25/26 - Non Saints Games

[saintant]

1 hour ago, chownie20 said:

The new £10m (?) midfielder from Lens which Ipswich signed looked miles off the pace. Hirst does naff all, poor man's Delaps barging into people left right and centre. I think they desperately need Cajuste and another midfielder able to get a grip of possession. Davis also looked shocking. 

Brum I thought looked pretty competent z but a vulnerability there if you get at them I think....and they have a Russball GK for sure!

 

Jack Clarke was also very poor tonight but he'll get better - probably against us next week 🙂

[austsaint]

3 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

Fuukyushuri. Something like that. 

Looks a good signing for 10k.  Wonder why Celtic let him go.

[SNSUN]

6 hours ago, austsaint said:

Looks a good signing for 10k.  Wonder why Celtic let him go.

Even Ricardo Fuller cost more than that. Bargain.

And Celtic sold him to Rennes because the player wanted to play in one of Europe's top 5 leagues. Rennes sold him as he wasn't getting enough game time. Apparently the Championship is one of Europe's top 5 Leagues. Fancy that.

[East Kent Saint]

9 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Birmingham worked very hard right across the team. No suprise they kept Ipswich down to 0 shots on target until the penalty. Harried them, closed down space and put in a load of cynical tackles, that the ref was happy with from both sides sides. Dykes should never have had his arm up there. Unfortunate the ball hit it, but can't have complaints.

Hopefully our data analysts can work at giving Will lots of work rate data, as our lot have a lot more effort to put in that they showed last season.

Seeing the penalty on the news this morning it looked like the ball hit the player then hit his hand so a pretty unlucky penalty . Possibly would have overturned by VAR but they usually go with umpires decision 😄

[austsaint]

42 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

Even Ricardo Fuller cost more than that. Bargain.

And Celtic sold him to Rennes because the player wanted to play in one of Europe's top 5 leagues. Rennes sold him as he wasn't getting enough game time. Apparently the Championship is one of Europe's top 5 Leagues. Fancy that.

Oops, too much pal ale!  Yes, from memory Fuller joined us for 90k.    The Japanese lad at 10 million GBP is looking like a shrewd buy for Brum, don’t you think?

[SNSUN]

7 minutes ago, austsaint said:

Oops, too much pal ale!  Yes, from memory Fuller joined us for 90k.    The Japanese lad at 10 million GBP is looking like a shrewd buy for Brum, don’t you think?

He did, very lively and should have scored. Looks like he'll be a good signing for them at this level. They've done some good business - was surprised to see they'd signed Lyndon Dykes, that one took me by surprise. But overall I definitely saw weaknesses from both sides, Brum couldn't close the game out and Ipswich were just poor, so that's promising for us.

[SWLondon Saint]

8 minutes ago, austsaint said:

Oops, too much pal ale!  Yes, from memory Fuller joined us for 90k.    The Japanese lad at 10 million GBP is looking like a shrewd buy for Brum, don’t you think?

If he was £10m then a big signing for the champ but worth it for sure, he was easily their best player. Tbh they didn't really create much other than through his movement and harassing the defenders though that could be because Ipswich have more defensive quality than most sides. Certainly Brum who are supposed to be a Martin-ball possession side couldn't play through Ipswich back to front at all.

[SWLondon Saint]

Also be interesting to see what other teams' approach to Brum playing out will be. Like many others I thought people figured out how to press us into mistakes towards the end of the season - the top 2 had our number from the start, but then everyone else copied them and we finished poorly. As I said earlier it was like PTSD watching their keeper pass straight to an oppo forward on the edge of their box, just the finishing isn't as ruthless at this level.

[Whitey Grandad]

10 hours ago, SWLondon Saint said:

Ipswich didn't deserve that but it was pretty funny to shut those twats on the commentary up. Never heard such shite, makes BBC Solent sound like they support the away team.

I turned the sound off. I couldn't stand that constant whining and whinging about the referee. Sure, the penalty was harsh for any traditionalist but not incorrect under the present interpretations and thankfully VAR.

No actual football to be seen anywhere.  The two teams were too intent on having a brawl.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

10 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

I turned the sound off. I couldn't stand that constant whining and whinging about the referee. Sure, the penalty was harsh for any traditionalist but not incorrect under the present interpretations and thankfully VAR.

No actual football to be seen anywhere.  The two teams were too intent on having a brawl.

The Beeb calling it controversial, while going on about intent. The BBC verify that they trot out, could spend a couple of mins looking at the current rules.

[spyinthesky]

I watched second half of Chelsea v Leverkusen who had Nathan Tella in their team but pretty anonymous.

Chelsea looked really good with a large squad full of expensive buys and decent youngsters.

The gap between the Prem and Championship grows larger by the day.

If we do go up and allowing for the fact that money would have to be spent on our squad it would be another struggle.

[SWLondon Saint]

59 minutes ago, spyinthesky said:

The gap between the Prem and Championship grows larger by the day.

If we do go up and allowing for the fact that money would have to be spent on our squad it would be another struggle.

