Saints 1-4 Newcastle - Match Thread

[OttawaSaint]

Adam Armstrong must have about the softest shot I've ever seen in an EPL player, I can hit it harder.

[AlexLaw76]

what is infuriating, is when we have the ball wide left/right in line with their penalty box, and we just rotate possession across their back line/. rarely do we get in behind, get crosses in from the by-line

Ralph is f-ing appalling

[obelisk]

Saints just have no idea at all in the attacking third. Slow. No penetration. When chances do arrive there's no composure.

Unless that changes relegation will be the result.

[Saint_clark]

Ralph has to go before the world cup, we only have two players going to the tournament at most (unlikely to even be that many), get a new man in to work with them while it's on and come back fitter with new ideas for the second half of the season.

[Suhari]

Fabulous goal Perraud.

[obelisk]

Goal! Perraud shows 'em how to do it.

[Saint_clark]

Of course. I've got trippier and pope in my dream team so of course Saints would not only lose heavily but cost me a clean sheet bonus as well. 

[OttawaSaint]

Whoop de doo, a goal. 

Perraud is a better forward than all our "forwards".

[DT]

Perraud’s spirit is a positive in a shower of shit negatives

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

Of course. I've got trippier and pope in my dream team so of course Saints would not only lose heavily but cost me a clean sheet bonus as well. 

Trippier went off after 60 so you still get his. 

[obelisk]

Oh FFS!

[Saint_clark]

4 shots on target, 4 goals for Newcastle. 

Why doesn't Bazunu just go and sit in the stand for fuck sake.

[USaint]

Hahahahahaha we are shit

[Suhari]

Fucking twathandles.

[OttawaSaint]

Ohjh God...ffs!

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Eight defeats in 14 this season. Pathetic

[AlexLaw76]

Does Bazunu actually save shots?

[DT]

Just shockingly bad. Oh but on another day etc. face it. We are shit. 

[Baird of the land]

JWP just awful there. Nice finish by Guimares though

[gallaghert366@yahoo.com]

36 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said:

Have we had penalty yet this season. I don't remember any in the EPL.

You have to be fouled in the opponent's penalty area for a penalty.                                                                                                        Our lot need a road map to find it!

[obelisk]

Stick Perraud up front .... oh, maybe not.

[Saint_clark]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

Does Bazunu actually save shots?

If they're directly at him yes, but he tries to palm it back to an opposition player even then.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Forum as flaky as the management of our club. Ralph out but I’m so despondent I actually don’t give shit anymore.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

4 shots on target, 4 goals for Newcastle. 

Why doesn't Bazunu just go and sit in the stand for fuck sake.

Never thought I would say this, but maybe McCarthy comes back in now?

[DT]

Need to appoint a manager for getting out of the championship now. 

[Ralph Fastenbüttl]

What are SR waiting for at this point? Who is left who thinks the time has not come to try something new? Saints have become extraordinarily tedious. Please can we just call time on the Ralph era and look ahead to something different?

[Micky]

Some of those haven't stopped playing for the manager, they've stopped playing for the club. That was fucking atrocious. 

[charliemiller]

Ralph was laughing when the third went in 

It's not fffing funny 

Go please go now enough

[Saint_clark]

2 minutes ago, DT said:

Need to appoint a manager for getting out of the championship now. 

Adkins?

[DT]

Elynoussi’s miss in the first half. Cue’s appalling volley. Quality matters. Especially at key moments. Oh for a goal scorer. But yet again Edozie was good when he came on I thought. Not that that matters in Ralph’s mind. Just don’t get it. Hope he goes tonight but he won’t. 

[JRM]

Another thoroughly depressing afternoon to add to our collection of depressing afternoons , truly awful 

 

[Wsaint]

2 minutes ago, DT said:

Need to appoint a manager for getting out of the championship now. 

We are shit at the moment but we're only 4 points of 11th, get a grip.

[DT]

Sourness is right to say unless we show fight we’re going down. The fight comes from a belief in your manager and the selections he makes plus the tactics he employs. That’s why we aren’t showing fight. 

[Chez]

3 minutes ago, DT said:

Perraud’s spirit is a positive in a shower of shit negatives

let me counter that with some other observations of his play.

The chance for Willock just before half time was because he didn't track his runner at all. He just stood there and watched it. The sort of defending that gets you relegated.

The third goal, he completely sells himself and is too slow to even make a challenge leaving us massively short. I'd argue he is being lazy there too.

It was a nice goal and I know people seem to like him on here, but he should be criticised along with many others.

[disconnect]

Ralph’s general demeanour recently has been that of someone who knows they’re off with lots of bizarre quotes which obviously aren’t really getting the team going. Got to change it sooner rather than later (and get that promised striker in on 1st Jan)

[Chez]

7 minutes ago, DT said:

Need to appoint a manager for getting out of the championship now. 

shut up you twat

Edited 6 November, 2022 by Chez

[DT]

Sourness is right to say unless we show fight we’re going down. The fight comes from a belief in your manager and the selections he makes plus the tactics he employs. That’s why we aren’t showing fight. 

