25/26 - Non Saints Games

[Saint86]

Was obvious Ipswich were going to keep playing until they scored... kept checking it, 9+8, 9+ 13, oh look, a penalty goal at 9+16 🙄

[chownie20]

8 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Was obvious Ipswich were going to keep playing until they scored... kept checking it, 9+8, 9+ 13, oh look, a penalty goal at 9+16 🙄

Softest penalty I've ever seen too

[Turkish]

So in 3 games Sunderland have won as many as we did in 38. 

[East Kent Saint]

Utd given Fergie time again !

Fulham undone by Ref and VAR 

[Doctoroncall]

29 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Was obvious Ipswich were going to keep playing until they scored... kept checking it, 9+8, 9+ 13, oh look, a penalty goal at 9+16 🙄

Wrexham scored in 90+18.  Match lasted 90+20. 

[S-Clarke]

15 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said:

Utd given Fergie time again !

Fulham undone by Ref and VAR 

Thought they'd drew, what a sucker.

I guess this means Man Utd are the greatest again.

[S-Clarke]

17 minutes ago, Turkish said:

So in 3 games Sunderland have won as many as we did in 38. 

And they've already got half our points before September. 

It took us until boxing day to get 6 points. I don't think we'll ever see a team as bad as us at that level again.

[sfc4prem]

2 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

And they've already got half our points before September. 

It took us until boxing day to get 6 points. I don't think we'll ever see a team as bad as us at that level again.

And yet people expect us to burst into this season winning games at a canter?

[Turkish]

11 minutes ago, sfc4prem said:

And yet people expect us to burst into this season winning games at a canter?

Not at a canter but I’m surprised how poor we look. Aside from injury time against Wrexham we’ve been crap. We look awful defensively and on course to concede more than we did under Martin in the championship and our top scorer is a left back who is only starting because our first choice there is injured 

early days and lots of changes to come but it really has been a poor start. Wrexham we’ve got away with it but could easily have lost that by 2 or 3 rather than win and if that had happened we’d be right down in the relegation area

ipswich have also started poorly so it’s not just us. Ironic that we’ve just signed two of the best players from the current top 2. 

4 games in and now a pointless international break so hopefully Still can get to work on a 3 4 at the back formation once the window SLAMS SHUT and he’s knows what players he’s working with 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

So in 3 games Sunderland have won as many as we did in 38. 

Maybe. But how much possession have they had? How brave have they been and how front footed? There's more important things than old school points. 🙂

[Green]

1 hour ago, S-Clarke said:

And they've already got half our points before September. 

It took us until boxing day to get 6 points. I don't think we'll ever see a team as bad as us at that level again.

In 3 games:

Sunderland have got half, Leeds a third and Burnley a quarter of our 38 game points tally. 

[skintsaint]

1 hour ago, Green said:

In 3 games:

Sunderland have got half, Leeds a third and Burnley a quarter of our 38 game points tally. 

[sockeye]

1 hour ago, Green said:

In 3 games:

Sunderland have got half, Leeds a third and Burnley a quarter of our 38 game points tally. 

It really is miserable isn't it. 

[skintsaint]

After watching the Chelsea and Utd games, VAR is so lopsided its fucking amusing.

That Utd penalty especially, holding the shirt - yes but outside the area obvs.

[Osvaldorama]

For those of you that think our fan base is fickle… Sheffield United giving full pelters to Ruben Selles after 4 games:

https://x.com/awaydays_/status/1961791467904512398?s=46

 

Ouch. Have to feel for him. 

[OttawaSaint]

1 hour ago, Osvaldorama said:

For those of you that think our fan base is fickle… Sheffield United giving full pelters to Ruben Selles after 4 games:

https://x.com/awaydays_/status/1961791467904512398?s=46

 

Ouch. Have to feel for him. 

So Juric struggling, Selles getting pelters, Russ getting utterly shat on. How are Jones and Ralph doing these days?

I've heard of "some mothers do have 'em".

But we've lived through "Saints board do pick 'em".

