on. set piece prob our best chance, plus his commitment not to be under-estimated.

Only shot on target is from saints !

Actually thought he would view this as a shop window game and do something but no. Sh ite.

 

Liverpool are going to sign him in the summer you know.

Then he'll start playing. Klopp has already had a Jacuzzi with him in Blackpool obviously

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We’ve definitely got the fans, lets not forget the 50k or so we took there’s for the JPT. Theres just a general apathy around the place following results of the past 18 months or so, as well as the disappointment in the way the club is being run.

 

The fact that the FA wanted £80 a ticket for those front blocks didn’t help matters either.

£80??!

Not exactly family-friendly prices. Cup games are normally family fare, so no wonder they're empty - that'd be nearly a £350 day out for family of 4.

30 seconds. All over 1 nil

Well that is not a good start to the half.

Wakey wakey.

Lol time to make changes

Absolutely pathetic. Please erase this horrible Saints team from my memory. Just dross.

That was awful defending

.....and there we go.

Umm, handball from Hazard??

Crap defending, but...

Team still asleep.

What’s the point in this team? Worse than 2008-09.

What a goal. The ****.

Game over.

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These players have been an utter embarrassment this season

Handball Hazard in the build up. Ffs ref.

Lol time to make changes

To those who run the club hopefully.