Yep, that's why I think we have to be really careful about buying 'best of the champ' as you have to use your money so well to have a chance. Basically *if* we go up, to have a shot we need to hope a couple of recruits can step up a level - say, Charles, Quarshie, Downs are all hits - also keep hold of Fernandes, Dibling, Ramsdale or replace with established talent, then ideally buy a couple more Fernandes level or higher bargain £15 million players AND THEN hope one of the established teams has a mare. Pretty nuts.

[AlexLaw76]

1 hour ago, spyinthesky said:

I watched second half of Chelsea v Leverkusen who had Nathan Tella in their team but pretty anonymous.

Chelsea looked really good with a large squad full of expensive buys and decent youngsters.

The gap between the Prem and Championship grows larger by the day.

If we do go up and allowing for the fact that money would have to be spent on our squad it would be another struggle.

if we go up, we won't be competing directly with Chelsea

[AlexLaw76]

15 hours ago, RedArmy said:

If anyone was in any doubt that this league is weak as fuck. There you have it. 

throw us into the mix

[Smirking_Saint]

16 hours ago, Smirking_Saint said:

Shit…. We’re going to win the league aren’t we

No

We are not

[saintant]

Sheff Utd v Bristol City was a very good first half. Both sides looking more assured than we did today. They both move the ball much quicker and sharper than we did today. BC winning 2-1 but think SU might well turn it around second half. We'll need a marked improvement but should be better having a victory under our belt.

[Sheaf Saint]

10 minutes ago, saintant said:

Sheff Utd v Bristol City was a very good first half. Both sides looking more assured than we did today. They both move the ball much quicker and sharper than we did today. BC winning 2-1 but think SU might well turn it around second half. We'll need a marked improvement but should be better having a victory under our belt.

Brizzle score a 3rd 40 seconds after the restart, and just came close to getting a 4th.

[saintant]

Just now, Sheaf Saint said:

Brizzle score a 3rd 40 seconds after the restart, and just came close to getting a 4th.

4-1 now - I'll give up tipping results 🙂

[Turkish]

Just now, saintant said:

4-1 now - I'll give up tipping results 🙂

They look absolutely awful 

[Sheaf Saint]

Selles looks like he's going to self combust!

[Football Special]

3 minutes ago, Turkish said:

They look absolutely awful 

Sheff Utd fans calling for Ruben Selles out already, oh dear 🤣 

[Sheaf Saint]

Bristol City look like they forgot to bring their actual away kit so they all had to wear the keeper's.

[S-Clarke]

I've never been sure why Sheff U are up there as peoples favs to win Top 2 this year, I don't think they'll be anywhere near.

Lost two of their best players in their CB and Souza in CM.

[East Kent Saint]

10 man Rangers 0-1 down ! but have 75% possession and 1 shot on target,  familiar ?

[S-Clarke]

Just now, East Kent Saint said:

10 man Rangers 0-1 down ! but have 75% possession and 1 shot on target,  familiar ?

I saw some commentary, apparently the fans are going absolutely mental at some of the subs. Boos at 60mins.

[Saint NL]

26% possession and 4 shots on target. Win 4-1, lovely.

[sfc4prem]

1 minute ago, Saint NL said:

26% possession and 4 shots on target. Win 4-1, lovely.

Sounds similar to when they did us two years ago

[Ex Lion Tamer]

20 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

I've never been sure why Sheff U are up there as peoples favs to win Top 2 this year, I don't think they'll be anywhere near.

Lost two of their best players in their CB and Souza in CM.

Letting go of one of your most successful managers just because they lost in the playoffs is never going to end well. They've been wide open at the back in this game, no way are they contenders.

This league does like anyone's based on the opening games. Much more so than recent seasons.

Edited 18 hours ago by Ex Lion Tamer

[Saint NL]

18 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said:

10 man Rangers 0-1 down ! but have 75% possession and 1 shot on target,  familiar ?

Sing along now, "never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down"

[saintant]

Well my half time prediction was way off and I hadn't realised how good this Bristol City side is. They passed and moved intelligently, played between the lines and defended well when they had to. They could be the dark horses this season. Excellent performance from them.

[Football Special]

22 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

I saw some commentary, apparently the fans are going absolutely mental at some of the subs. Boos at 60mins.

They've already drawn with Motherwell,  if lose to Dundee I think there's no coming back from that 

[SuperSAINT]

11 minutes ago, Football Special said:

They've already drawn with Motherwell,  if lose to Dundee I think there's no coming back from that 

Rangers Equalised and then scored a 2nd in stoppage time but ruled out for offside.

“For the first time since 1989, Rangers have failed to win their opening two Premiership fixtures. “

Edited 17 hours ago by SuperSAINT

[skintsaint]

2 hours ago, SuperSAINT said:

“For the first time since 1989, Rangers have failed to win their opening two Premiership fixtures. “

Scottish Premiership was only established in 2013.

[SuperSAINT]

2 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

Scottish Premiership was only established in 2013.

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