East Kent Saint Posted 14 hours ago Posted 14 hours ago 29 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said: Leeds showing how to make a good fist of it on their return to the PL. Totally dominating Everton so far. OK Everton have been every bit as shite as expected but Leeds are properly going for it and looking dangerous. Leeds 11 shots Everton 0 !
trousers Posted 14 hours ago Posted 14 hours ago 34 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said: Leeds showing how to make a good fist of it on their return to the PL. Totally dominating Everton so far. OK Everton have been every bit as shite as expected but Leeds are properly going for it and looking dangerous. 4 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said: Leeds 11 shots Everton 0 ! Anyone know of a decent creative attacking midfielder they could buy for £50m...? 1
saint michael Posted 14 hours ago Posted 14 hours ago On 16/08/2025 at 18:19, Badger said: Must have been well worth it, to get shafted at Bournemouth, and especially 5-0 down at HT home to Spurs. Yeah funny that Russel. Might there be a common factor in causing the pain?
Toussaint Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago 15 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said: Leeds 11 shots Everton 0 ! Got a feeling Leeds will get nothing from this game
freshen up Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago This has got a scabby Everton 1-0 written all over it
Saint_clark Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago 46 minutes ago, Turkish said: Are you suggesting philosophy managers with possession based football getting championship players to play like Peps Barcelona is now a thing of the past and high tempo football with wingers and crosses is now cool? Next you’ll be suggesting a big man up top to get on the end of them Sesko, Gyokeres, Haaland, Isak, Ekiteke, João Pedro...the big centre forward has already make a come back.
Turkish Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago 6 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said: Grealish on now , £100M player they say ! Grealish was class when he joined City a brilliant player. He was never suited to Guardiola team, even though he’s won all there is he never became the player he could have unfortunately 1
AlexLaw76 Posted 13 hours ago Author Posted 13 hours ago (edited) Just now, Matty's Caddy said: Another shit VAR decision Thought it was a penalty. He leaned right into it, and it would have been on target had it not hit his arm... Edited 13 hours ago by AlexLaw76 2
Sheaf Saint Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago 10 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said: Grealish on now , £100M player they say ! He's done literally nothing since coming on.
East Kent Saint Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago 2 minutes ago, Turkish said: Grealish was class when he joined City a brilliant player. He was never suited to Guardiola team, even though he’s won all there is he never became the player he could have unfortunately Had it coached out of him I feel , can he dePep himself though?
Turkish Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago 1 minute ago, Sheaf Saint said: He's done literally nothing since coming on. 16 minutes 😂😂😂😂
RedArmy Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago 3 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said: Thought it was a penalty. He leaned right into it, and it would have been on target had it not hit his arm... His arm is tucked behind his back by the time it makes contact. What is he meant to do cut his arm off before he tries to block it with his body?
AlexLaw76 Posted 13 hours ago Author Posted 13 hours ago Just now, RedArmy said: His arm is tucked behind his back by the time it makes contact. What is he meant to do cut his arm off before he tries to block it with his body? it hit him by his side, not behind his back.
bpsaint Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago Shameful seeing how much fight Sunderland and Leeds put up in their first game compared with our limp dicked attempt at being a Premier League team. 4
woodsaint1 Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago Personally dont think its a penalty, but it is a perfect opportunity to let the ref have a look at it on the monitor. It happens so quickly theres no way him or the lino could be 100% sure its a handball
Mixedkebab Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago Maybe 2 of the promoted clubs are about to demonstrate what a bunch of wankers Sport Republic were 4
Toussaint Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago Sunderland and Leeds have both achieved 25% of Saints seasons total points in one game 😂 1 5
whelk Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago 1 minute ago, bpsaint said: Shameful seeing how much fight Sunderland and Leeds put up in their first game compared with our limp dicked attempt at being a Premier League team. We played better our first game at Newcastle. Think many getting carried away already about Sunderland and Leeds. Suited both having pumped up home crowd and playing two clubs who aren’t in a great place morale wise
S-Clarke Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago That playoff final feels a bit of a sliding doors moment, it shouldn't have been for us in any way, but we mismanaged it so badly that it was a pointless promotion and we're now light years away from the team we beat 2 years ago. Leeds stayed down, became stronger, and have now come back into the PL with a stronger base to compete than we ever had. What a mess we made of planning for that PL season. Honestly, we couldn't have done it any worse if we tried. 9
Sheaf Saint Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago Can see why it was given, and I didn't think VAR would find a good enough reason to overturn it. It's because he leaned into it and was never going to make contact with anything other than his arm. Fair result overall. As much as I dislike Leeds, I'm always happy to see Everton lose. 1
Toussaint Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago 1 minute ago, whelk said: We played better our first game at Newcastle. Think many getting carried away already about Sunderland and Leeds. Suited both having pumped up home crowd and playing two clubs who aren’t in a great place morale wise I think Leeds will do ok, I don’t know much about Sunderland but I think they’ll struggle
HarvSFC Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago Sunderland and Leeds on three points from one game. Just a reminder that it took Russell Martin 10 games to get to that. 1
woodsaint1 Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago Just now, Toussaint said: Sunderland and Leeds have both achieved 25% of Saints seasons total points in one game 😂 Tbf any promoted side who is organised defensively and works hard, will easily reach our total by Christmas
CB Fry Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago I think none of the promoted teams last season got a win until October, and now two in the first bloody game. Maybe the three of us were in a different dimension of shitness.