[OttawaSaint]

1 hour ago, skintsaint said:

After watching the Chelsea and Utd games, VAR is so lopsided its fucking amusing.

That Utd penalty especially, holding the shirt - yes but outside the area obvs.

Holding the shirt but why did his legs buckle and make him fall forward?

Even Schmeichel and Neville said it was soft.

[Football Special]

13 hours ago, Turkish said:

So in 3 games Sunderland have won as many as we did in 38. 

But I thought posters on here kept telling us it was getting harder and harder and only a matter of time until a team beats Derby's record? 

Leeds and Burnley giving it a good go as well. 

Our effort really was beyond shameful last season 

[Football Special]

9 hours ago, Osvaldorama said:

For those of you that think our fan base is fickle… Sheffield United giving full pelters to Ruben Selles after 4 games:

https://x.com/awaydays_/status/1961791467904512398?s=46

 

Ouch. Have to feel for him. 

Sheffield United fans didn't want Selles to start with , there was an outcry when he was appointed and has since lost 5 games out of 5, I think his days are numbered there. 

[Football Special]

8 hours ago, OttawaSaint said:

So Juric struggling, Selles getting pelters, Russ getting utterly shat on. How are Jones and Ralph doing these days?

I've heard of "some mothers do have 'em".

But we've lived through "Saints board do pick 'em".

Jones did very well to get Charlton promoted, the fans like him, he's got plenty of goodwill in the bank, target is to stay up this season, I just know he'll get one over us. 

[Football Special]

10 hours ago, skintsaint said:

Could be the end for him today if Rangers lose badly to Celtic. 

[Harry_SFC]

10 hours ago, Osvaldorama said:

For those of you that think our fan base is fickle… Sheffield United giving full pelters to Ruben Selles after 4 games:

https://x.com/awaydays_/status/1961791467904512398?s=46

 

Ouch. Have to feel for him. 

Not surprised tbh. They are struggling to even get a shot on target in most games.

[S-Clarke]

2 hours ago, Football Special said:

But I thought posters on here kept telling us it was getting harder and harder and only a matter of time until a team beats Derby's record? 

Leeds and Burnley giving it a good go as well. 

Our effort really was beyond shameful last season 

It is harder to compete, 100%, but getting just 12 points shouldn't ever happen for any professional team. Certainly not in England where the prize money for promotion and TV revenue is huge, even the clubs at the bottom should be competitive if they have someone resembling a manager - which the 3 do this year, well - jury out on Burnley, I think Parker is a bit of a fraud tbh.

If I were Wolves, Brentford or WHU I'd be a little bit nervous right now.

[Football Special]

2 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

It is harder to compete, 100%, but getting just 12 points shouldn't ever happen for any professional team. Certainly not in England where the prize money for promotion and TV revenue is huge, even the clubs at the bottom should be competitive if they have someone resembling a manager - which the 3 do this year, well - jury out on Burnley, I think Parker is a bit of a fraud tbh.

If I were Wolves, Brentford or WHU I'd be a little bit nervous right now.

Just a shame one of us, Ipswich or Leicester hadn't done better last year, would have loved to see Spurs or Man Utd relegated 

[Whitey Grandad]

1 minute ago, Football Special said:

Just a shame one of us, Ipswich or Leicester hadn't done better last year, would have loved to see Spurs or Man Utd relegated 

It would have been great but it wouldn't have been allowed to happen. There's too much money involved. 

[East Kent Saint]

Having watched Motd I wonder what's happened to the game that I enjoyed over the years ! 

Inexplicable VAR decisions taking so long we end up with over 10 mins of added time , this despite the Ref's being told last week to up their game this season .

Teams made up of mainly imports plus wholesale changing of players and 3 new sets of kit each season meaning I can't recognize which team is which or who the players are .

Managers who can't even bear to watch his own players take a penalty.

Plus side was watching Everton who have a new game plan of give it to Grealish and see what happens !

