25/26 - Non Saints Games

[Lighthouse]

37 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said:

Rogers meanwhile going for big final payday in Saudi ffs

Why does that annoy you?

[East Kent Saint]

I'm not annoyed , just surprised he is not aiming higher . Perhaps his standing in the football world is lower than I thought !

[Holmes_and_Watson]

10 hours ago, East Kent Saint said:

Rangers actually win and up to third ! 

I was asking a Celtic fan if it was true there murmurings about wanting rid of their manager after only 10 days. I'd heard that on a been podcast.

Apparently true for some. He has his own system, they don't think they have the players for. Trying to implement it in December, and with the board not backing through player buying for Rodgers, so maybe not for Nancy, means they can see a long road to it working, if at all. They think it's a daft appointment.

[skintsaint]

On 16/12/2025 at 20:52, Holmes_and_Watson said:

I was asking a Celtic fan if it was true there murmurings about wanting rid of their manager after only 10 days. I'd heard that on a been podcast.

Another loss tonight 😅

 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

30 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

Another loss tonight 😅

 

Russell Martin is going to be proud of the length of his Old Firm tenure. 🙂

[Ted Bates Statue]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cqxqlepww40o

Rangers face Hearts this weekend. Win that and they will be back in the title mix despite their shambolic start.

Makes you wonder if we could have salvaged a bit of pride last season, had we managed to secure Rohl's services, as the ITKs seemed to suggest would happen at various points.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Watching the extended highlights and Celtic had plenty of chances to be well ahead at half time. They created a lot down their left flank. But final deliveries and poor finishing ke\t it to a single goal. Iheanacho is Injured. Those playing missed a couple of gilt edged opportunities. No lack of effort from Celtic, and United barely did anything.

United boss Jim Goodwin made a couple of half time subs, snoring up his back line and bringing on players who could push up. And Celtic struggled to get anywhere near the same breaks. They conceded a few corners. Those they cleared, but then struggled to then retain the ball and get out. United first came from a cut back that AA would love to receive for us. The second was a nice shot from the edge of the box.

Celtic then had to push up. United had a couple of chances to get a third. Although fewer in number, Celtic could have equalised, heading onto the post from a really good chance.

They liked trotting out stats for Martin. 1978 was Nancy's equivalent for Celtic. That was just before the rise of Dundee United and Aberdeen. 

Defectors Watch Crossover: Will Ferry was in the United side. His delivery led to one of their goals.

Edit: As the goals went in, Nancy tried to remain passive. But he was gutted. With the Chairman now standing down, he looks under real pressure as he walked off.

Edited Wednesday at 23:52 by Holmes_and_Watson

[AlexLaw76]

 

[saintant]

26 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

 

Oh dear, what a howler - almost gets away with the first one but then proceeds to compound it. Glad we aren't the only ones letting in ridiculous goals 🙂

[Cuddles]

Leicester getting tonked 😂😂

[John Boy Saint]

Don Ballard having fun at the Orient this afternoon 

[saintant]

Wolves lost at home to Brentford - 2 points at Christmas 🙂

[AlexLaw76]

Wolves are somehow worse than what we were. Surely that is not possible???

[Turkish]

How are Hull 4th? Every time I’ve seen them they’ve been absolutely shit. This really is an awful league quality wise 

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

26 minutes ago, Turkish said:

How are Hull 4th? Every time I’ve seen them they’ve been absolutely shit. This really is an awful league quality wise 

Shaping up to be a very even league apart from Coventry. I wonder if Ipswich or Saints will put a mammoth run together or not. Seems to happen in the championship most seasons. 

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

Sunderland 3 wins and a couple of draws away from staying up.

Their attitude compared to Saints last season, complete night and day.

[Turkish]

Leeds 3 Palace 0

It’s impossible to compete in the premier league

[saintant]

2 hours ago, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

Sunderland 3 wins and a couple of draws away from staying up.

Their attitude compared to Saints last season, complete night and day.

It's nothing to do with their attitude and everything to do with the kind of players they signed - they are a big powerful side who don't get bullied.

[64saint]

Dibling on as sub for Everton,not making any impact, looks lost.  Sums up his season so far at Everton.

Edited Saturday at 22:01 by 64saint

[Mboto Gorge]

39 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Leeds 3 Palace 0

It’s impossible to compete in the premier league

Well it is. If you have Sport Republic as your owners. 

[Mboto Gorge]

34 minutes ago, saintant said:

It's nothing to do with their attitude and everything to do with the kind of players they signed - they are a big powerful side who don't get bullied.

You mean they got promoted and didn’t immediately sign half a dozen 18-19 year old Man City youth players who weigh about 9 stone and assume that would do the job? Surely not

[LGTL]

Don’t think enough is being made of Wolves. 2 points at Christmas, they’re really going to struggle to reach 12 points at this rate. Derby on edge once again. 

[bpsaint]

26 minutes ago, LGTL said:

Don’t think enough is being made of Wolves. 2 points at Christmas, they’re really going to struggle to reach 12 points at this rate. Derby on edge once again. 

They’ve got an awful run of fixtures coming up too over the next month. Hopefully they can take our earliest a team has been relegated record.