[obelisk]

Someone said that Saints defence was much improved. Not on that performance. Even so, we witnessed the usual glaring misses in attack so 1-4 it is.

 

[Convict Colony]

fucks sake another atrocious game.

but to go from Ings to Adams as our principle striker in 3 seasons is abysmal, who ever fucked up the striker confirmed as coming after mara signed should never do a transfer for us again.

[Baird of the land]

Apparently the positive of this season was despite playing turgid football we didn't concede many. Cue Newcastle scoring 4 from 4 shots on target.

Overall that was horrid. I have no clue what ralph's plan is each week. We certainly have no identity.

Brief period at the end of the first half and beginning of the 2nd where our lack of any kind of finisher cost us the chance to equalise. Given how easily they scored their 4 it likely wouldn't have made any difference.

No clue what Walcott shows in training(maybe they play table football) because he looks lost on an actual football pitch.

 

I'm utterly fed up of our corner routine. Trot JWp out to swing the ball in. It's so utterly predictable why can't we ocassionally go short. We're not scoring by the let JWP cross it for them to head it clear approach. Equally defensively i hate how we pull everyone back into our own box so evenb if we win the first ball the opposition get a 2nd chance

[stknowle]

We are so shit I can't be bothered to comment. OK fcuk my old boots I just did.  

[Saint NL]

Website performance was as bad as the teams.

 

Bye Ralph. We are shit, can't shoot, can't defend, no midfield and a goalie that doesn't make saves. 

 

Recipe for disaster.

[badgerx16]

I decided that I wanted to watch some competitive sport so watched Tonga v Samoa in the RLWC, literally whilst waiting for paint to dry, and avoided footie streams, the BBC coverage of the PL, and the forum. ( Though I gather the latter has been as flakey as the team this afternoon ).

Were we as bad as the scoreline suggests ? Did Theo contribute anything ?

[S-Clarke]

Weird game all said, if you take the emotion out of it for a second we really weren't 1-4 bad. The chances Adams and Elyounoussi had were as good as, if not better, than any of Newcastle's 4 shots.

Adams chance at 0-1 was huge, that moment on the belief just evaporated and it was 0-2 shortly after. Defensibly for all goals it was a shambles, we lost our discipline and pushed up higher which left gaps and runners all over the place. A really half arsed defensive effort to close down and get tight as well, which is totally at odds with everything we are supposedly known for.

Two major problems in this team - A goalkeeper who can't seem to save any shots, and an attack who can't score goals. When your left back is the leading player for shots on target then you have a major, major problem.

The whole place certainly feels stale, so a change of manager is about to happen of that there is no doubt. But I really don't think anyone else is going to get goals from that horrific bunch of 'strikers' we have.

[Disco Stu]

That went better than expected.

[Convict Colony]

1 hour ago, OttawaSaint said:

Adam Armstrong must be the softest shit I've ever seen in an EPL player

fixed it for you

[Lighthouse]

1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Does Bazunu actually save shots?

Yesterday he was a decent PL keeper who will be ripped away from us when we get relegated. Make your mind up.

[saintant]

29 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Weird game all said, if you take the emotion out of it for a second we really weren't 1-4 bad. The chances Adams and Elyounoussi had were as good as, if not better, than any of Newcastle's 4 shots.

Adams chance at 0-1 was huge, that moment on the belief just evaporated and it was 0-2 shortly after. Defensibly for all goals it was a shambles, we lost our discipline and pushed up higher which left gaps and runners all over the place. A really half arsed defensive effort to close down and get tight as well, which is totally at odds with everything we are supposedly known for.

Two major problems in this team - A goalkeeper who can't seem to save any shots, and an attack who can't score goals. When your left back is the leading player for shots on target then you have a major, major problem.

The whole place certainly feels stale, so a change of manager is about to happen of that there is no doubt. But I really don't think anyone else is going to get goals from that horrific bunch of 'strikers' we have.

It's far more than just missing chances. We are a team with no purpose, no shape and no identity. We do not look remotely like a well oiled unit where every player knows his role - we look a complete shambles. This is why it is so easy to score against us and why we don't create much.  Ralph should have gone during the summer when his other coaches were shown the door. SR have made a massive error and they may well look back and regret allowing Ralph to carry on.

[Tanlee]

Thought we were great for 9 seconds in the 1st half until mo arrived. 

Fucking bullshit, the answer to who can replace Ralph that some pricks seem to ask.. is any fucker with a coaching badge! 

Fucking soaked wasted £80 again and still not home, fed up with this shit! 

[ButtikonSaint]

Not surprised by the defeat - we're straw-weight up front, slow in midfield and inexperienced in defense.

Have been behind RH since he took over and unsure what another manager could do with that team but there comes a time when a change is needed to try and jolt these players. Has to be now.  

Let's hope for a renewal of ideas and attitude in the winter break and the luckiest of dips in the transfer market - we need it.