Convict Colony Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 McCarthy near post, it's like an old friend I'd forgotten about 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 McCarthy gets beaten at his nearpost. Standard. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 I can't watch because the forgot password feature on the website isn't working 🤬 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Neil Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Just now, Disco Stu said: I can't watch because the forgot password feature on the website isn't working 🤬 Same but it's also on facebook if that helps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Just now, St. Neil said: Same but it's also on facebook if that helps. Thanks 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 5 minutes ago, Convict Colony said: McCarthy near post, it's like an old friend I'd forgotten about Like an (un)comfy pair of slippers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Stephens looks like he's taken up the role of making all his passes short or late and putting someone else in trouble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sussex_saint Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Lyanco looks awful! Constantly fucking up passes left right and centre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SotonianWill Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Our centre backs are so poor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Nice kit,is that the second or third kit. There is a small mini stadium,shame we couldn't have gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 7 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: I can't watch because the forgot password feature on the website isn't working 🤬 Ah thought that was just me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Just now, Bad Wolf said: Ah thought that was just me! Me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 With all the risky passing at the back I think I'm going to need a defibrillator this season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjurwi Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Lyanco and Bree hasn't impressed so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 12 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: I can't watch because the forgot password feature on the website isn't working 🤬 Me too so I went to FB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceandfriendly Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Us fucking around with it at the back and giving it away in our own penalty area is going to be a feature of this season, isn’t it? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Playing ourselves into trouble again. Is this a smart tactic with our players, we're bad enough at the back when we don't have the ball. Seems odd and unnecessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Tone Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 17 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: I can't watch because the forgot password feature on the website isn't working 🤬 Snap. Thanks for the facebook nudge St Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SotonianWill Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 It’s like a grenade going off when the balls in our penalty area… and that’s with us in possession! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Nothings changed…still no attacking intent. Boring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, SotonianWill said: It’s like a grenade going off when the balls in our penalty area… and that’s with us in possession! Hoping this isn't another one of these situations where we're all seeing how it won't work but the manager just keeps preaching it and then months later we get a JWP style, "it doesn't seem to be working in the Championship" type lament. Early days though. Edited 12 July, 2023 by OttawaSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 A game of one half, we've hardly been over the halfway line. Just as we have a better spell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Ciervo Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Most exciting part of this half was trying to figure out my log in for the Saint's website. Since then, I have been lulled into an intermittent coma broken only by heart murmurs every time Stephens passes the ball. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SotonianWill Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 4 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said: Nothings changed…still no attacking intent. Boring. would help if we played with a striker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 So what is the actual benefit of this high risk passing around in our penalty box? Any tactical experts out there? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Mara isn't very good is he... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Carved open there, should be 2-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild-saint Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 1 minute ago, OttawaSaint said: So what is the actual benefit of this high risk passing around in our penalty box? Any tactical experts out there? entertainment value for season ticket holders i presume 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydenhamssocks Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Commentator reckons we’ve been dominant. And that early pre season poor passing will be ironed out once the players get Russell Martins style. 😂😂. Guess he’s paid to feign positivity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceandfriendly Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Not going to start panicking over a preseason game, but this fannying around at the back (and losing it almost every time) is something of a concern. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 2-0 great goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 2-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Jeepers, Bree and McCarthy showing their class there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Hope the second half team is better. Been pretty dire really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SotonianWill Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 JWP and that winger who has a weird name have been the stand outs for me. Doyle has been alright, Dibling if he was more interested may be decent, Charlie looks like he always does. Other than that it’s not great. In need of a few more swansea additions in defence perhaps or downes in midfield to lower our shitting yourself on the ball stats 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igsey Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Let's maybe remember a little bit of context before we all wet ourselves over one half of a pre-season friendly - we finished bottom of the Premier League while Benfica won their league and topped their CL group ahead of PSG and Juventus, losing to eventual finalists Inter Milan in the quarter finals. #GoingDown #RussellMartinOut #MyNanWouldBeBetterThanAlexMcCarthyAndSheDiedIn1998 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjurwi Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 McCarthy can't really do anything about that. Great finish. Bree could perhaps have done better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 And there we have another repeating issue…concede just before half-time. I know this is just a knock about but the signs are that not much has changed…we’re still shit in the final third and open to a mistake or two at the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca155 Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Never make assumptions from pre season games. Especially not one played at walking pace. They look rusty and only a few of these will actually start in August. See what the 2nd half brings. Cricket is decent, bit of a fightback from Hampshire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally_uk Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Meghoma aside we looked shite...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris cooper Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 40 minutes ago, CSA96 said: https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/video/watch-live-benfica-vs-southampton-fc-wednesday-12-july Cheers 🍻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santolijador Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 13 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said: Playing ourselves into trouble again. Is this a smart tactic with our players, we're bad enough at the back when we don't have the ball. Seems odd and unnecessary. Reminder to all those preaching doom and gloom after roughly 45 minutes of this game: - Benfica are consistent Portuguese Champions + UCL quarter finalists, they are miles better than a standard Championship team - It is the first pre-season game of 5, 2 weeks after appointing a new manager - I suspect that very few of the players on the pitch for this first 45 will be starting against Wednesday - We are playing like 4 or 5 kids, some 16 years old 1 minute ago, OttawaSaint said: Hope the second half team is better. Been pretty dire really. Sure, it's not been that good, but these games are literally just to get fitness up and for RM to figure stuff out I'm 99% certain he's seen that first half, picked up on mistakes errors and individual things and will go away and learn from that. It's literally the first time he's seen them in a 'competitive' setting. Personally, I think its already clear that the 'style of play' has been altered and there have been some nice passing exchanges amongst some not so nice defending etc. Please, a bit of perspective when watching this... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintant Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Lots of passing but with no positive intent. Back four all hopeless - we'll need much better if we are to play that risky keep ball at the back rather than hoofing it. Benfica are streets ahead of us in every department which comes as no surprise. Only highlight was the performance of the 16 year old who outshone the rest by a distance. Too pedestrian from back to front in general. Still, it's our first friendly so we can't expect Pep style moves and transition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 3 minutes ago, igsey said: Let's maybe remember a little bit of context before we all wet ourselves over one half of a pre-season friendly - we finished bottom of the Premier League while Benfica won their league and topped their CL group ahead of PSG and Juventus, losing to eventual finalists Inter Milan in the quarter finals. #GoingDown #RussellMartinOut #MyNanWouldBeBetterThanAlexMcCarthyAndSheDiedIn1998 Bit of a weird choice for a friendly then really isn't it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 So far our passing accuracy is way up on last year. Stephens is a liability just get rid. Some of our kids look to be the real deal. JWP looks interested, reckon he's staying. Bree is not first choice RB hopefully. McCarthy is a dead loss, just get rid. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 6 minutes ago, SotonianWill said: JWP and that winger who has a weird name have been the stand outs for me. Doyle has been alright, Dibling if he was more interested may be decent, Charlie looks like he always does. Other than that it’s not great. In need of a few more swansea additions in defence perhaps or downes in midfield to lower our shitting yourself on the ball stats Keep up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 5 minutes ago, ally_uk said: Meghoma aside we looked shite...... Alceraz has done alright IMO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sussex_saint Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 like someone said, these are the Portuguese champions who lost 4 games in their league and were only beaten by ac millan in the quarters of the Cl. considering we are a championship club, a loss shouldn't be a suprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 9 minutes ago, igsey said: Let's maybe remember a little bit of context before we all wet ourselves over one half of a pre-season friendly The day I'll get worried is when the Saintsweb intelligentsia stop judging our season prospects after 45 minutes of pre-season... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted 12 July, 2023 Share Posted 12 July, 2023 Meghoma looks a good lad…plays keep ball well and passes with intent. Whoever’s in front of him (Dibling I think) is continually passing backwards when receiving the ball…not brave or skilled enough to move forwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now