[Saint NL]

West Ham XI: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Kilman, Diouf, Fernandes, Ward-Prowse, Souček, Paqueta, Bowen, Fullkrug

 

Big Saints influence on West Ham today

[badgerx16]

PGMOL have stood down Michael Salisbury from VAR for Liverpool v Arsenal after admitting that his VAR intervention that led the match referee to disallow Fulham's goal yesterday was a mistake.

Thing is, the ref could still have stuck with the goal after the pitch side review, so will he be stood down from his next game ?

Edited 17 hours ago by badgerx16

[saintant]

1 hour ago, Saint NL said:

West Ham XI: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Kilman, Diouf, Fernandes, Ward-Prowse, Souček, Paqueta, Bowen, Fullkrug

 

Big Saints influence on West Ham today

Well something has worked so far because Forest have had just the one shot and that was off target.

[saintant]

Fernandes off now after playing about 80 minutes - West Ham fans raving about him and they now lead Forest 2-0.

[saints-til-i-die]

Ward Prowse and Fernandez go off at 0-0 and now it’s 3-0 🤣 

[saintant]

2 minutes ago, saintant said:

Fernandes off now after playing about 80 minutes - West Ham fans raving about him and they now lead Forest 2-0.

Now 3-0 to West Ham. Brighton with a late goal to lead Citeh 2-1.

[saintant]

1 minute ago, saints-til-i-die said:

Ward Prowse and Fernandez go off at 0-0 and now it’s 3-0 🤣 

Their fans were raving about Fernandes - not so much JWP 🙂

[sockeye]

Really enjoyable end-to-end match at Anfield so far, lots of energy from both sides.

[Lord Duckhunter]

3 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

PGMOL have stood down Michael Salisbury from VAR for Liverpool v Arsenal after admitting that his VAR intervention that led the match referee to disallow Fulham's goal yesterday was a mistake.

Thing is, the ref could still have stuck with the goal after the pitch side review, so will he be stood down from his next game ?

It’s ridiculous. Webb is an absolute disaster as  chief refereeing officer of PGMOL. It’s all about him. He’s chucked the VAR under the bus, because a load of half wits blame VAR, and he wants to placate them.  The issue is the terrible state of referee’s performance not the VAR. As you say the referee could and should of stuck with the goal, it’s the tail wagging the dog. VAR, is what it says on the tin, an assistant. The referee is in charge and accountable , but it’s easier for Webb to blame the VAR

[benjii]

With VAR, they often only seem to show the ref one angle, or one speed of replay, from an arbitrary starting point  which means the ref gets a worse view of what actually happened than the TV viewer. 

The whole thing is just so shit and badly done.

[Gloucester Saint]

2 hours ago, benjii said:

With VAR, they often only seem to show the ref one angle, or one speed of replay, from an arbitrary starting point  which means the ref gets a worse view of what actually happened than the TV viewer. 

The whole thing is just so shit and badly done.

And furthermore, what is the point of just dropping Michael Salisbury for one game? How does that help bring him and most of the others up to some form of standard? John Brooks is no better. Astonishing that such inept people are allowed to get this far in their profession. Referees also need to be stronger and more assertive. 

Funny how Chelsea benefit both weeks isn’t it?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ce93l9j0xk8o

[Turkish]

11 hours ago, S-Clarke said:

It is harder to compete, 100%, but getting just 12 points shouldn't ever happen for any professional team. Certainly not in England where the prize money for promotion and TV revenue is huge, even the clubs at the bottom should be competitive if they have someone resembling a manager - which the 3 do this year, well - jury out on Burnley, I think Parker is a bit of a fraud tbh.

If I were Wolves, Brentford or WHU I'd be a little bit nervous right now.

West Ham will be alright. A lot has been made of their start but they’ve played the away at a hyped up Sunderland and then the world champion. They were good today. 
 

feel sorry for Brentford as everyone seems to want to leave now, we know that feeling. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

Brentford will go down this season.

Collins in defence is good and Carvalho too, but aside from that they’re a squad of average players.

I think Wolves will go too