25/26 - Non Saints Games

[StrangelyBrown]

If that was the best that football can do I'll stick with the Championship. That was an utterly shite and boring game of football.

[Turkish]

Feel for Arsenal they battled hard.  Much as everyone doesn’t want to like PSG I enjoy watching them and I love Kvaratskhelia hes a wonderful footballer who doesn’t rely on speed and strength like so many do, used to see him At Napoli and think he was a rolls Royce destined for the very top. 
that said a club owned by an oil industry win again, decisions went their way, probably deserved it on the balance of the game 

[Willo of Whiteley]

What ever happened to a player sprinting up to the ball and leathering it?

Pathetic stuttering runs.

[Turkish]

2 minutes ago, bpsaint said:

Players that do those stupid stuttered run ups in penalty shootouts and miss deserve the pain of losing. Letting your fans down by being a complete bellend.

Rashford in the Euro final springs to mind.

I’d love to see a stat for them they seem to miss more than they score. Just pick your spot and hit it

[saintant]

What an abysmal final, poor from both sides. Arsenal bottled it and didn't give their stars like Saka the chance to shine - went all the way to the final then didn't turn up and were too afraid to go for it. They must be regretting now that they didn't have a real go.

[James]

Not sure the TNT Sport commentators watched the same game as I did. Full of praise for the Arsenal performance but they did nothing after they scored? 

[Saint_clark]

16 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

What ever happened to a player sprinting up to the ball and leathering it?

Pathetic stuttering runs.

I don't remember ever seeing a stuttering run up being scored. I remember plenty of them being missed though. I think I'd go to prison for beating a player to death if I ever managed a team who lost a penalty shootout because of a penalty like that. 

[Football Special]

18 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Feel for Arsenal they battled hard.  Much as everyone doesn’t want to like PSG I enjoy watching them and I love Kvaratskhelia hes a wonderful footballer who doesn’t rely on speed and strength like so many do, used to see him At Napoli and think he was a rolls Royce destined for the very top. 
that said a club owned by an oil industry win again, decisions went their way, probably deserved it on the balance of the game 

PSG are a young side without some of the big personalities,  I enjoy watching them more now than when they had Mbappe, Messi etc , impressive to win back to back 

[Football Special]

14 minutes ago, saintant said:

What an abysmal final, poor from both sides. Arsenal bottled it and didn't give their stars like Saka the chance to shine - went all the way to the final then didn't turn up and were too afraid to go for it. They must be regretting now that they didn't have a real go.

Going to be weird on their Premier league trophy parade tomorrow, already most of their 'loyal' fanbase will miss it as still travelling back from Budapest,  bound to put a downer on it losing today like that. 

Been a great season for them though, winning the league first time in a generation, came so close in Champions league, fell short in the final of the Carabao and just came up against a better side in the FA Cup 

[Convict Colony]

First time this season Ive had the misfortune to witness the arsenal play style I'd heard alot about and the favourable ref calls.

[ChristopheVAFC]

I’ve seen Arsenal lose twice this season – the first time at St Mary’s in the FA Cup and the second time tonight on TV. 😅😅

[James]

41 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

I don't remember ever seeing a stuttering run up being scored. I remember plenty of them being missed though. I think I'd go to prison for beating a player to death if I ever managed a team who lost a penalty shootout because of a penalty like that. 

Only one who does it well is Toney. If you’re going to send the keeper you’ve got to hit the target.

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

Arsenal sat back too much. I think they could have given PSG if they were a little more confident. 

The two penalty misses against an awful goalkeeper. That's just poor. Not sure why Eze did the stupid run up. As for getting a cb to take the 5th penalty...

[Lighthouse]

46 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

I don't remember ever seeing a stuttering run up being scored. I remember plenty of them being missed though. I think I'd go to prison for beating a player to death if I ever managed a team who lost a penalty shootout because of a penalty like that. 

Players wouldn't do it if there wasn’t a decent rate of success. They do it to get the keeper to move first, so that they can put it the other way. Missing from a stuttering run up is no worse than running up and wellying it into the car park.