sfc4prem Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 What a free kick from Stu, technique brilliant - curling away with pace 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 Just now, Saint86 said: That was a second foul on sulemana by the booked Hoover just before half time. Ref bottled that big time. There’s a lot of football between half and full time. If they’ve got any sense they’ll be getting Sully running relentlessly at Hoover who’s clearly gonna get ‘suckered’ into another yellow. I’ll get me coat. 🤪 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 5 minutes ago, trousers said: Yep, he sucks... For me the biggest disappointment of that half was the lack of Hoover puns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 Just now, sfc4prem said: Think the studs up challenge from Pearson would've been classed as a pretty great challenge a few years back. He got booked for his reaction not the challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefizzy14 Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Saint86 said: That was a second foul on sulemana by the booked Hoover just before half time. Ref bottled that big time. He should have been off for that. Ref quite clearly bottled it. Edited 3 October, 2023 by davefizzy14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southner Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 7 minutes ago, adrian lord said: That Hoover bloke is having a mare against Sulemana Sule keeps leaving him for dust. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Block41 Saint Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 Hopefully we step it up in the second half as that was a pretty poor performance imo. We created nothing from open play. Fair play to Stu, great free kick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintant Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 1 minute ago, Saint Fan CaM said: There’s a lot of football between half and full time. If they’ve got any sense they’ll be getting Sully running relentlessly at Hoover who’s clearly gonna get ‘suckered’ into another yellow. I’ll get me coat. 🤪 He'll pick up in the second half. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 2 minutes ago, Fan The Flames said: He keeps getting sucked in. Sully keeps brushing him off and leaving him for dust. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 Just now, davefizzy14 said: He should have been off for that. It should have been a free kick and final warning as a minimum! How on earth did the referee think the ball went backwards 😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsaint1 Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 Maybe winning, but that is a really lacklustre half. Goal aside Stu has been very sloppy in possession. Same with Alcaraz and Manning*. Sulemana getting plenty of joy against Hoover but the final ball is lacking. Keeper has had bugger all to do. Can only get better in the second half. We get the next goal and its over. * we desperately need a new LB in January. Manning gets worse every game I see him. Gets caught in possession two many times, lazy in defence and needs to communicate better with Sulemana in front of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 Just now, Sheaf Saint said: Sully keeps brushing him off and leaving him for dust. As they went off the pitch I heard him tell Sulemana "skin me one more time and you're gonna die, son". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Bates Statue Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 3 minutes ago, Lighthouse said: I hear he’s about to sign for Chelsea (I think that meme is older than one of Stoke’s players). Classic antique meme reference there. Used to be a stock sarcastic response back in the day but seems to have been almost lost from the interenet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefizzy14 Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 (edited) We need to up it more in the second half. What a class freekick from Stuart Armstrong! Edited 3 October, 2023 by davefizzy14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfc4prem Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 3 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: He got booked for his reaction not the challenge. Fair enough, missed that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 AA is just rubbish at kicking. Not specific things like shooting or passing. He is just shit at kicking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 (edited) The worldie free kick aside, that was a pretty ordinary Saints performance against a very ordinary Stoke side. Given our superior quality (on paper) we should be out of sight by now. Let's ditch the tippy-tappy Russ-ball again and give the directness of the first half vs Leeds another crack of the whip. Edited 3 October, 2023 by trousers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 Breeze block feet armstrong couldnt pass wind but he can bang it in from 20yard freekicks, typical saints. Thought Downes is having a tidy game, AA and KWP slowing it up a bit on the right, not many triangles being pinged off Charly and yeah Manning is pretty pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 3 October, 2023 Author Share Posted 3 October, 2023 1 minute ago, Sheaf Saint said: Sully keeps brushing him off and leaving him for dust. He’ll be feeling a Great Depression with his performance so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Saint Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 1 minute ago, Saint_clark said: As they went off the pitch I heard him tell Sulemana "skin me one more time and you're gonna die, son". 10 / 10 for effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southner Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 2 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said: Sully keeps brushing him off and leaving him for dust. He shouldn't worry too much. Things will pick up for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Ash Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 Stoke are definitely still in this, they are being very direct and getting the ball in the box every time they can. We're doing the tippy tappy stuff around the box and getting nowhere with it, being fouled for the free kick excluded. We need more cutting edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Behind Enemy Lines Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 4 minutes ago, whelk said: For me the biggest disappointment of that half was the lack of Hoover puns Yeah, it’s been like a vacuum where they’re concerned sadly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmes_and_Watson Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 Both teams struggled to get any consistency going there. Stoke looked to be having more of the nearly breakthroughs. We got some passing together, but not for any length of time. Stu, and Smallbone a little off with the passing. Sule not tracking back too well. We preferred to not try to pick a forward option at times. Not just Smallbone, but as the link player he stands out for that. Yet, on a number of other occassions that was the right thing to do. Because with Alcaraz so deep, we had no one to be on the end of things. Arma and Alcaraz switched better in the last game, providing more of an outlet in the middle. It will develop and the players will learn when to pick the right moments. But Stu did