Its been said a million times but what on earth was Rob Edwards was thinking leaving Boro to go there.

[HarvSFC]

 

One record we didn't manage last season. We had 6 points at Christmas.

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

3 hours ago, saintant said:

It's nothing to do with their attitude and everything to do with the kind of players they signed - they are a big powerful side who don't get bullied.

Its going to be a number of factors.

The mentality in my view was weak and that came from Martin and his view on how to play football.

Luton had a bunch of cloggers and so do Burnley,  so not just down attitude or having big blokes in the side.

[danjosaint]

4 hours ago, saintant said:

It's nothing to do with their attitude and everything to do with the kind of players they signed - they are a big powerful side who don't get bullied.

And Manager 

[East Kent Saint]

6 hours ago, saintant said:

It's nothing to do with their attitude and everything to do with the kind of players they signed - they are a big powerful side who don't get bullied.

Ballard saying that signing Xhaka has upped their game , he has got the team trying harder .

[Football Special]

9 hours ago, HarvSFC said:

 

One record we didn't manage last season. We had 6 points at Christmas.

Makes Rob Edwards decision to leave Boro for Wolves seem even more crazy, they are certain for relegation but now just end up like us trying not to break too many records , hard to tell how strong they'll be in the championship next season 

[East Kent Saint]

Several ex Saints in action in the Prem yesterday,  even Clyne for Palace ! Looking at Motd they didn't do very well .  Couple of defensive errors lead to goals against WHU Fernandes and W Peters, Everton could have scored if Alcarez was on target . other players only got a mention when subbed !

[saintant]

15 hours ago, 64saint said:

Dibling on as sub for Everton,not making any impact, looks lost.  Sums up his season so far at Everton.

Yeah, aside from the money it's shaping up to be a bad move for him. Purely from a playing angle he'd surely have been better off having another season with us and then considering a move next summer because he's still so young. He's now getting the odd 15 minutes here and there which is never going to help him get into his stride especially as he often comes on when Everton are struggling. Think we pulled their pants down because he was never ready for the Premier league and, with his apparent problems away from the comfort of St Marys, they have their work cut out knowing what is best to get him operating at the required level. 

[CamSaint]

7 minutes ago, saintant said:

Purely from a playing angle he'd surely have been better off having another season with us and then considering a move next summer because he's still so young.

From Saints' point of view, though, without the Dibling money we probably wouldn't have bought either Scienza or Fellows (especially as we would obviously still have had Dibling here). IMHO those two have collectively had more impact than we probably could have expected from Dibling himself.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Saints-linked Shankland gets Hearts second from a tight angle, extending their lead over Saints-linked Rohl's Rangers which has ex-Saint Meghoma in it. All commentated on by promising youngster and ex-Saint McCann.

[Turkish]

12 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Saints-linked Shankland gets Hearts second from a tight angle, extending their lead over Saints-linked Rohl's Rangers which has ex-Saint Meghoma in it. All commentated on by promising youngster and ex-Saint McCann.

Just missed a sitter which would have made it 3-0

[Turkish]

Hearts could have had 4 or 5 more in the second half, look miles better than Rangers, Rohl got a big job on his hands 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

14 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Hearts could have had 4 or 5 more in the second half, look miles better than Rangers, Rohl got a big job on his hands 

McInnes has got them working really hard for each other in a system that plays to their strengths. Rangers are a group of strangers brought in for a failed approach right across their club. Hopefully Hearts can keep it going.

[Doctoroncall]

7 hours ago, Football Special said:

Makes Rob Edwards decision to leave Boro for Wolves seem even more crazy, they are certain for relegation but now just end up like us trying not to break too many records , hard to tell how strong they'll be in the championship next season 

With the way they have been selling players to balance the books, not great, although they did turn down a £50m bid for Larsen last season so things could be better now. Still they have been on a downward trajectory and that is hard to break. 

[Football Special]

50 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Hearts could have had 4 or 5 more in the second half, look miles better than Rangers, Rohl got a big job on his hands 

Will be nice to see another name on the league trophy, hope they do it. I've always quite liked Heart of Midlothian FC. 

[AlexLaw76]

How come the commentators pronounce Sesko as Sheshko, whilst using the English pronunciation of most other foreign players names?

[stknowle]

Fuck me Rogers is some player. 

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, stknowle said:

Fuck me Rogers is some player. 

Can see why Tuchel likes him over others.

 

[AlexLaw76]

Another annoying thing…

when a players has a good game, there is ‘chatter’ amongst the pundits about selection for England.

MOTD bright up Calvert-Lewin for England. He has not been selected and all of a sudden he could?

Same when Mason Mount has the odd good game. He is getting no where near the squad given the players ahead of him.

[die Mannyschaft]

9 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Another annoying thing…

when a players has a good game, there is ‘chatter’ amongst the pundits about selection for England.

MOTD bright up Calvert-Lewin for England. He has not been selected and all of a sudden he could?

Same when Mason Mount has the odd good game. He is getting no where near the squad given the players ahead of him.

England players are so consistent it means there is a possibility of any one from 25 players who can get on the waiting list. Some are good in blocks of 3 to 6 Prem games but do nothing in national team, or vice versa.