SWLondon Saint Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago 3 minutes ago, S-Clarke said: That playoff final feels a bit of a sliding doors moment, it shouldn't have been for us in any way, but we mismanaged it so badly that it was a pointless promotion and we're now light years away from the team we beat 2 years ago. Leeds stayed down, became stronger, and have now come back into the PL with a stronger base to compete than we ever had. What a mess we made of planning for that PL season. Honestly, we couldn't have done it any worse if we tried. If we'd stayed down and got promoted last season instead, Russell Martin would still be manager and we'd be about to experience Martin-ball in the PL which, however well we planned or bought, I am 100% sure would end in complete disaster as it did. 5
woodsaint1 Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago 4 minutes ago, S-Clarke said: That playoff final feels a bit of a sliding doors moment, it shouldn't have been for us in any way, but we mismanaged it so badly that it was a pointless promotion and we're now light years away from the team we beat 2 years ago. Leeds stayed down, became stronger, and have now come back into the PL with a stronger base to compete than we ever had. What a mess we made of planning for that PL season. Honestly, we couldn't have done it any worse if we tried. We're light years away from Leeds.....😂 Very good chance we'll be passing each other again come May 1
S-Clarke Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago Just now, SWLondon Saint said: If we'd stayed down and got promoted last season instead, Russell Martin would still be manager and we'd be about to experience Martin-ball in the PL which, however well we planned or bought, I am 100% sure would end in complete disaster as it did. If I'm honest, if we'd stayed down I don't believe Martin would have stayed in charge. We'd have dumped him. I think it would have entirely changed our course.
AlexLaw76 Posted 12 hours ago Author Posted 12 hours ago 1 minute ago, CB Fry said: I think none of the promoted teams last season got a win until October, and now two in the first bloody game. Maybe the three of us were in a different dimension of shitness. I watched the 2nd half. Leeds brought us Longstaff, whilst Sunderland had Xhaka in their team. Huge difference compared to the weak-as-piss crap we signed 6
Mixedkebab Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago 6 minutes ago, whelk said: We played better our first game at Newcastle. Think many getting carried away already about Sunderland and Leeds. Suited both having pumped up home crowd and playing two clubs who aren’t in a great place morale wise True Newcastle was ok, I still recall going into the Forest home match with a bit of hope, and it was utter shite from there on out
S-Clarke Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago Just now, AlexLaw76 said: I watched the 2nd half. Leeds brought us Longstaff, whilst Sunderland had Xhaka in their team. Huge difference compared to the weak-as-piss crap we signed We had Aribo at CB though, don't forget that magic moment. 4
AlexLaw76 Posted 12 hours ago Author Posted 12 hours ago Just now, Mixedkebab said: True Newcastle was ok, I still recall going into the Forest home match with a bit of hope, and it was utter shite from there on out was then when Martin played our 2 strikers on each touchline? 1
whelk Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago 1 minute ago, CB Fry said: I think none of the promoted teams last season got a win until October, and now two in the first bloody game. Maybe the three of us were in a different dimension of shitness. Ipswich battered Liverpool on opening day although lost 2-0 in the end. If they were up against equivalent West Ham or Everton they could well of won. We were different level shit of course 1
SWLondon Saint Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago Just now, S-Clarke said: If I'm honest, if we'd stayed down I don't believe Martin would have stayed in charge. We'd have dumped him. I think it would have entirely changed our course. I think there's a high chance he'd have got another season just like Farke did if we'd lost closely in the playoff final, and Rasmus would probably still be in charge unless we failed to get promoted again - which to be fair would have been quite likely, so now we'd be out of parachute payments and up shit creek. 1
Osvaldorama Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago 8 minutes ago, SWLondon Saint said: I think there's a high chance he'd have got another season just like Farke did if we'd lost closely in the playoff final, and Rasmus would probably still be in charge unless we failed to get promoted again - which to be fair would have been quite likely, so now we'd be out of parachute payments and up shit creek. Yep, I agree.. if we hadn’t been promoted, we’d have had another poor window and be in an even worse position imo. Everything boils down to recruitment. SR have a couple more weeks to prove that they have learned some lessons…. 1
Smirking_Saint Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago Watching Leeds and Sunderland you realise how fucking shit Martin was for us 6
