Forest 3-2 Saints - Match Thread

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, OttawaSaint said:

Including me. My brother in 2014.

I’m genuinely sorry for your loss. But do consider others will have a different reaction to it.

[Viking Saint]

1 minute ago, Chez said:

If you say so. We've been missing a scapegoat.

Nope, he's just piss poor and made of paper

[Saint_clark]

Onuachu, you say?

[Chez]

Les is on it. He looks a decent player to me. No idea what went wrong under RM, but he's been good in recent games.

[Harry_SFC]

Ugochukwu has been the best player on the pitch second half. Completed dominated the midfield.

[OttawaSaint]

Just now, Gloucester Saint said:

I’m genuinely sorry for your loss. But do consider others will have a different reaction to it.

Fair enough. Apologies to anyone offended by my words on Thursday. 

 

[Saint_clark]

KWP f*cked that then. 

[Suhari]

Taking too long to get the crosses in.

[Suhari]

1 minute ago, Harry_SFC said:

Ugochukwu has been the best player on the pitch second half. Completed dominated the midfield.

Was just thinking the same.

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

KWP f*cked that then. 

Should have left it for MF.

Edited 19 January, 2025 by OttawaSaint

[Saint_clark]

TP with a great knock down to the edge of the box but we're so alien to that kind of play that nobody gets on the end of it. 

[Chez]

great effort chasing back by Sulemana. 

[BotleySaint]

Irritating that we can show some fight at times.

But for most of the game we've been nowhere.

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, Suhari said:

Was just thinking the same.

He’s inconsistent which can happen with younger players in a new league with limited experience. Him and Downes should have playing together far more often which would have helped Flynn as well, but the bloke from Norwich didn’t agree.

[Jimmy_D]

Damn.

Made a game of it at least.

[OttawaSaint]

Ref is a wanker. Clear foul on Smallbone.

[Chez]

that a foul ref you cunt...

[Saint NL]

All over.

Didn't expect that ending at half time

[BotleySaint]

Good to see us show some fight.

But too little too late yet again.

[coalman]

Another game we've shown some fight. Baby steps and all that.

[benjii]

Clear foul on Smallbone there and I, for one, am confident we would have dispatched the free kick.

[saintant]

Some positives from second half - goal from TP and Big Les showing that Russell couldn't spot a player if he tripped over him.

[Harry_SFC]

First half was honestly pathetic.

Much better second but damage was done. 

[Viking Saint]

5 minutes ago, Chez said:

Les is on it. He looks a decent player to me. No idea what went wrong under RM, but he's been good in recent games.

RM was what was wrong

[disconnect]

Just now, OttawaSaint said:

Ref is a wanker. Clear foul on Smallbone.

How was that not given at the end? Probably because he thought we'd score and it would upset the "story of the season"

[davefizzy14]

1 minute ago, OttawaSaint said:

Ref is a wanker. Clear foul on Smallbone.

Yeah got nothing for the foul on Will.

[Disco Stu]

Sounds like starting Armstrong and Downes instead of Onuachu and Ugochukwu was a fatal error.

[OttawaSaint]

Hmm. Perhaps Ugu and Onu from start would have yielded a result. 

[Saint86]

Played for half a game again. But when we play we're good. So frustrating that we kept Martin so long that now its too late and the player's mentality/morale/confidence is shot.

Great to see taul paul scoring at least.

Lesley very very good when he came on.

More bad luck really at the end with that clearance off the line. Its just one of those years for us sadly.

[Chez]

Why on earth did Juric not start with Les and Sulemana? 

[BotleySaint]

We won the second half 2-0!

[Matthew Le God]

26 minutes ago, Chez said:

I just want to point out that although he has done it for us in the past in the championship, that doesn't mean he will definitely do it in the future (next season). He's not guaranteed to score 25 goals for us next year. He's going nowhere, so all we can do is hope he does.

Sure it isn't a guarantee, but it is a pretty good indicator of what he can do at that level. Less of a risk than bringing someone else in to score Championship goals.

Edited 19 January, 2025 by Matthew Le God

[obelisk]

How is that not a last minute free kick to Saints? Taylor is rubbish

[BotleySaint]

Just now, Chez said:

Why on earth did Juric not start with Les and Sulemana? 

Fatigue I think?

[stknowle]

Proved we can mix it with the big boys in that 2nd half. That SEVENTH point of this epic season is tantalisingly close.

[Chez]

Just now, benjii said:

Clear foul on Smallbone there and I, for one, am confident we would have dispatched the free kick.

Yep. A quick player transfer, got JWP on and boom.

[Viking Saint]

Combine the first 70 minutes against United and the last 20 from today and we'd be top four. It's in there....

[trousers]

1 minute ago, Chez said:

Why on earth did Juric not start with Les and Sulemana? 

"Fatigue" for the latter, not sure about Big Les

Edited 19 January, 2025 by trousers

[OttawaSaint]

Just now, benjii said:

Clear foul on Smallbone there and I, for one, am confident we would have dispatched the free kick.

JWP sneaks on a Saints shirt, curls it home and we're all on the team bus and out of there before they realize what happened.

[S-Clarke]

Second half was much better with Les in the middle and Armstrong out of the game, Downes is just a yard or 10 off the pace at this level and Armstrong just cannot hack it. The difference physicality and power makes in the PL is there to see.

Damage was done though, they rallied a bit, but at the end of the day it's another loss and it's groundhog day in the main.

[badgerx16]

Put the first 80 minutes against United with the last  20 of this match and we would give ourselves a chance.

[Harry_SFC]

1 minute ago, BotleySaint said:

Fatigue I think?

Les didn't looked fatigued at the end when he ran back 50 yards to disposses Murillo.

 

[Chez]

Just now, BotleySaint said:

Fatigue I think?

KWP played again and he did a lot of running. Fernandes too. Don't understand that decision. 

[obelisk]

If Bedders header had gone in might Saints have got a 4th? Took too long to get enough crosses in at the end though.

[badgerx16]

1 minute ago, Viking Saint said:

Combine the first 70 minutes against United and the last 20 from today and we'd be top four. It's in there....

 

Just now, badgerx16 said:

Put the first 80 minutes against United with the last  20 of this match and we would give ourselves a chance.

Beat me to it.

[tdmickey3]

2 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Sure it isn't a guarantee, but it is a pretty good indicator of what he can do at that level. Less of a risk than bringing someone else in to score Championship goals.

Ffs are you still banging on

[benjii]

Just need to stop giving soft goals away. To ship 3 in that first was criminal. 

Having watched a few matches this weekend, I am confident that this is a piss poor Premier League season and it's a real shame we couldn't be a bit more competitive. 

[badgerx16]

Just now, obelisk said:

If Bedders header had gone in might Saints have got a 4th? Took too long to get enough crosses in at the end though.

At least we got crosses in. Wouldn't have happened with Russball.

[Chez]

2 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Sure it isn't a guarantee, but it is a pretty good indicator of what he can do at that level. Less of a risk than bringing someone else in to score Championship goals.

No one is buying him, so it matters not. 

[Suhari]

Well, we are showing more fight and better organisation than under Russ.

Still some very poor mistakes though.

I feel some pride returning, along with much more enjoyment.

Let's keep fighting.