25/26 - Non Saints Games

[Mboto Gorge]

6 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

There really could be three established sides going down from the PL this season. Wolves and West Ham look atrocious and Forest are owned by an absolute whackjob.

I expect West Ham will get out of it eventually but wolves are nailed on to go down this season just like we did in 2022/23 when a combination of us being poor coupled with the newly promoted sides doing well, sealed our fate. Same will happen to wolves this season. I’d imagine Leeds will just about have enough to stay up and Sunderland would now have to have an absolute shocker to go down. My 3 to go currently, would be Wolves, Burnley, and Forest, with West Ham and Brentford also right down there but staying up 

[Football Special]

1 hour ago, Mboto Gorge said:

I expect West Ham will get out of it eventually but wolves are nailed on to go down this season just like we did in 2022/23 when a combination of us being poor coupled with the newly promoted sides doing well, sealed our fate. Same will happen to wolves this season. I’d imagine Leeds will just about have enough to stay up and Sunderland would now have to have an absolute shocker to go down. My 3 to go currently, would be Wolves, Burnley, and Forest, with West Ham and Brentford also right down there but staying up 

Brentford looked really good tonight I thought 

[Saint Pete]

West Ham were truly atrocious in that match tonight, the stats tell the story of how dominant Brentford were in West Ham's home game. I think Hammers fans are getting what they deserve for their attitude towards David Moyes when he was in charge and doing a good job. 

[saintant]

Brentford showed tonight what good recruitment can do. They've sold so many quality players yet still keep unearthing gems. Clearly they go for big, strong, powerful players. No surprise that Walker Peters and Fernandes were withdrawn at half time by West Ham - two of our better ex players simply could not cope with the physicality of Brentford. One day our recruitment team will wake up and realise you need some muscle, pace and power in a squad these days if you want to compete.

Edited 20 October, 2025 by saintant

[bpsaint]

5 minutes ago, saintant said:

Brentford showed tonight what good recruitment can do. They've sold so many quality players yet still keep unearthing gems. Clearly they go for big, strong, powerful players. No surprise that Walker Peters and Fernandes were withdrawn at half time by West Ham - two of our better ex players simply could not cope with the physicality of Brentford. One day our recruitment team will wake up and realise you need some muscle, pace and power in a squad these days if you want to compete.

West Ham fans loved Fernandes after his first match, wonder what they think of him now 🤔

 

[Andy Hill]

Great comments reference recruitment by Brentford when compared to what we have done. They look streets ahead of our lot.

[saintant]

17 minutes ago, Andy Hill said:

Great comments reference recruitment by Brentford when compared to what we have done. They look streets ahead of our lot.

Indeed and the sad thing is it's hardly rocket science. Every good side is packed with power, pace and strength.

[badgerx16]

"Who are we playing next week boss ?:

"Wythenshaw vets".

"Oh shit"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c2emr7per0mo

[Southner]

Have there been any other games since Sunday? All I've heard is Liverpool are in a crisis?

Mark Lawrenson solved the issue though. Did anyone hear him on Talk Sport on Monday morning? Apparently all the Liverpool defence have to do is get together, get really tight, and say "Right, we're not gonna concede today, whatever happens..."

Why haven't we got a coach to instil that kind of knowledge into our back 3/5? 

[chownie20]

Joe Lumley having a blinder!!

[East Kent Saint]

Looks like Rangers players have the same symptoms as Saints players post RM !

[danjosaint]

Bednarek having strange old game 

[saintant]

2 hours ago, East Kent Saint said:

Looks like Rangers players have the same symptoms as Saints players post RM !

Good start for Rohl 🙂

[Saint NL]

Just saw the West Ham starting lineup for the Leeds game.

All three ex-Saints dropped, JWP not even on the bench. 

Guess our scar tissue is infecting other teams now

[Willo of Whiteley]

James Ward-Prwose hasn’t featured in any squad since Nuno went in.

Forest cancelled his loan in January last year, so clearly Nuno already has a good idea as to how he fits into his plans, he doesn’t.

But if I was paid £100K a week to have a kick about and go home then I wouldn’t be bothered. He’ll get a loan in January.

[skintsaint]

[Lighthouse]

Just goes to show how sh*te our squad was last season. Our two best players aren’t even starting for a really sh*te West Ham.

[Andy Hill]

Just seen Coventry are already 2 up - scoring goals for fun when compared to our limp attacking options. 

[Saint NL]

Coventry 2 up with an XG of 0.44

Stats 😂

[AlexLaw76]

16 minutes ago, Andy Hill said:

Just seen Coventry are already 2 up - scoring goals for fun when compared to our limp attacking options. 

They will go up this year.

 

[AlexLaw76]

10 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Coventry 2 up with an XG of 0.44

Stats 😂

But but but, what is their xT…?

[Whitey Grandad]

5 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

But but but, what is their xT…?

I expect they will get a cup of tea at Full Time. 

[CB Fry]

If we had been bought by SISU that could have been us 😪😪😪

 

Edited 25 October, 2025 by CB Fry

[Weston Super Saint]

32 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

If we had been bought by SISU that could have been us 😪😪😪

 

Just imagine.

[SW5 SAINT]

Looks like Stoke have completed a south coast double……! Though I suppose that’s not exactly a difficult task these days…..

[ant]

Sunderland on near enough 1.5x our points from last season after just 9 matches. 

Not an 'I wish we were Sunderland' post. More that they were a basket case club before their current owners sorted shit out. 

Yes, there's going to be worse suitors out there than what we've got.

But fuck me, I feel ready to twist.