skintsaint Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago Least we didn't need a debatable pen to beat Everton. 1
danjosaint Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago (edited) That's because Regis le bris and Farke and the rest of the planet knew you needed to be physical, Athletic, well set up and have a strong spine with leaders, The smarmy prick thought he knew best. Look where we are now, a shambles of a squad with players nobody wants Edited 12 hours ago by danjosaint 2
S-Clarke Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago 8 minutes ago, danjosaint said: That's because Regis le bris and Farke and the rest of the planet knew you needed to be physical, Athletic, well set up and have a strong spine with leaders, The smarmy prick thought he knew best. Look where we are now, a shambles of a squad with players nobody wants The fact that he came out after and said ''Yeah, if we had to go again we'd target more physical players'' - yeah whatever. We started the season with Will Smallbone, Joe Aribo and Flynn Downes as the midfield 3. He got rid of Charly and loaned out Charles and he felt that was acceptable. Absolute bonkers bloke. 2
Mboto Gorge Posted 11 hours ago Posted 11 hours ago (edited) I think overall, our unrivalled level of shitness last season has duped most of the country into thinking the premier league is now impossible for newly promoted teams to survive. Throw in a very poor Leicester aswell and everyone has just assumed the gulf is too much to bridge: it isn’t. Yes it’s very tough, but with the right tactics and game plan, a togetherness in the squad and some physical presence, You can survive. I also think our “efforts” last season have also been used as a reminder and benchmark about how NOT to run a club when you’ve been promoted. Teams will cast an eye over what we did and do the exact opposite. Let’s not underestimate just how horrifically run and prepared for last season we were. A total disgrace to be honest, with a manager more interested in his own image than the good of the club. This was a saints thing, not a premier league thing. It was vintage sport republic Edited 11 hours ago by Mboto Gorge 5
Saint_clark Posted 9 hours ago Posted 9 hours ago 3 hours ago, S-Clarke said: If I'm honest, if we'd stayed down I don't believe Martin would have stayed in charge. We'd have dumped him. I think it would have entirely changed our course. Nah don't believe that at all, all the talk at the time was about a five year plan with us being in the Prem at the end of it. It's why I was worried they would keep Martin if we went down because we would have still had two years left till the end of that time frame. In fact, given what was said at the fans forum I'm even more certain they would have kept him if it wasn't for how much abuse he was getting from the fans. 2
Badger Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago 4 hours ago, Saint_clark said: . In fact, given what was said at the fans forum I'm even more certain they would have kept him if it wasn't for how much abuse he was getting from the fans. I thought that comment was just a bit of window dressing from Parsons who wanted to appear ‘compassionate’ and not one of ‘the nasty guys’ who’d ruthlessly sack a manager. I don’t recall Martin getting much abuse at games. Just some sarcastic jeering of the play when the GK kicked long. Saints fans were too tolerant of his style of play in the ground. Parsons should have seen the flak others received (Nicoll, Branfoot etc), he’d have shit himself.
Whitey Grandad Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 10 hours ago, RedArmy said: His arm is tucked behind his back by the time it makes contact. What is he meant to do cut his arm off before he tries to block it with his body? I think it was the way that he leaned into the ball that cost him. True, the shot was deflected, but even before VAR and all the rule changes recently I think that would have been given. 2
Whitey Grandad Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 9 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said: was then when Martin played our 2 strikers on each touchline? They were practically playing in the stands.
saintant Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 10 hours ago, Osvaldorama said: Yep, I agree.. if we hadn’t been promoted, we’d have had another poor window and be in an even worse position imo. Everything boils down to recruitment. SR have a couple more weeks to prove that they have learned some lessons…. The way it's shaping up so far I'll not be holding my breath on that one. Two weeks to go so plenty of time left but this is feeling like previous windows where it's a case of make do and mend. Prove me wrong Spors by signing some exciting players who will add to the squad not clog it up with more mediocrity.
Willo of Whiteley Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 11 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said: was then when Martin played our 2 strikers on each touchline? I remember going to Bournemouth, played with wide players, no one up top in the centre and having five strikers on the bench. 🤣
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