West Ham 1-1 Saints- Match Thread

[Saint NL]

Potter might be available in the summer based on that 😂

[HKsaint]

Downe has won twice against JWP

[Maggie May]

Just now, Saint NL said:

Potter might be available in the summer based on that 😂

Kiss of death. 

[LiberalCommunist]

Never felt so unwelcome as playing in the epl this season. 

Absolutely joyless affair. Even if we score, the overwhelming dread will eclipse any good feeling. We'll concede through a mistake or ref ineptitude. 

 

Just fucking end already. 

[vectraman]

5 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

Smallbone will sort it

As soon as he comes on it’s game over. For Saints.  Please Simon Rusk no unforced subs today. Just leave the starting 11 on there 🤞

[macca155]

Good half time, I can watch the cricket for a while. A better feel good factor with Hampshire right now.

Not too bad a half for Saints. West Ham are pretty poor, absolutely no intensity in their play at all. Commentators accused JWP of deliberately missing. That was a bit strong.

I reckon Dibling on for Onuachu, who's main strategy seems to be falling on people.

Problem is we all know exactly how this game is probably going to pan out, but at 0 0 there is always a sliver of hope.

 

[Saint_clark]

Just now, vectraman said:

As soon as he comes on it’s game over. For Saints.  Please Simon Rusk no unforced subs today. Just leave the starting 11 on there 🤞

I'd love to see an alternate universe where he never came on away to United and we go on to win the game. What could have been.

[Sunglasses Ron]

4 minutes ago, LiberalCommunist said:

Never felt so unwelcome as playing in the epl this season. 

Absolutely joyless affair. Even if we score, the overwhelming dread will eclipse any good feeling. We'll concede through a mistake or ref ineptitude. 

 

Just fucking end already. 

I think most of us have been in a footballing coma since the start of the year.

[lambtiss]

2 minutes ago, macca155 said:

Good half time, I can watch the cricket for a while. A better feel good factor with Hampshire right now.

Not too bad a half for Saints. West Ham are pretty poor, absolutely no intensity in their play at all. Commentators accused JWP of deliberately missing. That was a bit strong.

I reckon Dibling on for Onuachu, who's main strategy seems to be falling on people.

Problem is we all know exactly how this game is probably going to pan out, but at 0 0 there is always a sliver of hope.

 

I would leave Onuachu. He is the only target man we have and keeps the opposition defence from pushing up. Isn't he also our top scorer?

[macca155]

1 minute ago, vectraman said:

As soon as he comes on it’s game over. For Saints.  Please Simon Rusk no unforced subs today. Just leave the starting 11 on there 🤞

This with shiny knobs on. Maybe give Dibling or Stewart a run out, but that's it 

No one needs to be given a game. The game is at a deathly pace anyway, so no body will be tired.

[Sunglasses Ron]

14 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

BBC said it was last year. Who knows 🤷

It was 11 years ago.

BBC can no longer be relied upon for accurate information sadly.

This has been on their main football page for over 15 minutes…

 

[CB Fry]

3 minutes ago, vectraman said:

As soon as he comes on it’s game over. For Saints.  Please Simon Rusk no unforced subs today. Just leave the starting 11 on there 🤞

We can all see it coming. But honestly I'd rather have no substitutes and risk professional footballers being "too tired" than make a load of subs (Smallbone, Bree, Wellington, Archer) who are so fucking shit we are guaranteed to lose anyway.

Just leave this team on FFS.

[Harry_SFC]

1 minute ago, lambtiss said:

I would leave Onuachu. He is the only target man we have and keeps the opposition defence from pushing up. Isn't he also our top scorer?

Agreed. We always look so much worse with a midfielder up front. I wonder why...? 

[Saint_clark]

1 minute ago, lambtiss said:

I would leave Onuachu. He is the only target man we have and keeps the opposition defence from pushing up. Isn't he also our top scorer?

Yep. It's amazing how everyone complains about the possession obsessed style of modern football, but then when you have players who are specialists at one or two things but inevitably give the ball away more than the Pep-clones they get slated. 

[OttawaSaint]

There it is. 😆 

[M271]

There it is already FFS

[SouSaint]

Conceding from our own corner once again. These players are a fucking disgrace. 

[Viking Saint]

So predictable 

[CB Fry]

Make some subs Rusk FFS

[obelisk]

Saints corner .... West Ham break and score. Very familiar.

[Saint NL]

Bleugh, game over

[AlexLaw76]

game over

[Sunglasses Ron]

Useless fucking wankers.

[OttawaSaint]

Do Bednarek, THB, and Stephens take horse tranquilizers at half time. Dozy start.

[obelisk]

Manning very poor there.

[Saint NL]

Bowen had so much space

[SNSUN]

Sack everyone and start again. 😀

[Harry_SFC]

Manning is atrocious 

[Saint_clark]

Good defensive header from a Saints player to block Onuachu getting to the ball then West Ham break and score. Amazing.

[tdmickey3]

Will be at least 2 more

[OttawaSaint]

Bednarek trotting back. "Aww fuck, I hate it when teams do this!".

Edited 19 April, 2025 by OttawaSaint

[HKsaint]

Manning is not up to standard 

[macca155]

What the hell were Manning and Bednarek doing there.

What a soft goal

Arse

[Appy]

I hate Bednarek and Stephens so much, nearly a decade of watching these two being utter utter wank.

[obelisk]

Heads will no doubt drop now.

[OttawaSaint]

Same

Old

Story

[OttawaSaint]

Players are such thick cunts. Manager probably repeating over and over, "on your toes, don't doze off at the start!".

 

Doze off at the start... got it boss!

[Sarnia Cherie]

18 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

No idea why we didn't just give the gig to Rusk back in December. We'll never score many goals but we look a lot more organised. 

There will be a few thinking just the same and wondering what might have been had that happened.

[SouSaint]

1 minute ago, Appy said:

I hate Bednarek and Stephens so much, nearly a decade of watching these two being utter utter wank.

It's mental that they've had multiple contract extensions in that time. Two absolute shitstains on this clubs history. 

[Viking Saint]

2 minutes ago, HKsaint said:

Manning is not up to standard 

And it's so bloody obvious to everyone except our managers

[Saint_clark]

3 minutes ago, Appy said:

I hate Bednarek and Stephens so much, nearly a decade of watching these two being utter utter wank.

Does feel like we're never getting rid of them. 

[tdmickey3]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

Does feel like we're never getting rid of them. 

We wont

[Saint_clark]

Just now, tdmickey3 said:

We wont

They have to retire eventually!

[Andy Hill]

Not going to win many games scoring nil. Just pathetic.

[Sunglasses Ron]

2 minutes ago, SouSaint said:

It's mental that they've had multiple contract extensions in that time. Two absolute shitstains on this clubs history. 

The heart of our dismal demise.

Shit aptitude, shit attitude.

[tdmickey3]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

They have to retire eventually!

Not soon enough, but they will be here next season 

[OttawaSaint]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

Does feel like we're never getting rid of them. 

As we try to enjoy summer...

Southampton nominate dual club captains in Bednarek and Stephens. 

Delighted Spors annouces that the future looks bright with two club legends forming a formidable spine to promotion chasing Saints.

[Saint NL]

3 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

They have to retire eventually!

They'll do a Lallana and stay and coach the next generation of players 😳

[tdmickey3]

Archer and Smallbone on later to remove any attacking intent, all be it virtually non existent 

[Challenger]

1 minute ago, tdmickey3 said:

Not soon enough, but they will be here next season 

Can't wait to see their gormless mugs in the tunnel at Fratton Park next season .