pick up good spaces, offered direct movement and support. He's technically one of our best, and overall it shows. Sulemana's pace is already a mark of fear for defences, and he had some lovely moments, and Smallbone was all over the park keeping that passing going. Lovely track back and a really good block too this half, after I felt this was a little lacking in his game. One up off the back of few chances. Let's hope the players' scar tissue isn't going to cause a problem when dealing with the dizzy heights of beiong a goal ahead this time. We've done a lot right, so the second half is a chance to build on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 1 minute ago, Lighthouse said: He’ll be feeling a Great Depression with his performance so far. Vacuuming jokes only please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfc4prem Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 Just now, trousers said: The worldie free kick aside, that was a pretty ordinary Saints performance against a very ordinary Stoke side. Given our superior quality (on paper) we should be out of sight by now. Let's ditch the tippy-tappy Russ-ball again and give the directness of the first half vs another crack of the whip. No I think tippy tippy stuff would work here. Two issues are: - not enough energy in our movement off the ball in making runs, making themselves available to receive the ball, and pulling their players out of position - out passes have been too tentative, underhit quite a lot, taking the pace out of our attacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 5 minutes ago, whelk said: For me the biggest disappointment of that half was the lack of Hoover puns suck it up 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 5 minutes ago, whelk said: For me the biggest disappointment of that half was the lack of Hoover puns dam, you're right. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint NL Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 Half time stats show that saints committed one foul. That's got to be a record, surely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby_charles Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 right anyone got any streams? Everything just died on me even my iptv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintant Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 We're winning but in all honestly we have not kicked on from Saturday's good performance. Ball retention has been poor as has movement. Need to see a big improvement in the second half. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Matty 76 Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 (edited) THB been absolutely class tonight, thought his start to the season was a bit shaky but really seeing why he was being lauded tonight. Won everything. Exactly what we needed. Edited 3 October, 2023 by Saint Matty 76 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southner Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 2 minutes ago, Lighthouse said: He’ll be feeling a Great Depression with his performance so far. Keep it clean, mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewYorkSaint Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 I enjoyed that... A lot. Yes, some annoying give-aways, but also a few electrifying breaks. The 'method' slowly gained control over the half. Provided we concentrate first 10 mins second half, I think we've got this. 0-3. first clean sheet in forever. you read it here first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 Presumably the get it forward merchants would rather we played like Stoke? There's a clear gulf in technical ability between the teams. Our touch and movement is far superior to theirs. Need to make it count and see this one through for the 3 points. Thought we were ok really. Some silky mistakes here and there but otherwise alright. I wonder if they'll start pressing us higher up, they didn't seem bothered about trying it too much in the first half. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 3 October, 2023 Author Share Posted 3 October, 2023 Just now, RedArmy said: Vacuuming jokes only please Sorry, thought I’d add a bit of a variety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 1 minute ago, Chez said: dam, you're right. Nice twist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 10 minutes ago, Saint86 said: That was a second foul on sulemana by the booked Hoover just before half time. Ref bottled that big time. To be fair, he made a Miele of it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 1 minute ago, Saint NL said: Half time stats show that saints committed one foul. That's got to be a record, surely Probably because I’ve bet on half the team to have 1 foul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 2 minutes ago, RedArmy said: Vacuuming jokes only please Agreed. Anything else should be filtered out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmore Saint Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 Watched from 20 mins in through to half time, then came on here. Am I on the wrong stream? Thought we were pretty tidy, in control and running them around a lot. Light in the final third granted, but tire them out and the opportunities will open up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 Thought Sule was getting too much bad press from the commentary for his defensive mistakes given he looked our most likely person to create something in that first half. Central defense has been excellent. Midfield looks stronger and Alcaraz having a good game. Just stay positive second half and don't go in to the shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galway saint Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 3 minutes ago, Saint Matty 76 said: THB been absolutely class tonight, thought his start to the season was a bit shaky but really seeing why he was being lauded tonight. Won everything. Exactly what we needed. agreed he looked very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 Aside from being a little untidy in possession at times, we’ve had a pretty good grip on the game, limiting Stoke to very little. If we can clean that up we’ll hopefully be able to make the second half pretty comfortable. Stoke complaining about the ref picking up fouls that they normally get away with is amusing What a free kick that was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 got to say that we look miles better than them, but just haven't quite got it right in the final third. Sulemana looks a fucking nightmare to mark. They have done just enough to contain him, but only just. Brilliant free kick. Hope we can get this wrapped up with an early goal in the second half. Can't let games like this slip away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefizzy14 Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 THB been class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Matty 76 Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 Never known a player to get dispossessed in his own half as much as Manning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 Sitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 Oof !free' header stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintant Posted 3 October, 2023 Share Posted 3 October, 2023 That's better football! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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