[S-Clarke]

10 hours ago, ant said:

Sunderland on near enough 1.5x our points from last season after just 9 matches. 

Not an 'I wish we were Sunderland' post. More that they were a basket case club before their current owners sorted shit out. 

Yes, there's going to be worse suitors out there than what we've got.

But fuck me, I feel ready to twist.

They recruited well and lifted the level of that team up hugely, they weren't focused on 'PL' experience for PL experience sake - they went out and got someone like Xacka for example, who has lifted that entire team as a leader and in quality.

The success boils down to recruitment 99% of the time. The only question mark I'd have over Sunderland is that they've signed 60-70% of African Players who will be heading to Afcon in a couple of months. I think they'll drop off hugely during the Christmas/January period because of that, so it was always critical they got off to a good start.

[benjii]

I'm watching El Classico. The skill level is fantastic, although some of the defending is ropey. 

Rashford and Bellingham are both having superb matches.

[benjii]

Update: just seen an all time classic shirt pull.

[Turkish]

Burnley win at wolves which means all 3 promoted teams have already won more games than we did in an entire season after 9 games 

 

[Lord Duckhunter]

Just now, Turkish said:

Burnley win at wolves which means all 3 promoted teams have already won more games than we did in an entire season after 9 games 

 

And to think some of our Nods were actually blaming the Premier league & the massive gulf between that and the championship,  instead of Lego head. 

[benjii]

Just now, Lord Duckhunter said:

And to think some of our Nods were actually blaming the Premier league & the massive gulf between that and the championship,  instead of Lego head. 

Lego Head plus whichever geniuses thought Archer and Brereton Diaz were the forwards we needed.

[East Kent Saint]

Interesting on Motd that they mentioned the 33 year old player who ran up and down the pitch all game non stop . I can't remember his name! But I thought of our team of youngsters who run out of steam after 60 mins 😄

 

Edited 26 October, 2025 by East Kent Saint

[qwertyell]

8 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Burnley win at wolves which means all 3 promoted teams have already won more games than we did in an entire season after 9 games 

 

But we were constantly told that it's impossible for promoted clubs to compete in the premier league now, and we should be grateful just to be invited for a season. 

We've been so deprived of basic sporting competence that we've gaslit ourselves into believing it can't exist. 

This club's a fucking clown show any way you shape it. 

[Saint_clark]

Kevin Danso centreback for Spurs going third in the league tonight. Him and Van Der Ven were immense. Another player slated by Saints fans way too early due to poor performances with no consideration given to him being a young player playing out of position in a new country for the first time. 

[Lord Duckhunter]

11 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Kevin Danso centreback for Spurs going third in the league tonight. Him and Van Der Ven were immense. Another player slated by Saints fans way too early due to poor performances with no consideration given to him being a young player playing out of position in a new country for the first time. 

Maybe a decent manager has given him the best opportunity to shine, because he didn’t look great under Big Ange last season. Spurs a perfect example of how important a manager is, unbelievably we seem to have supporters who don’t think they make much of a difference. 

[Miltonaggro]

3 hours ago, benjii said:

I'm watching El Classico. The skill level is fantastic, although some of the defending is ropey. 

Rashford and Bellingham are both having superb matches.

It's rather like watching the Bolshoi ballet vs one legged clog dancing in terms of exposure to El Crappio in Lancashire yesterday. 

[Lighthouse]

55 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Kevin Danso centreback for Spurs going third in the league tonight. Him and Van Der Ven were immense. Another player slated by Saints fans way too early due to poor performances with no consideration given to him being a young player playing out of position in a new country for the first time. 

Yep, and all he needed was about 180 appearances over the course of six years to start looking decent.

[Weston Super Saint]

11 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

Yep, and all he needed was about 180 appearances over the course of six years to start looking decent.

Damion Downes should come good by 2031 then?

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

16 hours ago, Turkish said:

Burnley win at wolves which means all 3 promoted teams have already won more games than we did in an entire season after 9 games 

 

This did my head in last season.

Saints approach was all too wrong and so negative. 

All three teams this season are really going for it. Mixture of attitude, energy and the managers realising what's needed in the premier league.

Not saying that Saints would have survived but it would have been nice to see some fight at least.

Edited 27 October, 2025 by JohnnyShearer2.0

[East Kent Saint]

Rohl gets impressive home win , plays 2 up front , flexible 5 at the back with wingbacks , quick transition going forward etc . The sort of thing we hoped our manager was going to produce 

[Gloucester Saint]

1 hour ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Damion Downes should come good by 2031 then?

In the Conference League below the MLS

[Turkish]

13 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

Yep, and all he needed was about 180 appearances over the course of six years to start looking decent.

Agreed, we signed him 5 years too early, like we do with a lot of players. Sign then before their ready, throw them into the first team and hope them swim so we can sell them for a profit a year or two later. Some do, most don’t as we see.

[Sheaf Saint]

Watching Port Vale v Stockport. I love Vale's sponsorless retro home kit. 

Stockport just gone 2-0 up. Didn't panic when they took the lead and looking ruthless and good value for topping the table (assuming they hold on to this).

[Saint NL]

Keifer Moore double against all conquering Coventry 

[skintsaint]

Luton v FGR game was a classic by all accounts.

[AlexLaw76]

6 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Keifer Moore double against all conquering Coventry 

👀

Edited 31 October, 2025 by AlexLaw76

[Saint NL]

6 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

👀

[Pamplemousse]

3-1 now.

Fantastic news for our title battle

[64saint]

Keifer Moore hat trick.   Wrexham 3-Coventry 1