Saints 2-1 Wrexham - Match Thread

[Roo1976]

20 hours ago, The Realist said:

my thoughts on the game:-

we were too slow in the first half.

Wrexham have bought well - good experience but will finish mid table. 

Edwards was taught a lesson by Moore but why was he not helped out by the other 2 CB's?

The front line didn't work.

Player scores:-

Baz: 9.  Excellent save. did nothing wrong and made a game saving save.

Suga: 3.  Offered nothing going forward and was poor in defence

Edwards : 2. Had real problems with Moore and gave the penalty away.  Hopefully he learns from this

Cap Jack : 8. Great sliding tackle, great last minute goal but was also part of a pretty poor defence.

Quarshie: 5. 1st touch is poor and looks a fish out of sea when he brings the ball forward. Raw talent atm

Wellington : 3.  Just don't rate the guy.  Manning a better option

Downes : 6. Good game for little pre-season. Good partnership with Charles

Charles : 7. Looked really classy in the first half but drifted out of the game a bit in the 2nd.

Robinson : 6. Looked good in the first half but drifted out of the game a bit in the 2nd. 

Armstrong : 5. Tried hard but just not his game. Should playon the right

Fraser : 5. Tried his best, not enough good crosses into the box but versatility useful later on

SUBS: 

Manning : 10. MOTM. Went forward, got so many crosses in and was the catalyst for the win with that great free-kick

Fernandes : 5. Didn't really change the game much

Stewart/Archer/Downs: 4. barely touched the ball.

My thoughts on the game why cant we do stripes on both sides of the shirt it looks horrible..............good win wrexham should have been 3 up before we moved the ball better,didnt think it was going to happen ,but happy it did, btw Downes should have scored that goal before it fell to Stephens.....

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

20 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

Nonsense. A push to the strongest man in the world can put them off balance and make them unable to do what they want.

You have unrealistic expectations of human anatomy and physics if you think pushing someone off balance like this wouldn't impact their ability to score. Especially if they are unaware it is coming.

 

 

Not sure about Downs. While Stewart seems to have beefed up a bit over the summer, Downs seems a lightweight. Yes he might have been pushed but a more determined person would have still got a foot on that ball. And a few minutes before, Stewart lobbed one up which Downs could have tried to header but he saw the keeper coming and ducked out of the header. 

[lambtiss]

55 minutes ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

Not sure about Downs. While Stewart seems to have beefed up a bit over the summer, Downs seems a lightweight. Yes he might have been pushed but a more determined person would have still got a foot on that ball. And a few minutes before, Stewart lobbed one up which Downs could have tried to header but he saw the keeper coming and ducked out of the header. 

You're right, I was disappointed that a number 9 ducked that, especially as it was an almost certain goal if he got there. Big Ron would never have ducked that ....

[saintant]

1 hour ago, Roo1976 said:

My thoughts on the game why cant we do stripes on both sides of the shirt it looks horrible..............good win wrexham should have been 3 up before we moved the ball better,didnt think it was going to happen ,but happy it did, btw Downes should have scored that goal before it fell to Stephens.....

We could have been two up before they threatened our goal - Fraser had a decent chance very early on that he just failed to curl into the bottom corner and Robinson had a shot that Ward just about managed to keep out. You can't only look at their chances and ignore our own.

[saintant]

1 hour ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

Not sure about Downs. While Stewart seems to have beefed up a bit over the summer, Downs seems a lightweight. Yes he might have been pushed but a more determined person would have still got a foot on that ball. And a few minutes before, Stewart lobbed one up which Downs could have tried to header but he saw the keeper coming and ducked out of the header. 

Well none of us are sure about Downs - he had about 15-20 minutes on the pitch in his Championship debut so shame he didn't rattle in a quickfire hattrick.